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COVID-19 and male infertility: An overview of the disease
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
, 2022 , Article)
Since SARS-CoV-2 infection was first discovered in December 2019 in Wuhan City in China, it spread rapidly and a global pandemic of COVID-19 has occurred. According to several recent studies on SARS-CoV-2, the virus primarily ...
Increased complications of COVID-19 in people with cardiovascular disease: Role of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) dysregulation
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd
, 2022 , Article)
The rapid spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID?19), has had a dramatic negative impact on public health and economies worldwide. Recent studies ...
Reporting of RT-PCR cycle threshold (Ct) values during the first wave of COVID-19 in Qatar improved result interpretation in clinical and public health settings
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Microbiology Society
, 2022 , Article)
Introduction. The cycle threshold (Ct) value in real-time PCR (RT-PCR) is where a target-specific amplification signal becomes detectable and can infer viral load, risk of transmission and recovery. Use of Ct values in ...
Protection from previous natural infection compared with mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 in Qatar: a retrospective cohort study
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
BackgroundUnderstanding protection conferred by natural SARS-CoV-2 infection versus COVID-19 vaccination is important for informing vaccine mandate decisions. We compared protection conferred by natural infection versus ...
Immune Imprinting and Protection against Repeat Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2
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Massachusetts Medical Society
, 2022 , Other)
More than 2 years into the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the global population carries heterogeneous immune histories derived from various exposures to infection, viral variants, and vaccination.1 Evidence ...
D-Dimer Concentrations and COVID-19 Severity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Frontiers Media
, 2020 , Article Review)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a recently described infectious disease caused
by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Since late 2019,
COVID-19 has rapidly spread in virtually all countries, ...
CHARACTERIZING WITHIN-HOST DIVERSITY IN SHORT-TERM AND VACCINATED COVID-19 PATIENTS
(2023 , Master Thesis)
SARS-CoV-2 is the etiological agent of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused massive losses in human lives and strained global health resources. The ongoing vaccination campaigns in many countries have spurred ...
COVID-19: potential therapeutics for pediatric patients
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Springer
, 2021 , Article Review)
The global spread of COVID-19 has imparted significant economic, medical, and social burdens. Like adults, children are affected by this pandemic. However, milder clinical symptoms are often experienced by them. Only a ...
A particle swarm optimization approach for predicting the number of COVID-19 deaths
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Nature Research
, 2021 , Article)
The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has raised huge concerns about the prospect of a major health disaster that would result in a huge number of deaths. This anxiety was largely fueled by the fact that the severe ...
The SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Activates the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Mediated Signaling
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MDPI
, 2023 , Article)
The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic is caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). At the molecular and cellular levels, the SARS-CoV-2 uses its envelope glycoprotein, the ...