China’s clampdown on fake-paper factories picks up speed [Nature, October 2021]

Title:

China’s clampdown on fake-paper factories picks up speed 

 

Author:

Holly Els 

Published:

Nature, 1 October 2021

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02587-3

 

From the article:

As part of a misconduct crackdown, Chinese funders are penalizing researchers who commission sham journal articles from ‘paper mills’, but some say the measures still don’t go far enough.

 

COVID-19 data scandal prompts tweaks to elite journal’s review process

Title:

COVID-19 data scandal prompts tweaks to elite journal’s review process

 

Author:

Kelly Servick

 

Published:

Science, 18 September 2020

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/covid-19-data-scandal-prompts-tweaks-elite-journal-s-review-process

 

From the article:

Three months after retracting a high-profile COVID-19 paper, editors at The Lancet hope to assure the research community that they’ve learned their lesson. The journal yanked a study on risks of hydroxychloroquine—an antimalarial drug whose proposed use as a COVID-19 treatment has stirred scientific and political controversy—in June when its authors couldn’t prove the underlying patient data even existed. Yesterday, it announced policies, effective immediately, that aim to keep flawed studies using “large, real-word datasets” from slipping past peer review again. They include stricter standards for the expertise of peer reviewers of such papers and requirements that all authors vouch for the validity of their data and detail their data-sharing plans.

 

Dozens of scientific journals have vanished from the internet, and no one preserved them

Title:
Dozens of scientific journals have vanished from the internet, and no one preserved them

Author:
Jeffrey Brainard

Published:
Science, 8 September 2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/dozens-scientific-journals-have-vanished-internet-and-no-one-preserved-them

From the article:
Eighty-four online-only, open-access (OA) journals in the sciences, and nearly 100 more in the social sciences and humanities, have disappeared from the internet over the past 2 decades as publishers stopped maintaining them, potentially depriving scholars of useful research findings, a study has found.

Let me get this straight: You added a bunch of co-authors without their consent, and you couldn’t be bothered to include me?

Title:
Let me get this straight: You added a bunch of co-authors without their consent, and you couldn’t be bothered to include me?

Published:
Retraction Watch, 4 September 2020
https://retractionwatch.com/2020/09/04/let-me-get-this-straight-you-added-a-bunch-of-co-authors-without-their-consent-and-you-couldnt-be-bothered-to-include-me/

From the article:
A group of researchers in Japan and Singapore objected to being included on a 2019 paper without their consent — and someone’s feelings appear to have been hurt for having been left off the bogus list of authors.

Scholarly Article (29 May 2020) - New tools aim to tame pandemic paper tsunami

Titles:
New tools aim to tame pandemic paper tsunami

Author:
Jeffrey Brainard

Published:
Science, Volume 368, Issue 6494, pp. 924-925 (29 May 2020)
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6494/924

From the article:
Timothy Sheahan, a virologist studying COVID-19, wishes he could keep pace with the growing torrent of new scientific papers related to the pandemic. But there have just been too many—more than 5000 papers a week. “I'm not keeping up,” says Sheahan, who works at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. “It's impossible.”  

A loose-knit army of data scientists and software developers is pressing hard to change that.

Zenodo - AfricArXiv - the preprint repository for African research

Here are the most recent uploads regarding Covid-19:

Harnessing the Open Science infrastructure for an efficient African response to COVID-19 [preprint]
Authors: Havemann, J. [et al.]. 
Publication date: 30 March 2020
Available: https://zenodo.org/record/3733768#.XonoqeozZxA

Mapping the COVID-19 global response: from grassroots to governments
Authors: Akligoh, H. [et al.].
Publication date: 29 March 2020
Available: https://zenodo.org/record/3732377#.XonpEeozZxA

Multilingual COVID-19 Information Videos
Authors: Bezuidenhout, L. [et al.].
Publication date: 26 March 2020
Available: https://zenodo.org/record/3727534#.XonpiOozZxA

A Variety of Interesting Scholarly Articles in the South African Journal of Higher Education (volume 34, number 1, March 2020)

Leading Article:
A Foucauldian analysis of the CA profession in South Africa: Implications for society 
J. Terblanche, Y. Waghid

Table of Contents:
University students’ media use and political participation in South Africa 
K.A. Badaru, E.O. Adu

Teaching strategies for lecturers and tutors to assist non-English mother tongue tertiary students: Summarising, paraphrasing and vocabulary enrichment 
J.L. Coullie

Compassion-based mindfulness training in teacher education: The impact on student teachers at a South African university 
L.J. Draper-Clarke

