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1. General information / SARS-CoV-2
General information from the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection on the novel corona virus can be found here.
General questions about the coronavirus (symptoms, procedure, frequent occurrence and prevention) are answered on the AGES (Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety Ltd.) website here.
Dashboard COVID-19
The AGES dashboard COVID-19 provides the public with current figures on the development of COVID-19 in Austria.
On Mathematical Aspects of COVID-19 Modeling - EpiMath Austria
The motivation for this site is mainly to provide a little more insight into some of the standard mathematical and epidemiological methods used in modeling COVID-19, in a way that is accessible to a lay (but interested) audience. The methods described here are well known in the respective scientific communities. The team present an analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria using two standard approaches of mathematical epidemiology: an SEIR compartmental model and a method for so-called "R-Nowcasting" – estimating the effective reproduction number of the disease.
TEAM:
- Group "SEIR": Manu Eder, Joachim Hermisson, Michal Hledik, Christiane Hütter, Eugenia Iofinova, Rahul Pisupati, Jitka Polechova (Department of Epidemiology | Medical University Vienna & Faculty for Mathematics | University of Vienna), Gemma Puixeu, Srdjan Sarikas, Benjamin Wölfl, Claudia Zimmermann (Department of Epidemiology | Medical University Vienna).
- Group "Nowcasting": Mathias Beiglböck, Paulina Cebula, Anne Grass, Manu Eder, Joachim Hermisson, Eugenia Iofinova, Kory Johnson, Jitka Polechova, Rafael Reisenhofer, Daniel Toneian, Benjamin Wölfl.:
General information of the WHO on the novel corona virus SARS-CoV-2 can be found here. Under this site, latest updates are posted here.
WHO / Country & Technical Guidance - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). All technical guidance by topic can be found here.
Mapping 2019-nCoV: An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University can be found here.
2. Recent Literature
Tim F. Liao, Fernando De Maio
Association of Social and Economic Inequality With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Incidence and Mortality Across US Counties
JAMA Netw Open, January 20, 2021;4(1):e2034578. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34578
Kim, J.H., Marks, F. & Clemens, J.D.
Looking beyond COVID-19 vaccine phase 3 trials.
Nat Med, January 19, 2021. doi; 10.1038/s41591-021-01230-y
BMJ News
Covid-19: Norway investigates 23 deaths in frail elderly patients after vaccination
BMJ January 15, 2021; 372 doi: 10.1136/bmj.n149
Science
COVID-19 measures also suppress flu—for now
Science, Kelly Servick, 15 Jan 2021: Vol. 371, doi : 10.1126/science.371.6526.224
NATURE NEWS, David Cyranoski
Alarming COVID variants show vital role of genomic surveillance
Efforts to track SARS-CoV-2 sequences have helped identify worrying variants — but researchers are blind to emerging mutations in some regions.
NATURE, January 15, 2021
NATURE NEWS, Michael Marshall
COVID’s toll on smell and taste: what scientists do and don’t know. Researchers are studying the sensory impact of the coronavirus, how long it lasts and what can be done to treat it.
NATURE, January 14, 2021
Eric J. Rubin, Lindsey R. Baden, Salim S. Abdool Karim and Stephen Morrissey
Audio Interview: Covid-19 in South Africa and a New SARS-CoV-2 Variant
N Engl J Med, January 14, 2021; 384:e14. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe2100736
BMJ News
Covid-19: Past infection provides 83% protection for five months but may not stop transmission, study finds
BMJ, January 14, 2021; 372. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n124
Jerald Sadoff, M.D., Mathieu Le Gars, Ph.D., Georgi Shukarev, M.D., Dirk Heerwegh, Ph.D., Carla Truyers, Ph.D., Anne M. de Groot, Ph.D., Jeroen Stoop, Ph.D., Sarah Tete, Ph.D., Wim Van Damme, M.D., Isabel Leroux-Roels et al.
Interim Results of a Phase 1–2a Trial of Ad26.COV2.S Covid-19 Vaccine
NEJM, January 13, 2021. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2034201
BMJ News
Covid-19: Convalescent plasma may cut deaths in patients not on ventilation, study indicates
BMJ 2021; 372. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n130
BMJ News
Covid-19: Arthritis drugs improve survival in intensive care patients, shows study
BMJ 2021, January 8, 2021. doi 10.1136/bmj.n61
Adam S. Lauring, Emma B. Hodcroft
Genetic Variants of SARS-CoV-2—What Do They Mean?
JAMA. Published online January 6, 2021. doi 10.1001/jama.2020.27124
Contou, D., Fraissé, M., Pajot, O. et al.
Comparison between first and second wave among critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to a French ICU: no prognostic improvement during the second wave?
Crit Care 25, January 5, 2021. doi 10.1186/s13054-020-03449-6
Cuvelier, P., Roux, H., Couëdel-Courteille, A. et al.
Protective reactive thymus hyperplasia in COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome
Crit Care 25, January 4, 2021. doi 10.1186/s13054-020-03440-1
Fernando P. Polack,Stephen J. Thomas,Nicholas Kitchin, Judith Absalon, M.D., Alejandra Gurtman, Stephen Lockhart, John L. Perez,Gonzalo Pérez Marc, Edson D. Moreira et al.
Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine
The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL of MEDICINE, December 31, 2020. doi 10.1056/NEJMoa2034577
Deepti Gurdasani, Claudia Hanson, Niel Hens, Emil Iftekhar, Michelle Kelly-Irving, Peter Klimek, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Andreas Peichl, Matjaž Perc, Francesco Sannino, Eva Schernhammer, Alexander Schmidt, Anthony Staines, Ewa Szczurek
Calling for pan-European commitment for rapid and sustained reduction in SARS-CoV-2 infections
The Lancet, December 18, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32625-8
McLellan Alastair, Godlee Fiona
Covid 19: Christmas relaxation will overwhelm services
BMJ, December 15, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m4847
Nature NEWS, Nicola Jones
How COVID-19 is changing the cold and flu season
Measures meant to tame the coronavirus pandemic are quashing influenza and most other respiratory diseases, which could have wide-ranging implications.
Nature, December 15, 2020
O’Dowd Adrian
Covid-19: Avoid indoor mixing over Christmas or risk third wave, warns iSAGE
BMJ, December 14, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m4832
David M. Knipe, Ofer Levy, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Elke Mühlberger
Ensuring vaccine safety
Science, December 11, 2020, Issue 6522. doi 10.1126/science.abf0357
Jenna J. Guthmiller, Patrick C. Wilson
Remembering seasonal coronaviruses
Science, December 11, 2020, doi 10.1126/science.abf4860
Christopher R. Polage, Mark J. Lee, Christopher Hubbard et al.
