[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness assessment of non-pharmaceutical interventions: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic

A Lison, N Banholzer, M Sharma… - The Lancet Public …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), such as school closures and stay-
at-home orders, during the COVID-19 pandemic has been assessed in many studies. Such …

Time-dependent heterogeneity leads to transient suppression of the COVID-19 epidemic, not herd immunity

AV Tkachenko, S Maslov, A Elbanna… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Epidemics generally spread through a succession of waves that reflect factors on multiple
timescales. On short timescales, superspreading events lead to burstiness and …

[HTML][HTML] Outbreak. info genomic reports: scalable and dynamic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants and mutations

K Gangavarapu, AA Latif, JL Mullen, M Alkuzweny… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In response to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, the global scientific
community, through unprecedented effort, has sequenced and shared over 11 million …

Genomics and epidemiology of the P. 1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil

NR Faria, TA Mellan, C Whittaker, IM Claro… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in
Manaus, Brazil, resurged in late 2020 despite previously high levels of infection. Genome …

Genomic characterization and epidemiology of an emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant in Delhi, India

MS Dhar, R Marwal, R Vs, K Ponnusamy, B Jolly… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Delhi, the national capital of India, experienced multiple severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreaks in 2020 and reached population seropositivity of> …

[HTML][HTML] Mobility network models of COVID-19 explain inequities and inform reopening

S Chang, E Pierson, PW Koh, J Gerardin, B Redbird… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic markedly changed human
mobility patterns, necessitating epidemiological models that can capture the effects of these …

Evolution and epidemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil

DS Candido, IM Claro, JG De Jesus, WM Souza… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Brazil currently has one of the fastest-growing severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemics in the world. Because of limited available data …

Misinformation during a pandemic

Media outlets often present diverging, even conflicting, perspectives on reality—not only
informing, but potentially misinforming audiences. We study the extent to which …

Risks to healthcare workers following tracheal intubation of patients with COVID‐19: a prospective international multicentre cohort study

K El‐Boghdadly, DJN Wong, R Owen… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Healthcare workers involved in aerosol‐generating procedures, such as tracheal intubation,
may be at elevated risk of acquiring COVID‐19. However, the magnitude of this risk is …

Temperature and population density influence SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the absence of nonpharmaceutical interventions

TP Smith, S Flaxman, AS Gallinat… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, it is increasingly important to understand
the factors that influence its transmission. Seasonal variation driven by responses to …