Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

Latest preprint reviews

1. Evidence for increased breakthrough rates of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in BNT162b2-mRNA-vaccinated individuals

   This article has 29 authors:

   1. Talia Kustin
   2. Noam Harel
   3. Uriah Finkel
   4. Shay Perchik
   5. Sheri Harari
   6. Maayan Tahor
   7. Itamar Caspi
   8. Rachel Levy
   9. Michael Leshchinsky
   10. Shifra Ken Dror
   11. Galit Bergerzon
   12. Hala Gadban
   13. Faten Gadban
   14. Eti Eliassian
   15. Orit Shimron
   16. Loulou Saleh
   17. Haim Ben-Zvi
   18. Elena Keren Taraday
   19. Doron Amichay
   20. Anat Ben-Dor
   21. Dana Sagas
   22. Merav Strauss
   23. Yonat Shemer Avni
   24. Amit Huppert
   25. Eldad Kepten
   26. Ran D. Balicer
   27. Doron Netzer
   28. Shay Ben-Shachar
   29. Adi Stern

   Reviewed by NCRC, Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT

2. Assessment of physiological signs associated with COVID-19 measured using wearable devices

   This article has 3 authors:

   1. Aravind Natarajan
   2. Hao-Wei Su
   3. Conor Heneghan

   Reviewed by ScreenIT, Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

3. Histopathological assessments reveal retinal vascular changes, inflammation, and gliosis in patients with lethal COVID-19

   This article has 7 authors:

   1. Vijay K. Jidigam
   2. Rupesh Singh
   3. Julia C. Batoki
   4. Caroline Milliner
   5. Onkar B. Sawant
   6. Vera L. Bonilha
   7. Sujata Rao

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, ScreenIT

4. Firearm purchasing and firearm violence during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States: a cross-sectional study

   This article has 9 authors:

   1. Julia P. Schleimer
   2. Christopher D. McCort
   3. Aaron B. Shev
   4. Veronica A. Pear
   5. Elizabeth Tomsich
   6. Alaina De Biasi
   7. Shani Buggs
   8. Hannah S. Laqueur
   9. Garen J. Wintemute

   Reviewed by ScreenIT, Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

5. The evolving role of preprints in the dissemination of COVID-19 research and their impact on the science communication landscape

   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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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