Study on predictive models for COVID-19 in Cuba by Juan Felipe Medina Mendieta, Manuel Eduardo Cortés Cortés, Manuel Cortés Iglesias, Annia del Carmen Pérez Fernández, Marianelis Manzano Cabrera

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> on the pandemic caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, it is important to estimate the growth of infested cases and deaths of the Cuban population.…”
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Coexistence of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis and Cystitis in a Patient with COVID-19 Complicated with Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum by Ibrahim Boukhannous, Anouar El Moudane, Mehdi Chennoufi, Mohamed Mokhtari, Abdelghani Ouraghi, Hamza Mimouni, Ali Barki

“…We report the first case of a 52-year-old nondiabetic male admitted for management of uremic syndrome associated with emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN), renal and perinephric abscess, and emphysematous cystitis (EC) on a single functional kidney with a large abundance of spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SP) complicating a SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. The patient has benefited from several dialysis sessions, intravenous antibiotics, and percutaneous drainage. …”
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Long-term post-COVID-19 sequelae. A review study by Cinthia Rosales Márquez, Ericson Félix Castillo Saavedra

“…At present, investigations are more frequent in which it is reported that survivors of the SARS-CoV-2 infection do not regain their state of health prior to the viral process. …”
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Insights into COVID-19 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) by Angel Yun-Kuan Thye, Ke-Yan Loo, Kyle Bond Chene Tan, Jenny May-Sim Lau, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“… Since beginning of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), different variants of concern (VOC) have been discovered. …”
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Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Cellular Responses to Entry of Virions: One Kind of Natural Nanobiomaterial by Zheng Liu, Shuyu Liu, Jinming Cui, Yurong Tan, Jian He, Jingqiang Zhang

“…For this paper, we chose Bombyx mori cypovirus 1 (BmCPV-1) interactions with midgut cells from silkworm, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) associated coronavirus interactions with Vero E6 cells, as examples to demonstrate the response of eukaryotic cells to two different types of virus from our previous studies. …”
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COVID-19: Changing Trends and Its Impact on Future of Dentistry by Parin Bhanushali, Farhin Katge, Shantanu Deshpande, Vamsi Krishna Chimata, Shilpa Shetty, Debapriya Pradhan

“…It is a novel virus which is distinct from SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, with Chinese horseshoe bats being the most probable origin. …”
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New Insight into Laboratory Tests and Imaging Modalities for Fast and Accurate Diagnosis of COVID-19: Alternative Suggestions for Routine RT-PCR and CT—A Literature Review by Amir Khorasani, Amir Chegini, Arezoo Mirzaei

“…Among these tests, RdRp/Hel RT-PCR assay had the lowest diagnostic limitation and highest sensitivity and specificity for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in both respiratory tract and nonrespiratory tract clinical specimens. …”
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Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors in COVID-19: Current Concepts by Kunal Mahajan, Prakash Chand Negi, Neeraj Ganju, Sachin Sondhi, Naresh Gaur, Rao Somendra

“…The functional receptor to SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, is angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2), the same enzyme that physiologically counters the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) activation. …”
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A Metáfora da Guerra: reflexões sobre as práticas e os discursos de gênero em cenários pandêmicos e epidêmicos by Maysa Carvalho de Souza

“…Neste artigo de revisão bibliográfica, que em sua escrita busca dialogar com pesquisas empíricas realizadas na área de Ciências Sociais e dados divulgados através de agências e organizações de pesquisa, há a proposta de refletir sobre o lugar das mulheres no tabuleiro pandêmico da covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) no Brasil, além das epidemias de HIV/Aids, Zika Vírus e Ebola, no qual se pensa sobre as questões de gênero, do cuidado em seu sentido polissêmico, do conceito flutuante do risco e da violência, buscando localizar os corpos e os discursos. …”
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Correlation between Understanding Covid-19 and Use of Supplements, Pharmacy Study Program Students at Aufa Royhan University in Padangsidimpuan City by Susi Yanti, Cory Linda Futri

“…COVID-19 is a new type of disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and this new type of disease caused a pandemic that has caused thousands of deaths worldwide. …”
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Complete Recovery from COVID-19 Bilateral Pneumonia in an Immunosuppressed Man with Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy by Thomas C. Bolig, Nada Abdulaziz, Elena Schiopu

“…More data are needed regarding management and prognosis of patients with connective tissue diseases who become infected with SARS-CoV-2.…”
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Ocular manifestations of COVID-19 by Sandra Saray Quignón Santana, Osbel Alfonso Sánchez, Sandra Alfonso Quignón, Talía Alfonso Quignón

