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Personal Protection of Permethrin-Treated Clothing against Aedes aegypti, the Vector of Dengue and Zika Virus, in the Laboratory
(2016-06)Background The dengue and Zika viruses are primarily transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are most active during day light hours and feed both in and outside of the household. Personal protection technologies ... -
Personal protective equipment and isolation for high consequence infectious diseases
(2017-05-16)Learn about the principles of managing high consequence infectious diseases such as Ebola, MERS, SARS, from experts at the UK’s main high level isolation unit. This module forms part of the following courses: Infectious ... -
Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff
(2020-04-15)Background: Healthcare workers treating patients with infections such as coronavirus (COVID‐19) are at risk of infection themselves. Healthcare workers use personal protective equipment (PPE) to shield themselves from ... -
Personal protective equipment for protecting healthcare staff from highly infectious diseases
(2020-03-17)What is this? The arrival of a new respiratory virus, such as COVID-19, is followed by a lead-time for the development of vaccines and treatments, and these may have a limited effect in containing or interrupting spread ... -
Personal Protective Equipment: Current Best Practices for Orthopedic Teams
(2020-04-16)The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS- CoV-2) virus is challenging healthcare providers across the world. Current best practices for personal protective equipment ... -
Pharmacogenomics of COVID-19 therapies
(2020-08-18)A new global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in high mortality and morbidity. Currently numerous drugs are under expedited investigations without well-established safety or efficacy data. ... -
Pharmacokinetic bases of the hydroxychloroquine response in COVID-19: implications for therapy and prevention
(2020-04-28)Chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine has recently been the subject of intense debate in regard to its potential antiviral activity against SARS-Cov-2, the etiological agent of COVID-19. Some report possible curative effects, ... -
A Phase 1, First-in-human, Double-blinded, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial of a Zika Virus Purified Inactivated Vaccine (ZPIV) With Alum Adjuvant in Healthy Flavivirus-naive and Flavivirus-Primed Subjects.
(2016)Phase 1 study to evaluate two doses of Alum Adjuvanted Zika Virus Purified Inactivated Vaccine (ZPIV) administered 28 days apart. The study will enroll 75 flavivirus naïve healthy adult subjects into 3 equal groups ... -
Phase I, Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-Controlled Dose De-escalation Study to Evaluate Safety and Immunogenicity of Alum Adjuvanted Zika Virus Purified Inactivated Vaccine (ZPIV) in Adults in a Flavivirus Endemic Area
(2017)This study is randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, Phase 1, dose de-escalation study to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of Alum Adjuvanted Zika Virus Purified Inactivated Vaccine (ZPIV) ... -
Phase- and epidemic region-adjusted estimation of the number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in China
(2020-03-31)The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 was first reported in Wuhan in December 2019 and gradually spread to other areas in China. After implementation of prevention and control measures, the estimation of the epidemic ... -
Phylogenetic analysis of the first four SARS‐CoV‐2 cases in Chile
(2020-03-29)The current pandemic caused by the new coronavirus is a worldwide public health concern. To aboard this emergency, and like never before, scientific groups around the world have been working in a fast and coordinated way ... -
Phylogenetic analysis revealed the central roles of two African countries in the evolution and worldwide spread of Zika virus
(2016-06)Recent outbreaks of Zika virus (ZIKV) infections in Oceania's islands and the Americas were characterized by high numbers of cases and the spread of the virus to new areas. To better understand the origin of ZIKV, its ... -
Phylogeny of Zika Virus in Western Hemisphere, 2015
(2016-06)Zika virus belongs to the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, and is transmitted by Aedes spp. mosquitoes. Clinical signs and symptoms of human infection include fever, headache, malaise, maculopapular rash, and ... -
Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses. Part 1 - Face masks, eye protection and person distancing: systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-04-07)Abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine the effectiveness of eye protection, face masks, or person distancing on interrupting or reducing the spread of respiratory viruses. DESIGN: Update of a Cochrane review that included a ... -
Physical interventions to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses
(2020-03-16)What is this? The arrival of a new respiratory virus, such as COVID-19, is followed by a lead-time for the development of vaccines and treatments, and these may have a limited effect in containing or interrupting spread ... -
Pilot Prospective Open, Single-Arm Multicentre Study on Off-Label Use of Tocilizumab in Patients With Severe COVID-19
(2020-05-01)Objectives: No agent has yet been proven to be effective for the treatment of patients with severe COVID-19. Methods: We conducted a pilot prospective open, single-arm multicentre study on off-label use of tocilizumab ... -
A Pilot Study Examining for the Presence of Fecal Coliforms and Tropical Diseases in Peru
(2017-03)Tropical diseases are active in South America and measures need to be taken to control these diseases. Sanitation is a major contributing factor as it serves for an ideal breeding ground for vectors. The EPA regulates water ... -
Pilot Study to Detect Zika Virus in Sperm (ZIKSPERM)
(2016-06)Since the end of 2015 an epidemic of ZIKA virus (ZIKV) infections is occurring in the Antilles-Guyana departments and focuses our attention on ZIKV and the risk of transmission during assisted reproductive technologies ... -
Pivotal Role of Convalescent Plasma in Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases
(2020-04-02)Infectious diseases remain one of the top 10 global health threats as announced by the World Health Organization. The emergence of new pathogens for which there is no effective treatment has redrawn the attention to the ... -
Planning and provision of ECMO services for severe ARDS during the COVID-19 pandemic and other outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases.
WHO interim guidelines recommend offering extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to eligible patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The number of patients ...