[HTML][HTML] Diagnostics for COVID-19: moving from pandemic response to control

RW Peeling, DL Heymann, YY Teo, PJ Garcia - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Diagnostics have proven to be crucial to the COVID-19 pandemic response. There are three
major methods for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection and their role has evolved during …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 prevention and control measures in workplace settings: a rapid review and meta-analysis

C Ingram, V Downey, M Roe, Y Chen… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Workplaces can be high-risk environments for SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks and subsequent
community transmission. Identifying, understanding, and implementing effective workplace …

COVID-19 transmission dynamics among close contacts of index patients with COVID-19: a population-based cohort study in Zhejiang Province, China

Y Ge, L Martinez, S Sun, Z Chen, F Zhang… - JAMA Internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Much remains unknown about the transmission dynamics of COVID-19. How the
severity of the index case and timing of exposure is associated with disease in close …

Hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK's first COVID-19 pandemic wave

JM Read, CA Green, EM Harrison, AB Docherty… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Prevention of hospital-acquired infections is a critical aspect of clinical management of
COVID-19 as hospital-acquired infections have been a common feature of previous novel …

Leveraging artificial intelligence for pandemic preparedness and response: a sco** review to identify key use cases

A Syrowatka, M Kuznetsova, A Alsubai… - NPJ digital …, 2021 - nature.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a valuable tool that could be widely used to inform
clinical and public health decision-making to effectively manage the impacts of a pandemic …

The impact of testing and infection prevention and control strategies on within-hospital transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in English hospitals

S Evans, E Agnew, E Vynnycky… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is a key concern, and evaluating the effect of
testing and infection prevention and control strategies is essential for guiding policy in this …

Covid-19 surveillance testing and resident outcomes in nursing homes

BE McGarry, AD Gandhi… - New England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Despite widespread adoption of surveillance testing for coronavirus disease
2019 (Covid-19) among staff members in skilled nursing facilities, evidence is limited …

CoviXNet: A novel and efficient deep learning model for detection of COVID-19 using chest X-Ray images

G Srivastava, A Chauhan, M Jangid… - … Signal Processing and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created havoc on humanity by causing
millions of deaths and adverse physical and mental health effects. To prepare humankind for …

SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens are detected in continuous air samples from congregate settings

MD Ramuta, CM Newman, SF Brakefield… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Two years after the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, there is still a need for better ways to assess
the risk of transmission in congregate spaces. We deployed active air samplers to monitor …

Estimation of transmission of COVID-19 in simulated nursing homes with frequent testing and immunity-based staffing

I Holmdahl, R Kahn, JA Hay, CO Buckee… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities have been disproportionately
impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Strategies are urgently needed to reduce …