[HTML][HTML] Modeling approaches to inform travel-related policies for COVID-19 containment: a scoping review and future directions

S Koiso, E Gulbas, L Dike, NM Mulroy… - Travel Medicine and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Travel-related strategies to reduce the spread of COVID-19 evolved rapidly in
response to changes in the understanding of SARS-CoV-2 and newly available tools for …

[HTML][HTML] Public health effects of travel-related policies on the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods systematic review

L Bou-Karroum, J Khabsa, M Jabbour, N Hilal… - Journal of Infection, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To map travel policies implemented due to COVID-19 during 2020, and conduct
a mixed-methods systematic review of health effects of such policies, and related contextual …

COVIDStrategyCalculator: a standalone software to assess testing-and quarantine strategies for incoming travelers, contact person management and de-isolation

W Van der Toorn, DY Oh, D Bourquain, J Michel… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
In early 2020 COVID-19 turned into a global pandemic. Non-pharmaceutical interventions
(NPIs), including the isolation of infected individuals, tracing and quarantine of exposed …

Reducing travel-related SARS-CoV-2 transmission with layered mitigation measures: symptom monitoring, quarantine, and testing

MA Johansson, H Wolford, P Paul, PS Diaz, TH Chen… - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Balancing the control of SARS-CoV-2 transmission with the resumption of travel
is a global priority. Current recommendations include mitigation measures before, during …

Effectiveness of Canadian travel restrictions in reducing burden of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

A McLaughlin, V Montoya, RL Miller… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Evaluating travel restriction effectiveness in mitigating infectious disease burden is critical for
informing public health policy. Here, we quantify where and when variants of SARS-CoV-2 …

Travel-related control measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic: an evidence map

A Movsisyan, J Burns, R Biallas, M Coenen, K Geffert… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To comprehensively map the existing evidence assessing the impact of travel-
related control measures for containment of the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic. Design …

An intra-host SARS-CoV-2 dynamics model to assess testing and quarantine strategies for incoming travelers, contact management, and de-isolation

W van der Toorn, DY Oh, D Bourquain, J Michel… - Patterns, 2021 - cell.com
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) remain decisive tools to contain SARS-CoV-2.
Strategies that combine NPIs with testing may improve efficacy and shorten quarantine …

How effective was Newfoundland & Labrador's travel ban to prevent the spread of COVID-19? An agent-based analysis

DM Aleman, BZ Tham, SJ Wagner, J Semelhago… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Background To prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Newfoundland & Labrador (NL), NL
implemented a wide travel ban in May 2020. We estimate the effectiveness of this travel ban …

Border closure and travel restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19: an update to a Cochrane review

AM Abou-Setta, OLT Lam, V Kasireddy, N Askin… - MedRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Background COVID-19 has proven to be more difficult to manage for many reasons
including its high infectivity rate. One of the potential ways to limit its spread is by limiting free …

The effectiveness of full and partial travel bans against COVID-19 spread in Australia for travellers from China during and after the epidemic peak in China

V Costantino, DJ Heslop… - Journal of travel …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Australia implemented a travel ban on China on 1 February 2020, while COVID-
19 was largely localized to China. We modelled three scenarios to test the impact of travel …