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Potential COVID‐19 therapeutic approaches targeting angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2; An updated review
Potential COVID‐19 therapeutic approaches targeting angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2; An updated review
Summary COVID-19 has spread swiftly throughout the world posing a global health emergency. The significant numbers of deat...
Laboratory‐based testing for hepatitis C infection using dried blood spot samples: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of diagnostic accuracy
Laboratory‐based testing for hepatitis C infection using dried blood spot samples: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of diagnostic accuracy
Abstract The use of dried blood spot (DBS) samples can facilitate the implementation of reflex testing by circumventing th...
Protective and pathological roles of regulatory immune cells in human cytomegalovirus infection following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Protective and pathological roles of regulatory immune cells in human cytomegalovirus infection following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Abstract Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is ubiquitously prevalent. Immune system in healthy individuals is capable of contro...
Cardiac complications following mRNA COVID‐19 vaccines: A systematic review of case reports and case series
Cardiac complications following mRNA COVID‐19 vaccines: A systematic review of case reports and case series
Abstract There have been several local and systemic adverse events associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Pericarditis, m...
Caution should be exercised when assessing ivermectin for the treatment of COVID‐19 in systematic reviews
Caution should be exercised when assessing ivermectin for the treatment of COVID‐19 in systematic reviews
Corresponding Author Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton,...
Proposed subtypes of post‐COVID‐19 syndrome (or long‐COVID) and their respective potential therapies
Proposed subtypes of post‐COVID‐19 syndrome (or long‐COVID) and their respective potential therapies
Summary The effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a highly transmissible infectious respiratory disease that has...
Complement inhibition: A possible therapeutic approach in the fight against Covid‐19
Complement inhibition: A possible therapeutic approach in the fight against Covid‐19
Abstract The complement system, as a vital part of innate immunity, has an important role in the clearance of pathogens; h...
Review of studies of severe acute respiratory syndrome related coronavirus–2 pathogenesis in human organoid models
Review of studies of severe acute respiratory syndrome related coronavirus–2 pathogenesis in human organoid models
Summary Severe acute respiratory syndrome related coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of Covid-19 which was classified...
Features of HLA class I expression and its clinical relevance in SARS‐CoV‐2: What do we know so far?
Features of HLA class I expression and its clinical relevance in SARS‐CoV‐2: What do we know so far?
Summary Modifications in HLA-I expression are found in many viral diseases. They represent one of the immune evasion strat...
HTLV‐1 oncovirus‐host interactions: From entry to the manifestation of associated diseases
HTLV‐1 oncovirus‐host interactions: From entry to the manifestation of associated diseases
Summary Human T lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) is a well-known human oncovirus, associated with two life-threatening d...
Mitochondrial changes associated with viral infectious diseases in the paediatric population
Mitochondrial changes associated with viral infectious diseases in the paediatric population
Summary Infectious diseases occur worldwide with great frequency in both adults and children, causing 350,000 deaths in 20...
Is SARS‐CoV‐2 viral clearance in nasopharyngeal swabs an appropriate surrogate marker for clinical efficacy of neutralising antibody‐based therapeutics?
Is SARS‐CoV‐2 viral clearance in nasopharyngeal swabs an appropriate surrogate marker for clinical efficacy of neutralising antibody‐based therapeutics?
Abstract Viral clearance is likely the best way to assess the efficacy of antibody-based therapies. Although antibodies ca...
Viruses of the oral cavity: Prevalence, pathobiology and association with oral diseases
Viruses of the oral cavity: Prevalence, pathobiology and association with oral diseases
Summary The human oral cavity contains a plethora of habitats and tissue environments, such as teeth, tongue, and gingiva,...
Current views on the potentials of convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) as Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) treatment: A systematic review and meta‐analysis based on recent studies and previous respiratory pandemics
Current views on the potentials of convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) as Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) treatment: A systematic review and meta‐analysis based on recent studies and previous respiratory pandemics
Summary Convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) has been investigated as a treatment for COVID-19. This review evaluates CPT in ...
