Infectious Diseases (all articles)
[Abstract Only] Another Study Suggesting One Dose of HPV Vaccine may be Effective for Prevention of Cervical Cancer
11 Feb, 2020 | 01:52h | UTCComparison of the long‐term impact and clinical outcomes of fewer doses and standard doses of human papillomavirus vaccine in the United States: A database study – Cancer (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Single HPV vaccine dose may be effective against cervical cancer – Wiley (free) AND Expert reaction to study on single dose of HPV vaccine – Science Media Centre (free)
Related: Another Observational Study Suggests One Dose of HPV Vaccine may be Enough (free studies)
[Abstract Only] Meta-Analysis: Increased Fluid Intake to Prevent Urinary Tract Infections
11 Feb, 2020 | 01:48h | UTCIncreased fluid intake to prevent urinary tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis – British Journal of General Practice (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Randomized Trial: Drinking More Water Prevents Recurrent Cystitis (free study and commentaries)
Novel Coronavirus – Selected News & Perspectives / 10 February 2020
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:34h | UTCSee also: WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 9 February 2020 (free PDF)
- China nCoV cases continue at stable rate, concerns rise about spread in Singapore – CIDRAP (free)
- Coronavirus—Unknown Source, Unrecognized Spread, and Pandemic Potential – Think Global Health (free)
- WHO cautions that transmission of the new coronavirus outside of China could increase – STAT (free)
- New Report on 138 Coronavirus Cases Reveals Disturbing Details – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
- New study an eye-opener on how coronavirus is spreading and how little we know – CNN (free)
- Concerns mount about coronavirus spreading in hospitals, study suggests – CNN (free) A
- Demand for masks soars 100-fold, disrupting coronavirus fight: WHO – Reuters (free)
- China Begins Testing an Antiviral Drug in Coronavirus Patients – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
- Could an old malaria drug help fight the new coronavirus? – ASBMB (free)
- Did pangolins spread the China coronavirus to people? – Nature (free)
- Scientists question work suggesting pangolin coronavirus link – Reuters (free)
- The US coronavirus travel ban could backfire. Here’s how – CNN (free)
- Coronavirus: WHO chief warns against ‘trolls and conspiracy theories’ – BBC (free)
[Abstract Only] Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Influenza
9 Feb, 2020 | 20:13h | UTCCorticosteroids as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Influenza: An Updated Cochrane Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Mini-Review: Corticosteroids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:16h | UTCCorticosteroids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related Meta-analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Corticosteroids Therapy for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Adjunctive Systemic Corticosteroids for Hospitalized Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2015 Update – Scientific Reports (free)
Related Cochrane Review: Is Treatment With Corticosteroids Beneficial for People With Pneumonia? (free)
Guideline Synopsis: Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:17h | UTCDiagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia – JAMA (free for a limited period)
See also: Treatment Algorithm (free)
Original Article: ATS/IDSA Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia (free resources)
Related Guideline: NICE Guideline: Management of Pneumonia in Adults (free resources)
WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 6 February 2020
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:07h | UTCWHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 6 February 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
See also: WHO to accelerate research and innovation for new coronavirus – World Health Organization (free) AND Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) advice for the public: Myth busters – World Health Organization (free) AND Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) advice for the public: When and how to use masks – World Health Organization (free)
Novel Coronavirus – Latest Articles / 07 February 2020
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:02h | UTC– Clinical evidence does not support corticosteroid treatment for 2019-nCoV lung injury – The Lancet (free PDF) See Commentary: Steroids could do more harm than good in treating coronavirus – University of Edinburgh (free)
– Reducing mortality from 2019-nCoV: host-directed therapies should be an option – The Lancet (free)
– Travelers Give Wings to Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) – Journal of Travel Medicine (free PDF)
– Origin and evolution of the 2019 novel coronavirus – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free PDF)
– Editorial: Communication, collaboration and cooperation can stop the 2019 coronavirus – Nature (free)
– Updates on Wuhan 2019 Novel Coronavirus Epidemic – Journal of Medical Virology (free PDF)
– SARS to novel coronavirus – old lessons and new lessons – Epidemiology and Infection (free)
Preprints:
– Evidence and characteristics of human-to-human transmission of 2019-nCoV – medRxiv (free PDF)
– Modelling the epidemic trend of the 2019-nCOV outbreak in Hubei Province, China – medRxiv (free PDF)
– Epidemic doubling time of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak by province in mainland China – medRxiv (free PDF)
Novel Coronavirus – Selected News & Perspectives / 07 February 2020
7 Feb, 2020 | 08:05h | UTC– W.H.O. Fights a Pandemic Besides Coronavirus: an ‘Infodemic’ – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
– Coronavirus: Everything you need to know in a visual explainer – South China Morning Post (free) (via @DrTomFrieden)
– Coronavirus Expert Reality Check – Global Health NOW (free)
– How the new coronavirus will finally get a proper name – BBC (free)
– WHO says too early to say coronavirus peaking in China – Reuters (free)
– WHO sees no sign of nCoV peak in China, cases rise overseas – CIDRAP (free)
Novel Coronavirus – Selected News & Perspectives / 06 February 2020
6 Feb, 2020 | 01:58h | UTC– China marks biggest nCoV jump; WHO unveils response plan – CIDRAP (free)
– Experts offer first US nCoV clinical guidance – CIDRAP (free)
– Amid Coronavirus Fears, a Mask Shortage Could Spread Globally – Wired (free)
– Why the New Coronavirus (Mostly) Spares Children – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
– Coronavirus: A visual guide to the outbreak – BBC (free)
– Coronavirus: Five things you need to know – BBC (free)
– Data suggests virus infections under-reported, exaggerating fatality rate – Reuters (free)
WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 5 February 2020 / WHO Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan
