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The Impact of COVID-19 on Digestive Tract
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Digestive Tract

A special issue of Diseases (ISSN 2079-9721).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (3 January 2024) | Viewed by 1862

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ebubekir Daglilar

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Charleston Area Medical Center, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Charleston, WV 25303, USA
Interests: gastroenterology; outcome research; gastrointestinal bleeding
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Dr. Veysel Tahan

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Division of Gastroenterology, Northeast Ohio Medical University - Summa Health System, Akron, OH 443040, USA
Interests: abdominal pain; bloating; bloody stool; celiac disease; Clostridium difficile colitis (C. diff); constipation; Crohn’s disease; diarrhea; dysphagia; gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD); hepatitis C; inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); liver diseases; nausea; pancreatitis; nutrition; vomiting; colon cancer screening
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

SARS-CoV-2 virus infection, which can result in systemic inflammation, may be associated with poor outcomes. Initial studies show that COVID-19 infection resulted in prolonged hospitalizations, as well as increased morbidity and mortality. COVID-19 infection has been associated with liver injury and pancreatic injury, and also indirectly affected preventative programs (such as colorectal cancer screening). Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following: the pathogenesis of COVID-19 infections on digestive tract; COVID-19 and liver diseases (including chronic liver disease); COVID-19 and pancreas disease; COVID-19 and gastrointestinal bleeding; COVID-19 and colorectal cancer prevention; COVID-19 and its effects on hospital operations; COVID-19 and liver transplantation; and COVID-19 and associated rare gastrointestinal manifestations.

Dr. Ebubekir Daglilar
Dr. Veysel Tahan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • digestive tract
  • COVID-19
  • chronic liver disease
  • colorectal cancer screening

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Trends in Gastrointestinal Infections during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Concerns of Post-Pandemic Resurgence in Japan
by Takuma Higurashi, Shigeki Tamura, Noboru Misawa and Nobuyuki Horita
Diseases 2024, 12(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases12010004 - 21 Dec 2023
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was very broad and substantial, affecting a variety of fields worldwide. In Japan, the infection began spreading in March 2020. At that time, the government alerted people to cancel overseas travel, and encouraged wearing of masks, handwashing, [...] Read more.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was very broad and substantial, affecting a variety of fields worldwide. In Japan, the infection began spreading in March 2020. At that time, the government alerted people to cancel overseas travel, and encouraged wearing of masks, handwashing, sanitizing and keeping social distance. We sought to determine how COVID-19 infections affected other infectious diseases by investigating the trends in seven gastrointestinal infections that are listed among the 77 important infectious diseases designated by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases. We compared seven gastrointestinal infectious diseases, namely cholera, bacterial dysentery, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, amoebic dysentery, and giardiasis, in terms of numbers of new cases before the COVID-19 pandemic (2012–2019) and during the pandemic (2020–2022). During the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020–2022), the incidence of the seven infections decreased significantly (p < 0.05) compared with before the pandemic (2012–2019). The sharp and significant decline in incidence of these seven infections in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020–2022) appears to be due to restrictions on overseas travel and strict anti-infection measures, such as self-quarantine and encouragement of handwashing and sanitizing. The number of new cases of gastrointestinal infections in Japan is expected to increase in 2024 as these measures lapse. It is important for physicians to continue to monitor trends in gastrointestinal infections and educate people about proper infection prevention. Full article
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