Q. Research on Coronavirus COVID-19

Search keywords to use in library databases: 

• covid-19 or coronavirus or 2019-ncov or sars-cov-2 or cov-19 or "2019 pandemic" or "2019 novel coronavirus"

Subject Terms: 

• Medline with Fulltext (MESH 2021):
  • Coronavirus infections (this is the broader term): Virus diseases caused by the CORONAVIRUS genus. Some specifics include transmissible enteritis of turkeys (ENTERITIS, TRANSMISSIBLE, OF TURKEYS); FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; and transmissible gastroenteritis of swine (GASTROENTERITIS, TRANSMISSIBLE, OF SWINE).
  • COVID-19: A viral disorder generally characterized by high FEVER; COUGH; DYSPNEA; CHILLS; PERSISTENT TREMOR; MUSCLE PAIN; HEADACHE; SORE THROAT; a new loss of taste and/or smell (see AGEUSIA and ANOSMIA) and other symptoms of a VIRAL PNEUMONIA. In severe cases, a myriad of coagulopathies often correlating with COVID-19 severity is seen (e.g., BLOOD COAGULATION; THROMBOSIS; ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEIZURES; HEART ATTACK; STROKE; multiple CEREBRAL INFARCTIONS; KIDNEY FAILURE; catastrophic ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME and/or DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION). In younger patients, rare inflammatory syndromes are sometimes associated with COVID-19 (e.g., atypical KAWASAKI SYNDROME; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease; and CYTOKINE STORM SYNDROME). A coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in the genus BETACORONAVIRUS is the causative agent.
  • COVID-19 Vaccines: Vaccines or candidate vaccines containing SARS-CoV2 component antigens, genetic materials, or inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus, and designed to prevent or treat COVID-19.
  • COVID-19 Testing: Diagnosis of COVID-19 by assaying bodily fluids or tissues for the presence of COVID-19 antibodies, SARS-COV-2 antigens or the VIRAL RNA of SARS-COV-2
  • COVID-19 Serological Testing: Diagnosis of COVID-19 by assaying bodily fluids or tissues for the presence of antibodies specific to SARS-COV-2 or its antigens.
  • COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing: Diagnosis of COVID-19 by assaying bodily fluids or tissues for the presence of the VIRAL RNA of SARS-COV-2.
  • SARS-CoV-2 (use this for COVID-19 Virus): A species of BETACORONAVIRUS causing atypical respiratory disease (COVID-19) in humans. The organism was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China. The natural host is the Chinese intermediate horseshoe bat, RHINOLOPHUS affinis.
• CINAHL with Fulltext (Cinahl Subject Headings):
  • Coronavirus Infections: Virus diseases caused by the CORONAVIRUS genus.
  • COVID-19
• APA PsycInfo (APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms):
  • Coronavirus (use this for COVID-19)
• Academic Search Premier (Academic Search Premier - Subject Terms):
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 testing
  • COVID-19 treatment
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 vaccines
• Coronavirus Research Database:
  • covid-19
  • covid-19 diagnostic tests

Coronavirus Research Database:

A free health and medical research database for openly available content related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Including coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, this database curates openly available content related to coronaviruses. It includes thousands of open-access articles from the world’s leading publishers as well as current research from pre-print repositories such as arXiv and will continue to grow and evolve as more is learned about the pandemic.

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