Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

S Talic, S Shah, H Wild, D Gasevic, A Maharaj, Z Ademi… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To review the evidence on the effectiveness of public health measures in reducing
the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality. Design …

A systematic review of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19

A Khanijahani, S Iezadi, K Gholipour… - International journal for …, 2021 - Springer
Background Preliminary evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic shows the presence of
health disparities, especially in terms of morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to …

Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19

Writing group Writing group leaders Pathak Gita A. 6 … - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The genetic make-up of an individual contributes to the susceptibility and response to viral
infection. Although environmental, clinical and social factors have a role in the chance of …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK household longitudinal study

E Robertson, KS Reeve, CL Niedzwiedz… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vaccine hesitancy could undermine efforts to control COVID-19. We investigated the
prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK and identified vaccine hesitant …

Ethnicity and clinical outcomes in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Sze, D Pan, CR Nevill, LJ Gray, CA Martin… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Patients from ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to …

Host genetic factors determining COVID-19 susceptibility and severity

TP Velavan, SR Pallerla, J Rüter, Y Augustin… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2) poses an unprecedented challenge to humanity. SARS-CoV-2 infections …

Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants

M Mutambudzi, C Niedzwiedz… - Occupational and …, 2021 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate severe COVID-19 risk by occupational group. Methods Baseline
UK Biobank data (2006–10) for England were linked to SARS-CoV-2 test results from Public …

The association of smoking status with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, hospitalization and mortality from COVID‐19: a living rapid evidence review with Bayesian meta …

D Simons, L Shahab, J Brown, O Perski - Addiction, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To estimate the association of smoking status with rates of (i) infection,(ii)
hospitalization,(iii) disease severity and (iv) mortality from SARS‐CoV‐2/COVID‐19 disease …

[HTML][HTML] Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in England are at increased risk of death from COVID-19: indirect standardisation of NHS mortality data

RW Aldridge, D Lewer, SV Katikireddi… - Wellcome open …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: International and UK data suggest that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic
(BAME) groups are at increased risk of infection and death from COVID-19. We aimed to …

Next generation sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 genomes: challenges, applications and opportunities

M Chiara, AM D'Erchia, C Gissi… - Briefings in …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Various next generation sequencing (NGS) based strategies have been successfully used in
the recent past for tracing origins and understanding the evolution of infectious agents …