[HTML][HTML] Modeling transmission of SARS-CoV-2 omicron in China

J Cai, X Deng, J Yang, K Sun, H Liu, Z Chen, C Peng… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Having adopted a dynamic zero-COVID strategy to respond to SARS-CoV-2 variants with
higher transmissibility since August 2021, China is now considering whether, and for how …

Myocarditis cases reported after mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination in the US from December 2020 to August 2021

ME Oster, DK Shay, JR Su, J Gee, CB Creech… - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Vaccination against COVID-19 provides clear public health benefits, but
vaccination also carries potential risks. The risks and outcomes of myocarditis after COVID …

Individual genetic variability mainly of Proinflammatory cytokines, cytokine receptors, and toll‐like receptors dictates pathophysiology of COVID‐19 disease

MK Vakil, Y Mansoori, GRL Al‐Awsi… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Innate and acquired immunity responses are crucial for viral infection elimination. However,
genetic variations in coding genes may exacerbate the inflammation or initiate devastating …

Epidemiological characteristics and transmission dynamics of the outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Shanghai, China: a descriptive study

Z Chen, X Deng, L Fang, K Sun, Y Wu… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background In early March 2022, a major outbreak of the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant spread rapidly throughout …

SARS-CoV-2 incidence, transmission, and reinfection in a rural and an urban setting: results of the PHIRST-C cohort study, South Africa, 2020–21

C Cohen, J Kleynhans, A von Gottberg… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background By August, 2021, South Africa had been affected by three waves of
SARS-CoV-2; the second associated with the beta variant and the third with the delta …

Infectivity, susceptibility, and risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 transmission under intensive contact tracing in Hunan, China

S Hu, W Wang, Y Wang, M Litvinova, K Luo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Several mechanisms driving SARS-CoV-2 transmission remain unclear. Based on individual
records of 1178 potential SARS-CoV-2 infectors and their 15,648 contacts in Hunan, China …

COVID-19 and children

CA Pierce, KC Herold, BC Herold, J Chou, A Randolph… - Science, 2022 - science.org
There has been substantial research on adult COVID-19 and how to treat it. But how do
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections afflict children …

Time-varying optimization of COVID-19 vaccine prioritization in the context of limited vaccination capacity

S Han, J Cai, J Yang, J Zhang, Q Wu, W Zheng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Dynamically adapting the allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to the evolving epidemiological
situation could be key to reduce COVID-19 burden. Here we developed a data-driven …

SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in the North American deer mouse

BD Griffin, M Chan, N Tailor, EJ Mendoza… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Widespread circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in humans raises the theoretical risk of reverse
zoonosis events with wildlife, reintroductions of SARS-CoV-2 into permissive …

Estimation of disease burden and clinical severity of COVID-19 caused by Omicron BA. 2 in Shanghai, February-June 2022

X Chen, X Yan, K Sun, N Zheng, R Sun… - Emerging microbes & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
An outbreak of COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2 sublineage occurred
in Shanghai, China from February 26 to June 30, 2022. We use official reported data …