This page lists feature articles on COVID-19 relevant to people working at St Vincent's Health Australia.
All articles listed are open access unless stated otherwise.
Clinical Practice
Impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on outcomes following emergency admissions for common acute surgical conditions: analysis of a national database in England.
British Journal of Surgery:2022: July 27 Full text
Pathophysiology and Epidemiology
Risk of covid-19 related deaths for SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) compared with delta (B.1.617.2): retrospective cohort study.
BMJ:2022: August 2 Full text
Stroke-induced changes to immune function and their relevance to increased risk of severe COVID-19 disease.
Discovery Immunology:2022: August 11 Full text
Severity of illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variants of concern in children: a single-center retrospective cohort study.
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society:2022: August 4 Full text
Long Covid
Two-year prevalence and recovery rate of altered sense of smell or taste in patients with mildly symptomatic COVID-19.
JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery:2022: August 4 Full text
Persistence of somatic symptoms after COVID-19 in the Netherlands: an observational cohort study.
Lancet:2022: August 6 Full text
Long COVID symptomatology after twelve months and its impact on quality of life according to initial COVID-19 disease severity.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases:2022: August 5 Full text
Infection Control
Rapid SARS-CoV-2 disinfection on distant surfaces with UV-C: the inactivation is affected by the type of material.
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology:2022: August 6 Full text
Duration of symptoms and association with positive home rapid antigen test results after infection with SARS-CoV-2.
JAMA Network Open:2022: August 3 Full text
Maintaining genomic surveillance using whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from rapid antigen test devices. AUS
Lancet Infectious Diseases:2022: August 4 Full text
Immunology
Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with cancer.
Trends in Molecular Medicine:2022: August 3 Full text
Transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants with resistance to clinical protease inhibitors.
BioRxiv:2022: August 8 Full text