“…The Sars-Cov-2 virus, the etiological agent of Covid-19, causes systemic and ocular manifestations in humans. …”
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Post infectious fatigue and circadian rhythm disruption in long-COVID and other infections: a need for further research by Achilleas Livieratos, Steven W. Lockley, Sotirios Tsiodras

“…Chronic fatigue and sleep disturbances in Long COVID are intricately linked to disruptions in circadian rhythms, driven by distinct molecular and cellular mechanisms triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection. This can be driven by various mechanisms including dysregulation of key clock genes (CLOCK, BMAL1, PER2), mitochondrial dysfunction impairing oxidative phosphorylation, and cytokine-induced neuroinflammation (e.g., interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha). …”
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Manifestation as Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Young, Healthy Male by Prerak Juthani, Rohan Bhojwani, Neil Gupta

“…In this case report, we describe a 29-year-old nonobese hospital food service associate who presented with diffuse abdominal and chest pain; he was found to be positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with significantly elevated levels of troponin T and multiple acute phase reactants; his EKG demonstrated ST-elevations consistent with anterolateral infarction. …”
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Anthroponoses: humans infecting animals with infectious diseases by Clement Meseko, Peace Ochai, Meshach Maina

“…The recurring classical H1N1 swine influenza virus, which is circulating even now, is a spillover from the 1918 human influenza pandemic that was introduced into the pig population. Also, most recently, SARS-CoV-2, the causative pathogen of COVID-19, has been retransmitted from humans to animals in a phenomenon described as “reverse zoonoses.” …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic and Irritable Bowel Syndrome — is there a Relationship? by V. A. Akhmedov

“…It has been noted that the COVID-19 may contribute to the formation of post-infectious functional gastrointestinal diseases, given that angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2) receptors, the site of binding of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to human cells, are also present in epithelial intestinal cells; virus was found in feces in about half of patients, gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhea occur in about one fifth of patients, fecal calprotectin, a marker of GI inflammation is elevated in patients with COVID-19, macroscopically as well as histologically, patients show signs of damage mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract, and also, as noted above, they have a dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiota.Conclusion. …”
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An adenosine analog shows high antiviral potency against coronavirus and arenavirus mainly through an unusual base pairing mode by Xiaoying Jia, Xuping Jing, Ming Li, Minli Gao, Yao Zhong, Entao Li, Yang Liu, Rui Li, Guoqiang Yao, Qiaojie Liu, Minmin Zhou, Yuxia Hou, Linfeng An, Yibao Hong, Shanshan Li, Jiancun Zhang, Wei Wang, Kaiming Zhang, Peng Gong, Sandra Chiu

“…Importantly, treatment with HNC-1664 demonstrate anti-SARS-CoV-2 efficacy in infected K18-human ACE2 mice, with reduced viral titer and mortality, as well as improved lung injury. …”
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Lipoxin A4 levels correlate with severity in a Spanish COVID-19 cohort: potential use of endogenous pro-resolving mediators as biomarkers by Sergio Sánchez-García, Rafael I. Jaén, Roberto Lozano-Rodríguez, José Avendaño-Ortiz, Alejandro Pascual‐Iglesias, Laura Hurtado-Navarro, Eduardo López-Collazo, Eduardo López-Collazo, Lisardo Boscá, Lisardo Boscá, Patricia Prieto, Patricia Prieto, Patricia Prieto

“…BackgroundSARS-CoV-2, the causative virus of the COVID-19 global pandemic, leads to a wide variety of responses among patients. …”
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Cardiovascular outcomes in long COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ting Zhang, Zhimao Li, Qimin Mei, Joseph Harold Walline, Zhaocai Zhang, Yecheng Liu, Huadong Zhu, Bin Du

“…Random-effects meta-analyses examined the pooled risk difference in the prevalence of each symptom or symptom combination in cases with confirmed SARS-coV-2 infection compared with controls.ResultsEight cohort studies were eligible, including nearly 10 million people. …”
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Christianity, ‘supernatural’ beliefs and COVID-19 by E. Shoko

“…The findings of the study reveal that neo-Pentecostal church leaders attributed the origins of SARS-COV-2 to “evil” spirits. Neo-Pentecostal church leaders had mixed messages on the possible cure for COVID-19, with some emphasising miracles as the panacea for COVID-19, and a minority believing that God exhibits his power through epidemiologists. …”
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