6 Feb, 2020 | 02:01h | UTCWHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 5 February 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
See also: US$675 million needed for new coronavirus preparedness and response global plan – World Health Organization (free) AND The Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) for the 2019 novel coronavirus – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Related Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/alexandraphelan/status/1224818782578692097?s=03
Novel Coronavirus – Latest Articles / 06 February 2020
6 Feb, 2020 | 01:56h | UTC– 2019 Novel Coronavirus—Important Information for Clinicians – JAMA (free)
Management of HIV-infected Patients in the ICU
5 Feb, 2020 | 08:18h | UTCManagement of HIV-infected patients in the intensive care unit – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Novel Coronavirus – Selected News & Perspectives / 05 February 2020
5 Feb, 2020 | 08:10h | UTC– Experts envision two scenarios if the new coronavirus isn’t contained – STAT (free)
– Coronavirus: Window of opportunity to act, World Health Organization says – BBC (free)
– Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Spread of the Outbreak – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
– nCoV total tops 20,000 as officials probe spread from nations outside of China – CIDRAP (free)
– Why are we panicked about coronavirus — and calm about the flu? – The Hill (free)
WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 4 February 2020
5 Feb, 2020 | 08:12h | UTCWHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 4 February 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
See also: WHO says Wuhan coronavirus outbreak is not yet a pandemic – CNN (free)
Novel Coronavirus – Latest Articles / 05 February 2020
5 Feb, 2020 | 08:05h | UTC– Study claiming new coronavirus can be transmitted by people without symptoms was flawed – Science (free)
– Case Series: CT Imaging Features of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) – Radiology (free PDF) See Commentary: Radiologists describe coronavirus imaging features – Radiology Society of North America (free)
– Interim US Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Persons with Potential 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Exposure in Travel-associated or Community Settings – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free) See Commentary: CDC Spells out Risk Levels for Novel Coronavirus – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
– Baricitinib as potential treatment for 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease – The Lancet (free)
– Risk of 2019 novel coronavirus importations throughout China prior to the Wuhan quarantine – medRxiv (free PDF) See Commentary: Early spread of coronavirus extends far beyond China’s quarantine zone – University of Texas at Austin (free)
Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2020
4 Feb, 2020 | 08:02h | UTCRecommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2020 – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Commentary: ACIP releases updated vaccination schedule with several changes – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Just out in @AnnalsofIM
New Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (#ACIP) Adult #Immunization Schedule recommends changes to several vaccineshttps://t.co/wa31QMpWct
Nice simplified tables, too. 👇#vaccines pic.twitter.com/u2EoD1gNbe
— Chris Hendel (@chrishendel) February 3, 2020
Meta-Analysis: Assessment of C-Reactive Protein Diagnostic Test Accuracy for Late-Onset Infection in Newborn Infants
4 Feb, 2020 | 07:52h | UTCAssessment of C-Reactive Protein Diagnostic Test Accuracy for Late-Onset Infection in Newborn Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)
WHO Q&A on Coronaviruses / WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 3 February 2020
4 Feb, 2020 | 07:44h | UTCWHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 3 February 2020 – World Health Organization (free)
See also: WHO Q&A on Coronaviruses (free) AND WHO Page on the Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (free resources)
Novel Coronavirus – Selected News & Perspectives / 04 February 2020
4 Feb, 2020 | 07:40h | UTC– The New Coronavirus Is a Truly Modern Epidemic – The Atlantic (free)
“New diseases are mirrors that reflect how a society works—and where it fails.”
– China Pledged to Build a New Hospital in 10 Days. It’s Close. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“State news outlets reported that the 1,000-bed facility would accept patients from Monday even as construction workers raced to complete it.”
– Coronavirus: Here Are 10 Misconceptions Being Spread – Forbes (free)
– China nCoV surge tops 17,000 as more vaccine support announced – CIDRAP (free)
– We need new forms of governance to better manage our response to pandemics – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Novel Coronavirus – Latest Articles / 04 February 2020
4 Feb, 2020 | 07:38h | UTC– A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China – Nature (free PDF)
– A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin – Nature (free PDF)
WHO Advises Against any Restrictions of International Traffic / WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 02 February 2020
2 Feb, 2020 | 20:21h | UTCSee also: WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 02 FEBRUARY 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Related Commentary on Twitter
.@WHO doesn’t recommend limiting trade & movement.
Travel restrictions can cause more harm than good by hindering info-sharing & medical supply chains & harming economies. We urge countries & companies to make evidence-based, consistent decisions. https://t.co/ksxOV6sbDN— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) January 31, 2020
Novel Coronavirus – Latest Articles / 03 February 2020
2 Feb, 2020 | 20:14h | UTCWellcome Trust Statement: Sharing research data and findings relevant to the novel coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak (free)
– First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
– Drug treatment options for the 2019-new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) – Bioscience Trends (free PDF)
– Novel Wuhan (2019-nCoV) Coronavirus – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free PDF)
Novel Coronavirus – Selected News & Perspectives / 03 February 2020
2 Feb, 2020 | 20:16h | UTC– How Bad Will the Coronavirus Outbreak Get? Here Are 6 Key Factors – The New York Times (free)
– Why Travel Bans Don’t Work During An Outbreak Like Coronavirus – Forbes (free)
– 8 questions about the coronavirus outbreak, answered – Vox (free)
– Is reporting of the coronavirus producing viral panic? – The BMJ Opinion (free)
– Top WHO official says it’s not too late to stop the new coronavirus outbreak – STAT (free)
AUA Best Practice Statement on Urologic Procedures and Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
2 Feb, 2020 | 19:52h | UTC