Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

Latest preprint reviews

1. Preprinting the COVID-19 pandemic

   This article has 7 authors:

   1. Nicholas Fraser
   2. Liam Brierley
   3. Gautam Dey
   4. Jessica K Polka
   5. Máté Pálfy
   6. Federico Nanni
   7. Jonathon Alexis Coates

   Reviewed by ScreenIT, Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

2. Herd immunity thresholds for SARS-CoV-2 estimated from unfolding epidemics

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Ricardo Aguas
   2. Guilherme Gonçalves
   3. Marcelo U. Ferreira
   4. M. Gabriela M. Gomes

   Reviewed by ScreenIT, Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

3. Estimating the minimum number of SARS-CoV-2 infected cases needed to detect viral RNA in wastewater: To what extent of the outbreak can surveillance of wastewater tell us?

   This article has 8 authors:

   1. Pei-Ying Hong
   2. Andri Taruna Rachmadi
   3. David Mantilla-Calderon
   4. Mohsen Alkahtani
   5. Yasir M. Bashawri
   6. Hamed Al Qarni
   7. Kathleen M. O'Reilly
   8. Jianqiang Zhou

   Reviewed by ScreenIT, Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

4. Phase transitions may explain why SARS-CoV-2 spreads so fast and why new variants are spreading faster

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. J.C. Phillips
   2. Marcelo A. Moret
   3. Gilney F. Zebende
   4. Carson C. Chow

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT

5. A rigorous framework for detecting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein mutational ensemble from genomic and structural features

   This article has 7 authors:

   1. Saman Fatihi
   2. Surabhi Rathore
   3. Ankit K. Pathak
   4. Deepanshi Gahlot
   5. Mitali Mukerji
   6. Nidhi Jatana
   7. Lipi Thukral

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT

6. Handheld Point-of-Care System for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Extracted RNA in under 20 min

   This article has 15 authors:

   1. Jesus Rodriguez-Manzano
   2. Kenny Malpartida-Cardenas
   3. Nicolas Moser
   4. Ivana Pennisi
   5. Matthew Cavuto
   6. Luca Miglietta
   7. Ahmad Moniri
   8. Rebecca Penn
   9. Giovanni Satta
   10. Paul Randell
   11. Frances Davies
   12. Frances Bolt
   13. Wendy Barclay
   14. Alison Holmes
   15. Pantelis Georgiou

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT

7. A Sew-Free Origami Mask for Improvised Respiratory Protection

   This article has 5 authors:

   1. Jonathan Realmuto
   2. Michael T. Kleinman
   3. Terence Sanger
   4. Michael J. Lawler
   5. James N. Smith

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT

8. Disparities in COVID-19 Related Mortality in U.S. Prisons and the General Population

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Kathryn M. Nowotny
   2. David Cloud
   3. Alysse G. Wurcel
   4. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT

9. Hitting the diagnostic sweet spot: Point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 salivary antigen testing with an off-the-shelf glucometer

   This article has 8 authors:

   1. Naveen K. Singh
   2. Partha Ray
   3. Aaron F. Carlin
   4. Celestine Magallanes
   5. Sydney C. Morgan
   6. Louise C. Laurent
   7. Eliah S. Aronoff-Spencer
   8. Drew A. Hall

   Reviewed by ScreenIT, Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

10. Emergence of a Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant in Southern California

    This article has 6 authors:

    1. Wenjuan Zhang
    2. Brian D. Davis
    3. Stephanie S. Chen
    4. Jorge M. Sincuir Martinez
    5. Jasmine T. Plummer
    6. Eric Vail

    Reviewed by ScreenIT, Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases