Antonia Ho
Infectious Diseases Physician & Clinical Senior Lecturer @CVRinfo. Interests #epidemiology #flu #respiratoryvirus #pneumonia #vaccines. Views are my own.
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Equality and diversity efforts do not ‘burden’ research — no matter what the UK government says
Plans to downgrade equality initiatives in universities risk being divisive and must be challenged.
UK 'could face 50,000 Covid cases and 200 deaths a day'
Britain could be facing 50,000 new Covid-19 cases a day within weeks if the current rate of infection is not halted, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser has warned. Sir Patrick Vallance told a televised briefing that the UK could see 200...
Participants being sought to take part in national COVID-19 trial | NHS Research Scotland | NHS Research Scotland
PRINCIPLE is a nationwide clinical trial to find COVID-19 treatments for the over 50s that can be taken at home
Led by Oxford University, the
Virology, transmission, and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2
### What you need to know
Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in December 2019, there has been an unparalleled global effort to characterise the virus and the clinical course of disease. Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2,...
How Africa fought the pandemic — and what coronavirus has taught the world
African countries mounted a powerful response, using their experience of previous infectious disease
Convalescent plasma in the management of moderate covid-19 in adults in India: open label phase II multicentre randomised controlled trial (PLACID Trial)
Objective To investigate the effectiveness of using convalescent plasma to treat moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in adults in India.
Design Open label, parallel arm, phase II, multicentre, randomised controlled trial.
Setting 39...
The COVID-19 response illustrates that traditional academic reward structures and metrics do not reflect crucial contributions to modern science
The COVID-19 pandemic has motivated many open and collaborative analytical research projects with real-world impact. However, despite their value, such activities are generally overlooked by traditional academic metrics. Science is ultimately...
The effect of temperature and humidity on the stability of SARS-CoV-2 and other enveloped viruses
Since emerging in late 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic, and it may become an endemic human pathogen. Understanding the impact of environmental conditions on SARS-CoV-2 viability and its transmission potential is crucial to anticipating...
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Scientific consensus on the COVID-19 pandemic: we need to act now
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected more than
35 million people globally, with more than 1 million deaths recorded by WHO as of
Oct 12, 2020. As a second wave of COVID-19 affects Europe, and with winter...
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Pursuing COVID 'Herd Immunity' Without A Vaccine Could Be Dangerous & Unethical, WHO Warns - As World Reaches Record Peaks For New Infections - Health Policy Watch
WHO issued a stiff warning to Covid-skeptics who have been saying that in the absence of a vaccine, policies that let the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread freely would
Nature Milestones in Vaccines
This Milestone provides a historical perspective of the breakthroughs in the field of vaccines research
Covid-19: We need to understand the risks to tackle them
The emergence of dexamethasone as an effective treatment for people seriously ill with covid-19 has been a welcome sign that we are starting to get a handle on this disease that has so quickly and radically changed all our lives. The BMJ ’s rapid...
Antonia Ho
Great to see the ISARIC 4C mortality score highlighted in @bmj_latest Editor's choice, #COVID19: We need to understand the risk to tackle them.
@ISARIC1 @CCPUKstudy @sr_knight1 @_Riinu_ @abdocherty79 @ewenharrison @ProfCalumSemple
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Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score
Objective To develop and validate a pragmatic risk score to predict mortality in patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19).
Design Prospective observational cohort study.
Setting International Severe Acute Respiratory...
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Delighted to share our paper out in @bmj_latest today.
Risk stratification of hospitalised patients with #COVID19: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score
bmj.com/content/370/bm…
@ISARIC1 @CCPUKstudy @CVRinfo @UofGlasgow @EdinburghUni @LivUni @imperialcollege
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High prevalence of asymptomatic #COVID19 identified in our cohort study in Blantyre #Malawi.
17/150 (11%) healthcare workers & 20/150 community members #SARSCoV2 PCR+, suggesting substantial community transmission. Serology results to follow.
More info 👉yumpu.com/en/document/vi… pic.twitter.com/aA2DOXQo9x
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The impact of COVID-19 and strategies for mitigation and suppression in low- and middle-income countries
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic poses a severe threat to public health worldwide. We combine data on demography, contact patterns, disease severity, and health care capacity and quality to understand its impact and inform strategies for its control....
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New @ScienceMagazine paper: Impact of #COVID19 and strategies for mitigation and suppression in #LMICs
LMICs tend to have a younger population, but limited healthcare capacity will likely negate this protective benefit.
science.sciencemag.org/content/early/… pic.twitter.com/719Aedop5p
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