ReviewThe Lancet. Infectious diseases2020
Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics.
Review in The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 669 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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669 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Adherence to mask-wearing and its impact on the incidence and deaths of viral respiratory infectious diseases: a systematic review, meta-analysis and modelling study.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- SARS-CoV-2 infection rates and associated risk factors in healthcare workers: systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Vaccination against influenza viruses reduces infection, not hospitalization or death, from respiratory COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of medical virology · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review on the incidence of influenza viruses in wastewater matrices: Implications for public health.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of the clinical characteristics of influenza-COVID-19 co-infection.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Human Coronaviruses in Africa Prior to the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak: A Systematic Review.Viruses · 2023Pooled it
- Risk Factors Associated with Severity and Death from COVID-19 in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence and factors associated with depression, anxiety and stress in Malaysia during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Amantadine in unvaccinated patients with early, mild to moderate COVID-19: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial.European journal of neurology · 2024Trial
- Revisiting Animal Reservoirs of Hantavirus and Other Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Cruise Travel: Impact and Prevention.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Plasma Metabolomic Alterations Are Associated with T-Cell Senescence, Cytokine Dysregulation, and Prognosis in Elderly COVID-19 Patients.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Conformational Dynamics of Viral Protease Precursors in Maturation, Inhibition, and Drug-Resistance Development.Viruses · 2026Review
- Assessing spatial transmission risk of respiratory infectious diseases across cities of different socioeconomic tiers in China: A modelling study.PLoS medicine · 2026Article
- Usambarensine fromACS omega · 2026Article
- Pathogen-specific immune responses might underlie divergent outcomes of coronavirus and influenza infection in the natural porcine host.Communications biology · 2026Article
- The seven human coronavirus main proteases exhibit differential modulation of NF-κB suppression via TAB1 cleavage.Communications biology · 2026Article
- CRISPR-based dual-mode lateral flow assay driven by magnetic SERS tags for highly sensitive detection of respiratory viruses.Mikrochimica acta · 2026Article
- Excess mortality in Europe estimated by EuroMOMO during the COVID-19 pandemic and previous influenza seasons.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Genome surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB subvariants in Wuhan in June 2023.Archives of virology · 2026Article
- Divergent lipid utilization strategies of SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV revealed by comparative multi-omics profiling of infected mouse lung tissues.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
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Abstract
The objective of this Personal View is to compare transmissibility, hospitalisation, and mortality rates for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with those of other epidemic coronaviruses, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), and pandemic influenza viruses. The basic reproductive rate (R
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