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  Weekly Digest: COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths depend on vaccine timing and durability; Disruptions could lead to a doubling of 2018 reported malaria deaths in Africa; Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2; Low antibiotic de-escalation rates in hospitalized patients with pneumonia. May 04, 2021

   
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  Weekly Digest: A long road towards sustainable and effective AMR surveillance systems; Socioeconomic vulnerability drove the course of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil; Niche and local geography shape the pangenome of wastewater- and livestock-associated Enterobacteriaceae April 27, 2021

   
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  Weekly: Studies show decline in antibiotic use during the COVID-19 pandemic; No association with severe disease for the more transmissible SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage; SARS-CoV-2–specific antibodies in breast milk following COVID-19 vaccination; Meningococcal B vaccination coverage among adolescents in the United States remains low. April 20, 2021

   
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  Weekly Digest: One Health approach in medical education and clinical practice; Venous thromboembolism events from COVID-19 vaccine are not above expected incidence; Neonatal sepsis isolates are resistant to recommended first and second-line treatments in LMICs April 12, 2021

   
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  Addressing AMR during the COVID-19 pandemic requires an internationally coordinated approach; Delays in TB diagnosis and treatment in the United States; Older people at a higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in Denmark; Transparency during vaccine emergency use authorization can reduce vaccine hesitancy March 30, 2021

   
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  Hard lockdowns with continued post-lockdown interventions could reduce peak infections in African countries; Amazon deforestation enriches antibiotic resistance genes; Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection protects from reinfection; Lower physical distancing may be adopted in schools with masking mandates. March 23, 2021

   
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  Weekly Digest: CDDEP partners with WHO on Action Framework on using vaccines to prevent AMR; Attributes and predictors of long COVID; Azithromycin for community treatment of suspected COVID-19; Antenatal screening of asymptomatic bacteriuria can reduce pre-term and low birth weight March 15, 2021

   

• Call for Review of the African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes March 10, 2021

   
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  Weekly Digest: AI-based mobile application to fight antibiotic resistance; Covid-19 deaths in Africa; Provisional life expectancy estimates for January through June, 2020; Economic burden of urinary tract infections from antibiotic resistant E.coli. March 01, 2021

   

• Infectious Diseases in the South-East Asia Region February 23, 2021