Published Research | April 2020

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April 30, 2020

  1. A SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map reveals targets for drug repurposing – Nature
  2. [Letter to editor] Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest during the Covid-19 Outbreak in Italy – NEJM
  3. Aerodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in two Wuhan hospitals – Nature
  4. COVID-19 and Thrombotic or Thromboembolic Disease: Implications for Prevention, Antithrombotic Therapy, and Follow-up – Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  5. Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Thromboembolic Complications in COVID-19: Report of the National Institute for Public Health of the Netherlands – RSNA
  6. SARS‑Cov‑2 (human) and COVID‑19: Primer 2020 – Hepatology International
  7. COVID-19 and malaria: A symptom screening challenge for malaria endemic countries – International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  8. Clinically suspected myocarditis in the course of coronavirus infection – European Heart Journal
  9. Myocarditis revealing COVID-19 infection in a young patient – European Cardiovascular Imaging
  10. Acute Hyperglycemic Crises with Coronavirus Disease-19: Case Reports – Diabetes Metabolism Journal
  11. Kallikrein-kinin blockade in patients with COVID-19 to prevent acute respiratory distress syndrome – Lifesciences.org
  12. COVID-19: A Geriatric Emergency – Geriatrics
  13. Variation in COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Deaths Across New York City Boroughs – [Research Letter] JAMA
  14. Prevalence and fatality rates of COVID-19: What are the reasons for the wide variations worldwide? – Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
  15. Moving Personal Protective Equipment Into the Community – [Viewpoint] JAMA
  16. Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) – Science

April 29, 2020

  1. Gender Differences in Patients With COVID-19: Focus on Severity and Mortality – Frontiers in Public Health
  2. First confirmed detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater in Australia: A proof of concept for the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in the community – Science Direct

April 28, 2020

  1. Clinical phenotypes of SARS-CoV-2: Implications for clinicians and researchers – European Respiratory Journal
  2. Early risk factors for the duration of SARS-CoV-2 viral positivity in COVID-19 patients – Clinical Infectious Disease
  3. Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility
  4. Improving the efficacy of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine against SARS-CoV-2 may require Zinc additives – A better synergy for future COVID-19 clinical trials – Le Infezioni in Medicina Salerno, Italy
  5. Aerodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in two Wuhan hospitals – Nature
  6. Epidemiology and transmission of COVID-19 in 391 cases and 1286 of their close contacts in Shenzhen, China: a retrospective cohort study – The Lancet
  7. Acute pulmonary embolism in conjunction with intramural right ventricular thrombus in a SARS-CoV-2-positive patient – European Heart Journal
  8. Large-Vessel Stroke as a Presenting Feature of Covid-19 in the Young – NEJM
  9. Neutrophil extracellular traps in COVID-19 – American Society for Clinical Investigation/Insite
  10. Persistence of intestinal SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with COVID-19 leads to re-admission after pneumonia resolved – International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  11. COVID-19: ICU delirium management during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic – BMC

April 27, 2020

  1. SARS-CoV-2 causing pneumonia-associated respiratory disorder (COVID-19): diagnostic and proposed therapeutic options – Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
  2. SARS-CoV-2 Isolation From Ocular Secretions of a Patient With COVID-19 in Italy With Prolonged Viral RNA Detection – Annals of Internal Medicine
  3. Searching for SARS-COV-2 on Particulate Matter: A Possible Early Indicator of COVID-19 Epidemic Recurrence – Env Research and Public Health
  4. The Architecture of SARS-CoV-2 Transcriptome – Cell
  5. Viral load dynamics and disease severity in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Zhejiang province, China, January-March 2020: retrospective cohort study – BMJ
  6. Development of CRISPR as an antiviral strategy to combat SARS-CoV-2 and influenza – Oxford Immunology
  7. SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 is an interferon-stimulated gene in human airway epithelial cells and is detected in specific cell subsets across tissues – Cell</a

April 24, 2020

  1. Focal status epilepticus as unique clinical feature of COVID-19: a case report – Seizure
  2. Effect of changing case definitions for COVID-19 on the epidemic curve and transmission parameters in mainland China: a modelling study – The Lancet
  3. Information Technology–Based Tracing Strategy in Response to COVID-19 in South Korea—Privacy Controversies – JAMA
  4. Profile of RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2: a preliminary study from 56 COVID-19 patients – Clinical Infectious Diseases
  5. Identification of inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 in-vitro cellular toxicity in human (Caco-2) cells using a large scale drug repurposing collection – PrePrint Drug Discovery Design and Development
  6. FDA Warns Providers About Limits of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Tests – NEJM Watch

