This primer article focuses on the basic reproduction number, ℛ 0, for infectious diseases,
and other reproduction numbers related to ℛ 0 that are useful in guiding control strategies …

Social and cultural forces shape almost every aspect of infectious disease transmission in
human populations, as well as our ability to measure, understand, and respond to …

Face mask use by the general public for limiting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is
controversial, though increasingly recommended, and the potential of this intervention is not …

A pandemic of a novel Coronavirus emerged in December of 2019 (COVID-19), causing
devastating public health impact across the world. In the absence of a safe and effective …

France has been heavily affected by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and went into lockdown on 17 March 2020. Using models applied …

Countries around the world are implementing lock-down measures in a bid to flatten the
curve of the new deadly COVID-19 disease. Our paper does not claim to have found the …

Despite broad agreement on the negative consequences of vaccine inequity, the distribution
of COVID-19 vaccines is imbalanced. Access to vaccines in high-income countries (HICs) is …

Intense nonpharmaceutical interventions were put in place in China to stop transmission of
the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As transmission intensifies in other …

Abstract In India, 100,340 confirmed cases and 3155 confirmed deaths due to COVID-19
were reported as of May 18, 2020. Due to absence of specific vaccine or therapy, non …

Background More than half of the global population is under strict forms of social distancing.
Estimating the expected impact of lockdown and exit strategies is critical to inform decision …