Authors: Robert John Sawyer, Ph.D Because COVID-19 is a new virus, it is too early to make definitive statements on how it affects the neurological system. New reports are raising concerns about lingering “brain […]
Why Does COVID Make Some People So Sick, Ask Their Genome
Authors: Megan Molteni i SARS-COV-2,the pandemic coronavirus that surfaced for the first time in China last year, is an equal opportunity invader. If you’re a human, it wants in. Regardless of age, […]
COV-19 NCBI Genomics Basic: Unlocking capacities of viral genomics for the COVID-19 pandemic response
Authors: Sergey Knyazev,# Karishma Chhugani,# Varuni Sarwal,# Ram Ayyala,# Harman Singh,# Smruthi Karthikeyan, Dhrithi Deshpande, Zoia Comarova, Angela Lu, Yuri Porozov, Aiping Wu, Malak S. Abedalthagafi, Shivashankar H. Nagaraj, Adam L. Smith, Pavel Skums, Jason Ladner, Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam, Nicholas C. Wu, Alex Zelikovsky, Rob Knight, Keith A. Crandall, and Serghei […]
Elevated levels of a blood clotting factor linked to worse outcomes in severe COVID-19
Authors: MGH NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s continuing coverage of medicine, biomedical research, medical education and policy related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the disease […]
COVID-19 presenting with diarrheas’ and hyponatremias
Authors: Fateen Ata, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9549-8352Hussam Almasri, Jamal Sajid and http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-9899Zohaib Yousaf COVID-19 is a viral disease with a high infectivity rate. The full spectrum of the disease is not yet understood. This understanding may help […]
Cellular pathology in the COVID-19 era: a European perspective on maintaining quality and safety
Authors: John R Gosney1, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0431-9353Paul Hofman2, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1630-5805Giancarlo Troncone3, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6813-0395Fernando Lopez-Rios4 COVID-19 is a zoonotic viral infection that originated in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. WHO classified the resulting pandemic as a ‘global health […]
What’s Sex Got to Do With COVID-19? Gender-Based Differences in the Host Immune Response to Coronaviruses
Authors: Nirupa Gadi1,2, Samantha C. Wu1,2, Allison P. Spihlman1,2 and Vaishali R. Moulton1* The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has ravaged the world, […]
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
Authors: Aakriti Gupta, Mahesh V. Madhavan, […]Donald W. Landry Although COVID-19 is most well known for causing substantial respiratory pathology, it can also result in several extrapulmonary manifestations. These conditions include thrombotic […]
Viral dynamics in mild and severe cases of COVID-19
Authors: Lancet Correspondence Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new pandemic disease. We previously reported that the viral load of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) peaks within the […]
Pathophysiology of COVID-19: Mechanisms Underlying Disease Severity and Progression
Authors: Mary Kathryn Bohn, Alexandra Hall, Lusia Sepiashvili, Benjamin Jung, Shannon Steele, and Khosrow Adeli Abstract The global epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) suggests a wide spectrum of clinical severity, ranging from asymptomatic to […]