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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2020

SARS-CoV-2 and Coronavirus Disease 2019: What We Know So Far.

Firas A Rabi, Mazhar S Al Zoubi, Ghena A Kasasbeh, Dunia M Salameh, Amjad D Al-Nasser

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Review in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 321 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
321citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
18.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

321 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 798 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Firas A RabiDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan.
Mazhar S Al ZoubiDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0003-0248-4777
Ghena A KasasbehSchool of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan.
Dunia M SalamehSchool of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan.
Amjad D Al-NasserDepartment of Statistics, Faculty of Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0001-7515-2357
Yarmouk University · JO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In December 2019, a cluster of fatal pneumonia cases presented in Wuhan, China. They were caused by a previously unknown coronavirus. All patients had been associated with the Wuhan Wholefood market, where seafood and live animals are sold. The virus spread rapidly and public health authorities in China initiated a containment effort. However, by that time, travelers had carried the virus to many countries, sparking memories of the previous coronavirus epidemics, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and causing widespread media attention and panic. Based on clinical criteria and available serological and molecular information, the new disease was called coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), and the novel coronavirus was called SARS Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), emphasizing its close relationship to the 2002 SARS virus (SARS-CoV). The scientific community raced to uncover the origin of the virus, understand the pathogenesis of the disease, develop treatment options, define the risk factors, and work on vaccine development. Here we present a summary of current knowledge regarding the novel coronavirus and the disease it causes.

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CoronavirusCOVID-19pandemicSARSSARS-CoV-2Wuhan

Identifiers

PMID32245083
PMCPMC7157541
OpenAlexW3011959119

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