Human Biologists confront the<scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic

Leonard, William R.

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“…COVID 19 represents a major socio-economic-political-emotional stress factor (SEPE) [ 1 ] and, above all, a major worldwide health problem. This applies not only to those people infected with SARS COV 2 who suffer from a severe course of disease, but also to people who are exposed to massive stress due to psychosocial and economic consequences of the pandemic [ 2 ].…”

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Pregnancy Outcome during the First COVID 19 Lockdown in Vienna, Austria

Kirchengast

Hartmann

2021

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The COVID 19 pandemic represents a major stress factor for non-infected pregnant women. Although maternal stress during pregnancy increases the risk of preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction, an increasing number of studies yielded no negative effects of COVID 19 lockdowns on pregnancy outcome. The present study focused on pregnancy outcome during the first COVID 19 lockdown phase in Austria. In particular, it was hypothesized that the national lockdown had no negative effects on birth weight, low birth weight rate and preterm birth rate. In a retrospective medical record-based single center study, the outcome of 669 singleton live births in Vienna Austria during the lockdown phase between March and July 2020 was compared with the pregnancy outcome of 277 live births at the same hospital during the pre-lockdown months of January and February 2020 and, in addition, with the outcome of 28,807 live births between 2005 and 2019. The rate of very low gestational age was significantly lower during the lockdown phase than during the pre-lockdown phase. The rate of low gestational age, however, was slightly higher during the lockdown phase. Mean birth weight was significantly higher during the lockdown phase; the rates of low birth weight, very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight were significantly lower during the lockdown phase. In contrast, maternal gestational weight gain was significantly higher during the lockdown phase. The stressful lockdown phase in Austria seems to have no negative affect on gestational length and newborn weight among non-infected mothers.

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Pregnancy Outcome during the First COVID 19 Lockdown in Vienna, Austria

Kirchengast

Hartmann

2021

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“…Biological anthropology research into the COVID‐19 pandemic is unsurprisingly still limited. Publications to date have been largely theoretical, with a focus on potential implications for future work and the contributions and perspectives that biological anthropologists and human biologists can provide (Brewis, Wutich, & Mahdavi, 2020 ; Fuentes, 2020 ; Gravlee, 2020 ; Leonard, 2020a , 2020b ; McDade & Sancilio, 2020 ). Common themes of discussion among anthropologists and others include the marked disparities in morbidity, mortality, and access to vaccination and other health care resources, and the socioeconomic impacts of both the disease itself and related public health interventions such as lockdowns and school closures.…”

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“…Biological anthropology research into the COVID-19 pandemic is unsurprisingly still limited. Publications to date have been largely theoretical, with a focus on potential implications for future work and the contributions and perspectives that biological anthropologists and human biologists can provide (Brewis, Wutich, & Mahdavi, 2020;Fuentes, 2020;Gravlee, 2020;Leonard, 2020aLeonard, , 2020bMcDade & Sancilio, 2020). (Johnson & Mueller, 2002;Taubenberger & Morens, 2006).…”

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Pandemics, past and present: The role of biological anthropology in interdisciplinary pandemic studies

Dimka¹,

Doren

Battles

2022

American Journal of Biological Anthropology

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Biological anthropologists are ideally suited for the study of pandemics given their strengths in human biology, health, culture, and behavior, yet pandemics have historically not been a major focus of research. The COVID‐19 pandemic has reinforced the need to understand pandemic causes and unequal consequences at multiple levels. Insights from past pandemics can strengthen the knowledge base and inform the study of current and future pandemics through an anthropological lens. In this paper, we discuss the distinctive social and epidemiological features of pandemics, as well as the ways in which biological anthropologists have previously studied infectious diseases, epidemics, and pandemics. We then review interdisciplinary research on three pandemics–1918 influenza, 2009 influenza, and COVID‐19–focusing on persistent social inequalities in morbidity and mortality related to sex and gender; race, ethnicity, and Indigeneity; and pre‐existing health and disability. Following this review of the current state of pandemic research on these topics, we conclude with a discussion of ways biological anthropologists can contribute to this field moving forward. Biological anthropologists can add rich historical and cross‐cultural depth to the study of pandemics, provide insights into the biosocial complexities of pandemics using the theory of syndemics, investigate the social and health impacts of stress and stigma, and address important methodological and ethical issues. As COVID‐19 is unlikely to be the last global pandemic, stronger involvement of biological anthropology in pandemic studies and public health policy and research is vital.

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“…In retrospect, evidence for the failure of the classical epidemiological perspective as the only way to address this issue is overwhelming. Scientists realized that much remains unknown about SARS-CoV-2 (1). The road ahead is, therefore, challenging.…”

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Recombinant Antibodies to Face SARS-CoV-2 Syndemic

Maykel González Torres,

Gerardo Leyva Gómez,

María Luisa Del Prado-Audelo

et al. 2023

Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand)

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Human Biologists confront theCOVID‐19 pandemic

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

Pregnancy Outcome during the First COVID 19 Lockdown in Vienna, Austria

Pregnancy Outcome during the First COVID 19 Lockdown in Vienna, Austria

Pandemics, past and present: The role of biological anthropology in interdisciplinary pandemic studies

Recombinant Antibodies to Face SARS-CoV-2 Syndemic

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