Household secondary attack rates of SARS-CoV-2 by variant and vaccination status: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

ZJ Madewell, Y Yang, IM Longini… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance An overall household secondary attack rate (SAR) of 18.9%(95% CI, 16.2%-
22.0%) through June 17, 2021 was previously reported for SARS-CoV-2. Emerging variants …

[HTML][HTML] The role of children in household transmission of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Chen, Y Tian, L Zhang, Y Shi - International Journal of Infectious …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives To explore household transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 in children in new-variants
dominating periods. Methods Through retrieval in PubMed and Embase, studies were …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.1. 529 (Omicron) variant transmission within households—four US jurisdictions, November 2021–February 2022

JM Baker - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2022 - cdc.gov
In a study of household transmission in four US jurisdictions, Omicron infection resulted in
high transmission among household contacts, particularly among those who lived with index …

Rapid review and meta-analysis of serial intervals for SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants

ZJ Madewell, Y Yang, IM Longini Jr, ME Halloran… - BMC Infectious …, 2023 - Springer
Background The serial interval is the period of time between symptom onset in the primary
case and symptom onset in the secondary case. Understanding the serial interval is …

Intrinsic generation time of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: An observational study of household transmission

M Manica, A De Bellis, G Guzzetta… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Starting from the final months of 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
expanded globally, swiftly replacing Delta, the variant that was dominant at the time. Many …

Inferring the differences in incubation-period and generation-interval distributions of the Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2

SW Park, K Sun, S Abbott, R Sender… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Estimating the differences in the incubation-period, serial-interval, and generation-interval
distributions of SARS-CoV-2 variants is critical to understanding their transmission …

Older adults mount less durable humoral responses to two doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine but strong initial responses to a third dose

F Mwimanzi, HR Lapointe, PK Cheung… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Third coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine doses are broadly
recommended, but immunogenicity data remain limited, particularly in older adults. Methods …

Assessing changes in incubation period, serial interval, and generation time of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern: a systematic review and meta-analysis

X Xu, Y Wu, AG Kummer, Y Zhao, Z Hu, Y Wang, H Liu… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background After the first COVID-19 wave caused by the ancestral lineage, the pandemic
has been fueled from the continuous emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants …

A SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant outbreak in a primary school in Geneva, Switzerland

E Lorthe, M Bellon, J Berthelot, G Michielin… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The role of primary-school children in community circulation of SARS-CoV-2 remains
unclear, 1 and this is particularly true for the highly transmissible omicron (B. 1.1. 529) …

How are countries responding differently to COVID-19: a systematic review of guidelines on isolation measures

G Xie, L Wang, J Zhang - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Isolation strategies have been implemented in numerous countries worldwide
during the ongoing community transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome …