Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Comparative optimism about infection and recovery from COVID-19; Implications for adherence with lockdown advice
Published 2020BACKGROUND: Comparative optimism, the belief that negative events are more likely to happen to others rather than to oneself, is well established in health risk research. It is unknown, however, whether comparative optimism ...Article -
Identifying the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Environmental Monitoring in Airborne Infectious Isolation Rooms (AIIRs)
Published 2020Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of occupational exposure to the new pandemic human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and are a source of nosocomial transmission in airborne infectious isolation rooms (AIIRs). Here, we ...Article -
Animal and human RNA viruses: genetic variability and ability to overcome vaccines
Published 2020RNA viruses, in general, exhibit high mutation rates; this is mainly due to the low fidelity displayed by the RNA-dependent polymerases required for their replication that lack the proofreading machinery to correct ...Article -
Impending Central Retinal Vein Occlusion in a Patient with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Published 2020PURPOSE: To report a case of impending central retinal vein occlusion (iCRVO) in a COVID-19 patient. CASE REPORT: A 54 years old woman with COVID-19 related pneumonia presented to our emergency department complaining of ...Article -
Student-led interprofessional influenza vaccination clinic in a time of coronavirus
Published 2020Article