Original Research
Lack of Association of the ABO Blood Group with COVID-19 risk and Severity in Hospitalized Patients in Louisville, KY
Rafael Fernandez-Botran, Meredith Cahill, Raghava S. Ambadapoodi, Evelyn Exposito Gonzalez, Stephen P. Furmanek, Ruth Carrico, Jose Bordon, and Julio A. Ramirez
Facial Mask Use and COVID-19 Protection Measures in Jefferson County, Kentucky: Results from an Observational Survey, November 5−11, 2020
Seyed M. Karimi, Sonali S. Salunkhe, Kelsey B. White, Sahal A. Alzahrani, Bert Little, William P. McKinney, Natalie DuPre, Riten Mitra, YuTing Chen, Martha M Popescu, Emily R. Adkins, Julia A. Barclay, Emmanuel Ezekekwu, Caleb.He X. He, Dylan M Hurst, Aravindreddy Kothagadi, Shaminul H. Shakib, Devin N. Swinney, David A. Johnson, Rebecca Hollenbach, and Sarah Moyer
Development of a real-time Reverse-Transcription PCR for SARS CoV-2 on the Luminex ARIES® Platform
Subathra Marimuthu, Holly Aliesky, Brigid Connelly, Danial Arsalan Malik, and Leslie A Wolf
Characteristics and outcomes of bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia of patients with and without HIV infection in Argentina
Alejandra González
The Population Affected by the Syndemic of COVID-19 and Poverty is More Likely to be Hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia
Julio A. Ramirez, Stephen P. Furmanek, Meredith Cahill, Stephen S. Hanson, Ruth Carrico, and Forest W. Arnold
No Difference in Clinical Outcomes for African American and White Patients Hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia in Louisville, Kentucky
Julio A. Ramirez, Stephen P. Furmanek, Thomas Chandler, Stephen S. Hanson, Dawn Balcom, Subathra Marimuthu, Sathya Krishnasamy, Jose Bordon, Rodrigo Cavallazzi, Amr Aboelnasr, Mahder A. Tella, William A. Mattingly, Ashley M. Wilde, Daisy Sangroula, Demetra Antimisiaris, Donghoon Chung, Guillermo Cabral, Gabino R Fernandez-Botran, Jiapeng Huang, Martin Gnoni, Ozan Akca, Paul Schulz, Phillip F. Bressoud, Priya Krishnan, Sally Suliman, William P. McKinney, Bryan Moffett, Leslie A Wolf, Mark Burns, Alex Glynn, Ruth Carrico, and Forest W. Arnold
Prion Disease: A Challenging Diagnosis
Jeffrey F. Spindel (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5143-1431), Anita M. Fletcher (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1394-9982), William T. Smith, and Rodrigo Cavallazzi
Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Accurate Diagnosis of COVID-19 Patients Using Chest X-Ray Image Databases from Italy, Canada, and the USA
Amgad A. Salama, Samy H. Darwish, Samir M. Abdel-Mageed, Radwa A. Meshref, and Ehab I. Mohamed
Editorials
A New Chapter in the Life of the Journal
Julio A. Ramirez
A Transition of ULJRI Leadership
Forest W. Arnold and Jose Bordon
To Preprint or Not to Preprint
Forest W. Arnold, Kimberley A. Buckner, Alex Glynn, Jessica Petrey, and Jose Bordon
Why Should People Use Face Masks in the Time of COVID? The JRI Position
Jose Bordon, Alex Glynn, and Forest W. Arnold
Opinion Pieces
Defining Early and Late Clinical Outcomes in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia
Julio A. Ramirez, Jose Bordon, Rodrigo Cavallazzi, Stephen P. Furmanek, Jiapeng Huang, Timothy L. Wiemken, and Forest W. Arnold
Bridging the Inequality Gap Among Marginalized Populations in Africa Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call for Responsible Cooperation
Aanuoluwapo A. Afolabi, Olayinka S. Ilesanmi Dr., and Titilope A. Afolabi
Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 and Polypharmacy: If You Think There’s Too Much Polypharmacy Now, Just Wait
Demetra Antimisiaris
Pulmonary Inflammation and Injury Triggered by Spine Surgery in Recovered COVID-19 Patients Demand Consideration
Luciano Rodrigo Lopes and Silvana Kertzer Kasinski
A Research Framework for Evaluating Next Generation Sequencing in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Ashley M. Wilde; Elena Swingler; Sarah E. Moore PharmD; Brian C. Bohn PharmD; Matthew Song PharmD, BCIDP; Ruth Carrico; and Julio A. Ramirez
Multimedia
International Respiratory Infections Society COVID Research Conversations: Podcast 1 with Dr. Francesco Blasi
Julio A. Ramirez MD and Francesco Blasi MD, PhD
International Respiratory Infections Society COVID Research Conversations: Podcast 2 with Dr. Michael S. Niederman and Dr. Edward J. Schenck
Julio A. Ramirez, Michael S. Niederman, and Edward J. Schenck
International Respiratory Infections Society COVID Research Conversations: Podcast 3 with Dr. Antoni Torres
Julio A. Ramirez and Antoni Torres
Review Article
H1N1 Influenza Virus (Swine Flu): A Comprehensive Insight into Escalating Catch-22 Scenarios
Muhammad Shahzaib and Ehsan Ul Haq
Case Reports
Invasive Pneumococcal Serotype 3 Disease Despite Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine-23
B. Frank Parker Jr and Forest W. Arnold
Streptococcus anginosus lung infection and empyema: A case report and review of the literature
Nishita Tripathi, Kuldeep Ghosh, and Anupama Raghuram
Baricitinib in the Treatment of a Critical Patient with COVID-19 Pneumonia: a case report
Nishant Patel, Dylan Goldsmith, and Forest W. Arnold
RSV-induced Guillain–Barré Syndrome
Priyanga Jayakumar, Christe Shen, Dylan Goldsmith, and Steven Lippmann
Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection and disseminated tuberculosis
Hernan Terroba, Alejandra González, Diana Vera Gonzalez, Roxana Mariela Godoy, Analia Santos, and Marisol Arrojo
COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: a case report from the COVID-19 surveillance program.
Mohamad Belal Aldaas, Dylan Goldsmith, and Forest W. Arnold
Brief Reviews
An Update on the Leading COVID-19 Vaccines
Ahmed A. Eladely; Javaria Anwer MBBS; Ashwini Gotimukul MBBS; Manish KC MBBS; Jessica Petrey MSLS; Alex Glynn MA; Ruth M. Carrico PhD, DNP; and Julio A. Ramirez MD
Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): Association with Inflammation and Autoimmunity
Raghava S. Ambadapoodi, Fnu Deepti, Javaria Anwer MBBS, and Rafael Fernandez-Botran
Perspective Pieces
Improvement Cycles in Medical Education: From Quality Improvement to Patient Care and Clinical Research
Julio A. Ramirez
The Increasing Role of Pragmatic Clinical Trials and Real-World Data in Healthcare Research
Julio A. Ramirez and Ruth Carrico
University of Louisville International Travel Clinic: Pivoting During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dawn Balcom, Subathra Marimuthu, Leslie A Wolf, Luanne Didelot, Sarah Tan, Daniel Hall, and Ruth Carrico
Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry During Covid-19
Robert Frierson and Steven B Lippmann
