{"id":38,"date":"2020-05-13T16:57:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T16:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/publichealth.sdsu.edu\/covid-19\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2020-05-13T16:57:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T16:57:58","slug":"methods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vryheid.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I searched PubMed, medRxiv, bioRxiv, LitCovid (LitCovid 2020), health science journals\u2019 coronavirus center web pages, news media, and companies\u2019 web pages, for peer-reviewed or good quality articles, preprints, research reports, and news reports specifically on transmission routes of coronavirus disease COVID-19, using the search terms \u201ccoronavirus\u201d, \u201cCOVID-19\u201d, \u201cSARS-CoV-2\u201d, \u201c2019-nCoV\u201d, \u201ctransmission\u201d, \u201csaliva\u201d, \u201cmucous\u201d, \u201cblood\u201d, \u201cfeces\u201d, \u201cfecal\u201d, \u201cfomite\u201d, \u201csurface\u201d, \u201cdroplet\u201d, \u201caerosol\u201d, \u201casymptomatic\u201d, \u201cpregnancy\u201d, \u201cbirth\u201d, \u201cchildbirth\u201d, \u201cdog\u201d, \u201ccat\u201d, \u201csexual transmission\u201d, \u201cvagina\u201d, \u201ctestes\u201d, \u201csemen\u201d, and \u201cfood\u201d. &nbsp;I included original research studies of the community transmission routes of COVID-19 infected people. &nbsp;I excluded publications on: nosocomial infections in health care facilities; entry into the body, pathology, medical treatment, other coronaviruses; epidemiological statistics; mathematical models and predictions; and zoonotic origins from animals.&nbsp; Some news media announced summaries of original research within hours of publication, before PubMed and peer-reviewed summary articles did, so news served as quick bridges to up-to-date research. &nbsp;Articles published in English, and some translated from Chinese, were included.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Researchers are publishing new articles daily, so I will continue updating and revising these pages daily.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I searched PubMed, medRxiv, bioRxiv, LitCovid (LitCovid 2020), health science journals\u2019 coronavirus center web pages, news media, and companies\u2019 web pages, for peer-reviewed or good quality articles, preprints, research reports, and news reports specifically on transmission routes of coronavirus disease COVID-19, using the search terms \u201ccoronavirus\u201d, \u201cCOVID-19\u201d, \u201cSARS-CoV-2\u201d, \u201c2019-nCoV\u201d, \u201ctransmission\u201d, \u201csaliva\u201d, \u201cmucous\u201d, \u201cblood\u201d, \u201cfeces\u201d, \u201cfecal\u201d, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vryheid.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vryheid.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vryheid.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vryheid.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vryheid.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vryheid.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vryheid.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}