April 23, 2020

  1. Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area – JAMA
  2. Late-Onset Neonatal Sepsis in a Patient with Covid-19 – NEJM
  3. Coughing and Aerosols – NEJM
  4. Serologic Evidence of Pancreatic Injury in COVID-19 – NEJM
  5. Covid-19 epidemic in Italy: evolution, projections and impact of government measures – European Journal of Epidemiology
  6. Comorbid Chronic Diseases and Acute Organ Injuries Are Strongly Correlated with Disease Severity and Mortality among COVID-19 Patients: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis – Science
  7. Novel Coronavirus: Current Understanding of Clinical Features, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, and Treatment Options – Pathogens
  8. The Importance of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and Coinfection with Other Respiratory Pathogens in the Current Pandemic
  9. Small Solitary Ground-Glass Nodule on CT as an Initial Manifestation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia – Korean Journal of Radiology
  10. Gastrointestinal symptoms associated with severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19): a pooled analysis
  11. Therapeutic strategies for critically ill patients with COVID-19 – Annals of Intensive Care

April 22, 2020

  1. Population movement, city closure in Wuhan and geographical expansion of the 2019-nCoV pneumonia infection in China in January 2020 – Clinical Infectious Diseases
  2. Assessment of immune response to SARS-CoV-2 with fully automated MAGLUMI 2019-nCoV IgG and IgM chemiluminescence immunoassays – Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
  3. Laboratory testing of SARS‐CoV, MERS‐CoV, and SARS‐CoV‐2 (2019‐nCoV): Current status, challenges, and countermeasures – Reviews in Medical Virology
  4. CT imaging analysis of 33 cases with the 2019 novel coronavirus infection – Europe PMC
  5. Covid-19 and Immunity in Aging Populations — A New Research Agenda – NEJM
  6. Description and Proposed Management of the Acute COVID-19 Cardiovascular Syndrome – AHA
  7. Targeting potential drivers of COVID-19: Neutrophil extracellular traps – Journal of Experimental Medicine
  8. Clinical features of covid-19 – BMJ
  9. Chest CT and Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): A Critical Review of the Literature to Date – Cardiopulmonary Imaging
  10. COVID-19 Respiratory Failure – ASAIO Journal/Sweden

April 21, 2020

  1. Clinical Characteristics of Covid-19 in New York City – NEJM
  2. The characteristics of household transmission of COVID-19 – Clinical Infectious Diseases
  3. Safety and immunogenicity of a candidate Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus viral-vectored vaccine: a dose-escalation, open-label, non-randomised, uncontrolled, phase 1 trial – The Lancet

April 20, 2020

  1. SARS-CoV-2 Seroconversion in Humans: A Detailed Protocol for a Serological Assay, Antigen Production, and Test Setup – Current Protocols in Microbiology
  2. Detectable serum SARS-CoV-2 viral load (RNAaemia) is closely correlated with drastically elevated interleukin 6 (IL-6) level in critically ill COVID-19 patients – Clinical Infectious Diseases
  3. SARS-CoV-2 and viral sepsis: observations and hypotheses – The Lancet

April 17, 2020

  1. SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and intravascular volume management strategies in the critically ill – Journal Baylor University Medical Center
  2. Sustaining containment of COVID-19 in China – Lancet
  3. Symptom Screening at Illness Onset of Health Care Personnel With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in King County, Washington – JAMA
  4. Rates of Co-infection Between SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Pathogens – JAMA
  5. Acute kidney injury in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients – Critical Care

April 16, 2020

  1. Prominent Changes in Blood Coagulation of Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection – Clin Chem Lab Med
  2. Laboratory Abnormalities in Patients with COVID-2019 Infection – Clin Chem Lab Med
  3. COVID-19: Consider Cytokine Storm Syndromes and Immunosuppression – Clin Chem Lab Med
  4. SARS-CoV-2 shedding and infectivity – Lancet
  5. 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Built Environment Considerations To Reduce Transmission – American Society for Microbiology
  6. Cell type-specific expression of the putative SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 in human hearts – European Heart Journal

April 15, 2020

  1. Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period – Science
  2. High Prevalence of Concurrent Gastrointestinal Manifestations in Patients with SARS-CoV-2: Early Experience from California. – Gastroenterology
  3. Remdesivir is a direct-acting antiviral that inhibits RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 with high potency – Journal of Biological Chemistry

April 14, 2020

  1. Loss of Smell and Taste Validated as COVID-19 Symptoms in Patients with High Recovery Rate – Journal of Allergy and Rhinology
  2. SARS-CoV-2 infects T lymphocytes through its spike protein-mediated membrane fusion – Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  3. Whole genome and phylogenetic analysis of two SARS-CoV-2 strains isolated in Italy in January and February 2020: additional clues on multiple introductions and further circulation in Europe – Eurosurveillance
  4. SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Undetectable in Some Recovered Patients – NEJM
  5. Universal Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Women Admitted for Delivery – NEJM
  6. Pharmacologic Treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – JAMA

April 13, 2020

  1. Aerosol and Surface Distribution of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Hospital Wards, Wuhan, China, 2020 – CDC
  2. Clinical benefit of remdesivir in rhesus macaques infected with SARS-CoV-2 – NIH
  3. Characteristics and Mechanism of Liver Injury in 2019 Coronavirus Disease – Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology
  4. COVID-19 and liver disease – Liver International
  5. CT imaging of one extended family cluster of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) including adolescent patients and “silent infection” – Quantitative Imaging Med Sur
  6. High Contagiousness and Rapid Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 – Emerging Infectious Diseases
  7. COVID-19 and the Heart – AHA
  8. COVID-19 experience in Bergamo, Italy – European Heart Journal

