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Novas variantes do Sars-Cov-2

A pandemia desencadeada pela disseminação do novo coronavírus tornou-se uma grande e constante preocupação para a população, governos e serviços de saúde do mundo inteiro. Devido aos inúmeros impactos que atingiram diferentes setores da sociedade, todos os temas referentes ao SARS-CoV-2 atraem...

Variantes do vírus SARS-COV-2 causadoras da COVID-19 no Brasil

REVISA (Online); 10 (1), 2021
Objetivo: Analisar as variantes do vírus SARS-COV-2 causadoras da COVID-19 no Brasil, identificadas até fevereiro de 2021. Método: Estudo exploratório, descritivo, comparativo e quantitativo. Os dados foram adquiridos no Ministério da Saúde (MS). Resultados: Foram identificadas as variantes “VOC ...

El testeo inicial de los pacientes con infección por COVID-19 tiene una alta tasa de resultados falsamente negativos
Initial testing of patients with COVID-19 infection has a high rate of false negative results

Saliva as a promising biofluid for SARS-CoV-2 detection during the early stages of infection

Abstract Background: Diagnostic testing for coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 is performed using nasopharyngeal swabs. This type of sampling is uncomfortable for the patient, dangerous for health workers, and its high demand has led to a global shortage of swabs. One of the alternative specimens is saliva....

Survival in pediatric patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: scoping systematic review

Abstract Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 has currently affected 8,015,502 million people worldwide with global mortality around 5%. Information in pediatric cancer patients is still limited, but it is emerging day by day. The objective of this scoping review was to analyze the available data ...

COVID-19 pandemic: challenges ahead

Abstract Since December 2019, health systems worldwide have faced the pandemic caused by the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The pandemic began in China and has spread throughout the world. This new coronavirus has a high transmission capacity and elevated lethality in people over 60...

SARS-CoV-2 and influenza: a comparative overview and treatment implications

Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Alphainfluenzavirus are RNA viruses that cause coronavirus disease-19 and influenza, respectively. Both viruses infect the respiratory tract, show similar symptoms, and use surface proteins to infect the host. Influenza requires he...