ArticleNature2023
The WHO estimates of excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 522 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
522 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Mortality Assessment in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Autopsy findings in cases of fatal COVID-19 vaccine-induced myocarditis.ESC heart failure · 2025Pooled it
- COVID-19 Disease and Economic Burden to Healthcare Systems in Adults in Six Latin American Countries Before Nationwide Vaccination Program: Ministry of Health Database Assessment and Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Cellular immunotherapy for COVID-19-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome: Results of the CIRCA-19 phase 1 safety and phase 2 randomized controlled trials.Stem cell reports · 2026Trial
- Immunogenicity and Safety of Heterologous Versus Homologous Prime-Boost Regimens With BBIBP-CorV and Ad26.COV2.S COVID-19 Vaccines: A Multicentric, Randomized, Observer-Blinded Non-inferiority Trial in Madagascar and Mozambique.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025Trial
- Economic and health consequence frames affect COVID-19 vaccine incentive attitudes in Germany- a survey based framing experiment.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Meplazumab, a CD147 antibody, for severe COVID-19: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 clinical trial.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Trial
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- Post-pandemic mortality patterns and COVID-19 burden considering multiple death causes.European journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Greece, 2020-January 2023: An Analysis Based on National Digital COVID-19 and Vaccination Registries.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Increased risk of corneal transplant rejection following SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination.International ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Improving mortality rate estimation in 825 European cities: a linear mixed-effects modelling approach using Urban Audit data.European journal of public health · 2026Article
- Individual and Environmental Correlations with Vaccination Status in Canada: The COHESION study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026Article
- Comprehensive global-scale evaluation of the COVID-19 pandemic associated with 234 countries, territories, and sub-national locations during 2020-2024.Folia microbiologica · 2026Article
- Structural gradients in excess mortality during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: economic development, preparedness, and cross-national differences, 2020-2024.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sonora, Mexico, 2015-2022: A Time-Series Analysis of Cause-Specific Mortality.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cytokine and Lymphocyte Profiles in COVID-19 Patients with Cancer: Implications for Disease Severity and Clinical Outcomes.Viruses · 2026Article
- Predictors of Mortality in COVID-19 Patients Presenting With Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- COVID-19 Mortality in Swedish Intensive Care Units: A Multicenter Survival Analysis.Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
462 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The World Health Organization has a mandate to compile and disseminate statistics on mortality, and we have been tracking the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic since the beginning of 2020
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