Wastewater sequencing reveals early cryptic SARS-CoV-2 variant transmission

S Karthikeyan, JI Levy, P De Hoff, G Humphrey… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
As SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread and evolve, detecting emerging variants early is critical
for public health interventions. Inferring lineage prevalence by clinical testing is infeasible at …

COVID-19 mortality by race and ethnicity in US metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, March 2020 to February 2022

DJ Lundberg, E Wrigley-Field, A Cho… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Prior research has established that Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black residents
in the US experienced substantially higher COVID-19 mortality rates in 2020 than non …

Disease-specific health disparities: a targeted review focusing on race and ethnicity

MR Cullen, AR Lemeshow, LJ Russo, DM Barnes… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Wide disparities in health status exist in the United States across race and
ethnicity, broadly driven by social determinants of health—most notably race and ethnic …

High-frequency, high-throughput quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater settled solids at eight publicly owned treatment works in Northern California shows …

MK Wolfe, A Topol, A Knudson, A Simpson, B White… - Msystems, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A number of recent retrospective studies have demonstrated that severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA concentrations in wastewater are …

Estimated mortality increases during the COVID-19 pandemic by socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity: study examines COVID-19 mortality by socioeconomic …

S Miller, LR Wherry, B Mazumder - Health Affairs, 2021 - healthaffairs.org
This article estimates changes in all-cause mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic by
socioeconomic characteristics and occupation for nonelderly adults in the US, using large …

Prevalence and correlates of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among people who inject drugs in the San Diego-Tijuana border region

SA Strathdee, D Abramovitz, A Harvey-Vera, CF Vera… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background People who inject drugs may be at elevated SARS-CoV-2 risk due to their living
conditions and/or exposures when seeking or using drugs. No study to date has reported …

[图书][B] Theories of human development

BM Newman, PR Newman - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
This bestselling textbook provides an engaging introduction to 11 major theories about
human development that continue to guide research, intervention, and practice. The theories …

Occupation and educational attainment characteristics associated with COVID-19 mortality by race and ethnicity in California

EC Matthay, KA Duchowny, AR Riley… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Racial and ethnic inequities in COVID-19 mortality may be driven by occupation
and education, but limited evidence has assessed these mechanisms. Objective To estimate …

Vitamin D and acute and severe illness–a mechanistic and pharmacokinetic perspective

I Schoenmakers, WD Fraser, A Forbes - Nutrition Research Reviews, 2023 - cambridge.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has generated high interest in factors
modulating risk of infection, disease severity and recovery. Vitamin D has garnered interest …

Association between bisphosphonate use and COVID-19 related outcomes

J Thompson, Y Wang, T Dreischulte, O Barreiro… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Background: Although there are several efficacious vaccines against COVID-19, vaccination
rates in many regions around the world remain insufficient to prevent continued high …