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J Prev Med Public Health 2021 Mar 19;54(2):86-95. Epub 2021 Jan 19.

Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Objectives: This study investigated associations between perceptions of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in workers at hospitals designated to treat COVID-19, as well as the difference in the magnitude of these associations by occupational type and previous Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) experience.

Methods: The participants were workers at hospitals designated to treat COVID-19 who completed a questionnaire about their perceptions related to COVID-19, work experience during the previous MERS-CoV outbreak, and symptoms of PTSD ascertained by the PTSD Checklist for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Participants' characteristics were compared using the chi-square test. Read More

Vet Microbiol 2021 Mar 23;256:109048. Epub 2021 Mar 23.

PRRS Research Laboratory, Viral Diseases Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, 39660, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:

The objective of this study was to assess protective efficacy of vaccination using CPD-attenuated chimeric PRRSV and Toll like receptor (TLR) agonists (HSP70 c-terminal domain and HSPX) as adjuvants through different inoculation routes. In this study, a chimeric PRRSV composed of two field isolates was synthesized and attenuated by CPD in NSP1 as described in the previous study. The infection of the CPD-attenuated chimeric PRRSV to pigs of 3 weeks-old showed no clinical signs without pathological lesions in necropsy, while it induced improved cross immunity between its parent strains. Read More

Rev Med Chil 2020 Dec;148(12):1759-1766

Escuela de Educación, Universidad de Concepción, Los Ángeles, Chile.

Background: The quarantine and social distancing implemented during COVID 19 pandemic may hamper the quality of life of the population.

Aim: To determine the factors associated with a low quality of life during COVID 19 quarantine in Chilean adults.

Material And Methods: The SF-36 survey about quality of life was answered by 1,082 Chilean adults aged between 18 and 60 years, who were quarantined by the COVID-19 health alert. Read More

Obes Surg 2021 Apr 12. Epub 2021 Apr 12.

Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Background: During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, in order to protect the patient and to save hospital beds, cancelation of elective surgeries has become a great challenge. Considering that obesity is a chronic disease and the possible effect imposed by quarantine on weight gain with worsening rates of obesity and metabolic comorbidities, the creation of a protocol for a safe return to bariatric surgery became essential.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the incidence of new-onset severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) symptoms in patients who underwent bariatric procedures during the declining curve period. Read More

J Chem Ecol 2021 Apr 12. Epub 2021 Apr 12.

Division of Entomology & Nematology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hesseraghatta Lake PO, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560089, India.

The Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) is an economically devastating pest of fruit crops across the globe with stringent quarantine restrictions to limit its further spread. The current management programs increasingly depend on male annihilation but trapping female flies is equally important to reduce fruit damage. Considering the importance of kairomones in courtship and oviposition site selection behavior of B. Read More