A public repository of scientific and media resources of SARS-CoV-2 related COVID-19 maintained by ITER.
April 13, 2020 updates: few new articles in Scientific Literatura section and MIDAS COVID-19 repository in Data Sources section. As the repository increases its size, we are moving into a Wiki format (soon here!).
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- Clinical Trials
- Educational resources
- Genomics of SARS-CoV-2
- Guidelines, Society's Clinical and Professional Statements
- Media sources
- Protocols
- Rapid Tests
- Research Coalitions and Funding Calls
- Respirators, masks, and other Personal Protective Equipments (PPE)
- Scientific Communications and Literature (Pre-prints & Peer-Reviewed Papers)
- Sciencific Data and Resources
- Sequencing, Sequences and Bioinformatics
- Shiny and R related dashboards and packages. Under construction
- Viral mechanisms: infection, entry, and replication. Under construction
- Acknowledgements
- Contact us
- Update logs
Section to show on-going clinical trials to figth against COVID-19
U.S. National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov, Clinical Trials ordered by treatment
- Anakinra clinical trials
- Azithromycin clinical trials
- Baricitinib clinical trials
- Cobicistat clinical trials
- Colchicina clinical trials
- Darunavir clinical trials
- Hydrychloroquine clinical trials
- Interferon clinical trials
- Lopinavir clinical trials
- Remdesivir clinical trials
- Ritonavir clinical trials
- Sarilumab clinical trials
- Siltuximab clinical trials
- Tocilizumab clinical trials
European Union Clinical Trials Register, Clinical trials for COVID-19
Harvard Medical School MEDICAL STUDENT COVID-19 CURRICULUM
Bioinformatics Training Resources for Experimentalists (and Friends)
Czech campaign #masks4all We need #masks4all, in Youtube
COVID-19 Preparedness for Radiotherapy Departments - Towards Consensus on Best Practices
Actualización sobre la situación de la COVID-19, Dr. Josep Maria Miró
Infectious Disease Modelling: Beyond the Basic SIR Model
Section devoted to show main findings in the virus genome.
Reproducible analyses for rejecting rare genomic inversions in SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 exhibits intra-host genomic plasticity and low-frequency polymorphic quasispecies
Proyecto Epidemiologia Genomica COVID 19
CovProfile: profiling the viral genome and gene expressions of SARS-COV2
MERS-CoV recombination: implications about the reservoir and potential for adaptation
Genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in Coronavirus Disease 2019 patients
The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2
Complete Genome Sequence of a 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Strain Isolated in Nepal
Genomic variations of SARS-CoV-2 suggest multiple outbreak sources of transmission
Global patterns in coronavirus diversity
Evolutionary origins of the SARS-CoV-2 sarbecovirus lineage responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic
LAMP-Seq: Population-Scale COVID-19 Diagnostics Using a Compressed Barcode Space
The architecture of SARS-CoV-2 transcriptome
Direct RNA sequencing and early evolution of SARS-CoV-2
Genomic determinants of pathogenicity in SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses
Comparative ACE2 variation and primate COVID-19 risk
A colection of guides and documents from different natianal and international institutions with means to protect people againts COVID-19, including biosafety guidelines, decontamination recommendations and risks, etc. The opinions expressed in there do not reflect ITER institutional position.
WHO - Laboratory Biosafety Manual - Third Edition
SemiSyuc https://semicyuc.org/covid-19/#Documentos Plan de Contingencia para los Servicios de Medicina Intensiva frente a la pandemia COVID-19
Documento de posicionamiento de la SEIMC sobre el diagnstico microbiológo de COVID-19
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): The American Thoracic Society (ATS) Response
CEN and CENELEC make European standards available to help prevent the COVID-19 contagion
WHO several guidelines to protect Workers Health
Selected media articles because of their informative content. The opinions expressed in there do not reflect ITER institutional position.
Example of a device using UV-C for decontamination
Example of a Rapid Bio Decontamination Service, from Bioquell
How did Spain get its coronavirus response so wrong?
