[ad_1] With cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) skyrocketing around the world, understanding the full extent of the pandemic is of paramount importance. However, it is an ongoing challenge for public health officials. Currently, diagnostic testing capacity may be insufficient, and in some hospitals, reporting of COVID-19 patients is delayed for …
Read More »Effective surveillance of key non-symptomatic hosts to prevent local outbreaks during outbreaks
[ad_1] A team of researchers in the UK and Israel have warned that during outbreaks of infectious diseases such as coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), effective surveillance of non-symptomatic hosts is essential to prevent local outbreaks. Using COVID-19 as a case study, the team used a ‘branching process model’ to estimate the …
Read More »Key to innate immunity to limit viral load in COVID-19 cases
[ad_1] As the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to cause many difficulties for public health authorities, research is underway to understand how the virus can cause fatal effects on infected people and thus suggest effective preventive and therapeutic measures against it. . A new study by researchers from Houston …
Read More »The second wave of COVID-19 in the UK has reached the “critical” stage, the study says
[ad_1] Caused by the highly contagious pathogen, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the dreaded but expected second wave of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has already hit the UK. This can be seen in the current high prevalence of infections across the country. Therefore, the virus is set to take …
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