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ReviewJournal of infection and public health2021

An Overview on the Epidemiology and Immunology of COVID-19.

Maryam Meskini, Mina Rezghi Rami, Parang Maroofi, Soumya Ghosh, Seyed Davar Siadat, Mojgan Sheikhpour

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Review in Journal of infection and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Maryam MeskiniMicrobiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; Mycobacteriology & Pulmonary Research Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: M_meskini@pasteur.ac.ir.
Mina Rezghi RamiDepartment of Chemistry, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, P. O. Box 15875-4416, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: Rezghi@siptc.ir.
Parang MaroofiDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. Electronic address: parangmaroofi71@gmail.com.
Soumya GhoshDepartment of Genetics, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa. Electronic address: soumyaghosh@yahoo.com.
Seyed Davar SiadatMicrobiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; Mycobacteriology & Pulmonary Research Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: d.siadat@gmail.com.
Mojgan SheikhpourMicrobiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; Mycobacteriology & Pulmonary Research Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: mshaikhpoor@gmail.com.
Pasteur Institute of Iran · IRHamedan University of Medical Sciences · IRK.N.Toosi University of Technology · IRUniversity of the Free State · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and the 2019 novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). Currently, there is no analyzed data to examine the outbreak of COVID-19 by continent and no determination of prevalence trends; this article reviews COVID-19 epidemiology and immunology. Original research, reviews, governmental databases, and treatment guidelines are analyzed to present the epidemiology and immunology of COVID-19. Reports from patients who were COVID-19 infected showed typical symptoms of neutrophilia, lymphopenia, and increased systemic inflammatory proteins of IL-6 and C reactive protein (CRP). These observations agree with the results of severe conditions of MERS or lethal cases of SARS, in which there is an increased presence of neutrophils and macrophages in the airways. Additionally, analyzed data showed that Europe (49.37%), the Americas (27.4%), and Eastern Mediterranean (10.07%) had the most cumulative total per 100,000 population confirmed cases, and Africa (6.9%), Western Pacific (3.46%), and South-East Asia (2.72%) had the lowest cumulative total per 100,000 population confirmed cases. In general, the trend lines showed that the number of confirmed cases (cumulative total) and deaths (cumulative total) would decrease eventually.

Indexed as

COVID-19Middle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronavirusAfricaDisease OutbreaksEuropeHumansSARS-CoV-2CoronavirusesCOVID-19EpidemiologyImmunology

Identifiers

PMID34420903
PMCPMC8336978
OpenAlexW3192520242

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