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COVID-19 pandemic (2019-21)

Published November 17, 2020 Curated Collections

This Collection of articles highlights all content published across the PLOS journals relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019-21. PLOS is committed to disseminating research as quickly as possible, particularly in public health emergencies. All articles published in any PLOS journal are Open Access free of charge to all readers.

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10.1371/journal.pone.0249980 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Diagnostic value of symptoms for pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection in a primary care setting
December 13, 2021 Chien-Hsiang Weng, Wesley Wing Wah Butt, Meredith B. Brooks, Claudia Clarke, Helen E. Jenkins, Sabina D. Holland, Silvia S. Chiang

Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic value of symptoms used by daycares and schools to screen children and adolescents for SARS-CoV-2…
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SARS-CoV-2 text with marker by Jernej Furman, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 in semen, seminal plasma, and spermatozoa pellet of COVID-19 patients in the acute stage of infection
December 14, 2021 Lucie Delaroche, Mélanie Bertine, Pierre Oger, Diane Descamps, Florence Damond, Emmanuel Genauzeau, Philippe Meicler, Quentin Le Hingrat, Frédéric Lamazou, Rémi Gschwind, Etienne Ruppé, Benoit Visseaux

To date, there is limited information about the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in semen especially in the acute phase of the infection. While…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0261315 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE ECG pathology and its association with death in critically ill COVID-19 patients, a cohort study
December 14, 2021 Jacob Rosén, Maria Noreland, Karl Stattin, Miklós Lipcsey, Robert Frithiof, Andrei Malinovschi, Michael Hultström, on behalf of the Uppsala Intensive Care COVID-19 Research Group

Background: We investigated the prevalence of ECG abnormalities and their association with mortality, organ dysfunction and cardiac…
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Covid19 radio by Mike Finn, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE Understanding the social drivers of antibiotic use during COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Implications for reduction of antimicrobial resistance
December 14, 2021 Abul Kalam, Shahanaj Shano, Mohammad Asif Khan, Ariful Islam, Narelle Warren, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan, Mark Davis

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health crisis that is now impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Little is known how…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0261432 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Association of ABO blood group with COVID-19 severity, acute phase reactants and mortality
December 14, 2021 Uzma Ishaq, Asmara Malik, Jahanzeb Malik, Asad Mehmood, Azhar Qureshi, Talha Laique, Syed Muhammad Jawad Zaidi, Muhammad Javaid, Abdul Sattar Rana

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the ongoing pandemic with multitude of manifestations and association of ABO blood…
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Shroff Eye Hospital by RubyGoes, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) to predict poor outcome in hospitalised COVID-19 patients in India
December 15, 2021 Pugazhvannan CR, Ilavarasi Vanidassane, Dhivya Pownraj, Ravichandran Kandasamy, Aneesh Basheer

Background: While several parameters have emerged as predictors of prognosis of COVID-19, a simple clinical score at baseline might help…
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Hand drawing a chart with COVID-19 text by Jernej Furman, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE ‘It felt like a black hole, great uncertainty, but we have to take care for our patients’–Qualitative findings on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on specialist palliative home care
December 15, 2021 Maximiliane Jansky, Franziska Schade, Nicola Rieder, Danica Lohrmann, Cordula Gebel, Lars Kloppenburg, Ulrich Wedding, Steffen T. Simon, Claudia Bausewein, Friedemann Nauck, on behalf of the PallPan Study Group

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected health care systems worldwide. Multidisciplinary teams provide specialist palliative home…
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PLOS ONE Clinical features of 375 COVID-19 cases imported from Russia through the Suifenhe port and countermeasures
December 16, 2021 Kai Kang, Yi Yang, Xiangdong Guan, Yan Kang, Mingyan Zhao, Jianbo Yu, Xiqiu Zeng, Fengjie Xie, Guolin Chen, Kaijiang Yu

Background and objectives: At present, the focus of the fighting against COVID-19 in China is shifting to strictly prevent the entrance of…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0260006 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Impact of the early COVID-19 pandemic on outcomes in a rural Ugandan neonatal unit: A retrospective cohort study
December 16, 2021 Anna Hedstrom, Paul Mubiri, James Nyonyintono, Josephine Nakakande, Brooke Magnusson, Madeline Vaughan, Peter Waiswa, Maneesh Batra

Background: During the early COVID-19 pandemic travel in Uganda was tightly restricted which affected demand for and access to care for…
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Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein by NIAID, CC BY 2.0

PLOS Computational Biology Modeling the onset of symptoms of COVID-19: Effects of SARS-CoV-2 variant
December 16, 2021 Joseph R. Larsen, Margaret R. Martin, John D. Martin, James B. Hicks, Peter Kuhn

Identifying order of symptom onset of infectious diseases might aid in differentiating symptomatic infections earlier in a population…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0260453 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Potential SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness among asymptomatic healthcare workers
December 17, 2021 Ville N. Pimenoff, Miriam Elfström, Kalle Conneryd Lundgren, Susanna Klevebro, Erik Melen, Joakim Dillner

A majority of SARS-CoV-2 infections are transmitted from a minority of infected subjects, some of which may be symptomatic or…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0261121 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Factors of parental COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A cross sectional study in Japan
December 17, 2021 Sayaka Horiuchi, Haruka Sakamoto, Sarah K. Abe, Ryoji Shinohara, Megumi Kushima, Sanae Otawa, Hideki Yui, Yuka Akiyama, Tadao Ooka, Reiji Kojima, Hiroshi Yokomichi, Kunio Miyake, Takashi Mizutani, Zentaro Yamagata

The eligibility of COVID-19 vaccines has been expanded to children aged 12 and above in several countries including Japan, and there is a…
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1003874 CC BY 4.0

PLOS Medicine Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection, hospitalization, and death when combining a first dose ChAdOx1 vaccine with a subsequent mRNA vaccine in Denmark: A nationwide population-based cohort study
December 17, 2021 Mie Agermose Gram, Jens Nielsen, Astrid Blicher Schelde, Katrine Finderup Nielsen, Ida Rask Moustsen-Helms, Anne Katrine Bjørkholt Sørensen, Palle Valentiner-Branth, Hanne-Dorthe Emborg

Background: The recommendations in several countries to stop using the ChAdOx1 vaccine has led to vaccine programs combining different…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0261339 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Innovations, contestations and fragilities of the health system response to COVID-19 in the Gauteng Province of South Africa
December 17, 2021 Laetitia C. Rispel, Carol Marshall, Busisiwe Matiwane, Immaculate Sabelile Tenza

Background: Gauteng province, with 26.3% of South Africa’s population, is the commercial and industrial powerhouse of the country. During…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0260884 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Modelling RT-qPCR cycle-threshold using digital PCR data for implementing SARS-CoV-2 viral load studies
December 20, 2021 Fabio Gentilini, Maria Elena Turba, Francesca Taddei, Tommaso Gritti, Michela Fantini, Giorgio Dirani, Vittorio Sambri

Objectives: To exploit the features of digital PCR for implementing SARS-CoV-2 observational studies by reliably including the viral load…
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1010162 CC BY 4.0

PLOS Pathogens The pigtail macaque (Macaca nemestrina) model of COVID-19 reproduces diverse clinical outcomes and reveals new and complex signatures of disease
December 20, 2021 Alexandra Melton, Lara A. Doyle-Meyers, Robert V. Blair, Cecily Midkiff, Hunter J. Melton, Kasi Russell-Lodrigue, Pyone P. Aye, Faith Schiro, Marissa Fahlberg, Dawn Szeltner, Skye Spencer, Brandon J. Beddingfield, Kelly Goff, Nadia Golden, Toni Penney, Breanna Picou, Krystle Hensley, Kristin E. Chandler, Jessica A. Plante, Kenneth S. Plante, Scott C. Weaver, Chad J. Roy, James A. Hoxie, Hongmei Gao, David C. Montefiori, Joseph L. Mankowski, Rudolf P. Bohm, Jay Rappaport, Nicholas J. Maness

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19 disease, has killed over five million people worldwide as of December…
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1010175 CC BY 4.0

PLOS Pathogens SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain fusion protein efficiently neutralizes virus infection
December 20, 2021 Abigael Eva Chaouat, Hagit Achdout, Inbal Kol, Orit Berhani, Gil Roi, Einat B. Vitner, Sharon Melamed, Boaz Politi, Eran Zahavy, Ilija Brizic, Tihana Lenac Rovis, Or Alfi, Dana Wolf, Stipan Jonjic, Tomer Israely, Ofer Mandelboim

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, as dangerous mutations…
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0010064 CC BY 4.0

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The impact of COVID-19 on clinical research for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): A case study of bubonic plague
December 20, 2021 Tsinjo Fehizoro Rasoanaivo, Josephine Bourner, Ravaka Niaina Randriamparany, Théodora Mayouya Gamana, Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana, Mily Harijaona Raherivelo, Harivelo Randriamampionona, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Mihaja Raberahona, Alex Paddy Salam, Tansy Edwards, Piero L. Olliaro, Rindra Vatosoa Randremanana

Background: Among the many collaterals of the COVID-19 pandemic is the disruption of health services and vital clinical research. COVID-19…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0261113 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Eculizumab in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requiring continuous positive airway pressure ventilator support: Retrospective cohort study
December 20, 2021 Piero Ruggenenti, Fabiano Di Marco, Monica Cortinovis, Luca Lorini, Silvia Sala, Luca Novelli, Federico Raimondi, Sara Gastoldi, Miriam Galbusera, Roberta Donadelli, Caterina Mele, Rossella Piras, Marina Noris, Valentina Portalupi, Laura Cappelletti, Camillo Carrara, Federica Tomatis, Silvia Bernardi, Annalisa Perna, Tobia Peracchi, Olimpia Diadei, Ariela Benigni, Giuseppe Remuzzi

Background: Complement activation contributes to lung dysfunction in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We assessed whether C5 blockade…
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10.1371/journal.pbio.3001065 CC BY 4.0

PLOS Biology Elevated temperature inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory epithelium independently of IFN-mediated innate immune defenses
December 21, 2021 Vanessa Herder, Kieran Dee, Joanna K. Wojtus, Ilaria Epifano, Daniel Goldfarb, Christoforos Rozario, Quan Gu, Ana Da Silva Filipe, Kyriaki Nomikou, Jenna Nichols, Ruth F. Jarrett, Andrew Stevenson, Steven McFarlane, Meredith E. Stewart, Agnieszka M. Szemiel, Rute M. Pinto, Andreu Masdefiol Garriga, Chris Davis, Jay Allan, Sheila V. Graham, Pablo R. Murcia, Chris Boutell

The pandemic spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiological agent of Coronavirus Disease 2019…
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009712 CC BY 4.0

PLOS Computational Biology SWIFT: A deep learning approach to prediction of hypoxemic events in critically-Ill patients using SpO₂ waveform prediction
December 21, 2021 Akshaya V. Annapragada, Joseph L. Greenstein, Sanjukta N. Bose, Bradford D. Winters, Sridevi V. Sarma, Raimond L. Winslow

Hypoxemia is a significant driver of mortality and poor clinical outcomes in conditions such as brain injury and cardiac arrest in…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0260638 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Adverse events following the first dose of Covishield (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) vaccination among health workers in selected districts of central and western Nepal: A cross-sectional study
December 21, 2021 Prativa Subedi, Gopal Kumar Yadav, Binod Paudel, Anu Regmi, Prajjwal Pyakurel

Introduction: The study aimed at exploring the adverse events following immunization (AEFI) and their incidences among health workers in…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0261024 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Tracheostomy in COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome patients and follow-up: A parisian bicentric retrospective cohort
December 22, 2021 Diane Evrard, Igor Jurcisin, Maksud Assadi, Juliette Patrier, Victor Tafani, Nicolas Ullmann, Jean-François Timsit, Philippe Montravers, Béatrix Barry, Emmanuel Weiss, Sacha Rozencwajg

Background: Tracheostomy has been proposed as an option to help organize the healthcare system to face the unprecedented number of patients…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258348 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Awareness and preparedness of healthcare workers against the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey across 57 countries
December 22, 2021 Nguyen Tien Huy, R. Matthew Chico, Vuong Thanh Huan, Hosam Waleed Shaikhkhalil, Vuong Ngoc Thao Uyen, Ahmad Taysir Atieh Qarawi, Shamael Thabit Mohammed Alhady, Nguyen Lam Vuong, Le Van Truong, Mai Ngoc Luu, Shyam Prakash Dumre, Atsuko Imoto, Peter N. Lee, Dao Ngoc Hien Tam, Sze Jia Ng, Mohammad Rashidul Hashan, Mitsuaki Matsui, Nguyen Tran Minh Duc, Sedighe Karimzadeh, Nut Koonrungsesomboon, Chris Smith, Sharon Cox, Kazuhiko Moji, Kenji Hirayama, Le Khac Linh, Kirellos Said Abbas, Tran Nu Thuy Dung, Tareq Mohammed Ali AL-Ahdal, Emmanuel Oluwadare Balogun, Nguyen The Duy, Mennatullah Mohamed Eltaras, Trang Huynh, Nguyen Thi Linh Hue, Bui Diem Khue, Abdelrahman Gad, Gehad Mohamed Tawfik, Kazumi Kubota, Hoang-Minh Nguyen, Dmytro Pavlenko, Vu Thi Thu Trang, Le Thuong Vu, Tran Hai Yen, Nguyen Thi Yen-Xuan, Luong Thi Trang, Vinh Dong, Akash Sharma, Vu Quoc Dat, Mohammed Soliman, Jeza Abdul Aziz, Jaffer Shah, Pham Dinh Long Hung, Yap Siang Jee, Dang Thuy Ha Phuong, Tran Thuy Huong Quynh, Hoang Thi Nam Giang, Vy Thi Nhat Huynh, Nguyen Anh Thi, Nacir Dhouibi, Truc Phan, Vincent Duru, Nguyen Hai Nam, Sherief Ghozy, contributors of the TMGH-Global COVID-19 Collaborative

Background: Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there have been concerns related to the preparedness of healthcare workers (HCWs). This…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0261272 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Mortality predictors of hospitalized patients with COVID-19: Retrospective cohort study from Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
December 22, 2021 Yuriy Pya, Makhabbat Bekbossynova, Abduzhappar Gaipov, Timur Lesbekov, Timur Kapyshev, Aidyn Kuanyshbek, Ainur Tauekelova, Liya Litvinova, Aliya Sailybayeva, Ivan Vakhrushev, Antonio Sarria-Santamera

Background: First reported case of Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Kazakhstan was identified in…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0260894 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Clinical evaluation of the SD Biosensor SARS-CoV-2 saliva antigen rapid test with symptomatic and asymptomatic, non-hospitalized patients
December 22, 2021 Zsofia Igloi, Jans Velzing, Robin Huisman, Corine Geurtsvankessel, Anoushka Comvalius, Jeroen IJpelaar, Janko van Beek, Roel Ensing, Timo Boelsums, Marion Koopmans, Richard Molenkamp

Background: Performance of the SD Biosensor saliva antigen rapid test was evaluated at a large designated testing site in non-hospitalized…
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Antibody by Oana, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE Seroprevalence of antibodies against SARS-Cov-2 in the high impacted sub-district in Jakarta, Indonesia
December 23, 2021 Olivia Herlinda, Adrianna Bella, Gita Kusnadi, Dimitri Swasthika Nurshadrina, Mochamad Thoriq Akbar, Sofwatun Nida, Ngabila Salama, Iwan Ariawan, Diah Saminarsih

Background: Understanding the actual prevalence of COVID-19 transmission in the community is vital for strategic responses to the pandemic.…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0261840 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 travel-associated cases in Vojvodina, Serbia, during 2020
December 23, 2021 Tatjana Pustahija, Mioljub Ristić, Snežana Medić, Vladimir Vuković, Mirjana Štrbac, Smiljana Rajčević, Aleksandra Patić, Vladimir Petrović

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is currently the biggest public health problem worldwide. Intensive international travel and tourism…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258450 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Low incidence of COVID-19 in a prospective cohort of patients with liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma treated at a tertiary medical center during the 2020 pandemic
December 23, 2021 Thorben Fründt, Lilith Kuballa, Marc Lütgehetman, Dominik Nörz, Hannes Arend, Thomas T. Brehm, Julian Schulze zur Wiesch, Thomas Horvatits, Karoline Horvatits, Samuel Huber, Henning Wege, Johannes Kluwe

Background and aims: Patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) are considered to be at increased risk for mortality when acquiring SARS-CoV-2…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0261849 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Diagnosis of tuberculosis among COVID-19 suspected cases in Ghana
December 28, 2021 Theophilus Afum, Prince Asare, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Isaac Darko-Otchere, Portia Abena Morgan, Edmund Bedeley, Diana Asema Asandem, Abdul Basit Musah, Ishaque Mintah Siam, Phillip Tetteh, Yaw Adusi-Poku, Rita Frimpong-Manso, Joseph Humphrey Kofi Bonney, William Ampofo, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 pandemics are both diseases of public health threat globally. Both diseases are caused by…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0261358 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Colchicine use in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
December 28, 2021 Leonard Chiu, Chun-Han Lo, Max Shen, Nicholas Chiu, Rahul Aggarwal, Jihui Lee, Young-Geun Choi, Henry Lam, Elizabeth Horn Prsic, Ronald Chow, Hyun Joon Shin

Introduction: Colchicine may inhibit inflammasome signaling and reduce proinflammatory cytokines, a purported mechanism of COVID-19…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0261707 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Real-world treatment patterns and clinical outcomes for inpatients with COVID-19 in the US from September 2020 to February 2021
December 28, 2021 Olulade Ayodele, Kaili Ren, Jing Zhao, James Signorovitch, Michele Jonsson Funk, Julia Zhu, Ying Bao, Kathleen Gondek, Hillary Keenan, for the R&D COVID Alliance

The objective of this retrospective cohort study was to describe pre-treatment characteristics, treatment patterns, health resource use,…
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161013 Hospitalisation by Randalfino, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE Determinants of severity among hospitalised COVID-19 patients: Hospital-based case-control study, India, 2020
December 29, 2021 Sanjay P. Zodpey, Himanshu Negandhi, Vineet Kumar Kamal, Tarun Bhatnagar, Parasuraman Ganeshkumar, Arvind Athavale, Amiruddin Kadri, Amit Patel, A. Bhagyalaxmi, Deepak Khismatrao, E. Theranirajan, Getrude Banumathi, Krishna Singh, P. Parameshwari, Prasita Kshirsagar, Rita Saxena, Sanjay G. Deshpande, Kadloor Satyanand, Saurabh Hadke, Simmi Dube, Sudarshini Subramaniam, Surabhi Madan, Swapnali Kadam, Tanu Anand, Kathiresan Jeyashree, Manickam Ponnaiah, Manish Rana, Manoj V. Murhekar, DCS Reddy

Background: Risk factors for the development of severe COVID-19 disease and death have been widely reported across several studies.…
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Phaplu Hospital, Nepal by Peter Dalsgaard, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE Experiences of COVID-19 patients admitted in a government infectious disease hospital in Nepal and its implications for health system strengthening: A qualitative study
December 30, 2021 Anup Bastola, Rolina Dhital, Richa Shah, Madhusudan Subedi, Pawan Kumar Hamal, Carmina Shrestha, Bimal Sharma Chalise, Kijan Maharjan, Richa Nepal, Sagar Rajbhandari

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the health systems in many ways. It has put unprecedented strain on health systems…
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Hospital Bed by Jeff Adair, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE COVID-19 associated hospitalization in 571 patients with fibromyalgia—A population-based study
December 30, 2021 Mor Amital, Niv Ben-Shabat, Howard Amital, Dan Buskila, Arnon D. Cohen, Daniela Amital

Objective: To identify predicators of patients with fibromyalgia (FM) that are associated with a severe COVID-19 disease course. Methods:…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0262115 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery
December 31, 2021 Michael R. Mercier, Anoop R. Galivanche, Jordan P. Brand, Neil Pathak, Michael J. Medvecky, Arya G. Varthi, Lee E. Rubin, Jonathan N. Grauer

Introduction: Ankle fractures have continued to occur through the COVID pandemic and, regardless of patient COVID status, often need…
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Covid-19 by Tim Reckmann, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE Incidence of COVID-19 reinfection among Midwestern healthcare employees
January 4, 2022 Anne Rivelli, Veronica Fitzpatrick, Christopher Blair, Kenneth Copeland, Jon Richards

