The origins and potential future of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in the evolving COVID-19 pandemic

SP Otto, T Day, J Arino, C Colijn, J Dushoff, M Li… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
One year into the global COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of attention has shifted to the
emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs). After nearly a year of …

Antimicrobial resistance in the global health network: known unknowns and challenges for efficient responses in the 21st century

TM Coque, R Cantón, AE Pérez-Cobas… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the Global Health challenges of the 21st century.
The inclusion of AMR on the global map parallels the scientific, technological, and …

Clustering and superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hong Kong

DC Adam, P Wu, JY Wong, EHY Lau, TK Tsang… - Nature Medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Superspreading events (SSEs) have characterized previous epidemics of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome …

Identifying and interrupting superspreading events—implications for control of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

TR Frieden, CT Lee - Emerging infectious diseases, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It appears inevitable that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 will continue to
spread. Although we still have limited information on the epidemiology of this virus, there …

[HTML][HTML] Superspreading events in the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2: Opportunities for interventions and control

BM Althouse, EA Wenger, JC Miller, SV Scarpino… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiological agent of
the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease, has moved rapidly around the globe …

Breathing, speaking, coughing or sneezing: What drives transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2?

V Stadnytskyi, P Anfinrud, A Bax - Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The SARS‐CoV‐2 virus is highly contagious, as demonstrated by numerous well‐
documented superspreading events. The infection commonly starts in the upper respiratory …

Causes and consequences of individual variation in animal movement

AK Shaw - Movement ecology, 2020 - Springer
Animal movement comes in a variety of 'types' including small foraging movements, larger
one-way dispersive movements, seasonally-predictable round-trip migratory movements …

Full genome viral sequences inform patterns of SARS-CoV-2 spread into and within Israel

D Miller, MA Martin, N Harel, O Tirosh, T Kustin… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Full genome sequences are increasingly used to track the geographic spread and
transmission dynamics of viral pathogens. Here, with a focus on Israel, we sequence 212 …

A simple method for measuring inequality

T Sitthiyot, K Holasut - Palgrave Communications, 2020 - nature.com
To simultaneously overcome the limitation of the Gini index in that it is less sensitive to
inequality at the tails of income distribution and the limitation of the inter-decile ratios that …

A critical assessment of vector control for dengue prevention

NL Achee, F Gould, TA Perkins… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Recently, the Vaccines to Vaccinate (v2V) initiative was reconfigured into the Partnership for
Dengue Control (PDC), a multi-sponsored and independent initiative. This redirection is …