2020
Covid publications
- Hui DS, I Azhar E, Madani TA, Ntoumi F,
Kock R, Dar O, Ippolito G, McHugh TD, Memish ZA,
Drosten C, Zumla A, Petersen E.
The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to
global health - The latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China.
Int J Infect Dis.2020 Feb;91:264-266. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.009.
Epub 2020 Jan 14. PMID: 31953166
- Zumla A, Hui DS, Azhar EI, Memish ZA,
Maeurer M.
Reducing
mortality from 2019-nCoV: host-directed therapies should be an option.
Lancet.
2020 Feb 22;395(10224):e35-e36. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30305-6. Epub 2020
Feb 5. PMID: 32035018
- Kock RA, Karesh WB, Veas F, Velavan TP,
Simons D, Mboera LEG, Dar O, Arruda LB, Zumla A.
2019 -nCoV in
context: lessons learned?
Lancet Planet
Health. 2020
Mar;4(3):e87-e88. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30035-8. Epub 2020 Feb 7. PMID:
32035507; PMCID: PMC7128686.
- Ippolito G, Huis DS, Ntoumi F, Maeurer
M, Zumla A.
Toning down the
2019-nCoV media hype—and restoring hope.
Lancet Respir
Med. 2020
Mar;8(3):230-231. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30070-9. Epub 2020 Feb 12. PMID:
32146924
- Memish ZA, Perlman S, Van Kerkhove MD, Zumla A.
Middle East respiratory syndrome.
Lancet.
2020 Mar 28;395(10229):1063-1077.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)33221-0. Epub 2020 Mar 4. PMID: 32145185;
- Haider N, Yavlinsky A, Simons D, Osman
AY, Ntoumi F, Zumla A, Kock R.
Passengers'
destinations from China: low risk of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) transmission
into Africa and South America.
Epidemiol
Infect. 2020;148:e41. Published 2020 Feb 26.
doi:10.1017/S0950268820000424. PMID: 32100667
- Kapata N, Ihekweazu C, Ntoumi F, Tajudeen R, Chanda-Kapata P, Mwaba P,
Mukonka V,
Bates M, Tembo J, Corman V, MfinangaS, AsogunD, Elton
L, Arruda LB, Thomason MJ, Mboera L, Yavlinsky A, Haider N, Simons D, Hollmann
L, Lule SA, Veas F, Hamid MMA, Dar O,
Edwards SJL, Vairo F, McHugh TD, Drosten C, Kock R, Ippolito G, Zumla A.
Is Africa prepared
for tackling the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic? - lessons from past outbreaks,
ongoing pan-African public health efforts, and implications for the future
Int J
Infect Dis. 2020 Apr;93:233-236. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.049. Epub
2020 Feb 28. PMID: 32119980;
The explosive epidemic outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) and the persistent threat of respiratory tract infectious diseases
to global health security.
Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2020
May;26(3):193-196. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000676. PMID: 32132379;
- Albarello F, Pianura E, Di Stefano F,
Cristofaro M, Petrone A, Marchioni L,
Palazzolo C,
Schininà
V, Nicastri E, Petrosillo N, Campioni P, Petersen E, Zumla A, Ippolito G, COVID
19
INMI Study Group.
2019-novel
Coronavirus severe adult respiratory distress syndrome in two cases in Italy:
An uncommon radiological presentation
Int J Infect Dis.
2020 Apr;93:192-197. doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.043. Epub 2020 Feb 26. PMID: 32112966;
- McCloskey B, Zumla A, Ippolito G, Blumberg
L, Arbon P, Cicero A, Endericks T, Lim PL,
Borodina M, on behalf of the WHO Novel
Coronavirus-19 Mass Gatherings Expert Group
Mass gathering events and reducing further global spread of COVID-19: a
political and public health dilemma.
Lancet. 2020
Apr 4;395(10230):1096-1099. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30681-4. Epub 2020 Mar
20. PMID: 32203693;
- Chanda-Kapata P, Kapata N, Zumla
A,
COVID-19 and malaria: A symptom
screening challenge for malaria endemic countries.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 May;94:151-153. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.007. Epub
2020 Apr 27. PMID: 32344326;
- Abena
PM, Decloedt EH, Bottieau E, Suleman F, Adejumo P, Sam-Agudu NA, Muyembe TamFum
JJ, Seydi M, Eholie SP, Mills EJ, Kallay O, Zumla A, Nachega JB.
Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine for the
Prevention or Treatment of Novel CoronavirusDisease (COVID-19) in Africa:
Caution for Inappropriate Off-Label Use in Healthcare Settings
Am J
Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Jun;102(6):1184-1188. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0290. PMID:
32323646;
- Raoult
D, Zumla A, Locatelli F, Ippolito G, Kroemer G.
Coronavirus
infections: Epidemiological, clinical and immunological features and hypotheses
Cell Stress.
2020 Mar 2;4(4):66-75. doi: 10.15698/cst2020.04.216. PMID: 32292881
- Petersen
E, McCloskey B, Hui DS, Kock R, Ntoumi F, Memish ZA, Kapata N, Azhar EI,
Pollack M, Madoff LC, Hamer DH, Nachega JB, Pshenichnaya N, Zumla A
COVID-19
travel restrictions and the International Health Regulations - Call for an open
debate on easing of travel restrictions.
