Wastewater-based surveillance as a tool for public health action: SARS-CoV-2 and beyond

MD Parkins, BE Lee, N Acosta, M Bautista… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has undergone dramatic advancement in the context
of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The power and potential of this …

Strategies to improve vaccination rates in people who are homeless: a systematic review

LK McCosker, A El-Heneidy, H Seale, RS Ware… - Vaccine, 2022 - Elsevier
People who are homeless experience higher rates of vaccine-preventable disease,
including COVID-19, than the general population, and poorer associated health outcomes …

Testing, infection and complication rates of COVID-19 among people with a recent history of homelessness in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study

L Richard, R Booth, J Rayner, KK Clemens… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: People with a recent history of homelessness are believed to be at high risk of
infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and, when …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Homeless shelter characteristics and prevalence of SARS-CoV-2

R Karb, E Samuels, R Vanjani, C Trimbur… - Western Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We conducted a cross-sectional assessment of five congregate shelters in Rhode
Island. Shelter residents 18 years old and older were tested for SARS-CoV-2 from April 19 …

Morbidity and mortality among adults experiencing homelessness hospitalized with COVID-19

S Cha, A Henry, MP Montgomery… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
People experiencing homelessness (PEH) are at higher risk for chronic health conditions,
but clinical characteristics and outcomes for PEH hospitalized with coronavirus disease …

COVID-19 and homelessness: when crises intersect

TP Baggett, JM Gaeta - The Lancet Public Health, 2021 - thelancet.com
In this issue of The Lancet Public Health, Thomas Roederer and colleagues1 present the
findings of a large-scale ser osur vey of severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 …

Hand hygiene during the COVID‐19 pandemic among people experiencing homelessness—Atlanta, Georgia, 2020

MP Montgomery, MG Carry… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
People experiencing homelessness are at risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)
and may experience barriers to hand hygiene, a primary recommendation for COVID‐19 …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory infectious disease outbreaks among people experiencing homelessness: a systematic review of prevention and mitigation strategies

A Zhu, E Bruketa, T Svoboda, J Patel, N Elmi… - Annals of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose People experiencing homelessness (PEH) are at increased risk of respiratory
infections and associated morbidity and mortality. To characterize optimal intervention …

Health status of women affected by homelessness: A cluster of in concreto human rights violations and a time for action

MG Grammatikopoulou, K Gkiouras, A Pepa… - Maturitas, 2021 - Elsevier
Health problems of women experiencing homelessness are driven either from the usual
background characteristics of this population, or from the homeless lifestyle. Apart from …