Updates on coronavirus disease 2019 in children in Japan

Y Aizawa, S Takanashi, C Ogimi - The Pediatric Infectious Disease …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
This review provides updates on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children in Japan
by summarizing published data. By the end of March 2022, Japan had experienced 6 waves …

[HTML][HTML] Global experiences of community responses to COVID-19: a systematic literature review

Y Wu, Q Zhang, M Li, Q Mao, L Li - Frontiers in public health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective This study aimed to conduct a systematic review of the global experiences of
community responses to the COVID-19 epidemic. Method Five electronic databases …

[HTML][HTML] Secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the first two waves in Japan: Demographic characteristics and overdispersion

YK Ko, Y Furuse, K Ninomiya, K Otani, H Akaba… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Super-spreading events caused by overdispersed secondary transmission are
crucial in the transmission of COVID-19. However, the exact level of overdispersion …

[HTML][HTML] Was the reduction in seasonal influenza transmission during 2020 attributable to non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain coronavirus disease 2019 …

K Wagatsuma, IS Koolhof, R Saito - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
We quantified the effects of adherence to various non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)
on the seasonal influenza epidemic dynamics in Japan during 2020. The total monthly …

[HTML][HTML] Differences in the superspreading potentials of COVID-19 across contact settings

Y Zhao, S Zhao, Z Guo, Z Yuan, J Ran, L Wu… - BMC infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Superspreading events (SSEs) played a critical role in fueling the
COVID-19 outbreaks. Although it is well-known that COVID-19 epidemics exhibited …

[HTML][HTML] Properties of the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 affect public health measure effectiveness in the COVID-19 epidemic

Y Furuse - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nonpharmaceutical and pharmaceutical public health interventions are important to mitigate
the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic. However, it is still unclear how the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the pre-vaccination anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence among residents and staff in nursing home in Niigata, Japan, November 2020

K Wagatsuma, S Yoshioka, S Yamazaki, R Sato… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
An outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) occurred in a nursing home in Niigata,
Japan, November 2020, with an attack rate of 32.0%(63/197). The present study was aimed …

[HTML][HTML] Public holidays increased the transmission of COVID-19 in Japan, 2020-2021: a mathematical modelling study

J Qiao, H Nishiura - Epidemiology and Health, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OBJECTIVES Although the role of specific holidays in modifying transmission dynamics of
infectious diseases has received some research attention, the epidemiological impact of …

Longitudinal changes in antibody titers in a nursing home in which COVID-19 clusters occurred

T Kadowaki, A Sasaki, N Matsumoto… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Many outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have occurred in
Japanese nursing homes in which residents and staff are in close daily contact. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring spatiotemporal patterns of COVID-19 infection in Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan using prospective space-time scan statistics from April 2020 to April …

Y Lu, G Cai, Z Hu, F He, Y Jiang, K Aoyagi - Archives of Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Up to April 2022, there were six waves of infection of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Japan. As the outbreaks continue to grow, it is critical to detect …