Browsing Technical documents and research evidence on COVID-19 by Title
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The ethics of COVID-19 treatment studies: too many are open, too few are double-masked
(2020-06-30)A WHO panel, convened during the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic, assessed the ethical implications of using medicines that have shown promising results in the laboratory and in animal models, but before they have been evaluated ... -
Evaluating reduction in CoViD-19 cases by isolation and protective measures in São Paulo State, Brazil, and scenarios of release
(2020-06-04)São Paulo State registered the first case of CoViD-19 on 26 February, the first death due to CoViD-19 on 16 March, and implemented the isolation of the population in non- essential activities on 24 March, which is programmed ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Social Distancing Interventions to Delay or Flatten the Epidemic Curve of Coronavirus Disease
(2020-04-21)By April 2, 2020, >1 million persons worldwide were infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. We used a mathematical model to investigate the effectiveness of social distancing interventions in a ... -
Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of the Existing Repurposed Pharmacological Agents for Treating COVID-19: A Meta-analysis and Systematic Review of Clinical Trials
(2020-11)Purpose: The present study systematically searched important medical databases, assessed the quality of available pieces of evidence, and performed a meta-analysis to test the efficacy of different therapeutic options ... -
Evaluation of current medical approaches for COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020)Background: Because of the lack of vaccination, it is urgent to find effective antiviral agents for COVID-19 treatment. Method: Online databases were searched for articles published before or on 22 June 2020. Studies ... -
Evaluation of immune response in human Zika virus infection
(2016)Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in Brazil, was first described in 2015 and it overlapped with a significant increase in number of cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome in adults and also in neurological malformation in infants, ... -
The Evaluation of Potential Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue Infections in Mexico (Zik01)
(2016-07)The proportion of subjects that have confirmed Zika, Chikungunya, or Dengue (including co-infections) from the subjects presenting with fever and/or rash in southeastern Mexico. -
Evaluation of safety, efficacy, tolerability, and treatment-related outcomes of type I interferons for human coronaviruses (HCoVs) infection in clinical practice: An updated critical systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-06-25)Background: There is no vaccine or specific antiviral treatment for HCoVs infection. The use of type I interferons for coronavirus is still under great debate in clinical practice. Materials and methods: A literature search ... -
Evidence Based Management Guideline for the COVID-19 Pandemic - Review article
(2020-04-11)COVID-19 has now been declared a pandemic. To date, COVID-19 has affected over 944,181 people worldwide, resulting in over 47,312 reported deaths. Numerous preventative strategies and non-pharmaceutical interventions have ... -
Evidence from Campbell reviews on the immediate response to coronavirus
(2020-04-07)The coronavirus pandemic is amongst the largest public health challenges faced by the world in recent decades. It will have profound consequences for all countries in the coming weeks and months, and possibly years. This ... -
Evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews for controlling the dissemination of COVID-19 infection. A narrative review
(2020-07)BACKGROUND: COVID-19 infection has high transmissibility and several measures have been adopted for controlling its dissemination. OBJECTIVE: To identify and summarize the evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews (SRs) ... -
Evidence of initial success for China exiting COVID-19 social distancing policy after achieving containment
(2020-04-28)Background: The COVID-19 epidemic was declared a Global Pandemic by WHO on 11 March 2020. By 24 March 2020, over 440,000 cases and almost 20,000 deaths had been reported worldwide. In response to the fast-growing epidemic, ... -
Evidence of perinatal transmission of Zika virus, French Polynesia, December 2013 and February 2014
(2014)A Zika virus (ZIKAV) outbreak started in October 2013 in French Polynesia, South Pacific. We describe here the clinical and laboratory features of two mothers and their newborns who had ZIKAV infection as confirmed by ZIKAV ... -
Evidence of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus
(2016-06)Zika virus (ZIKV), an emerging flavivirus, generally causes mild infection in humans but is associated with severe neurologic complications and adverse fetal outcomes. ZIKV is transmitted to humans primarily by aedes ... -
Evidence of the presence of the Zika virus in Mexico since early 2015
(2016-08)To assess the possible circulation of Zika virus (ZIKV) prior to the first documented case in Mexico, we reanalyzed the stored samples from the states of Veracruz and Yucatán, which were originally collected to test for ... -
Evidence-Based, Cost-Effective Interventions To Suppress The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review
(2020-06-15)Background: In an unparalleled global response, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 90 countries asked 3.9 billion people to stay home. Yet some countries avoided lockdowns and focused on other strategies, like contact tracing ... -
Evidently Cochrane: Sharing health evidence you can trust
(2021)Sarah Chapman highlights Cochrane evidence on COVID-19 and other health effects of the pandemic, with links to reviews, blogs and other Cochrane resources. While we’ve all been adapting to huge and sudden changes in our ... -
Exacerbation of neurological symptoms and COVID-19 severity in patients with preexisting neurological disorders and COVID-19: A systematic review
(2020-11-01)Background: Patients with chronic diseases likely develop severe 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19). However, little is known about the effects of COVID-19 on patients with neurological disorders. We conducted a systematic ...