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 …

Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ZJ Madewell, Y Yang, IM Longini… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Crowded indoor environments, such as households, are high-risk settings for the
transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Objectives …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the age specificity of infection fatality rates for COVID-19: systematic review, meta-analysis, and public policy implications

AT Levin, WP Hanage, N Owusu-Boaitey… - European journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Determine age-specific infection fatality rates for COVID-19 to inform public health policies
and communications that help protect vulnerable age groups. Studies of COVID-19 …

SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in Brazil: results from two successive nationwide serological household surveys

PC Hallal, FP Hartwig, BL Horta, MF Silveira… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Population-based data on COVID-19 are essential for guiding policies. There
are few such studies, particularly from low or middle-income countries. Brazil is currently a …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review and meta-analysis of published research data on COVID-19 infection fatality rates

G Meyerowitz-Katz, L Merone - International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 - Elsevier
An important unknown during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has
been the infection fatality rate (IFR). This differs from the case fatality rate (CFR) as an …

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil

WM de Souza, LF Buss, DS Candido… - Nature human …, 2020 - nature.com
The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Brazil on 25 February 2020. We report and
contextualize epidemiological, demographic and clinical findings for COVID-19 cases during …

Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): a systematic review and clinical guide to molecular and serological in-vitro diagnostic assays

A La Marca, M Capuzzo, T Paglia, L Roli… - Reproductive …, 2020 - Elsevier
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its associated
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has demanded rapid upscaling of in-vitro …

Identifying facemask-wearing condition using image super-resolution with classification network to prevent COVID-19

B Qin, D Li - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The rapid worldwide spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in a
global pandemic. Correct facemask wearing is valuable for infectious disease control, but …

Reconciling estimates of global spread and infection fatality rates of COVID‐19: an overview of systematic evaluations

JPA Ioannidis - European journal of clinical investigation, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Estimates of community spread and infection fatality rate (IFR) of COVID‐19
have varied across studies. Efforts to synthesize the evidence reach seemingly discrepant …

[HTML][HTML] Individual variation in susceptibility or exposure to SARS-CoV-2 lowers the herd immunity threshold

MGM Gomes, MU Ferreira, RM Corder, JG King… - Journal of theoretical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Individual variation in susceptibility and exposure is subject to selection by natural infection,
accelerating the acquisition of immunity, and reducing herd immunity thresholds and …