The air and viruses we breathe: assessing the effect the PM2.5 air pollutant has on the burden of COVID-19 (Publications)
Evidence suggests an association between air pollutant exposure and worse outcomes for respiratory viral diseases, like COVID-19. However, does breathing polluted air over many years affect the suscep
Health service quality in 2929 facilities in six low-income and middle-income countries: a positive deviance analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Primary care is of insufficient quality in many low-income and middle-income countries. Some health facilities perform better than others despite operating in similar contexts, although th
Antibody and B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination (Publications)
Antibodies, and the B cell and plasma cell populations responsible for their production, are key components of the human immune system's response to SARS-CoV-2, which has caused the coronavirus diseas
Human B cell clonal expansion and convergent antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 (Publications)
B cells are critical for the production of antibodies and protective immunity to viruses. Here we show that patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) who deve
Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence in healthcare personnel in northern California early in the coronavirus... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: We assessed the magnitude of unidentified coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in our healthcare personnel (HCP) early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and we evaluated risk factors for infection t
Defining the features and duration of antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with disease severity and outcome (Publications)
SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies, particularly those preventing viral spike receptor binding domain (RBD) interaction with host angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor, can neutralize the virus.
Large-scale testing of asymptomatic healthcare personnel for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Publications)
Large-scale, 1-time testing of > 12,000 asymptomatic healthcare personnel in California, USA, during April-June 2020 showed that prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was low (
Cervical cancer prevention and care indicators for women living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: Delphi Method (Publications)
Dr M. Davidovic speaks to ecancer about cervical cancer prevention and care indicators for women living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. She discusses the current situation of cervical cancer preventio
Social-political and vaccine related determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Tanzania: a qualitative inquiry (Publications)
Vaccines have played a critical role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic globally, and Tanzania has made significant efforts to make them available to the public in addition to sensitizing them o