SARS-CoV-2 viral load and detection of infectious virus in the respiratory tract are the two
key parameters for estimating infectiousness. As shedding of infectious virus is required for …

Human respiratory virus infections lead to a spectrum of respiratory symptoms and disease
severity, contributing to substantial morbidity, mortality and economic losses worldwide, as …

SUMMARY majority of patients tend to have a mild illness, a minority of patients develop
severe hypoxia requiring hospitalization and mechanical ventilation. Management is mostly …

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is leading to social
(physical) distancing policies worldwide, including in the USA. Some of the first actions …

The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been a Public Health …

This study has two goals. The first is to explain the geo-environmental determinants of the
accelerated diffusion of COVID-19 that is generating a high level of deaths. The second is to …

Background An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has led to 95 333 confirmed cases as of March 5, 2020. Understanding the early …

Coronaviruses (CoVs) are a large family of enveloped, single-stranded, zoonotic RNA
viruses. Four CoVs commonly circulate among humans: HCoV2-229E,-HKU1,-NL63 and …

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan turned into a public health emergency of
international concern. With no antiviral drugs nor vaccines, and the presence of carriers …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed epidemic modeling at the
forefront of worldwide public policy making. Nonetheless, modeling and forecasting the …