Given the overwhelming worldwide rate of infection and the disappointing pace of vaccination, addressing reinfection is critical.…
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0010102 CC BY 4.0

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Disease characteristics and serological responses in patients with differing severity of COVID-19 infection: A longitudinal cohort study in Dhaka, Bangladesh
January 4, 2022 Afroza Akter, Tasnuva Ahmed, Imam Tauheed, Marjahan Akhtar, Sadia Isfat Ara Rahman, Fatema Khaton, Faisal Ahmmed, Jannatul Ferdous, Mokibul Hassan Afrad, Zannat Kawser, Mohabbat Hossain, Rabeya Khondaker, Mohammad Abul Hasnat, Mostafa Aziz Sumon, Asif Rashed, Shuvro Ghosh, Stephen B. Calderwood, Richelle C. Charles, Edward T. Ryan, Purvesh Khatri, Holden Terry Maecker, Gerlinde Obermoser, Bali Pulendran, John D. Clemens, Sayera Banu, Tahmina Shirin, Regina C. LaRocque, Jason B. Harris, Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Fahima Chowdhury, Firdausi Qadri

Background: COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 ranges from asymptomatic to severe disease and can cause fatal and devastating outcome in many…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0262258 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Analytical performances of the AMPLIQUICK^® Respiratory Triplex assay for simultaneous detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A/B and respiratory syncytial viruses in respiratory specimens
January 5, 2022 Ralph-Sydney Mboumba Bouassa, Serge Tonen-Wolyec, David Veyer, Hélène Péré, Laurent Bélec

Although patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), influenza A, influenza B and respiratory…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0262352 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Clotting events among hospitalized patients infected with COVID-19 in a large multisite cohort in the United States
January 5, 2022 Sondra Maureen Nemetski, Andrew Ip, Joshua Josephs, Mira Hellmann

Introduction: COVID-19 infection has been hypothesized to precipitate venous and arterial clotting events more frequently than other…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0261428 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Baseline clinical features of COVID-19 patients, delay of hospital admission and clinical outcome: A complex relationship
January 7, 2022 Cédric Dananché, Christelle Elias, Laetitia Hénaff, Sélilah Amour, Elisabetta Kuczewski, Marie-Paule Gustin, Vanessa Escuret, Mitra Saadatian-Elahi, Philippe Vanhems

Introduction: Delay between symptom onset and access to care is essential to prevent clinical worsening for different infectious diseases.…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258684 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Angiotensin II receptor blocker intake associates with reduced markers of inflammatory activation and decreased mortality in patients with cardiovascular comorbidities and COVID-19 disease
October 21, 2021 Sebastian Cremer, Lisa Pilgram, Alexander Berkowitsch, Melanie Stecher, Siegbert Rieg, Mariana Shumliakivska, Denisa Bojkova, Julian Uwe Gabriel Wagner, Galip Servet Aslan, Christoph Spinner, Guillermo Luxán, Frank Hanses, Sebastian Dolff, Christiane Piepel, Clemens Ruppert, Andreas Guenther, Maria Madeleine Rüthrich, Jörg Janne Vehreschild, Kai Wille, Martina Haselberger, Hanno Heuzeroth, Arne Hansen, Thomas Eschenhagen, Jindrich Cinatl, Sandra Ciesek, Stefanie Dimmeler, Stefan Borgmann, Andreas Zeiher, on behalf of the LEOSS study group

Aims: Patients with cardiovascular comorbidities have a significantly increased risk for a critical course of COVID-19. As the SARS-CoV2…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258697 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Evaluation of clinical outcomes of patients with mild symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) discharged from the emergency department
October 21, 2021 Hamidreza Morteza Bagi, Maryam Soleimanpour, Fariba Abdollahi, Hassan Soleimanpour

Introduction: This study was performed to determine the clinical outcomes of patients with mild symptoms of COVID-19 discharged from the…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258970 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Clinical characteristics and viral load dynamics of COVID-19 in a mildly or moderately symptomatic outpatient sample
October 21, 2021 Amanda Caplan, Kelly W. Bates, Carla Brioni, Aileen Santos, Linda M. Sabatini, Karen L. Kaul, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Janardan D. Khandekar, Philip Greenland

Background: Studies of outpatients with mild or moderate COVID-19 are uncommon. We studied: 1) association of symptoms with reverse…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258914 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE SARS-CoV-2 infection and cardiovascular or pulmonary complications in ambulatory care: A risk assessment based on routine data
October 21, 2021 Siranush Karapetyan, Antonius Schneider, Klaus Linde, Ewan Donnachie, Alexander Hapfelmeier

Background: Risk factors of severe COVID-19 have mainly been investigated in the hospital setting. We investigated pre-defined risk factors…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0259006 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Active pulmonary tuberculosis and coronavirus disease 2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis
October 21, 2021 Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal, Ritesh Agarwal, Sahajal Dhooria, Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad, Inderpaul Singh Sehgal, Valliappan Muthu

Objective: The proportion of COVID-19 patients having active pulmonary tuberculosis, and its impact on COVID-19 related patient outcomes,…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258916 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Mortality in association with antipsychotic medication use and clinical outcomes among geriatric psychiatry outpatients with COVID-19
October 21, 2021 Bienvenida Austria, Rehana Haque, Sukriti Mittal, Jamie Scott, Aninditha Vengassery, Daniel Maltz, Wentian Li, Blaine Greenwald, Yun Freudenberg-Hua

Objectives: Older adults are particularly vulnerable to the negative consequences of antipsychotic exposure and are disproportionally…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258913 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE High association of COVID-19 severity with poor gut health score in Lebanese patients
October 21, 2021 Imad Al Kassaa, Sarah El Omari, Nada Abbas, Nicolas Papon, Djamel Drider, Issmat I. Kassem, Marwan Osman

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected millions of lives globally. However, the disease has presented more extreme…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0251687 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Characteristics and outcome of critically ill patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia admitted to a tertiary care center in the United Arab Emirates during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. A retrospective analysis
October 22, 2021 Khaled Ismail, Hatim Bensasi, Ahmed Taha, Aamir Nazir, Mohamed Abdelkhalek, Walid Mohamed, Dipak Lodhe, Samuel Buschbeck, Michael Bauer, Yasser Sakr

Background: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with coronavirus disease-2019…
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1009928 CC BY 4.0

PLOS Pathogens Induction of trained immunity by influenza vaccination – impact on COVID-19
October 25, 2021 Priya A. Debisarun, Katharina L. Gössling, Ozlem Bulut, Gizem Kilic, Martijn Zoodsma, Zhaoli Liu, Marina Oldenburg, Nadine Rüchel, Bowen Zhang, Cheng-Jian Xu, Patrick Struycken, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, Jorge Domínguez-Andrés, Simone J. C. F. M. Moorlag, Esther Taks, Philipp N. Ostermann, Lisa Müller, Heiner Schaal, Ortwin Adams, Arndt Borkhardt, Jaap ten Oever, Reinout van Crevel, Yang Li, Mihai G. Netea

Non-specific protective effects of certain vaccines have been reported, and long-term boosting of innate immunity, termed trained…
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PLOS ONE Early administration of remdesivir to COVID-19 patients associates with higher recovery rate and lower need for ICU admission: A retrospective cohort study
October 26, 2021 Hawra Ali Hussain Alsayed, Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari, Narjes Saheb Sharif-Askari, Ali Al Sayed Hussain, Qutayba Hamid, Rabih Halwani

Objectives: Remdesivir is one of the most widely recommended and used medications for COVID-19 treatment. However, different outcomes have…
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PLOS ONE Clinical management and outcome differences between first and second waves among COVID-19 hospitalized patients: A regional prospective observational cohort
October 28, 2021 María Zuil, Iván D. Benítez, Ramón Cabo-Gambín, Carlos Manzano Senra, Anna Moncusí-Moix, Clara Gort-Paniello, David de Gonzalo-Calvo, Marta Molinero, Jose Javier Vengoechea Aragoncillo, Thais Comella, Jordi de Batlle, Gerard Torres, Antoni Torres, Ferrán Barbé, Jessica González

The objective was to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the two different…
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PLOS ONE Disulfiram use is associated with lower risk of COVID-19: A retrospective cohort study
October 28, 2021 Nathanael Fillmore, Steven Bell, Ciyue Shen, Vinh Nguyen, Jennifer La, Maureen Dubreuil, Judith Strymish, Mary Brophy, Gautam Mehta, Hao Wu, Judy Lieberman, Nhan Do, Chris Sander

Effective, low-cost therapeutics are needed to prevent and treat COVID-19. Severe COVID-19 disease is linked to excessive inflammation.…
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PLOS ONE Impact of persistent D-dimer elevation following recovery from COVID-19
October 28, 2021 Antje Lehmann, Helmut Prosch, Sonja Zehetmayer, Maximilian Robert Gysan, Dominik Bernitzky, Karin Vonbank, Marco Idzko, Daniela Gompelmann

Background: Elevated D-dimer is known as predictor for severity of SARS-CoV2-infection. Increased D-dimer is associated with thromboembolic…
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PLOS ONE Heart-rate-variability (HRV), predicts outcomes in COVID-19
October 28, 2021 Maartje B. A. Mol, Maud T. A. Strous, Frits H. M. van Osch, F. Jeroen Vogelaar, Dennis G. Barten, Moshe Farchi, Norbert A. Foudraine, Yori Gidron

Background: Patients with COVID-19 present with a variety of clinical manifestations, ranging from mild or asymptomatic disease to severe…
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PLOS ONE Impact of Covid-19 on health-related quality of life of patients: A structured review
October 28, 2021 Ak Narayan Poudel, Shihua Zhu, Nicola Cooper, Paul Roderick, Nisreen Alwan, Carolyn Tarrant, Nida Ziauddeen, Guiqing Lily Yao

Introduction: Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has led to a global pandemic since its emergence in December 2019. The majority of research…
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PLOS ONE Self-medication practices to prevent or manage COVID-19: A systematic review
November 2, 2021 Alvaro Quincho-Lopez, Christeam A. Benites-Ibarra, Maryori M. Hilario-Gomez, Renatta Quijano-Escate, Alvaro Taype-Rondan

Background: Previous studies have assessed the prevalence and characteristics of self-medication in COVID-19. However, no systematic review…
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PLOS ONE Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with dose dense MVAC is associated with improved survival after radical cystectomy compared to other cytotoxic regimens: A tertiary center experience
November 3, 2021 Artur Lemiński, Krystian Kaczmarek, Tomasz Byrski, Marcin Słojewski

Introduction: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has become standard of care for cisplatin-eligible patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer…
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PLOS ONE Effect of famotidine on hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
November 4, 2021 Leonard Chiu, Max Shen, Chun-Han Lo, Nicholas Chiu, Austin Chen, Hyun Joon Shin, Elizabeth Horn Prsic, Chin Hur, Ronald Chow, Benjamin Lebwohl

Introduction: Famotidine is a competitive histamine H2-receptor antagonist most commonly used for gastric acid suppression but thought to…
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PLOS ONE Mortality and evolution between community and hospital-acquired COVID-AKI
November 4, 2021 Jonathan S. Chávez-Íñiguez, José H. Cano-Cervantes, Pablo Maggiani-Aguilera, Natashia Lavelle-Góngora, Josué Marcial-Meza, Estefanía P. Camacho-Murillo, Cynthia Moreno-González, Jarumi A. Tanaka-Gutiérrez, Ana P. Villa Zaragoza, Karla E. Rincón-Souza, Sandra Muñoz-López, Olivia Montoya-Montoya, Guillermo Navarro-Blackaller, Aczel Sánchez-Cedillo, Luis E. Morales-Buenrostro, Guillermo García-García

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with poor outcomes in COVID patients. Differences between hospital-acquired (HA-AKI)…
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PLOS ONE Is the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine effective in elderly populations? Results from population data from Bavaria, Germany
November 5, 2021 Delphina Gomes, Andreas Beyerlein, Katharina Katz, Gabriele Hoelscher, Uta Nennstiel, Bernhard Liebl, Klaus Überla, Rüdiger von Kries

Background: The efficacy of the BioNTech-Pfizer BNT162b2 vaccination in the elderly (≥80 years) could not be fully assessed in the…
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PLOS ONE Factors influencing nurses’ behavioral intention toward caring for COVID-19 patients on mechanical ventilation: A cross-sectional study
November 5, 2021 Jingxia Cheng, Jinbo Cui, Wenwen Yu, Hua Kang, Yongming Tian, Xiaolian Jiang

Objectives: To investigate nurses’ behavioral intention toward caring for COVID-19 patients on mechanical ventilation, as well as the…
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PLOS ONE Regular testing of asymptomatic healthcare workers identifies cost-efficient SARS-CoV-2 preventive measures
November 5, 2021 Daniel Sanchez-Taltavull, Violeta Castelo-Szekely, Shaira Murugan, Jonathan I. D. Hamley, Tim Rollenske, Stephanie C. Ganal-Vonarburg, Isabel Büchi, Adrian Keogh, Hai Li, Lilian Salm, Daniel Spari, Bahtiyar Yilmaz, Jakob Zimmermann, Michael Gerfin, Edgar Roldan, Guido Beldi, UVCM-COVID researchers

Protecting healthcare professionals is crucial in maintaining a functioning healthcare system. The risk of infection and optimal…
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PLOS ONE Transmission dynamics, clinical characteristics and sero-surveillance in the COVID-19 outbreak in a population dense area of Colombo, Sri Lanka April- May 2020
November 8, 2021 Chandima Jeewandara, Dinuka Guruge, Deshni Jayathilaka, Panambara Arachchige Deshan Madhusanka, Pradeep Darshana Pushpakumara, Shyrar Tanussiya Ramu, Inoka Sepali Aberathna, Danasekara Rallage Saubhagya Rasikangani Danasekara, Thilagaraj Pathmanathan, Buddhini Gunatilaka, Sauni Malavige, Yowan Dias, Ruwan Wijayamuni, Graham S. Ogg, Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige

Background: The transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 varies depending on social distancing measures, circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants, host…
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PLOS ONE Humoral responses to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines: Role of past infection
November 8, 2021 Ashley N. Gray, Rachel Martin-Blais, Nicole H. Tobin, Yan Wang, Sarah L. Brooker, Fan Li, Adva Gadoth, Julie Elliott, Emmanuelle Faure-Kumar, Megan Halbrook, Christian Hofmann, Saman Kashani, Clayton Kazan, Otto O. Yang, Jennifer A. Fulcher, Kathie Grovit-Ferbas, Anne W. Rimoin, Grace M. Aldrovandi

Two mRNA vaccines (BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273) against severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are globally authorized as…
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PLOS ONE Olfactory recovery following infection with COVID-19: A systematic review
November 9, 2021 Ali Jafar, Andrea Lasso, Risa Shorr, Brian Hutton, Shaun Kilty

Olfactory loss has been identified as one of the common symptoms related to COVID-19 infection. Although olfactory loss is recognized, our…
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PLOS ONE A mixed-methods systematic review of post-viral fatigue interventions: Are there lessons for long Covid?
November 9, 2021 Sally Fowler-Davis, Katharine Platts, Michael Thelwell, Amie Woodward, Deborah Harrop

Objectives: Fatigue syndromes have been widely observed following post-viral infection and are being recognised because of Covid19.…
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PLOS ONE Characteristics and outcome profile of hospitalized African patients with COVID-19: The Ethiopian context
November 9, 2021 Tigist W. Leulseged, Ishmael S. Hassen, Endalkachew H. Maru, Wuletaw C. Zewsde, Negat W. Chamiso, Abdi B. Bayisa, Daniel S. Abebe, Birhanu T. Ayele, Kalkidan T. Yegle, Mesay G. Edo, Eyosyas K. Gurara, Dereje D. Damete, Yared A. Tolera

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have a different picture in Africa; the first case was identified in the continent after it had…
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PLOS ONE Exploring the awareness, attitudes, and actions (AAA) of UK adults at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19
November 11, 2021 Stuart W. Flint, Adrian Brown, George Sanders, Abd A. Tahrani

Background: People at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 have experienced greater restrictions during the pandemic, yet there is a…
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PLOS ONE Evaluation of the SARS-CoV-2 positivity ratio and upper respiratory tract viral load among asymptomatic individuals screened before hospitalization or surgery in Flanders, Belgium
November 11, 2021 Laura Heireman, Steven Abrams, Peggy Bruynseels, Reinoud Cartuyvels, Lize Cuypers, Pieter De Schouwer, Wim Laffut, Katrien Lagrou, Niel Hens, Erwin Ho, Elizaveta Padalko, Marijke Reynders, Sarah Vandamme, Nathalie Van der Moeren, Walter Verstrepen, Philippe Willems, Reinout Naesens

Introduction: The incidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in the Belgian community is mainly…
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PLOS ONE Atypical lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of COVID-19 patients: A prognostic factor for the clinical course of COVID-19
November 12, 2021 Jun Sugihara, Sho Shibata, Masafumi Doi, Takuya Shimmura, Shinichiro Inoue, Osamu Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Ayaka Makino, Yasunari Miyazaki

Background: Clinical observations have shown that there is a relationship between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and atypical…
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PLOS ONE Chronic diseases associated with increased likelihood of hospitalization and mortality in 68,913 COVID-19 confirmed cases in Spain: A population-based cohort study
November 12, 2021 Antonio Gimeno-Miguel, Kevin Bliek-Bueno, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, Jonás Carmona-Pírez, Antonio Poncel-Falcó, Francisca González-Rubio, Ignatios Ioakeim-Skoufa, Victoria Pico-Soler, Mercedes Aza-Pascual-Salcedo, Alexandra Prados-Torres, Luis Andrés Gimeno-Feliu, on behalf of the PRECOVID Group

Background: Clinical outcomes among COVID-19 patients vary greatly with age and underlying comorbidities. We aimed to determine the…
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PLOS ONE A qualitative assessment of factors affecting nursing home caregiving staff experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic
November 15, 2021 Rachel L. Snyder, Laura E. Anderson, Katelyn A. White, Stephanie Tavitian, Lucy V. Fike, Heather N. Jones, Kara M. Jacobs-Slifka, Nimalie D. Stone, Ronda L. Sinkowitz-Cochran

Background: A large portion of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States have occurred in nursing homes; however, current literature…
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PLOS ONE COVID-19 outcomes in hospitalized puerperal, pregnant, and neither pregnant nor puerperal women
November 15, 2021 Fabiano Elisei Serra, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco, Patricia de Rossi, Maria de Lourdes Brizot, Agatha Sacramento Rodrigues

Objective: To compare hospitalized reproductive age women with COVID-19 who were pregnant, puerperal, or neither one nor the other in terms…
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases COVID-19–associated mucormycosis: Evidence-based critical review of an emerging infection burden during the pandemic’s second wave in India
November 18, 2021 Jesil Mathew Aranjani, Atulya Manuel, Habeeb Ibrahim Abdul Razack, Sam T. Mathew

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), during the second wave in early 2021, has caused devastating chaos in India. As daily infection rates…
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PLOS ONE The clinical course of hospitalized moderately ill COVID-19 patients is mirrored by routine hematologic tests and influenced by renal transplantation
November 18, 2021 Paula M. Peçanha-Pietrobom, Giuseppe Gianini Figueirêdo Leite, James Hunter, Paulo R. Abrão Ferreira, Marcelo N. Burattini, Nancy Bellei, Jaquelina Sonoe Ota-Arakaki, Reinaldo Salomao

Several studies of patients with COVID-19 have evaluated biological markers for predicting outcomes, most of them retrospectively and with…
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PLOS ONE COVID-19 preventive practices during intrapartum care- adherence and barriers in Ethiopia; a multicenter cross- sectional study
November 18, 2021 Azmeraw Ambachew Kebede, Birhan Tsegaw Taye, Kindu Yinges Wondie, Agumas Eskezia Tiguh, Getachew Azeze Eriku, Muhabaw Shumye Mihret

Background: Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is a newly emerging pandemic affecting more than 120 million people globally. Compliance with…
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PLOS ONE Immunosuppression and COVID-19 infection in British Columbia: Protocol for a linkage study of population-based administrative and self-reported survey data
November 19, 2021 Ana Michelle Avina-Galindo, Zahra A. Fazal, Shelby Marozoff, Jessie Kwan, Na Lu, Alison M. Hoens, Jacek Kopec, Diane Lacaille, Hui Xie, Jonathan M. Loree, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta, on behalf of the SCOUT team