A framework of key enabling drivers for innovation: Perceptions of community engagement scholarship of science fairs 
M.D. Gibbs, P. Poisat

Google forms can stimulate conversations in discussion-based seminars? An activity theory perspective 
M.J. Glover

Concept mapping as a strategy to scaffold concept literacy in accounting for extended programmes 
S. Immelman, A. Carstens, S. Smith, A. Masenge

Development of a contextualised data analytics framework in South African higher education: Evolvement of teacher (teaching) analytics as an indispensable component introduction 
E.C. Janse van Vuuren

Accountancy students’ and lecturers’ perceptions of the effect of open-book assessments on writing examinations 
S.J. Kruger

Assessment in textbooks: Exploring cognitive demand in first-year accounting textbooks 
J.C. Ngwenya, O.O. Arek-Bawa

How accounting students within the Thuthuka Bursary Fund perceive academic support offered at one South African university 
J.M. Ontong, T. De Waal, W. Wentzel

Metaphors of transformation of education and fitness for purpose: Towards a humanizing agenda 
Y. Rodny-Gumede, C.T. Chasi

Ethical dilemmas associated with hyper-structured student research 
R. Steyn

Academic enrepreneurship and organisational support factors 
B. Urban, S. Gamata

The use of podcasts and videocasts by tertiary accounting students in distance education 
L. Wentzel, K. de Hart

Workplace-based learning: An industry perspective 
R. Ziegler, T. Chipanga, C. Magoda

Online Learning, Volume 24, Number 1 (2020) - Some fascinating articles in this issue

Here are some examples of the fascinating articles in the latest issue of Online Learning [volume 24, number 1 of 2020]:

Title: Facilitation Matters: Instructor Perception of Helpfulness of Facilitation Strategies in Online Courses
Authors: Florence Martin, Chuang Wang, Ayesha Sadaf  
From the abstract:  
Online course facilitation is critical to the success of online courses. Instructors use various facilitation strategies in online courses to engage students. One hundred instructors were surveyed on their perception of helpfulness of twelve different facilitation strategies used in online courses to enhance instructor presence, instructor connection, engagement and learning.

Title: Social Media Learning Activities (SMLA): Implications for Design 
Authors: Ghania E. Zgheib, Nada Dabbagh  
From the abstract:  
This study explored how experienced faculty are using social media to support student learning. It analysed the types of social media learning activities (SMLAs), their design, the cognitive processes that they support, and the types of knowledge that students engage in when completing SMLAs. 

Title: From Discussion Forums to eMeetings: Integrating High Touch Strategies to Increase Student Engagement, Academic Performance, and Retention in Large Online Courses 
Authors: Glenda H. Gay, Kristen Betts  
From the abstract:
Student engagement and group work are critical to developing competencies, deeper learning, and attributes that align with 21st-century skills. Group work is particularly important for future employment in an increasingly competitive and dynamic workforce. A new capstone group work assignment using Online Human Touch (OHT) strategies was integrated into an Information Systems course at a regional university in the Caribbean.

Title: Student Preferences for Learning Resources on a Land-based Postgraduate Online Degree Programme 
Authors: Duncan Royd Slater, Richard Davies  
From the abstract:  
Creating engaging online resources is an important part of the rapidly changing discipline of e-tutoring. There is increasing use of a wide range of media for online training but only a limited number of studies assessing their effectiveness. This study involved an educator working collegiately with cohorts of online students studying a specialist land-based postgraduate degree programme (n = 79).  The opinions of these mature online students, on current and potential learning resources, informed two interventions that provided novel online resources to the course. Student opinion on these new resources was captured and subjected to thematic analysis.

Title: Purposeful Interpersonal Interaction: What is it and How is it Measured? 
Author: Scott Mehall  
From the abstract:
Despite extensive studies surrounding the topic of interaction in online learning, faculty are often still relegated to an attempt at replicating their face-to-face course interactions in the online environment. Interpersonal interaction is a necessary yet nebulous concept in online learning. This paper attempts to build a quality lens to view interpersonal interaction in online learning through, called purposeful interpersonal interaction (PII) by exploring types of interpersonal interaction demonstrated in the literature to lead to better student outcomes.

Title: The Role of an Interactive Visual Learning Tool and Its Personalizability in Online Learning: Flow Experience 
Authors: Young Ha, Hyunjoo Im  
From the abstract: 
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of interactive online learning tools on college student learning using flow as the guiding perspective. Study 1 was conducted to test the effect of online interactivity manipulated by dynamic visual learning tools on student’s flow experience, level of telepresence, actual performance in test, and perceived values of such activities. Study 2 was designed to test the effect of personalizability of difficulty levels in the interactive online activity on students’ learning experience. 

