The role of viral genomics in understanding COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities

D Aggarwal, R Myers, WL Hamilton, T Bharucha… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
We reviewed all genomic epidemiology studies on COVID-19 in long-term care facilities
(LTCFs) that had been published to date. We found that staff and residents were usually …

Accelerated SARS-CoV-2 intrahost evolution leading to distinct genotypes during chronic infection

C Chaguza, AM Hahn, ME Petrone, S Zhou… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
The chronic infection hypothesis for novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) variant emergence is increasingly gaining credence following the …

[HTML][HTML] Campus node-based wastewater surveillance enables COVID-19 case localization and confirms lower SARS-CoV-2 burden relative to the surrounding …

J Lee, N Acosta, BJ Waddell, K Du, K **ang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has been established as a powerful tool that can
guide health policy at multiple levels of government. However, this approach has not been …

Large university with high COVID-19 incidence is not associated with excess cases in non-student population

N Bharti, B Lambert, C Exten, C Faust, M Ferrari… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Large US colleges and universities that re-opened campuses in the fall of 2020 and the
spring of 2021 experienced high per capita rates of COVID-19. Returns to campus were …

SARS-CoV-2 genomic diversity in households highlights the challenges of sequence-based transmission inference

EE Bendall, G Paz-Bailey, GA Santiago, CA Porucznik… - Msphere, 2022 - journals.asm.org
The reliability of sequence-based inference of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission is not clear. Sequence data from infections …

Mass testing of university students for covid-19

NJ Matheson, B Warne, MP Weekes, PH Maxwell - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
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A2B-COVID: a tool for rapidly evaluating potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission events

CJR Illingworth, WL Hamilton, C Jackson… - Molecular biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Identifying linked cases of infection is a critical component of the public health response to
viral infectious diseases. In a clinical context, there is a need to make rapid assessments of …

Colonization and transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in schools: a citizen science project

AJ van Tonder, F McCullagh… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Aggregation of children in schools has been established to be a key driver of transmission of
infectious diseases. Mathematical models of transmission used to predict the impact of …

Who We Test For: Aligning Relational and Public Health Responsibilities in COVID-19 Testing in Scotland

I Bevan, L Bauld, A Street - Medical Anthropology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT COVID-19 testing programs in the UK often called on people to test to “protect
others.” In this article we explore motivations to test and the relationships to “others” involved …