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Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
… #COVID19 #Coronavirus ... SARS-CoV-2 #Pandemic #Outbreak ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Treatment ... #Virus #Antiviral
Fatality / Mortality Calculations in an Outbreak
There are a number of different types of rates, risks,
Calculations in an Outbreak ... important in an outbreak ... #Calculations #Outbreak ... #Calculating #InfectiousDiseases ... Epidemiology #Novel #Coronavirus
*Coronavirus Update*: investigational remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19. Here is a quick highlight of two
*Coronavirus Update ... remdesivir for the treatment ... #Coronavirus #Covid ... ClinicalTrial #InfectiousDisease ... #Virology #Outbreak
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
most effective treatments ... #COVID19 #CoronaVirus ... #Treatment #Management ... #Pandemic #Outbreak ... #InfectiousDiseases
Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
chronic hepatitis C virus ... DAAs #Antivirals #table ... #treatment #hcv ... #medications #infectiousdisease
How does the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (nCoV2019) compare to Ebola, SARS, MERS? Cases and Deaths
Weighing diseases
the 2019 Novel Coronavirus ... remains stable ... Ebola virus (Identified ... 813 deaths MERS coronavirus ... nCoV2019 #Novel #Coronavirus
Reproductive Number (R0 "R Naught") showing how contagious / transmissible a pathogen is.  The R0
nCoV2019 novel coronavirus ... Ebola) and their case-fatality ... take into account case-fatality ... course of the outbreak ... #comparison #table
Persistence of clinically relevant viruses on dry inanimate surfaces

Most common viruses persist on surfaces for days
The novel coronavirus ... days to 3 months Coronavirus ... Polio virus Type ... viruses #surfaces #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #table
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
as data on new treatment ... US and updated treatment ... clarified the treatment ... -2, 2019 Novel Coronavirus ... 31 • First US case
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
BP stable, HR 115 ... with multiple outbreaks ... The table below ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment