Suggested search string for PubMed:
("COVID-19 vaccine" [Supplementary Concept] OR "COVID-19 serotherapy" [Supplementary Concept] OR "spike glycoprotein, COVID-19 virus" [Supplementary Concept] OR "COVID-19" [Supplementary Concept] OR "COVID-19 drug treatment" [Supplementary Concept] OR "COVID-19 diagnostic testing" [Supplementary Concept] OR "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" [Supplementary Concept] OR “2019 nCoV”[Ti] OR “2019 novel”[Ti] OR “2019-nCoV”[Ti] OR coronavirus[Ti] OR CoV[Ti] OR “COVID 19”[Ti] OR COVID19[Ti] OR COVID-19[Ti] OR ncov[Ti] OR “SARS-CoV2”[Ti] OR “SARS-CoV-2”[Ti] OR “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2”[Ti])
Explanation of the above search string:
To use the search string above, just copy and paste it into a PubMed search box.
You can add search terms for your specific topic as seen in the example below:
(remdesivir) AND ("COVID-19 vaccine" [Supplementary Concept] OR "COVID-19 serotherapy" [Supplementary Concept] OR "spike glycoprotein, COVID-19 virus" [Supplementary Concept] OR "COVID-19" [Supplementary Concept] OR "COVID-19 drug treatment" [Supplementary Concept] OR "COVID-19 diagnostic testing" [Supplementary Concept] OR "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" [Supplementary Concept] OR “2019 nCoV”[Ti] OR “2019 novel”[Ti] OR “2019-nCoV”[Ti] OR coronavirus[Ti] OR CoV[Ti] OR “COVID 19”[Ti] OR COVID19[Ti] OR COVID-19[Ti] OR ncov[Ti] OR “SARS-CoV2”[Ti] OR “SARS-CoV-2”[Ti] OR “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2”[Ti])
You can use either the legacy PubMed or the new user interface.
PubMed has added several MeSH terms specific to this area. To search for them, use the search string below. These terms are included in the recommended search string above.
"COVID-19 vaccine" [Supplementary Concept] OR "COVID-19 serotherapy" [Supplementary Concept] OR "spike glycoprotein, COVID-19 virus" [Supplementary Concept] OR "COVID-19" [Supplementary Concept] OR "COVID-19 drug treatment" [Supplementary Concept] OR "COVID-19 diagnostic testing" [Supplementary Concept] OR "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" [Supplementary Concept]
Note: there are seven terms above. This is current as of 4/7/2020. The string above does not include "LAMP assay"[supplemental concept] as it returns an error message and zero results. Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/?term=covid
