The emergence, genomic diversity and global spread of SARS-CoV-2

J Li, S Lai, GF Gao, W Shi - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Since the first cases of COVID-19 were documented in Wuhan, China in 2019, the world has
witnessed a devastating global pandemic, with more than 238 million cases, nearly 5 million …

[HTML][HTML] Health systems resilience in managing the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from 28 countries

V Haldane, C De Foo, SM Abdalla, AS Jung, M Tan… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Health systems resilience is key to learning lessons from country responses to crises such
as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this perspective, we review COVID-19 …

The molecular epidemiology of multiple zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2

JE Pekar, A Magee, E Parker, N Moshiri, K Izhikevich… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Understanding the circumstances that lead to pandemics is important for their prevention.
We analyzed the genomic diversity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

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 …

Non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A review

N Perra - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases and human behavior are intertwined. On one side, our movements and
interactions are the engines of transmission. On the other, the unfolding of viruses might …

Scientific consensus on the COVID-19 pandemic: we need to act now

NA Alwan, RA Burgess, S Ashworth, R Beale… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Next Article Redevelopment and validation of the SYNTAX score II to individualise decision
making between percutaneous and surgical revascularisation in patients with complex …

How an outbreak became a pandemic: a chronological analysis of crucial junctures and international obligations in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic

S Singh, C McNab, RMK Olson, N Bristol, C Nolan… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Understanding the spread of SARS-CoV-2, how and when evidence emerged, and the
timing of local, national, regional, and global responses is essential to establish how an …

Model calculations of aerosol transmission and infection risk of COVID-19 in indoor environments

J Lelieveld, F Helleis, S Borrmann, Y Cheng… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The role of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 viruses in airborne transmission of COVID-19 has
been debated. The aerosols are transmitted through breathing and vocalization by infectious …

Integrated vaccination and physical distancing interventions to prevent future COVID-19 waves in Chinese cities

B Huang, J Wang, J Cai, S Yao, PKS Chan… - Nature human …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed substantial
challenges to the formulation of preventive interventions, particularly since the effects of …

Heterogeneity in transmissibility and shedding SARS-CoV-2 via droplets and aerosols

PZ Chen, N Bobrovitz, Z Premji, M Koopmans… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Background: Which virological factors mediate overdispersion in the transmissibility of
emerging viruses remains a long-standing question in infectious disease epidemiology …