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READ MOREby Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | March 24, 2022.edited by Ivy Rose Sebastian. Although testing for COVID-19 has become a part of our daily routine, the diagnostic tests hide technical peculiarities that are not common knowledge. As described in previous articles (Read also: Covid-19 tests current status), there are different types of tests, but molecular tests are the gold […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | December 02, 2021.edited by Ivy Rose Sebastian. Whether or not one believes in vaccines, is a matter of opinion, but data and experiments incontrovertibly show that vaccinations reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. However, researchers are still struggling to find an unequivocal answer concerning two factors: The first is […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | March 07, 2021. The anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination campaign is progressing at various levels and speeds across Europe. Several weeks have passed since 27 December 2020, known as Vaccine Day, and several weeks are expected to pass before the first results could be seen in terms of effectiveness and widespread protection […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Maria Chiara Rosace | February 5, 2021. The development and launch of the vaccine campaign have led research to progress at an astonishing speed, both in diagnostics and prophylaxis. The path for a better understanding of the viral infection and replication mechanisms, as well as the evolution of the infection in the human body, is still long. Nevertheless, thanks to the results […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | January 31, 2021. Evolution is a theory first formulated by Charles Darwin two centuries ago to explain the mechanism of natural selection that leads organisms of the same species to acquire mutations over time, for adaptive or beneficial purposes in so far as they are necessary to survive the […]
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By Domenico Gangemi, Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone | January 23, 2021. Although almost a month has passed since the first vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 started, there are still many questions to be answered by the worldwide population. Will the vaccine really provide lasting protection against the coronavirus? And if so, will it be able to achieve […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi, | December 27, 2020 On December 14, 2020, British authorities have reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) that a new mutated variant of SARS-CoV-2 had been identified using genomic sequencing techniques, in several Covid-19 positive individuals within the British population. Current nomenclature defines it as SARS-CoV-2 VUI […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Maria Chiara Rosace | November 28, 2020. A shining light that seems to give a glimmer of hope and positivity at the end of the year that has been certainly troubled: two of the most promising vaccine candidates against COVID-19 have proved effective in phase 3 studies and have achieved […]
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by Domenico Gangemi, Giuseppe Scarlata, Maria Chiara Rosace, Antonino Napoleone | November 12, 2020. Europe is in the midst of the second wave COVID-19, a pandemic that has now almost entirely marked this 2020, yet the questions of scientists and the general population are still many. The situation in Italian hospitals is on the verge […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Domenico Gangemi, Maria Chiara Rosace, Antonino Napoleone | November 07, 2020 The scientific journal IDCases is well known for the publication of case reports dedicated to infectious diseases, and last June, one in particular entitled “COVID-19 and Plasmodium Vivax malaria co-infection” aroused considerable clinical interest. The authors, belonging to the Department of […]
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By Roberta Maria Lorenzi (PhD Student at University of Pavia, Dept. of Brain and Behavioral Sciences), Silvia Maria Marchese (Post-Doc Physiology in Human Physiology Section of the DePt of University of Milan), Marta Gaviraghi (PhD Student at University of Pavia, Dept. of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering) | 3 August 2020 Synopsis SARS CoV-2 is […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi | July 17, 2020 The current pandemic is still the main topic of many debates; it has been discussed for more than seven months and it will probably continue to be discussed. In spite of the various statements taken into account, especially from various and opposing fronts in […]
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by Domenico Gangemi, Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | 3 July 2020 Despite the economic constraints, during the last years the health care systems in Western countries have effectively guaranteed (and they still do it) the treatment of acute pathologies and mainly infectious diseases. The increase of the life span has inevitably led to an increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular, oncological and metabolic diseases. Among the latter there is diabetes mellitus, in particular type 2 diabetes, of dietary origin, a complex disease caused by environmental causes (diet rich […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi | June 28, 2020 The effects of the pandemic have affected several aspects of society, questioning outdated and stratified beliefs about health and political management models, that are currently inadequate in many contexts. Researchers are competing against the clock to solve the puzzles and reveal all the scientific […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Domenico Gangemi | June 23, 2020 Research groups led by internationally reputed scientists in Vaccinology and Immunology have accelerated the clinical trial process to develop a safe and effective vaccine against Covid-19 (Coronavirus Infectious Disease 2019). Already by the end of March 2020, public expectations were high and there was speculation on the timing […]
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By Giovanna Caparello (Nutritionist Biologist and Nutrition Science Student at the University of Tor Vergata, Rome) |May 12, 2020 On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the COVID-19 epidemic as a public health emergency of international concern.[1] Thus began a historical period in which populations all over the world underwent the […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Domenico Gangemi |June 8, 2020 The impact and spread of Coronavirus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID-19) reached 188 countries worldwide and the confirmed case numbers continuing to rise rapidly, with 7,049,649 cases reported on June 8, 2020. Mathematical and epidemiological models are constantly updated, but understanding and predicting the spread of the virus is becoming […]
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By Pasquale Romeo (Professor of Psychiatry at the University “Dante Alighieri” of Reggio Calabria), Valentina Zema (Psychologist specialized in Family Psychology and Relational Psychology) | May 29, 2020 The pandemic caused by the new Coronavirus has forced many people to self-isolation at homes or in dedicated quarantine facilities. The restrictions applied to stop and depot […]
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by Maurizio Bazzucchi (Internist at the Civil Hospital in Pescara, Italy) | 24 May 2020 Introduction Due to possible and frequent genetic mutations of the various Coronavirus, which has made expensive and difficult to identify an effective vaccine for SARS and MERS, it will be very difficult to develope one for SARS-CoV-2. Any […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi | 22 May 2020 The Coronavirus Infectious Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has severely shaken the global geopolitical balance, forcing most governments to make drastic decisions on social interactions, up to total lock-down to limit the number of infections. After months of draconian restrictions, several countries are beginning to approach Phase […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Domenico Gangemi | May 10, 2020 On May 10, 2020, 4,142,107 cases of Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) distributed in 187 countries are registered worldwide, of which 2,402,247 are currently active and 1,458,191 are declared as recovered. The latter data for recovered individuals is crucial in the evaluation of convalescent plasma (CP) […]
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by Domenico Gangemi, Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | May 4, 2020 Interview to Mr. S.C. Here is presented the interview of Mr. S.C., 45 years old, recovered from COVID-19. Before the interview the patient gave his informed consent for the processing of his personal information. The interview will be reported anonymously. The patient was discharged […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi | May 1, 2020. On April 3, 2020, Italy has announced by an official document issued by the Ministry of Health that the number of swabs to be performed for detecting COVID-19 should be limited to individuals who are included in priority categories, including health care workers, hospitalized […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi | April 24, 2020 On 24 April 2020, after four months from the first case of Covid-19 reported to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is still inadequate access to diagnostic testing worldwide, as well as general disagreement over which priority and who should have access to it. […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Domenico Gangemi | April 22, 2020 On April 22, 2020, 2,611,182 cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) are registered worldwide distributed in 185 countries. The spread of the virus does not want to stop, along with the related consequences heavily affecting the health, social, and economic-financial sector. The restrictive policies […]
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by Domenico Gangemi, Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | April 18, 2020. The case of Mr P.C., 66 years old, is reported. The patient had an acute myocardial infarction in 1995, he suffers from arterial hypertension and also from a rare form of migraine, the Familial Hemiplegic Migraine [a].On March 13th, 2020 P.C. started suffering from […]
