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Moving from rhetoric to action: how Africa can use scientific evidence to halt the COVID-19 pandemic

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020
The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 has spread rapidly to all countries of the world. Africa is particularly predisposed to an escalation of the pandemic and its negative impact given its weak economy and health systems.
Olushayo Oluseun Olu, Joy Luba Lomole Waya, Sylvester Maleghemi, John Rumunu, David Ameh, Joseph Francis Wamala   +5 more
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Critical appraisal in rapid systematic reviews of COVID-19 studies: implementation of the Quality Criteria Checklist (QCC)

Systematic Reviews, 2023
In this letter, we briefly describe how we selected and implemented the quality criteria checklist (QCC) as a critical appraisal tool in rapid systematic reviews conducted to inform public health advice, guidance and policy during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Daphne Duval, Nicola Pearce-Smith, Jennifer C. Palmer, Jason Kwasi Sarfo-Annin, Paul Rudd, Rachel Clark   +5 more
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Acceptability and feasibility of strategies to shield the vulnerable during the COVID-19 outbreak: a qualitative study in six Sudanese communities

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Shielding of high-risk groups from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been suggested as a realistic alternative to severe movement restrictions during the COVID-19 epidemic in low-income countries. The intervention entails the establishment of
Nada Abdelmagid, Salma A. E. Ahmed, Nazik Nurelhuda, Israa Zainalabdeen, Aljaile Ahmed, Mahmoud Ali Fadlallah, Maysoon Dahab   +6 more
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Evaluation of self-administered antigen testing in a college setting

Virology Journal, 2022
Background The objective of our investigation was to better understand barriers to implementation of self-administered antigen screening testing for SARS-CoV-2 at institutions of higher education (IHE).
Sarah C. Tinker, Jessica L. Prince-Guerra, Kelly Vermandere, Jenna Gettings, Cherie Drenzik, Gary Voccio, Tonia Parrott, Jan Drobeniuc, Tonya Hayden, Stephen Briggs, Debbie Heida, Natalie Thornburg, Lisa C. Barrios, John C. Neatherlin, Sabrina Madni, Catherine N. Rasberry, Kenneth D. Swanson, Azaibi Tamin, Jennifer L. Harcourt, Sandra Lester, Lydia Atherton, Margaret A. Honein   +21 more
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Quantitative comparison of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification test and antigen testing algorithms: a decision analysis simulation model

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 offer advantages over nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs, such as RT-PCR), including lower cost and rapid return of results, but show reduced sensitivity.
Phillip P. Salvatore, Melisa M. Shah, Laura Ford, Augustina Delaney, Christopher H. Hsu, Jacqueline E. Tate, Hannah L. Kirking   +6 more
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COVID-19 Disease and Vaccination: Knowledge, Fears, Perceptions and Feelings of Regret for Not Having Been Vaccinated among Hospitalized Greek Patients Suffering SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Infectious Disease Reports, 2022
Background: The development of vaccines against COVID-19 has greatly altered the natural course of this infection, reducing the disease’s severity and patients’ hospitalization. However, hesitancy against vaccination remains an obstacle in the attempt to
Petros Ioannou, Sotiris Tzalis, Eirini Pasparaki, Despoina Spentzouri, Myrto Konidaki, Ioanna Papakitsou, Nikolaos Spernovasilis, Nikolaos Papanikolaou, George Samonis, Diamantis P. Kofteridis   +9 more
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Procalcitonin as a Predictive Factor for the Clinical Outcome of Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 [PDF]

Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2022
Purpose The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues. It has been reported that patients with bacterial coinfection have a higher mortality rate than patients without coinfection.
Sungho Lee, Jung Mo Lee, Taeyang Choi, Kwanhoon Park, Kang Yoon Lee, Ji young Jang   +5 more
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Intensive diagnostic management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in academic settings in Japan: challenge and future

Inflammation and Regeneration, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first emerged in Wuhan, China, and has spread globally to most countries. In Japan, the first COVID-19 patient was identified on January 15, 2020.
Tokio Hoshina, Hiroka Aonuma, Manabu Ote, Tatsuya Sakurai, Erisha Saiki, Yuki Kinjo, Kazuhiro Kondo, Masataka Okabe, Hirotaka Kanuka   +8 more
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Emergence and expansion of highly infectious spike protein D614G mutant SARS-CoV-2 in central India

Scientific Reports, 2021
COVID-19 has emerged as global pandemic with largest damage to the public health, economy and human psyche.The genome sequence data obtained during the ongoing pandemic are valuable to understand the virus evolutionary patterns and spread across the ...
Shashi Sharma, Paban Kumar Dash, Sushil Kumar Sharma, Ambuj Srivastava, Jyoti S. Kumar, B. S. Karothia, K. T. Chelvam, Sandeep Singh, Abhaydeep Gupta, Ram Govind Yadav, Ruchi Yadav, T. S. Greeshma, Pramod Kumar Kushwaha, Ravi Bhushan Kumar, D. P. Nagar, Manvendra Nandan, Subodh Kumar, Duraipandian Thavaselvam, Devendra Kumar Dubey   +18 more
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The characteristic and clinical profiles among COVID-19 patients at the National Emergency Hospital Wisma Atlet Jakarta in 2021

Jurnal Cakrawala Promkes, 2022
The World Health Organization designated Covid-19, caused by SARS-COV-2, a worldwide pandemic on March 11, 2020, and it has been entering Indonesia since early March 2020.
Misriani Misriani, Muchamat Helmi, Arif Sujagat, Lutfi Rinaldi Syahbana, Wahyu Setiyowati, Tjahja Nurobi, Budiman Budiman, Tri Setyanti, Imelda Sussanti, Dianita Sugiyo, Noven Tri Wandasari, Faudyan Eka Satria   +11 more
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