Estimating infectiousness throughout SARS-CoV-2 infection course

TC Jones, G Biele, B Mühlemann, T Veith, J Schneider… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Although post facto studies have revealed the importance of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission from presymptomatic …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the effectiveness of government interventions against the resurgence of COVID-19 in Europe

M Sharma, S Mindermann, C Rogers-Smith… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
European governments use non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to control resurging
waves of COVID-19. However, they only have outdated estimates for how effective individual …

[HTML][HTML] Humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal coronaviruses in children and adults in north-eastern France

T Woudenberg, S Pelleau, F Anna, M Attia… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Children are underrepresented in the COVID-19 pandemic and often
experience milder disease than adolescents and adults. Reduced severity is possibly due to …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by children and young people in households and schools: a meta-analysis of population-based and contact-tracing studies

R Viner, C Waddington, O Mytton, R Booy, J Cruz… - Journal of Infection, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The role of children and young people (CYP) in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in
household and educational settings remains unclear. We undertook a systematic review and …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infection and taste alteration: An overview

G Scotto, V Fazio, E Lo Muzio, L Lo Muzio, F Spirito - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since the worldwide spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the management of COVID-19 has
been a challenge for healthcare professionals. Although the respiratory system has primarily …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of indoor air quality and risk of COVID-19 infection in Spanish secondary school and university classrooms

D Rodríguez, IR Urbieta, Á Velasco… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Spanish educational centers were
reopened after six months of lockdown. Ventilation was mostly adopted as a preventive …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 in schools: Mitigating classroom clusters in the context of variable transmission

P Tupper, C Colijn - PLoS computational biology, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Widespread school closures occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because closures
are costly and damaging, many jurisdictions have since reopened schools with control …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 circulation in the school setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Caini, C Martinoli, C La Vecchia, S Raimondi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The contribution of children to viral spread in schools is still debated. We conducted a
systematic review and meta-analysis of studies to investigate SARS-CoV-2 transmission in …

Fitting to the UK COVID-19 outbreak, short-term forecasts and estimating the reproductive number

MJ Keeling, L Dyson… - … Methods in Medical …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the need for policy makers to receive timely
and ongoing scientific guidance in response to this recently emerged human infectious …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 secondary attack rates in vaccinated and unvaccinated household contacts during replacement of Delta with Omicron variant, Spain

I López-Muñoz, A Torrella, O Pérez-Quílez… - Emerging infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We performed a prospective, cross-sectional study of household contacts of symptomatic
index case-patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection during the shift from Delta-to Omicron …