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COVID19

EBSCO - MEDLINE and CINAHL

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  • MEDLINE  - Number of hits – March 2025 - 472,103
  • CINAHL - Number of hits – March 2025 - 168,583

"COVID-19"/ OR "SARS Virus"/ OR "Coronavirus"/ OR "Coronavirus Infections"/ OR (“wuhan coronavirus” OR “wuhan seafood market pneumonia virus” OR “covid19*” OR “covid-19*” OR “COVID-2019*” OR “sars-cov-2" OR sars2 OR “2019-ncov” OR “2019 novel coronavirus” OR “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2” OR “2019 novel coronavirus infection” OR “coronavirus disease 2019” OR “coronavirus disease-19" OR “novel coronavirus” OR “coronavirus” OR “SARS-CoV-19" OR “SARS-CoV-2019") 

OVID - EMBASE and EMCARE

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  • EMBASE - Number of hits – March 2025 - 583,193
  • EMCARE - Number of hits – March 2025 - 207,926

*SARS Virus/ OR *Coronavirus/ OR *Coronavirus Infections/ OR wuhan coronavirus OR wuhan seafood market pneumonia virus OR covid19* OR covid-19* OR COVID-2019* OR sars-cov-2 OR sars2 OR 2019-ncov OR 2019 novel coronavirus OR severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 OR 2019 novel coronavirus infection OR coronavirus disease 2019 OR coronavirus disease-19 OR novel coronavirus OR coronavirus OR SARS-CoV-2019 OR SARS-CoV-19

Updated 30 March 2025