Prevalence and characteristics of fever in adult and paediatric patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A systematic review and meta-analysis of 17515 …

MA Islam, S Kundu, SS Alam, T Hossan, MA Kamal… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a pandemic disease caused by the
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 started to spread globally since December …

Diagnostic accuracy of rapid antigen test kits for detecting SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 17,171 suspected COVID-19 patients

SS Khandker, NHH Nik Hashim, ZZ Deris… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Early diagnosis is still as crucial as the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. As RT-PCR
sometimes is not feasible in develo** nations or rural areas, health professionals may use …

Global financial crisis, smart lockdown strategies, and the COVID-19 spillover impacts: A global perspective implications from Southeast Asia

C Wang, D Wang, J Abbas, K Duan… - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This present study primarily emphasizes to seek the COVID-19 adverse impacts posing
health challenges and global economic crisis. The pandemic (COVID-19) continues to hit …

Performance of rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MF Khalid, K Selvam, AJN Jeffry, MF Salmi, MA Najib… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The identification of viral RNA using reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain
reaction (RT-qPCR) is the gold standard for identifying an infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 …

Encephalitis in patients with COVID-19: a systematic evidence-based analysis

MA Islam, C Cavestro, SS Alam, S Kundu, MA Kamal… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) predominantly
infects the respiratory system, several investigations have shown the involvement of the …

RETRACTED AND REPLACED: Taste loss as a distinct symptom of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ME Hannum, RJ Koch, VA Ramirez, SS Marks… - Chemical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Chemosensory scientists have been skeptical that reports of COVID-19 taste loss are
genuine, in part because before COVID-19 taste loss was rare and often confused with smell …

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

K Hajissa, MA Islam, SA Hassan, AR Zaidah… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
A reliable estimate of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies is increasingly important to track the
spread of infection and define the true burden of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A …

Self-reported olfactory dysfunction and diet quality: findings from the 2011–2014 national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES)

S Rawal, VB Duffy, L Berube, JE Hayes, AK Kant… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
We identified associations between self-reported olfactory dysfunction (OD) and dietary
attributes in participants aged≥ 40 years (n= 6,356) from the nationally representative 2011 …

A mathematical model of transmission dynamics of SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) with an underlying condition of diabetes

S Okyere, J Ackora-Prah - International Journal of Mathematics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is well established that people with diabetes are more likely to have serious complications
from COVID‐19. Nearly 1 in 5 COVID‐19 deaths in the African region are linked to diabetes …

[HTML][HTML] Making scents of loss of taste in COVID‐19: Is self‐reported loss of taste due to olfactory dysfunction? A prospective study using psychophysical testing

SD Le Bon, L Payen, L Prunier, Y Steffens… - International Forum of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS Adult patients with sudden chemosensory loss since September 2020 were
prospectively recruited via public call from two Belgian institutions (Saint‐Pierre University …