Int J
Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 17;94:88-90. doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.029. PMID: 32305518
- McCloskey
B, Zumla A, Lim PL, Endericks T, Arbon P, Cicero A, Borodina M
A
risk-based approach is best for decision making on holding mass gathering
events.
Lancet.
2020 Apr 18;395(10232):1256-1257. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30794-7. Epub 2020
Apr 2. PMID: 32247321
- Nachega
JB, Seydi M, Zumla A.
The
Late Arrival of COVID-19 in Africa - Mitigating Pan-Continental Spread
Clin
Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 28;71(15):875-878. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa353. PMID:
32227121
- Dexter
D, Simons D, Kiyaga C, Kapata N, Ntoumi F, Kock R, Zumla A
Mitigating
the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on sickle cell disease services in African
countries
Lancet
Haematol. 2020 Jun;7(6):e430-e432. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(20)30122-8.
Epub 2020 Apr 23. PMID: 32334676
- Mehtar
S, Preiser W, Lakhe NA, Bousso A, TamFum JM, Kallay O, Seydi M, Zumla A,
Nachega JB.
Limiting the
spread of COVID-19 in Africa: one size mitigation strategies do not fit all
countries.
Lancet
Global Health. 2020 Jul;8(7):e881-e883. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30212-6.
Epub 2020 Apr 28. PMID: 32530422;
Mild
vs. Severe COVID19: Laboratory markers,
Int J
Infect Dis. 2020 Jun;95:304-307. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.061. Epub
2020 Apr 25. PMID: 32344011;
- Nachega JB, Leisegang R, Kallay
O, Mills EJ, Zumla A, Lester RT.
Mobile Health Technology for Enhancing the COVID-19
Response in Africa: A Potential Game Changer?
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Jul;103(1):3-5. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0506. Epub 2020
May 29. PMID: 32476643;
- Nachega JB, Grimwood A, Mahomed
H, Fatti G, Preiser W, Kallay O, Mbala PK, Muyembe JT, Rwagasore E, Nsanzimana
S, Ngamije D, Condo J, Sidat M, Noormahomed EV, Reid M, Lukeni B, Suleman F,
Mteta A, Zumla A.
From Easing Lockdowns to Scaling-Up Community-Based
COVID-19 Screening, Testing, and Contact Tracing in Africa - Shared Approaches,
Innovations, and Challenges to Minimize Morbidity and Mortality.
Clin Infect Dis. 2020 May 31:ciaa695. doi:
10.1093/cid/ciaa695. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32474594
- Aleksova A, Ferro F, Gagno G,
Cappelletto C, Santon D, Rossi M, Ippolito G, Zumla A, Beltrami AP, Sinagra G.
COVID-19 and renin-angiotensin system inhibition: role
of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) - Is there any scientific evidence
for controversy?
J Intern Med. 2020 May 27:10.1111/joim.13101. doi: 10.1111/joim.13101. Epub
ahead of print. PMID: 32459372;
- Carsetti R,
Quintarelli C, Quinti I, Piano Mortari E, Zumla A, Ippolito G, Locatelli F.
The immune system of children: the key to understanding SARS-CoV-2
susceptibility?
Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020
Jun;4(6):414-416. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30135-8. Epub 2020 May 6.PMID:
32458804
- Messina F, Giombini E, Agrati C,
Vairo F, Ascoli Bartoli T, Al Moghazi S, Piacentini M, Locatelli F, Kobinger G,
Maeurer M, Zumla A, Capobianchi
MR, Lauria FN, Ippolito G; COVID 19 INMI Network Study Group.
COVID-19: Viral-Host Interactome Analyzed by Network
Based-Approach Model to Study Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
J Transl Med. 2020 Jun 10;18(1):233. doi:
10.1186/s12967-020-02405-w. PMID: 32522207
- Zumla A, Wang FS, Ippolito G, Petrosillo
N, Agrati C, Azhar EI, El-Kafrawy SA, Osman M, Zitvogel L, Locatelli F, Gorman
E, O'Kane C, Mcauley D, Maeurer M.
Reducing mortality and morbidity in patients with
severe COVID-19 disease by advancing ongoing trials of Mesenchymal Stromal
(stem) Cell (MSC) therapy - achieving global consensus and visibility for
cellular host-directed therapies.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Jul;96:431-439. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.040. Epub
2020 May 17. PMID: 32425638;
- Bordoni V, Sacchi A, Cimini E,
Notari S, Grassi G, Tartaglia E, Casetti R, Giancola L, Bevilacqua N, Maeurer
M, Zumla A, Locatelli F, De
Benedetti F, Palmieri F, Marchioni L, Capobianchi MR, D'Offizi G, Petrosillo N,
Antinori A, Nicastri E, Ippolito G, Agrati C.
An Inflammatory Profile Correlates with Decreased
Frequency of Cytotoxic Cells in COVID-19.
Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 19;71(16):2272-2275.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa577. PMID: 32407466; PMCID: PMC7239202
- Agrati C, Sacchi A, Bordoni V,
Cimini E, Notari S, Grassi G, Casetti R, Tartaglia E, Lalle E, D'Abramo A,
Castilletti C, Marchioni L, Shi Y, Mariano A, Song JW, Zhang JY, Wang Fu-S,
Zhang C, Fimia GM, Capobianchi MR, Piacentini M, Antinori A, Nicastri E,
Maeurer M, Zumla A, Ippolito G.
Expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in
patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Cell Death Differ. 2020 Nov;27(11):3196-3207. doi: 10.1038/s41418-020-0572-6. Epub 2020 Jun 8. PMID: 32514047; PMCID: PMC7278239.
- Velavan TP*, Pollard AJ, Kremsner PG.
Herd immunity and vaccination of children
for COVID-19.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020. 2020 Sep;98:14-15. doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.065. Epub 2020 Jun 23. PMID: 32585285
The COVID‐19 epidemic.
Trop Med IntHealth.2020 Mar;25(3):278-280. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13383. Epub
2020 Feb 16.PMID: 32052514
- Kapepula PM, Kabengele JK, Kingombe M, Van
Bambeke F, Tulkens PM, Sadiki Kishabongo A, Decloedt E, Zumla A, Tiberi S,
Suleman F, Tshilolo L, Muyembe-TamFum JJ, Zumla A, Nachega JB.
Artemisia
Spp. Derivatives for COVID-19 Treatment: Anecdotal Use, Political Hype,
Treatment Potential, Challenges, and Road Map to Randomized Clinical Trials.
Am
J Trop Med Hyg. 2020
Sep;103(3):960-964. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0820.
PMID:
32705976
Advancing
COVID-19 vaccines - avoiding different regulatory standards for different
vaccines and need for open and transparent data sharing.
Int
J Infect Dis. 2020 Sep;98:501-502. doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.043. Epub 2020 Aug 19. PMID: 32822866
- Barry M, Phan MV, Akkielah L, Al-Majed F, Alhetheel A, Somily A, Alsubaie SS, McNabb SJ, Cotten M, Zumla A, Memish ZA. Nosocomial outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus: A phylogenetic, epidemiological, clinical and infection control analysis.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Sep-Oct;37:101807. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101807. Epub 2020 Jun 27. PMID: 32599173; PMCID: PMC7319941. - de Sousa E, Ligeiro D, Lérias JR, Zhang C,
Agrati C, Osman M, El-Kafrawy SA, Azhar EI, Ippolito G, Wang FS, Zumla A,
Maeurer M.
Mortality in
COVID-19 disease patients: Correlating the association of major
histocompatibility complex (MHC) with severe acute respiratory syndrome 2
(SARS-CoV-2) variants.
Int
J Infect Dis. 2020 Sep;98:454-459. doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.07.016. Epub 2020 Jul 18. PMID: 32693089;
- Nachega JB, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Otshudiema J,
Zumla A, Tam-Fum JM.
The
colliding epidemics of COVID-19, Ebola, and measles in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo.
Lancet
Glob Health. 2020
Aug;8(8):e991-e992. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30281-3. Epub 2020 Jun 23. PMID:
32589875
- Ansumana R, Sankoh O, Zumla A.
Effects of
disruption from COVID-19 on antimalarial strategies.
Nature
Medicine. 2020 Sep;26(9):1334-1336. doi:
10.1038/s41591-020-1047-5. PMID: 32807937.
- Zhang JY, Wang XM, Xing X, Xu Z, Zhang C, Song
JW, Fan X, Xia P, Fu JL, Wang SY, Xu RN, Dai XP, Shi L, Huang L, Jiang TJ, Shi
M, Zhang Y, Zumla A, Maeurer M, Bai F, Wang FS.
Single-cell
landscape of immunological responses in patients with COVID-19.
Nature
Immunology. 2020
Sep;21(9):1107-1118. doi: 10.1038/s41590-020-0762-x. Epub 2020 Aug 12.
PMID:
32788748
- Meng F, Xu R, Wang S, Xu Z, Zhang C, Li Y,
Yang T, Shi L, Fu J, Jiang T, Huang L, Zhao P, Yuan X, Fan X, Zhang JY, Song J,
Zhang D, Jiao Y, Liu L, Zhou C, Maeurer M, Zumla A, Shi M, Wang FS.
Human
umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapy in patients with COVID-19:
a phase 1 clinical trial.
Nature
- Signal Transduct Target Ther.
2020 Aug27;5(1):172. doi: 10.1038/s41392-020-00286-5.
PMID:
32855385
- Song JW, Zhang C, Fan X, Meng FP, Xu Z, Xia P,
Cao WJ, Yang T, Dai XP, Wang SY, Xu RN, Jiang TJ, Li WG, Zhang DW, Zhao P, Shi
M, Agrati C, Ippolito G, Maeurer M, Zumla A, Wang FS, Zhang JY.
Immunological
and inflammatory profiles in mild and severe cases of COVID-19.
Nature
Communications. 2020 Jul
8;11(1):3410. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17240-2.
PMID: 32641700
- Ong
CWM, Migliori GB, Raviglione M, MacGregor-Skinner G, Sotgiu G, Alffenaar JW,
Tiberi S, Adlhoch C, Alonzi T, Archuleta S, Brusin S, Cambau E, Capobianchi MR,
Castilletti C, Centis R, Cirillo DM, D'Ambrosio L, Delogu G, Esposito SMR,
Figueroa J, Friedland JS, Ho BCH, Ippolito G, Jankovic M, Kim HY, Rosales
Klintz S, Ködmön C, Lalle E, Leo YS, Leung CC, Märtson AG, Melazzini MG, Najafi
Fard S, Penttinen P, Petrone L, Petruccioli E, Pontali E, Saderi L, Santin M,
Spanevello A, van Crevel R, van der Werf MJ, Visca D, Viveiros M, Zellweger JP,
Zumla A, Goletti D.
