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Disparities in COVID-19 Incidence, Hospitalizations, and Testing, by Area-Level Deprivation - Utah, March 3-July 9, 2020.
Lewis Nathaniel M et al. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2020 Sep (38) 1369-1373

Odds of infection increased with level of deprivation and were two times greater in high-deprivation areas (weighted OR = 2.08; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.99-2.17) and three times greater (weighted OR = 3.11; 95% CI = 2.98-3.24) in very high-deprivation areas, compared with those in very low-deprivation areas.

How Do Children Fight Off the Coronavirus? The secret may lie in an “innate” immune response that targets unrecognized invaders, scientists say.
A Mandavilli, NY Times, September 25, 2020

Deep Immune Profiling of MIS-C demonstrates marked but transient immune activation compared to adult and pediatric COVID-19
L Vella et al, MEDRXIV, September 27, 2020

High admission blood glucose is an independent risk factor of poor prognosis in COVID-19: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
G Lazarus et al, MEDRXIV, September 27, 2020

A combined oro-nasopharyngeal swab is more sensitive than mouthwash in detecting SARS-CoV-2 by a high-throughput PCR assay
W Michel et al, MEDRXIV, September 27, 2020

ApharSeq: An Extraction-free Early-Pooling Protocol for Massively Multiplexed SARS-CoV-2 Detection
A Chappelboim et al, MEDRXIV, September 27, 2020

Assessing the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on US Mortality: A County-Level Analysis
AC Stokes et al, MEDRXIV, September 26, 2020

We estimate that 26.3% [95% CI, 20.1% to 32.5%] of excess deaths between February 1 and September 23, 2020 were ascribed to causes of death other than Covid-19 itself. Excess deaths not assigned to Covid-19 were even higher than predicted by our model in counties with high income inequality, low homeownership, and high percentages of Black residents.

First phylogenetic analysis of Malian SARS-CoV-2 sequences provide molecular insights into the genomic diversity of the Sahel region
B Kouriba et al MEDRXIV, September 25, 2020

Sequence Analysis for SNP Detection and Phylogenetic Reconstruction of SARS-CoV-2 Isolated from Nigerian COVID-19 Cases
IA Taiwo et al, BIORXIV, September 25, 2020