Assessment of an Online Tool to Simulate the Effect of Pooled Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Populations
JAMA Netw Open, December 10, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.31517
David Wendler, Jorge Ochoa, Joseph Millum, Christine Grady, Holly A. Taylor
COVID-19 vaccine trial ethics once we have efficacious vaccines
Science, December 11, 2020, Vol. 370. doi 10.1126/science.abf5084
Ning Rosenthal, Zhun Cao, PhD1; Jake Gundrum et al.
Risk Factors Associated With In-Hospital Mortality in a US National Sample of Patients With COVID-19
JAMA Netw Open., December 10, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.29058
Stuart M. Butler
Four COVID-19 Lessons for Achieving Health Equity
JAMA, December 8, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.23553
The Lancet
Climate and COVID-19: converging crises
The Lancet, December 2, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32579-4
Pastor-Barriuso Roberto, Pérez-Gómez Beatriz, Hernán Miguel A, Pérez-Olmeda Mayte, Yotti Raquel, Oteo-Iglesias Jesús et al.
Infection fatality risk for SARS-CoV-2 in community dwelling population of Spain: nationwide seroepidemiological study
BMJ, November 27, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m4509
News, Mahase Elisabeth
Covid-19: UK government asks regulator to assess Oxford vaccine as questions are raised over interim data
BMJ, November 27, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m4670
News, Mahase Elisabeth
Covid-19: What do we know about the late stage vaccine candidates?
BMJ, November 24, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m4576
Christina L. Bajema, Ryan E. Wiegand, Kendra Cuffe et al.
Estimated SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in the US as of September 2020
JAMA Intern Med. Published online November 24, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7976
Brad Spellberg, Travis B. Nielsen, Arturo Casadevall
Antibodies, Immunity, and COVID-19
JAMA Intern Med. Published online November 24, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7986
NATURE NEWS, David Cyranoski
Why emergency COVID-vaccine approvals pose a dilemma for scientistsImmunizations are speeding towards approval before clinical trials end, but scientists say this could complicate efforts to study long-term effects.
Nature, November 23, 2020
Maheshi N Ramasamy, Angela M Minassian, Katie J Ewer, Amy L Flaxman,Pedro M Folegatti, Daniel R Owens, MRCPCH et al.
Safety and immunogenicity of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine administered in a prime-boost regimen in young and old adults (COV002): a single-blind, randomised, controlled, phase 2/3 trial
The Lancet, November 18, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32466-1
Stephen J. Nicholls, A. Michael Lincoff, Michelle Garcia et al.
Effect of High-Dose Omega-3 Fatty Acids vs Corn Oil on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients at High Cardiovascular RiskThe STRENGTH Randomized Clinical Trial
JAMA, November 15, 2020. doi 10.1001/jama.2020.22258
Mulchandani R, Jones HE, Taylor-Phillips S, Shute J, Perry K, Jamarani S et al.
Accuracy of UK Rapid Test Consortium (UK-RTC) “AbC-19 Rapid Test” for detection of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection in key workers: test accuracy study
BMJ, November 11, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m4262
Ewen Callaway
Russia announces positive COVID-vaccine results from controversial trial. Developers of the Sputnik V vaccine announce phase III results, two days after Pfizer and BioNTech released the first compelling evidence that a vaccine can protect against coronavirus infection
Nature, News, November 11, 2020
Ewen Callaway
What Pfizer’s landmark COVID vaccine results mean for the pandemic. Scientists welcome the first compelling evidence that a vaccine can prevent COVID-19. But questions remain about how much protection it offers, to whom and for how long.
Nature, News, November 9, 2020
Kai Kupferschmidt
Europe is locking down again—but its strategy is unclear
Science, November 6, 2020, Vol. 370, Issue 6517, pp. 644-645. doi 10.1126/science.370.6517.644 .
Noel C. Chan, Karen Li, Jack Hirsh
Peripheral Oxygen Saturation in Older Persons Wearing Nonmedical Face Masks in Community Settings
JAMA, October 30, 2020. doi 10.1001/jama.2020.21905
Lukas Zenk, Gerald Steiner, Miguel Pina e Cunha, Manfred D. Laubichler, Martin Bertau, Martin J. Kainz, Carlo Jäger and Eva S. Schernhammer
Fast Response to Superspreading: Uncertainty and Complexity in the Context of COVID-19
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, October 27, 2020. doi 10.3390/ijerph17217884
You Li, Harry Campbell, Durga Kulkarni,Alice Harpur, Madhurima Nundy, Xin Wang et al.
The temporal association of introducing and lifting non-pharmaceutical interventions with the time-varying reproduction number (R) of SARS-CoV-2: a modelling study across 131 countries
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, October 22, 2020. doi 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30785-4
Clift Ash K, Coupland Carol A C, Keogh Ruth H, Diaz-Ordaz Karla, Williamson Elizabeth, Harrison Ewen M et al.
Living risk prediction algorithm (QCOVID) for risk of hospital admission and mortality from coronavirus 19 in adults: national derivation and validation cohort study
BMJ, October 20, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m3731
Saad B. Omer,Inci Yildirim, Howard P. Forman
Herd Immunity and Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Control
JAMA, October 19, 2020. doi 10.1001/jama.2020.20892
Naci H, Kesselheim AS, Røttingen J-A, Salanti G, Vandvik PO, Cipriani A.
Producing and using timely comparative evidence on drugs: lessons from clinical trials for covid-19
BMJ, October 16, 2002. doi 10.1136/bmj.m3869
Kai Kupferschmidt, Science
Remdesivir and interferon fall flat in WHO’s megastudy of COVID-19 treatments
Science, October 16, 2020. doi:10.1126/science.abf1946
Nisreen A Alwan, Rochelle Ann Burgess, Simon Ashworth, Rupert Beale, Nahid Bhadelia, Debby Bogaertet al.
Scientific consensus on the COVID-19 pandemic: we need to act now
The Lancet, October 15, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32153-X
Kontis, V., Bennett, J.E., Rashid, T. et al.
Magnitude, demographics and dynamics of the effect of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in 21 industrialized countries.
Nature Medicine, October 14, 2020. doi 10.1038/s41591-020-1112-0
The BMJ, Dyer O.
Covid-19: Eli Lilly pauses antibody trial for safety reasons
BMJ, October 14, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m3985
Butler M, Pollak TA, Rooney AG, Michael BD, Nicholson TR.
Neuropsychiatric complications of covid-19
The BMJ, October 13, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3871
Richard L Tillett, Joel R Sevinsky, Paul D Hartley, Heather Kerwin, Natalie Crawford, Andrew Gorzalski et al.
Genomic evidence for reinfection with SARS-CoV-2: a case study
The Lancet, October 12, 2020. doi 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30764-7
Beata Turoňová, Mateusz Sikora, Christoph Schürmann, Wim J. H. Hagen et al.
In situ structural analysis of SARS-CoV-2 spike reveals flexibility mediated by three hinges
Science, October 9, 2020. doi 10.1126/science.abd5223
Zhang W, Govindavari JP, Davis BD, et al.
Analysis of Genomic Characteristics and Transmission Routes of Patients With Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 in Southern California During the Early Stage of the US COVID-19 Pandemic.
JAMA Netw Open, October 7, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.24191
Hu, B., Guo, H., Zhou, P. et al.
Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
Nature Review Microbiologie, October 6, 2020 doi 10.1038/s41579-020-00459-7
Priya Venkatesan
The changing demographics of COVID-19
The Lancet Resiratory Medicine, October 06, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30461-6
Hampton T.
Insight on Sex-Based Immunity Differences, With COVID-19 Implications.
JAMA, October 6, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.17378
Kmietowicz Z.
Sixty seconds on . . . vitamin D/ Covid-19
BMJ, October 5, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3872 %J BMJ.
Jakob Matschke, Marc Lütgehetmann, Christian Hagel, Jan P Sperhake, Ann Sophie Schröder, Carolin Edler et al.
Neuropathology of patients with COVID-19 in Germany: a post-mortem case series
The Lancet Neurology, October 05, 2020. doi 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30308-2
Arjun S Yadaw, Yan-chak Li, Sonali Bose, Ravi Iyengar †, Supinda Bunyavanich †, Gaurav Pandey † et al.
Clinical features of COVID-19 mortality: development and validation of a clinical prediction model
The Lancet Digital Health, October 1, doi 10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30217-X
Mahase E.
Covid-19: Vaccine roll out could take a year and will require difficult prioritisation decisions.
BMJ, October 1, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3846 %J BMJ.
Brandon J Webb, Ithan D Peltan, Paul Jensen, Daanish Hoda, Bradley Hunter, Aaron Silver, et al.
Clinical criteria for COVID-19-associated hyperinflammatory syndrome: a cohort study
The Lancet Rheumatology, September 29, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2665-9913(20)30343-X
The Lancet
COVID-19 in India: the dangers of false optimism
The Lancet, September 26, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32001-8
Matthew D. Snape, Russell M. Viner et al.
COVID-19 in children and young people
Science, September 21, 2020. doi 10.1126/science.abd6165
Chadi M. Saad-Roy, Caroline E. Wagner, Rachel E. Baker, Sinead E. Morris, Jeremy Farrar, Andrea L. Graham, Simon A. Levin, Michael J. Mina, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Bryan T. Grenfell
Immune life history, vaccination, and the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 over the next 5 years
Science, September 21 2020. doi 10.1126/science.abd7343
Doshi P.
Covid-19: Do many people have pre-existing immunity?
SEptember 17, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3563
Susan Mayor
Covid-19: UK studies find gastrointestinal symptoms are common in children
BMJ, September 7, 2020. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3484
The Lancet
COVID-19: a new lens for non-communicable diseases
The Lancet, September 05, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31856-0
Medical University of Vienna
Why COVID-19 Infection Curves Behave so Unexpectedly
NEWS LINE, September 2020
Denis Y Logunov†, Inna V Dolzhikova †, Olga V Zubkova, Amir I Tukhvatullin, Dmitry V Shcheblyakov, Alina S Dzharullaeva et al.
Safety and immunogenicity of an rAd26 and rAd5 vector-based heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccine in two formulations: two open, non-randomised phase 1/2 studies from Russia
The Lancet, September 4, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31866-3
Wil Lieberman-Cribbin, Naomi Alpert, Adam Gonzalez, Rebecca M Schwartz, Emanuela Taioli
Three months of informational trends in COVID-19 across New York City
Journal of Public Health, Volume 42, Issue 3, September 2020. doi 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa082
Burgess S, Ponsford MJ, Gill D.
Are we underestimating seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2?
BMJ, September 3, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3364 %J BMJ.
Jennifer Abbasi
COVID-19 and mRNA Vaccines—First Large Test for a New Approach
JAMA. Published online September 3, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.16866
Elisabeth Mahase
Covid-19: the problems with case counting
BMJ 2020, September 3, 2020. 370 doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3374
Fiona Godlee
Living with covid-19
BMJ 2020, September 3, 2020. doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3392
Prescott HC, Rice TW.
Corticosteroids in COVID-19 ARDS: Evidence and Hope During the Pandemic
JAMA, September 2, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.16747
Yamey G, Walensky RP
Covid-19: re-opening universities is high risk
The BMJ, September 1, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3365 %J BMJ.
Kenyon CC, Havele SA, Rubin DM.
Revisiting Health Care System Data Priorities to Improve Population Health and Address Inequity.
JAMA Health Forum. Published online August 28, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2020.0970
Philip Krause et al.
COVID-19 vaccine trials should seek worthwhile efficacy
The Lancet, August 27, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31821-3
Swann OV, Holden KA, Turtle L, Pollock L, Fairfield CJ, Drake TM et al.
Clinical characteristics of children and young people admitted to hospital with covid-19 in United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study.
The BMJ, August 27, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3249 %J BMJ.
Mahase E.
Covid-19: £8.4m announced to fund new immune response research in UK.
The BMJ, August 28, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3378
Parry J.
Covid-19: Hong Kong scientists report first confirmed case of reinfection.
The BMJ, August 26, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3340 %J BMJ.
Catherine R. Lucey, S. Claiborne Johnston
The Transformational Effects of COVID-19 on Medical Education
JAMA, Published online August 26, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.14136
Jon Cohen
The coronavirus may shut down the immune system’s vital classrooms
Science, August 25, 2020. doi:10.1126/science.abe4968
Christoph D. Spinner, Robert L. Gottlieb, Gerard J. Criner et al.
Effect of Remdesivir vs Standard Care on Clinical Status at 11 Days in Patients With Moderate COVID-19 / A Randomized Clinical Trial
JAMA, Published online August 21, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.16349
Erin K. McCreary, Derek C. Angus
Efficacy of Remdesivir in COVID-19
JAMA. Published online August 21, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.16337
Rita Rubin, MA
What Happens When COVID-19 Collides With Flu Season?
JAMA. Published online August 20, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.15260
Wise J.
Covid-19: England to test 150 000 people every two weeks to track local outbreaks.
The BMJ, August 19, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3269
Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod
A first insight about spatial dimension of COVID-19: analysis at municipality level
Journal of Public Health, August 18, 2020. doi 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa140
Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod
A first insight about spatial dimension of COVID-19: analysis at municipality level
Journal of Public Health, August 18, 2020. doi 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa140
David P. Fidler
Vaccine nationalism's politics
Science, Aug 14, 2020. doi 10.1126/science.abe2275
Jon Cohen
Antibodies may curb pandemic before vaccines
Science, Aug 14, 2020. doi 10.1126/science.369.6505.752
Gareth Iacobucc
Covid-19: Nearly 6% of people in England were infected by end of June, study suggests
BMJ 2020, August 14, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m3224
Daniel A. Solomon, Amy C. Sherman, Sanjat Kanjilal
Influenza in the COVID-19 Era
JAMA. Published online August 14, 2020. doi 10.1001/jama.2020.14661
Ingrid Torjesen
Covid-19: Pre-purchasing vaccine—sensible or selfish?