Introduction: Cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue to spread around the world even one year after the declaration of…
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PLOS ONE Factors associated with admission to the intensive care unit and mortality in patients with COVID-19, Colombia
November 19, 2021 Jorge Enrique Machado-Alba, Luis Fernando Valladales-Restrepo, Manuel Enrique Machado-Duque, Andrés Gaviria-Mendoza, Nicolás Sánchez-Ramírez, Andrés Felipe Usma-Valencia, Esteban Rodríguez-Martínez, Eliana Rengifo-Franco, Víctor Hugo Forero-Supelano, Diego Mauricio Gómez-Ramirez, Alejandra Sabogal-Ortiz

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected millions of people worldwide, and several sociodemographic variables,…
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PLOS ONE The burden of SARS-CoV-2 among healthcare workers across 16 hospitals of Kashmir, India—A seroepidemiological study
November 19, 2021 Inaamul Haq, Mariya Amin Qurieshi, Muhammad Salim Khan, Sabhiya Majid, Arif Akbar Bhat, Rafiya Kousar, Iqra Nisar Chowdri, Tanzeela Bashir Qazi, Abdul Aziz Lone, Iram Sabah, Misbah Ferooz Kawoosa, Shahroz Nabi, Ishtiyaq Ahmad Sumji, Shifana Ayoub, Mehvish Afzal Khan, Anjum Asma, Shaista Ismail

SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has greatly affected healthcare workers because of the high risk of getting infected. The present cross-sectional…
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PLOS ONE Iota-carrageenan and xylitol inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in Vero cell culture
November 19, 2021 Shruti Bansal, Colleen B. Jonsson, Shannon L. Taylor, Juan Manuel Figueroa, Andrea Vanesa Dugour, Carlos Palacios, Julio César Vega

Last year observed a global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2) infection affecting millions…
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PLOS ONE Physical restraint of dementia patients in acute care hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cohort analysis in Japan
November 22, 2021 Takuya Okuno, Hisashi Itoshima, Jung-ho Shin, Tetsuji Morishita, Susumu Kunisawa, Yuichi Imanaka

Introduction: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented challenges for the medical staff worldwide, especially…
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PLOS ONE Drivers and social implications of Artificial Intelligence adoption in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic
November 22, 2021 Darius-Aurel Frank, Christian T. Elbæk, Caroline Kjær Børsting, Panagiotis Mitkidis, Tobias Otterbring, Sylvie Borau

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact people worldwide–steadily depleting scarce resources in healthcare. Medical Artificial…
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PLOS ONE Changes to telehealth practices in primary care in New Brunswick (Canada): A comparative study pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic
November 23, 2021 Claire Johnson, Jérémie B. Dupuis, Pierre Goguen, Gabrielle Grenier

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth technologies were used in the primary health care setting in New Brunswick as a means…
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PLOS ONE Knowledge of and preparedness for COVID-19 among Somali healthcare professionals: A cross-sectional study
November 23, 2021 Jude Alawa, Lucas Walz, Samir Al-Ali, Nikhil Harle, Eleanor Wiles, Mohamed Abdullahi Awale, Deqo Mohamed, Kaveh Khoshnood

Background: Somalia is considered severely underprepared to contain an outbreak of COVID-19, with critical shortages in healthcare…
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PLOS ONE COVID-19 pandemic and health worker stress: The mediating effect of emotional regulation
November 24, 2021 Zoilo Emilio García-Batista, Kiero Guerra-Peña, Vahid Nouri Kandany, María Isabel Marte, Luis Eduardo Garrido, Luisa Marilia Cantisano-Guzmán, Luciana Moretti, Leonardo Adrián Medrano

Background/Introduction: Psychological and physical well-being of health personnel has been significantly affected by COVID-19. Work…
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PLOS Pathogens Nasal therapy—The missing link in optimising strategies to improve prevention and treatment of COVID-19
November 24, 2021 Norman A. Ratcliffe, Helena C. Castro, Izabel C. Paixão, Victor G. O. Evangelho, Patricia Azambuja, Cicero B. Mello

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PLOS ONE Association between voriconazole exposure and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in critically ill patients
November 24, 2021 Anne-Lise Bienvenu, Pierre Pradat, Alexandra Plesa, Vincent Leclerc, Vincent Piriou, Jean-Luc Fellahi, Laurent Argaud, Thomas Rimmelé, Jean Menotti, Frédéric Aubrun, Jean-Christophe Richard, Marie-Claude Gagnieu, François Parant, Christian Chidiac, Gilles Leboucher, Michel Tod, Sylvain Goutelle

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is essential for voriconazole to ensure optimal drug exposure, mainly in critically ill patients for…
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PLOS ONE Factors affecting duration of SARS-Cov-2 viral shedding in mildly symptomatic patients isolated in a community facility
September 27, 2021 Hui Mei Cheng, Xiahong Zhao, Wei Shyann Lim, Beatrice Jia Min Tan, Hong Liang Tey

Introduction: Mildly symptomatic cases of Covid-19 in previously-well individuals form the majority of infections and also serve as potent…
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PLOS ONE Drug repurposing for COVID-19 based on an integrative meta-analysis of SARS-CoV-2 induced gene signature in human airway epithelium
September 28, 2021 Rajaneesh K. Gupta, Enyinna L. Nwachuku, Benjamin E. Zusman, Ruchira M. Jha, Ava M. Puccio

Drug repurposing has the potential to bring existing de-risked drugs for effective intervention in an ongoing pandemic—COVID-19 that has…
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PLOS Medicine Incidence, co-occurrence, and evolution of long-COVID features: A 6-month retrospective cohort study of 273,618 survivors of COVID-19
September 28, 2021 Maxime Taquet, Quentin Dercon, Sierra Luciano, John R. Geddes, Masud Husain, Paul J. Harrison

Background: Long-COVID refers to a variety of symptoms affecting different organs reported by people following Coronavirus Disease 2019…
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PLOS ONE Risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers outside hospitals: A real-life immuno-virological study during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic
September 28, 2021 Maria Fröberg, Sadaf Sakina Hassan, Ville N. Pimenoff, Susanne Akterin, Kalle Conneryd Lundgren, K. Miriam Elfström, Joakim Dillner

Objectives: Most COVID-19 related infections and deaths may occur in healthcare outside hospitals. Here we explored SARS-CoV-2 infections…
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PLOS ONE Hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of severe respiratory infection by COVID-19: A randomized controlled trial
September 28, 2021 Carmen Hernandez-Cardenas, Ireri Thirion-Romero, Sebastián Rodríguez-Llamazares, Norma E. Rivera-Martinez, Patricia Meza-Meneses, Arantxa Remigio-Luna, Rogelio Perez-Padilla, on behalf of the Research Group on hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

Introduction: The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID–19) represents a major public health problem and it is key to find a treatment that…
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PLOS ONE Risk factors, predictions, and progression of acute kidney injury in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: An observational retrospective cohort study
September 29, 2021 Maryam N. Naser, Rana Al-Ghatam, Abdulla H. Darwish, Manaf M. Alqahtani, Hajar A. Alahmadi, Khalifa A. Mohamed, Nahed K. Hasan, Nuria S. Perez

Objectives: Studies have shown that acute kidney injury (AKI) occurrence post SARS-CoV-2 infection is complex and has a poor prognosis.…
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PLOS ONE A scoping review of patient engagement activities during COVID-19: More consultation, less partnership
September 29, 2021 Lauren Cadel, Michelle Marcinow, Jane Sandercock, Penny Dowedoff, Sara J. T. Guilcher, Alies Maybee, Susan Law, Kerry Kuluski

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on healthcare systems and care delivery, changing the context for patient…
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PLOS ONE Telehealth at scale can improve chronic disease management in the community during a pandemic: An experience at the time of COVID-19
September 29, 2021 Stefano Omboni, Tommaso Ballatore, Franco Rizzi, Fernanda Tomassini, Edoardo Panzeri, Luca Campolo

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth became a vital resource to contain the virus’s spread and ensure continuity of care of…
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PLOS ONE Lower blood pH as a strong prognostic factor for fatal outcomes in critically ill COVID-19 patients at an intensive care unit: A multivariable analysis
September 29, 2021 Martin Kieninger, Annemarie Sinning, Timea Vadász, Michael Gruber, Wolfram Gronwald, Florian Zeman, Dirk Lunz, Thomas Dienemann, Stephan Schmid, Bernhard Graf, Matthias Lubnow, Thomas Müller, Thomas Holzmann, Bernd Salzberger, Bärbel Kieninger

Background: Data of critically ill COVID-19 patients are being evaluated worldwide, not only to understand the various aspects of the…
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PLOS ONE Geographical variation in demand, utilization, and outcomes of hospital services for COVID-19 in Brazil: A descriptive serial cross-sectional study
September 30, 2021 Claudia Cristina de Aguiar Pereira, Mônica Martins, Sheyla Maria Lemos Lima, Carla Lourenço Tavares de Andrade, Fernando Ramalho Gameleira Soares, Margareth Crisóstomo Portela

Objective: To analyze the geographical variation in the provision of health services, namely in demand, patterns of utilization, and…
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PLOS ONE Prevalence and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection and seroprevalence among clinical and non-clinical staff in a national healthcare system
September 30, 2021 Moza Alishaq, Andrew Jeremijenko, Zeina Al-Kanaani, Hanaa Nafady-Hego, Diana H. Jboor, Rosaline Saba, Jameela Al-Ajmi, Nasser Asad Alansari, Anil George Thomas, Sameera Bihi Fareh, Suni Vinoy, Maryam Nooh, Nadya Alanzi, Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra, Adeel Ajwad Butt

Background: While many studies have reported the rate and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers (HCWs), there are scant…
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PLOS ONE Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is not detected in the vagina: A prospective study
September 30, 2021 Ozguc Takmaz, Eren Kaya, Burak Erdi, Gozde Unsal, Pari Sharifli, Nihat Bugra Agaoglu, Esra Ozbasli, Serap Gencer, Mete Gungor

Objective: To determine whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is present in the vagina of women diagnosed…
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PLOS ONE Aerosol SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals and long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic
September 30, 2021 Gary Mallach, Samantha B. Kasloff, Tom Kovesi, Anand Kumar, Ryan Kulka, Jay Krishnan, Benoit Robert, Michaeline McGuinty, Sophia den Otter-Moore, Bashour Yazji, Todd Cutts

Background: Few studies have quantified aerosol concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals and long-term care homes, and fewer still have…
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PLOS ONE Implementation of vascular surgery teleconsultation during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from the outpatient vascular clinics in a tertiary care hospital in Qatar
September 30, 2021 Hassan Al-Thani, Ahammed Mekkodathil, Ahmed Hussain, Ahmed Sharaf, Ahmed Sadek, Anas Aldakhl-Allah, Ahmed Awad, Nassar Al-Abdullah, Ahmad Zitoun, Jini Paul, Pushpalatha Pillai, Sara John, Ayman El-Menyar

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a surge in the use of virtual communication tools for delivering clinical services for many…
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PLOS ONE The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on AMI and stroke mortality in Lombardy: Evidence from the epicenter of the pandemic
October 1, 2021 Camillo Rossi, Paolo Berta, Salvatore Curello, Pietro Giorgio Lovaglio, Mauro Magoni, Marco Metra, Aldo Maria Roccaro, Stefano Verzillo, Giorgio Vittadini

Background: The first Covid-19 epidemic outbreak has enormously impacted the delivery of clinical healthcare and hospital management…
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PLOS ONE Effect of a hospital-wide campaign on COVID-19 vaccination uptake among healthcare workers in the context of raised concerns for life-threatening side effects
October 1, 2021 Min Hyung Kim, Nak-Hoon Son, Yoon Soo Park, Ju Hyun Lee, Da Ae Kim, Yong Chan Kim

Background: All healthcare workers (HCWs) in Yongin Severance Hospital were allocated to receive the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine according to…
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PLOS ONE COVID-19-related outcomes in immunocompromised patients: A nationwide study in Korea
October 1, 2021 Moon Seong Baek, Min-Taek Lee, Won-Young Kim, Jae Chol Choi, Sun-Young Jung

Background: Given the rapid increased in confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related mortality, it is important to identify…
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PLOS ONE Association between chronic hepatitis B infection and COVID-19 outcomes: A Korean nationwide cohort study
October 5, 2021 Seong Hee Kang, Dong-Hyuk Cho, Jimi Choi, Soon Koo Baik, Jun Gyo Gwon, Moon Young Kim

Background/Aims: We measured the association between underlying chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and antiviral use with infection rates among…
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PLOS ONE Altered mental status is a predictor of poor outcomes in COVID-19 patients: A cohort study
October 5, 2021 Abdallah S. Attia, Mohammad Hussein, Mohamed A. Aboueisha, Mahmoud Omar, Mohanad R. Youssef, Nicholas Mankowski, Michael Miller, Ruhul Munshi, Aubrey Swinford, Adam Kline, Therese Nguyen, Eman Toraih, Juan Duchesne, Emad Kandil

Introduction: Several studies have described typical clinical manifestations, including fever, cough, diarrhea, and fatigue with COVID-19…
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PLOS ONE Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice toward COVID-19 and associated factors among health care workers in Silte Zone, Southern Ethiopia
October 5, 2021 Mubarek Yesse, Mohammed Muze, Shemsu Kedir, Bedru Argaw, Mohammed Dengo, Tajudin Nesre, Faris Hamdalla, Awol Saliha, Tofik Mussa, India Kasim, Abdulfeta Kedir, Tofik Delebo, Awol Sunkemo, Yesuf Badeg, Dureti Ensarmu, Dereje Abebe, Amara Dessalegn, Henok Ayelign

Introduction: COVID-19 is a pandemic respiratory disease caused by the highly contagious novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV 2). The disease is now…
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PLOS ONE Severe COVID-19 in inflammatory bowel disease patients in a population-based setting
October 5, 2021 Rob H. Creemers, Ashkan Rezazadeh Ardabili, Daisy M. Jonkers, Mathie P. G. Leers, Mariëlle J. Romberg-Camps, Marie J. Pierik, Ad A. van Bodegraven

Objective: Data on the course of severe COVID-19 in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients remains limited. We aimed to determine the…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0257807 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE COVID-19 in lung transplant recipients—Risk prediction and outcomes
October 6, 2021 Jan C. Kamp, Jan B. Hinrichs, Jan Fuge, Raphael Ewen, Jens Gottlieb

Patients after lung transplantation are at risk for life-threatening infections. Recently, several publications on COVID-19 outcomes in…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258278 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Comprehensive evaluation of COVID-19 patient short- and long-term outcomes: Disparities in healthcare utilization and post-hospitalization outcomes
October 6, 2021 Stephen Salerno, Yuming Sun, Emily L. Morris, Xinwei He, Yajing Li, Ziyang Pan, Peisong Han, Jian Kang, Michael W. Sjoding, Yi Li

Background: Understanding risk factors for short- and long-term COVID-19 outcomes have implications for current guidelines and practice. We…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0245103 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Disease progression of 213 patients hospitalized with Covid-19 in the Czech Republic in March–October 2020: An exploratory analysis
October 6, 2021 Martin Modrák, Paul-Christian Bürkner, Tomáš Sieger, Tomáš Slisz, Martina Vašáková, Grigorij Mesežnikov, Luis Fernando Casas-Mendez, Jaromír Vajter, Jan Táborský, Viktor Kubricht, Daniel Suk, Jan Horejsek, Martin Jedlička, Adriana Mifková, Adam Jaroš, Miroslav Kubiska, Jana Váchalová, Robin Šín, Markéta Veverková, Zbyšek Pospíšil, Julie Vohryzková, Rebeka Pokrievková, Kristián Hrušák, Kristína Christozova, Vianey Leos-Barajas, Karel Fišer, Tomáš Hyánek

We collected a multi-centric retrospective dataset of patients (N = 213) who were admitted to ten hospitals in Czech Republic and tested…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0257302 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Reduced turnaround times through multi-sectoral community collaboration during the first surge of SARS-CoV-2 and associated effect on patient care and hospital operations
October 7, 2021 Rebecca C. Christofferson, Hollis R. O’Neal, Tonya Jagneaux, Catherine O’Neal, Christine S. Walsh, E. Handly Mayton, Luan D. Vu, Abigail I. Fish, Anh Phan, Thaya E. Stoufflet, Jonathan R. Schroeder, Morgan Walker, Erik A. Turner, Christi Pierce, K. Scott Wester, Connie DeLeo, Edgardo Tenreiro, Beverly Ogden, Stephania A. Cormier

Background: In March 2020, an influx of admissions in COVID-19 positive patients threatened to overwhelm healthcare facilities in East…
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PLOS ONE Clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in a Latin American country: Results from the ECCOVID multicenter prospective study
October 8, 2021 Ezequiel Cordova, Analia Mykietiuk, Omar Sued, Lautaro De Vedia, Natalia Pacifico, Matias H. Garcia Hernandez, Natalia M. Baeza, Franco Garibaldi, Maria Fernanda Alzogaray, Rosa Contreras, Lucrecia Soler Puy, Pablo G. Scapellato, Laura Barcelona, Mariana L. Golikow, Maria Florencia Piñeiro, Hugo J. Miño, Maria Fernanda Consalvo, Corina Nemirovsky, Marisa Sanchez, Myrna Cabral, Lucia Lamponi Tappata, Mariano Blasco, Jamile Ballivian, Gustavo Lopardo, Martin E. Stryjewski, on behalf of the ECCOVID study group

Background: Clinical features and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infections diverge in different countries. The aim of this study was to describe…
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PLOS ONE Disparities in telemedicine utilization among surgical patients during COVID-19
October 8, 2021 Courtney M. Lattimore, William J. Kane, Mark A. Fleming II, Allison N. Martin, J. Hunter Mehaffey, Mark E. Smolkin, Sarah J. Ratcliffe, Victor M. Zaydfudim, Shayna L. Showalter, Traci L. Hedrick

Background: Telemedicine has been rapidly adopted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is limited work surrounding demographic and…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0257926 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Impacts of mild COVID-19 on elevated use of primary and specialist health care services: A nationwide register study from Norway
October 8, 2021 Katrine Damgaard Skyrud, Kjersti Helene Hernæs, Kjetil Elias Telle, Karin Magnusson

Aim: To explore the temporal impact of mild COVID-19 on need for primary and specialist health care services. Methods: In all adults (≥20…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258255 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the Palestinian population: A primary health center-based cross-sectional study
October 8, 2021 Beesan Maraqa, Walid Basha, Rasha Khayyat, Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Hadi, Jurouh Jabareen, Kamal Al-Shakhra, Mai Al-Kaila, Zaher Nazzal

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) total antibodies in the north,…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0257513 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Comprehensive infection control measures prevent hospital-acquired severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection: A single-center prospective cohort study and seroprevalence survey
October 11, 2021 Hiroshi Hori, Takahiko Fukuchi, Masamitsu Sanui, Takashi Moriya, Hitoshi Sugawara

Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is associated with a high mortality rate in older adults; therefore, it is important for medical…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258513 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Increased risk of hospitalisation and intensive care admission associated with reported cases of SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 in Norway, December 2020 –May 2021
October 11, 2021 Lamprini Veneti, Elina Seppälä, Margrethe Larsdatter Storm, Beatriz Valcarcel Salamanca, Eirik Alnes Buanes, Nina Aasand, Umaer Naseer, Karoline Bragstad, Olav Hungnes, Håkon Bøås, Reidar Kvåle, Karan Golestani, Siri Feruglio, Line Vold, Karin Nygård, Robert Whittaker

Introduction: Since their emergence, SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 have spread worldwide. We estimated the risk…
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1003816 CC BY 4.0

PLOS Medicine Transmission of community- and hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings in the UK: A cohort study
October 12, 2021 Yin Mo, David W. Eyre, Sheila F. Lumley, Timothy M. Walker, Robert H. Shaw, Denise O’Donnell, Lisa Butcher, Katie Jeffery, Christl A. Donnelly, Oxford COVID infection review team , Ben S. Cooper

Background: Nosocomial spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been widely reported, but the…
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PLOS ONE COVID-19 health inequities and association with mechanical ventilation and prolonged length of stay at an urban safety-net health system in Chicago
October 13, 2021 Jacquelyn Jacobs, Amy K. Johnson, Arianna Boshara, Bijou Hunt, Christina Khouri, Javier Cruz, Nancy Glick