Epidemic and pandemic viral infections: impact on tuberculosis and the lung: A
consensus by the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological
Disorders (WAidid), Global Tuberculosis Network (GTN), and members of the
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Study Group
for Mycobacterial Infections (ESGMYC).
Eur Respir J. 2020 Oct 1;56(4):2001727. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01727-2020. PMID:
32586885; PMCID: PMC7527651.
- Zumla A, Azhar EI, Alqahtani S, Shafi S, Memish ZA.
COVID-19 and the scaled-down 2020 Hajj Pilgrimage-Decisive, logical and prudent decision making by Saudi authorities overcomes pre-Hajj public health concerns.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Oct;99:34-36. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.006. Epub 2020 Aug 6. PMID: 32771631; PMCID: PMC7409790.
- Falasca
L, Nardacci R, Colombo D, Lalle E, Di Caro A, Nicastri E, Antinori A, Petrosillo
N, Marchioni L, Biava G, D'Offizi G, Palmieri F, Goletti D, Zumla A, Ippolito
G, Piacentini M, Del Nonno F.
Postmortem Findings in Italian Patients With COVID-19: A Descriptive Full
Autopsy Study of Cases With and Without Comorbidities.
J Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 9;222(11):1807-1815. doi:
10.1093/infdis/jiaa578. PMID: 32914853; PMCID: PMC7543426.
- Melenotte C, Silvin A, Goubet AG, Lahmar I,
Dubuisson A, Zumla A, Raoult D, Merad M, Gachot B, Hénon C, Solary E, Fontenay
M, André F, Maeurer M, Ippolito G, Piacentini M, Wang FS, Ginhoux F, Marabelle
A, Kroemer G, Derosa L, Zitvogel L. 46.
Immune
responses during COVID-19 infection.
Oncoimmunology. 2020 Aug 25;9(1):1807836. doi:
10.1080/2162402X.2020.1807836. PMID:
32939324
- Nachega JB, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Otshudiema J,
Mobula LM, Preiser W, Kallay O, Michaels-Strasser S, Breman JG, Rimoin AW, Nsio
J, Ahuka-Mundeke S, Zumla A, Muyembe Tam-Fum JJ.
Responding
to the Challenge of the Dual COVID-19 and Ebola Epidemics in the Democratic
Republic of Congo-Priorities for Achieving Control.
Am
J Trop Med Hyg. 2020
Aug;103(2):597-602. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0642. Epub 2020 Jun 19.
PMID:
32563272
- Petersen E, Memish ZA, Zumla A, Maani AA.
Transmission of respiratory tract infections at mass gathering events.
Curr
Opin Pulm Med. 2020
May;26(3):197-202. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000675.
PMID:
32149751
- Zumla A, Marais BJ, McHugh TD, Maeurer M,
Zumla A, Kapata N, Ntoumi F, Chanda-Kapata P, Mfinanga S, Centis R, Cirillo DM,
Petersen E, Hui DS, Ippolito G, Leung CC, Migliori GB, Tiberi S.
COVID-19 and tuberculosis-threats and
opportunities.
Int
J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 Aug
1;24(8):757-760. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0387.
PMID:
32912377
- Haider N,
Yavlinsky A, Chang YM, Hasan MN, Benfield C, Osman AY, Uddin MJ, Dar O, Ntoumi
F, Zumla A, Kock R.
The Global
Health Security index and Joint External Evaluation score for health
preparedness are not correlated with countries' COVID-19 detection response
time and mortality outcome.
Epidemiol
Infect. 2020 Sep 7;148:e210. doi: 10.1017/S0950268820002046. PMID:
32892793.
- Ansumana R, Sankoh O,
Zumla A.
Effects of disruption from COVID-19 on antimalarial
strategies.
Nat Med. 2020 Sep;26(9):1334-1336. doi:
10.1038/s41591-020-1047-5. PMID: 32807937.
- Simulundu
E, Mupeta F, Chanda-Kapata P, Saasa N, Changula K, Muleya W, Chitanga S, Mwanza
M, Simusika P, Chambaro H, Mubemba B, Kajihara M, Chanda D, Mulenga L, Fwoloshi
S, Shibemba AL, Kapaya F, Zulu P, Musonda K, Monze M, Sinyange N, Mazaba ML,
Kapin'a M, Chipimo PJ, Hamoonga R, Simwaba D, Ngosa W, Morales AN, Kayeyi N,
Tembo J, Bates M, Orba Y, Sawa H, Takada A, Nalubamba KS, Malama K, Mukonka V,
Zumla A, Kapata N.
First COVID-19 case in Zambia - Comparative phylogenomic analyses of SARS-CoV-2
detected in African countries.
Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Jan;102:455-459. doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.1480. Epub 2020 Oct 6. PMID: 33035675; PMCID:
PMC7537667.
- Haider N, Osman AY, Gadzekpo A, Akipede GO,
Asogun D, Ansumana R, Lessells RJ, Khan P, Hamid MMA, Yeboah-Manu D, Mboera L,
Shayo EH, Mmbaga BT, Urassa M, Musoke D, Kapata N, Ferrand RA, Kapata PC,
Stigler F, Czypionka T, Zumla A, Kock R, McCoy D.
Lockdown measures in response
to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries.
BMJ
Glob Health. 2020 Oct;5(10):e003319. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003319.
PMID: 33028699; PMCID: PMC7542624.
