Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Disordered eating & body image of current and former athletes in a pandemic; a convergent mixed methods study - What can we learn from COVID-19 to support athletes through transitions?
Published 2021BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has seen worsened mental health as a result of lockdowns, isolation and changes to sociocultural functioning. The postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is representative of global cancellations ...Article -
SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequencing Methods Differ In Their Ability To Detect Variants From Low Viral Load Samples
Published 2021ABSTRACT SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance has been vital in understanding the spread of COVID-19, the emergence of viral escape mutants and variants of concern. However, low viral loads in clinical specimens affect variant ...Preprint -
Estimating age-specific COVID-19 fatality risk and time to death by comparing population diagnosis and death patterns: Australian data
Published 2021BackgroundMortality is a key component of the natural history of COVID-19 infection. Surveillance data on COVID-19 deaths and case diagnoses are widely available in the public domain, but they are not used to model time ...Article -
Slippery when wet: cross-species transmission of divergent coronaviruses in bony and jawless fish and the evolutionary history of the Coronaviridae
Published 2021Abstract The Nidovirales comprise a genetically diverse group of positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus families that infect a range of invertebrate and vertebrate hosts. Recent metagenomic studies have identified ...Preprint -
Infection control professionals’ and infectious diseases physicians’ knowledge, preparedness, and experiences of managing COVID-19 in Australian healthcare settings
Published 2021Background COVID-19 has placed unprecedented demands on infection control professionals (ICPs) and infectious disease (ID) physicians. This study examined their knowledge, preparedness, and experiences managing COVID-19 ...Article