The BMJ 2020, August 14, 2020 doi 10.1136/bmj.m3226
Shengli Xia, Kai Duan, Yuntao Zhang et al.
Effect of an Inactivated Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2 on Safety and Immunogenicity OutcomesInterim Analysis of 2 Randomized Clinical Trials
JAMA. Published online August 13, 2020. doi 10.1001/jama.2020.15543
Shengli Xia, Kai Duan,Yuntao Zhang et al.
Effect of an Inactivated Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2 on Safety and Immunogenicity OutcomesInterim Analysis of 2 Randomized Clinical Trials
JAMA. Published online August 13, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.15543
Abi Rimmer
Covid-19: Impact of long term symptoms will be profound, warns BMA
The BMJ 2020, August 13, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m3218
Sunil S Bhopal, Raj Bhopal
Sex differential in COVID-19 mortality varies markedly by age
The Lancet, August 13, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31748-7
Mark J. Mulligan
An Inactivated Virus Candidate Vaccine to Prevent COVID-19
JAMA. Published online August 13, 2020. doi 10.1001/jama.2020.15539
Elisabeth Mahase
Covid-19: Russia approves vaccine without large scale testing or
published results
The BMJ, Augsut 13, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m3205
Mulligan, M.J., Lyke, K.E., Kitchin, N. et al.
Phase 1/2 study of COVID-19 RNA vaccine BNT162b1 in adults.
Nature, August 12, 2020. doi 10.1038/s41586-020-2639-4
Hultström, M., Persson, B., Eriksson, O. et al.
Blood type A associates with critical COVID-19 and death in a Swedish cohort.
Crit Care 24, August 12, 2020. doi 10.1186/s13054-020-03223-8
Cruces, P., Retamal, J., Hurtado, D.E. et al.
A physiological approach to understand the role of respiratory effort in the progression of lung injury in SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Crit Care 24, August 10, 2020. doi 10.1186/s13054-020-03197-7
Gucyetmez, B., Atalan, H.K., Sertdemir, I. et al.
Therapeutic plasma exchange in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in intensive care unit: a retrospective study.
Crit Care 24, August 8, 2020. doi 10.1186/s13054-020-03215-8
Benido Impouma, Caitlin M Wolfe, Franck Mboussou, Bridget Farham, Arish Bukhari, Antoine Flahault et al.
Use of electronic tools for evidence-based preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the WHO African region
The Lancet Digital Health, August 07, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30170-9
Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, James D Ford, Ingrid Arotoma-Rojas, Shuaib Lwasa, uillermo Lancha-Rucoba, Patricia J García et al.
Climate change and COVID-19: reinforcing Indigenous food systems
The Lancet Planetary Health, August 07, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30173-X
Mahase E.
Covid-19: Where are we on immunity and vaccines?
The BMJ, August 5, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3096
Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, Cliff C Kerr, Robyn M Stuart, Dina Mistry, Daniel J Klein, Russell M Viner† et al.
Determining the optimal strategy for reopening schools, the impact of test and trace interventions, and the risk of occurrence of a second COVID-19 epidemic wave in the UK: a modelling study
The Lancet, August 3, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30250-9
Kristine Macartney, Helen E Quinn, Alexis J Pillsbury, App Epi, Archana Koirala, Lucy Deng, Noni Winkler et al.
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Australian educational settings: a prospective cohort study
The Lancet, August 3, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30251-0
Apigo, M., Schechtman, J., Dhliwayo, N. et al.
Development of a work of breathing scale and monitoring need of intubation in COVID-19 pneumonia.
Crit Care, July 31, 2020.doi 10.1186/s13054-020-03176-y
Herb F Sewell, Raymond M Agius, Marcia Stewart, Denise Kendrick
Cellular immune responses to covid-19
BMJ, July 31, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m3018
Julia A. Wolfson, Cindy W. Leung, Jeffrey T. Kullgren
Food as a Critical Social Determinant of Health Among Older Adults During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
JAMA, July 31, 2020. doi 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2020.0925
Xu, Z., Zhou, J., Huang, Y. et al.
Efficacy of convalescent plasma for the treatment of severe influenza.
Crit Care, July 29, 2020. doi 10.1186/s13054-020-03189-7
Boni, M.F., Lemey, P., Jiang, X. et al.
Evolutionary origins of the SARS-CoV-2 sarbecovirus lineage responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nat Microbiol, July 28, 2020. doi 10.1038/s41564-020-0771-4
Cardoso, F.S., Papoila, A.L., Machado, R.S. et al.
Age, sex, and comorbidities predict ICU admission or mortality in cases with SARS-CoV2 infection: a population-based cohort study.
Crit Care, July 28, 2020. doi 10.1186/s13054-020-03173-1
Valentina O. Puntmann, M. Ludovica Carerj, Imke Wieters et al.
Outcomes of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients Recently Recovered From Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
JAMA Cardiol., July 27, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3557
Diana Lindner, Antonia Fitzek, Hanna Bräuninger et al.
Association of Cardiac Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in Confirmed COVID-19 Autopsy Cases
JAMA Cardiol., July 27, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3551
Farhaan S. Vahidy, David W. Bernard, Marc L. Boom et al.
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Asymptomatic Health Care Workers in the Greater Houston, Texas, Area
JAMA Netw Open, July 27, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16451
Eleni Mantzari, G James Rubin, Theresa M Marteau
Is risk compensation threatening public health in the covid-19 pandemic?
BMJ, July 26, 2020. doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2913
Naor Bar-Zeev, William J Moss
Encouraging results from phase 1/2 COVID-19 vaccine trials
The Lancet, July 20, 2020. doi. 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31611-1
Jacqui Wise
Covid-19: Study reveals six clusters of symptoms that could be used as a clinical prediction tool
BMJ, July 20, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m2911
Pedro M Folegatti*, Katie J Ewer*, Parvinder K Aley, Brian Angus, Stephan Becker, Sandra Belij-Rammerstorfer, Duncan Bellamy, Sagida Bibi,
Mustapha Bittaye, Elizabeth A Clutterbuck, Christina Dold, Saul N Faust et al.
Safety and immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: a preliminary report of a phase 1/2, single-blind, randomised controlled trial
The Lancet, July 20, 2020. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31604-4
Feng-Cai Zhu, Xu-Hua Guan, Yu-Hua Li, Jian-Ying Huang, Tao Jiang, Li-Hua Hou, Jing-Xin Li, Bei-Fang Yang, Ling Wang et al.
