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Metformin Treatment Was Associated with Decreased Mortality in COVID-19 Patients with Diabetes in a Retrospective Analysis by Luo, Pan, Qiu, Lin, Liu, Yi, Liu, Xiu-Lan, Zheng, Jian-Ling, Xue, Hui-Ying, Liu, Wen-Hua, Liu, Dong, Li, Juan

“…Metformin was proposed to be a candidate for host-directed therapy for COVID-19. However, its efficacy remains to be validated. In this study, we compared the…”
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Threat of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Pakistan: The Need for Measures to Neutralize Misleading Narratives by Khan, Yusra Habib, Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain, Alotaibi, Nasser Hadal, Alzarea, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, Alanazi, Abdullah Salah, Tanveer, Nida, Hashmi, Furqan Khurshid

“…Immediately after declaring COVID-19 as a pandemic, numerous wild conspiracy theories sprouted through social media. Pakistan is quite vulnerable to such…”
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Association of Country-wide Coronavirus Mortality with Demographics, Testing, Lockdowns, and Public Wearing of Masks by Leffler, Christopher T, Ing, Edsel, Lykins, Joseph D, Hogan, Matthew C, McKeown, Craig A, Grzybowski, Andrzej

“…We studied sources of variation between countries in per-capita mortality from COVID-19 (caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus). Potential predictors of per-capita…”
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Anxiety, Distress, and Turnover Intention of Healthcare Workers in Peru by Their Distance to the Epicenter during the COVID-19 Crisis by Yáñez, Jaime A, Afshar Jahanshahi, Asghar, Alvarez-Risco, Aldo, Li, Jizhen, Zhang, Stephen X

“…We conducted a cross-sectional survey to assess the anxiety, distress, and turnover intention (likelihood to leave their current job) of healthcare workers in…”
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The Peru Approach against the COVID-19 Infodemic: Insights and Strategies by Alvarez-Risco, Aldo, Mejia, Christian R, Delgado-Zegarra, Jaime, Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Shyla, Arce-Esquivel, Arturo A, Valladares-Garrido, Mario J, Rosas Del Portal, Mauricio, Villegas, León F, Curioso, Walter H, Sekar, M Chandra, Yáñez, Jaime A

“…The COVID-19 epidemic has spawned an "infodemic," with excessive and unfounded information that hinders an appropriate public health response. This perspective…”
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The Origin of COVID-19 and Why It Matters by Morens, David M, Breman, Joel G, Calisher, Charles H, Doherty, Peter C, Hahn, Beatrice H, Keusch, Gerald T, Kramer, Laura D, LeDuc, James W, Monath, Thomas P, Taubenberger, Jeffery K

“…The COVID-19 pandemic is among the deadliest infectious diseases to have emerged in recent history. As with all past pandemics, the specific mechanism of its…”
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COVID-19 Response in Latin America by Garcia, Patricia J, Alarcón, Alex, Bayer, Angela, Buss, Paulo, Guerra, German, Ribeiro, Helena, Rojas, Karol, Saenz, Rocío, Salgado de Snyder, Nelly, Solimano, Giorgio, Torres, Rubén, Tobar, Sebastián, Tuesca, Rafael, Vargas, Gilma, Atun, Rifat

“…Effective management of a pandemic due to a respiratory virus requires public health capacity for a coordinated response for mandatory restrictions,…”
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Characterization of a Novel Murine Model to Study Zika Virus by Rossi, Shannan L, Tesh, Robert B, Azar, Sasha R, Muruato, Antonio E, Hanley, Kathryn A, Auguste, Albert J, Langsjoen, Rose M, Paessler, Slobodan, Vasilakis, Nikos, Weaver, Scott C

“…The mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) is responsible for an explosive ongoing outbreak of febrile illness across the Americas. ZIKV was previously thought to…”
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Why is There Low Morbidity and Mortality of COVID-19 in Africa? by Njenga, M Kariuki, Dawa, Jeanette, Nanyingi, Mark, Gachohi, John, Ngere, Isaac, Letko, Michael, Otieno, C F, Gunn, Bronwyn M, Osoro, Eric

“…Three months since the detection of the first COVID-19 case in Africa, almost all countries of the continent continued to report lower morbidity and mortality…”
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Respiratory Support in COVID-19 Patients, with a Focus on Resource-Limited Settings by Dondorp, Arjen M, Hayat, Muhammad, Aryal, Diptesh, Beane, Abi, Schultz, Marcus J

“…The ongoing novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is threatening the global human population, including in countries with resource-limited health…”
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Global Epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax by Howes, Rosalind E, Battle, Katherine E, Mendis, Kamini N, Smith, David L, Cibulskis, Richard E, Baird, J Kevin, Hay, Simon I

“…Plasmodium vivax is the most widespread human malaria, putting 2.5 billion people at risk of infection. Its unique biological and epidemiological…”
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Experimental and Clinical Treatment of Chagas Disease: A Review by Sales Junior, Policarpo Ademar, Molina, Israel, Fonseca Murta, Silvane Maria, Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián, Salvador, Fernando, Corrêa-Oliveira, Rodrigo, Carneiro, Cláudia Martins

“…Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the protozoan parasite that infects a broad range of triatomines and mammalian species, including man. It afflicts 8 million…”
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Evaluation of K18- hACE2 Mice as a Model of SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Moreau, Gregory Brett, Burgess, Stacey L, Sturek, Jeffrey M, Donlan, Alexandra N, Petri, William A, Mann, Barbara J

