Kate Zinszer

Nov 17, 2024 | frontiersin.org | Rana Dajani |Kate Zinszer |Yara Ashour |Samer Abuzerr |Amira Shaheen

The ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip is a deeply entrenched issue marked by repeated cycles of violence and devastation. While the immediate human toll and...

Jun 25, 2024 | thelancet.com | David T. Zhu |Virginia Commonwealth |Kate Zinszer |Samer Abuzerr

Oral diseases, encompassing conditions such as dental caries and oral cancers, are severely under-addressed globally despite their prevalence and link to chronic illnesses. In 2021, oral diseases in Palestine ranked just behind COVID-19 and upper respiratory infections in terms of morbidity. 1The Global Burden of Disease Study at 30 years.

May 21, 2024 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Daniel Szaroz |Manisha A Kulkarni |Kate Zinszer

Methods and analysis The review will be conducted per the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Review guidelines, PRISMA extension checklist for scoping reviews (online supplemental annex 1).36 The protocol has been informed by a librarian and followed the recommendations of the work of Arksey and O’Malley.37 A version of this protocol was registered in the Open Science Framework with the same authors (Registration DOI,...

Aug 25, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kate Zinszer |Laura Pierce |Katia Charland |Adrien Saucier

1 INTRODUCTION SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics shifted dramatically in 2022 with the dominance of highly-infectious Omicron variants and the loosening of preventative measures such as masking and social distancing.1 Disease surveillance systems had also changed, with PCR testing largely replaced by rapid antigenic testing of individuals along with population wastewater surveillance.2 In this context, longitudinal serological data could indicate the magnitude of infection-induced SARS-CoV-2...