Editorial – Vitamin D status
Editorial highlighting vitamin D status as an important modulator of innate immunity and natural defense against acute viral respiratory infections, with potential clinical and preventive implications.
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Manuale di Medicina Ambulatoriale – New Edition
New edition of the Manuale di Medicina Ambulatoriale, updated for the COVID-19 pandemic and expanded with sections on cancer screening, chronic conditions and regulatory and clinical tools to support physicians working in outpatient settings.
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Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound Findings in COVID-19 Pneumonia
Case report on the use of Point-of-Care lung ultrasound in a COVID-19 patient, highlighting its advantages during the pandemic: rapid assessment, reduced exposure, repeatability and suitability for low-resource settings.
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Eculizumab treatment in patients with COVID-19
Case series describing four severe ICU COVID-19 patients treated with eculizumab at ASL Napoli 2 Nord: all patients recovered, with marked CRP reduction and a mean disease duration of about 13 days, suggesting a potential role for anti-complement C5 therapy as a therapeutic option.
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COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus 2019) – Recent Trends
Mini-review summarizing the most recent findings on COVID-19: transmission, genomic features, potential ACE2 receptor use, N protein characteristics, similarities to SARS-CoV and differences from MERS-CoV.
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Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV
Comparative study analyzing prevalence, transmission and fatality rates of 2019-nCoV versus SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, highlighting biological, clinical and epidemiological features and the need for global preventive measures.
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Novel Coronavirus 2019 (SARS-CoV-2)
Informative record of a scientific article on the novel coronavirus 2019 (SARS-CoV-2), including the list of authors, the affiliation of the VII Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology at “D. Cotugno” Hospital in Naples, and a link to the full text published in European Review.
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