Mount Sinai to Begin the Transfer of COVID-19 Antibodies into Critically Ill Patients
Los sesgos que engañan al cerebro durante la pandemia, El País
The Ibuprofen Debate Reveals the Danger of Covid-19 Rumors
Rockefeller-Led Team Launches Initiative to Study COVID-19 Genetic Vulnerability (GenomeWeb)
El Cabildo de Tenerife aporta una máquina de análisis de COVID-19
Investigadores del ITER y de La Candelaria aceleran el método de diagnóstico del Covid-19
COVID-19: Why we should all wear masks — There is new scientific rationale
Over 24,000 coronavirus research papers are now available in one place
How sewage could reveal true scale of coronavirus outbreak
Why It’s So Freaking Hard To Make A Good COVID-19 Model
NYT, Bad News Wrapped in Protein: Inside the Coronavirus Genome
Shared SARS-COV-2 DIAGNOSTIC PIPELINES at FinDX
WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) technical guidance: Laboratory testing for 2019-nCoV in humans (Updated March 25, 2020) In-house developed molecular assays, not validated, probably still under development, but not necessarily updated here
- China CDC Primers and probes for detection 2019-nCoV (24 January 2020)
- Diagnostic detection of Wuhan coronavirus 2019 by real-time RT-PCR – Charité, Berlin Germany (17 January 2020)
- Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in suspected human cases by RT-PCR – Hong Kong University (23 January 2020)
- PCR and sequencing protocol for 2019-nCoV - Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand (Updated 28 January 2020)
- PCR and sequencing protocols for 2019-nCoV- National Institute of Infectious Diseases Japan (24 January 2020)
- US CDC Real-Time RT-PCR Panel for Detection 2019-Novel Coronavirus (28 January 2020)
- US CDC panel primer and probes– U.S. CDC, USA (28 January 2020)
- Real-time RT-PCR assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 Institut Pasteur, Paris (2 March 2020)
NIID Japan Detection of second case of 2019-nCoV infection in Japan
USA CDC Center for Disease and Control Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) RT-PCR protocol
Chinese Center for Disease and Control and Prevention China CDC Real-time RT-PCR protocol
A Massively Parallel COVID-19 Diagnostic Assay for Simultaneous Testing of 19200 Patient Samples, in Twitter | Protocol | Primers & Spike-in Controls
Section to highlight contributions to rapid tests production and testing.
Fast, portable tests come online to curb coronavirus pandemic, Nature. See table inside
COVID-19: immunopathology and its implications for therapy
Section to collect open calls in the research funding arena.
COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition
WHO The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board
CaixaImpulse COVID-19 Call for projects that address the COVID-19 emergency open until 15 April
European Comission Funding & tender opportunities Single Electronic Data Interchange Area (SEDIA)
European Research Council List of ERC-funded Research Projects related to coronavirus
Fast Funding for COVID-19 Science
A selection of websites to understand what a respirator or a mask is, and what are the differences between the different personal protective equipments.
N95 Respirators and Surgical Masks (Face Masks)
Comparison of FFP2, KN95, and N95 and Other Filtering Facepiece Respirator Classes
Ventilators are in high demand for Covid-19 patients. How do they work?
Guías para la fabricación de mascarillas y ropa de protección, Ministerio de Sanidad
Clarificación de los diferentes tipos de mascarillas, Ministerio de Sanidad
Marcado CE de las mascarillas, Ministerio de Industrial, Comercio y Turismo
Widespread use of face masks in public may slow the spread of SARS CoV-2: an ecological study
Face mask use in the general population and optimal resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Can N95 respirators be reused after disinfection? And for how many times?
N95 Mask Decontamination using Standard Hospital Sterilization Technologies
UV light dosage distribution over irregular respirator surfaces. Methods and implications for safety
Reminder. Notice that a number of these papers might be preliminary reports that have not been peer-reviewed. They should not be regarded as conclusive, guide clinical practice/health-related behavior, or be reported in news media as established information.
COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 preprints from medRxiv and bioRxiv
SemanticScholar COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19)
A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019
Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia
Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1
A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin
A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China
Rational use of face masks in the COVID-19 pandemic
Three Emerging Coronaviruses in Two Decades The Story of SARS, MERS, and Now COVID-19
Managing neonates with respiratory failure due to SARS-CoV-2
Clinical Features of 69 Cases with Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Wuhan,China
Coronavirus Disease 2019: Coronaviruses and Blood Safety
COVID-19: what is next for public health?
Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany
Understanding of COVID-19 based on current evidence
Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1
Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China
A Trial of Lopinavir–Ritonavir in Adults Hospitalized with Severe Covid-19
CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) publications
Molecular Diagnosis of a Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Causing an Outbreak of Pneumonia
NIID National Institute for Infectious Diseases Manual for the Detection of Pathogen 2019-nCoV
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italy
Case-Fatality Rate and Characteristics of Patients Dying in Relation to COVID-19 in Italy
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Different Types of Clinical Specimens
OVID-19 in Singapore—Current Experience: Critical Global Issues That Require Attention and Action
Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Influenza
Coronavirus Infections—More Than Just the Common Cold
Diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection by Detection of Nucleocapsid Protein
Transcriptional Inhibition of Host Viral Entry Proteins as a Therapeutic Strategy for SARS-CoV-2
Human leukocyte antigen susceptibility map for SARS-CoV-2
Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and different domestic animals to SARS-coronavirus-2
Clinical and virological data of the first cases of COVID-19 in Europe: a case series
SARS-CoV-2 detection from nasopharyngeal swab samples without RNA extraction
Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks
SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing serum antibodies in cats: a serological investigation
Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019
Identifying SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses in Malayan pangolins
Potent Antiviral Activities of Type I Interferons to SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Chest CT for Typical 2019-nCoV Pneumonia: Relationship to Negative RT-PCR Testing
Is low dose radiation therapy a potential treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia?
Clinical characteristics of the recovered COVID-19 patients with re-detectable positive RNA test
The convalescent sera option for containing COVID-19
Novel Coronavirus Infection in Newborn Babies Under 28 Days in China
A case of SARS-CoV-2 carrier for 32 days with several times false negative nucleic acid tests
Toilets dominate environmental detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus in a hospital
Blueprint for a Pop-up SARS-CoV-2 Testing Lab
Cutaneous manifestations in COVID‐19: a first perspective
Dermatology staff participate in fight against Covid-19 in China
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 RNA Detected in Blood Donations
Subsection dedicated to PCR (RT-qPCR) and related topics.
Reproductive numbers, epidemic spread and control in a community of households
Unraveling R0: Considerations for Public Health Applications
The Immediate Effect of COVID-19 Policies on Social Distancing Behavior in the United States
Sustainable social distancing through facemask use and testing during the Covid-19 pandemic
Subsection dedicated to PCR (RT-qPCR) and related topics.
Positive RT-PCR Test Results in Patients Recovered From COVID-19
Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR
Estimating false-negative detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR
Efficient and Practical Sample Pooling High-Throughput PCR Diagnosis of COVID-19
Optimization of SARS-CoV-2 detection by RT-QPCR without RNA extraction
Variation in False Negative Rate of RT-PCR Based SARS-CoV-2 Tests by Time Since Exposure
Non-specific Primers Reveal False-negative Risk in Detection of COVID-19 Infections
Fast SARS-CoV-2 detection by RT-qPCR in preheated nasopharyngeal swab samples
A streamlined approach to rapidly detect SARS-CoV-2 infection, avoiding RNA extraction
SARS-CoV-2 detection with CRISPR diagnostics
Rapid Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Virus RNA Using Colorimetric LAMP
2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Data Repository by Johns Hopkins CSSE
Nextstrain. Real-time tracking of pathogen evolution
NCBI SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) Sequences
National Genomics Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Released genomes
Coronavirus Structural Task Force
Nanopore (ONT) Novel Coronavirus information(COVID-19)
Clustering COVID-19 research papers
Análisis de los datos de COVID-19 en España, por Z Data Labs
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, data
European Data Portal, data for Spain, Evolución de enfermedad por el coronavirus (COVID-19)
IHME, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, USA data
Instituto de Matemática Interdisciplinar de la Universitat Politécnica de Valencia (UPV) Modelling Uncertainty Quantification, Reports in PDF Modelización epidemiolgica: Informes
Bioinformatics Unit of Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain)
Imperial College London reports
NIH Coronavirus Disease 2019 Situation Summary
Bioinformatics resources for SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus analysis tools developed by scientists at the University of Tartu, Estonia
SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Resources
COVID-19 Open Research Dataset Challenge (CORD-19)
How many tests for COVID-19 are being performed around the world?
