COVID-19 and Global Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused 9 million infections and 500,000 deaths worldwide. It has caused social disruption and economic devastation on a scale not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The burden of COVID-19 disease and death has varied greatly from country, but the pandemic has spared no country.
Amidst all this suffering, the pandemic has generated an extraordinary outpouring of research. Studies are examining the biology of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, the mechanisms of spread of this disease, and the epidemiology of the pandemic. Mathematical modellers are projecting the pandemic’s future course. Public health workers are struggling to contain the disease through the time-tested techniques of case identification, testing, contact tracing, and quarantine. Clinical researchers are seeking safe and effective therapeutic agents. Academic researchers and the pharmaceutical industry are racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
In this Special Collection, we present a sample of this research. We have deliberately sought to include reports from low-income and middle-income countries as well as from high-income countries. The Collection includes a mix of biological, epidemiological, clinical, and intervention research. All papers in this Special Collection have been peer reviewed.
As always, we invite your comments and feedback.
Articles
- Original ResearchHearst et al.87(1): 107
- ViewpointsManirambona et al.87(1): 106
- Original ResearchNikeghbal et al.87(1): 79
- ViewpointsAr & Abbas87(1): 60
- ViewpointsBinagwaho & Senga87(1): 57
- Original ResearchZare et al.87(1): 51
- Original ResearchPigoga et al.87(1): 31
- Original ResearchHoang87(1): 28
- ViewpointsZeitoun et al.87(1): 21
- ViewpointsWeine et al.87(1): 12
- Letters to the EditorDebes et al.87(1): 5
- Original ResearchRamnath et al.87(1): 1
- Original ResearchSchneitler et al.86(1): 148
- ViewpointsNarla et al.86(1): 135
- Original ResearchGhandour et al.86(1): 131
- Original ResearchLiu et al.86(1): 128
- Original ResearchChien & Lin86(1): 119
- Letters to the EditorArab-Zozani & Hassanipour86(1): 114
- Original ResearchDang et al.86(1): 112
- Expert Consensus Documents, Recommendations, and White PapersHeo et al.86(1): 109
- ViewpointsPalamim & Marson86(1): 100
- ViewpointsNwozor et al.86(1): 95
- ViewpointsCollegium Ramazzini86(1): 79
- Letters to the EditorFasehun86(1): 76
- Articles and ReviewsWu et al.86(1): 70
- Letters to the EditorWilson & Stimpson86(1): 57
- Policy PapersFreed et al.86(1): 51
