FLUed: A Novel Four-Layer Model for Simulating Epidemic Dynamics and Assessing Intervention Policies by Chung-Yuan Huang, Tzai-Hung Wen, Yu-Shiuan Tsai

“…From the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic, to the 2009 swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, to the projected highly pathogenic avian influenza A event, emerging infectious diseases highlight the importance of computational epidemiology to assess potential intervention policies. …”
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COVID-19 Induced Cardiomyopathy Successfully Treated with Tocilizumab by Ariyon Schreiber, Kalaimani Elango, Christoph Sossou, Sadaf Fakhra, Shabada Asad, Chowdhury Ahsan

“…A 39-year-old female with well controlled systemic hypertension, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA and underwent self-isolation for 14 days. …”
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Appropriate Timing and Type of Physical Training in Patients with COVID-19 for Muscle Health and Quality of Life: A Systematic Review by I. Gusti Putu Suka Aryana, Siti Setiati, Ivana Beatrice Paulus, Dian Daniella

“…Physical activity is beneficial to modulate immune system function and has inverse relationship to ARDS linked with SARS-CoV-2. Physical activity consists of daily activity and physical training. …”
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Simultaneous bilateral avascular necrosis of the humerus and femur in long COVID-19: a case report by Mesut Bakır, Şebnem Rumeli

“…The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has prompted the widespread use of corticosteroids as a treatment strategy, particularly in cases of severe pneumonia and cytokine storm. …”
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Psychometric Analysis of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in Argentinean Population by Leandro Eidman, Julieta Arbizu, Agustín Marturet

“…The items met expected values for their discrimination, which showed that the instrument can distinguish between people with presence or absence of anxiety symptoms associated with Sars-Cov-2. The cut-off point for symptomatic identification was ≥ 10. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and infant health: a scoping review protocol by Mark Walker, Shi Wu Wen, Yanfang Guo, Romina Fakhraei, Brenden Osborne, Mélika Moorjani-Houle

“…Introduction The novel SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has provided a set of unique challenges for paediatric patients requiring emergency care across the globe. …”
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Ventilation Strategy for Proper IAQ in Existing Nurseries Buildings - Lesson Learned from the Research during COVID-19 Pandemic by Katarzyna Ratajczak

“…Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, many recommendations were made in the field of limiting the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, from which we can learn a lesson for determining ventilation strategies in strategic types of buildings (those whose closure during a pandemic is harmful to the economy, e.g., nurseries). …”
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Weather Conditions (with Focus on UV Radiation) Associated with COVID-19 Outbreak and Worldwide Climate-based Prediction for Future Prevention by Lucian Sfîcă, Mihai Bulai, Vlad-Alexandru Amihăesei, Constantin Ion, Marius Ștefan

“…Abstract Respiratory infectious diseases are highly influenced by climate and feature seasonality, whose peak is December to February in the Northern Hemisphere. SARS-CoV-2 produced consistent debate regarding the relationship between its emergence and weather conditions. …”
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Salud reproductiva en tiempos de la COVID-19 by Annier Jesús Fajardo Quesada, María de los Ángeles Licea González

“…Objetivo: Buscar y describir cómo la COVID-19 puede afectar la salud reproductiva. Desarrollo: El SARS-CoV-2, virus de la COVID-19, es capaz de infectar células que expresen en su membrana citoplasmática la encima convertidora de la angiotensina 2; diversos tejidos del aparato reproductor masculino y femenino presentan esta enzima, por lo que son susceptibles a la infección, un hecho que no está demostrado en todos estos tejidos. …”
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COVID-19 World Vaccine Adverse Reactions Based on Machine Learning Clustering Algorithm by Lozan M. Abdulrahman, Adnan Mohsin Abdulazeez, Dathar A. Hasan

“… In December 2019, a novel coronavirus, now named SARS-CoV-2, caused a series of acute atypical respiratory diseases in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. …”
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Resolving Covid-19 with Blockchain and AI by Suyogita Singh, Satya Bhushan Verma

“…In the early months of 2020, a fast-spreading outbreak was brought about by the new virus SARS-CoV-2. The uncontrolled spread, which led to a pandemic, illustrated the healthcare system’s slow response time to public health emergencies at that time. …”
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La COVID-19 en Cuba. Apuntes para debates sobre métodos estadístico-matemáticos by Armando H. Seuc Jo, Luis Carlos Silva Ayçaguer, José Luis Peñalvo, Lisbeth Fernández González