Evolución del coronavirus (COVID-19) en Euskadi
CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Novel Coronavirus Reports
CDC Information for Laboratories RT-PCR resources
COVID-19 Tracker Shiny app in R
PolyMath COVID-19 dataset clearinghouse
Discourse Data Against Covid19
DataStudio International-Domestic spreading of 2019-nCoV-V4
Explore the Spread of Covid-19, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative
The COVID Tracking Project, testing data available for US states and territories
ETE team modeling group ( MIVEGEC Laboratory , CNRS, IRD, University of Montpellier)
MIDAS 2019 Novel Coronavirus Repository
List of institutional websites for the governments of each of the Spanish Autonomous Regions (17) and Cities (2).
Autonomous Regions and Cities in Spain:
- Aragón
- Principado de Asturias
- Castilla La Mancha Datos
- Portal del GOBCAN con el seguimiento de la pandemia por SARS-Cov-2 Canarias. Informes epidemiológicos de Salud Pública de la Consejería de Sanidad del Gobierno Autónomo de Canarias
- Generalitat de Catalunya Datos
- Cantabria
- Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta
- Govern Illes Balears
- Junta de Andalucía
- Junta de Extremadura
- Xunta de Galicia
- Junta de Castilla y León. Situación epidemiológica del coronavirus en Castilla y León — Análisis de datos abiertos JCyL
- Madrid | Covid 19 -TIA Zonas Básicas de Salud - Conjuntos de datos - Datos Abiertos Comunidad de Madrid
- Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla
- Navarra Datos
- País Vasco
- Región de Murcia
- La Rioja
- Generalitat Valenciana
Casos de Covid-19 en España por Comunidades Autónomas, by CJP
Under construction. Soon here!
NCBI GenBank SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) Sequences
China National Center for Bioinformation (CNCB), 2019 Novel Coronavirus Resource | Genome Variation | Data release statistics
Centre for Genomic Regulation, CRG, public.docs repository, COVID sequences, including fast5 files
COVID-19 ARTIC v3 Illumina library construction and sequencing protocol
Enrichment workflow for detecting coronavirus using Illumina NGS systems
CDC GitHub SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Resources
Katarina Braun GitHub ARS-CoV-2_sequencing repository
Section to show relevant Shiny dashborads, R packages and codes. Under construction...
Section to describe the different mechanisms and tropism that the virus displays. Under construction...
Immunoglobulin fragment F(ab')2 against RBD potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 in vitro
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- Agustín Valenzuela Fernández (ULL) @SciArt3
- Carlos Javier Pérez González (ULL) @cpgonzal
- José Luis Roda (ULL) @joluroga
- Marcos Colebrook Santamaría (ULL) @MColebrook
- María López Pérez (FIMERALL-SEGAI, ULL)
- Carlos Flores Infante (FIISC, ITER) @LabCflores
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Last update: 23:21 GMT - April 13, 2020 | By JMLS @resocios
April 12, 2020 updates: new articles regarding COVID-19 detection, a comprehensive draft list of clinical trials by country from WHO (update April 11), dermatological effects of COVID-19, a new report from University of Göttingen, and many more.
April 11, 2020 updates: new rapid PCR methods to detect COVID-19; warning about the use on non-specific PCR primers and False Negatives; more on the disinfection of respirators.
April 10, 2020 updates: new logos; new papers in Scientic Literature; new subsection "Maths and Epidemiological Models", where the impact of social distancing and face mask use are presented.
April 9, 2020 updates: new entries in the scientific literature section (PCR false negatives and COVID-19 affecting newborn babies, among others); new entry in the genomics section; new subsection dedicated to PCR and related topics within the Scientific Literature section; new articles related to respiratory protective equipment and ways to disinfect them; new section about sequencing and sequences.