TAKE NOTE re Scholarly Articles: COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus content FREE TO ACCESS from Wiley Online Library & list of most recent articles

Recent articles from Wiley Online Library (free access):

* Cárdenas‐Conejo, Y. [et al.]. (13 March 2020). An exclusive 42 amino acid signature in pp1ab protein provides insights into the evolutive history of the 2019 novel human‐pathogenic coronavirus (SARS‐CoV2). Journal of Medical Virology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25758

* Lung, J. [et al.]. (13 March 2020). The potential chemical structure of anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 RNA‐dependent RNA polymerase. Journal of medical Virology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25761

* Wang, C. [et al.]. (13 March 2020). The establishment of reference sequence for SARS‐CoV‐2 and variation analysis. Journal of medical Virology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25762

* Zhu, W. [et al.]. (13 March 2020). Initial clinical features of suspected Coronavirus Disease 2019 in two emergency departments outside of Hubei, China. Journal of medical Virology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25763

* Long, Y. [et al.]. (13 March 2020). Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks against influenza: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1111/jebm.12381

* Zhuang, Q. [et al.]. (12 March 2020). Surveillance and Taxonomic Analysis of the Coronavirus Dominant in Pigeons in China. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13541

* Chen, Q. [et al.]. (12 March 2020).A report of clinical diagnosis and treatment of 9 cases of coronavirus disease 2019. Journal of Medical Virology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25755

* Li, L. [et al.]. (12 March 2020). 2019 novel coronavirus patients’ clinical characteristics, discharge rate and fatality rate of meta‐analysis. Journal of Medical Virology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25757

* Garnier-Crussard, A. [et al.]. (12 March 2020). Novel Coronavirus (COVID‐19) Epidemic: What Are the Risks for Older Patients? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16407

* Ton, A.T. [et al.]. (11 March 2020). Rapid Identification of Potential Inhibitors of SARS‐CoV‐2 Main Protease by Deep Docking of 1.3 Billion Compounds. Molecular Informatics. https://doi.org/10.1002/minf.202000028

* Zhu, F. [et al.]. (11 March 2020). Co‐infection of SARS‐CoV‐2 and HIV in a patient in Wuhan city, China. Journal of Medical Virology.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25732

* Conway, M.J. (11 March 2020). Identification of Coronavirus Sequences in Carp cDNA from Wuhan, China. Journal of Medical Virology. 
https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25751

* Kandeel, M. [et al.]. (11 March 2020). From SARS and MERS CoVs to SARS‐CoV‐2: moving toward more biased codon usage in viral structural and non‐structural genes. Journal of Medical Virology. 
https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25754

* Poon, L.C. [et al.]. (11 March 2020). ISUOG Interim Guidance on 2019 novel coronavirus infection during pregnancy and puerperium: information for healthcare professionals. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology.  https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.22013

* Conforti, C. [et al.]. (11 March 2020). COVID‐19 and psoriasis: is it time to limit treatment with immunosuppressants? A call for action. Dermatologic Terapy. https://doi.org/10.1111/dth.13298

* Thomson, G.A. (11 March 2020). Where are we now with COVID‐19? The International Journal of Clinical Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.13497

* Chenoweth, A.M. [et al.]. (11 March 2020). Harnessing the immune system via FcγR function in immune therapy: A pathway to next‐gen mAbs. Immunology & Cell Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.12326

* Joob, B. & Wiwanitkit, V. (10 March 2020).  Frequency of arrhythmia in novel coronavirus 2019 infection. Journal of Arrhythmia.  https://doi.org/10.1002/joa3.12330


CLICK HERE to view ALL Novel Coronavirus Outbreak articles, covering the period December 2019 to present, in the Wiley Online Library.

Short Article: Nature shift signals ‘new era’ of peer review transparency

Title:
Nature shift signals ‘new era’ of peer review transparency

Author:
Jack Grove

Published:
Times Higher Education, 18 February 2020

From the article:
"Nature’s decision to publish peer review reports alongside journal papers indicates that there is a growing consensus that peer review should be open, experts agreed."

