Risk factors of severe COVID-19: a review of host, viral and environmental factors

L Zsichla, V Müller - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The clinical course and outcome of COVID-19 are highly variable, ranging from
asymptomatic infections to severe disease and death. Understanding the risk factors of …

Low incidence of COVID-19 case severity and mortality in Africa; Could malaria co-infection provide the missing link?

SA Osei, RP Biney, AS Anning, LN Nortey… - BMC Infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Background Despite reports of malaria and coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) co-
infection, malaria-endemic regions have so far recorded fewer cases of COVID-19 and …

Prevalence and characteristics of malaria among COVID-19 individuals: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and analysis of case reports

P Wilairatana, FR Masangkay, KU Kotepui… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The world population is currently at a very high risk of Coronavirus disease-
2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of COVID-19 and malaria coinfection on clinical outcomes: a retrospective cohort study

R Hussein, M Guedes, N Ibraheim, MM Ali… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Despite the possibility of concurrent infection with COVID-19 and malaria, little is
known about the clinical course of coinfected patients. We analysed the clinical outcomes of …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria control in Africa: A preliminary analysis

L Gao, Q Shi, Z Liu, Z Li, X Dong - Tropical Medicine and Infectious …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Malaria remains a significant public health concern in Africa, and the emerging coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have negatively impacted malaria control. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and clinical presentation in individuals exposed to endemic malaria

K Tapela, DA Prah, B Tetteh, F Nuokpem, D Dosoo… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Ghana and other parts of West Africa have experienced lower COVID-19 mortality rates than
other regions. This phenomenon has been hypothesized to be associated with previous …

Occupational health of frontline healthcare workers in the United Arab Emirates during the COVID-19 pandemic: a snapshot of summer 2020

S Ajab, B Ádam, M Al Hammadi, N Al Bastaki… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The study aim was to understand the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) and
the levels of anxiety, depression, and burnout of healthcare workers (HCWs) in the United …

Global Stability of a reaction–diffusion malaria/COVID-19 coinfection dynamics model

AM Elaiw, AD Al Agha - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new virus which infects
the respiratory system and causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The …

The ecoimmunology of health and disease: the hygiene hypothesis and plasticity in human immune function

AD Blackwell - Annual Review of Anthropology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The original hygiene hypothesis proposed that certain diseases derive from low levels of
early-life microbial exposure. Since then, the hypothesis has been applied to numerous …

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and co-infection with malaria during the first wave of the pandemic (the Burkina Faso case)

D López-Farfán, RS Yerbanga… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Africa accounts for 1.5% of the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and
2.7% of deaths, but this low incidence has been partly attributed to the limited testing …