Immunogenicity and safety of a recombinant adenovirustype-5-vectored COVID-19 vaccine in healthy adults aged 18 years or older: a randomised, double-blind, placebocontrolled, phase 2 trial
The Lancet, July 20, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31605-6
Elisabeth Mahase
Covid-19: UK agrees “early access” deal with companies to get 90 million vaccine doses
BMJ, July 20, 2020. doi. 10.1136/bmj.m2914 (Published 20 July 2020)
Clemens Kamrath, Kirsten Mönkemöller, Torben Biester, Tilman R. Rohrer, Katharina Warncke et al.
Ketoacidosis in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany
JAMA, published online July 20, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.13445
Kai Kupferschmidt
The pandemic virus is slowly mutating. But does it matter?
Science, July 17, 2020, Vol. 369, doi 10.1126/science.369.6501.238
Oude Munnink, B.B., Nieuwenhuijse, D.F., Stein, M. et al.
Rapid SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing and analysis for informed public health decision-making in the Netherlands.
Nat Med, July 16, 2020. doi 10.1038/s41591-020-0997-y
Alice Norton, Jeffrey Mphahlele, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Peter Piot et al.
Strengthening the global effort on COVID-19 research
The Lancet, July 16, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31598-1
Bradley BT, Maioli H, Johnston R, et al.
Histopathology and ultrastructural findings of fatal COVID-19 infections in Washington State: a case series.
The Lancet, July 16, 2020. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31305-2.
Harvala Heli , Mehew Jennifer , Robb Matthew L , Ijaz Samreen , Dicks Steven , Patel Monika , Watkins Nicholas , Simmonds Peter , Brooks Tim , Johnson Rachel , Gopal Robin , Roberts David J , Zambon Maria , the NHS Blood and Transplant Convalescent Plasma Testing Group .
Convalescent plasma treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection: analysis of the first 436 donors in England, 22 April to 12 May 2020.
Euro Surveillance, July 16, 2020. doi 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.28.2001260
Le Bert, N., Tan, A.T., Kunasegaran, K. et al.
SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity in cases of COVID-19 and SARS, and uninfected controls.
Nature, July 15, 2020. doi 10.1038/s41586-020-2550-z
Nazrul Islam, Stephen J Sharp, Gerardo Chowell, Sharmin Shabnam, Ichiro Kawachi, Ben Lacey, Joseph M Massaro et al.
Physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019: natural experiment in 149 countries
BMJ, July 15, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m2743
Michael Day
Covid-19: Experts criticise claim that remdesivir cuts death rates
BMJ, July 14, 2020. doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2839
Michael Klompas, Meghan A. Baker, Chanu Rhee
Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 / Theoretical Considerations and Available Evidence
JAMA, published online July 13, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.12458
Jennifer A. Juno, Hyon-Xhi Tan, Wen Shi Lee, Arnold Reynaldi, Hannah G. Kelly, Kathleen Wragg, Robyn Esterbauer, Helen E. Kent, C. Jane Batten, Francesca L. Mordant, Nicholas A. Gherardin, Phillip Pymm et al.
Humoral and circulating follicular helper T cell responses in recovered patients with COVID-19
Nature Medicine, July 13, 2020. doi 10.1038/s41591-020-0995-0
W. Joost Wiersinga, Andrew Rhodes, Allen C. Cheng et al.
Pathophysiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
JAMA, July 10, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.12839
Seth J. Zost, Pavlo Gilchuk et al.
Rapid isolation and profiling of a diverse panel of human monoclonal antibodies targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Nature Medicine, July 10, 2020. doi 10.1038/s41591-020-0998-x
Angelo Carfì, Roberto Bernabei, Francesco Landi, et al. For the Gemelli Against COVID-19 Post-Acute Care Study Group
Persistent Symptoms in Patients After Acute COVID-19
JAMA. Published online July 9, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.12603
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics (J-IDEA), NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford
Report 30 - The COVID-19 epidemic trends and control measures in mainland China
Imperial College London, July 3, 2020
Naim Ouldali, Marie Pouletty, Patricia Mariani, Constance Beyler, Audrey Blachier, Stephane Bonacorsi et al.
Emergence of Kawasaki disease related to SARS-CoV-2 infection in an epicentre of the French COVID-19 epidemic: a time-series analysis
The Lancet, July 02, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30175-9
Reina S Sikkema †, Suzan D Pas †, David F Nieuwenhuijse, Áine O'Toole, Jaco Verweij, Anne van der Linden et al.
COVID-19 in health-care workers in three hospitals in the south of the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study
The Lancet, July 02, 2020. doi 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30527-2
Sarah J L Edwards, Joanne M Santini
Anthroponotic risk of SARS-CoV-2, precautionary mitigation, and outbreak management
The Lancet, July 02, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30086-0
Jody W. Zylke, Howard Bauchner
Mortality and Morbidity, The Measure of a Pandemic
JAMA, July 1, 2020. doi 10.1001/jama.2020.11761
Rachael H Dodd, Erin Cvejic, Carissa Bonner, Kristen Pickles, Kirsten J McCaffery for the Sydney Health Literacy Lab COVID-19 group †
Willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 in Australia
The Lancet, June 30, 2020. doi 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30559-4
Adam Brufsky, Juan Luis Gomez Marti, Azadeh Nasrazadani and Michael T. Lotze
Boning up: amino-bisphophonates as immunostimulants and endosomal disruptors of dendritic cell in SARS-CoV-2 infection
Journal of Translational Medicine, June 29, 2020. doi 10.1186/s12967-020-02433-6
Allahyari, A., Rahimi, H., Khadem-Rezaiyan, M. et al.
Effect of hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 prevention in cancer patients undergoing treatment: a structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Trials 21, 575 (Jun 26, 2020). doi 10.1186/s13063-020-04485-x
J. Matthew Austin, Allen Kachalia
The State of Health Care Quality Measurement in the Era of COVID-19
The Importance of Doing Better
JAMA. Published online June 25, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.11461
Florian Götzinger, Begoña Santiago-García, Antoni Noguera-Julián, Miguel Lanaspa, Laura Lancella, Francesca I Calò Carducci,Natalia Gabrovska, Svetlana Velizarova, Petra Prunk, Veronika Osterman, Uros Krivec, Andrea Lo Vecchio, Delane Shingadia et al.
