Infectious Diseases (all articles)
Editorial: Cellular immune responses to Covid-19
3 Aug, 2020 | 01:06h | UTCCellular immune responses to covid-19 – The BMJ
COVID-19 pandemic personal protective equipment (PPE): Guidance for intensive care
3 Aug, 2020 | 01:02h | UTC
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:46h | UTC
From ‘brain fog’ to heart damage, COVID-19’s lingering problems alarm scientists
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:57h | UTCFrom ‘brain fog’ to heart damage, COVID-19’s lingering problems alarm scientists – Science
Opinion – ‘This Push to Open Schools Is Guaranteed to Fail’
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:43h | UTC‘This Push to Open Schools Is Guaranteed to Fail’ – The Atlantic
“Within two weeks of opening schools in communities with high virus transmission, teachers will become ill. All it will take is for a single teacher to become hospitalized with COVID and everything will shut down.”
Commentary on Twitter
"We need to reach containment first. It’s that simple.”
Straight talk from @AdrienneLaF https://t.co/XzY6tbW0iL
— Ed Yong is not here (@edyong209) August 2, 2020
CDC report: SARS-CoV-2 outbreak among attendees of an overnight camp
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:42h | UTCCommentaries: The Coronavirus Infected Hundreds at a Georgia Summer Camp – The New York Times AND How At Least 44% Of Young People At A Summer Camp Caught Coronavirus – Forbes
Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 screening strategies to permit the safe reopening of college campuses in the US
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:40h | UTCCommentaries: Researchers offer ways to promote safety when reopening colleges – CIDRAP AND New Study: College Students Who Get Tested Every Two Days Can Return To Campus Safely – Forbes
Risk of severe COVID-19 disease with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: Cohort study including 8.3 million people
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:38h | UTC
Top WHO disease detective warns against return to national lockdowns
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:36h | UTCExclusive: Top WHO disease detective warns against return to national lockdowns – The Telegraph
Large SARS-CoV-2 outbreak caused by an asymptomatic traveler
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:34h | UTCLarge SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak Caused by Asymptomatic Traveler, China – CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases
Commentaries: An asymptomatic coronavirus carrier infected an apartment neighbor without sharing the same space. A study blames the building’s elevator buttons – Business Insider AND China Superspreader Gave COVID-19 to 71 People in a Single Elevator Trip – Newsweek
[Abstract Only] A Systematic review of the effect of delayed appropriate antibiotic treatment on the outcomes of patients with severe bacterial infections
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:20h | UTCA Systematic Review of the Effect of Delayed Appropriate Antibiotic Treatment on the Outcomes of Patients With Severe Bacterial Infections – CHEST (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Does Delayed Antibiotic for Severe Infection Impact Mortality? – Journal Feed
[Abstract Only] Meta-analysis: Point-of-care ultrasonography for the diagnosis of skin and soft tissue abscesses
3 Aug, 2020 | 01:18h | UTCPoint-of-Care Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: POCUS for Abscess – A Large Meta-Analysis – Journal Feed
Study finds high viral loads in young children with mild to moderate Covid-19, raising questions about transmission
31 Jul, 2020 | 09:00h | UTCCommentaries: Young kids could spread COVID-19 as much as older children and adults, study suggests – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago AND Study finds higher viral load in young children, raising questions about how likely they are to transmit the coronavirus – CNN AND Children May Carry Coronavirus at High Levels, Study Finds – The New York Times
COVID-19 and dexamethasone potential strategy to avoid steroid-related Strongyloides hyperinfection
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:58h | UTC
Remdesivir for severe Covid-19: A clinical practice guideline
31 Jul, 2020 | 09:01h | UTCRemdesivir for severe covid-19: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ
SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:57h | UTCSARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19 – Nature
Commentaries: Could prior exposure to common cold viruses affect the severity of SARS-CoV-2 symptoms? – Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin AND Why some people who haven’t had Covid-19 might already have some immunity – CNN
Related Commentary on Twitter
Just out @nature: 35% of healthy people (#SARSCoV2 seronegative) have reactive SARSCoV2 CD4 T cells to spike protein, presumably d/t cross-reactive coronavirus exposurehttps://t.co/Xt5tuULuyU
Important implications for explaining variable response to infections & vaccine trials— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 29, 2020
Study: Travel to 3 countries may have seeded COVID-19 pandemic
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:48h | UTCStudy: Travel to 3 countries may have seeded COVID-19 pandemic – CIDRAP
Single-shot Ad26 vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 in monkeys
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:49h | UTCSingle-shot Ad26 vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques – Nature
Commentaries: Vaccine Candidate Delivers Protection In A Single Shot (In Monkeys) – NPR AND Novel vaccine candidate robustly protects non-human primates against SARS-CoV-2 – News Medical
‘A huge experiment’: How the world made so much progress on a Covid-19 vaccine so fast
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:40h | UTC‘A huge experiment’: How the world made so much progress on a Covid-19 vaccine so fast – STAT
COVID-19 pandemic is “one big wave” says WHO
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:47h | UTCCOVID-19 pandemic is “one big wave” says WHO – News Medical
See also: ‘One big wave’ – why the Covid-19 second wave may not exist – The Guardian
We need to talk about ventilation
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:37h | UTCWe Need to Talk About Ventilation – The Atlantic (a few articles per month are free)
Things you should think about when you hear “vaccine by end of the year”
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:41h | UTCThings you should think about when you hear “vaccine by end of the year” – Health News Review
Some scientists are taking a DIY coronavirus vaccine, and nobody knows if it’s legal or if it works
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:36h | UTC
How does SARS-CoV-2 cause COVID-19?
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:38h | UTCHow does SARS-CoV-2 cause COVID-19? – Science
[Press release] Tocilizumab did not improve outcomes in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 associated pneumonia
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:52h | UTC