- Haider N, Rothman-Ostrow P, Osman Abdinasir Y,
Arruda LB, Macfarlane-Berry L, Elton L, Thomason MJ, Yeboah-Manu D, Ansumana R,
Kapata N, Mboera L, Rushton J, McHugh TD., Heymann D L., Zumla A, Kock R A.
COVID-19- Zoonoses or Emerging Infectious Diseases?
Front Public Health. 2020 Nov 26;8:596944. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.596944. - Owusu M, Sylverken AA, Ankrah ST, El-Duah P,
Ayisi-Boateng NK, Yeboah R, Gorman R, Asamoah J, Binger T, Acheampong G, Bekoe
FA, Ohene SA, Larsen-Reindorf R, Awuah AA, Amuasi J, Owusu-Dabo E, Adu-Sarkodie
Y, Phillips RO.
Epidemiological profile of SARS-CoV-2 among selected regions in Ghana: A
cross-sectional retrospective study.
PLoS One. 2020 Dec 10;15(12):e0243711. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0243711. PMID: 33301533; PMCID: PMC7728229.
- Kwarteng A, Asiedu E,
Sylverken AA
Computational analyses of
the G476S variant of SARS-CoV-2: A focus on the interaction with human ACE-2
and neutralizing antibodies.
(2020). 10.21203/rs.3.rs-98463/v1.
- Ayisi-Boateng NK, Owusu M, Tawiah P, Ampah BA, Sylverken AA,
Wusu-Ansah OK, Sarfo FS, Phillips RO.
Profile and outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 at a tertiary
institution hospital in Ghana.
Ghana Med J. 2020 Dec;54(4 Suppl):39-45. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v54i4s.7.
PMID: 33976440; PMCID: PMC8087356. - Ippolito G, Lauria FN, Locatelli F, Magrini N, Montaldo C, Sadun R, Maeurer M, Strada G, Vairo F, Curiale S, Lafont A, di Caro A, Capobianchi MR, Meilicke R, Petersen E, Zumla A, Pletschette M.
Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic-Unique Opportunities for Unifying, Revamping and Reshaping Epidemic Preparedness of Europe's Public Health Systems.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Dec;101:361-366. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.094. Epub 2020 Nov 2. PMID: 33152511. - Sacchi A, Grassi G, Bordoni V, Lorenzini P, Cimini E, Casetti R, Tartaglia E, Marchioni L, Petrosillo N, Palmieri F, D'Offizi G, Notari S, Tempestilli M, Capobianchi MR, Nicastri E, Maeurer M, Zumla A, Locatelli F, Antinori A, Ippolito G, Agrati C.
Early expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells inhibits SARS-CoV-2 specific T-cell response and may predict fatal COVID-19 outcome.
Cell Death Dis. 2020 Oct 27;11(10):921. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-03125-1. PMID: 33110074; PMCID: PMC7590570.
Non-Covid publications-2020
- Bomanji J, Sharma R, Mittal BR, Gambhir
S, Qureshy A, Begum SMF, Paez D, Sathekge M,
Vorster
M, Saranovic DS, Pusuwan P, Mann V, Vinjamuri S, Zumla A, Pascual TNB; ;
International
Atomic Energy Agency Extra-pulmonary TB Consortium.
PET/CT features of extrapulmonary tuberculosis at first clinical
presentation: a cross-sectional observational 18F-FDG imaging
study across six countries.
Eur Respir J.2020 Feb
27;55(2). pii: 1901959. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01959-2019. Print 2020 Feb. PMID: 31831584
- Chakaya JM, Marais B, du Cros P, Ntoumi F,
Mfinanga S, Kapata N, Hasnain SE,
Nathavitharana R, Zumla A.
Programmatic
versus personalised approaches to managing the global epidemic of multidrug-resistant
tuberculosis.
Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Apr;8(4):334-335. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30104-1. Epub 2020 Feb
27. PMID:
32113573.
- Tiberi S,
Migliori GB, Muhwa Chakaya J, Kaesava T, Al Abri SS, Wejse C, Goletti D, Kapata
N, Sotgiu G, Bomanji J, Zellweger JP, Hasan R, Irfan M, Ahmed I, Pshenichnaya
N, Vasilieva I, Yeboah-Manu D, Alffenaar JW, Kim HY, Centis R, Cirillo DM,
Alagna R, D'Ambrosio L, Cui X, Cao B, Maeurer M, Harries AD, Ippolito G,
Raviglione M, Zumla A, Petersen E.
Commemorating World TB Day 2020: "IT'S
TIME" - It's time to End the Global TB Epidemic.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020
Mar;92S:S1-S4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.001. Epub 2020 Mar 4. PMID:
32145464.
- Zumla A, Ippolito G, Ntoumi F,
Seyfert-Margolies V, Nagu TJ, Cirillo D, Chakaya JM, Marais B,
Maeurer M.
Host-directed therapies and holistic care for tuberculosis.
Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Apr;8(4):337-340. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30078-3. Epub 2020 Feb
27
- Mwaba P, Chakaya JM, Petersen E, Wejse C,
Zumla A, Kapata N.
Advancing New diagnostic tests for Latent
TB infection due multi-drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis -
End of the road?
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;92S:S69-S71. doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.011. Epub 2020 Feb 28. PMID: 32119979
- Priftakis D, Riaz S, Zumla A, Bomanji J.
Towards more accurate
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) imaging in active
and latent tuberculosis.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;92S:S85-S90. doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.017. Epub 2020 Feb 27. PMID: 32114199.
- Ihekweazu C, Yinka-Ogunleye A, Lule S,
Ibrahim A.
Importance of epidemiological research of monkeypox: is incidence increasing?
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2020
May;18(5):389-392. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2020.1735361. Epub 2020 Mar 2. PMID:
32096659.
- Yavlinsky A, Lule SA, Burns R, Zumla A,
McHugh TD, Ntoumi F, Masanja H, Mwakasungula S,
Abubakar I, Aldridge RW.
Mobile-based and open-source case detection and infectious disease
outbreak management systems; a review.
Wellcome Open Res. 2020, 5:37 doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15723.1
- Marais BJ, Chakaya J, Swaminathan S, Fox GJ, Ehtesham NZ, Ntoumi F, Maeurer
M, Zumla A.
Tackling long-term
morbidity and mortality after successful tuberculosis treatment
Lancet Infect Dis.
2020
Jun;20(6):641-642. doi:
10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30167-5. Epub 2020 Mar 23.
- Zumla A, Yeboah-Manu D, Michel AL, Azhar EI, Torrelles JB, Cadmus SI,
Kendall SL, Chakaya
JM, Marais B, Kock R.
Zoonotic
tuberculosis-a call for an open One Health debate
Lancet Infect Dis.
2020
Jun;20(6):642-644. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30166-3. Epub 2020 Mar 23. PMID:
32213331.
- Sahu S, Ditiu L, Lawson L, Ntoumi F, Arakaki D, Zumla A.
UN General Assembly
tuberculosis targets: are we on track?.
Lancet.
2020 Mar
21;395(10228):928-930. doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30565-1. PMID: 32199477.
- Simulundu E, Ndashe K,Chambaro HM, Squarre
D,Reilly PM, Chitanga S,Changula K, Mukubesa AN,Ndebe J, Tembo J, Kapata N,
Bates M, Sinkala Y,Hang’ombe BM, Nalubamba KS, Kajihara M, Sasaki M, Orba Y,
Takada A, Sawa H.
West Nile Virus in Farmed Crocodiles, Zambia, 2019.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Apr;26(4):811-814. doi:
10.3201/eid2604.190954.PMID: 32187004
- Danso
EK, Asare P , Otchere ID , Akyeh LM , Asante-Poku A , Aboagye SY, Osei-Wusu S ,
Opare D , Ntoumi F, Zumla A , Duodu
S, Yeboah-Manu D.
A Molecular and Epidemiological Study of Vibrio Cholerae Isolates From
Cholera Outbreaks in Southern Ghana
PLoS One. 2020 Jul 10;15(7):e0236016. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236016. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32649692;
- Elton L , Thomason MJ , Tembo J, Velavan TP,
Pallerla SR , Arruda LB , Vairo F , Montaldo C , Ntoumi F, Abdel Hamid MM ,
Haider N , Kock R , Ippolito G , Zumla
A, McHugh TD, the PANDORA-ID-NET consortium
Antimicrobial
resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries
Antimicrob
Resist Infect Control. 2020 Aug 28;9(1):145. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00800-y. PMID: 32859252;
- Vairo F, Aimè Coussoud-Mavoungou MP, Ntoumi F,
Castilletti C, Kitembo L, Haider N, Carletti F, Colavita F, Gruber CEM,
Iannetta M, Messina F, Lanini S, Ulrich Judicaël B, Giombini E, Montaldo C,
Portella C, Diafouka-Diatela S, Rueca M, Kock R, Bartolini B, Mboera L, Munster
V, Fischer R, Seifert S, Muñoz-Fontela C, Escudero-Pérez B, Gomez-Medina S,
Nelson EV, Kjia Tungu P, Nicastri E, Puro V, Di Caro A, Capobianchi MR, Mikolo
JL, Zumla A, Ippolito G, On Behalf Of The Pandora-Id-Net Consortium Chikungunya
Outbreak Group Taskforce.
Chikungunya Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, 2019-Epidemiological,
Virological and Entomological Findings of a South-North Multidisciplinary
Taskforce Investigation.
Viruses. 2020 Sep 13;12(9):E1020. doi: 10.3390/v12091020. PMID:
32933109.
- Haider N, Vairo F, Ippolito G, Zumla A, Kock
RA.
Basic
Reproduction Number of Chikungunya Virus Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes.
Emerg
Infect Dis. 2020
Oct;26(10):2429-2431. doi: 10.3201/eid2610.190957. PMID: 32946722.
- El-Duah P, Dei D, Binger T, Sylverken A, Wollny R, Tasiame W, Oppong S, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Emikpe B, Folitse R, Drexler JF, Phillips R, Drosten C, Corman VM.
Detection and genomic characterization of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 from pigs in Ghana, Africa.
One Health Outlook. 2020 Jul 20;2:10. - Magassouba N, Koivogui
E, Conde S, Kone M, Koropogui M, Soropogui B, Kekoura I, Hinzmann J, Günther S,
Keita S, Duraffour S, Fichet-Calvet E.
A Sporadic and Lethal Lassa Fever Case in Forest Guinea,
2019.
Viruses. 2020 Sep 23;12(10):E1062. doi:
10.3390/v12101062. PMID: 32977629.
- Okoror L , Kapona O , Mpanga K., Tobin A, Asogun
D.
