Coronavirus (COVID-19) Collection
Differential clinical characteristics and performance of home antigen tests between parents and children following household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the Omicron variant pandemic
The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant pandemic struck Taiwan in April 2022. Rapid antigen tests play an important role in providing rapid results during a pandemic. However, self-collected samples by children's caregivers without the supervision of medical personnel raise some concerns.SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing in the healthcare sector: A clinical prediction model for identifying false negative results
Since its onset (Zhu et al., 2020), the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged to a major burden for the population in general but especially brought great challenges for the healthcare sector (Miller et al., 2020). Recent statistics presented by the German federal government agency Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI) show that cough, fever, nasal congestion, sore throat and loss of smell or taste are the most common symptoms caused by COVID-19 (RKI, 2021a).Efficacy evaluation of intravenous immunoglobulin in non-severe patients with COVID-19: A retrospective cohort study based on propensity score matching
In December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Wu et al., 2020). Person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has been confirmed, and individuals with asymptomatic infections have been identified as potential infection sources (Chan et al., 2020; Rothe et al., 2020). To date, SARS-CoV-2 has spread to almost all countries worldwide, and the number of confirmed cases and deaths has been growing rapidly due to the high rate of infectivity (R0).Duration of viral shedding in asymptomatic or mild cases of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from a cruise ship: A single-hospital experience in Tokyo, Japan
The novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SARS-CoV-2), which is the cause of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), first reported in Wuhan, China, has spread across the world and has been characterized by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic (Bedford et al., 2020). In February 2020, at the port of Yokohama, Japan, an outbreak of COVID-19 among passengers and crew of the Diamond Princess cruise ship occurred, with approximately 700 confirmed cases.
