{"id":7870,"date":"2020-05-05T15:18:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T15:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/?p=7870"},"modified":"2022-08-26T21:16:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T21:16:41","slug":"may-5-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/es\/may-5-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"May 5, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>ACE inhibitors and ARBS not linked to COVID-19 infection or severity<br>\n<\/strong>Three observational studies published in NEJM last week found no evidence that use of ACE inhibitors or ARB blockers increase the risk of COVID-19 infection, severity, or death.\n<p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa2007621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Cardiovascular Disease, Drug Therapy, and Mortality in Covid-19<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa2006923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Renin\u2013Angiotensin\u2013Aldosterone System Blockers and the Risk of Covid-19<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa2008975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Renin\u2013Angiotensin\u2013Aldosterone System Inhibitors and Risk of Covid-19<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/32350134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Effective&nbsp;treatment&nbsp;of severe COVID-19&nbsp;patients&nbsp;with&nbsp;tocilizumab<\/strong><\/a><br>\n<em>Patients&nbsp;diagnosed as severe or critical COVID-19 in The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China (Anhui Provincial Hospital) and Anhui Fuyang Second People&#8217;s Hospital were given&nbsp;tocilizumab&nbsp;in addition to routine&nbsp;therapy&nbsp;between 5 and 14 February 2020. Preliminary data show that&nbsp;tocilizumab, which improved the clinical outcome immediately in severe and critical COVID-19&nbsp;patients, is an&nbsp;effective&nbsp;treatment&nbsp;to reduce mortality.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/fda-voices\/insight-fdas-revised-policy-antibody-tests-prioritizing-access-and-accuracy\"><strong>Insight into FDA\u2019s Revised Policy on Antibody Tests: Prioritizing Access and Accuracy<\/strong><\/a><br>\nA revised policy from FDA has outlined the following expectations for antibody test developers:\n<ul>\n<li>Commercial manufacturers will submit EUA requests, with their validation data, within 10 business days from the date they notified the FDA of their validation testing OR from the date of this policy, whichever is later.<\/li>\n<li>FDA has provided specific performance threshold recommendations for specificity and sensitivity for all serology test developers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\tSituation Dashboards\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype-300x89.png?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype\" title=\"World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype\" itemprop=\"image\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype-300x89.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype-1024x302.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype-768x227.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype-1536x453.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1536w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype-2048x604.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 2048w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/89;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\n\t\t<h3>World Health Organization (WHO)<\/h3>\t\t\t\nNovel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation from World Health Organization (WHO)\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/685d0ace521648f8a5beeeee1b9125cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Dashboard\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/university-logo-small-horizontal-blue-no-clear-space-51c7fb4524-300x57.png?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"university-logo-small-horizontal-blue-no-clear-space-51c7fb4524\" title=\"university-logo-small-horizontal-blue-no-clear-space-51c7fb4524\" itemprop=\"image\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/university-logo-small-horizontal-blue-no-clear-space-51c7fb4524-300x57.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/university-logo-small-horizontal-blue-no-clear-space-51c7fb4524-768x145.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/university-logo-small-horizontal-blue-no-clear-space-51c7fb4524.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 908w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/57;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\n\t\t<h3>Johns Hopkins University (JHU)<\/h3>\t\t\t\nCoronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at JHU\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/opsdashboard\/index.html#\/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Dashboard\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1point3acres-300x83.png?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"1point3acres\" title=\"1point3acres\" itemprop=\"image\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1point3acres-300x83.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1point3acres-1024x283.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1point3acres-768x212.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1point3acres-1536x425.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1536w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1point3acres.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1837w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/83;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\n\t\t<h3>COVID-19 in US and Canada<\/h3>\t\t\t\n1Point3Acres Real-Time Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates in US and Canada with Credible Sources\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.1point3acres.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Dashboard\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image-300x76.png?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"image\" title=\"image\" itemprop=\"image\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image-300x76.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image-768x195.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 866w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/76;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\n\t\t<h3>Genomic Epidemiology COVID-19<\/h3>\t\t\t\nGenomic Epidemiology of (COVID-19) Maintained by the Nextstrain team, enabled by data from GISAID.\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nextstrain.org\/ncov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Dashboard\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\tSources for COVID-19 Information\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a> \n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype-300x89.png?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype\" title=\"World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype\" itemprop=\"image\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype-300x89.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype-1024x302.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype-768x227.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype-1536x453.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1536w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/World_Health_Organization_logo_logotype-2048x604.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 2048w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/89;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\n\t\t<h3>World Health Organization (WHO)<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a> \n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1280px-US_CDC_logo.svg-300x227.png?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"1280px-US_CDC_logo.svg\" title=\"1280px-US_CDC_logo.svg\" itemprop=\"image\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1280px-US_CDC_logo.svg-300x227.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1280px-US_CDC_logo.svg-1024x774.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1280px-US_CDC_logo.svg-768x580.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1280px-US_CDC_logo.svg.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/227;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\n\t\t<h3>Centers for Disease Control, US<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/promedmail.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a> \n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ProMED-Logo-300x72.png?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"ProMED-Logo\" title=\"ProMED-Logo\" itemprop=\"image\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ProMED-Logo-300x72.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ProMED-Logo.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 444w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/72;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\n\t\t<h3>International Society for Infectious Diseases<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microbe.tv\/twiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a> \n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b1663976.smushcdn.com\/1663976\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/twiv-logo.png?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"twiv-logo\" title=\"twiv-logo\" itemprop=\"image\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 265px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 265\/86;\">\n\t\t<h3>This Week in Virology (TWIV)<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACE inhibitors and ARBS not linked to COVID-19 infection or severity  |  Effective treatment of severe COVID-19 patients with tocilizumab  |  Insight into FDA\u2019s Revised Policy on Antibody Tests: Prioritizing Access and Accuracy<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,81],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clinical-updates","category-covid19"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7870"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parasiteswithoutborders.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=7870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}