Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

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1. Antibody Response to COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine in Patients With Lung Cancer After Primary Immunization and Booster: Reactivity to the SARS-CoV-2 WT Virus and Omicron Variant

   This article has 39 authors:

   1. Rajesh M. Valanparambil
   2. Jennifer Carlisle
   3. Susanne L. Linderman
   4. Akil Akthar
   5. Ralph Linwood Millett
   6. Lilin Lai
   7. Andres Chang
   8. Ashley A. McCook-Veal
   9. Jeffrey Switchenko
   10. Tahseen H. Nasti
   11. Manpreet Saini
   12. Andreas Wieland
   13. Kelly E. Manning
   14. Madison Ellis
   15. Kathryn M. Moore
   16. Stephanie L. Foster
   17. Katharine Floyd
   18. Meredith E. Davis-Gardner
   19. Venkata-Viswanadh Edara
   20. Mit Patel
   21. Conor Steur
   22. Ajay K. Nooka
   23. Felicia Green
   24. Margaret A. Johns
   25. Fiona O'Brein
   26. Uma Shanmugasundaram
   27. Veronika I. Zarnitsyna
   28. Hasan Ahmed
   29. Lindsay E. Nyhoff
   30. Grace Mantus
   31. Michael Garett
   32. Srilatha Edupuganti
   33. Madhusmita Behra
   34. Rustom Antia
   35. Jens Wrammert
   36. Mehul S. Suthar
   37. Madhav V. Dhodapkar
   38. Suresh Ramalingam
   39. Rafi Ahmed

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT

2. Anti-inflammatory therapy with nebulized dornase alfa for severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a randomized unblinded trial

   This article has 25 authors:

   1. Joanna C Porter
   2. Jamie Inshaw
   3. Vincente Joel Solis
   4. Emma Denneny
   5. Rebecca Evans
   6. Mia I Temkin
   7. Nathalia De Vasconcelos
   8. Iker Valle Aramburu
   9. Dennis Hoving
   10. Donna Basire
   11. Tracey Crissell
   12. Jesusa Guinto
   13. Alison Webb
   14. Hanif Esmail
   15. Victoria Johnston
   16. Anna Last
   17. Thomas Rampling
   18. Lena Lippert
   19. Elisa Theresa Helbig
   20. Florian Kurth
   21. Bryan Williams
   22. Aiden Flynn
   23. Pauline T Lukey
   24. Veronique Birault
   25. Venizelos Papayannopoulos

   This article has been curated by 1 group:

   • Curated by eLife

     eLife assessment

     This small-sized clinical trial comparing nebulized dornase-alfa to the best available care in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia is valuable, but in its present form the paper is incomplete.

   Reviewed by eLife, Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT

3. Antibody evasion by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5

   This article has 20 authors:

   1. Qian Wang
   2. Yicheng Guo
   3. Sho Iketani
   4. Manoj S. Nair
   5. Zhiteng Li
   6. Hiroshi Mohri
   7. Maple Wang
   8. Jian Yu
   9. Anthony D. Bowen
   10. Jennifer Y. Chang
   11. Jayesh G. Shah
   12. Nadia Nguyen
   13. Zhiwei Chen
   14. Kathrine Meyers
   15. Michael T. Yin
   16. Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk
   17. Zizhang Sheng
   18. Yaoxing Huang
   19. Lihong Liu
   20. David D. Ho

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT

4. A natural broad-spectrum inhibitor of enveloped virus entry, effective against SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A Virus in preclinical animal models

   This article has 14 authors:

   1. Rohan Narayan
   2. Mansi Sharma
   3. Rajesh Yadav
   4. Abhijith Biji
   5. Oyahida Khatun
   6. Raju Rajmani
   7. Pallavi Raj Sharma
   8. Sharumathi Jeyasankar
   9. Priya Rani
   10. C. Durga Rao
   11. Vijaya Satchidanandanam
   12. Saumitra Das
   13. Rachit Agarwal
   14. Shashank Tripathi

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5. Elevated liver enzymes and bilirubin following SARS-CoV-2 infection in children under 10

   This article has 5 authors:

   1. Ellen K. Kendall
   2. Veronica R. Olaker
   3. David C. Kaelber
   4. Rong Xu
   5. Pamela B. Davis

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6. Ivermectin as a SARS-CoV-2 Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Method in Healthcare Workers: A Propensity Score-Matched Retrospective Cohort Study

   This article has 16 authors:

   1. Jose Morgenstern
   2. Jose N Redondo
   3. Alvaro Olavarria
   4. Isis Rondon
   5. Santiago Roca
   6. Albida De Leon
   7. Juan Canela
   8. Johnny Tavares
   9. Miguelina Minaya
   10. Oscar Lopez
   11. Ana Castillo
   12. Ana Placido
   13. Rafael Cruz
   14. Yudelka Merette
   15. Marlenin Toribio
   16. Juan Francisco

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7. Clinical severity of Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 compared to BA.1 in South Africa

   This article has 5 authors:

   1. Nicole Wolter
   2. Waasila Jassat
   3. DATCOV-Gen author group
   4. Anne von Gottberg
   5. Cheryl Cohen

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT

8. Broadly neutralizing antibodies against Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 derived from mRNA-lipid nanoparticle-immunized mice

   This article has 12 authors:

   1. Ruei-Min Lu
   2. Kang-Hao Liang
   3. Hsiao-Ling Chiang
   4. Fu-Fei Hsu
   5. Hsiu-Ting Lin
   6. Wan-Yu Chen
   7. Feng-Yi Ke
   8. Monika Kumari
   9. Yu-Chi Chou
   10. Mi-Hua Tao
   11. Yi-Ling Lin
   12. Han-Chung Wu

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT

9. Investigating the Sensitivity of Nasal or Throat Swabs: Combination of Both Swabs Increases the Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Tests

   This article has 5 authors:

   1. Barbara L. Goodall
   2. Jason J. LeBlanc
   3. Todd F. Hatchette
   4. Lisa Barrett
   5. Glenn Patriquin

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10. Estimated COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Averted by Case Investigation and Contact Tracing in the US

    This article has 13 authors:

    1. Gabriel Rainisch
    2. Seonghye Jeon
    3. Danielle Pappas
    4. Kimberly D. Spencer
    5. Leah S. Fischer
    6. Bishwa B. Adhikari
    7. Melanie M. Taylor
    8. Bradford Greening
    9. Patrick K. Moonan
    10. John E. Oeltmann
    11. Emily B. Kahn
    12. Michael L. Washington
    13. Martin I. Meltzer

    Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT