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ReviewAdvances in biological regulation2020

Where are we with understanding of COVID-19?

Shaw M Akula, James A McCubrey

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Review in Advances in biological regulation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

2 authors.

Shaw M AkulaDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Broday School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA. Electronic address: akulas@ecu.edu.
James A McCubreyDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Broday School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA. Electronic address: mccubreyj@ecu.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 caused by SARS-CoV-2 originated from China and spread across every corner of the world. The scientific interest on COVID-19 increased after WHO declared it a pandemic in the early February of 2020. In fact, this pandemic has had a worldwide impact on economy, health, and lifestyle like no other in the last 100 years. SARS-CoV-2 belongs to Coronaviridae family and causes the deadliest clinical manifestations when compared to other viruses in the family. COVID-19 is an emerging zoonotic disease that has resulted in over 383,000 deaths around the world. Scientists are scrambling for ideas to develop treatment and prevention strategies to thwart the disease condition. In this review, we have attempted to summarize the latest information on the virus, disease, prevention, and treatment strategies. The future looks promising.

Indexed as

AnimalsBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2ZoonosesCOVID-19PandemicSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID32992235
PMCPMC7305492

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