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EIJ Research Article Jan 15, 2025
Covid-19 Reinfections Case Series from October 2023 to October 2024 in A General Medicine Office in Toledo (Spain)
Turabian JL*

Background: Clinical-epidemiological data on SARS-CoV-2 reinfections in endemic period are scarce. Objective: To know the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of current reinf…

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections
JIDTM Research Article Apr 4, 2024
What are the Clinical-Epidemiological Differences between Initial Infection and Reinfection Covid-19 with Fourth Dose of Bivalent mRNA Vaccine? A Study in the Period from October 2022 to October 2023, In a General Medicine Office (Toledo, Spain)
Turabian JL

Background: The clinical-epidemiological differences between primary infections versus reinfections of covid-19 with the 4th dose of bivalent mRNA vaccine are not known. Objectiv…

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiological Characteristic
EIJ Research Article Feb 4, 2022
Risk Factors and Incidence Rates of Adverse Covid-19 Vaccines Reactions: a Longitudinal Study of 109 Adverse Reactions Cases from February to September 2021 in General Medicine of Toledo (Spain)
Turabian JL*

Background: Information on the safety of vaccines against COVID-19 is essential. Objective: To describing the incidence rates (IR) and risk factors for adverse COVID-19 vaccines r…

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Adverse Drug Events
EIJ Research Article Nov 26, 2021
Covid-19 Breakthrough Infections in Vaccinated People. A Clinical-Epidemiological Case Series Reporting of 30 Patients in Toledo (Spain) from February to September 2021
Turabian JL*

Background: COVID-19 vaccines show excellent efficacy, but some people still become infected with SARS-CoV-2 after vaccination. Objective: To study, in general medicine, COVID-19…

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination
EIJ Research Article Oct 22, 2021
Adverse Covid-19 Vaccines Reactions in General Medicine: A Clinical-Epidemiological Case Series Reporting of 73 Patients in Toledo’s (Spain) from February to July 2021
Turabian JL*

Background: Information on the safety of vaccines against COVID-19 and its dissemination is essential. Objective: To study, in general medicine, clinical-epidemiological characte…

COVID-19 Adverse Drug Events Post-Vaccination Reactions
EIJ Research Article Sep 16, 2021
Risk Factors and Incidence of Ongoing Symptomatic Covid-19: A Longitudinal Study of 192 Patients from March 2020 to March 2021 in a General Medicine Clinic in Toledo (Spain)
Turabian JL*

Background: Although many of COVID-19 patients recover without complications, some have a prolonged illness, but the evidence for their characteristics is limited. Objective: To …

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Post-COVID-19 Condition
EIJ Research Article Aug 17, 2021
Sars-Cov-2 Transmission in Family: Study of 18 Families and 51 People without Asymptomatic Secondary Cases in a General Medicine Clinic of Toledo (Spain). Social Factors Lose Importance in Families without Asymptomatic Cases
Turabian JL*

Background: The presence of asymptomatic secondary cases within the family biases the transmission study, since it is not possible to determine whether these were secondary cases o…

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Asymptomatic infections
EIJ Research Article Jul 14, 2021
Post-Acute Covid-19 in General Medicine: A Clinical- Epidemiological Reporting of 33 Patients from March 2020 to March 2021 in Toledo (Spain)
Turabian JL*

Background: Although many of SARS-CoV-2 infected recover without complications, some have a prolonged illness, but the evidence for their characteristics is limited. Objective: To …

EIJ Review Article Jun 7, 2021
Prevalence of Children and Adolescents with Asymptomatic Covid-19 and its Implications in Pediatrics and General Medicine
Turabian JL*

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses different challenges to pediatricians and general practitio…

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Asymptomatic infections
EIJ Research Article May 5, 2021
COVID-19 Asymptomatic Cases in the Family Distort the Characteristics of True Primary and Secondary Cases
Turabian JL*

Background: The presence of COVID-19 asymptomatic cases within the family could bias SARS-CoV-2 transmission study. Objective: To study the differences respect to certain chosen …

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Asymptomatic Infections
EIJ Research Article Apr 2, 2021
SARS-Cov-2 in Families Comparison between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Secondary Cases: Study of 39 Families and 70 People
Turabian JL*

Background: The number and characteristics of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections remains questionable, and their differences are even less understood in the family setting. Objec…

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Household transmission
EIJ Research Article Mar 3, 2021
A Longitudinal Study of SARS-CoV-2 Secondary Infection Risks in Family Members: Psychosocial Factors May be More Important than Biological Ones
Turabian JL*

Background: The factors of why some people get SARS-CoV-2 and others do not, after a primary case in families remains questionable. Objective: To analyze some of the possible ris…

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiological Characteristic
EIJ Review Article Feb 5, 2021
Epidemiological Surveillance Strategies for Covid-19 of Interest to the General Practitioner: The "Swiss Cheese Model"
Turabian JL*

There is a great need for better estimates of the COVID-19 burden to guide decision making. This includes the local level of general practitioner (GP) practice, which plays a vital…

Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2
EIJ Research Article Dec 31, 2020
Prevalence and Comparison of Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a General Medicine Office in Toledo, Spain
Turabian JL*

Background: The number and characteristics of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections remains questionable. The relationship between domestic and non-domestic contacts remains unclear.…

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Asymptomatic Infections
EIJ Research Article Dec 3, 2020
Polymerase Chain Reaction Positivity Rate for Covid-19 in General Medicine in Toledo (Spain) from May 19 to September 30, 2020. Is it Re-Outbreak, Second Wave of Virus or Lack of Testing?
Turabian JL*

