&lt;p&gt;Syndromic Surveillance System for MERS-CoV as New Early Warning and Identification Approach&lt;/p&gt;

Salamatbakhsh, Maryam; Mobaraki, Kazhal; Ahmadzadeh, Jamal

doi:10.2147/rmhp.s239984

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“…Although all ages are susceptible to catching the SARS-CoV-2, our results ( Table 1 ) consistent with previous reports, suggest that older people are more involved with the SARS-CoV-2 disease. This evidence and behavior of coronavirus as a large number of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from the mild common cold to severe pneumonia which is similar to MERS-CoV ( 15 - 20 ) has been confirmed in previously conducted studies ( 21 , 22 ). The authors of the study suggested that this issue be separately investigated in further study.…”

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confidence: 77%

Family clustering of SARS-CoV-2 in Qazvin, Northwest of Iran

Hosseinkhani

Foroozanfar

Zamanian

et al. 2022

Med. J. Islam. Republ. Iran

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Background: Human infection affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been recognized as a global health concern. We report the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with a familial cluster of SARS-CoV-2 from Qazvin province (located in the northwest of Iran). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we enrolled 332 hospitalized patients that were confirmed SARS-CoV-2 diseases with laboratory-based (PT-PCR) test in Qazvin province, Iran. Having family infection transmission and subsequently, family clustering of SARS-COV-2 disease was assessed with the Generalized Estimating Equation model in patients. Results: Crude odds ratio estimates of creating family clustering of SARS-CoV-2 infection was 0.47 times [95% CI: 0.23, 0.98, p=0.045] less for female compared to the males; 2.26 [95% CI: 1.11, 4.58, p=0.024] and 2.69 [95% CI: 1.47, 4.93, p=0.001] for SARS-CoV-2 patients that had digestive and muscle pain in comparison with those did not this mentioned symptoms, respectively. 1.52 [95% CI: 1.05, 2.23, p=0.024] for patients with a longer hospitalization compared with patients that had shorter duration of hospitalization and adjusted odds ratio estimates were 2.13 [95% CI: 1.12, 4.03, p=0.020] for patients who receive public health services in comparison those did not receive public health services. Conclusion: Our findings confirm the person-to-person transmission of this novel coronavirus in family settings and hospitals, and the reports of infected travelers in other geographical regions. Major gaps in our knowledge about the potential factors in creating family clustering of SARS-CoV-2 infection, epidemiology, duration of human transmission and etc. need fulfillment by future studies.

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confidence: 77%

Family clustering of SARS-CoV-2 in Qazvin, Northwest of Iran

Hosseinkhani

Foroozanfar

Zamanian

et al. 2022

Med. J. Islam. Republ. Iran

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“…Additionally, countries on the South American plate with relatively young populations (i.e., Peru, Ecuador) have experienced severe COVID-19 outbreaks ( Accinelli and Leon-Abarca, 2020 ; Quevedo-Ramirez et al, 2020 ; Del Brutto et al, 2020 ). Although regions with weak health systems have a relatively lower molecular diagnostic capacity, syndromic surveillance is employed globally ( Daughton et al, 2020 ; Aghaali et al, 2020 ; Salamatbakhsh et al, 2020 ; Smith et al, 2020 ; Sokhna et al, 2020 ); thus, deaths due to an emerging, severe acute respiratory disease is captured uniformly across time and different countries, irrespective of national wealth ( Mbow et al, 2020 ). Tropical (warmer) climate per se does not affect the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic ( Xie and Zhu, 2020 ; Ascencio-Vasquez et al, 2019 ).…”

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WITHDRAWN: Can Traditional Chinese Medicine provide insights into controlling the COVID-19 pandemic: Serpentinization-induced lithospheric long-wavelength magnetic anomalies in Proterozoic bedrocks in a weakened geomagnetic field mediate the aberrant transformation of biogenic molecules in COVID-19 via magnetic catalysis

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Agarwal

et al. 2020

Science of The Total Environment

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Thoracic organs, namely, the lungs and kidneys in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-associated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), exhibit silicate/glass-like (hyaline) and iron oxides-like deposits, which are like serpentinization-induced minerals. The discovery of the chiral-induced spin selectivity effect suggests that a resonant external magnetic field could alter the spin state of electrons in biogenic molecules and result in the magnetic catalysis of aberrant molecules and disease. We propose here that carbon dioxide-rich water-peridotite (a ferromagnesian silicate) interactions generate abnormal lithospheric long-wavelength magnetic anomalies (LWMAs) via serpentinization, during conditions with increased terrestrial water storage and atmospheric carbon dioxide, and a weakened geomagnetic field. Furthermore, we provide evidence supporting a hypothesis, which posits, COVID-19 is a pathologic manifestation of resonant LWMAs-induced magnetic catalysis of iron oxides-silicate-like minerals from biogenic molecules and the coronavirus from endogenous viral elements, with the virus particles capable of replication and transmission to other hosts. We propose that those LWMAs are associated with the production of iron oxides-silicate rock minerals in tectonic plates with Proterozoic cratons. Thus, severe COVID-19 outbreaks are/will predominately occur in Eurasia and the Americas and are governed by the spatiotemporal dynamics of terrestrial water storage and the semiannual oscillation of the weakening geomagnetic magnetic field. We propose that the ferromagnetic-like iron stores in humans are the unifying determinant for COVID-19-induced morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, we propose that Nephrite-Jade amulets (a calcium-ferromagnesian silicate) developed by Neolithic Chinese Medicine to prevent thoracic organ disease, may prevent COVID-19.

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“…1 Although coronaviruses have been mostly reported in animals, other types of coronavirus have caused pandemics of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in the world within the past two decades. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The mortality rates of SARS and MERS were respectively reported at 10% and 37%, which are higher in comparison to COVID-19. 9,10 Symptoms of COVID-19 in 80% of infected people are mild, and common symptoms include, fever, dry cough and shortness of breath.…”

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confidence: 93%

Isolation Compliance and Associated Factors Among COVID-19 Patients in North-West Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study

Foroozanfar¹,

Zamanian²,

Moradzadeh³

et al. 2020

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Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 has now turned into a public health emergency. Isolation of patients is a possible solution for controlling epidemic infectious diseases. We assessed the compliance of isolation and associated factors among patients with COVID-19. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 320 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals of Qazvin province. Patients' isolation, self-care health behaviors, reference to public health services and possible related factors were assessed. Data were analyzed using multiple logistic regression. Results: In this study, 320 patients were enrolled, including 175 men (54.7%). Two hundred and eighty-six patients (89.4%) had complete isolation. Factors such as phone tracking by health center (OR = 1.30; 95% CI: 1.01 to 1.75) and dry cough (OR = 2.36; 95% CI: 1.09 to 5.09) increased odds of complete isolation in COVID-19 patients, but having a COVID-19 patient in the family (OR = 0.32; 95% CI: 0.15 to 0.71) and symptoms of disease like shortness of breath (OR = 0.39; 95% CI: 0.18 to 0.85) and muscle pain (OR = 0.43; 95% CI: 0.20 to 0.95) decreased odds ratio for these patients. Conclusion:Phone tracking by the health center was the most important factor to increase the odds of patient isolation. Thus, the health system should consider improving health workers' knowledge and skills through education.

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<p>Syndromic Surveillance System for MERS-CoV as New Early Warning and Identification Approach</p>

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Family clustering of SARS-CoV-2 in Qazvin, Northwest of Iran

Family clustering of SARS-CoV-2 in Qazvin, Northwest of Iran

Isolation Compliance and Associated Factors Among COVID-19 Patients in North-West Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study

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