This review aims to provide a clinical practice-oriented approach to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in MS in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and COVID-19: A systematic synthesis of worldwide cases
September 7, 2021Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) has been reported after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this review, the authors systematically included worldwide reported cases on this association. -
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Neurological symptoms and complications in predominantly hospitalized COVID-19 patients – results of the European multinational LEOSS registry
September 7, 2021In this study the authors analyzed COVID-19 patients of 127 centers, diagnosed between 01/2020 and 02/2021, and registered at the European multinational LEOSS registry ‘Lean European Open Survey on SARS-Infected Patients’. -
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Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~20% of COVID-19 deaths
September 7, 2021In this article the authors detect auto-Abs neutralizing 100-fold lower, more physiological, concentrations of IFN-α and/or -ω in 13.6% of 3,595 patients with critical COVID-19, including 21% of 374 patients > 80 years, and 6.5% of 522 patients with severe COVID-19. -
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Progress of the COVID-19 vaccine effort: viruses, vaccines and variants versus efficacy, effectiveness and escape
September 7, 2021In this article, the authors provide a snapshot of ongoing vaccine efficacy studies, as well as real-world data on vaccine effectiveness and the impact of virus variants of concern. -
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Mortality in individuals treated with COVID-19 convalescent plasma varies with the geographic provenance of donors
September 7, 2021The authors of this article hypothesize that convalescent plasma has a higher efficacy, as defined by death within 30 days of transfusion, when the convalescent plasma donor and treated patient were in close geographic proximity. -
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Two doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination induce robust immune responses to emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
September 7, 2021The authors analyse antibodies and T cells of a recently vaccinated, UK cohort, alongside those recovering from natural infection in early 2020. -
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Associations of BNT162b2 vaccination with SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospital admission and death with COVID-19 in nursing homes and healthcare workers in Catalonia: prospective cohort study
September 7, 2021The objective of this prospective cohort study was to determine associations of BNT162b2 vaccination with SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospital admission and death with COVID-19 among nursing home residents, nursing home staff, and healthcare workers. -
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Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 outcomes in Ontario, Canada: test negative design study
September 7, 2021The objective of this test negative design study was to estimate the effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic infection and severe outcomes (hospital admission or death). -
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Risk of acute myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke following COVID-19 in Sweden: a self-controlled case series and matched cohort study
September 7, 2021In this article the authors aimed to quantify the risk of acute myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke associated with COVID-19 by analysing all COVID-19 cases in Sweden. -
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Cerebral venous thrombosis and portal vein thrombosis: A retrospective cohort study of 537,913 COVID-19 cases
September 7, 2021Using a retrospective cohort study based on electronic health records primarily in the USA, the absolute risks of cerebral and portal vein thrombosis in the two weeks following a diagnosis of COVID-19 were calculated. -
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The effect of COVID-19 isolation measures on the cognition and mental health of people living with dementia: A rapid systematic review of one year of quantitative evidence
September 7, 2021This study aimed to summarize the global research evidence describing the effect of COVID-19 isolation measures on the health of people living with dementia. -
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Safety and immunogenicity of heterologous versus homologous prime-boost schedules with an adenoviral vectored and mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (Com-COV): a single-blind, randomised, non-inferiority trial
September 7, 2021The authors of this study report the safety and immunogenicity of heterologous schedules with the ChAd and BNT vaccines. -
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Cerebral venous thrombosis after vaccination against COVID-19 in the UK: a multicentre cohort study
September 7, 2021For this multicentre cohort study, clinicians were asked to submit all cases in which COVID-19 vaccination preceded the onset of cerebral venous thrombosis, regardless of the type of vaccine, interval between vaccine and onset of cerebral venous thrombosis symptoms, or blood test results. -
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Inhaled budesonide for COVID-19 in people at high risk of complications in the community in the UK (PRINCIPLE): a randomised, controlled, open-label, adaptive platform trial
September 7, 2021In this study the authors aimed to establish whether inhaled budesonide reduces time to recovery and COVID-19-related hospital admissions or deaths among people at high risk of complications in the community.