COVID-19 breakthroughs: separating fact from fiction.
FEBS J
; 287(17): 3612-3632, 2020 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-960852
ABSTRACT
The newly recognised coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, causative agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has caused a pandemic with huge ramifications for human interactions around the globe. As expected, research efforts to understand the virus and curtail the disease are moving at a frantic pace alongside the spread of rumours, speculations and falsehoods. In this article, we aim to clarify the current scientific view behind several claims or controversies related to COVID-19. Starting with the origin of the virus, we then discuss the effect of ibuprofen and nicotine on the severity of the disease. We highlight the knowledge on fomites and SARS-CoV-2 and discuss the evidence and explications for a disproportionately stronger impact of COVID-19 on ethnic minorities, including a potential protective role for vitamin D. We further review what is known about the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children, including their role in transmission of the disease, and conclude with the science on different mortality rates between different countries and whether this hints at the existence of more pathogenic cohorts of SARS-CoV-2.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vitamin D Deficiency
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Pandemics
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
FEBS J
Journal subject:
Biochemistry
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Febs.15442
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