Infectious Diseases (all articles)
Opinion – One U.K. Trial is Transforming COVID-19 Treatment. Why Haven’t Others Delivered More Results?
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:58h | UTCStudy 1 – lopinavir-ritonavir: No clinical benefit from use of lopinavir-ritonavir in hospitalised COVID-19 patients studied in RECOVERY
Study 2 – dexamethasone: Low-cost dexamethasone reduces death by up to one third in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19 – Recovery Trial AND Effect of Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: Preliminary Report – medRxiv
Study 3 – hydroxychloroquine: No clinical benefit from use of hydroxychloroquine in hospitalised patients with COVID-19
WHO Discontinues Hydroxychloroquine and Lopinavir/Ritonavir Treatment Arms for COVID-19
6 Jul, 2020 | 09:02h | UTCCommentary: WHO says trials show malaria and HIV drugs don’t cut Covid-19 hospital deaths – The Guardian
Related Commentary on Twitter
WHO accepted the recommendation from the Solidarity Trial’s International Steering Committee to discontinue the trial’s hydroxychloroquine and the lopinavir/ritonavir arms.
More https://t.co/dCxHqBIwtr#COVID19 #coronavirus
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) July 4, 2020
How to Safely Reopen Colleges and Universities During COVID-19: Experiences from Taiwan
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:48h | UTCEditorial: Reopening Colleges and Universities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
239 Experts With 1 Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:57h | UTC239 Experts With 1 Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne – The New York Times
“… in an open letter to the W.H.O., 239 scientists in 32 countries have outlined the evidence showing that smaller particles can infect people, and are calling for the agency to revise its recommendations. The researchers plan to publish their letter in a scientific journal next week.”
Six Months of Coronavirus: The Mysteries Scientists are Still Racing to Solve
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:41h | UTCSix months of coronavirus: the mysteries scientists are still racing to solve – Nature
COVID-19: This Model Shows Why Masks and Social Distancing are so Important
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:50h | UTCCOVID-19: This model shows why masks and social distancing are so important – World Economic Forum
Related: Widespread Use Of Face Masks Could Save Tens Of Thousands Of Lives, Models Project – NPR
[Preprint] Randomized Trial: Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:47h | UTCConvalescent Plasma for COVID-19. A randomized clinical trial – medRxiv
Related Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/hildabast/status/1279625347214921729
Six Months of Pandemic Photography
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:45h | UTCSix months of pandemic photography – Science
Six Months of Coronavirus: The Mysteries Scientists are Still Racing to Solve
6 Jul, 2020 | 09:09h | UTCSix months of coronavirus: the mysteries scientists are still racing to solve – Nature
A Guide to R — The Pandemic’s Misunderstood Metric
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:39h | UTCA guide to R — the pandemic’s misunderstood metric – Nature
Related: COVID-19: what is the R number? – World Economic Forum AND Covid-19: What is the R number? – The BMJ AND “When will it be over?”: An introduction to viral reproduction numbers, R0 and Re – CEBM Oxford AND Coronavirus: is the R number still useful? – The Conversation
Systematic Review: SARS-CoV-2 Detection, Viral Load and Infectivity over the Course of an Infection
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:34h | UTC
Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and Influenza Pandemics
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:34h | UTCComparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Meta-Analysis: Acute Complications and Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:36h | UTC
Four Decades of HIV/AIDS — Much Accomplished, Much to Do
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:28h | UTCFour Decades of HIV/AIDS — Much Accomplished, Much to Do – New England Journal of Medicine
Video: Coronavirus Update with Anthony Fauci
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:48h | UTCCoronavirus Update With Anthony Fauci – JAMA
Selected Articles: COVID-19 in Surgical Patients
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:46h | UTCArticle 1: Managing COVID-19 in Surgical Systems – Annals of Surgery
Article 3: COVID-19 – Considerations and Implications for Surgical Learners – Annals of Surgery
Article 5: A Guide for Surgical and Procedural Recovery After the First Surge of Covid-19 – NEJM Catalyst
Covid-19: Viral Loads in Upper Respiratory Specimens Peak by 2-3 Days from Symptom Onset and Decrease Rapidly Thereafter
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:40h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
Distribution of Transmission Potential during Non-Severe COVID-19 Illness https://t.co/w5lfg50ZXj. Elegant study from @ClevelandClinic suggesting in non-severe COVID-19, viral loads in upper resp specimens peak by 2-3 days from symptom onset and decrease rapidly thereafter.
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) July 2, 2020
Review: Neurological Associations of COVID-19
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:38h | UTCNeurological associations of COVID-19 – The Lancet Neurology
Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Patients with COVID-19 vs. Patients with Influenza
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:37h | UTCCommentaries: Stroke appears 8 times more likely with COVID than with flu – MedicalXpress AND Comparing COVID-19’s stroke rate with those of other respiratory infections – Cardiovascular Business
Study Supports Link Between COVID-19 and ‘COVID Toes’
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:34h | UTCNews Release: Study supports link between COVID-19 and ‘COVID Toes’ – Wiley
CDC Survey: Most Patients with Covid-19 Don’t Know Who Infected Them
3 Jul, 2020 | 08:35h | UTCCommentaries: Most COVID-19 patients don’t know who infected them, CDC survey finds – USA Today AND Despite Lockdowns Many Americans Likely Contracted Coronavirus From Strangers – Medical Daily AND Many Americans with COVID-19 don’t know how they got infected, survey suggests – Live Sciences
Estimation of Excess Deaths From COVID-19 in the United States
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:53h | UTCExcess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-April 2020 – JAMA
Editorial: Mortality and Morbidity: The Measure of a Pandemic
Author Interview: Estimation of Excess Deaths From COVID-19 in the United States
Commentaries: About 30% of COVID deaths may not be classified as such – CIDRAP AND Study: 35 percent of excess deaths in pandemic’s early months tied to causes other than COVID-19 – Virginia Commonwealth University
Meta-Analysis: Diagnostic Accuracy of Serological Tests for Covid-19
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:54h | UTCDiagnostic accuracy of serological tests for covid-19: systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ
Related Commentary on Twitter
New: A systematic review and meta-analysis assessment of #SARSCov2 antibody testing: "does not support the continued use of existing point-of-care serological tests"@BMJ_latest https://t.co/HVzpsygUOV pic.twitter.com/Q1MLWZNlg8
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 1, 2020
Accelerating Development of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines — The Role for Controlled Human Infection Models
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:49h | UTCRelated: Challenge Trials—Could Deliberate Coronavirus Exposure Hasten Vaccine Development? – JAMA AND Opinion: Ethical Guidelines for Deliberately Infecting Volunteers with COVID-19 to Speed Vaccine Development (commentaries on the subject) AND Feasibility, potential value and limitations of establishing a closely monitored challenge model of experimental COVID-19 infection and illness in healthy young adult volunteers – World Health Organization (draft document for public comments) AND Human Challenge Studies to Accelerate Coronavirus Vaccine Licensure – The Journal of Infectious Diseases AND Ethics of controlled human infection to address COVID-19 – Science AND Extraordinary diseases require extraordinary solutions – Vaccine
Meta-Analysis: The Prevalence of Symptoms in 24,410 Adults Infected by the Novel Coronavirus
2 Jul, 2020 | 08:51h | UTC