Liore Klein

TL;DR: The prolonged time until ZikV RNA clearance in serum in this study may have implications for the diagnosis and prevention of ZIKV infection.

TL;DR: A prospective cohort of women with RT-PCR confirmed Zika virus infection aged 18-39 years in Puerto Rico found that pregnant women have about a 3-fold longer estimated median detection of Zika virus RNA in serum, which can increase definitive diagnosis of infection and facilitate timely and appropriate clinical management.

TL;DR: This study identified sexual contact as a risk factor for ZikV infection among household contacts of patients with ZIKV disease enrolled in a cohort study in Puerto Rico during 2016-2017 and identified persons living with ZikaV-infected individuals as a focus of public health efforts.

TL;DR: Among 9,048 people infected with SARS-CoV-2 between January-May- 2021 in Maryland, in regression-adjusted analysis, the spike protein mutation E484K was disproportionately prevalent among persons infected after full vaccination against COVID-19 as compared to infected persons who were not fully vaccinated as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documented 151 organisms harboring multiple carbapenemase genes from 100 patients in the United States between 2012-April 2019 as discussed by the authors, and possible risk factors included recent history of international travel, international inpatient healthcare, and solid organ or bone marrow transplantation.