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COVID-19 Infection among Elite Football Players: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study
(2022)Little is known about the risk of COVID-19 infection among footballers. We aimed to investigate the incidence and characteristics of COVID-19 infection among footballers. In total, 480 football players of Super League ... -
Development and performance characteristics evaluation of a new Bioelectric Recognition Assay (BERA) method for rapid Sars-CoV-2 detection in clinical samples
(2021)Introduction: As the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic is in progress the development of fast and cost-effective approaches for diagnosis is essential. The aim of the present study was to develop and evaluate the performance ... -
Intensity and Dynamics of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Immune Responses after BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccination: Implications for Public Health Vaccination Strategies
(2022)The aim of our study was to investigate the immunogenicity of the BNT162b2 vaccination according to the age and medical status of vaccinated individuals. A total of 511 individuals were enrolled (median age: 54.0 years, ... -
Lessons from pathophysiology: Use of individualized combination treatments with immune interventional agents to tackle severe respiratory failure in patients with COVID-19
(2021)Aims Infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) may lead to the development of severe respiratory failure. In hospitalized-patients, prompt interruption of the virus-driven inflammatory process ... -
Nasopharyngeal Wash with Normal Saline Decreases SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load: A Randomized Pilot Controlled Trial
(2022)Background. Although great progress has been made over the past 2 years in the scientific understanding of the biology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), case ... -
Performance of Antigen Detection Tests for SARS-CoV-2: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2022)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) initiated global health care challenges such as the necessity for new diagnostic tests. Diagnosis by real-time PCR remains the gold-standard method, yet economical and technical issues ... -
Rapid test ag 2019-nCoV (PROGNOSIS, BIOTECH, Larissa, Greece); performance evaluation in hospital setting with real time RT-PCR
(2021)Introduction: Rapid antigen tests (RATs) are convenient for SARS-CoV-2 detection be-cause they are simpler and faster than nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs). This study aimed to assess the accuracy of a locally ...