COVID-19 in children and adolescents in Europe: a multinational, multicentre cohort study
The Lancet, June 25, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30177-2
Michael L. Barnett, Lissy Hu, Thomas Martin et al
Mortality, Admissions, and Patient Census at SNFs in 3 US Cities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMA. Published online June 24, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.11642
The Lancet
Global governance for COVID-19 vaccines
June 20, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31405-7
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics (J-IDEA), Imperial College London, Imperial College Business School
Report 27 - Adapting hospital capacity to meet changing demands during the COVID-19 pandemic
Imperial College London, June 15, 2020
Francesco Doglietto, Marika Vezzoli, Federico Gheza et al
Factors Associated With Surgical Mortality and Complications Among Patients With and Without Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italy
JAMA Surg. Published online June 12, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2713
Rita Rubin, Jennifer Abbasi, Rebecca Voelker
Latin America and Its Global Partners Toil to Procure Medical Supplies as COVID-19 Pushes the Region to Its Limit
JAMA. Published online June 12, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.11182
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics (J-IDEA), Imperial College London, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford
Report 26 - Reduction in mobility and COVID-19 transmission
Faculty of Medicine - Imperial College London, June 8, 2020
Brian W. McCrindle, Cedric Manlhiot
SARS-CoV-2–Related Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome in Children. Different or Shared Etiology and Pathophysiology as Kawasaki Disease?
JAMA. Published June 8, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.10370
Huaiyu Tian, Ottar N Bjornstad
Population serology for SARS-CoV-2 is essential to regional and global preparedness
The Lancet, June 3, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30055-0
The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium
An integrated national scale SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance network
The Lancet, June 2, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30054-9
Owen Dyer
Covid-19 hot spots appear across Latin America
BMJ 2020, June 1, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m2182
Edward A. Nardell, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana
Airborne Spread of SARS-CoV-2 and a Potential Role for Air Disinfection
JAMA. Published online June 1, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.7603
Derek K Chu, Elie A Akl, Stephanie Duda, Karla Solo, Sally Yaacoub, Holger J Schünemann et al.
Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The Lancet, June 1, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31142-9
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Brown University, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford
Report 25 - Response to COVID-19 in South Korea and implications for lifting stringent interventions
Faculty of Medicine - Imperial College London, May 29, 2020
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, Department of Mathemtics, Imperial College London, University of Oxford
Report 24 - Anonymised & aggregated crowd level mobility data from mobile phones suggests initial compliance with COVID19 social distancing interventions was high & geographically consistent across UK
Faculty of Medicine - Imperial College London, May 29, 2020
Michael G Argenziano, Samuel L Bruce, Cody L Slater, Jonathan R Tiao, Matthew R Baldwin, R Graham Barr, Bernard P Chang, Katherine H Chau et al.
Characterization and clinical course of 1000 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in New York: retrospective case series.
BMJ, May 29, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m1996
Muthiah Vaduganathan, Jeroen van Meijgaard, Mandeep R. Mehra al
Prescription Fill Patterns for Commonly Used Drugs During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
JAMA, May 28, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.9184
Thomas R. Fleming, Dominic Labriola, Janet Wittes
Conducting Clinical Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic / Protecting Scientific Integrity
JAMA, May 28, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.9286
Lennard Y W Lee, Jean Baptiste Cazier, T Starkey, C D Turnbull, UK Coronavirus Cancer Monitoring Project Team, Rachel Kerr, FRCP † et al.
COVID-19 mortality in patients with cancer on chemotherapy or other anticancer treatments: a prospective cohort study
The Lancet, May 28, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31173-9
Annamaria Colao, Prisco Piscitelli, Manuela Pulimeno, Salvatore Colazzo, Alessandro Miani, Stefania Giannini
Rethinking the role of the school after COVID-19
The Lancet, May 25, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30124-9
Richard N van Zyl-Smit, Guy Richards, Frank T Leone
Tobacco smoking and COVID-19 infection
The Lancet, May 25, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30239-3
Xiquan Yan, Xiaotong Han, Yong Fan, Zhixiong Fang, Da Long & Yimin Zhu
Duration of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in asymptomatic carriers
Crit Care 24, May 24, 2020. doi 10.1186/s13054-020-02952-0
Carlos del Rio, Preeti Malani
Translating Science on COVID-19 to Improve Clinical Care and Support the Public Health Response
JAMA. Published online May 22, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.9252
Rüdiger Groß, Carina Conzelmann, Janis A Müller, Steffen Stenger, Karin Steinhart, Frank Kirchhoff et al.
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in human breastmilk
The Lancet,May 21, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31181-8
Alison C. Roxby, Alexander L. Greninger, Kelly M. Hatfield et al.
Outbreak Investigation of COVID-19 Among Residents and Staff of an Independent and Assisted Living Community for Older Adults in Seattle, Washington
JAMA Intern Med. May 21, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2233
The European Society of Cardiology
ESC Guidance for the Diagnosis and Management of CV Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The European Society of Cardiology, April 21, 2020
Rita Rubin
Building an “Army of Disease Detectives” to Trace COVID-19 Contacts
JAMA, May 21, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.8880
Stephan Nopp, Karin Janata‐Schwatczek, Helmut Prosch, Ihor Shulym, Oliver Königsbrügge, Ingrid Pabinger, Cihan Ay
Pulmonary embolism during the COVID‐19 pandemic: decline in diagnostic procedures and incidence at a University Hospital (Vienna)
Wiley Online Library, May 20,2020. doi 10.1002/rth2.12391
Supinda Bunyavanich, Alfin Vicencio
Nasal Gene Expression of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Children and Adults
JAMA, Published online May 20, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.8707
Katherine Lisa Whitcroft, Thomas Hummel
Olfactory Dysfunction in COVID-19 / Diagnosis and Management
JAMA. Published online May 20, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.8391
Corey M Peak, Rebecca Kahn, Yonatan H Grad, Lauren M Childs,Ruoran Li, Marc Lipsitch, Caroline O Buckee
Individual quarantine versus active monitoring of contacts for the mitigation of COVID-19: a modelling study
The Lancet, May 20, 2020. doi 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30361-3
Mi Seon Han, Jung-Hyun Byun, Yonggeun Cho, John Hoon Rim
RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2: quantitative versus qualitative
The Lancet, May 20, 2020. doi 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30424-2
Kai Kupferschmidt
Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don’t spread the virus at all?
ScienceMag.org, May 19, 2020
Matthew J Cummings, Matthew R Baldwin, Darryl Abrams, Samuel D Jacobson, Benjamin J Meyer, Elizabeth M Balough et al.
Epidemiology, clinical course, and outcomes of critically ill adults with COVID-19 in New York City: a prospective cohort study
The Lancet, May 19, doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31189-2
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford
Report 23 - State-level tracking of COVID-19 in the United States
Imperial College London, May 18, 2020
Jacqui Wise
Covid-19: Surveys indicate low infection level in community
The BMJ, May 18, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m1992
Francis S. Collins, Paul Stoffels
Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) / An Unprecedented Partnership for Unprecedented Times
JAMA. Published online May 18, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.8920
Dean F. Sittig, Hardeep Singh
COVID-19 and the Need for a National Health Information Technology Infrastructure
JAMA, Published online May 18, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.7239
Claudio Guarneri, Emmanuele Venanzi Rullo, Piero Pavone, Massimiliano Berretta, Manuela Ceccarelli, Alfonso Natale et al.