“…La epidemiología y los métodos estadístico-matemáticos asociados a ella son campos que adquieren relevancia a la luz del enfrentamiento a la epidemia por el SARS-CoV-2 en Cuba. Para optimizar los esfuerzos en futuras batallas, que al parecer se avecinan, es necesario analizar críticamente lo que se ha hecho en ese sentido. …”
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Effect of Preexisting Asthma on the Risk of ICU Admission, Intubation, and Death from COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Abhinav Bhattarai, Garima Dhakal, Sangam Shah, Aastha Subedi, Sanjit Kumar Sah, Shyam Kumar Mishra

“…We searched the electronic databases PubMed, WHO COVID-19 database, and Taylor and Francis Online for studies that compared the medical outcomes of COVID-19 between patients with and without asthma, from the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in December 2019 to the 3rd of September 2021, excluded duplicates, reviews, editorials, and case reports, and screened the titles, abstracts, and full texts. …”
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Neurological complications associated with COVID-19. Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, 2021 by Edith Yomaira Albacura Noques, Jorge Luis Anaya González, Mirna Marrero Fleita, Erlen Carmona Alvarez Builla

“…<strong>Background</strong>: COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus and presents a wide range of symptoms, both in its acute phase and in its chronic phase. …”
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Prediction of COVID-19 Confirmed, Death, and Cured Cases in India Using Random Forest Model by Vishan Kumar Gupta, Avdhesh Gupta, Dinesh Kumar, Anjali Sardana

“…A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is an unusual viral pneumonia in patients, first found in late December 2019, latter it declared a pandemic by World Health Organizations because of its fatal effects on public health. …”
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Antivirals and monoclonal antibody combination therapy in haematological patients in the omicron era by Serena Vita, Emanuela Giombini, Patrizia De Marco, Martina Rueca, Cesare Ernesto Maria Gruber, Alessia Beccacece, Laura Scorzolini, Valentina Mazzotta, Carmen Pinnetti, Priscilla Caputi, Daniele Focosi, Enrico Girardi, Andrea Antinori, Fabrizio Maggi, Alessandra D'Abramo, Emanuele Nicastri, Investigation Team Spallanzani COVID-19 case

“…Keywords: immunocompromised; SARS-CoV-2 infection; monoclonal antibodies; antivirals; persistent infection; viral evolution …”
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Aspectos imagenológicos útiles en el diagnóstico y seguimiento de pacientes con COVID-19 by Dianarelys Villafuerte Delgado, Lianet Ojeda Delgado, Masleidy Valladares Valle, Nery María Díaz Yanes, Odalis Yanes Isray, Gerardo Cerda Parra

“…El actual brote se debe a una nueva cepa del coronavirus denominada SARS-CoV-2, hasta ahora nunca antes descrita en humanos. …”
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Elucidating the Correlation of D-Dimer Levels with COVID-19 Severity: A Scoping Review by Wesam Ahmed Nasif, Abeer Shaker El-Moursy Ali, Mohammed Hasan Mukhtar, Aali Marzouq H. Alhuzali, Yahya Ahmed Yahya Alnashri, Ziyad Ishaq Ahmed Gadah, Eyyad Adeeb A. Edrees, Hussam Abdulaziz Mabruk Albarakati, Hussam Saud Muhji Aloufi

“…On the other hand, in addition to severe respiratory distress and reduction in pulmonary gas exchange, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also triggers prothrombotic changes in the infected individuals. …”
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THE ROLE OF MEDIA SOURCES IN THE FORMATION OF OPINIONS REGARDING THE ANTI-COVID-19 VACCINATION by RUSNAC Svetlana, CORDONEANU Elena

“…The research estimated the predictors of the willingness of citizens of the Republic of Moldova to get vaccinated against COVID-19: 1) trust in the official media, in government and medical institutions involved in the management of the pandemic crisis; 2) concern about the real danger caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus; 3) the ability of medical institutions as bearers of official messages to debunk misinformation from the electronic media, especially from social networks. …”
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Muertes sin cuerpo. Indagaciones etnográficas y bioéticas en torno a los protocolos sanitarios implementados por COVID-19 en un hospital municipal de Córdoba, Argentina. by Lucia Rios

“…A raíz de la implementación de protocolos sanitarios por el virus Sars-CoV-2 en un hospital de Córdoba, Argentina, se generaron situaciones clínico-sociales en torno al “morir en pandemia” definidas por miembros del equipo de salud como muertes sin cuerpo, productos de un escenario complejo donde familiares y allegados no poseían instancias de encuentro con el cuerpo del fallecido, aun cuando éste no había muerto por COVID-19. …”
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