Millions of Americans have been infected with COVID-19 and communities of color have been disproportionately burdened. We investigated the…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258478 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Patient attendance at a pediatric emergency referral hospital in an area with low COVID-19 incidence
October 14, 2021 Koichi Shichijo, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Takahiro Tayama, Mikiko Takei, Keisuke Fujioka, Akemi Ono, Miki Shono, Kenichi Suga, Reiko Kondo, Takashi Kaimen, Nobuo Arima, Shuji Kondo

The purpose of this study was to clarify the effects of individual infection control measures and physical distancing on pediatric medical…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0257982 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE J-waves in acute COVID-19: A novel disease characteristic and predictor of mortality?
October 14, 2021 Naufal Shamilevich Zagidullin, Lukas J. Motloch, Timur Ilgamovich Musin, Zilya Adibovna Bagmanova, Irina Alexandrovna Lakman, Anton Viktorovich Tyurin, Ruslan Mansurovich Gumerov, Dinar Enikeev, Benzhi Cai, Diana Firdavisovna Gareeva, Paruir Artakovich Davtyan, Damir Aidarovich Gareev, Halima Malikovna Talipova, Marat Rifkatovich Badykov, Peter Jirak, Kristen Kopp, Uta C. Hoppe, Rudin Pistulli, Valentin Nikolaevich Pavlov

Background: J-waves represent a common finding in routine ECGs (5–6%) and are closely linked to ventricular tachycardias. While arrhythmias…
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PLOS ONE Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients seeking COVID-19 testing in a private centre in Malaysia: Is there a role for private healthcare in battling the outbreak?
October 14, 2021 Yock Ping Chow, Brenda Huey Zien Chin, Jin Ming Loo, Loshini R. Moorthy, Jamuna Jairaman, Lian Huat Tan, Wendy Wan Ying Tay

Objective: This cross-sectional observational study summarized the baseline characteristics of subjects who underwent COVID-19 molecular…
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1003820 CC BY 4.0

PLOS Medicine HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and COVID-19 mortality in Stockholm, Sweden: A registry-based cohort study
October 14, 2021 Rita Bergqvist, Viktor H. Ahlqvist, Michael Lundberg, Maria-Pia Hergens, Johan Sundström, Max Bell, Cecilia Magnusson

Background: The relationship between statin treatment and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality has been discussed due to the…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0257892 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Association of abnormal pulmonary vasculature on CT scan for COVID-19 infection with decreased diffusion capacity in follow up: A retrospective cohort study
October 15, 2021 Daniel Salerno, Ifeoma Oriaku, Melinda Darnell, Maarten Lanclus, Jan De Backer, Ben Lavon, Rohit Gupta, Fredric Jaffe, Maria Elena Vega Sanchez, Victor Kim, on behalf of the Temple University Covid-19 Research Group

Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory viral illness causing pneumonia and systemic disease. Abnormalities in…
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PLOS ONE Risk factors for breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection in vaccinated healthcare workers
October 15, 2021 Moza Alishaq, Hanaa Nafady-Hego, Andrew Jeremijenko, Jameela Ali Al Ajmi, Mohamed Elgendy, Suni Vinoy, Sameera Bihi Fareh, Justine Veronica Plaatjies, Mariam Nooh, Nadya Alanzi, Anvar H. Kaleeckal, Ali Nizar Latif, Peter Coyle, Hamed Elgendy, Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra, Adeel Ajwad Butt

Background and objective: The risk factors for breakthrough infections among healthcare workers (HCW) after completion of a full course of…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0258754 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Feasibility of CPAP application and variables related to worsening of respiratory failure in pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: Experience of a tertiary care centre
October 19, 2021 Paola Faverio, Sara Ornaghi, Anna Stainer, Francesca Invernizzi, Mara Borelli, Federica Brunetti, Laura La Milia, Valentina Paolini, Roberto Rona, Giuseppe Foti, Fabrizio Luppi, Patrizia Vergani, Alberto Pesci

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has been successfully applied to patients with COVID-19 to prevent endotracheal intubation.…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0257978 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Understanding an evolving pandemic: An analysis of the clinical time delay distributions of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom
October 20, 2021 Thomas Ward, Alexander Johnsen

Understanding and monitoring the epidemiological time delay dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection provides insights that are key to discerning…
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PLOS ONE Altered smell and taste: Anosmia, parosmia and the impact of long Covid-19
September 24, 2021 Duika L. Burges Watson, Miglena Campbell, Claire Hopkins, Barry Smith, Chris Kelly, Vincent Deary

Background: Qualitative olfactory (smell) dysfunctions are a common side effect of post-viral illness and known to impact quality of life…
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PLOS ONE Predictors of severity and development of critical illness of Egyptian COVID-19 patients: A multicenter study
September 23, 2021 Dalia Omran, Mohamed Al Soda, Eshak Bahbah, Gamal Esmat, Hend Shousha, Ahmed Elgebaly, Muhammad Abdel Ghaffar, Mohamed Alsheikh, Enass El Sayed, Shimaa Afify, Samah Abdel Hafez, Khaled Elkelany, Ayman Eltayar, Omnia Ali, Lamiaa Kamal, Ahmed Heiba

Objectives: We conducted the present multicenter, retrospective study to assess the epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and radiological…
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Fig 3. Summary comparison of seroprevalence rates by analytical methods by Saeed et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence: Navigating the absence of a gold standard
September 23, 2021 Sahar Saeed, Sheila F. O’Brien, Kento Abe, Qi-Long Yi, Bhavisha Rathod, Jenny Wang, Mahya Fazel-Zarandi, Ashleigh Tuite, David Fisman, Heidi Wood, Karen Colwill, Anne-Claude Gingras, Steven J. Drews

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence studies bridge the gap left from case detection, to…
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Fig 2. Clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia 6 months follow-up in primary care (2020). by Ares-Blanco et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia follow-up and long COVID in primary care: A retrospective observational study in Madrid city
September 22, 2021 Sara Ares-Blanco, Marta Pérez Álvarez, Ileana Gefaell Larrondo, Cristina Muñoz, Vanesa Aguilar Ruiz, Marta Castelo Jurado, Marina Guisado-Clavero

Background: Patients with COVID-19 are follow-up in primary care and long COVID is scarcely defined. The study aim was to describe…
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PLOS ONE Use of medicinal plants for COVID-19 prevention and respiratory symptom treatment during the pandemic in Cusco, Peru: A cross-sectional survey
September 22, 2021 Magaly Villena-Tejada, Ingrid Vera-Ferchau, Anahí Cardona-Rivero, Rina Zamalloa-Cornejo, Maritza Quispe-Florez, Zany Frisancho-Triveño, Rosario C. Abarca-Meléndez, Susan G. Alvarez-Sucari, Christian R. Mejia, Jaime A. Yañez

Background: The burden of the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru has led to people seeking alternative treatments as preventives and treatment…
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Fig 1. Radar chart of readiness scores (%) of 13 components of WHO modified COVID-19 hospital readiness checklist among 20 hospitals in Nigeria by Ogoina et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE A national survey of hospital readiness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
September 21, 2021 Dimie Ogoina, Dalhat Mahmood, Abisoye Sunday Oyeyemi, Ogochukwu Chinedum Okoye, Vivian Kwaghe, Zayaid Habib, Uche Unigwe, Michael Onyebuchi Iroezindu, Musa Abubakar Garbati, Stella Rotifa, Olukemi Adekanmbi, Iliyasu Garba, Farouq Muhammad Dayyab, Sanusi Mohammed Ibrahim, Ibrahim Musa Kida, Adamu Adamu, Datonye Alasia, Sati Klein Awang, John Oghenevwirhe Ohaju-Obodo, Rabi Usman, Yahaya Mohammed, Ayanfe Omololu, Ekaete Alice Tobin, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Danny Asogun, Iraoyah Kelly, Bala Waziri, Aliyu Mamman Nauzo, Yusuf Jibrin, Abdulrazaq Garba Habib

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to overwhelm health systems across the globe. We aimed to assess the readiness of hospitals…
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Fig 1. Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG and IgM antibody response in symptomatic pregnant women by Glennon et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Immunological assessment of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy from diagnosis to delivery: A multicentre prospective study
September 20, 2021 Kate Glennon, Jennifer Donnelly, Susan Knowles, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Alma O’Reilly, Siobhan Corcoran, Jennifer Walsh, Roger McMorrow, Tess Higgins, Lucy Bolger, Susan Clinton, Sarah O’Riordan, Alexander Start, Doireann Roche, Helena Bartels, Ciara Malone, Karl McAuley, Anthony McDermott, Rosanna Inzitari, Colm P. F. O’Donnell, Fergal Malone, Shane Higgins, Cillian De Gascun, Peter Doran, Donal J. Brennan

Background: Background Population-based data on SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy and assessment of passive immunity to the neonate, is…
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Fig 1. The Sani nudge hygiene system in a hospital patient room by Hüttel et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Analysis of social interactions and risk factors relevant to the spread of infectious diseases at hospitals and nursing homes
September 20, 2021 Frederik Boe Hüttel, Anne-Mette Iversen, Marco Bo Hansen, Bjarne Kjær Ersbøll, Svend Ellermann-Eriksen, Niels Lundtorp Olsen

Ensuring the safety of healthcare workers is vital to overcome the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We here present an analysis of the social…
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Fig 2. Perceptions of cancer care quality during COVID-19 from cancer patients, survivors and carers by Edge et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Cancer care disruption and reorganisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A patient, carer and healthcare worker perspective
September 17, 2021 Rhiannon Edge, Josh Meyers, Gabriella Tiernan, Zhicheng Li, Alexandra Schiavuzzi, Priscilla Chan, Amy Vassallo, April Morrow, Carolyn Mazariego, Claire E. Wakefield, Karen Canfell, Natalie Taylor

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted cancer care worldwide. Disruptions have been seen across all facets of care. While the…
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PLOS ONE Study protocol of the PEruvian Registry of ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction II (PERSTEMI-II) study
September 17, 2021 Manuel Chacón-Díaz, Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Rodrigo Vargas-Fernández, Guido Bendezu-Quispe

Background: Myocardial infarction (MI) is the most prevalent cardiovascular disease globally and is considered a public health problem. In…
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Fig 1. Map of Ghana showing the Tamale teaching hospital and the SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing facilities used in this study by Nuertey et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Performance of COVID-19 associated symptoms and temperature checking as a screening tool for SARS-CoV-2 infection
September 17, 2021 Benjamin Demah Nuertey, Kwame Ekremet, Abdul-Rashid Haidallah, Kareem Mumuni, Joyce Addai, Rosemary Ivy E. Attibu, Michael C. Damah, Elvis Duorinaa, Anwar Sadat Seidu, Victor C. Adongo, Richard Kujo Adatsi, Hisyovi Caedenas Suri, Abass Abdul-Karim Komei, Braimah Baba Abubakari, Enoch Weyori, Emmanuel Allegye-Cudjoe, Augustina Sylverken, Michael Owusu, Richard O. Phillips

Introduction: Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), which started in late December, 2019, has spread to affect 216 countries and territories…
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PLOS ONE Blood cancer care in a resource limited setting during the Covid-19 outbreak; a single center experience from Sri Lanka
September 17, 2021 Saman Hewamana, Thurairajah Skandarajah, Chathuri Jayasinghe, Samadhi Deshapriya, Dhananjani Senarathna, Gehan Arseculeratne, Mahesh Harischandra, Gnani Somasundaram, Vadivelu Srinivasan, Surjit Somiah, Nihal Munasinghe, Sangeetha Hewawasam, Lalith Ekanayake, Rohini Wadanamby, Geethani Galagoda, Thet Thet Lin, Jayantha Balawardena

Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant morbidity and mortality among patients with cancer. Most countries employed…
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Inauguración del Hospital Municipal de Chiconcuac by Presidencia de la Repúblic, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE The potential impact of triage protocols on racial disparities in clinical outcomes among COVID-positive patients in a large academic healthcare system
September 16, 2021 Shireen Roy, Mary Showstark, Benjamin Tolchin, Nitu Kashyap, Jennifer Bonito, Michelle C. Salazar, Jennifer L. Herbst, Katherine A. Nash, Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, Karen Jubanyik, Nancy Kim, Deron Galusha, Karen H. Wang, Carol Oladele

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact in the United States, particularly for Black populations, and has heavily…
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Fig 2. No association between SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies and fatal outcome in critically ill COVID-19 patients by Youngs et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS Pathogens Identification of immune correlates of fatal outcomes in critically ill COVID-19 patients
September 16, 2021 Jonathan Youngs, Nicholas M. Provine, Nicholas Lim, Hannah R. Sharpe, Ali Amini, Yi-Ling Chen, Jian Luo, Matthew D. Edmans, Panagiota Zacharopoulou, Wentao Chen, Oliver Sampson, Robert Paton, William J. Hurt, David A. Duncan, Anna L. McNaughton, Vincent N. Miao, Susannah Leaver, Duncan L. A. Wyncoll, Jonathan Ball, Philip Hopkins, Oxford Immunology Network Covid-19 response T cell Consortium , Oxford Protective T cell Immunology for COVID-19 (OPTIC) Clinical team , Donal T. Skelly, Eleanor Barnes, Susanna Dunachie, Graham Ogg, Teresa Lambe, Ian Pavord, Alex K. Shalek, Craig P. Thompson, Luzheng Xue, Derek C. Macallan, Philip Goulder, Paul Klenerman, Tihana Bicanic

Prior studies have demonstrated that immunologic dysfunction underpins severe illness in COVID-19 patients, but have lacked an in-depth…
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Fig 1. Changes of refractive error, axial length, and questionnaire before and after coronavirus disease 2019 according to children’s age by Yum et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Influence of coronavirus disease 2019 on myopic progression in children treated with low-concentration atropine
September 14, 2021 Hae Ri Yum, Shin Hae Park, Sun Young Shin

Purpose: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused many children to stay indoors. Increased near work and insufficient…
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Fig 1. Different duration of illness prior to the admission (n = 385, 62.30% of COVOCA cohort) by Pafundi et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Lack of effect on in-hospital mortality of drugs used during COVID-19 pandemic: Findings of the retrospective multicenter COVOCA study
September 14, 2021 Pia Clara Pafundi, Raffaele Galiero, Vittorio Simeon, Luca Rinaldi, Alessandro Perrella, Erica Vetrano, Alfredo Caturano, Maria Alfano, Domenico Beccia, Riccardo Nevola, Raffaele Marfella, Celestino Sardu, Carmine Coppola, Ferdinando Scarano, Paolo Maggi, Pellegrino De Lucia Sposito, Laura Vocciante, Carolina Rescigno, Costanza Sbreglia, Fiorentino Fraganza, Roberto Parrella, Annamaria Romano, Giosuele Calabria, Benedetto Polverino, Antonio Pagano, Carolina Bologna, Maria Amitrano, Vincenzo Esposito, Nicola Coppola, Nicola Maturo, Luigi Elio Adinolfi, Paolo Chiodini, Ferdinando Carlo Sasso, on behalf of COVOCA Study Group

Introduction: During COVID-19 pandemic, the use of several drugs has represented the worldwide clinical practice. However, though the…
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PLOS ONE Examining and investigating the impact of demographic characteristics and chronic diseases on mortality of COVID-19: Retrospective study
September 10, 2021 Abbas Al Mutair, Alya Al Mutairi, Saad Alhumaid, Syed Maaz Abdullah, Abdul Rehman Zia Zaidi, Ali A. Rabaan, Awad Al-Omari

Background: Epidemiological features characterization of COVID-19 is highly important for developing and implementing effective control…
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Stethoscope and heartbeats on red by Marco Verch, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE Estrogen and COVID-19 symptoms: Associations in women from the COVID Symptom Study
September 10, 2021 Ricardo Costeira, Karla A. Lee, Benjamin Murray, Colette Christiansen, Juan Castillo-Fernandez, Mary Ni Lochlainn, Joan Capdevila Pujol, Heather Macfarlane, Louise C. Kenny, Iain Buchan, Jonathan Wolf, Janice Rymer, Sebastien Ourselin, Claire J. Steves, Timothy D. Spector, Louise R. Newson, Jordana T. Bell

It has been widely observed that adult men of all ages are at higher risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19 when compared…
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Fig 2. Gross pathology of macroscopic hemorrhages by Santana et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Hemorrhagic and thrombotic manifestations in the central nervous system in COVID-19: A large observational study in the Brazilian Amazon with a complete autopsy series
September 10, 2021 Monique Freire Santana, Carlos Henrique Michiles Frank, Taynná Vernalha Rocha Almeida, Christiane Maria Prado Jeronimo, Rebecca Augusta de Araújo Pinto, Yasmin Ferreira Martins, Maria Eduarda Leão de Farias, Bruna Guimarães Dutra, José Diego Brito-Sousa, Djane Clarys Baía-da-Silva, Mariana Simão Xavier, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães Lacerda, Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val, Gisely Cardoso Monteiro, Vanderson de Souza Sampaio, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira

SARS-CoV-2 affects mainly the lungs, however, other manifestations, including neurological manifestations, have also been described during…
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Doctor explains cardiogram data, consultation by Marco Verch, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE Real-life use of tocilizumab with or without corticosteroid in hospitalized patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 pneumonia: A retrospective cohort study
September 10, 2021 Gianluca Russo, Angelo Solimini, Paola Zuccalà, Maria Antonella Zingaropoli, Anna Carraro, Patrizia Pasculli, Valentina Perri, Raffaella Marocco, Blerta Kertusha, Cosmo Del Borgo, Emanuela Del Giudice, Laura Fondaco, Tiziana Tieghi, Claudia D’Agostino, Alessandra Oliva, Vincenzo Vullo, Maria Rosa Ciardi, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Miriam Lichtner

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of Tocilizumab (with or without corticosteroids) in a real-life context among moderate-to-severe…
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Fig 1. Emergency departments in the Netherlands (June 2020) by O’Connor et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Preparations of Dutch emergency departments for the COVID-19 pandemic: A questionnaire-based study
September 10, 2021 Rory D. O’Connor, Dennis G. Barten, Gideon H. P. Latten

Background: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was characterized by rapid increases in Emergency department (ED) patient visits. EDs…
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PLOS ONE Enabling teleophthalmology during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Province of Trento, Italy: Design and implementation of a mHealth solution
September 10, 2021 Giulia Malfatti, Elisabetta Racano, Roberta Delle Site, Lorenzo Gios, Stefano Micocci, Marco Dianti, Pietro Benedetto Molini, Francesca Allegrini, Mariangela Ravagni, Monica Moz, Andrea Nicolini, Federica Romanelli

Background: Due to the many restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 emergency, the normal clinical activities have been stopped abruptly…
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PLOS ONE Statins use and COVID-19 outcomes in hospitalized patients
September 10, 2021 Samuel K. Ayeh, Enoch J. Abbey, Banda A. A. Khalifa, Richard D. Nudotor, Albert Danso Osei, Vignesh Chidambaram, Ngozi Osuji, Samiha Khan, Emmanuella L. Salia, Modupe O. Oduwole, Hasiya E. Yusuf, Oluwatobi Lasisi, Esosa Nosakhare, Petros C. Karakousis

Background: There is an urgent need for novel therapeutic strategies for reversing COVID-19-related lung inflammation. Recent evidence has…
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PLOS ONE Elevated C-reactive protein in early COVID-19 predicts worse survival among hospitalized geriatric patients
September 10, 2021 Adeline Villoteau, Marine Asfar, Marie Otekpo, Jocelyne Loison, Jennifer Gautier, Cédric Annweiler, on behalf of the GERIA-COVID study group

Background: The objective of this cohort study was to determine whether elevated CRP in early COVID-19 was associated with 14-day mortality…
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PLOS ONE Health knowledge, health behaviors and attitudes during pandemic emergencies: A systematic review
September 7, 2021 Fabio Alexis Rincón Uribe, Rejane Célia de Souza Godinho, Marcos Antonio Santos Machado, Kleber Roberto da Silva Gonçalves Oliveira, Cristian Ariel Neira Espejo, Natalia Carvalho Vianna de Sousa, Leonardo Lucas de Sousa, Marcos Vinicius Monteiro Barbalho, Pedro Paulo Freire Piani, Janari da Silva Pedroso

Background: People with good health knowledge present a conceptual and objective appropriation of general and specific health topics,…
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PLOS ONE Nurses’ perspectives of taking care of patients with Coronavirus disease 2019: A phenomenological study
September 3, 2021 Sarath Rathnayake, Damayanthi Dasanayake, Sujeewa Dilhani Maithreepala, Ramya Ekanayake, Pradeepa Lakmali Basnayake

The pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought significant pressure on nurses globally as they are the frontline of care.…
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Fig 1. Percentage of select characteristics among laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), by hospitalization status (n = 54)—Colorado, March 2020 by Vahey et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Risk factors for hospitalization among persons with COVID-19—Colorado
September 2, 2021 Grace M. Vahey, Emily McDonald, Kristen Marshall, Stacey W. Martin, Helen Chun, Rachel Herlihy, Jacqueline E. Tate, Breanna Kawasaki, Claire M. Midgley, Nisha Alden, Marie E. Killerby, J. Erin Staples, on behalf of the Colorado Investigation Team

Background: Most current evidence on risk factors for hospitalization because of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) comes from studies…
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PLOS ONE Pulmonary function and six-minute-walk test in patients after recovery from COVID-19: A prospective cohort study
September 2, 2021 Dararat Eksombatchai, Thananya Wongsinin, Thanyakamol Phongnarudech, Kanin Thammavaranucupt, Naparat Amornputtisathaporn, Somnuek Sungkanuparph

Objectives: To study abnormality of spirometry, six-minute walk distance, and chest radiograph among patients recovered from Coronavirus…
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Fig 2. Boxplots of significant differences in physiological respiratory parameters, hospital admissions and COVID-19 by Mälberg et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Physiological respiratory parameters in pre-hospital patients with suspected COVID-19: A prospective cohort study
September 2, 2021 Johan Mälberg, Nermin Hadziosmanovic, David Smekal

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has presented emergency medical services (EMS) worldwide with the difficult task of identifying patients…
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Fig 2. Rate of ICU admission, intubation, ECMO induction, and mortality according to group by Shionoya et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Possibility of deterioration of respiratory status when steroids precede antiviral drugs in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: A retrospective study
September 2, 2021 Yu Shionoya, Toshibumi Taniguchi, Hajime Kasai, Noriko Sakuma, Shun Imai, Kohei Shikano, Shin Takayanagi, Misuzu Yahaba, Taka-aki Nakada, Hidetoshi Igari, Seiichiro Sakao, Takuji Suzuki

Introduction: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Although most patients with…
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Fig 1. Study area: To show where the region is located (sourced self) by Desta et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Impacts of COVID-19 on essential health services in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A pre-post study
August 27, 2021 Abraham Aregay Desta, Tewolde Wubayehu Woldearegay, Estifanos Gebremeskel, Mussie Alemayehu, Theodros Getachew, Gebremedhin Gebregzabiher, Kiros Demoz Ghebremedhin, Degnesh Negash Zgita, Abera Berhe Aregawi, Getachew Redae

Background: COVID-19 has proved to have an indirect impact on essential health services in several parts of the world which could lead to…
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Fig 2. Assessment of methodological quality by Du et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Add-on effect of Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
August 20, 2021 Xuqin Du, Lipeng Shi, Wenfu Cao, Biao Zuo, Aimin Zhou

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a global pandemic since its outbreak in Wuhan, China. It is an urgent task…
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PLOS ONE COVID-19 pandemic: Impact on the management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma at a tertiary care hospital
August 26, 2021 Katharina Pomej, Bernhard Scheiner, Lukas Hartl, Lorenz Balcar, Tobias Meischl, Mattias Mandorfer, Thomas Reiberger, Christian Müller, Michael Trauner, Matthias Pinter

Background: Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represent a vulnerable population potentially negatively affected by…
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Fig 1. ROC curve for D-dimer as a predictor of in-hospital mortality. by Poudel et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE D-dimer as a biomarker for assessment of COVID-19 prognosis: D-dimer levels on admission and its role in predicting disease outcome in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
August 26, 2021 Ayusha Poudel, Yashasa Poudel, Anurag Adhikari, Barun Babu Aryal, Debika Dangol, Tamanna Bajracharya, Anil Maharjan, Rakshya Gautam

Introduction: Coronavirus Disease 2019 is a primarily respiratory illness that can cause thrombotic disorders. Elevation of D-dimer is a…
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Fig 5. LM pathway analysis highlights upregulation of AA-derived LM in non-survivors patients by Palmas et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Dysregulated plasma lipid mediator profiles in critically ill COVID-19 patients
August 26, 2021 Francesco Palmas, Jennifer Clarke, Romain A. Colas, Esteban A. Gomez, Aoife Keogh, Maria Boylan, Natalie McEvoy, Oliver J. McElvaney, Oisin McElvaney, Razi Alalqam, Noel G. McElvaney, Gerard F. Curley, Jesmond Dalli

Coronavirus disease (COVID)-19, as a result of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, has been the direct…
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PLOS ONE Persisting symptoms three to eight months after non-hospitalized COVID-19, a prospective cohort study
August 26, 2021 Arne Søraas, Karl Trygve Kalleberg, John Arne Dahl, Camilla Lund Søraas, Tor Åge Myklebust, Eyvind Axelsen, Andreas Lind, Roar Bævre-Jensen, Silje Bakken Jørgensen, Mette S. Istre, Eyrun F. Kjetland, Giske Ursin

Long-COVID-19 is a proposed syndrome negatively affecting the health of COVID-19 patients. We present data on self-rated health three to…
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PLOS ONE Health emergencies and interoceptive sensibility modulate the perception of non-evidence-based drug use: Findings from the COVID-19 outbreak
August 26, 2021 Gerardo Salvato, Daniela Ovadia, Alessandro Messina, Gabriella Bottini

Scientific evidence plays an important role in the therapeutic decision-making process. What happens when physicians are forced to make…
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PLOS ONE Don’t close the book on tocilizumab for the treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumonia–the jury is still out: The Kuwait experience
August 24, 2021 Yousef Al-Shamali, Yaser M. Ali, Rawan A. Al-Shamali, Maryam Al-Melahi, Farah R. Al-Shammari, Ahmad Alsaber, Wasl Al-Adsani

Purpose: This cross-sectional observational study aims to report preliminary data from the first experience using tocilizumab for patients…
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Fig 1. VA distribution of the patients by Li et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on rhegmatogenous retinal detachment services—Experiences from the Tongren eye center in Beijing
August 19, 2021 Jipeng Li, Meng Zhao, Haicheng She, Aman Chandra

Purpose: To investigate the impact on services for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) patients during the COVID-19 (2019coronal virus…
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Fig 4. Arrhythmogenic Ca2+ release in iPS-CM upon addition of COVID19 serum and treatment with Canakinumab by Dimai et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE COVID19-associated cardiomyocyte dysfunction, arrhythmias and the effect of Canakinumab
August 19, 2021 Sanzio Dimai, Lukas Semmler, Ashok Prabhu, Harald Stachelscheid, Judith Huettemeister, Sandra C. Klaucke, Philipp Lacour, Florian Blaschke, Jan Kruse, Abdul Parwani, Leif-Hendrik Boldt, Lars Bullinger, Burkert M. Pieske, Frank R. Heinzel, Felix Hohendanner

Background: Cardiac injury associated with cytokine release frequently occurs in SARS-CoV-2 mediated coronavirus disease (COVID19) and…
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Fig 3. The violin/scatter plots depict the concern scores as a function of the Covid Impact for six health categories by Kurzhals et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on quality of life in skin cancer patients
August 18, 2021 Jonas K. Kurzhals, Gina Klee, Hauke Busch, Victoria Hagelstein, Detlef Zillikens, Patrick Terheyden, Ewan A. Langan

With more than 82 million cases worldwide and almost two million deaths, the Covid-19 global pandemic shows little sign of abating.…
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Fig 1. Clinical assessments and microbiology by year of admission by Butt et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on microbial keratitis presentation patterns
August 18, 2021 Gibran F. Butt, Alberto Recchioni, George Moussa, James Hodson, Graham R. Wallace, Philip I. Murray, Saaeha Rauz

Background: Microbial keratitis (MK) is the most common non-surgical ophthalmic emergency, and can rapidly progress, causing irreversible…
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Fig 1. Relative importance of predictors of cardiovascular involvement by Beck-Friis et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE No difference in biomarkers of ischemic heart injury and heart failure in patients with COVID-19 who received treatment with chloroquine phosphate and those who did not
August 16, 2021 Josefine Beck-Friis, Susannah Leach, Elmir Omerovic, Rickard Zeijlon, Magnus Gisslen, Aylin Yilmaz

Background: Chloroquine was promoted as a COVID-19 therapeutic early in the pandemic. Most countries have since discontinued the use of…
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PLOS ONE Obesity is independently associated with septic shock, renal complications, and mortality in a multiracial patient cohort hospitalized with COVID-19
August 12, 2021 Gabrielle Page-Wilson, Rachel Arakawa, Samantha Nemeth, Fletcher Bell, Zachary Girvin, Mary-Claire Tuohy, Max Lauring, Blandine Laferrère, Gissette Reyes-Soffer, Karthik Natarajan, RuiJun Chen, Paul Kurlansky, Judith Korner

Background: Obesity has emerged as a risk factor for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. To inform treatment…
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Fig 1. Geometric map of the emergency department showing the four-tier infection response system by Choi et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Efficacy of a four-tier infection response system in the emergency department during the coronavirus disease-2019 outbreak
August 12, 2021 Arom Choi, Ha Yan Kim, Ara Cho, Jiyoung Noh, Incheol Park, Hyun Soo Chung

Introduction: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has delayed the management of other serious medical conditions. This study…
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PLOS ONE Serological prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and associated factors in healthcare workers in a “non-COVID” hospital in Mexico City
August 12, 2021 Esteban Cruz-Arenas, Elizabeth Cabrera-Ruiz, Sara Laguna-Barcenas, Claudia A. Colin-Castro, Tatiana Chavez, Rafael Franco-Cendejas, Clemente Ibarra, Javier Perez-Orive

Background: Mexico is one of the countries with the highest number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic. In spite of this high mortality,…
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Fig 1. Mortality rate due to COVID-19 in Brazil and regions in the period from 12ª to 53ª epidemiological week by Costa et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Evaluation of the epidemiological behavior of mortality due to COVID-19 in Brazil: A time series study
August 12, 2021 Ketyllem Tayanne da Silva Costa, Thiffany Nayara Bento de Morais, Dayane Caroliny Pereira Justino, Fábia Barbosa de Andrade

The World Health Organization declared, at the end of 2019, a pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, a virus that causes Coronavirus…
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PLOS ONE Changes in the top 25 reasons for primary care visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in a high-COVID region of Canada
August 12, 2021 Ellen Stephenson, Debra A. Butt, Jessica Gronsbell, Catherine Ji, Braden O’Neill, Noah Crampton, Karen Tu

Purpose: We aimed to determine the degree to which reasons for primary care visits changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We used…
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Fig 1. Interleukin (IL)-6 levels and severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA copy number in plasma on admission, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis for combined different variables by Saji et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Combining IL-6 and SARS-CoV-2 RNAaemia-based risk stratification for fatal outcomes of COVID-19
August 11, 2021 Ryo Saji, Mototsugu Nishii, Kazuya Sakai, Kei Miyakawa, Yutaro Yamaoka, Tatsuma Ban, Takeru Abe, Yutaro Ohyama, Kento Nakajima, Taro Hiromi, Reo Matsumura, Naoya Suzuki, Hayato Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Otsuka, Yasufumi Oi, Fumihiro Ogawa, Munehito Uchiyama, Kohei Takahashi, Masayuki Iwashita, Yayoi Kimura, Satoshi Fujii, Ryosuke Furuya, Tomohiko Tamura, Akihide Ryo, Ichiro Takeuchi

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic rapidly increases the use of mechanical ventilation (MV). Such cases further…
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Fig 1. Description of the cohort by Shoaib et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE COVID-19 severity: Studying the clinical and demographic risk factors for adverse outcomes
August 11, 2021 Naila Shoaib, Naila Noureen, Rimsha Munir, Farhad Ali Shah, Noshaba Ishtiaq, Nazia Jamil, Rida Batool, Mohammad Khalid, Ihsan Khan, Naser Iqbal, Nousheen Zaidi

Background: The primary goal of the presented cross-sectional observational study was to determine the clinical and demographic risk…
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PLOS ONE COVID-19 and cause of pregnancy loss during the pandemic: A systematic review
August 11, 2021 Seyyedeh Neda Kazemi, Bahareh Hajikhani, Hamidreza Didar, Sareh Sadat Hosseini, Sara Haddadi, Farima Khalili, Mehdi Mirsaeidi, Mohammad Javad Nasiri

Introduction: The association between Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and abortion has been debated since the beginning of the COVID-19…
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PLOS ONE The tumor patient in the COVID-19 pandemic–an interview-based study of 30 patients undergoing systemic antiproliferative therapy
August 11, 2021 Ulrich Kaiser, Ursula Vehling-Kaiser, Jörg Schmidt, Ana Hoffmann, Florian Kaiser

Introduction: Five months after COVID-19 first occurred and protective regulations were introduced, patients at three outpatient…
PLOS ONE Characteristics and outcomes of acute kidney injury in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A multicenter study by the Turkish society of nephrology
August 10, 2021 Hakki Arikan, Savas Ozturk, Bulent Tokgoz, Belda Dursun, Nurhan Seyahi, Sinan Trabulus, Mahmud Islam, Yavuz Ayar, Numan Gorgulu, Serhat Karadag, Mahmut Gok, Esra Akcali, Feyza Bora, Zeki Aydın, Eda Altun, Elbis Ahbap, Mehmet Polat, Zeki Soypacacı, Ebru Gok Oguz, Sumeyra Koyuncu, Hulya Colak, İdris Sahin, Murside Esra Dolarslan, Ozant Helvacı, Ilhan Kurultak, Zehra Eren, Hamad Dheir, Melike Betul Ogutmen, Dilek Guven Taymez, Dilek Gibyeli Genek, Sultan Ozkurt, Elif Ari Bakır, Enver Yuksel, Tuncay Sahutoglu, Ozgur Akin Oto, Gulsah Boz, Erkan Sengul, Ekrem Kara, Serhan Tuglular

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) and the severity of AKI is linked to adverse…
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Fig 2. Impact of type I IFN-α treatment on SARS-CoV-2-induced weight loss and viral titers by Bessière et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS Pathogens Intranasal type I interferon treatment is beneficial only when administered before clinical signs onset in the SARS-CoV-2 hamster model
August 9, 2021 Pierre Bessière, Marine Wasniewski, Evelyne Picard-Meyer, Alexandre Servat, Thomas Figueroa, Charlotte Foret-Lucas, Amelia Coggon, Sandrine Lesellier, Frank Boué, Nathan Cebron, Blandine Gausserès, Catherine Trumel, Gilles Foucras, Francisco J. Salguero, Elodie Monchatre-Leroy, Romain Volmer

Impaired type I interferons (IFNs) production or signaling have been associated with severe COVID-19, further promoting the evaluation of…
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PLOS Biology Challenges in interpreting cytokine data in COVID-19 affect patient care and management
August 6, 2021 Stephen Y. Wang, Takehiro Takahashi, Alexander B. Pine, William E. Damsky, Michael Simonov, Yanhua Zhang, Elizabeth Kieras, Christina C. Price, Brett A. King, Mark D. Siegel, Gary V. Desir, Alfred I. Lee, Akiko Iwasaki, Hyung J. Chun

Challenges in using cytokine data are limiting Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient management and comparison among different…
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Fig 2. ROC analysis of hematological parameters in the diagnosis of severe COVID-19 patients by Kilercik et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE A new haematocytometric index: Predicting severity and mortality risk value in COVID-19 patients
August 5, 2021 Meltem Kilercik, Özlem Demirelce, Muhittin Abdulkadir Serdar, Parvana Mikailova, Mustafa Serteser

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, is a major public health concern spanning from healthy…
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Fig 4. Multivariable logistic regression analysis for 180-day all-cause mortality after hospital admission by Günster et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE 6-month mortality and readmissions of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A nationwide cohort study of 8,679 patients in Germany
August 5, 2021 Christian Günster, Reinhard Busse, Melissa Spoden, Tanja Rombey, Gerhard Schillinger, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Andreas Schuppert, Christian Karagiannidis

Background: COVID-19 frequently necessitates in-patient treatment and in-patient mortality is high. Less is known about the long-term…
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Fig 1. Study design and estimated pregnancy trimester of SARS-CoV-2 infection by Cosma et al. , CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Preterm birth is not associated with asymptomatic/mild SARS-CoV-2 infection per se: Pre-pregnancy state is what matters
August 5, 2021 Stefano Cosma, Andrea Roberto Carosso, Jessica Cusato, Fulvio Borella, Marco Carosso, Fiammetta Gervasoni, Ilaria Stura, Mario Preti, Valeria Ghisetti, Giovanni Di Perri, Chiara Benedetto

Evidence for the real impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on preterm birth is unclear, as…
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PLOS ONE Anxious temperament and cyberchondria as mediated by fear of COVID-19 infection: A cross-sectional study
August 5, 2021 Włodzimierz Oniszczenko

This study’s main goal was to evaluate the association between anxious temperament and the fear of COVID-19-related self-infection and…
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Use of minimally invasive autopsy during the COVID-19 pandemic and its possibilities in the context of developing countries
August 4, 2021 Deborah Nunes Melo, Tania Mara Coelho, Giovanna Rolim Pinheiro Lima, Carolina Gomes Fernandes, Bruno Cavalcante Fales de Brito Alves, Fernanda Montenegro de Carvalho Araújo, Renata Aparecida de Almeida Monteiro, Jaume Ordi, Paulo Hilário do Nascimento Saldiva, Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti

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PLOS ONE Application of telemedicine in the COVID-19 epidemic: An analysis of Gansu Province in China
August 4, 2021 Yan Wang, Jie Yang, Huijuan Ma, Xinchun Dong, Guangmei Xie, Songning Ye, Juan Du

This paper analyzes the application of various telemedicine services in Gansu Province, China during the COVID-19 epidemic, and summarizes…
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PLOS ONE In-hospital mortality among immunosuppressed patients with COVID-19: Analysis from a national cohort in Spain
August 3, 2021 Inés Suárez-García, Isabel Perales-Fraile, Andrés González-García, Arturo Muñoz-Blanco, Luis Manzano, Martín Fabregate, Jesús Díez-Manglano, Eva Fonseca Aizpuru, Francisco Arnalich Fernández, Alejandra García García, Ricardo Gómez-Huelgas, José-Manuel Ramos-Rincón, on behalf of SEMI-COVID-19 Network

Background: Whether immunosuppressed (IS) patients have a worse prognosis of COVID-19 compared to non-IS patients is not known. The aim of…
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PLOS ONE Examining the potential benefits of the influenza vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: A retrospective cohort analysis of 74,754 patients
August 3, 2021 Susan M. Taghioff, Benjamin R. Slavin, Tripp Holton, Devinder Singh

Introduction: Recently, several single center studies have suggested a protective effect of the influenza vaccine against severe acute…
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Fig 4. Directed acyclic graph describing relationships between the COVID-19 pandemic and a reduction in COPD exacerbations by Alqahtani et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Reduction in hospitalised COPD exacerbations during COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
August 3, 2021 Jaber S. Alqahtani, Tope Oyelade, Abdulelah M. Aldhahir, Renata Gonçalves Mendes, Saeed M. Alghamdi, Marc Miravitlles, Swapna Mandal, John R. Hurst

Background: Reports have suggested a reduction in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during the coronavirus…
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Fig 2. Hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Houston Trauma Service Area (TSA-Q) and Houston Methodist Hospital System over time by Sandoval et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Risk factors for severity of COVID-19 in hospital patients age 18–29 years
July 30, 2021 Micaela Sandoval, Duc T. Nguyen, Farhaan S. Vahidy, Edward A. Graviss

Background: Since February 2020, over 2.5 million Texans have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 20% are young adults at risk for SARS-CoV-2…
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PLOS ONE Trends in COVID-19 cases and clinical management in Veterans Health Administration medical facilities: A national cohort study
July 29, 2021 Maya Aboumrad, Brian Shiner, Natalie Riblet, Hugh Huizenga, Nabin Neupane, Yinong Young-Xu

