[HTML][HTML] The potential role of super spread events in SARS-COV-2 pandemic; a narrative review

AM Kyriakopoulos, A Papaefthymiou… - Archives of Academic …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Coronaviruses, members of Coronaviridae family, cause extensive epidemics of vast
diseases like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Coronavirus Disease-19 …

Analyzing the social context of health information and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case of emerging inequities in Lebanon

J Makhoul, T Kabakian-Khasholian… - Global Health …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
With the far-reaching COVID-19 pandemic starting in December 2019, a surge of
misinformation, now coined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an 'infodemic', has …

[HTML][HTML] Pragmatic recommendations for infection prevention and control practices for healthcare facilities in low-and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 …

N Cobb, A Papali, L Pisani, MJ Schultz… - The American journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies are key in preventing nosocomial
transmission of COVID-19. Several commonly used IPC practices are resource-intensive …

[HTML][HTML] Super-spreaders of novel coronaviruses that cause SARS, MERS and COVID-19: a systematic review

J Brainard, NR Jones, FCD Harrison, CC Hammer… - Annals of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Most index cases with novel coronavirus infections transmit disease to just one or
two other individuals, but some individuals “super-spread”—they infect many secondary …

Superspreading of SARS-CoV-2 in the USA

C Pozderac, B Skinner - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
A number of epidemics, including the SARS-CoV-1 epidemic of 2002-2004, have been
known to exhibit superspreading, in which a small fraction of infected individuals is …

Spread of epidemic disease on edge-weighted graphs from a database: A case study of covid-19

R Manríquez, C Guerrero-Nancuante… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The understanding of infectious diseases is a priority in the field of public health. This has
generated the inclusion of several disciplines and tools that allow for analyzing the …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the COVID-19 epidemic transmission network in mainland China: K-core decomposition study

L Qin, Y Wang, Q Sun, X Zhang… - JMIR public health …, 2020 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province,
China, frequent interregional contacts and the high rate of infection spread have catalyzed …

The time between symptom onset and various clinical outcomes: a statistical analysis of MERS-CoV patients in Saudi Arabia

YM Althobaity, MH Alkhudaydi… - Royal Society …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this study, we investigate the impact of demographic characteristics on Middle East
respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases in Saudi Arabia, specifically focusing …

Understanding the progress of COVID-19 transmission in a rural district: a social network approach

J Mansor, N Safian, FA Razak, H Ismail, MH Ghazali… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Background Social interactions within and between communities influenced the spread of
COVID-19. By using social network analysis (SNA), we aimed to understand the effect of …

Evolving transmission network dynamics of COVID-19 cluster infections in South Korea: a descriptive study

Y Kim, X Jiang - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background Extensive contact tracing and testing in South Korea allows us to investigate the
transmission dynamics of the COVID-19 into diverse local communities. Objective …