April 10, 2020

  1. Neurotropism of SARS-CoV 2: Mechanisms and manifestations – Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  2. Emerging SARS-CoV-2 mutation hot spots include a novel RNA-dependent-RNA polymerase variant – Journal of Transnational Medicine
  3. Dysregulation of lung myeloid cells in COVID-19 – Nature
  4. Fighting COVID-19 exhausts T cells – Nature
  5. In the eye of the COVID-19 cytokine storm – Nature
  6. Epidemiological Study of COVID-19 Modes of Disease Transmission: with Molecular Basis for SARS-CoV-2 Virulence – Biola University
  7. Kidney diseases in the time of COVID-19: major challenges to patient care – Journal of Clinical Investigation
  8. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation after hospital admission with covid-19 – BMJ
  9. Covid-19 in South Korea — Challenges of Subclinical Manifestations – NEJM
  10. Favipiravir: pharmacokinetics and concerns about clinical trials for 2019‐nCoV infection – Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
  11. The indispensable role of chest CT in the detection of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  12. An emergent clade of SARS-CoV-2 linked to returned travellers from Iran – Virus Evolution Oxford Press
  13. SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Workers: A Retrospective Analysis and Model Simulations of a Nosocomial Outbreak – Lancet Preprint

April 9, 2020

  1. SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Travelers Returning from Wuhan, China – NEJM
  2. Cardiovascular Implications of Fatal Outcomes of Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA
  3. ACE-2 Expression in the Small Airway Epithelia of Smokers and COPD Patients: Implications for COVID-19 – European Respiratory Journal
  4. Early consensus management for non-ICU ARF SARS-CoV-2 emergency in Italy: from ward to trenches – European Respiratory Journal
  5. Coagulopathy and Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Patients with Covid-19 – NEJM
  6. Screening and Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Children in Madrid, Spain – JAMA
  7. Rapid Expert Consultation on SARS-CoV-2 Survival in Relation to Temperature and Humidity and Potential for Seasonality for the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 7, 2020) – NAS
  8. An orally bioavailable broad-spectrum antiviral inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in human airway epithelial cell cultures and multiple coronaviruses in mice – Science Magazine

April 8, 2020

  1. COVID-19 pandemic in west Africa – The Lancet
  2. Effectiveness of Surgical and Cotton Masks in Blocking SARS–CoV-2: A Controlled Comparison in 4 Patients – Annals of Internal Medicine

April 7, 2020

  1. Impact of school closures for COVID-19 on the US health-care workforce and net mortality: a modelling study – Lancet
  2. Single-Dose, Intranasal Immunization with Recombinant Parainfluenza Virus 5 Expressing Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Spike Protein Protects Mice from Fatal MERS-CoV Infection – ASM/Therapeutics and Prevention
  3. Incidence of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection among people under home quarantine in Shenzhen, China – Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
  4. Risk factors associated with disease progression in a cohort of patients infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus. – Annals of Palliative Medicine
  5. The Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19 Infection: Current Issues and Challenges – Journal of Clinical Microbiology

April 6, 2020

  1. A highly conserved cryptic epitope in the receptor-binding domains of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV – Science

April 3, 2020

  1. Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1 – NEJM

April 2, 2020

  1. No Evidence of Rapid Antiviral Clearance or Clinical Benefit with the Combination of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Infection -Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses
  2. COVID-19–associated Acute Hemorrhagic Necrotizing Encephalopathy: CT and MRI Features – Radiology
  3. SARS-CoV-2 Readily Shed Early in Infection, Transmissible Before Symptoms Emerge – NEJM Journal Watch
  4. Characteristics of Ocular Findings of Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hubei Province, China – JAMA Opthamology
  5. Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019 – Nature

April 1, 2020

  1. SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper Respiratory Specimens of Infected Patients – NEJM
  2. Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany – NEJM
  3. Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia – NEJM
  4. Use of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Every Clinician Should Know – Annals of Internal Medicine
  5. Epidemiology, genome and clinical features of the pandemic SARS-CoV-2: a recent view – New Microbes and Infections
  6. Chest Radiographic Findings of Patients Infected with 2019-nCOV – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Health Sciences Research – scroll down to read paper
  7. 2019-ncov’s epidemic in middle province of northern Italy: impact, logistic & strategy in the first line hospital – Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
  8. Clinical and immunologic features in severe and moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019 – Journal of Clinical Investigation
  9. Antibodies in Infants Born to Mothers With COVID-19 Pneumonia – JAMA
  10. Cutaneous manifestations in COVID‐19: a first perspective – Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology
  11. Critical Supply Shortages — The Need for Ventilators and Personal Protective Equipment during the Covid-19 Pandemic – NEJM
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