Silent COVID-19: what your skin can reveal
The Lancet, May 18, 2020. doi 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30402-3
Cyrielle Caussy †, François Pattou †, Florent Wallet, Chantal Simon, Sarah Chalopin, Charlène Telliam et al.
Prevalence of obesity among adult inpatients with COVID-19 in France
The Lancet, May 18, 2020.doi 10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30160-1
Sigurd F. Lax, Kristijan Skok, Peter Zechner, Harald H. Kessler, Norbert Kaufmann, Camillo Koelblinger, Klaus Vander, Ute Bargfrieder, Michael Trauner
Pulmonary Arterial Thrombosis in COVID-19 With Fatal Outcome: Results From a Prospective, Single-Center, Clinicopathologic Case SeriesFREE
The American College of Physicians (ACP), Annals of Internal Medicine, May 14, 2020. doi 10.7326/M20-2566
Riccardo M Inciardi, Marianna Adamo, Laura Lupi, Dario S Cani, Mattia Di Pasquale, Daniela Tomasoni, Leonardo Italia, Gregorio Zaccone, Chiara Tedino, Davide Fabbricatore et al.
Characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 and cardiac disease in Northern Italy
European Heart Journal, May 14, 2020. doi 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa388
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, Imperial College London
Report 22 - Equity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: an assessment of the direct and indirect impacts on disadvantaged and vulnerable populations in low- and lower middle-income countries
Imperial College London, May 12, 2020
Amitava Banerjee, Laura Pasea, Steve Harris, Arturo Gonzalez-Izquierdo, Ana Torralbo, Laura Shallcross et al.
Estimating excess 1-year mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic according to underlying conditions and age: a population-based cohort study
The Lancet, May 12, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30854-0
Paola Michelozzi1, Francesca de’Donato1, Matteo Scortichini1, Manuela De Sario1, Fiammetta Noccioli1, Pasqualino Rossi2, Marina Davoli
Mortality impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak by sex and age: rapid mortality surveillance system, Italy, 1 February to 18 April 2020
Eurosurveillance (Europe's journal on infectious disease surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and control), May 11, 2020. doi 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000620
David R. Williams, Lisa A. Cooper
COVID-19 and Health Equity—A New Kind of “Herd Immunity”
JAMA, May 11, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.8051
Robert D. Kirkcaldy, Brian A. King, John T. Brooks
COVID-19 and Postinfection Immunity / Limited Evidence, Many Remaining Questions
JAMA, May 11, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.7869Sophie CousinsSophie Cousins
New Zealand eliminates COVID-19
The Lancet, May 09, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31097-7
Jiarong Ye, Liqi Yang, Xiaotu Xi, Xinghua Lin, Deping He and Weiliang Wang Ye et al
Avoiding hospital-related infections during the COVID-19 epidemic
BMC, Critical Care, May 8, 2020. doi 10.1186/s13054-020-02929-z
Thomas A Treibel, Charlotte Manisty, Maudrian Burton, Áine McKnight, Jonathan Lambourne, João B Augusto et al.
COVID-19: PCR screening of asymptomatic health-care workers at London hospital
The Lancet, May 08, 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31100-4
Kenrie P Y Hui, Man-Chun Cheung, Ranawaka A P M Perera, Ka-Chun Ng, Christine H T Bui, John C W Ho et al.
Tropism, replication competence, and innate immune responses of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in human respiratory tract and conjunctiva: an analysis in ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures
The Lancet, May 07, 2020. doi 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30193-4
Govind Persad, Ezekiel J. Emanuel
The Ethics of COVID-19 Immunity-Based Licenses (“Immunity Passports”)
JAMA. Published online May 6, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.8102
Mark A. Hall, David M. Studdert
Privileges and Immunity Certification During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMA. Published online May 6, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.7712
Stefano Fagiuoli, Ferdinando Luca Lorini,Giuseppe Remuzzi for the Covid-19 Bergamo Hospital Crisis Unit
Adaptations and Lessons in the Province of Bergamo
NEJM, May 5, 2020. doi 10.1056/NEJMc2011599
Sophie CousinsJessica A Gold, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis
Covid-19: adverse mental health outcomes for healthcare workers
The BMJ, May 5, 2020. doi 10.1136/bmj.m1815
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, Imperial College London
Report 20 - Using mobility to estimate the transmission intensity of COVID-19 in Italy: A subnational analysis with future scenarios
Imperial College of Science, 4 May 2020
Santosha A. Vardhana, Jedd D. Wolchok
The many faces of the anti-COVID immune response
Journal of Experimental Medicine, April 30, 2020. doi 10.1084/jem.20200678
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Metabolism Digestion and Reproduction, Department of Infectious Diseases, Dr Foster Unit, NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Imperial College London
Report 17 - Clinical characteristics and predictors of outcomes of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 in a London NHS Trust: a retrospective cohort study
Imperial College of Science, 23 April 2020
Michael Liu, Theodore L. Caputi, Mark Dredze, PhD3; et al
Internet Searches for Unproven COVID-19 Therapies in the United States,
Research Letter
JAMA Intern Med. Published online April 29, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1764
Angel Desai
Twentieth-Century Lessons for a Modern Coronavirus Pandemic
JAMA. Published online April 27, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.4165
M.M. Arons, K.M. Hatfield, S.C. Reddy, A. Kimball, A. James, J.R. Jacobs, J. Taylor, K. Spicer, A.C. Bardossy, L.P. Oakley, S. Tanwar, J.W. Dyal, J. Harney, Z. Chisty, J.M. Bell, M. Methner, P. Paul, C.M. Carlson, H.P. McLaughlin, N. Thornburg, S. Tong, A. Tamin, Y. Tao, A. Uehara, J. Harcourt, S. Clark, C. Brostrom-Smith, L.C. Page, M. Kay, J. Lewis, P. Montgomery, N.D. Stone, T.A. Clark, M.A. Honein, J.S. Duchin, and J.A. Jernigan, for the Public Health–Seattle and King County and CDC COVID-19 Investigation Team
Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility
The new england journal of medicine, 24 April 2020. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2008457
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, Imperial College London, Vaccine Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Report 16 - Role of testing in COVID-19 control
Imperial College of Science, 23 April 2020
Sarah Ee Fang Yong†, Danielle Elizabeth Anderson†, Wycliffe E Wei, Junxiong Pang, Wan Ni Chia, Chee Wah Tan et al.
