Search Results - "International journal of infectious diseases"

Prevalence of comorbidities and its effects in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yang, Jing, Zheng, Ya, Gou, Xi, Pu, Ke, Chen, Zhaofeng, Guo, Qinghong, Ji, Rui, Wang, Haojia, Wang, Yuping, Zhou, Yongning

“…•COVID -19 cases are now confirmed in multiple countries.•Assessed the prevalence of comorbidities in infected patients.•Comorbidities are risk factors for…”
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The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health — The latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China by Hui, David S., I Azhar, Esam, Madani, Tariq A., Ntoumi, Francine, Kock, Richard, Dar, Osman, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Mchugh, Timothy D., Memish, Ziad A., Drosten, Christian, Zumla, Alimuddin, Petersen, Eskild

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Coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria: Burden and socio-medical response during the first 100 days by Amzat, Jimoh, Aminu, Kafayat, Kolo, Victor I., Akinyele, Ayodele A., Ogundairo, Janet A., Danjibo, Maryann C.

“…•This paper assesses the early socio-medical response to COVID-19 in Nigeria, with a focus on the first 100 days after the index case.•The incidence of…”
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Global Tuberculosis Report 2020 – Reflections on the Global TB burden, treatment and prevention efforts by Chakaya, Jeremiah, Khan, Mishal, Ntoumi, Francine, Aklillu, Eleni, Fatima, Razia, Mwaba, Peter, Kapata, Nathan, Mfinanga, Sayoki, Hasnain, Seyed Ehtesham, Katoto, Patrick D.M.C., Bulabula, André N.H., Sam-Agudu, Nadia A., Nachega, Jean B., Tiberi, Simon, McHugh, Timothy D., Abubakar, Ibrahim, Zumla, Alimuddin

“…•In 2020, COVID-19 dislodged TB as the top infectious disease cause of mortality globally.•Globally, an estimated 10.0 million people developed active TB…”
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A first case of meningitis/encephalitis associated with SARS-Coronavirus-2 by Moriguchi, Takeshi, Harii, Norikazu, Goto, Junko, Harada, Daiki, Sugawara, Hisanori, Takamino, Junichi, Ueno, Masateru, Sakata, Hiroki, Kondo, Kengo, Myose, Natsuhiko, Nakao, Atsuhito, Takeda, Masayuki, Haro, Hirotaka, Inoue, Osamu, Suzuki-Inoue, Katsue, Kubokawa, Kayo, Ogihara, Shinji, Sasaki, Tomoyuki, Kinouchi, Hiroyuki, Kojin, Hiroyuki, Ito, Masami, Onishi, Hiroshi, Shimizu, Tatsuya, Sasaki, Yu, Enomoto, Nobuyuki, Ishihara, Hiroshi, Furuya, Shiomi, Yamamoto, Tomoko, Shimada, Shinji

“…•Novel coronavirus (SARS-Coronavirus-2:SARS-CoV-2) which emerged in Wuhan, China, has spread to multiple countries rapidly.•This is the first case of…”
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Preliminary estimation of the basic reproduction number of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China, from 2019 to 2020: A data-driven analysis in the early phase of the outbreak by Zhao, Shi, Lin, Qianyin, Ran, Jinjun, Musa, Salihu S., Yang, Guangpu, Wang, Weiming, Lou, Yijun, Gao, Daozhou, Yang, Lin, He, Daihai, Wang, Maggie H.

“…•The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pneumonia has caused 2033 confirmed cases, including 56 deaths in mainland China, by 2020-01-26 17:06.•We aim to estimate…”
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Estimation of the asymptomatic ratio of novel coronavirus infections (COVID-19) by Nishiura, Hiroshi, Kobayashi, Tetsuro, Miyama, Takeshi, Suzuki, Ayako, Jung, Sung-mok, Hayashi, Katsuma, Kinoshita, Ryo, Yang, Yichi, Yuan, Baoyin, Akhmetzhanov, Andrei R., Linton, Natalie M.

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A conceptual model for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, China with individual reaction and governmental action by Lin, Qianying, Zhao, Shi, Gao, Daozhou, Lou, Yijun, Yang, Shu, Musa, Salihu S., Wang, Maggie H., Cai, Yongli, Wang, Weiming, Yang, Lin, He, Daihai

“…•For the ongoing novel coronavirus disease (CODID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, China, the Chinese government has implemented control measures such as city lockdown…”
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The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak: What we know by Wu, Di, Wu, Tiantian, Liu, Qun, Yang, Zhicong

“…•The latest summary of the COVID-19 outbreak in China;•There might be an oral-fecal transmission of the virus;•Aggregates and consolidates the epidemiology,…”
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Serial interval of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infections by Nishiura, Hiroshi, Linton, Natalie M., Akhmetzhanov, Andrei R.

