Describing, modelling and forecasting the spatial and temporal spread of COVID-19: A short review

J Arino - Mathematics of Public Health: Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Springer
SARS-CoV-2 started propagating worldwide in January 2020 and has now reached virtually
all communities on the planet. This short review provides evidence of this spread and …

Agent-based simulation and modeling of COVID-19 pandemic: a Bibliometric analysis

J Tang, S Vinayavekhin… - Journal of Disaster …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The coronavirus disease has caused an ongoing pandemic worldwide since 2019. To slow
the rapid spread of the virus, many countries have adopted lockdown measures. To …

Event-specific interventions to minimize COVID-19 transmission

P Tupper, H Boury, M Yerlanov… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
COVID-19 is a global pandemic with over 25 million cases worldwide. Currently, treatments
are limited, and there is no approved vaccine. Interventions such as handwashing, masks …

[HTML][HTML] Multifaceted strategies for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in Ontario, Canada

TN Vilches, S Nourbakhsh, K Zhang, L Juden-Kelly… - Preventive …, 2021 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused severe outbreaks in Canadian
long-term care facilities (LTCFs). In Canada, over 80% of COVID-19 deaths during the first …

Agent-based simulations for protecting nursing homes with prevention and vaccination strategies

J Lasser, J Zuber, J Sorger, E Dervic… - Journal of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Due to its high lethality among older people, the safety of nursing homes has been of central
importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. With test procedures and vaccines becoming …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of university re-opening on total community COVID-19 burden

LE Cipriano, WMR Haddara, GS Zaric, EA Enns - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background University students have higher average number of contacts than the general
population. Students returning to university campuses may exacerbate COVID-19 dynamics …

Sociometric wearable devices for studying human behavior in corporate and healthcare workplaces

A Ito-Masui, E Kawamoto, R Esumi, H Imai… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Wearable sensor technology enables objective data collection of direct human interactions.
The authors review sociometric wearable devices (SWD) and their application in healthcare …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating healthcare worker mobility and patient contacts within a UK hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic

JK Wilson-Aggarwal, N Gotts, WK Wong… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Insights into behaviours relevant to the transmission of infections are extremely
valuable for epidemiological investigations. Healthcare worker (HCW) mobility and patient …

[HTML][HTML] Economic evaluation of COVID-19 rapid antigen screening programs in the workplace

TN Vilches, E Rafferty, CR Wells, AP Galvani… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Diagnostic testing has been pivotal in detecting SARS-CoV-2 infections and
reducing transmission through the isolation of positive cases. We quantified the value of …

Building connections: How scientists meet each other during a conference

M Génois, M Zens, C Lechner, B Rammstedt… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
We present the results of two studies on how individuals interact with each other during a
international, interdisciplinary scientific conference. We first show that contact activity is …