Infectious Diseases (all articles)
Science Has an Ugly, Complicated Dark Side. And the Coronavirus Is Bringing It Out
30 Apr, 2020 | 04:10h | UTCScience Has an Ugly, Complicated Dark Side. And the Coronavirus Is Bringing It Out – Mother Jones
What Is the Infection-Fatality Rate of COVID-19?
30 Apr, 2020 | 04:04h | UTCWhat Is the Infection-Fatality Rate Of COVID-19? – Medium
General Guidelines in the Management of an Obstetrical Patient on the Labor and Delivery Unit during the COVID-19 Pandemic
30 Apr, 2020 | 04:07h | UTC
Systematic Review: Treating Disseminated Histoplasmosis in People Living with HIV
30 Apr, 2020 | 03:41h | UTCTreating progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in people living with HIV – Cochrane Library
Summary: How best to treat progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in people with HIV – Cochrane Library
Perspective: What Policy Makers Need to Know About COVID-19 Protective Immunity
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:19h | UTCWhat policy makers need to know about COVID-19 protective immunity – The Lancet
Related: What Covid-19 antibody tests say — and don’t say — about immunity – Vox AND The False Hope of Antibody Tests – The Atlantic AND What Antibody Studies Can Tell You — and More Importantly, What They Can’t – ProPublica AND What if immunity to covid-19 doesn’t last? – MIT Technology Review AND Beware of Antibody-based COVID-19 “Immunity Passports” – Scientific American AND Coronavirus immunity: Can you catch it twice? – BBC
Related Commentary on Twitter
An especially astute and succinct essay on #COVID19 protective immunity @TheLancet todayhttps://t.co/HFGUGPdson
highlights unknowns on duration, role of T lymphocytes, what constitutes real protection, and herd immunity features pic.twitter.com/oBC48DcGCl— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) April 28, 2020
Case Series: Atypical Presentation of COVID-19 in Young Infants
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:17h | UTCAtypical presentation of COVID-19 in young infants – The Lancet
“In the pandemic context, infants younger than 3 months with isolated fever should be tested for SARS-CoV-2. “
Case Series: Characterization of Ischemic Cutaneous Lesions Associated with Covid-19
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:14h | UTCSee also: Journal articles on coronavirus with relevance for skin diseases and dermatology – Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham AND From ‘COVID Toes’ to Hives, These Are the Skin Conditions Dermatologists Think Could Be Signs of Coronavirus – TIME
Large-Vessel Stroke as a Presenting Feature of Covid-19 in the Young
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:21h | UTC
Covid-19: Concerns Grow Over Inflammatory Syndrome Emerging in Children
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:16h | UTCCovid-19: concerns grow over inflammatory syndrome emerging in children – The BMJ
Related: UK says some children have died from syndrome linked to COVID-19 – Reuters
Why Don’t Some Coronavirus Patients Sense their Alarmingly Low Oxygen Levels?
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:11h | UTCWhy don’t some coronavirus patients sense their alarmingly low oxygen levels? – Science
How Sweden Has Faced the Virus Without a Lockdown
29 Apr, 2020 | 04:53h | UTC‘Life Has to Go On’: How Sweden Has Faced the Virus Without a Lockdown – The New York Times
Patients with Cancer More Vulnerable to SARS-COV-2
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:00h | UTCCommentaries: COVID-19 Increases Overall Risk of Death, Complications in Patients With Cancer, Study Shows – AJMC AND Patients with blood and lung cancers are three times more at risk of dying of coronavirus than people with other tumors, study finds – Daily Mail AND Coronavirus: Cancer patients nearly three times more likely to die of Covid-19, study says – Independent
Inpatient Care of Patients with COVID-19: A Guide for Hospitalists
29 Apr, 2020 | 04:55h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Focal Mass Drug Administration and Reactive Focal Vector Control Can Reduce Malaria Transmission by 75%
29 Apr, 2020 | 04:32h | UTCCommentaries: Reducing malaria transmission with reactive focal interventions – The Lancet AND Smart interventions reduce malaria transmission by 75% – University of the Witwatersrand
Report: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Thromboembolic Complications in COVID-19
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:45h | UTC
IDSA Guidelines on Infection Prevention in Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:47h | UTC
Consensus Statement: Chest Imaging in Pediatric COVID-19 Patient Management
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:43h | UTCCommentary: Recommendations issued for imaging use in pediatric COVID-19 – MedicalXpress
Perspective: Pseudoscience and COVID-19 — We’ve Had Enough Already
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:35h | UTCPseudoscience and COVID-19 — we’ve had enough already – Nature
Aerodynamic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Two Wuhan Hospitals
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:36h | UTCAerodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in two Wuhan hospitals – Nature
Commentary: SARS-CoV-2 Found in Aerosols in Hospital Staff Areas, Public Places – NEJM Journal Watch AND Coronavirus Lingers in Air of Crowded Spaces, New Study Finds – Bloomberg AND Expert reaction to a Nature paper presenting evidence for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the air – Science Media Centre
Study: COVID-19 and Risks Posed to Personnel During Endotracheal Intubation
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:40h | UTCEditorial: COVID-19 and Risks Posed to Personnel During Endotracheal Intubation – JAMA
Which Epidemiologist do you Believe? The Debate About Lockdown is Not a Contest Between Good and Evil
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:33h | UTCWhich epidemiologist do you believe? – UnHeard
“The debate about lockdown is not a contest between good and evil”
Perspective: Scientists Who Express Different Views on Covid-19 Should Be Heard, not Demonized
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:30h | UTCScientists who express different views on Covid-19 should be heard, not demonized – STAT
Twitter-based Learning for Continuing Medical Education? A New Perspective for a Paradigm Shift in Medical Education, Accelerated by COVID-19
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:28h | UTCRelated: How Twitter is Changing Medical Research (texts on the subject)
Twentieth-Century Lessons for a Modern Coronavirus Pandemic
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:25h | UTCTwentieth-Century Lessons for a Modern Coronavirus Pandemic – JAMA
Related Podcasts: Pandemic Part 1: 1918 Flu Pandemic and COVID-19 – JAMA AND Pandemic Part 2: A Trip to Philadelphia’s Mutter Museum – JAMA
Study: Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Common Among Residents of a Large Homeless Shelter
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:26h | UTCPrevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Residents of a Large Homeless Shelter in Boston – JAMA
“36.0% had PCR test results positive for SARS-CoV-2… Among individuals with PCR test results positive for SARS-CoV-2, cough (7.5%), shortness of breath (1.4%), and fever (0.7%) were all uncommon, and 87.8% were asymptomatic”