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ReviewMolecular diversity2022

Curse of La Corona: unravelling the scientific and psychological conundrums of the 21st century pandemic.

Arpit Shukla, Paritosh Parmar, Gitanjali Kapoor, Dweipayan Goswami, Chaitanya Kumar Jha, Baldev Patel, Meenu Saraf

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Review in Molecular diversity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing 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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. CRISPR: The Multidrug Resistance Endgame?Molecular biotechnology · 2021
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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

7 authors.

Arpit ShuklaDepartment of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Institute of Advanced Research, University of Innovation, Koba Institutional Area, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382426, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3099-0036
Paritosh ParmarDepartment of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380009, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6463-8124
Gitanjali KapoorDepartment of Psychology, University School of Psychology, Philosophy and Education, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380009, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2211-4765
Dweipayan GoswamiDepartment of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380009, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0165-0294
Chaitanya Kumar JhaMicrobiology Department, Gujarat Arts and Science College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380006, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0890-3082
Baldev PatelDepartment of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380009, India.
Meenu SarafDepartment of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380009, India. msaraf@gujaratuniversity.ac.in.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4964-9452

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbes possess a tremendous potential to interact with their surroundings and have continued to shape the future of all life forms existing on earth. Of all the groups of microbes, viruses are the most nefarious creatures which cannot be solely classified as living or non-living but still pose the greatest threats to the biosphere. Viruses are minuscule, diverse and are probably the only entities that exhibit non-mutualistic association with other lifeforms while retaining their ability to infect and hijack any of the existing living being on the planet. The latest global devastation, caused by novel SARS-CoV-2, is unparalleled in the last century. This review encompasses the mysterious origin of this virus by tracking its lineage, which may help to decode the conundrum of SARS-CoV-2 and shed more light on its epidemiology. The implications and the challenge posed by this virus to the scientific community to the medical community and the economy at large are reflected. Also discussed is the paradigm shift brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic on the human psyche and their behaviour.

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COVID-19PandemicsHumansSARS-CoV-2CoronavirusLineage of SARS-CoV-2MicrobiologyPandemicSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID33392967
PMCPMC7779162

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