Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a review of viral, host, and environmental factors

EA Meyerowitz, A Richterman, RT Gandhi… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has spread globally in a few short months …

[HTML][HTML] What defines an efficacious COVID-19 vaccine? A review of the challenges assessing the clinical efficacy of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2

SH Hodgson, K Mansatta, G Mallett, V Harris… - The lancet infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
has caused more than 1 million deaths in the first 6 months of the pandemic and huge …

Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B. 1.1. 7 in England

E Volz, S Mishra, M Chand, JC Barrett, R Johnson… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 lineage B. 1.1. 7, designated variant of concern (VOC) 202012/01
by Public Health England, was first identified in the UK in late summer to early autumn 2020 …

Estimating infectiousness throughout SARS-CoV-2 infection course

TC Jones, G Biele, B Mühlemann, T Veith, J Schneider… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Although post facto studies have revealed the importance of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission from presymptomatic …

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 …

Influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2: pathogenesis and host responses in the respiratory tract

T Flerlage, DF Boyd, V Meliopoulos… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Influenza viruses cause annual epidemics and occasional pandemics of respiratory tract
infections that produce a wide spectrum of clinical disease severity in humans. The novel …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics

E Petersen, M Koopmans, U Go, DH Hamer… - The Lancet infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
The objective of this Personal View is to compare transmissibility, hospitalisation, and
mortality rates for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with …

Why is COVID-19 less severe in children? A review of the proposed mechanisms underlying the age-related difference in severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections

P Zimmermann, N Curtis - Archives of disease in childhood, 2021 - adc.bmj.com
In contrast to other respiratory viruses, children have less severe symptoms when infected
with the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In this …

Daily longitudinal sampling of SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals substantial heterogeneity in infectiousness

R Ke, PP Martinez, RL Smith, LL Gibson, A Mirza… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 replication and shedding in humans remain poorly
understood. We captured the dynamics of infectious virus and viral RNA shedding during …

Mobility network models of COVID-19 explain inequities and inform reopening

S Chang, E Pierson, PW Koh, J Gerardin, B Redbird… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic markedly changed human
mobility patterns, necessitating epidemiological models that can capture the effects of these …