Browsing Technical documents and research evidence on COVID-19 by Title
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Assessment tool for laboratories implementing COVID-19 virus testing. Interim guidance, 8 April 2020
(2020-04-08)Background: This tool has been designed to assess the capacity of laboratories that have implemented or intend to implement testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The tool ... -
Associated ultrasonographic findings in fetuses with microcephaly because of suspected Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy
(2016)OBJECTIVE: To describe fetal ultrasonographic findings and outcomes in a series of cases of fetal microcephaly associated with Zika virus infection. METHODS: Retrospective case series of microcephaly with definite ... -
The association between COVID‐19 and asthma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
(2020-09-15)To the Editor, Recently, the associations between COVID‐19 and its comorbidities including hypertension, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, immunosuppression ... -
Association between platelet parameters and mortality in coronavirus disease 2019: Retrospective cohort study
(2020-04-16)Background: Thrombocytopenia has been implicated in patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, while the association of platelet count and changes with subsequent mortality remains unclear. ... -
The association between severe or dead COVID-19 and autoimmune diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020)COVID-19 is an acute inflammatory infectious disease. It is now generally accepted that the occurrence of autoimmune diseases is related to autoinflammatory8. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zachary SW and ... -
Association between Zika virus and microcephaly in French Polynesia, 2013-15: A retrospective study
(2016-06)The emergence of Zika virus in the Americas has coincided with increased reports of babies born with microcephaly. On Feb 1, 2016, WHO declared the suspected link between Zika virus and microcephaly to be a Public Health ... -
Association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Brazil, January to May, 2016: preliminary report of a case-control study
(2016-06)BACKGROUND: The microcephaly epidemic, which started in Brazil in 2015, was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO in 2016. We report the preliminary results of a case-control study investigating ... -
Association of active oncologic treatment and risk of death in cancer patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of patient data
(2020-11-02)Background: Cancer patients suffer from worse coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outcomes. Whether active oncologic treatment is an additional risk factor in this population remains unclear. Therefore, here we have conducted ... -
Association of Blood Glucose Control and Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19 and Pre-existing Type 2 Diabetes
(2020-05-01)Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a major comorbidity of COVID-19. However, the impact of blood glucose (BG) control on the degree of required medical interventions and on mortality in patients with COVID-19 and T2D remains uncertain. ... -
Association of Cardiac Injury With Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 in Wuhan, China
(2020-03-25)Importance Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide since December 2019. However, information on cardiac injury in patients affected by COVID-19 is limited. Objective ... -
Association of cardiovascular disease and 10 other pre-existing comorbidities with COVID-19 mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-08-26)Background: Estimating the risk of pre-existing comorbidities on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality may promote the importance of targeting populations at risk to improve survival. This systematic review and ... -
Association of chemosensory dysfunction and Covid‐19 in patients presenting with influenza‐like symptoms
(2020-04-12)[Abstract]. Background: Rapid spread of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus and concern for viral transmission by ambulatory patients with minimal to no symptoms underline the importance of identifying early or subclinical symptoms of ... -
Association of infected probability of COVID-19 with ventilation rates in confined spaces: a Wells-Riley equation based investigation
(2020-04-24)Background: A growing number of epidemiological cases are proving the possibility of airborne transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Ensuring adequate ventilation rate is essential to reduce the risk of ... -
Association of Personal Protective Equipment Use with Successful Protection Against COVID-19 Infection Among
(2020-04-28)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a major challenge for protecting health care workers (HCWs) against the infection. Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in health care workplace is recommended ... -
Associations of stay-at-home order and face-masking recommendation with trends in daily new cases and deaths of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in the United States
(2020-05-12)OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of stay-at-home order and face-masking recommendation with trends in daily new cases and deaths of laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States DESIGN: ... -
Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Residents of a Long-Term Care Skilled Nursing Facility — King County, Washington, March 2020
(2020-04-03)What is already known about this topic? Once SARS-CoV-2 is introduced in a long-term care skilled nursing facility (SNF), rapid transmission can occur. What is added by this report? Following identification of a case of ... -
Atazanavir inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication and pro-inflammatory cytokine production
(2020-04-04)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiological agent of the ongoing pandemic of 2019 CoV disease (COVID-19), which is already responsible for far more deaths than were reported during the ... -
Atypical antibiotics alone seem no better for mortality and clinical efficacy than typical antibiotics alone in patients with community acquired pneumonia
(2020-03-19)What is this? Some patients with COVID-19 will develop pneumonia and evidence from studies of the treatment of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) may be of help in treating such patients. CAP is a serious lung infection, ... -
The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) COVID-19 Guidelines
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An autochthonous case of Zika due to possible sexual transmission, Florence, Italy, 2014
(2016)At the beginning of May 2014, an Italian man is his early 30s (patient 1) returned to Florence, Italy, after a 10-day holiday in Thailand. On the day after his arrival, he developed a confluent maculopapular rash, on the ...