Prevalence and severity of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Hu, J Sun, Z Dai, H Deng, X Li, Q Huang, Y Wu… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Since being first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 8, 2019, the outbreak
of the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, has spread globally. Some case studies …

[HTML][HTML] Coronavirus disease-2019: knowledge, attitude, and practices of health care workers at Makerere University Teaching Hospitals, Uganda

R Olum, G Chekwech, G Wekha, DR Nassozi… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging public health problem
threatening the life of over 2.4 million people globally. The present study sought to …

Fangcang shelter hospitals: a novel concept for responding to public health emergencies

S Chen, Z Zhang, J Yang, J Wang, X Zhai… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Fangcang shelter hospitals are a novel public health concept. They were implemented for
the first time in China in February, 2020, to tackle the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Evolving epidemiology and transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 outside Hubei province, China: a descriptive and modelling study

J Zhang, M Litvinova, W Wang, Y Wang… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began in Wuhan city, Hubei province, in …

[HTML][HTML] D-dimer as a biomarker for disease severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients: a case control study

Y Yao, J Cao, Q Wang, Q Shi, K Liu, Z Luo… - Journal of intensive …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Over 5,488,000 cases of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) have
been reported since December 2019. We aim to explore risk factors associated with …

[HTML][HTML] The genetic sequence, origin, and diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2

H Wang, X Li, T Li, S Zhang, L Wang, X Wu… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a new infectious disease that first emerged in …

Laboratory diagnosis of emerging human coronavirus infections–the state of the art

MJ Loeffelholz, YW Tang - Emerging microbes & infections, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The three unprecedented outbreaks of emerging human coronavirus (HCoV) infections at
the beginning of the twenty-first century have highlighted the necessity for readily available …

Regional and global contributions of air pollution to risk of death from COVID-19

A Pozzer, F Dominici, A Haines, C Witt… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims The risk of mortality from the coronavirus disease that emerged in 2019 (COVID-19) is
increased by comorbidity from cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Air pollution also …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence supporting transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 while presymptomatic or asymptomatic

NW Furukawa, JT Brooks, J Sobel - Emerging infectious diseases, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent epidemiologic, virologic, and modeling reports support the possibility of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission from persons who are …

Mathematical assessment of the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on curtailing the 2019 novel Coronavirus

CN Ngonghala, E Iboi, S Eikenberry, M Scotch… - Mathematical …, 2020 - Elsevier
A pandemic of a novel Coronavirus emerged in December of 2019 (COVID-19), causing
devastating public health impact across the world. In the absence of a safe and effective …