Evaluation of three rapid lateral flow antigen detection tests for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection

CVID-19 pandemic has led to high demand for rapid antigen detection tests. All three RADTs evaluated in this study reached a more than 90% sensitivity...

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SARS-CoV-2 has been arguably the most important public health concern worldwide in 2020. We used a random-effects model to estimate pooled seroprevale...

Epidemiological and clinical features in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 outside of Wuhan, China: Special focus in asymptomatic patients

In December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan City and rapidly spread across the world. The clinical characteristics of affec...

Extremely low prevalence of asymptomatic COVID-19 among healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients in Israeli hospitals: a cross-sectional study

Only one nurse on a COVID-19 unit tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The low prevalence of asymptomatic SARS among HCWs suggests that Israel's guidelines...

The prevalence of COVID-19 in healthcare personnel in an adult and pediatric academic medical center

Results: HCP in patient-facing roles and in support roles had a greater chance of being positive of COVID-19. Foodservice workers (9.15%) and environm...

COVID-19-related medical research: a meta-research and critical appraisal

Since the start of the outbreak, a large number of COVID-19-related papers have been published. Concerns about the risk of expedited science have been...

SARS-CoV-2 infection and adverse events in patients with cancer receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors: an observational prospective study

Safety of targeted therapies (TTs), chemotherapy (CT) or immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) therapy is still unknown. Mortality of SARS-CoV-2-positiv...

Metabolic associated fatty liver disease increases the severity of COVID-19: A meta-analysis

To explore the association between MAFLD and the severity of COVID-19 by meta-analysis.

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