Effects of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine treatment on non‐SARS‐CoV2 viral infections: A systematic review of clinical studies
Effects of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine treatment on non‐SARS‐CoV2 viral infections: A systematic review of clinical studies
Summary Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have been used as antiviral agents for the treatment of severe acute...
SARS‐CoV‐2, Covid‐19, and the debunking of conspiracy theories
SARS‐CoV‐2, Covid‐19, and the debunking of conspiracy theories
Summary The emergence of a novel human coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has enga...
Prevalence and genotype distribution of human papillomavirus infection in different anatomical sites among men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Prevalence and genotype distribution of human papillomavirus infection in different anatomical sites among men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Summary Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at increased risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection because of their hig...
Model systems for studying extrahepatic pathogenesis of hepatitis E virus. Current knowledge and future directions
Model systems for studying extrahepatic pathogenesis of hepatitis E virus. Current knowledge and future directions
Summary Hepatitis E Virus is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis globally. HEV infection is endemic in developi...
Loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP): An effective molecular point‐of‐care technique for the rapid diagnosis of coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2
Loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP): An effective molecular point‐of‐care technique for the rapid diagnosis of coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2
Summary The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) public health emergency has caused enormous loss around the world. T...
Receptors in host pathogen interactions between human cytomegalovirus and the placenta during congenital infection
Receptors in host pathogen interactions between human cytomegalovirus and the placenta during congenital infection
Summary Cellular receptors in human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) mother to child transmission play an important role in congenit...
Interindividual immunogenic variants: Susceptibility to coronavirus, respiratory syncytial virus and influenza virus
Interindividual immunogenic variants: Susceptibility to coronavirus, respiratory syncytial virus and influenza virus
Summary The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic is the most serious event of the year 2020, causing considerable globa...
Redox‐sensitive signalling pathways regulated by human papillomavirus in HPV‐related cancers
Redox‐sensitive signalling pathways regulated by human papillomavirus in HPV‐related cancers
Summary High-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) chronic infection is associated with the induction of different HPV-relate...
C‐reactive protein as an effector molecule in Covid‐19 pathogenesis
C‐reactive protein as an effector molecule in Covid‐19 pathogenesis
Summary The current pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus infection is known as Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). This di...
Sex‐based differences in severity and mortality in COVID‐19
Sex‐based differences in severity and mortality in COVID‐19
Summary The current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus ...
Covid‐19 and oral diseases: Crosstalk, synergy or association?
Covid‐19 and oral diseases: Crosstalk, synergy or association?
Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavir...
Neutralising antibody escape of SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein: Risk assessment for antibody‐based Covid‐19 therapeutics and vaccines
Neutralising antibody escape of SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein: Risk assessment for antibody‐based Covid‐19 therapeutics and vaccines
Summary The Spike protein is the target of both antibody-based therapeutics (convalescent plasma, polyclonal serum, monocl...
Covid‐19 vaccines and variants of concern: A review
Covid‐19 vaccines and variants of concern: A review
Abstract Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in December 2019, caused by the severe acute respirator...
Marine mollusc extracts—Potential source of SARS‐CoV‐2 antivirals
Marine mollusc extracts—Potential source of SARS‐CoV‐2 antivirals
Summary Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel human coronavirus and the causative agent ...
A comparison with historical influenza prompts better planning for Covid‐19 and future pandemics, and gives grounds for optimism
A comparison with historical influenza prompts better planning for Covid‐19 and future pandemics, and gives grounds for optimism
Covid-19 has shaken confidence in public health. The developed democratic countries have not yet reached vaccination suffi...
Role of ORF8a as accessory protein in apoptosis induction in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection
Role of ORF8a as accessory protein in apoptosis induction in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection
Early View e2312 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Milad Zandi, Corresponding Author ...
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