Objective: Describe the positivity rate of COVID-19 with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test with the aim of discovering temporal trends that may reflect the local dynamics of the…

Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2
EIJ Research Article Oct 31, 2020
A Case Control-Study of Cloperastine Treatment in Covid-19. Potential Drug, Clinical Observation and Common Sense
Turabian JL*

Background: Cloperastine, a widely used antihistamine drug in the treatment of cough, has been postulated as a potential treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as this …

Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2
EIJ Review Article Oct 1, 2020
Uncertainties in Preliminary Seroprevalence Estimation of Sars- Cov-2. Looking at the Whole Covid-19 Iceberg. Implications for General Medicine
Turabian JL*

A series of circumstances make it difficult to assess the preliminary results of seroprevalence of COVID-19: the methodological differences, the sampling biases, the problems of pr…

Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2
EIJ Research Article Sep 1, 2020
Incidence in General Medicine of Anxiety and Depression (New Cases and Decompensations from Previous Cases) Related to the Covid-19 Pandemic During March-May 2020 in Toledo (Spain) and its Implications For Healthcare: Be Careful on How to Slice the Cake
Turabian JL*

Objective: To describe incidence of new cases and decompensations of previous cases of anxiety and depression and assess its characteristics and implications in health care. Meth…

Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2
EIJ Research Article Jul 31, 2020
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in General Medicine: A Clinical-Epidemiological Case Series Reporting of 16 Patients in Toledo (Spain), March-May 2020 also in Covid-19, “If you Hear Hoofbeats, Think Horses not Zebras”
Turabian JL*

Objective: Describe clinical-epidemiological characteristics that can help the general practitioner to consider the diagnosis of COVID-19. Methodology: A retrospective and descri…

Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2
EIJ Research Article Jun 30, 2020
Incidence Rate of Acute Respiratory Infections in General Medicine as a Tool to Correcting Official Data of Covid-19 in Places where the Tests of Polymerase Chain Reaction are not Accessible
Turabian JL*

The limitations of incidence rates (IR) studies because of the severe deficit in COVID-19 testing capacity worldwide, implies that these data are “minimum” rates. It is required al…

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Acute Respiratory Infections
EIJ Thesis Jun 1, 2020
A Family Doctor’s Clinical-Epidemiological Diary in Spain of the Times of Covid-19. February 24 to March 15: Is Covid-19 A Lottery?
Turabian JL*

Since outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) started in late December in China, there are many scientific articles that have been published about this virus. However, data…

Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2
EIJ Thesis Jun 1, 2020
A Family Doctor’s Clinical-Epidemiological Diary in Spain of the Times of Covid-19 Chapter 2: March 16-31: The Big Bang
Turabian JL*

Since outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) started in late December in China, there are many scientific articles that have been published about this virus. However, data…

Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2
EIJ Thesis Jun 1, 2020
A Family Doctor’s Clinical-Epidemiological Diary in Spain of the Times of Covid-19. Chapter 3. April 1 to 31: Some Good News and Hope by the End
Turabian JL*

Since outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) started in late December in China, there are many scientific articles that have been published about this virus. However, data…

Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2
EIJ Commentary May 9, 2020
The Epidemiological Hypothesis Of “The Trojan Horse”: Were Hospitals The Main Vectors Of The Exponencial Beginning Of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) In Spain And Other Countries?
Turabian JL*

Experience has highlighted the ineffectiveness of hospitals as the first port of call for viruses. This article, based mainly on the case of Spain, proposes to reflect on two hypot…

COVID-19 Epidemiology Infectious Disease
EIJ Research Article Apr 21, 2020
Clinical-Epidemiological Characteristics That May Help the General Practitioner to Consider Covid-19 Diagnosis in Acute Respiratory Infections When Diagnostic Tests Are Not Accessible
Turabian JL*

Objective: To assess clinical-epidemiological characteristics that can help to consider the diagnosis of COVID-19 in acute respiratory infections when diagnostic tests are not avai…

Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2
EIJ Research Article Apr 9, 2020
Micro-Impact of the Pandemic by Covid-19 in the General Medicine: Clinical and Epidemiological Reflections from the Situation in Spain March 2020
Turabian JL*

The COVID-19 epidemic, in just a few weeks, is challenging the current Primary Care model, centered on a demand that the general practitiones (GPs) believed was ungovernable; It is…

Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2
EIJ Research Article Mar 28, 2020
Psychosocial Factors of Diseases: A Reflection from General Medicine
Turabian JL*

A psychosocial factor is a measure that relates social phenomena and social contexts with pathophysiological changes.Doctors can recognize the psychosocial influence on patients’…

Biopsychosocial General Practice Medical Practice
EIJ Review Article Feb 19, 2020
Epidemiological Value of Continuity of Care in General Medicine (Part Two)
Turabian JL*

For most illnesses the general practitioner (GP) is the first point of contact in the health care system. He/she looks after a population whose age and sex composition is known. Th…

Continuity of care Epidemiology Community medicine
EIJ Review Article Jan 18, 2020
Epidemiological Value of Continuity of Care in General Medicine (Part one of Two)
Turabian JL*

Despite professional recognition of the importance of continuity of care, there is little practical guidance for general practitioners on continuity of care, in regard to its epide…

Continuity of Care Epidemiology Community Medicine
EIJ Review Article Dec 20, 2019
Contextual and Environmental Health Protection and Risk Factors that are not taken into Consideration in the Routine Medical Consultation
Turabian JL*

Medicine tends to be a holistic discipline, according to which the individual should be treated as a whole and provide comprehensive biopsychosocial health care and also in relatio…

Family Medicine System Medicine Ecology

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