The next phase of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance: real-time molecular epidemiology

BB Oude Munnink, N Worp, DF Nieuwenhuijse… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the first to apply whole-
genome sequencing near to real time, with over 2 million severe acute respiratory syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study

J Glasbey, A Ademuyiwa, A Adisa, E AlAmeer… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Surgery is the main modality of cure for solid cancers and was prioritised to
continue during COVID-19 outbreaks. This study aimed to identify immediate areas for …

SARS-CoV-2 variant B. 1.617 is resistant to bamlanivimab and evades antibodies induced by infection and vaccination

M Hoffmann, H Hofmann-Winkler, N Krüger, A Kempf… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants
threatens efforts to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among the general population and healthcare workers in India, December 2020–January 2021

MV Murhekar, T Bhatnagar, JWV Thangaraj… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Earlier serosurveys in India revealed seroprevalence of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) of 0.73% in May–June 2020 and 7.1% in …

[HTML][HTML] Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in India, March 2020 to August 2021: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Jahan, A Brahma, MS Kumar, BS Bagepally… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction: India experienced 2 waves of COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
and reported the second highest caseload globally. Seroepidemiologic studies were done to …

Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries

JC Glasbey, TEF Abbott, A Ademuyiwa, A Adisa… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and
anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 …

Lineage replacement and evolution captured by 3 years of the United Kingdom Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey

KA Lythgoe, T Golubchik, M Hall… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Office for National Statistics Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey (ONS-CIS) is the
largest surveillance study of SARS-CoV-2 positivity in the community, and collected data on …

Lights out? COVID-19 containment policies and economic activity

RCM Beyer, T Jain, S Sinha - Journal of Asian Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper estimates how strongly COVID-19 containment policies have impacted
aggregate economic activity. We use a difference-in-differences methodology to estimate …

SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence and associated risk factors in an urban district in Cameroon

K Nwosu, J Fokam, F Wanda, L Mama, E Orel… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The extent of SARS-CoV-2 circulation in many African countries remains unclear,
underlining the need for antibody sero-surveys to assess the cumulative attack rate. Here …

Battling COVID‐19 with dysfunctional federalism: lessons from India

A Choutagunta, GP Manish… - Southern Economic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Indian federation is highly centripetal, and historically, this has left states without the
requisite legislative and fiscal authority to take independent action and initiate policies of …