Objective: We explored longitudinal trends in sociodemographic characteristics, reported symptoms, laboratory findings, pharmacological and…
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Fig 1. Timeline of the study by Arévalos et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Long-term effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on the cardiovascular system, CV COVID registry: A structured summary of a study protocol
July 29, 2021 Victor Arévalos, Luis Ortega-Paz, Diego Fernandez-Rodríguez, Víctor Alfonso Jiménez-Díaz, Jordi Bañeras Rius, Gianluca Campo, Miguel Rodríguez-Santamarta, Armando Pérez de Prado, Antonio Gómez-Menchero, José Francisco Díaz Fernández, Claudia Scardino, Nieves Gonzalo, Alberto Pernigotti, Fernando Alfonso, Ignacio Jesús Amat-Santos, Antonio Silvestro, Alfonso Ielasi, José María de la Torre, Gabriela Bastidas, Josep Gómez-Lara, Manel Sabaté, Salvatore Brugaletta, on behalf of the CV COVID-19 Registry Investigators

Background: Patients presenting with the coronavirus-2019 disease (COVID-19) may have a high risk of cardiovascular adverse events,…
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PLOS ONE A national retrospective study of the association between serious operational problems and COVID-19 specific intensive care mortality risk
July 29, 2021 Harrison Wilde, John M. Dennis, Andrew P. McGovern, Sebastian J. Vollmer, Bilal A. Mateen

Objectives: To describe the relationship between reported serious operational problems (SOPs), and mortality for patients with COVID-19…
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Fig 4. Schematic illustration of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the role of HIF − 1α on SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis by Habibi et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Topological network based drug repurposing for coronavirus 2019
July 29, 2021 Mahnaz Habibi, Golnaz Taheri

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become the current health concern and…
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Fig 1. Pre-pandemic versus pandemic hospital LOS from POD 0–10 for craniotomy and endonasal cohorts by Mallari et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Streamlining brain tumor surgery care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case-control study
July 29, 2021 Regin Jay Mallari, Michael B. Avery, Alex Corlin, Amalia Eisenberg, Terese C. Hammond, Neil A. Martin, Garni Barkhoudarian, Daniel F. Kelly

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic forced a reconsideration of surgical patient management in the setting of scarce resources and risk of…
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Fig 2. Survival curves adjusted for active leprosy and COVID-19 positive household contact representing possible risk factors for the occurrence of COVID-19. by Vinicius et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The influence of leprosy-related clinical and epidemiological variables in the occurrence and severity of COVID-19: A prospective real-world cohort study
July 28, 2021 Selma Regina Penha Silva Cerqueira, Patrícia Duarte Deps, Débora Vilela Cunha, Natanael Victor Furtunato Bezerra, Daniel Holanda Barroso, Ana Bárbara Sapienza Pinheiro, Gecilmara Salviato Pillegi, Taynah Alves Rocha Repsold, Patrícia Shu Kurizky, Simon M. Collin, Ciro Martins Gomes

Background: Protective effects of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccination and clofazimine and dapsone treatment against severe acute…
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PLOS ONE High mortality among kidney transplant recipients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019: Results from the Brazilian multicenter cohort study
July 28, 2021 Lúcio R. Requião-Moura, Tainá Veras de Sandes-Freitas, Laila Almeida Viana, Marina Pontello Cristelli, Luis Gustavo Modelli de Andrade, Valter Duro Garcia, Claudia Maria Costa de Oliveira, Ronaldo de Matos Esmeraldo, Mario Abbud Filho, Alvaro Pacheco-Silva, Katia Cronemberger Sousa, Alessandra Rosa Vicari, Kellen Micheline Alves Henrique Costa, Denise Rodrigues Simão, Marcos Vinicius de Sousa, Juliana Bastos Campos, Ricardo Augusto Monteiro de Barros Almeida, Luciane Mônica Deboni, Miguel Moysés Neto, Juliana Aparecida Zanocco, Helio Tedesco-Silva, José Medina-Pestana, on behalf of COVID-19-KT Brazil

Background: Kidney transplant (KT) recipients are considered a high-risk group for unfavorable outcomes in the course of coronavirus…
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PLOS ONE Early but not late convalescent plasma is associated with better survival in moderate-to-severe COVID-19
July 28, 2021 Neima Briggs, Michael V. Gormally, Fangyong Li, Sabrina L. Browning, Miriam M. Treggiari, Alyssa Morrison, Maudry Laurent-Rolle, Yanhong Deng, Jeanne E. Hendrickson, Christopher A. Tormey, Mahalia S. Desruisseaux

Background: Limited therapeutic options exist for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) is a potential…
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PLOS ONE Lower serum 25(OH)D levels associated with higher risk of COVID-19 infection in U.S. Black women
July 27, 2021 Yvette C. Cozier, Nelsy Castro-Webb, Natasha S. Hochberg, Lynn Rosenberg, Michelle A. Albert, Julie R. Palmer

Objective: Limited evidence suggests that higher levels of serum vitamin D (25(OH)D) protect against SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) infection.…
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Fig 4. Cumulative frequency of observed sedation depth by Flinspach et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE High sedation needs of critically ill COVID-19 ARDS patients—A monocentric observational study
July 27, 2021 Armin Niklas Flinspach, Hendrik Booke, Kai Zacharowski, Ümniye Balaban, Eva Herrmann, Elisabeth Hannah Adam

Background: Therapy of severely affected coronavirus patient, requiring intubation and sedation is still challenging. Recently,…
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PLOS ONE COVID-19 severity and mortality in multiple sclerosis are not associated with immunotherapy: Insights from a nation-wide Austrian registry
July 27, 2021 Gabriel Bsteh, Hamid Assar, Harald Hegen, Bettina Heschl, Fritz Leutmezer, Franziska Di Pauli, Christiane Gradl, Gerhard Traxler, Gudrun Zulehner, Paulus Rommer, Peter Wipfler, Michael Guger, Christian Enzinger, Thomas Berger, for the AUT-MuSC investigators

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic challenges neurologists in counselling patients with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) regarding their risk by…
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Fig 2. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is showing the relative diagnostic performances of creatinine, CRP, D-dimer, ferritin, neutrophils, and SGPTA by Rahman et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Hematological abnormalities and comorbidities are associated with COVID-19 severity among hospitalized patients: Experience from Bangladesh
July 27, 2021 Md. Ashrafur Rahman, Yeasna Shanjana, Md. Ismail Tushar, Tarif Mahmud, Ghazi Muhammad Sayedur Rahman, Zahid Hossain Milan, Tamanna Sultana, Ali Mohammed Lutful Hoq Chowdhury, Mohiuddin Ahmed Bhuiyan, Md. Rabiul Islam, Hasan Mahmud Reza

Background: The hematological abnormalities are assumed to be involved in the disease progression of COVID-19. However, the actual…
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Fig 1. Brazil political-geographic map showing its federative units (states), and the location of the participating centers of REBRACO by Costa et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Facing the COVID-19 pandemic inside maternities in Brazil: A mixed-method study within the REBRACO initiative
July 23, 2021 Maria Laura Costa, Renato T. Souza, Rodolfo C. Pacagnella, Silvana F. Bento, Carolina C. Ribeiro-do-Valle, Adriana G. Luz, Giuliane J. Lajos, Guilherme M. Nobrega, Thayna B. Griggio, Charles M. Charles, Ricardo P. Tedesco, Karayna G. Fernandes, Sérgio H. A. Martins-Costa, Frederico J. A. Peret, Francisco E. Feitosa, Rosiane Mattar, Edson V. Cunha Filho, Janete Vetorazzi, Samira M. Haddad, Carla B. Andreucci, José P. Guida, Mário D. Correa Junior, Marcos A. B. Dias, Leandro G. Oliveira, Elias F. Melo Junior, Carlos A. S. Menezes, Marília G. Q. Luz, Jose G. Cecatti, for the REBRACO Study Group

Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic posed major challenges in obstetric health care services. Preparedness, development, and implementation of…
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Fig 1. Bayesian reanalysis of clinical trials testing the efficacy of remdesivir against COVID-19 by Hoek et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Rethinking remdesivir for COVID-19: A Bayesian reanalysis of trial findings
July 23, 2021 Joyce M. Hoek, Sarahanne M. Field, Ymkje Anna de Vries, Maximilian Linde, Merle-Marie Pittelkow, Jasmine Muradchanian, Don van Ravenzwaaij

Background: Following testing in clinical trials, the use of remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19 has been authorized for use in parts of…
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Fig 1. Experimental model simulating endoscopic examination by Keil et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Commonly available but highly effective protection against SARS-CoV-2 during gastrointestinal endoscopies
July 23, 2021 Radan Keil, Štěpán Hlava, Petr Stanovský, Vladimír Ždímal, Jan Šťovíček, Milan Trojánek, Jiří Drábek, Barbora Frýbová, Vojtěch Petráček, Martin Wasserbauer

Background and aims: SARS-CoV-2 is a worldwide serious health problem. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the number of potentially…
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Fig 1. Clinical features of the cohort by Meis-Pinheiro et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in older adults. A retrospective study in long-term nursing homes in Catalonia
July 23, 2021 Uxío Meis-Pinheiro, Francesc Lopez-Segui, Sandra Walsh, Anton Ussi, Sebastia Santaeugenia, Jose Augusto Garcia-Navarro, Antonio San-Jose, Antoni L. Andreu, Magda Campins, Benito Almirante

The natural history of COVID-19 and predictors of mortality in older adults need to be investigated to inform clinical operations and…
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Fig 3. Laboratory tests of dialysis patients with COVID19 with comparison of baseline and day 7 (for lymphocyte and Albumin levels) and baseline and peak value (for WBC, ferritin, CRP and IL-6) by Ghonimi et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Mortality and associated risk factors of COVID-19 infection in dialysis patients in Qatar: A nationwide cohort study
July 22, 2021 Tarek Abdel Latif Ghonimi, Mohamad Mahmood Alkad, Essa Abdulla Abuhelaiqa, Muftah M. Othman, Musab Ahmed Elgaali, Rania Abdelaziz M. Ibrahim, Shajahan M. Joseph, Hassan Ali Al-Malki, Abdullah Ibrahim Hamad

Context: Patients on maintenance dialysis are more susceptible to COVID-19 and its severe form. We studied the mortality and associated…
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Fig 2. Frequency of severe COVID-19 (death/ICU/ hospitalization ≥10 days) by pre-infection fasting blood glucose, among patients with (in black) and without (in grey) a diagnosis of diabetes by Shauly-Aharonov et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Both high and low pre-infection glucose levels associated with increased risk for severe COVID-19: New insights from a population-based study
July 22, 2021 Michal Shauly-Aharonov, Asher Shafrir, Ora Paltiel, Ronit Calderon-Margalit, Rifaat Safadi, Roee Bicher, Orit Barenholz-Goultschin, Joshua Stokar

Importance: Patients with diabetes are known to be at increased risk for infections including severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)…
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PLOS ONE The impact of medical teleconsultations on general practitioner-patient communication during COVID- 19: A case study from Poland
July 16, 2021 Magdalena Kludacz-Alessandri, Liliana Hawrysz, Piotr Korneta, Grażyna Gierszewska, Wioletta Pomaranik, Renata Walczak

According to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, medical teleconsultations using various technologies have become an important tool to…
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Fig 1. Source of information about COVID-19 among the outpatient service visitors at Debre Markos compressive specialized hospital, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, 2020 by Feleke et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Knowledge, attitude and preventive practice towards COVID-19 and associated factors among outpatient service visitors at Debre Markos compressive specialized hospital, north-west Ethiopia, 2020
July 15, 2021 Bekele Taye Feleke, Mengistu Zelalem Wale, Mesenbet Terefe Yirsaw

Background: COVID-19 is an emerging infectious disease which is a major public health problem worldwide. Given the serious threats imposed…
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PLOS ONE Manifestations of renal system involvement in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia
July 15, 2021 Khaled S. Allemailem, Ahmad Almatroudi, Amjad Ali Khan, Arshad H. Rahmani, Ibrahim S. Almarshad, Fahad S. Alekezem, Nagwa Hassanein, Asmaa M. El-Kady

Background: Although COVID-19 is an acute disease that usually resolves rapidly in most cases, the disease can be fatal and has a mortality…
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PLOS ONE Relation of prior statin and anti-hypertensive use to severity of disease among patients hospitalized with COVID-19: Findings from the American Heart Association’s COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry
July 15, 2021 Lori B. Daniels, Junting Ren, Kris Kumar, Quan M. Bui, Jing Zhang, Xinlian Zhang, Mariem A. Sawan, Howard Eisen, Christopher A. Longhurst, Karen Messer

Background: Statins have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects that may reduce the severity of coronavirus disease 2019…
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Fig 2. The proportion of municipalities attended by TRS in Brazil by region by Montelongo et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE The management of COVID-19 cases through telemedicine in Brazil
July 14, 2021 Alfredo Montelongo, João Luiz Becker, Rudi Roman, Elise Botteselle de Oliveira, Roberto Nunes Umpierre, Marcelo Rodrigues Gonçalves, Rodolfo Silva, Katarzyna Doniec, Ali K. Yetisen

In Dec 2020 Brazil became one of the worldwide epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic with more than 7.2M reported cases. Brazil has a large…
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PLOS ONE Pre-hospital causes for delayed arrival in acute ischemic stroke before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study at two stroke centers in Egypt
July 14, 2021 Hany M. Aref, Hossam Shokri, Tamer M. Roushdy, Fatma Fathalla, Nevine M. El Nahas

Background: In the current study we investigated the causes of pre-hospital delay as this can compromise the patient’s chance to receive…
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Fig 1. Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection model schematic by Jenner et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS Pathogens COVID-19 virtual patient cohort suggests immune mechanisms driving disease outcomes
July 14, 2021 Adrianne L. Jenner, Rosemary A. Aogo, Sofia Alfonso, Vivienne Crowe, Xiaoyan Deng, Amanda P. Smith, Penelope A. Morel, Courtney L. Davis, Amber M. Smith, Morgan Craig

To understand the diversity of immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 and distinguish features that predispose individuals to severe COVID-19, we…
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PLOS ONE Bacterial superinfection in adults with COVID-19 hospitalized in two clinics in Medellín-Colombia, 2020
July 13, 2021 Juan Carlos Cataño-Correa, Jaiberth Antonio Cardona-Arias, Jessica Paola Porras Mancilla, Marcela Tabares García

COVID-19 represents high morbidity and mortality, its complications and lethality have increased due to bacterial superinfections. We…
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Fig 2. Outcome of the patients in each group by Miki et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE On-admission SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia as a single potent predictive marker of critical condition development and mortality in COVID-19
July 13, 2021 Shoji Miki, Hiroaki Sasaki, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Nobuyuki Miyata, Yukihiro Yoshimura, Kazuhito Miyazaki, Takayuki Matsumura, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Tadaki Suzuki, Tetsuro Matano, Ai Kawana-Tachikawa, Natsuo Tachikawa

Background: This study aimed to clarify how SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia is related to COVID-19 critical condition development and mortality in…
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Jefferson City Medical Group could help with shortage of flu shots by KOMUnews, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE Intention to receive vaccine against COVID-19 and associated factors among health professionals working at public hospitals in resource limited settings
July 12, 2021 Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed, Shuma Gosha Kanfe, Mohammedamin Hajure Jarso

Backgrounds: Health professionals are among the frontline of COVID-19 pandemic exposure and identified as a priority target group that need…
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Inauguración del Hospital Municipal de Chiconcuac by Presidencia de la República Mexicana, CC BY 2.0

PLOS ONE Burden of post-COVID-19 syndrome and implications for healthcare service planning: A population-based cohort study
July 12, 2021 Dominik Menges, Tala Ballouz, Alexia Anagnostopoulos, Hélène E. Aschmann, Anja Domenghino, Jan S. Fehr, Milo A. Puhan

Background: Longer-term consequences after SARS-CoV-2 infection are becoming an important burden to societies and healthcare systems. Data…
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Fig 1. Subgroup breakdown for analyses. by Brojakowska et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Comorbidities, sequelae, blood biomarkers and their associated clinical outcomes in the Mount Sinai Health System COVID-19 patients
July 6, 2021 Agnieszka Brojakowska, Abrisham Eskandari, Malik Bisserier, Jeffrey Bander, Venkata Naga Srikanth Garikipati, Lahouaria Hadri, David A. Goukassian, Kenneth M. Fish

With the continuing rise of SARS-CoV2 infection globally and the emergence of various waves in different countries, understanding…
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Fig 1. Weekly incidence and 95% confidence intervals of elective surgeries in 2020 and in the reference years. by Uimonen et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on waiting times for elective surgery patients: A multicenter study
July 6, 2021 Mikko Uimonen, Ilari Kuitunen, Juha Paloneva, Antti P. Launonen, Ville Ponkilainen, Ville M. Mattila

Background: A concern has been that health care reorganizations during the first COVID-19 wave have led to delays in elective surgeries,…
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Fig 3. Clinical parameters during the 7-day study period. by Kim et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Dexamethasone may improve severe COVID-19 via ameliorating endothelial injury and inflammation: A preliminary pilot study
July 2, 2021 Won-Young Kim, Oh Joo Kweon, Min Jae Cha, Moon Seong Baek, Seong-Ho Choi

Dexamethasone provides benefits in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), although data regarding immunological profiles and…
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Fig 3. Impact of COVID-19 on nursing care processes and care delivery. by Anton et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Identifying factors that nurses consider in the decision-making process related to patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic
July 2, 2021 Nicholas Anton, Tera Hornbeck, Susan Modlin, Md Munirul Haque, Megan Crites, Denny Yu

Background: Nurse identification of patient deterioration is critical, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, as patients can…
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Fig 1. S1 IgM titres in COVID-19 patients (recovered and deceased) and asymptomatic subjects. by Marchi et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Characterization of antibody response in asymptomatic and symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection
July 2, 2021 Serena Marchi, Simonetta Viviani, Edmond J. Remarque, Antonella Ruello, Emilio Bombardieri, Valentina Bollati, Gregorio P. Milani, Alessandro Manenti, Giulia Lapini, Annunziata Rebuffat, Emanuele Montomoli, Claudia M. Trombetta

SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is causing high morbidity and mortality burden worldwide with unprecedented strain on health care systems. To…
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Fig 1. Illustration of the modeling framework. by Mahdavi et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE A machine learning based exploration of COVID-19 mortality risk
July 2, 2021 Mahdi Mahdavi, Hadi Choubdar, Erfan Zabeh, Michael Rieder, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, Zsolt Jobbagy, Amirata Ghorbani, Atefeh Abedini, Arda Kiani, Vida Khanlarzadeh, Reza Lashgari, Ehsan Kamrani

Early prediction of patient mortality risks during a pandemic can decrease mortality by assuring efficient resource allocation and…
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Fig 2. Relationship between new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (cumulative rate per month) and national sales volumes of antibiotics, azithromycin, doxycycline, faropenem, and HCQ from January to December 2020. by Sulis et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS Medicine Sales of antibiotics and hydroxychloroquine in India during the COVID-19 epidemic: An interrupted time series analysis
July 1, 2021 Giorgia Sulis, Brice Batomen, Anita Kotwani, Madhukar Pai, Sumanth Gandra

Background: We assessed the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in India on the consumption of antibiotics and…
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PLOS ONE High rate of HSV-1 reactivation in invasively ventilated COVID-19 patients: Immunological findings
July 1, 2021 Jessica Seeßle, Theresa Hippchen, Paul Schnitzler, Julia Gsenger, Thomas Giese, Uta Merle

SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome with the need of invasive ventilation. Pulmonary herpes…
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PLOS ONE How risky is it to visit a supermarket during the pandemic?
July 1, 2021 Alexey A. Tsukanov, Alexandra M. Senjkevich, Maxim V. Fedorov, Nikolai V. Brilliantov

We performed large-scale numerical simulations using a composite model to investigate the infection spread in a supermarket during a…
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Fig 1. Reported indications for use of TCIM during COVID-19. by Lam et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE A public survey of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine use during the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong
July 1, 2021 Chun Sing Lam, Ho Kee Koon, Vincent Chi-Ho Chung, Yin Ting Cheung

Background: During COVID-19, the public actively sought non-pharmacological and self-management approaches to prevent infection. Little is…
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PLOS ONE The impact of the SARS-COV2 infection on the disorder of consciousness rehabilitation unit
June 30, 2021 Silvia Marino, Rosella Ciurleo, Antonino Todaro, Antonella Alagna, Anna Lisa Logiudice, Francesco Corallo, Caterina Formica, Carmela Rifici, Patrizia Pollicino, Fabrizia Caminiti, Elisabetta Morini, Placido Bramanti

Background and objective: Disorders of consciousness include coma (cannot be aroused, eye remain closed), vegetative state—VS (can appear…
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Fig 2. Comparison of unadjusted trends in psychiatry consults between 2019 and 2020 cohorts. by McDowell et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Evaluating the association between COVID-19 and psychiatric presentations, suicidal ideation in an emergency department
June 30, 2021 Michal J. McDowell, Carrie E. Fry, Mladen Nisavic, Mila Grossman, Charles Masaki, Emily Sorg, Suzanne Bird, Felicia Smith, Scott R. Beach

Objective: To estimate the association between COVID-19 and Emergency Department (ED) psychiatric presentations, including suicidal…
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PLOS ONE Biomarkers of cytokine storm as red flags for severe and fatal COVID-19 cases: A living systematic review and meta-analysis
June 29, 2021 Ana Karla G. Melo, Keilla M. Milby, Ana Luiza M. A. Caparroz, Ana Carolina P. N. Pinto, Rodolfo R. P. Santos, Aline P. Rocha, Gilda A. Ferreira, Viviane A. Souza, Lilian D. A. Valadares, Rejane M. R. A. Vieira, Gecilmara S. Pileggi, Virgínia F. M. Trevisani

Objective: To describe the laboratory parameters and biomarkers of the cytokine storm syndrome associated with severe and fatal COVID-19…
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Fig 1. Timeline of the laboratory preparedness and response in the Americas Region to the COVID-19 outbreak, 31 December 2019 to 24 February 2020. by Leite et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE COVID-19 laboratory preparedness and response in the Americas Region: Lessons learned
June 29, 2021 Juliana Almeida Leite, Lionel Gresh, Andrea Vicari, Jean Marc Gabastou, Enrique Perez, Sylvain Aldighieri, SARINET laboratories Network , Jairo Mendez-Rico

By the time the etiologic agent of the COVID-19 was identified as a novel coronavirus, no country in the Americas Region had laboratory…
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Fig 1. Distribution of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody S/CO index measured by three chemiluminescence immunoassays according to days after onset. by Lee et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Comparison of three serological chemiluminescence immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2, and clinical significance of antibody index with disease severity
June 29, 2021 Nuri Lee, Seri Jeong, Min-Jeong Park, Wonkeun Song

Background: The clinical significance of the quantitative value of antibodies in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…
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Fig 2. Primary study overlap matrix (percentage) across included systematic reviews*. by Ciapponi et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE COVID-19 and pregnancy: An umbrella review of clinical presentation, vertical transmission, and maternal and perinatal outcomes
June 29, 2021 Agustín Ciapponi, Ariel Bardach, Daniel Comandé, Mabel Berrueta, Fernando J. Argento, Federico Rodriguez Cairoli, Natalia Zamora, Victoria Santa María, Xu Xiong, Sabra Zaraa, Agustina Mazzoni, Pierre Buekens

Background: We conducted an overview of systematic reviews (SRs) summarizing the best evidence regarding the effect of COVID-19 on maternal…
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PLOS ONE Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelets-to-lymphocyte ratio, and eosinophils correlation with high-resolution computer tomography severity score in COVID-19 patients
June 28, 2021 Milena Adina Man, Ruxandra-Mioara Rajnoveanu, Nicoleta Stefania Motoc, Cosmina Ioana Bondor, Ana Florica Chis, Andrei Lesan, Ruxandra Puiu, Sergiu-Remus Lucaciu, Elena Dantes, Bianca Gergely-Domokos, Ovidiu Fira-Mladinescu

Inflammation has an important role in the progression of various viral pneumonia, including COVID-19. Circulating biomarkers that can…
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Fig 1. Pattern of worry scores of COVID-19 crisis by hospital. by Deressa et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Risk perceptions and preventive practices of COVID-19 among healthcare professionals in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
June 25, 2021 Wakgari Deressa, Alemayehu Worku, Workeabeba Abebe, Muluken Gizaw, Wondwossen Amogne

Healthcare professionals are at higher risk of contracting the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Although appropriate preventive…
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PLOS ONE Impact of Covid-19 on attendances for a 1^st episode of reduced fetal movements: A retrospective observational study
June 25, 2021 Laia Marques-Fernandez, Swati Sharma, Una Mannu, Hsu Phern Chong

Background: Prior studies have demonstrated an increased stillbirth rate. It was suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted on…
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Fig 1. Mortality rates over time in adults with COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome or acute respiratory failure. by Yeates et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Improved outcomes over time for adult COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or acute respiratory failure
June 25, 2021 Eric O. Yeates, Jeffry Nahmias, Justine Chinn, Brittany Sullivan, Stephen Stopenski, Alpesh N. Amin, Ninh T. Nguyen

Background: COVID-19’s pulmonary manifestations are broad, ranging from pneumonia with no supplemental oxygen requirements to acute…
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PLOS ONE Estimating ventilation rates in rooms with varying occupancy levels: Relevance for reducing transmission risk of airborne pathogens
June 24, 2021 Arminder K. Deol, Danny Scarponi, Peter Beckwith, Tom A. Yates, Aaron S. Karat, Ada W. C. Yan, Kathy S. Baisley, Alison D. Grant, Richard G. White, Nicky McCreesh

Background: In light of the role that airborne transmission plays in the spread of SARS-CoV-2, as well as the ongoing high global mortality…
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PLOS ONE Determinant of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine among school teachers in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia
June 24, 2021 Simegnew Handebo, Maereg Wolde, Kegnie Shitu, Ayenew Kassie

Background: Scientists across the world are working on innovating a successful vaccine that will save lives and end COVID-19 pandemic.…
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Fig 3. Statin use, after hospitalization. by Chow et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE The protective association between statins use and adverse outcomes among COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
June 24, 2021 Ronald Chow, James Im, Nicholas Chiu, Leonard Chiu, Rahul Aggarwal, Jihui Lee, Young-Geun Choi, Elizabeth Horn Prsic, Hyun Joon Shin

Introduction: Statins may reduce a cytokine storm, which has been hypothesized as a possible mechanism of severe COVID-19 pneumonia. The…
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Fig 1. Histogram of intervals between estimated origin dates and first cases (Origin) and between upper bounds of 95% confidence intervals and first cases (95% CI). by Roberts et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS Pathogens Dating first cases of COVID-19
June 24, 2021 David L. Roberts, Jeremy S. Rossman, Ivan Jarić

Questions persist as to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence is building that its origin as a zoonotic spillover occurred prior…
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Fig 1. Correlation heatmap between self-defined ethnicities and pre-existing conditions. by Cavallaro et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS Computational Biology Contrasting factors associated with COVID-19-related ICU admission and death outcomes in hospitalised patients by means of Shapley values
June 23, 2021 Massimo Cavallaro, Haseeb Moiz, Matt J. Keeling, Noel D. McCarthy

Identification of those at greatest risk of death due to the substantial threat of COVID-19 can benefit from novel approaches to…
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PLOS ONE COVID-19 pneumonia in Galicia (Spain): Impact of prognostic factors and therapies on mortality and need for mechanical ventilation
June 23, 2021 Luis Pérez-de-Llano, Eva María Romay-Lema, Adolfo Baloira-Villar, Christian Anchorena, María Luisa Torres-Durán, Adrián Sousa, Dolores Corbacho-Abelaira, José Paz-Ferrin, Carmen Diego-Roza, Laura Vilariño-Maneiro, Pedro J. Marcos, Carmen Montero-Martínez, Fernando de la Iglesia-Martínez, Vanessa Riveiro-Blanco, Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez, José Abal-Arca, María Bustillo-Casado, Rafael Golpe

Introduction: This study was aimed to identify risk factors associated with unfavorable outcomes (composite outcome variable: mortality and…
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Fig 2. Map of national seroprevalence studies reporting population-wide estimates. by Natural Earth and Bobrovitz et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Global seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: A systematic review and meta-analysis
June 23, 2021 Niklas Bobrovitz, Rahul Krishan Arora, Christian Cao, Emily Boucher, Michael Liu, Claire Donnici, Mercedes Yanes-Lane, Mairead Whelan, Sara Perlman-Arrow, Judy Chen, Hannah Rahim, Natasha Ilincic, Mitchell Segal, Nathan Duarte, Jordan Van Wyk, Tingting Yan, Austin Atmaja, Simona Rocco, Abel Joseph, Lucas Penny, David A. Clifton, Tyler Williamson, Cedric P. Yansouni, Timothy Grant Evans, Jonathan Chevrier, Jesse Papenburg, Matthew P. Cheng

Background: Many studies report the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies. We aimed to…
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Fig 1. Odds ratios for critical and fatal illness according to body mass index. by Kang and Kong, CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Body mass index and severity/fatality from coronavirus disease 2019: A nationwide epidemiological study in Korea
June 22, 2021 In Sook Kang, Kyoung Ae Kong

Objective: Obesity has been reported as a risk factor for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in recent studies. However, the…
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PLOS ONE Blood coagulation parameter abnormalities in hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 in Ethiopia
June 21, 2021 Shambel Araya, Mintesnot Aragaw Mamo, Yakob Gebregziabher Tsegay, Asegdew Atlaw, Aschalew Aytenew, Abebe Hordofa, Abebe Edao Negeso, Moges Wordofa, Tirhas Niguse, Mahlet Cheru, Zemenu Tamir

Background: Coagulopathy and thromboembolic events are among the complications of Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Abnormal…
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Fig 1. Logistic growth curve of the COVID-19 pandemic. by Kaimann and Tanneberg, CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE What containment strategy leads us through the pandemic crisis? An empirical analysis of the measures against the COVID-19 pandemic
June 21, 2021 Daniel Kaimann, Ilka Tanneberg

Since January 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak has been progressing at a rapid pace. To keep the pandemic at bay, countries have implemented…
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3D-printed physical model of SARS-CoV-2 by NIH, CC-0 Public Domain

PLOS ONE Predictors of severity and mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Rhode Island
June 18, 2021 Aakriti Pandita, Fizza S. Gillani, Yiyun Shi, Anna Hardesty, Meghan McCarthy, Jad Aridi, Dimitrios Farmakiotis, Silvia S. Chiang, Curt G. Beckwith

Background: In order for healthcare systems to prepare for future waves of COVID-19, an in-depth understanding of clinical predictors is…
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Fig 2. The position of the simulation box, native ligand, and cluster of spheres relative to the receptor. by Purwati et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE An in vitro study of dual drug combinations of anti-viral agents, antibiotics, and/or hydroxychloroquine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus isolated from hospitalized patients in Surabaya, Indonesia
June 18, 2021 Purwati, Andang Miatmoko, Nasronudin, Eryk Hendrianto, Deya Karsari, Aristika Dinaryanti, Nora Ertanti, Igo Syaiful Ihsan, Disca Sandyakala Purnama, Tri Pudy Asmarawati, Erika Marfiani, Yulistiani, Alfian Nur Rosyid, Prastuti Asta Wulaningrum, Herley Windo Setiawan, Imam Siswanto, Ni Nyoman Tri Puspaningsih

A potent therapy for the infectious coronavirus disease COVID-19 is urgently required with, at the time of writing, research in this area…
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Fig 3. Scatterplot of the incidence rate of tuberculosis (TB) in 1990 versus (a) the cumulative mortality rate of COVID-19 and (b) the cumulative incidence rate of COVID-19 on 5 April 2020 according to BCG vaccination status among 90 countries. by Inoue and Kashima, CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Association of the past epidemic of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with mortality and incidence of COVID-19
June 18, 2021 Kazuo Inoue, Saori Kashima

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has created…
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Fig 1. Culminating measures model for the general population. by Shumway et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Predictors of compliance with COVID-19 related non-pharmaceutical interventions among university students in the United States
June 18, 2021 Spencer G. Shumway, Jonas D. Hopper, Ethan R. Tolman, Daniel G. Ferguson, Gabriella Hubble, David Patterson, Jamie L. Jensen

The world is currently dealing with a devastating pandemic. Although growing COVID-19 case numbers, deaths, and hospitalizations are…
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Fig 3. Care needs of previously self-care patients after inpatient treatment of COVID-19 (n = 59). by Herrmann et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE COVID-19 in persons aged 70+ in an early affected German district: Risk factors, mortality and post-COVID care needs—A retrospective observational study of hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients
June 18, 2021 Matthias L. Herrmann, Johannes-Martin Hahn, Birgit Walter-Frank, Desiree M. Bollinger, Kristina Schmauder, Günter Schnauder, Michael Bitzer, Nisar P. Malek, Gerhard W. Eschweiler, Siri Göpel

Background: Cohorts of hospitalized COVID-19 patients have been studied in several countries since the beginning of the pandemic. So far,…
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Fig 3. Cumulative weekly case counts from March 1 to May 16, 2020 for the United States, New York, Washington, and Louisiana, as estimated by each method and the reported cases. by Lu et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS Computational Biology Estimating the cumulative incidence of COVID-19 in the United States using influenza surveillance, virologic testing, and mortality data: Four complementary approaches
June 17, 2021 Fred S. Lu, Andre T. Nguyen, Nicholas B. Link, Mathieu Molina, Jessica T. Davis, Matteo Chinazzi, Xinyue Xiong, Alessandro Vespignani, Marc Lipsitch, Mauricio Santillana

Effectively designing and evaluating public health responses to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic requires accurate estimation of the…
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Fig 1. Pathogen reproductive number, R_t, plotted against the ratio of contacts needing tracing to contact tracing capacity for variable delays (1/τ_Is) of 1–5 and 10 days between case symptom onset and the start of contact tracing (including getting tested and receiving result). by Gardner and Kilpatrick, CC BY 4.0

PLOS Computational Biology Contact tracing efficiency, transmission heterogeneity, and accelerating COVID-19 epidemics
June 17, 2021 Billy J. Gardner, A. Marm Kilpatrick

Simultaneously controlling COVID-19 epidemics and limiting economic and societal impacts presents a difficult challenge, especially with…
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PLOS ONE Post-infectious and post-acute sequelae of critically ill adults with COVID-19
June 17, 2021 Halah Ibrahim, Syed Athar, Thana Harhara, Shahad Abasaeed Elhag, Salma MElnour, Hoor H. Sukkar, Ashraf M. Kamour

Background: Data on the post-acute and post-infectious complications of patients who have recovered from severe coronavirus disease 2019…
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Fig 2. Heat map of symptomatic and sample of asymptomatic patients displaying time of enrollment, survey completion, time of symptom development, and follow-up. by Marcus et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Predictors of incident viral symptoms ascertained in the era of COVID-19
June 17, 2021 Gregory M. Marcus, Jeffrey E. Olgin, Noah D. Peyser, Eric Vittinghoff, Vivian Yang, Sean Joyce, Robert Avram, Geoffrey H. Tison, David Wen, Xochitl Butcher, Helena Eitel, Mark J. Pletcher

Background: In the absence of universal testing, effective therapies, or vaccines, identifying risk factors for viral infection,…
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Fig 2. Antibody titers (AU/mL) classified by age group, gender and region of residence of donors. by Muttamba et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Feasibility of collecting and processing of COVID-19 convalescent plasma for treatment of COVID-19 in Uganda
June 17, 2021 Winters Muttamba, John Lusiba, Loryndah Olive Namakula, Pauline Byakika-Kibwika, Francis Ssali, Henry Ddungu, Levicatus Mugenyi, Noah Kiwanuka, Rogers Sekibira, Cissy Kityo, Dorothy Keyune, Susan Acana, Ambrose Musinguzi, Ayub Masasi, Joseph Byamugisha, David Mpanju, Walter Jack Musoki, Hellen Aanyu Tukamuhebwa, Fred Nakwagala, Bernard Sentalo Bagaya, Alex Kayongo, Ivan Kimuli, Rebecca Nantanda, Winceslaus Katagira, Esther Buregyeya, Rosemary Byanyima, Baterana Byarugaba, Trishul Siddharthan, Henry Mwebesa, Olaro Charles, Moses Lutaakome Joloba, William Bazeyo, Bruce Kirenga

Introduction: Evidence that supports the use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) for treatment of COVID-19 is increasingly emerging.…
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Fig 1. Histograms and smoothed density plots of the documented shedding (blue) and documented resolution (red) distributions. by Phillips et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Duration of SARS-CoV-2 shedding: A population-based, Canadian study
June 17, 2021 Susan P. Phillips, Xuejiao Wei, Jeffrey C. Kwong, Jonathan Gubbay, Kevin L. Schwartz, Anna Majury, Patti A. Groome

Introduction: There is an evidence gap regarding the duration of SARS-CoV-2 shedding and of its variability across different care settings…
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Fig 1. Patient distribution of the 4704 included patients in Germany. by Gessler et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Clinical outcome, risk assessment, and seasonal variation in hospitalized COVID-19 patients—Results from the CORONA Germany study
June 17, 2021 Nele Gessler, Melanie A. Gunawardene, Peter Wohlmuth, Dirk Arnold, Juergen Behr, Christian Gloeckner, Klaus Herrlinger, Thomas Hoelting, Ulrich-Frank Pape, Ruediger Schreiber, Axel Stang, Claas Wesseler, Stephan Willems, Charlotte Arms, Christoph U. Herborn

Background: After one year of the pandemic and hints of seasonal patterns, temporal variations of in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 are…
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Fig 1. Crude and directly standardized mortality rates in Switzerland for the period 1970–2020 (data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office and the Human Mortality Database). by Locatelli and Rousson, CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE A first analysis of excess mortality in Switzerland in 2020
June 17, 2021 Isabella Locatelli, Valentin Rousson

Objective: To quantify excess all-cause mortality in Switzerland in 2020, a key indicator for assessing direct and indirect consequences of…
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Fig 1. Axial Computed Tomography images of a 59 years-old male affected by COVID-19, hospitalized in a COVID-19 ward, demonstrating the applied method of measurements of muscle densitometry. by Giraudo et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Reduced muscle mass as predictor of intensive care unit hospitalization in COVID-19 patients
June 17, 2021 Chiara Giraudo, Giovanni Librizzi, Giulia Fichera, Raffaella Motta, Elisabetta Balestro, Fiorella Calabrese, Giovanni Carretta, Anna Maria Cattelan, Paolo Navalesi, Michela Pelloso, Mario Plebani, Federico Rea, Roberto Vettor, Andrea Vianello, Roberto Stramare

Purpose: To evaluate if reduced muscle mass, assessed with Computed Tomography (CT), is a predictor of intensive care unit (ICU)…
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PLOS ONE Reported health and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable populations and implemented solutions in six West African countries: A media content analysis
June 16, 2021 Khalida Saalim, Kwame S. Sakyi, Fatema-Tuz-Zohra, Emily Morrison, Prince Owusu, Sarah L. Dalglish, Mufaro Kanyangarara

Coronavirus has spread worldwide with over 140 million cases and resulting in more than 3 million deaths between November 2019 to April…
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Fig 2. Forest plot of the prevalence of COVID-19 in ESRD patients with RRT. by Nopsopon et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Covid-19 in end-stage renal disease patients with renal replacement therapies: A systematic review and meta-analysis
June 15, 2021 Tanawin Nopsopon, Jathurong Kittrakulrat, Kullaya Takkavatakarn, Thanee Eiamsitrakoon, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Krit Pongpirul

Background: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, showed various prevalence and case-fatality rates (CFR) among patients…
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Fig 1. Comparison of clinic characteristics of COVID-19 patients in Mild-Moderate and Severe-Critically Severe groups (n = 196). by Luo et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE The selection of indicators from initial blood routine test results to improve the accuracy of early prediction of COVID-19 severity
June 15, 2021 Jiaqing Luo, Lingyun Zhou, Yunyu Feng, Bo Li, Shujin Guo

The global pandemic of COVID-19 poses a huge threat to the health and lives of people all over the world, and brings unprecedented…
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Fig 1. Sex and age-stratified COVID-19 incidence estimates by region (A, B and C), Peru, 2020. by Ramírez-Soto et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Sex differences in the incidence, mortality, and fatality of COVID-19 in Peru
June 14, 2021 Max Carlos Ramírez-Soto, Hugo Arroyo-Hernández, Gutia Ortega-Cáceres

Background: There is a worrying lack of epidemiological data on the sex differential in COVID-19 infection and death rates between the…
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PLOS ONE Ayurveda botanicals in COVID-19 management: An in silico multi-target approach
June 11, 2021 Swapnil Borse, Manali Joshi, Akash Saggam, Vedika Bhat, Safal Walia, Aniket Marathe, Sneha Sagar, Preeti Chavan-Gautam, Aboli Girme, Lal Hingorani, Girish Tillu