To read this article:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nature-shift-signals-new-era-peer-review-transparency

Comprehensive List of Coronavirus-related Scholarly Articles (2019 & 2020), including MERS & SARS, as well as Covid-19 / 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Comprehensive List of Coronavirus-related Scholarly Articles (2019 & 2020), including MERS & SARS, as well as Covid-19 / 2019 Novel Coronavirus    
[Compiled by E Retief]

In alphabetical order:

A
Adney, D.R. [et al.]. 2019. Efficacy of an Adjuvanted Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Spike Protein Vaccine in Dromedary Camels and Alpacas. Viruses, 11(3). Doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/v11030212

Al-Abdely H.M. [et al.]. 2019. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection dynamics and antibody responses among clinically diverse patients, Saudi Arabia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(4):753-766. Available: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/4/18-1595_article

Alanazi, K.H. [et al.]. 2019. Scope and extent of healthcare-associated Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus transmission during two contemporaneous outbreaks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2017. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 40 (1):79-88. Available: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30595141

Aldohyan, M. [et al.]. 2019. The perceived effectiveness of MERS-CoV educational programs and knowledge transfer among primary healthcare workers: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19. Available: https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-019-3898-2

Alfaraj, S.H. [et al.]. 2019. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in pediatrics: a report of seven cases from Saudi Arabia. Frontiers in Medecine, 13:126–130. Available: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30872071

Alfaraj, S.H. [et al.]. 2019. Clinical predictors of mortality of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) infection: a cohort study 2019. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 29:48-50. Doi:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.03.004

Al-Tawfiq, J.A. & Gautret, P. 2019. Asymptomatic Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection: Extent and implications for infection control: A systematic review. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 27, pp.27-32. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.12.003

Al-Tawfiq, J.A. & Auwaerter, P.G. Healthcare-associated infections: the hallmark of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus with review of the literature. Journal of ospital Infection, 101:20-29. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2018.05.021

Arabi, Y.M. [et al.]. 2019. Macrolides in critically ill patients with Middle East Respiratory syndrome. The International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 81:184-190. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2019.01.041

Azhar, E.I. [et al.]. 2019. The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 33 (4):891-905. Available: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27966107 

B
Baharoon, S. & Memish, Z.A. 2019. MERS-CoV as an emerging respiratory illness: A review of prevention methods. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 32. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.101520

Benvenuto, D. [et al.]. January 2020. The 2019‐new coronavirus epidemic: Evidence for virus evolution. Journal of Medical Virology. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25688

Biscayart, C. [et al.]. January 2020. The next big threat to global health? 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV): What advice can we give to travellers? – Interim recommendations January 2020, from the Latin-American society for Travel Medicine (SLAMVI). Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101567

Bogoch, I.I. [et al.]. January 2020. Pneumonia of Unknown Etiology in Wuhan, China: Potential for International Spread Via Commercial Air Travel. Journal of Travel Medicine. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa008

Bonilla-Aldana, D.K. [et al.]. January 2020. SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and now the 2019-novel CoV: Have we investigated enough about coronaviruses? – A bibliometric analysis. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101566
[In Press, Corrected Proof]

C
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). February 2020. Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Infection. Available: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-guidance-management-patients.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). February 2020. Interim Guidance for Implementing Home Care of People Not Requiring Hospitalization for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Available:  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/guidance-home-care.pdf

Chan, J.F-W. [et al.]. February 2020. A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster. Lancet, 395(10223). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30154-9

Chang, D. [et al.]. February 2020. Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Novel Coronavirus Infections Involving 13 Patients Outside Wuhan China. JAMA. [Research Letter]. Available: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2761043

Chen, J. February 2020. Pathogenicity and Transmissibility of 2019-nCoV—A Quick Overview and Comparison with Other Emerging Viruses. Microbes and Infection. Available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1286457920300265 [In Press, Journal Pre-proof]

Chen, N. [et al.]. February 2020. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study. Lancet, 395(10223). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30211-7

Chen, Y., Liu, Q. & Guo, D. 2020. Emerging coronaviruses: genome structure, replication, and pathogenesis. Journal of Medical Virology. Doi: 10.1002/jmv.25681

Chen, Z-M. [et al.]. February 2020. Diagnosis and treatment recommendations for pediatric respiratory infection caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus. World Journal of Pediatrics. Available: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12519-020-00345-5

Cheng, V.C.C. [et al.]. 2020. Preparedness and proactive infection control measures against the emerging Wuhan coronavirus pneumonia in China. The Journal of Hospital Infection. Doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.01.010

China, National Health Commission of the People's Republic. January 2020. 2nd ed. New coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control program [in Mandarin]. Available: http://www.nhc.gov.cn/jkj/s3577/202001/c67cfe29ecf1470e8c7fc47d3b751e88.shtml

Corman, V.M. [et al.]. January 2020. Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR. Eurosurveillance, 25(3). Available: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.3.2000045

Coutard, B. [et al.]. February 2020. The spike glycoprotein of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV contains a furin-like cleavage site absent in CoV of the same clade. Antiviral Research. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104742  [In Press, Journal Pre-proof]

