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.
Therapy
Clinical outcomes following treatment for COVID-19 with Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir and Molnupiravir among patients living in nursing homes.
JAMA Network Open:2023: April 27 Full text
Safety and efficacy of combined Tixagevimab and Cilgavimab administered intramuscularly or intravenously in nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19: 2 randomized clinical trials.
JAMA Network Open:2023: April 26 Full text
Neutralizing monoclonal antibody use and COVID-19 infection outcomes.
JAMA Network Open:2023: April 24 Full text
Metformin prevents the diagnosis of Long Covid in phase 3 trial of early treatment.
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science:2023: April 24 Full text
Molnupiravir and risk of post-acute sequelae of covid-19: cohort study.
BMJ:2023: April 25 Full text
Clinical Practice
Postoperative mortality and complications in patients with and without pre-operative SARS-CoV-2 infection: a service evaluation of 24 million linked records using OpenSAFELY.
Anaesthesia:2023: March 23 Full text
Pathophysiology
SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence in the human body and brain at autopsy.
Nature:2022: December 14 Full text
Machine learning links unresolving secondary pneumonia to mortality in patients with severe pneumonia, including COVID-19.
Journal of Clinical Investigation:2023: May 4 Full text
Body mass index and risk of hospitalization or death due to lower or upper respiratory tract infection.
JAMA:2023: May 2 Full text
Long COVID
Toward comprehensive care for Long COVID.
New England Journal of Medicine:2023: May 5 Full text
Diagnosis
Evaluation of a novel anterior nasal swab for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. SVHA
Journal of Virological Methods:2023: March 21 Full text
Transmission
Widespread household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant from children, South Korea, 2022.
Yonsei Medical Journal:2023: April 20 Full text
Fecal-oral transmission of SARS-CoV-2. a systematic review of evidence from epidemiological and experimental studies.
American Journal of Infection Control:2023: April 28 Full text
Vaccines
Safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of the NVX-CoV2373 COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents: a randomized clinical trial.
JAMA Network Open:2023: April 26 Full text
Vaccine Adverse Effects
Association of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination or infection with Bell Palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
JAMA Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery:2023: April 27 Full text
Immunology
Evaluation of waning of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine–induced immunity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
JAMA Network Open:2023: May 3 Full text
Population immunity of natural infection, primary-series vaccination, and booster vaccination in Qatar during the COVID-19 pandemic: An observational study.
Med Rxiv:2023: April 29 Full text