COVID-19 pandemic over 2020 (with lockdowns) and 2021 (with vaccinations): similar effects for seasonality and environmental factors

M Coccia - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
How is the dynamics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 2020 with an health policy
of full lockdowns and in 2021 with a vast campaign of vaccinations? The present study …

Modelling that shaped the early COVID-19 pandemic response in the UK

E Brooks-Pollock, L Danon… - … Transactions of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Infectious disease modelling has played an integral part of the scientific evidence used to
guide the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the UK, modelling evidence used for …

COVID-19 seasonality in temperate countries

F D'Amico, M Marmiere, B Righetti, T Scquizzato… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction While the beneficial effect of vaccination, restrictive measures, and social
distancing in reducing mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 is intuitive and taken for granted …

[HTML][HTML] Gaps in mobility data and implications for modelling epidemic spread: a scoping review and simulation study

J Wardle, S Bhatia, MUG Kraemer, P Nouvellet, A Cori - Epidemics, 2023 - Elsevier
Reliable estimates of human mobility are important for understanding the spatial spread of
infectious diseases and the effective targeting of control measures. However, when …

[HTML][HTML] UV and violet light can Neutralize SARS-CoV-2 Infectivity

M Biasin, S Strizzi, A Bianco, A Macchi, O Utyro… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We performed an in-depth analysis of the virucidal effect of discrete wavelengths: UV-C (278
nm), UV-B (308 nm), UV-A (366 nm) and violet (405 nm) on SARS-CoV-2. By using a highly …

Outbreak diversity in epidemic waves propagating through distinct geographical scales

GS Costa, W Cota, SC Ferreira - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
A central feature of an emerging infectious disease in a pandemic scenario is the spread
through geographical scales and the impacts on different locations according to the adopted …

Exploration of the COVID-19 pandemic at the neighborhood level in an intra-urban setting

T Schmitz, T Lakes, G Manafa, C Lambio… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a worldwide threat to health. Since its onset in 2019,
the pandemic has proceeded in different phases, which have been shaped by a complex set …

Reaction-diffusion spatial modeling of COVID-19: Greece and Andalusia as case examples

PG Kevrekidis, J Cuevas-Maraver, Y Drossinos, Z Rapti… - Physical Review E, 2021 - APS
We examine the spatial modeling of the outbreak of COVID-19 in two regions: the
autonomous community of Andalusia in Spain and the mainland of Greece. We start with a …

Disease transmission and control modelling at the science–policy interface

R McCabe, CA Donnelly - Interface Focus, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted the lives of billions
across the world. Mathematical modelling has been a key tool deployed throughout the …

Predicting subnational incidence of COVID-19 cases and deaths in EU countries

A Robert, LAC Chapman, R Grah, R Niehus… - BMC Infectious …, 2024 - Springer
Background Recurring COVID-19 waves highlight the need for tools able to quantify
transmission risk, and identify geographical areas at risk of outbreaks. Local outbreak risk …