Coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2: a brief overview

S Ludwig, A Zarbock - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2020 - journals.lww.com
In late December 2019, several cases of pneumonia of unknown origin were reported from
China, which in early January 2020 were announced to be caused by a novel coronavirus …

Comparison of confirmed COVID‐19 with SARS and MERS cases‐Clinical characteristics, laboratory findings, radiographic signs and outcomes: a systematic review …

A Pormohammad, S Ghorbani… - Reviews in Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Within this large‐scale study, we compared clinical symptoms, laboratory
findings, radiographic signs, and outcomes of COVID‐19, SARS, and MERS to find unique …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus nonstructural proteins 3, 4, and 6 induce double-membrane vesicles

MM Angelini, M Akhlaghpour, BW Neuman… - MBio, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Coronaviruses (CoV), like other positive-stranded RNA viruses, redirect and rearrange host
cell membranes for use as part of the viral genome replication and transcription machinery …

General hospital staff worries, perceived sufficiency of information and associated psychological distress during the A/H1N1 influenza pandemic

P Goulia, C Mantas, D Dimitroula, D Mantis… - BMC infectious …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background Health care workers (HCWs) presented frequent concerns regarding
their health and their families' health and high levels of psychological distress during …

Inactivation of SARS coronavirus by means of povidone-iodine, physical conditions and chemical reagents

H Kariwa, N Fujii, I Takashima - Dermatology, 2006 - karger.com
The efficacy of several povidone-iodine (PVP-I) products, a number of other chemical agents
and various physical conditions were evaluated for their ability to inactivate the severe acute …

Impact on health care workers employed in high-risk areas during the Toronto SARS outbreak

R Styra, L Hawryluck, S Robinson… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: A number of publications focusing on health care workers (HCWs) during a
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak have suggested that HCWs …

[HTML][HTML] Off label, compassionate and irrational use of medicines in Covid-19 pandemic, health consequences and ethical issues

FJR Paumgartten, ACAX Oliveira - Ciencia & saude coletiva, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Abstract When Covid-19 emerged in December last year, there was no vaccine nor was
there specific effective treatment for this fast-spreading and life-threatening viral respiratory …

What's new with the old coronaviruses?

C Ogimi, YJ Kim, ET Martin, HJ Huh… - Journal of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Coronaviruses contribute to the burden of respiratory diseases in children, frequently
manifesting in upper respiratory symptoms considered to be part of the “common cold.” …

Predicting epidemics on directed contact networks

LA Meyers, MEJ Newman, B Pourbohloul - Journal of theoretical biology, 2006 - Elsevier
Contact network epidemiology is an approach to modeling the spread of infectious diseases
that explicitly considers patterns of person-to-person contacts within a community. Contacts …

Comparative pathogenesis of bovine and porcine respiratory coronaviruses in the animal host species and SARS-CoV-2 in humans

LJ Saif, K Jung - Journal of clinical microbiology, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Discovery of bats with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-related coronaviruses
(CoVs) raised the specter of potential future outbreaks of zoonotic SARS-CoV-like disease in …