“…•The serial interval of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infections was estimated from a total of 28 infector-infectee pairs.•The median serial interval is shorter…”
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Real-world effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines: a literature review and meta-analysis by Zheng, Caifang, Shao, Weihao, Chen, Xiaorui, Zhang, Bowen, Wang, Gaili, Zhang, Weidong

“…•This study reports COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) in real-world settings.•COVID-19 VE for fully and partially vaccinated individuals.•COVID-19 VE for…”
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Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients by Lednicky, John A., Lauzardo, Michael, Fan, Z. Hugh, Jutla, Antarpreet, Tilly, Trevor B., Gangwar, Mayank, Usmani, Moiz, Shankar, Sripriya Nannu, Mohamed, Karim, Eiguren-Fernandez, Arantza, Stephenson, Caroline J., Alam, Md. Mahbubul, Elbadry, Maha A., Loeb, Julia C., Subramaniam, Kuttichantran, Waltzek, Thomas B., Cherabuddi, Kartikeya, Morris, J. Glenn, Wu, Chang-Yu

“…[Display omitted] •Viable (infectious) SARS-CoV-2 was present in aerosols within the hospital room of COVID-19 patients.•Airborne virus was detected in the…”
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Transmission potential and severity of COVID-19 in South Korea by Shim, Eunha, Tariq, Amna, Choi, Wongyeong, Lee, Yiseul, Chowell, Gerardo

“…•COVID-19 caused 6284 cases and 42 deaths in South Korea as of March 6, 2020.•The mean reproduction number Rt of COVID-19 in Korea was estimated at 1.5.•The…”
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Estimation of the reproductive number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the probable outbreak size on the Diamond Princess cruise ship: A data-driven analysis by Zhang, Sheng, Diao, MengYuan, Yu, Wenbo, Pei, Lei, Lin, Zhaofen, Chen, Dechang

“…•The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia has caused 355 confirmed cases on the Diamond Princess cruise ship as of February 16, 2020.•We estimated that the…”
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Decreased severity of disease during the first global omicron variant covid-19 outbreak in a large hospital in tshwane, south africa by Abdullah, F., Myers, J., Basu, D., Tintinger, G., Ueckermann, V., Mathebula, M., Ramlall, R., Spoor, S., de Villiers, T., Van der Walt, Z., Cloete, J., Soma-Pillay, P., Rheeder, P., Paruk, F., Engelbrecht, A., Lalloo, V., Myburg, M., Kistan, J., van Hougenhouck-Tulleken, W., Boswell, M.T., Gray, G., Welch, R., Blumberg, L., Jassat, W.

“…•the rapid rise and decline of admissions and decreased severity of COVID-19 disease•compares 466 patients in the Omicron wave to 3962 patients in previous…”
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Association of inflammatory markers with the severity of COVID-19: A meta-analysis by Zeng, Furong, Huang, Yuzhao, Guo, Ying, Yin, Mingzhu, Chen, Xiang, Xiao, Liang, Deng, Guangtong

“…•Monitoring the severity of COVID-19 is imperative to reduce the poor outcome.•An overview of the association of inflammatory markers with severity of…”
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Treatment with hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and combination in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 by Arshad, Samia, Kilgore, Paul, Chaudhry, Zohra S., Jacobsen, Gordon, Wang, Dee Dee, Huitsing, Kylie, Brar, Indira, Alangaden, George J., Ramesh, Mayur S., McKinnon, John E., O’Neill, William, Zervos, Marcus, Nauriyal, Varidhi, Hamed, Asif Abdul, Nadeem, Owais, Swiderek, Jennifer, Godfrey, Amanda, Jennings, Jeffrey, Gardner-Gray, Jayna, Ackerman, Adam M., Lezotte, Jonathan, Ruhala, Joseph, Fadel, Raef, Vahia, Amit, Gudipati, Smitha, Parraga, Tommy, Shallal, Anita, Maki, Gina, Tariq, Zain, Suleyman, Geehan, Yared, Nicholas, Herc, Erica, Williams, Johnathan, Lanfranco, Odaliz Abreu, Bhargava, Pallavi, Reyes, Katherine

“…•As of May 27, 2020 there are over 1,678,843 confirmed cases of COVID-19 claiming more than 100,000 lives in the Unites States. Currently there is no known…”
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Mild versus severe COVID-19: Laboratory markers by Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P., Meyer, Christian G.

“…•Several laboratory parameters may facilitate the assessment of COVID-19 severity•Discriminating mild from severe COVID-19 disease•Cumulative data from…”
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The WHO Global Tuberculosis 2021 Report – not so good news and turning the tide back to End TB by Chakaya, Jeremiah, Petersen, Eskild, Nantanda, Rebecca, Mungai, Brenda N., Migliori, Giovanni Battista, Amanullah, Farhana, Lungu, Patrick, Ntoumi, Francine, Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran, Maeurer, Markus, Zumla, Alimuddin

“…•Tuberculosis remains a major global public health threat.•The End TB Strategy and United Nations targets for TB are all off track.•The COVID-19 pandemic…”
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COVID-19 outbreak in Malaysia: Actions taken by the Malaysian government by Shah, Ain Umaira Md, Safri, Syafiqah Nur Azrie, Thevadas, Rathedevi, Noordin, Nor Kamariah, Rahman, Azmawani Abd, Sekawi, Zamberi, Ideris, Aini, Sultan, Mohamed Thariq Hameed

“…•COVID-19 was deemed a pandemic because of the spread of SARS-CoV-2.•The Government of Malaysia has taken significant precautions to prevent virus…”
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