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The results found a highly significant inverse association between pollen and changes in flu-like incidence corrected for incubation period.

Within this study, the authors combined changes in flu-like incidence per 100K/Dutch citizens with weekly pollen counts and meteorological data for the same period

The main outcomes of mortality, initiation of ventilation and hospitalization duration were not clearly reduced by any study drug

Hydroxychloroquine and Lopinavir were discontinued for futility on June 18 and July 4, 2020, respectively; Interferon is ceasing on October 16

The authors estimated Rh-negative blood type to have a protective effect on infection, intubation, and death

The results showed the risk of infection was slightly increased for those with type-O blood, and the risk of death was increased for those with type AB blood

The survival time was significantly longer for SARS-CoV-2 than for IAV [9.04 h (95% confidence interval: 7.96–10.2 h) vs. 1.82 h (1.65–2.00 h)]

The results show that SARS-CoV-2 may have a higher risk of contact transmission than IAV because it is much more stable on human skin. These findings support the hypothesis that proper hand hygiene is important for the prevention of the spread of SARS-CoV-2

The authors identified negative correlations between COVID-19's incidence, infection growth rate, and mortality to the percentage of people with antibody (IgM) levels for dengue fever in each of the country's states

The inverse correlation between COVID-19 and dengue fever was further observed in a sample of countries around Asia and Latin America, as well as in islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans

These results provide further rationale to explore the role of vitamin D supplementation in reducing the risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease

The SARS-CoV-2 positivity rate was higher in the 39,190 patients with “deficient” 25(OH)D values (<20 ng/mL) (12.5%, 95% C.I. 12.2–12.8%) than in the 27,870 patients with “adequate” values (30–34 ng/mL) (8.1%, 95% C.I. 7.8–8.4%) and the 12,321 patients with values ≥55 ng/mL (5.9%, 95% C.I. 5.5–6.4%)

The placebo arm of a covid-19 vaccine trial could provide a straightforward way to carry out such a study, by comparing the clinical outcomes of people with versus those without pre-existing T cell reactivity to SARS-CoV-2

There is a growing body of research documenting pre-existing immunological responses to SARS-CoV-2 may force pandemic planners to revisit some of their foundational assumptions about how to measure population susceptibility and monitor the extent of epidemic spread.

The authors show that vitamin D deficiency can explain every major risk factor, including the mystery of why children seem relatively protected and why males, the elderly, and people with naturally melanin-rich skin are especially vulnerable

“COVID-19” is the MeSH term for SARS-CoV-2 disease, coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, and derivative terms - which were used for the literature search associated with this review