COVID-19 outbreak: an overview

M Ciotti, S Angeletti, M Minieri, M Giovannetti… - Chemotherapy, 2020 - karger.com
Abstract Background: In late December 2019, Chinese health authorities reported an
outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Summary: A few days …

Coronavirus disease 2019–COVID-19

K Dhama, S Khan, R Tiwari, S Sircar… - Clinical microbiology …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
In recent decades, several new diseases have emerged in different geographical areas, with
pathogens including Ebola virus, Zika virus, Nipah virus, and coronaviruses (CoVs) …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid and visual detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) by a reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay

C Yan, J Cui, L Huang, B Du, L Chen, G Xue… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate a reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-
LAMP) assay for detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV …

A noise-robust framework for automatic segmentation of COVID-19 pneumonia lesions from CT images

G Wang, X Liu, C Li, Z Xu, J Ruan, H Zhu… - … on Medical Imaging, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Segmentation of pneumonia lesions from CT scans of COVID-19 patients is important for
accurate diagnosis and follow-up. Deep learning has a potential to automate this task but …

Conspiracy beliefs are associated with lower knowledge and higher anxiety levels regarding COVID-19 among students at the University of Jordan

M Sallam, D Dababseh, A Yaseen, A Al-Haidar… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The world has been afflicted heavily by the burden of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
that overwhelmed health care systems and caused severe economic and educational …

Evolutionary analysis of SARS-CoV-2: how mutation of Non-Structural Protein 6 (NSP6) could affect viral autophagy

D Benvenuto, S Angeletti, M Giovanetti, M Bianchi… - Journal of Infection, 2020 - Elsevier
Background SARS-CoV-2 is a new coronavirus that has spread globally, infecting more than
150000 people, and being declared pandemic by the WHO. We provide here bio-informatic …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection of hospital isolation wards hygiene monitoring during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 outbreak in a Chinese hospital

J Wang, H Feng, S Zhang, Z Ni, L Ni, Y Chen… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives The aim of this paper was to monitor the presence of SARS-Cov-2 among
hospital environment surfaces, sewage, and personal protective equipment (PPE) of staffs in …

Evolutionary and structural analyses of SARS-CoV-2 D614G spike protein mutation now documented worldwide

S Isabel, L Graña-Miraglia, JM Gutierrez… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), was declared on March 11, 2020 by the World Health Organization. As of the …

[HTML][HTML] Extended SIR prediction of the epidemics trend of COVID-19 in Italy and compared with Hunan, China

J Wangping, H Ke, S Yang, C Wenzhe… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is currently a global public health
threat. Outside of China, Italy is one of the countries suffering the most with the COVID-19 …

Sars‐CoV‐2 envelope and membrane proteins: Structural differences linked to virus characteristics?

M Bianchi, D Benvenuto, M Giovanetti… - BioMed Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a new viral infection caused by the severe
acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). Genomic analyses have revealed that …