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Driving forces for COVID-19 clinical trials using chloroquine: the need to choose the right research questions and outcomes

The value of mitigating epidemic peaks of COVID-19 for more effective public health responses

Understanding SARS CoV-2 biology to win COVID-19 battle

Braz. dent. sci; 23 (2,supl), 2020
This review highlights the main findings on the biology of SARS CoV-2 and the strategies to combat COVID 19 pandemic. Since the initial outbreak in China on December 2019, the international scientific community joined efforts in an unprecedent public health battle. In late May 2020, 5 204 508 cases and 3...

COVID-19 and Geriatric Dentistry: What will be the new-normal?

Braz. dent. sci; 23 (2,supl), 2020
Older adults may face many barriers when accessing oral health care. The most vulnerable groups are people living in long term care institutions and the homebound. These barriers are related but not limited to socio-economic issues, medical and oral health problems. Some socio-economic problems are lack ...

Assessment of dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey and future projections

Braz. dent. sci; 23 (2,supl), 2020
A new coronavirus disease has affected the whole world, starting from Wuhan, China at the end of 2019. The disease, caused by the pathogen of SARS-CoV-2, commonly called COVID-19, has soon passed into the history of epidemics as the most effective pandemic recently. Dentistry has also been significantly ...

Ultraviolet-C decontamination of a dental clinic setting: required dose and time of UVC light

Braz. dent. sci; 23 (2,supl), 2020
Viruses can spread to the environment, and it can be challenging to clear it. A direct approach to limit airborne transmission of pathogens in dental clinic offices is to inactivate viruses within a short time of their production and block the person-to-person transmission routes in dental clinics. For t...

Recomendaciones para una conducta temprana en el manejo clínico de los pacientes con Covid-19

Hasta abril de 2020, se contabilizaba una cifra cercana a los dos millones de contagiados con SARS-Cov-2 [1], diseminándose a centenares de países en todo el mundo. El impacto se ha visto reflejado en todos los estratos sociales, afectando a los más carenciados y ha develado las grandes debilidades de...

Challenges in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic in university hospitals