Tools and techniques for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)/COVID-19 detection

SH Safiabadi Tali, JJ LeBlanc, Z Sadiq… - Clinical microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory disease coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has led to millions of confirmed cases and …

Population risk factors for severe disease and mortality in COVID-19: A global systematic review and meta-analysis

A Booth, AB Reed, S Ponzo, A Yassaee, M Aral… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Aim COVID-19 clinical presentation is heterogeneous, ranging from asymptomatic to severe
cases. While there are a number of early publications relating to risk factors for COVID-19 …

Daily longitudinal sampling of SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals substantial heterogeneity in infectiousness

R Ke, PP Martinez, RL Smith, LL Gibson, A Mirza… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 replication and shedding in humans remain poorly
understood. We captured the dynamics of infectious virus and viral RNA shedding during …

COVID-19: Current understanding of its Pathophysiology, Clinical presentation and Treatment

A Parasher - Postgraduate medical journal, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus-2 is a novel
coronavirus belonging to the family Coronaviridae and is now known to be responsible for …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 in early 2021: current status and looking forward

C Wang, Z Wang, G Wang, JYN Lau… - Signal Transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Since the first description of a coronavirus-related pneumonia outbreak in December 2019,
the virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes the infection/disease (COVID-19) has evolved into a …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV viral load dynamics, duration of viral shedding, and infectiousness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Cevik, M Tate, O Lloyd, AE Maraolo, J Schafers… - The lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Viral load kinetics and duration of viral shedding are important determinants for
disease transmission. We aimed to characterise viral load dynamics, duration of viral RNA …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial co-infection and secondary infection in patients with COVID-19: a living rapid review and meta-analysis

BJ Langford, M So, S Raybardhan, V Leung… - Clinical microbiology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Bacterial co-pathogens are commonly identified in viral respiratory infections
and are important causes of morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of bacterial infection in …

Epidemiology of COVID‐19: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of clinical characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes

J Li, DQ Huang, B Zou, H Yang, WZ Hui… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has become a pandemic, but its reported
characteristics and outcomes vary greatly amongst studies. We determined pooled …

The COVID-19 pandemic

M Ciotti, M Ciccozzi, A Terrinoni, WC Jiang… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In December 2019, an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin was reported in Wuhan,
Hubei Province, China. Pneumonia cases were epidemiologically linked to the Huanan …

COVID-19: Discovery, diagnostics and drug development

T Asselah, D Durantel, E Pasmant, G Lau… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Summary Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) started as an epidemic in Wuhan in 2019,
and has since become a pandemic. Groups from China identified and sequenced the virus …