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10/02/2020

Hot Topics of the Day are picked by experts to capture the latest information and publications on public health genomics and precision health for various diseases and health topics. Sources include published scientific literature, reviews, blogs and popular press articles.

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Geospatial Analysis of Individual and Community-Level Socioeconomic Factors Impacting SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence and Outcomes
SJ Cromer et al, MEDRXIV, September 30, 2020

Direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 using CRISPR-Cas13a and a mobile phone
P Fozoumi et al, MEDRXIV September 30, 2020

An integrated clinical and genetic model for predicting risk of severe COVID-19
GS Dite et al, MEDRXIV, September 30, 2020

Ultra-rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 in public workspace environments
O Yaren et al, MEDRXIV, September 30, 2020

Viral genomes reveal patterns of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Washington State
NF Mueller et al, MEDRXIV, September 30, 2020

Large scale sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from one region allows detailed epidemiology and enables local outbreak management
AJ Page et al, MEDRXIV< September 30, 2020

Widening the gap: greater racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 burden after accounting for missing race/ethnicity data
K Labgold et al, MEDRXIV, September 30, 2020

After bias-adjustment, the magnitude of the absolute racial/ethnic disparity, measured as the difference in infection rates between classified Black and Hispanic persons compared to classified White persons, increased 1.3-fold and 1.6-fold respectively. These results highlight that complete case analyses may underestimate absolute disparities in infection rates.

Alexa, do I have COVID-19?
E AnNthes, Nature News, September 30, 2020

Researchers are exploring ways to use people’s voices to diagnose coronavirus infections, dementia, depression and much more.

Inner Workings: Researchers race to develop in-home testing for COVID-19, a potential game changer.
McDermott Amy et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2020 Sep

Daily rapid testing, even with low-sensitivity tests, could be a useful screening strategy to discreetly identify asymptomatic COVID-19 patients. “What we need is something cheap and fast, that can be rolled out to orders of magnitude more people with regular frequency."


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