Rouleaux (stacked clumps) of red blood cells (RBCs) observed in the blood of COVID-19
patients in three studies call attention to the properties of several enveloped virus strains …

The world faces an exceptional new public health concern caused by the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), subsequently termed the coronavirus …

Changeux et al.(Changeux et al. CR Biol. 343: 33–39.) recently suggested that the SARS-
CoV-2 spike protein may interact with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) and that …

CHRFAM7A is a relatively recent and exclusively human gene arising from the partial
duplication of exons 5 to 10 of the α7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit (α7 …

Abstract Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a newly recognized condition in which children …

The newly recognised coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2, causative agent of coronavirus disease
(COVID‐19), has caused a pandemic with huge ramifications for human interactions around …

Ivermectin is a widely used antiparasitic drug with known efficacy against several single-
strain RNA viruses. Recent data shows significant reduction of SARS-CoV-2 replication in …

Objective To investigate possible relationships between pre-existing medical conditions
(including common comorbidities and chronic medications) and risk for suffering COVID-19 …

This article explores for a large number of countries in the European Union (plus the United
Kingdom) the main demographic differentials in positive tested COVID-19 cases and excess …

BACKGROUND Smokers are generally more susceptible to infectious respiratory diseases
and are at higher risk of developing severe complications from these infections. Conflicting …