Connecting clusters of COVID-19: an epidemiological and serological investigation
The Lancet, 21 April 2020. doi 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30273-5
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, Imperial College London
Authors: Paula Christen, Josh C D’Aeth, Alessandra Løchen, Ruth McCabe, Dheeya Rizmie, Nora Schmit, Shevanthi Nayagam, Marisa Miraldo, Peter White, Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle, Pablo N. Perez Guzman, Christl Donnelly, Azra Ghani, Neil Ferguson, Katharina Hauck
Report 15 - Strengthening hospital capacity for the COVID-19 pandemic
Imperial College London, 17 April 2020
Jennifer Abbasi
The Promise and Peril of Antibody Testing for COVID-19
JAMA. Published online 17 April 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.6170
Kar Keung Cheng, Tai Hing Lam, Chi Chiu Leung
Wearing face masks in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic: altruism and solidarity
The Lancet, 16 April 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30918-1
Stephen M. Kissler1, Christine Tedijanto2, Edward Goldstein2, Yonatan H. Grad1, Marc Lipsitch
Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period
Science, 14 April 2020. doi 10.1126/science.abb5793
Marc Lipsitch (epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist)
Who is immune to the Coronavirus? Important decisions about this question are being made, as they must be, based on only glimmers of data.
The New York Times, 13 April 2020
Timothy W Russell, Joel Hellewell, Sam Abbott, Nick Golding, Hamish Gibbs, Christopher I Jarvis, Kevin van Zandvoort, CMMID nCov working group, Stefan Flasche, Rosalind Eggo, W John Edmunds & Adam J Kucharski.
STUDY Covid-19: Using a delay-adjusted case fatality ratio to estimate under-reporting
Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID), Status: in-progress | First online: 22-03-2020 | Last update: 17-04-2020
The Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a multidisciplinary grouping of epidemiologists, mathematicians, economists, statisticians and clinicians from across all three faculties of LSHTM.
Stefania Boccia, Walter Ricciardi, John P. A. Ioannidis
What Other Countries Can Learn From Italy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMA Internal Medicine, Published online 7 April 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1447
Anna Petherick
Developing antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2
The Lancet, 4 April 2020. doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30788-1
Patient Experience Research Centre, NIHR Applied Research Collaborative North West London, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics (J-IDEA), Imperial College London
Report 14 - Online Community Involvement in COVID-19 Research & Outbreak Response Early Insights from a UK Perspective
Imeperial College London, 3 April 2020
Willemijn Lodder, Ana Maria de Roda Husman
SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: potential health risk, but also data source
The Lancet Gastroenterology , 1 April 2020. doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30087-X
Brad Spellberg, Meredith Haddix, Rebecca Lee et al.
Community Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Patients With Influenzalike Illnesses Presenting to a Los Angeles Medical Center in March 2020
JAMA, 31 March 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.4958
Shigui Ruan, Department of Mathematics, University of Miami, USA
Likelihood of survival of coronavirus disease 2019
THE LANCET Infectious Diseases, 31 March 2020
Luca Ferretti, Chris Wymant, Michelle Kendall, Lele Zhao, Anel Nurtay, Lucie Abeler-Dörner, Michael Parker, David Bonsall, Christophe Fraser
Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracing
Science , 31 March 2020:eabb6936, doi: 10.1126/science.abb6936
Robert Verity, Lucy C Okell, Ilaria Dorigatti, Peter Winskill, Charles Whittaker et al.
Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis
The Lancet, 30 MARCH 2020. doi 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30243-7
Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Modelling, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, Imperial College London, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford
Report 13: Estimating the number of infections and the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in 11 European countries
Imperial College London, 30 March 2020
European Center for Disease Prevention and Control , an agency of the European Union
Rapid risk assessment: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: increased transmission in the EU/EEA and the UK – seventh update
ECDC Website/Publications, 25 March 2020
Shuo Feng †, Chen Shen †, Nan Xia †, Wei Song, Mengzhen Fan et al.
Rational use of face masks in the COVID-19 pandemic
The Lancet, 20 MARCH 2020. doi 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30134-X
Mirco Nacoti, Andrea Ciocca, Angelo Giupponi, Pietro Brambillasca, Federico Lussana, Michele Pisano, Giuseppe Goisis, Daniele Bonacina, Francesco Fazzi, Richard Naspro et al.
At the Epicenter of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Humanitarian Crises in Italy: Changing Perspectives on Preparation and Mitigation
NEJM Catalyst, 21 MARCH 2020
Tomas Pueyo
Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance. What the Next 18 Months Can Look Like, if Leaders Buy Us Time
Medium / Coronovirus / 19 March 2020
Basile C, Combe C, Pizzarelli F, Covic A, Davenport A, Kanbay M, Kirmizis D, Schneditz D, van der Sande F, Mitra S.
Recommendations for the prevention, mitigation and containment of the emerging SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic in haemodialysis centres.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2020. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa069.
Zunyou Wu, Jennifer M. McGoogan (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Characteristics of and Important Lessons from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China. Summary of a Report of 72 314 Cases from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
JAMA, 24 FEB 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.2648
Lima CKT, Carvalho PMM, Lima IAAS, Nunes JVAO, Saraiva JS, de Souza RI, da Silva CGL, Neto MLR.
The emotional impact of Coronavirus 2019-nCoV (new Coronavirus disease).
Psychiatry Res. 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112915.
Wu, J.T., Leung, K., Bushman, M. et al.
Estimating clinical severity of COVID-19 from the transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China.
Nat Med (2020). doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0822-7
Ewen Callaway, David Cyranoski, Smriti Mallapaty, Emma Stoye & Jeff Tollefson.
The coronavirus pandemic in five powerful charts. From papers published to carbon emissions to confirmed cases, these data reveal an unprecedented viral outbreak and its impacts around the world.
Nature 579, 482-483 (2020). doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00758-2
Wu Z, McGoogan JM.
Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China: Summary of a Report of 72 314 Cases From the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
JAMA. Published online February 24, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.2648
Mizumoto Kenji, Kagaya Katsushi, Zarebski Alexander, Chowell Gerardo.
Estimating the asymptomatic proportion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, Yokohama, Japan, 2020.
Euro Surveill. 2020;25(10):pii=2000180. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.10.2000180
Hiroshi Nishiura, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Takeshi Miyama, Ayako Suzuki, Sungmok Jung, Katsuma Hayashi, Ryo Kinoshita, Yichi Yang, Baoyin Yuan, Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov, Natalie M Linton
Estimation of the asymptomatic ratio of novel coronavirus infections (COVID-19)
International Journal of Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.020
Zhuang GH, Shen MW, Zeng LX, Mi BB, Chen FY, Liu WJ, Pei LL, Qi X, Li C.
Potential false-positive rate among the 'asymptomatic infected individuals' in close contacts of COVID-19 patients.
Chinese. PubMed PMID: 32133832. 2020 Mar. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20200221-00144
Ruiyun Li, Sen Pei, Bin Chen, Yimeng Song, Tao Zhang, Wan Yang, Jeffrey Shaman
Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2)
Science. Published Online<time>16 Mar 2020</time>. doi: 10.1126/science.abb3221
