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

Durante las primeras semanas de 2020 se comenzaron a informar casos de personas con
SARS-CoV-2 fuera de China, con un rápido aumento de casos y muertes en todo el mundo …

Background The ongoing outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China has
led to the declaration of Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World …

Background Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China in
December 2019, considerable attention has been focused on its elucidation. However, it is …

In early December 2019, an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a
novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), occurred in Wuhan …

The potential impact of an influenza pandemic can be assessed by calculating a set of
transmissibility parameters, the most important being the reproduction number (R), which is …

Two zoonotic influenza A viruses (IAV) of global concern, H5N1 and H7N9, exhibit
unexplained differences in age distribution of human cases. Using data from all known …

Epidemiologic studies indicate that obesity increases the risk of severe complications and
death from influenza virus infections, especially in elderly individuals. This work investigates …

The most frequent infectious diseases in humans—and those with the highest potential for
rapid pandemic spread—are usually transmitted via droplets during close proximity …

The recent corona virus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has claimed the lives of many around
the world and highlighted an urgent need for experimental strategies to prevent, treat and …