Ebola Virus Diseasea Preparedness in Countries
Bordering Democratic Republic of Congo: Lessons from West African Outbreak
African Journal of Infectious Diseases (AJID), 14(2),
36-41. https://doi.org/10.21010/ajid.v14i2.6
- Lule SA, Gupta RK, Krutikov M, Jackson C,
Southern J, Abubakar I.
The relationship between social
risk factors and latent tuberculosis infection among individuals residing in
England: a cross-sectional study.
BMJ
Glob Health. 2020 Dec;5(12):e003550. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003550.
PMID: 33293291; PMCID: PMC7722758.
- Elaagip A, Alsedig K, Altahir O, Ageep T, Ahmed
A, Siam HA, Samy AM, Mohamed W, Khalid F, Gumaa S, Mboera L, Sindato C, Elton
L, Zumla A, Haider N, Kock R, Abdel Hamid MM.
Seroprevalence and associated
risk factors of Dengue fever in Kassala state, eastern Sudan.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Dec 9;14(12):e0008918. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008918. PMID: 33296362; PMCID: PMC7752093.
- Springer A, Shuaib YA, Isaa MH, Ezz-Eldin MI,
Osman AY, Yagoub IA, Abdalla MA, Bakiet AO, Mohmed-Noor SE, Schaper S, Rieß R,
Dobler G, Strube C, Bakkes DK, Chitimia-Dobler L.
Tick Fauna and Associated Rickettsia, Theileria,
and Babesia spp. in Domestic Animals in Sudan (North Kordofan
and Kassala States).
Microorganisms.
2020 Dec 11;8(12):E1969. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8121969. PMID: 33322349.
Other publications of interest by
PANDORA members-2020
- Petersen E, Hui D, Hamer D, Blumberg L,
Madoff L, Pollack M, Lee SS, McLellan S, Memish Z, Praharaj I, Wasserman S,
Ntoumi F, Azhar EA, McHugh TD, Kock R, Ippolito G, Zumla A, Koopmans M.
Li Wenliang, a face to the frontline healthcare worker. The first doctor
to notify the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2, (COVID-19), outbreak.
Int J Infect Dis 2020
Apr;93:205-207. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.052. Epub 2020 Mar 4. PMID:
32142979
- Gualano G, Musso M, Mosti S,
Mencarini P, Mastrobattista A, Pareo C, Zaccarelli M, Migliorisi P, Vittozzi P,
Zumla A, Ippolito G, Palmieri F.
Usefulness of
bronchoalveolar lavage in the management of patients presenting with lung
infiltrates and suspect COVID-19-associated pneumonia: A case report.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Aug;97:174-176. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.027. Epub
2020 May 11. PMID: 32437932; PMCID: PMC7211646.
- Mukonzo JK, Kengo A, Kutesa B, Nanzigu S,
Pohanka A, McHugh TD, Zumla A, Aklillu E.
Role of pharmacogenetics in rifampicin pharmacokinetics and the potential
effect on TB-rifampicin sensitivity among Ugandan patients.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Feb 7;114(2):107-114. doi:
10.1093/trstmh/trz108.PMID: 31789383
- Marais BJ, Amanullah F, Gupta A, Becerra
MC, Snow K, Ngadaya E, Sharma M, Hesseling AC,
Chakaya M, Zumla A.
Tuberculosis in children, adolescents, and women.
Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Apr;8(4):335-337. doi:
10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30077-1. Epub 2020 Feb 27. PMID: 32113571.
- Hsu D, Irfan
M, Jabeen K, Iqbal N, Hasan R, Migliori GB, Zumla A, Visca D, Centis R, Tiberi
S.
Post tuberculosis treatment infectious complications
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;92S:S41-S45. doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.032. Epub 2020 Feb 27. PMID: 32114203.
- Lanini S, Montaldo C, Nicastri E, Vairo F,
Agrati C, Petrosillo N, Scognamiglio P, Antinori A, Puro V, Di Caro A, De Carli
G, Navarra A, Agresta A, Cimaglia C, Palmieri F, D'Offizi G, Marchioni L,
Kobinger GP, Maeurer M, Girardi E, Capobianchi MR, Zumla A, Locatelli F,
Ippolito G.
COVID-19 disease-Temporal analyses of complete blood count
parameters over course of illness, and relationship to patient demographics and
management outcomes in survivors and non-survivors: A longitudinal descriptive
cohort study.
PLoS One. 2020 Dec 28;15(12):e0244129. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0244129. PMID: 33370366; PMCID: PMC7769441.
- Nachega JB, Fatti G, Zumla A, Geng EH.
The
where, when, and how of community-based versus clinic-based ART delivery in
South Africa and Uganda.
Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Oct;8(10):e1245-e1246. doi:
10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30385-5. PMID: 32971045; PMCID: PMC7505575. - Guzzetta G, Vairo F, Mammone A, Lanini S,
Poletti P, Manica M, Rosa R, Caputo B, Solimini A, Torre AD, Scognamiglio P,
Zumla A, Ippolito G, Merler S.
Spatial modes for transmission of chikungunya
virus during a large chikungunya outbreak in Italy: a modeling analysis.
BMC
Med. 2020 Aug 7;18(1):226. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01674-y. PMID: 32762750;
PMCID: PMC7412829. - Ramalho R, Rao M, Zhang C, Agrati C, Ippolito G,
Wang FS, Zumla A, Maeurer M.
Immunometabolism: new insights and lessons from
antigen-directed cellular immune responses.
Semin Immunopathol. 2020
Jun;42(3):279-313. doi: 10.1007/s00281-020-00798-w. Epub 2020 Jun 9. PMID:
32519148; PMCID: PMC7282544. - Nguekeng Tsague B, Mikounou Louya V, Ntoumi F,
Adedoja A, Vouvoungui CJ, Peko SM, Abena AA.
Occurrence of human astrovirus
associated with gastroenteritis among Congolese children in Brazzaville,
Republic of Congo.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Jun;95:142-147. doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.056. Epub 2020 Mar 16. PMID: 32194237. - Aklillu E, Zumla A, Habtewold A, Amogne W,
Makonnen E, Yimer G, Burhenne J, Diczfalusy U.
Early or deferred initiation of
efavirenz during rifampicin-based TB therapy has no significant effect on CYP3A
induction in TB-HIV infected patients.
Br J Pharmacol. 2021
Aug;178(16):3294-3308. doi: 10.1111/bph.15309. Epub 2020 Dec 7. PMID: 33155675;
PMCID: PMC8359173.
- Bordi L, Sberna G, Lalle E, Piselli P, Colavita
F, Nicastri E, Antinori A, Boumis E, Petrosillo N, Marchioni L, Minnucci G,
D'Agostini E, Castilletti C, Locatelli F, Zumla A, Ippolito G, Capobianchi MR,
On Behalf Of Inmi ReCOVeRI Study Group. Frequency and Duration of SARS-CoV-2
Shedding in Oral Fluid Samples Assessed by a Modified Commercial Rapid
Molecular Assay.
Viruses. 2020 Oct 20;12(10):1184. doi: 10.3390/v12101184.
PMID: 33092065; PMCID: PMC7589602.
- Nachega JB, Ishoso DK, Otokoye JO, Hermans MP,
Machekano RN, Sam-Agudu NA, Bongo-Pasi Nswe C, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Madinga JN,
Mukendi S, Kolié MC, Nkwembe EN, Mbuyi GM, Nsio JM, Mukeba Tshialala D,
Tshiasuma Pipo M, Ahuka-Mundeke S, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Mofenson L, Smith G,
Mills EJ, Mellors JW, Zumla A, Mavungu Landu DJ, Kayembe JM. Clinical
Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 in Africa:
Early Insights from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Am J Trop Med Hyg.
2020 Dec;103(6):2419-2428. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1240. Epub 2020 Oct 2. PMID:
33009770; PMCID: PMC7695108.
- Gentilotti E, De Nardo P, Nguhuni B, Piscini A,
Damian C, Vairo F, Chaula Z, Mencarini P, Torokaa P, Zumla A, Nicastri E,
Ippolito G.
Implementing a combined infection prevention and control with
antimicrobial stewardship joint program to prevent caesarean section surgical
site infections and antimicrobial resistance: a Tanzanian tertiary hospital experience.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020 May 19;9(1):69. doi:
10.1186/s13756-020-00740-7. PMID: 32430026; PMCID: PMC7236265
- Tiberi S, Zumla A, Raviglione M, Lipman M, Kon
OM, Griffiths C, Migliori GB.
A postgraduate qualification in tuberculosis-Message
in a bottle.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;92S:S100-S102. doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.023. Epub 2020 Feb 27. PMID: 32114192.
- Lérias JR, Paraschoudi G, de Sousa E, Martins J,
Condeço C, Figueiredo N, Carvalho C, Dodoo E, Castillo-Martin M, Beltrán A,
Ligeiro D, Rao M, Zumla A, Maeurer M.
Microbes as Master Immunomodulators:
Immunopathology, Cancer and Personalized Immunotherapies.
Front Cell Dev Biol.
2020 Jan 23;7:362. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2019.00362. PMID: 32039196; PMCID:
PMC6989410.
- Migliori GB, Tiberi S, Zumla A, Petersen E,
Chakaya JM, Wejse C, Muñoz Torrico M, Duarte R, Alffenaar JW, Schaaf HS, Marais
BJ, Cirillo DM, Alagna R, Rendon A, Pontali E, Piubello A, Figueroa J, Ferlazzo
G, García-Basteiro A, Centis R, Visca D, D'Ambrosio L, Sotgiu G; members of the
Global Tuberculosis Network.
MDR/XDR-TB management of patients and contacts:
Challenges facing the new decade. The 2020 clinical update by the Global
Tuberculosis Network.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;92S:S15-S25. doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.042. Epub 2020 Feb 4. PMID: 32032752.
- Lérias JR, de Sousa E, Paraschoudi G, Martins J,
Condeço C, Figueiredo N, Carvalho C, Dodoo E, Maia A, Castillo-Martin M,
Beltrán A, Ligeiro D, Rao M, Zumla A, Maeurer M.
Trained Immunity for
Personalized Cancer Immunotherapy: Current Knowledge and Future Opportunities.
Front Microbiol. 2020 Jan 10;10:2924. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02924. PMID:
31998254; PMCID: PMC6967396. - Eldh
M, Hammar U, Arnot D, Beck HP, Garcia A, Liljander A, Mercereau-Puijalon O,
Migot-Nabias F, Mueller I, Ntoumi F, Ross A, Smith T, Sondén K, Vafa Homann M,
Yman V, Felger I, Färnert A.
Multiplicity of Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum
Infections and Risk of Clinical Malaria: A Systematic Review and Pooled
Analysis of Individual Participant Data.
J Infect Dis. 2020 Feb
18;221(5):775-785. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz510. PMID: 31585009; PMCID:
PMC7026891.
