Do school closures and school reopenings affect community transmission of COVID-19? A systematic review of observational studies

S Walsh, A Chowdhury, V Braithwaite, S Russell… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To systematically reivew the observational evidence of the effect of school
closures and school reopenings on SARS-CoV-2 community transmission. Setting Schools …

OMICRON: Virology, immunopathogenesis, and laboratory diagnosis

M Bazargan, R Elahi… - The Journal of Gene …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Since its emersion, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has been a significant global
dilemma. Several mutations in the severe acute respiratory virus (SARS‐Co‐2) genome has …

Estimated transmissibility and impact of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B. 1.1. 7 in England

NG Davies, S Abbott, RC Barnard, CI Jarvis… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Several novel variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, emerged in late 2020. One of these, Variant …

Inferring the effectiveness of government interventions against COVID-19

JM Brauner, S Mindermann, M Sharma, D Johnston… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Governments across the world have implemented a wide range of
nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to mitigate the spread of severe acute respiratory …

Generation time of the alpha and delta SARS-CoV-2 variants: an epidemiological analysis

WS Hart, E Miller, NJ Andrews, P Waight… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background In May, 2021, the delta (B. 1.617. 2) SARS-CoV-2 variant became
dominant in the UK, superseded by the omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant in December, 2021 …

Description of the first global outbreak of mpox: an analysis of global surveillance data

H Laurenson-Schafer, N Sklenovská… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Summary Background In May 2022, several countries with no history of sustained
community transmission of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) notified WHO of new mpox …

[HTML][HTML] The temporal association of introducing and lifting non-pharmaceutical interventions with the time-varying reproduction number (R) of SARS-CoV-2: a …

Y Li, H Campbell, D Kulkarni, A Harpur… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were implemented by many
countries to reduce the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of isolation, testing, contact tracing, and physical distancing on reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in different settings: a mathematical …

AJ Kucharski, P Klepac, AJK Conlan… - The Lancet infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The isolation of symptomatic cases and tracing of contacts has been used as an
early COVID-19 containment measure in many countries, with additional physical distancing …

The impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 transmission across 130 countries and territories

Y Liu, C Morgenstern, J Kelly, R Lowe, M Jit - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are used to reduce
transmission of SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes coronavirus disease 2019 …

[HTML][HTML] Mask-wearing and control of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA: a cross-sectional study

B Rader, LF White, MR Burns, J Chen… - The Lancet Digital …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Face masks have become commonplace across the USA because of the
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic. Although …