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ReviewViruses2020

SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Viral Genomics, Epidemiology, Vaccines, and Therapeutic Interventions.

Mohammed Uddin, Farah Mustafa, Tahir A Rizvi, Tom Loney, Hanan Al Suwaidi, Ahmed H Hassan Al-Marzouqi, Afaf Kamal Eldin, Nabeel Alsabeeha, Thomas E Adrian, Cesare Stefanini and 3 more

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Review in Viruses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
127citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

127 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 316 citations in OpenAlex.

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67 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

13 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Mohammed UddinCollege of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE.
Farah MustafaDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE.ORCID 0000-0002-1081-3756
Tahir A RizviDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE.
Tom LoneyCollege of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE.
Hanan Al SuwaidiCollege of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE.
Ahmed H Hassan Al-MarzouqiDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE.
Afaf Kamal EldinDepartment of Food, Nutrition and Health, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE.
Nabeel AlsabeehaMinistry of Health and Prevention, Dubai, UAE.
Thomas E AdrianCollege of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE.
Cesare StefaniniDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare Engineering Innovation Center (HEIC), Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Norbert NowotnyCollege of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE.
Alawi Alsheikh-AliCollege of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE.
Abiola C SenokCollege of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE.ORCID 0000-0001-6382-198X
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences · AEUnited Arab Emirates University · AEHospital for Sick Children · CAKhalifa University of Science and Technology · AEMinistry of Health · AEUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is due to infection caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus that impacts the lower respiratory tract. The spectrum of symptoms ranges from asymptomatic infections to mild respiratory symptoms to the lethal form of COVID-19 which is associated with severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress, and fatality. To address this global crisis, up-to-date information on viral genomics and transcriptomics is crucial for understanding the origins and global dispersion of the virus, providing insights into viral pathogenicity, transmission, and epidemiology, and enabling strategies for therapeutic interventions, drug discovery, and vaccine development. Therefore, this review provides a comprehensive overview of COVID-19 epidemiology, genomic etiology, findings from recent transcriptomic map analysis, viral-human protein interactions, molecular diagnostics, and the current status of vaccine and novel therapeutic intervention development. Moreover, we provide an extensive list of resources that will help the scientific community access numerous types of databases related to SARS-CoV-2 OMICs and approaches to therapeutics related to COVID-19 treatment.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentCOVID-19 VaccinesGenomicsHumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Viral VaccinesCOVID-19 VaccinesViral VaccinescoronavirusCOVID-19pandemicSARS-CoV-2viral genomics

Identifiers

PMID32397688
PMCPMC7290442
OpenAlexW3015181278

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