“…Murine models of SARS-CoV-2 infection are critical for elucidating the biological pathways underlying COVID-19. Because human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2…”
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Risk Factors for Hospitalization and Mortality due to COVID-19 in Espírito Santo State, Brazil by Soares, Rita de Cássia Menezes, Mattos, Larissa Rodrigues, Raposo, Letícia Martins

“…Brazil is, at the time of writing, the global epicenter of COVID-19, but information on risk factors for hospitalization and mortality in the country is still…”
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Hydroxychloroquine in the Treatment of COVID-19: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study by Abd-Elsalam, Sherief, Esmail, Eslam Saber, Khalaf, Mai, Abdo, Ehab Fawzy, Medhat, Mohammed A, Abd El Ghafar, Mohamed Samir, Ahmed, Ossama Ashraf, Soliman, Shaimaa, Serangawy, Ghada N, Alboraie, Mohamed

“…The COVID-19 pandemic is showing an exponential growth, mandating an urgent need to develop an effective treatment. Indeed, to date, a well-established therapy…”
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Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine for the Prevention or Treatment of COVID-19 in Africa: Caution for Inappropriate Off-label Use in Healthcare Settings by Abena, Pascale M, Decloedt, Eric H, Bottieau, Emmanuel, Suleman, Fatima, Adejumo, Prisca, Sam-Agudu, Nadia A, Muyembe TamFum, Jean-Jacques, Seydi, Moussa, Eholie, Serge P, Mills, Edward J, Kallay, Oscar, Zumla, Alimuddin, Nachega, Jean B

“…The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 pandemic has spread to Africa, where nearly all countries have reported laboratory-confirmed cases of…”
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Assessment of Healthcare Workers' Levels of Preparedness and Awareness Regarding COVID-19 Infection in Low-Resource Settings by Elhadi, Muhammed, Msherghi, Ahmed, Alkeelani, Mohammed, Zorgani, Abdulaziz, Zaid, Ahmed, Alsuyihili, Ali, Buzreg, Anis, Ahmed, Hazim, Elhadi, Ahmed, Khaled, Ala, Boughididah, Tariq, Khel, Samer, Abdelkabir, Mohammed, Gaffaz, Rawanda, Bahroun, Sumayyah, Alhashimi, Ayiman, Biala, Marwa, Abulmida, Siraj, Elharb, Abdelmunam, Abukhashem, Mohamed, Elgzairi, Moutaz, Alghanai, Esra, Khaled, Taha, Boushi, Esra, Ben Saleim, Najah, Mughrabi, Hamad, Alnafati, Nafati, Alwarfalli, Moaz, Elmabrouk, Amna, Alhaddad, Sarah, Madi, Farah, Madi, Malack, Elkhfeefi, Fatima, Ismaeil, Mohamed, Faraag, Belal, Badi, Majdi, Al-Agile, Ayman, Eisay, Mohamed, Ahmid, Jalal, Elmabrouk, Ola, Bin Alshiteewi, Fatimah, Alameen, Hind, Bikhayr, Hala, Aleiyan, Tahani, Almiqlash, Bushray, Subhi, Malak, Fadel, Mawada, Yahya, Hana, Alkot, Safeya, Alhadi, Abdulmueti, Abdullah, Abraar, Atewa, Abdulrahman, Amshai, Ala

“…COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is spreading rapidly worldwide, with devastating consequences for patients, healthcare workers, health systems, and…”
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Case Report: Adrenal Pathology Findings in Severe COVID-19: An Autopsy Study by Freire Santana, Monique, Borba, Mayla Gabriela Silva, Baía-da-Silva, Djane Clarys, Val, Fernando, Alexandre, Márcia Almeida Araújo, Brito-Sousa, Jose Diego, Melo, Gisely Cardoso, Queiroga, Marcos Vinícius Oliveira, Leão Farias, Maria Eduarda, Camilo, Cecília Cunha, Naveca, Felipe Gomes, Xavier, Mariana Simão, Monteiro, Wuelton Marcelo, Augusto Pivoto João, Guilherme, Hajjar, Ludhmila Abrahão, Ordi, Jaume, Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães, Ferreira, Luiz Carlos Lima

“…Although high mortality has been reported in many COVID-19 studies, very limited postmortem information from complete autopsies is available. We report the…”
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Estimating the Proportion of Plasmodium vivax Recurrences Caused by Relapse: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Commons, Robert J, Simpson, Julie A, Watson, James, White, Nicholas J, Price, Ric N

“…and form dormant liver hypnozoites that can reactivate weeks to months following initial infection. Malaria recurrences caused by relapses are an important…”
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A Tale of Two Viruses: Coinfections of Monkeypox and Varicella Zoster Virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Hughes, Christine M, Liu, Lindy, Davidson, Whitni B, Radford, Kay W, Wilkins, Kimberly, Monroe, Benjamin, Metcalfe, Maureen G, Likafi, Toutou, Lushima, Robert Shongo, Kabamba, Joelle, Nguete, Beatrice, Malekani, Jean, Pukuta, Elisabeth, Karhemere, Stomy, Muyembe Tamfum, Jean-Jacques, Okitolonda Wemakoy, Emile, Reynolds, Mary G, Schmid, D Scott, McCollum, Andrea M

“…Recent enhanced monkeypox (MPX) surveillance in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where MPX is endemic, has uncovered multiple cases of MPX and varicella…”
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