Browsing Technical documents and research evidence on COVID-19 by Title
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FACT- Frankfurt adjusted COVID-19 testing- a novel method enables high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 screening without loss of sensitivity
(2020-05-01)Background: In the pandemic, testing for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR in one of the pillars on which countermeasures are based. Factors limiting the output of laboratories interfere with the effectiveness of public health measures. ... -
Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019
OBJECTIVE: To assess the magnitude of mental health outcomes and associated factors among health care workers treating patients exposed to COVID-19 in China. DESIGN, SETTINGS, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cross-sectional, ... -
Factors Associated With the Ophthalmoscopic Findings Identified in Infants With Presumed Zika Virus Congenital Infection
(2016-06)IMPORTANCE: The Zika virus (ZIKV) might cause microcephaly and ophthalmoscopic findings in infants of mothers infected during pregnancy. OBJECTIVE: To assess and identify possible risk factors for ophthalmoscopic findings ... -
Factors associated with the willingness of healthcare workers to work during an influenza public health emergency
(2020-03-26)What is this? An effective public health response to an emergency such as that caused by COVID-19 depends on the majority of uninfected healthcare workers continuing to work. In this integrative review, the author searched ... -
Failure in initial stage containment of global COVID‐19 epicenters
(2020-04-16)With multiple virus epicenters, COVID‐19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Consequently, many countries have implemented different policies to manage this crisis including curfew and lockdown. ... -
Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19
(2020-03-23)Covid-19 is officially a pandemic. It is a novel infection with serious clinical manifestations, including death, and it has reached at least 124 countries and territories. Although the ultimate course and impact of Covid-19 ... -
False positive dengue NS1 antigen test in a traveller with an acute Zika virus infection imported into Switzerland
(2016-06)We report the first case of an acute Zika virus infection imported into Switzerland by a traveller returning from Canoa Quebrada, Ceará state, in the north-eastern part of Brazil. Due to a false positive dengue virus NS1 ... -
False positives in reverse transcription PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2
(2020-05-20)Large-scale testing for SARS-CoV-2 by the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction is a key part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but little attention has been paid to the potential frequency and impacts ... -
False-Negative results of initial RT-PCR assays for Covid-19: a systematic review
(2020-04-21)Background: Cases with negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results at initial testing for suspicion of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and found to be positive in a subsequent test, are considered as ... -
Family-friendly policies and other good workplace practices in the context of COVID-19: Key steps employers can take
(2020-03-27)This document builds on material developed by UNICEF EAPRO, UNICEF ESARO and the ILO. It is an interim guidance note, developed in a fast-evolving situation. It provides general recommendations that aim to help employers ... -
Famotidine Use is Associated with Improved Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
(2020-05-08)Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in enormous morbidity and mortality worldwide, yet no medications to date are proven to improve clinical outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Famotidine is commonly ... -
Fast track development of a Zika vaccine based on measles vector – ZIKAVAX
(2016)Zika virus is an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus. Although already isolated in 1947, to date there are no specific treatments nor any vaccines available against Zika virus disease, making it a truly neglected infectious ... -
Favipiravir versus Arbidol for COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Importance: WHO has made the assessment that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be characterized as a pandemic. But there is no effective antiviral drug for COVID-19 so far. Objective: To compare the efficacy and ... -
Favipiravir versus other antiviral or standard of care for COVID-19 treatment: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-09-24)Background: The COVID-19 causing coronavirus is an enveloped RNA virus that utilizes an enzyme RNA dependent RNA polymerase for its replication. Favipiravir (FVP) triphosphate, a purine nucleoside analog, inhibits that ... -
The FDA-approved Drug Ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro
(2020-04-03)Although several clinical trials are now underway to test possible therapies, the worldwide response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been largely limited to monitoring/containment. We report here that Ivermectin, an FDA-approved ... -
Featuring COVID-19 cases via screening symptomatic patients with epidemiologic link during flu season in a medical center of central Taiwan
(2020-03-13)Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CO-V-2), was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei province, China has now rapidly spread over 50 countries. For the ... -
Febrile or Exanthematous Illness Associated with Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya Viruses, Panama
(2016)The earliest clinical cases of Zika virus infection were reported from continental South America in 2015 (1), after which the virus spread rapidly through the Americas (2). Here we describe an investigation of febrile or ... -
Ferritin levels and COVID-19
(2020-06)[Extract]. Ferritin is a key mediator of immune dysregulation, especially under extreme hyperferritinemia, via direct immune-suppressive and pro-inflammatory effects, contributing to the cytokine storm1. It has been reported ...