TWiV 1020: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses guidance on measles during the summer travel season, the Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines on the diagnosis of COVID-19: antigen testing, SARS-CoV-2 variants and age-dependent infection rates among household and nonhousehold contacts, effect of COVID-19 vaccination on household transmission of SARS-COV-2 in the Omicron era, incidence of myopericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, intrinsic and effective severity of COVID-19 cases infected with the ancestral strain and Omicron BA.2 variant in Hong Kong, safety, immunogenicity and protection of heterologous boost with an aerosolized Ad5-nCoV after two-dose inactivated COVID-19 vaccines in adults, awake prone positioning for non-intubated patients with COVID-19-related acute hypoxic respiratory failure, melatonin effects on sleep quality of COVID-19 patients, female reproductive health impacts of Long COVID and associated illnesses including ME/CFS, POTS, and connective tissue disorders, and incident autoimmune diseases in association with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Links for this episode

• Guidance on measles during the summer travel season (CDC)
• Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines on the diagnosis of COVID-19 (CID)
• SARS-CoV-2 variants and infection rates among household and nonhousehold contacts (CDC)
• Effect of COVID-19 vaccination on household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the Omicron era (IJID)
• Incidence of myopericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Science Direct)
• Intrinsic and effective severity of COVID-19 cases infected with the ancestral strain and Omicron BA.2 variant (JID)
• Safety, immunogenicity and protection of heterologous boost with Ad5-nCoV after two-dose inactivated COVID-19 vaccines (The Lancet)
• Awake prone positioning for non-intubated patients with COVID-19-related acute hypoxic respiratory failure (BMC)
• Melatonin effects on sleep quality of COVID-19 patients (BMJ)
• Female reproductive health impacts of Long COVID and associated illnesses (FRS)
• Incident autoimmune diseases in association with SARS-CoV-2 infection (CR)
• Contribute to our FIMRC fundraiser at PWB
• Letters read on TWiV 1020
• Dr. Griffin's COVID treatment summary (pdf)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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