https://www.selleckchem.com/products/GSK429286A.html The new MiDAS 3 database also forms the backbone of the MiDAS Field Guide - an online resource linking the identity of microorganisms in wastewater treatment systems to available data related to their functional importance. The new field guide contains a complete list of genera (>1800) and species (>4200) found in activated sludge and anaerobic digesters in Denmark, but is also relevant to wastewater systems across the world. The identity of the microbes is linked to functional information, where available, and the website provides the possibility to BLAST new sequences against the MiDAS 3 database. The MiDAS Field Guide is a collaborative platform acting as an online knowledge repository, facilitating understanding of wastewater treatment ecosystem function. Abnormal coagulation function has been demonstrated to be involved in the disease progression of COVID-19. However, the association between D-dimer levels and the severity of COVID-19 is not clear. The study was aimed to investigate the association between D-dimer levels and the severity of COVID-19 based on a cohort study and meta-analysis. Demographic and clinical data of all confirmed cases with COVID-19 on admission to Tongji Hospital from January 27 to March 5, 2020, were collected and analyzed, and coagulation function parameters were described and compared between patients with severe infection and those with non-severe infection. Cohort studies reporting risk estimates for the D-dimer and severity of COVID-19 association were searched and included to perform a meta-analysis. In our cohort study, patients with severe disease were more likely to exhibit dysregulated coagulation function, and a significantly higher D-dimer level (median 1.8μg/ml [interquartile range 0.9-4.6] vs 0.5 [0.3-1.1], p<0.001) was found in severe cases than the mild ones, on admission. In the meta-analysis of 13 cohort studies (including the current study), patients with severe d