Chu, D.K.W. [et al.]. January 2020. Molecular Diagnosis of a Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Causing an Outbreak of Pneumonia. Clinical Chemistry. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaa029

Cui, J., Li, F. & Shi, Z.-L. Marc 2019. Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 17:181-192. Available: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-018-0118-9

D
Daszak, P., Olival, K.J. & Li, H. February 2020. A strategy to prevent future epidemics similar to the 2019-nCoV outbreak. Biosafety and Health. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bsheal.2020.01.003

Del Rio, C. & Malani, P.N. February 2020. 2019 Novel coronavirus - important information for clinicians. JAMA. Available: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2760782 

E
Esam, I. [et al.]. December 2019. The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 33(4):891-905. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337659485_The_Middle_East_Respiratory_Syndrome_MERS

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). January 2020. Risk assessment guidelines for infectious diseases transmitted on aircraft (RAGIDA) Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). ECDC Technical Report. Available: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/risk-assessment-guidelines-infectious-diseases-transmitted-aircraft-ragida-middle

F
Fan, Y. [et al.]. March 2019. Bat coronaviruses in China. Viruses, 11(3). Doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/v11030210

Farag, E.A.B. [et al.]. 2019. Survey on Implementation of One Health Approach for MERS-CoV Preparedness and Control in Gulf Cooperation Council and Middle East Countries. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(3).  doi: 10.3201/eid2503.171702

Fung, T.S. & Liu, D.X. 2019. Human coronavirus: host-pathogen interaction. Annual Reviews Microbiology, 73, pp.529-557. Available: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-micro-020518-115759

G
Gardner, E.G. [et al.]. 2019. A case-crossover analysis of the impact of weather on primary cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19(1):113. Available: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30717685

Gralinski, L.E. & Menachery, V.D. January 2020. Return of the coronavirus: 2019-nCoV. Viruses, 12(2). Doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/v12020135

Gorbalenya, A.E. [et al.]. February 2020. Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: The species and its viruses – a statement of the Coronavirus Study Group. bioRxiv. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.07.937862

Guo, L. [et al.]. 2019. Clinical features predicting mortality risk in patients with viral pneumonia: the MuLBSTA score. Frontiers in Microbiology. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02752

H
Hashem, A.M. [et al.]. 2019. Development and validation of different indirect ELISAs for MERS-CoV serological testing. Journal of Immunological Methods, 466:41-46. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2019.01.005

Heymann, D.L. February 2020. COVID-19: wat is next for public health? Lancet [article only available online at this stage]. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30374-3

Holshue, M.L. [et al.]. January 2020. First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine. Available: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001191

Huang, C. [et al.]. January 2020. Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Lancet, 395(10223):497-506. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30183-5

Hui, D.S. [et al.]. 2020. The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health - the latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 91:264-266. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.009

Hui, D.S.C. & Zumla, A. 2019. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Historical, Epidemiologic, and Clinical Features. Infectious Diseases Clinics of America, 33(4):869-889. Available: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31668196 

I
Imai, N. [et al.]. January 2020. Estimating the potential total number of novel Coronavirus cases in Wuhan City, China. Imperial College London. Available: http://www.bangkokhealth.com/v2/2019_nCoV_outbreak_report_Imperial_College_20200117.pdf

J
Ji, W. [et al.]. January 2020. Homologous recombination within the spike glycoprotein of the newly identified coronavirus may boost cross-species transmission from snake to human. Journal of Medical Virology. Available: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31967321

Jiang, S., Du, L. & Shi, Z. January 2020. An emerging coronavirus causing pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China: calling for developing therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 9(1). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1723441

K
Kampf, G. [et al.]. 2020. Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and its inactivation with biocidal agents. The Journal of Hospital Infection. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.01.022 

Kandeil, A. [et al.]. 2019. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in non-camelid domestic mammals. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 8:103-108. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2018.1560235

Kanne, J.P. February 2020. Chest CT Findings in 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Infections from Wuhan, China: Key Points for the Radiologist. Radiology. Doi:  https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2020200241 

Khan, S. [et al.]. 2020. Novel coronavirus is putting the whole world on alert. The Journal of Hospital Infection. Available: https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30043-8/fulltext

Kirchdoerfer, R.N. & Ward, A.B. 2019. Structure of the SARS-CoV nsp12 polymerase bound to nsp7 and nsp8 co-factors. Nature Communications. Available: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10280-3

L
Lei, J. [et al.].  2020. CT Imaging of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Pneumonia. Radiology. Available:  https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2020200230

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