Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Digital health and artificial intelligence in kidney research: a report from the 2020 Kidney Disease Clinical Trialists (KDCT) meeting.
Published 2021The exponential growth in digital technology coupled with the global COVID-19 pandemic is driving a profound change in the delivery of medical care and research conduct. The growing availability of electronic monitoring, ...Article -
Zinc for the prevention or treatment of acute viral respiratory tract infections in adults: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Published 2021OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the benefits and risks of zinc formulations compared with controls for prevention or treatment of acute viral respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in adults. METHOD: Seventeen English and Chinese ...Article -
Emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and P.1 in Italy
Published 2021Italy’s second wave of SARS-CoV-2 has hit hard, with more than 3 million cases and over 100,000 deaths, representing an almost ten-fold increase on the numbers reported by August 2020. Herein, we present the analysis of ...Preprint -
Vaccines and vaccination: history and emerging issues.
Published 2021Prophylactic vaccines are crucial in modern healthcare and have been used successfully to combat bacterial and viral infectious diseases. Infections like polio and smallpox, which were dreaded historically, and which ...Article