Published Research | February 2021

January 2021 Papers | All 2020 Published Papers by Month

February 26, 2021

  1. Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibition in Covid-19 — Cooling the Inflammatory Soup – NEJM
  2. Suspected Recurrent SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Residents of a Skilled Nursing Facility During a Second COVID-19 Outbreak — Kentucky, July–November 2020 – CDC
  3. Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 infectivity of upper respiratory specimens from COVID-19 patients by virus isolation using VeroE6/TMPRSS2 cells – BMJ
  4. SARS-CoV-2 Respiratory Co-Infections: Incidence of Viral and Bacterial Co-Pathogens – International Journal of Infectious Diseases

February 25, 2021

  1. BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting – NEJM

February 24, 2021

  1. Association of HLA Class I Genotypes With Severity of Coronavirus Disease-19 – Frontiers in Immunology

February 23, 2021

  1. Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 cell culture replication in respiratory samples from patients with severe COVID-19 – Clinical Microbiology

February 19, 2021

  1. Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 mutations in the United States suggests presence of four substrains and novel variants – Nature

February 18, 2021

  1. Clarifying the evidence on SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid tests in public health responses to COVID-19 – Lancet
  2. Challenges in interpreting SARS-CoV-2 serological results in African countries – Lancet

February 12, 2021

  1. Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and outbreaks in long-term care facilities in England: a national cross-sectional survey – Lancet

February 10, 2021

  1. Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses circulating in bats and pangolins in Southeast Asia – Nature

February 5, 2021

  1. Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (CoronaVac) in healthy adults aged 60 years and older: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1/2 clinical trial – Lancet
  2. Necessity of 2 Doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines – JAMA
  3. SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates in cells of the human endocrine and exocrine pancreas – Nature
  4. Imaging of SARS-CoV-2 infected Vero E6 cells by helium ion microscopy – Journal of Nanotechnology

February 4, 2021

  1. Convalescent Plasma Antibody Levels and the Risk of Death from Covid-19 – NEJM
  2. Single Dose Administration, And The Influence Of The Timing Of The Booster Dose On Immunogenicity and Efficacy Of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) Vaccine – The Lancet (preprint)
  3. Bioaerosol sampling for SARS-CoV-2 in a referral center with critically ill COVID-19 patients March-May 2020 – Clinical Infectious Diseases

February 3, 2021

  1. Exaggerated risk of transmission of COVID-19 by fomites – The Lancet
  2. SARS-CoV-2 infection rate very high amongst UK strictly-Orthodox Jewish community – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

February 2, 2021

  1. Viral Loads of SARS-CoV-2 in Young Children – JAMA
  2. Assessment of Maternal and Neonatal Cord Blood SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies and Placental Transfer Ratios – JAMA Pediatrics
  3. Allergic Reactions Including Anaphylaxis After Receipt of the First Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine – JAMA
January 2021 Papers | All 2020 Published Papers by Month