Browsing by Subject "Betacoronavirus"
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Convalescent plasma treatment of severe COVID-19: A matched control study
(2020-05-22)Background Since December 2019, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic, causing mass morbidity and mortality. Prior studies in other respiratory infections suggest that convalescent plasma transfusion ... -
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and pregnancy
(2020-03-23)The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is spreading globally at an accelerated rate, with a basic reproduction number ... -
Coronavirus infection in neonates: a systematic review
(2020-09-17)Objective To summarise currently reported neonatal cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods A search strategy was designed to retrieve all articles published from 1 December 2019 to 12 May 2020, by combining the terms ... -
COVID-19 and anosmia in Tehran, Iran
(2020-04-23)Patients with acute olfactory disorders typically present to the otolaryngologist with both acute hyposmia and less often with anosmia. With the onset of COVID-19 we have noticed an increase in the number of patients who ... -
COVID-19 and Autoimmune Diseases: A Systematic Review of Reported Cases
(2020-10-29)Introduction: Over 4.9 million cases of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been confirmed since the worldwide pandemic began. Since the emergence of COVID-19, a number of confirmed cases reported autoimmune manifestations. ... -
Covid-19 and comorbidities
(2020-12-03)A recent meta-analysis by Espinosa and colleagues, “Prevalence of Comorbidities in Patients and Mortality Cases Affected by SARS-CoV2”, found that 42% of patients with Covid-19 had comorbidities. Furthermore, 61% of those ... -
COVID-19 and Incarcerated Populations
(2020-09-10)Disclaimer: Quick Response Report was published on September 10, 2020. Given the rappidly changing nature of the coronavirus pandemic, some of the references included in this report may quickly become out-of-date. We further ... -
COVID-19 diagnosis and study of serum SARS-CoV-2 specific IgA, IgM and IgG by chemiluminescence immunoanalysis
(2020-04-30)Background. The pandemic of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is causing great loss. Detecting viral RNAs is standard approach for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis with variable success. Currently, studies ... -
COVID-19 in healthcare workers in three hospitals in the South of the Netherlands, March 2020
(2020-05-01)Background: Ten days after the first reported case of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Netherlands, 3.9% of healthcare workers (HCWs) in nine hospitals located in the South of the Netherlands tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA. ... -
COVID-19 in people living with human immunodeficiency virus: A case series of 33 patients
(2020-05-01)Data on people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) in the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is still scarce. This case series of 33 PLWH patients with COVID-19 reveals symptoms and outcome in this special population. ... -
COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control in Shelters for Women and Children Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence in the Caribbean, 4 June 2020
(2020-07-04)[Introduction]. On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the COVID-19 outbreak was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. COVID-19 is an acute respiratory illness (ARI) caused by ... -
COVID-19 pandemic and maternal mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-11-01)Objective: To evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression of women during pregnancy and perinatal period. Methods: We systematically searched online databases to identify any report on maternal ... -
COVID-19 pandemic and troponin: indirect myocardial injury, myocardial inflammation or myocarditis?
(2020-07-10)The initial mechanism for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is the binding of the virus to the membrane-bound form of ACE2, which is mainly expressed in the lung. Since the heart and ... -
The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Review of Taxonomy, Genetics, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Control
(2020-04-24)A pneumonia outbreak with unknown etiology was reported in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in December 2019, associated with the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. The causative agent of the outbreak was identified by the WHO ... -
Covid-19 Pandemic: What Changes for Dentists and Oral Medicine Experts? A Narrative Review and Novel Approaches to Infection Containment
(2020-06)The authors performed a narrative review on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- CoronaVirus-2 ( SARS-CoV-2) and all infectious agents with the primary endpoints to illustrate the most accepted models of safety protocols in ... -
COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19
(2020-12-18)This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, often described as ‘long COVID’. It makes recommendations about care in all healthcare settings for adults, children and young ... -
COVID-19 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children and adolescents: a systematic review of critically unwell children and the association with underlying comorbidities
(2020-09-10)Data show that children are less severely affected with SARS-Covid-19 than adults; however, there have been a small proportion of children who have been critically unwell. In this systematic review, we aimed to identify ... -
COVID-19 Surface Persistence: A Recent Data Summary and Its Importance for Medical and Dental Settings
(2020-05)Recently, due to the coronavirus pandemic, many guidelines and anti-contagion strategies continue to report unclear information about the persistence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the environment. This certainly ... -
Current tobacco smoking and risk from COVID-19: results from a population symptom app in over 2.4 million people
(2020-05-21)Background: The association between current tobacco smoking, the risk of developing COVID-19 and the severity of illness is an important information gap. Methods: UK users of the COVID Symptom Study app provided baseline ...