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2 has become a global pandemic in a very short time span. Currently, there…
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Fig 1. Mortality Trends in COVID-19 admissions. by Coppock et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE COVID-19 treatment combinations and associations with mortality in a large multi-site healthcare system
June 11, 2021 Dagan Coppock, Michael Baram, Anna Marie Chang, Patricia Henwood, Alan Kubey, Ross Summer, John Zurlo, Michael Li, Bryan Hess

Introduction: During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, mortality associated with the disease declined in the United States. The…
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Fig 3. IgG levels in the patients during the three visits. by Alzaabi et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Longitudinal changes in IgG levels among COVID-19 recovered patients: A prospective cohort study
June 11, 2021 Ashraf Hassan Alzaabi, Luai A. Ahmed, Abdulla E. Rabooy, Ali Al Zaabi, Mohammed Alkaabi, Falah AlMahmoud, Mai Farouk Hamed, Khalid Omar Bashaeb, Abdul Rahim Bakhsh, Suha Adil, Nadeen Elmajed, Ahmed Nigm Abousalha, Ahmad Kanaan Uwaydah, Khulood Al Mazrouei

Objectives: To quantify SARS-CoV2 IgG antibody titers over time and assess the longevity of the immune response in a multi-ethnic…
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Fig 1. Stability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a swab of saliva mixed with eNAT (A) or saliva diluted 1:2 with eNAT (B). by Banik et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva using a guanidium based transport medium suitable for RT-PCR diagnostic assays
June 11, 2021 Sukalyani Banik, Kaheerman Saibire, Shraddha Suryavanshi, Glenn Johns, Soumitesh Chakravorty, Robert Kwiatkowski, David Alland, Padmapriya P. Banada

Background: Upper respiratory samples used to test for SARS-CoV-2 virus may be infectious and present a hazard during transport and…
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PLOS ONE Stay-at-home orders associate with subsequent decreases in COVID-19 cases and fatalities in the United States
June 10, 2021 James H. Fowler, Seth J. Hill, Remy Levin, Nick Obradovich

Governments issue “stay-at-home” orders to reduce the spread of contagious diseases, but the magnitude of such orders’ effectiveness…
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Fig 1. Different slices of CT scans representing each patients group. by Alves et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Automatic algorithm for quantifying lung involvement in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, infection with SARS-CoV-2, paracoccidioidomycosis and no lung disease patients
June 10, 2021 Allan Felipe Fattori Alves, José Ricardo Arruda Miranda, Fabiano Reis, Abner Alves Oliveira, Sérgio Augusto Santana Souza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza, Suzana Erico Tanni, José Thiago Souza Castro, Diana Rodrigues Pina

In this work, we aimed to develop an automatic algorithm for the quantification of total volume and lung impairments in four different…
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PLOS ONE Nurses’ core disaster-response competencies for combating COVID-19—A cross-sectional study
June 10, 2021 Igor Karnjuš, Mirko Prosen, Sabina Ličen

The core competencies in disaster nursing, nurses’ roles in disaster management and the potential barriers are assessed with a view to…
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Fig 1. Stay-at-home measure and number of new infections, Tokyo. by Watanabe and Yabu, CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Japan’s voluntary lockdown
June 10, 2021 Tsutomu Watanabe, Tomoyoshi Yabu

Japan’s government has taken a number of measures, including declaring a state of emergency, to combat the spread COVID-19. We examine the…
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Fig 1. Differences between German and Austrian GPs in their evaluation of the pandemic (Austria: n = 900; Germany: n = 1287). by Siebenhofer et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE COVI-Prim survey: Challenges for Austrian and German general practitioners during initial phase of COVID-19
June 10, 2021 Andrea Siebenhofer, Sebastian Huter, Alexander Avian, Karola Mergenthal, Dagmar Schaffler-Schaden, Ulrike Spary-Kainz, Herbert Bachler, Maria Flamm

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a significant challenge to health care systems around the world. A…
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PLOS ONE Low level SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected in plasma samples from a cohort of Nigerians: Implications for blood transfusion
June 10, 2021 Azuka Patrick Okwuraiwe, Chika Kingsley Onwuamah, Joseph Ojonugwa Shaibu, Samuel Olufemi Amoo, Fehintola Anthonia Ige, Ayorinde Babatunde James, Leona Chika Okoli, Abul-Rahman Ahmed, Jamda Ponmak, Judith O. Sokei, Sulaimon Akanmu, Babatunde Lawal Salako, Rosemary Ajuma Audu

The present global pandemic triggered by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has lingered for over a year in…
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PLOS ONE Investigation of superspreading COVID-19 outbreak events in meat and poultry processing plants in Germany: A cross-sectional study
June 10, 2021 Roman Pokora, Susan Kutschbach, Matthias Weigl, Detlef Braun, Annegret Epple, Eva Lorenz, Stefan Grund, Juergen Hecht, Helmut Hollich, Peter Rietschel, Frank Schneider, Roland Sohmen, Katherine Taylor, Isabel Dienstbuehl

Since May 2020, several COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred in the German meat industry despite various protective measures, and temperature…
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PLOS ONE Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in the staff of a public school system in the midwestern United States
June 10, 2021 Lilah Lopez, Thao Nguyen, Graham Weber, Katlyn Kleimola, Megan Bereda, Yiling Liu, Emma K. Accorsi, Steven J. Skates, John P. Santa Maria Jr., Kendal R. Smith, Mark Kalinich

Since March 2020, the United States has lost over 580,000 lives to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which…
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Fig 1. Viability of SARS-CoV-2 on stainless steel after exposure to simulated sunlight. by Sloan et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Simulated sunlight decreases the viability of SARS-CoV-2 in mucus
June 10, 2021 Angela Sloan, Todd Cutts, Bryan D. Griffin, Samantha Kasloff, Zachary Schiffman, Mable Chan, Jonathan Audet, Anders Leung, Darwyn Kobasa, Derek R. Stein, David Safronetz, Guillaume Poliquin

The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has spread into a pandemic since its emergence in Wuhan, China in December of 2019. This has been…
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Fig 1. Variability in SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody response. by Schaefer et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Corona Virus Disease-19 serology, inflammatory markers, hospitalizations, case finding, and aging
June 10, 2021 Ernst J. Schaefer, Latha Dulipsingh, Florence Comite, Jessica Jimison, Martin M. Grajower, Nathan E. Lebowitz, Maxine Lang, Andrew S. Geller, Margaret R. Diffenderfer, Lihong He, Gary Breton, Michael L. Dansinger, Ben Saida, Chong Yuan

Most deaths from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection occur in older subjects. We assessed the utility…
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PLOS ONE Screening for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR: Saliva or nasopharyngeal swab? Rapid review and meta-analysis
June 10, 2021 Nusaïbah Ibrahimi, Agnès Delaunay-Moisan, Catherine Hill, Gwénaël Le Teuff, Jean-François Rupprecht, Jean-Yves Thuret, Dan Chaltiel, Marie-Claude Potier

Background: Diagnosis of COVID-19 in symptomatic patients and screening of populations for SARS-CoV-2 infection require access to…
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Fig 1. Treatment outcome among patients admitted with COVID-19 in WURH treatment. by Tolossa et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Time to recovery from COVID-19 and its predictors among patients admitted to treatment center of Wollega University Referral Hospital (WURH), Western Ethiopia: Survival analysis of retrospective cohort study
June 10, 2021 Tadesse Tolossa, Bizuneh Wakuma, Dejene Seyoum Gebre, Emiru Merdassa Atomssa, Motuma Getachew, Getahun Fetensa, Diriba Ayala, Ebisa Turi

Introduction: Despite its alarming spread throughout the world, no effective drug and vaccine is discovered for COVID-19 so far. According…
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Fig 1. Distribution of treatment modalities over time. by Malhani et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Combination of (interferon beta-1b, lopinavir/ritonavir and ribavirin) versus favipiravir in hospitalized patients with non-critical COVID-19: A cohort study
June 10, 2021 Areej A. Malhani, Mushira A. Enani, Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari, Mona R. Alghareeb, Roaa T. Bin-Brikan, Safar A. AlShahrani, Rabih Halwani, Imad M. Tleyjeh

Objectives: Our study aims at comparing the efficacy and safety of IFN-based therapy (lopinavir/ritonavir, ribavirin, and interferon β-1b)…
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Fig 1. Racial discrepancies between NMH 2019 kidney transplant recipients and the SARS-CoV 2 positive kidney transplant recipient cohort. by Nahi et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Renal allograft function in kidney transplant recipients infected with SARS-CoV 2: An academic single center experience
June 10, 2021 Skylar L. Nahi, Aneesha A. Shetty, Sajal D. Tanna, Joseph R. Leventhal

Background: Kidney transplant recipients are a unique cohort in regard to SARS-CoV 2 susceptibility and clinical course, owing to their…
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Fig 1. The numbers of matched nasopharyngeal and saliva samples. by Ota et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Detection of SARS-CoV-2 using qRT-PCR in saliva obtained from asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 patients, comparative analysis with matched nasopharyngeal samples
June 10, 2021 Kenji Ota, Katsunori Yanagihara, Daisuke Sasaki, Norihito Kaku, Naoki Uno, Kei Sakamoto, Kosuke Kosai, Taiga Miyazaki, Hiroo Hasegawa, Ayumi Fujita, Masato Tashiro, Takeshi Tanaka, Koichi Izumikawa, Koya Ariyoshi, Hiroshi Mukae, Jiro Yasuda, Kouichi Morita, Shigeru Kohno

Objectives: The accurate detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is essential for the diagnosis of…
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Fig 3. Survival curves, regarding the primary outcome, comparing HCQ/AZI and control group. by Saib et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Lack of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia: A retrospective study
June 9, 2021 Anis Saib, Walid Amara, Pascal Wang, Simon Cattan, Azeddine Dellal, Kais Regaieg, Stephane Nahon, Olivier Nallet, Lee S. Nguyen

Background: Hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin (HCQ/AZI) has initially been used against coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). In…
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Fig 1. Generation of SARS-CoV2-SP-pseudotyped lentivirus particles (SCoV-2-SP-PVs). by Ao et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Identification and evaluation of the inhibitory effect of Prunella vulgaris extract on SARS-coronavirus 2 virus entry
June 9, 2021 Zhujun Ao, Mable Chan, Maggie Jing Ouyang, Titus Abiola Olukitibi, Mona Mahmoudi, Darwyn Kobasa, Xiaojian Yao

Until now, antiviral therapeutic agents are still urgently required for treatment or prevention of SARS-coronavirus 2 (SCoV-2) virus…
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PLOS ONE Influence of thromboembolic events in the prognosis of COVID-19 hospitalized patients. Results from a cross sectional study
June 9, 2021 Francisco Purroy, Gloria Arqué

Background: COVID-19 may predispose to both venous and arterial thromboembolism event (TEE). Reports on the prevalence and prognosis of…
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Fig 2. Estimated basic reproduction numbers (R₀) for countries across the globe. by Kong et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Social, economic, and environmental factors influencing the basic reproduction number of COVID-19 across countries
June 9, 2021 Jude Dzevela Kong, Edward W. Tekwa, Sarah A. Gignoux-Wolfsohn

Objective: To assess whether the basic reproduction number (R0) of COVID-19 is different across countries and what national-level…
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PLOS ONE Severe COVID-19 pneumonia: Perfusion analysis in correlation with pulmonary embolism and vessel enlargement using dual-energy CT data
June 8, 2021 Florian Poschenrieder, Stefanie Meiler, Matthias Lubnow, Florian Zeman, Janine Rennert, Gregor Scharf, Jan Schaible, Christian Stroszczynski, Michael Pfeifer, Okka W. Hamer

Background: Gas exchange in COVID-19 pneumonia is impaired and vessel obstruction has been suspected to cause ventilation-perfusion…
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Fig 1. The global model collects local models updates. by Abdul Salam et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE COVID-19 detection using federated machine learning
June 8, 2021 Mustafa Abdul Salam, Sanaa Taha, Mohamed Ramadan

The current COVID-19 pandemic threatens human life, health, and productivity. AI plays an essential role in COVID-19 case classification…
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PLOS ONE Excess mortality by specific causes of deaths in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, during the COVID-19 pandemic
June 7, 2021 Gisele Aparecida Fernandes, Antonio Paulo Nassar Junior, Gulnar Azevedo e Silva, Diego Feriani, Ivan Leonardo Avelino França e Silva, Pedro Caruso, Maria Paula Curado

Background: To investigate the excess of deaths by specific causes, in the first half of 2020 in the city of São Paulo-Brazil, during the…
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Fig 3. Representative case without COVID-19 pneumonia. by Hwang et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE COVID-19 pneumonia on chest X-rays: Performance of a deep learning-based computer-aided detection system
June 7, 2021 Eui Jin Hwang, Ki Beom Kim, Jin Young Kim, Jae-Kwang Lim, Ju Gang Nam, Hyewon Choi, Hyungjin Kim, Soon Ho Yoon, Jin Mo Goo, Chang Min Park

Chest X-rays (CXRs) can help triage for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in resource-constrained environments, and a computer-aided…
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Fig 2. Timeline of SARS-CoV-2 R.1 lineage emergence and country-specific percentages of global cases. by Hirotsu and Omata, CC BY 4.0

PLOS Pathogens Detection of R.1 lineage severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with spike protein W152L/E484K/G769V mutations in Japan
June 7, 2021 Yosuke Hirotsu, Masao Omata

We aimed to investigate novel emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineages in Japan that harbor variants…
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Fig 2. Marginal effects of temperature (t-14) on Covid-19 fatalities (direct effect with DFE estimates). by Damette et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Meteorological factors against COVID-19 and the role of human mobility
June 4, 2021 Olivier Damette, Clément Mathonnat, Stéphane Goutte

In the vein of recent empirical literature, we reassessed the impact of weather factors on Covid-19 daily cases and fatalities in a panel…
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Fig 1. Relative excess mortality among Californians 18–65 years of age, March through November 2020. by Chen et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among Californians 18–65 years of age, by occupational sector and occupation: March through November 2020
June 4, 2021 Yea-Hung Chen, Maria Glymour, Alicia Riley, John Balmes, Kate Duchowny, Robert Harrison, Ellicott Matthay, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

Background: Though SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks have been documented in occupational settings and in-person essential work has been suspected as a…
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Fig 2. Proportions of pooling of secretions and recommendations of oral intake in COVID-19 patients treated in the ICU at the time of the first FEES examination. by Osbeck Sandblom et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Characterization of dysphagia and laryngeal findings in COVID-19 patients treated in the ICU—An observational clinical study
June 4, 2021 Hanna Osbeck Sandblom, Hans Dotevall, Kristina Svennerholm, Lisa Tuomi, Caterina Finizia

Background: Dysphagia appears to be common in patients with severe COVID-19. Information about the characteristics of dysphagia and…
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Fig 2. Day 0 plasma ACE2 in COVID-19 positive patients by clinical outcome group and ROC curve. by Kragstrup et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Plasma ACE2 predicts outcome of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients
June 4, 2021 Tue W. Kragstrup, Helene Søgaard Singh, Ida Grundberg, Ane Langkilde-Lauesen Nielsen, Felice Rivellese, Arnav Mehta, Marcia B. Goldberg, Michael R. Filbin, Per Qvist, Bo Martin Bibby

Aims: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) binds to angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) enabling entrance of the…
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PLOS ONE Assessment of depressive symptoms in patients with COVID-19 during the second wave of epidemic in Myanmar: A cross-sectional single-center study
June 4, 2021 Ye Minn Htun, Kyaw Thiha, Aung Aung, Nay Myo Aung, Thet Wai Oo, Pyae Sone Win, Nay Hein Sint, Kaung Myat Naing, Aung Khant Min, Kyaw Myo Tun, Kyaw Hlaing

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a great impact on every aspect of society. All countries launched…
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Fig 1. Baseline and highest or lowest values for selected laboratory values in ESKD and non-ESKD groups. by Kamel et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE End-stage kidney disease and COVID-19 in an urban safety-net hospital in Boston, Massachusetts
June 4, 2021 Mohamed Hassan Kamel, Hassan Mahmoud, Aileen Zhen, Jing Liu, Catherine G. Bielick, Anahita Mostaghim, Nina Lin, Vipul Chitalia, Titilayo Ilori, Sushrut S. Waikar, Ashish Upadhyay

Introduction: End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients are at a high risk for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this study, we…
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Fig 1. Schematic diagram of the contact tracing model. by James et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Successful contact tracing systems for COVID-19 rely on effective quarantine and isolation
June 3, 2021 A. James, M. J. Plank, S. Hendy, R. Binny, A. Lustig, N. Steyn, A. Nesdale, A. Verrall

Models of contact tracing often over-simplify the effects of quarantine and isolation on disease transmission. We develop a model that…
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Fig 1. Data extraction and processing. by Tortolero et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Leveraging a health information exchange for analyses of COVID-19 outcomes including an example application using smoking history and mortality
June 3, 2021 Guillermo A. Tortolero, Michael R. Brown, Shreela V. Sharma, Marcia C. de Oliveira Otto, Jose-Miguel Yamal, David Aguilar, Matt D. Gunther, Dania I. Mofleh, Rachel D. Harris, Jemima C. John, Paul S. de Vries, Ryan Ramphul, Dritana Marko Serbo, Jennifer Kiger, Deborah Banerjee, Nick Bonvino, Angela Merchant, Warren Clifford, Jenny Mikhail, Hua Xu, Robert E. Murphy, Qiang Wei, Farhaan S. Vahidy, Alanna C. Morrison, Eric Boerwinkle

Understanding sociodemographic, behavioral, clinical, and laboratory risk factors in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 is critically…
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Fig 2. PCA plot of IgM and IgG pan-CoV responses. by Chaudhury et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Serological profiles of pan-coronavirus-specific responses in COVID-19 patients using a multiplexed electro-chemiluminescence-based testing platform
June 3, 2021 Sidhartha Chaudhury, Jack Hutter, Jessica S. Bolton, Shilpa Hakre, Evelyn Mose, Amy Wooten, William O’Connell, Joseph Hudak, Shelly J. Krebs, Janice M. Darden, Jason A. Regules, Clinton K. Murray, Kayvon Modjarrad, Paul Scott, Sheila Peel, Elke S. Bergmann-Leitner

Serological assessment of SARS-CoV-2 specific responses are an essential tool for determining the prevalence of past SARS-CoV-2 infections…
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Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, CC-0 Public Domain

PLOS ONE The benefits of coronavirus suppression: A cost-benefit analysis of the response to the first wave of COVID-19 in the United States
June 3, 2021 James Broughel, Michael Kotrous

This paper estimates the benefits and costs of state suppression policies to “bend the curve” during the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in…
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Fig 1. Flowchart of patients included in our analysis. by Sen et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Inhaled corticosteroids do not adversely impact outcomes in COVID-19 positive patients with COPD: An analysis of Cleveland Clinic’s COVID-19 registry
June 3, 2021 Payal Sen, Uddalak Majumdar, Joe Zein, Umur Hatipoğlu, Amy H. Attaway

Inhaled Corticosteroids (ICS) are commonly prescribed to patients with severe COPD and recurrent exacerbations. It is not known what…
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Fig 2. A one-way disposable sampling valve protected participants. by Snitz et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Proof of concept for real-time detection of SARS CoV-2 infection with an electronic nose
June 2, 2021 Kobi Snitz, Michal Andelman-Gur, Liron Pinchover, Reut Weissgross, Aharon Weissbrod, Eva Mishor, Roni Zoller, Vera Linetsky, Abebe Medhanie, Sagit Shushan, Eli Jaffe, Noam Sobel

Rapid diagnosis is key to curtailing the Covid-19 pandemic. One path to such rapid diagnosis may rely on identifying volatile organic…
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Fig 1. Timing of NPIs by country. by Banholzer et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Estimating the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the number of new infections with COVID-19 during the first epidemic wave
June 2, 2021 Nicolas Banholzer, Eva van Weenen, Adrian Lison, Alberto Cenedese, Arne Seeliger, Bernhard Kratzwald, Daniel Tschernutter, Joan Puig Salles, Pierluigi Bottrighi, Sonja Lehtinen, Stefan Feuerriegel, Werner Vach

The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly developed into a global epidemic. To control its spread, countries have implemented…
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Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, CC-0 Public Domain

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Ivermectin as a potential treatment for COVID-19?