[HTML][HTML] Counterfactual analysis of the 2023 Omicron XBB wave in China

H Liu, X Xu, X Deng, Z Hu, R Sun, J Zou, J Dong… - Infectious Disease …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background China has experienced a COVID-19 wave caused by Omicron XBB variant
starting in April 2023. Our aim is to conduct a retrospective analysis exploring the dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] Forecast for peak infections in the second wave of the Omicron after the adjustment of zero-COVID policy in the mainland of China

ST Wang, YP Wu, L Li, Y Li, GQ Sun - Infectious Disease Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract On December 7, 2022, the Chinese government optimized the current epidemic
prevention and control policy, and no longer adopted the zero-COVID policy and mandatory …

Retrospective modeling of the Omicron epidemic in Shanghai, China: exploring the timing and performance of control measures

L Lou, L Zhang, J Guan, X Ning, M Nie, Y Wei… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: In late February 2022, the Omicron epidemic swept through Shanghai, and the
Shanghai government responded to it by adhering to a dynamic zero-COVID strategy. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission characteristics and predictive model for recent epidemic waves of covid-19 associated with omicron variant in major cities in China

Y Zheng, Y Wang - International Journal of Public Health, 2022 - ssph-journal.org
Objectives: Waves of epidemics associated with Omicron variant of Coronavirus Disease
2019 (COVID-19) in major cities in China this year have been controlled. It is of great …

Model-based analysis of the incidence trends and transmission dynamics of COVID-19 associated with the Omicron variant in representative cities in China

Y Ma, S Xu, Y Luo, J Li, L Lei, L He, T Wang, H Yu… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background In 2022, Omicron outbreaks occurred at multiple sites in China. It is of
great importance to track the incidence trends and transmission dynamics of coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the impact of interventions on the major Omicron BA. 2 outbreak in spring 2022 in Shanghai

H Liu, J Cai, J Zhou, X Xu, M Ajelli, H Yu - Infectious Disease Modelling, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Shanghai experienced a significant surge in Omicron BA. 2 infections from
March to June 2022. In addition to the standard interventions in place at that time, additional …

[HTML][HTML] Severity outcomes associated with SARS-CoV-2 XBB variants, an observational analysis

EY Klein, A Fall, JM Norton, RE Eldesouki… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapidity with which SARS-CoV-2 XBB variants rose to predominance has been
alarming. We used a large cohort of patients diagnosed with Omicron infections between …

Quantifying the rate and magnitude of the Omicron outbreak in China after sudden exit from 'zero-COVID'restrictions

EE Goldberg, Q Lin, EO Romero-Severson, R Ke - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
In late 2022, China transitioned from a strict 'zero-COVID'policy to rapidly abandoning nearly
all interventions and data reporting. This raised great concern about the presumably-rapid …

[HTML][HTML] Projecting the future impact of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants under uncertainty: modeling the initial Omicron outbreak

S Moore, S Cavany, TA Perkins, GFC Espana - Epidemics, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the past several years, the emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants has led to
multiple waves of increased COVID-19 incidence. When the Omicron variant emerged, there …

Forecasting the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic into 2023 under plausible variant and intervention scenarios: a global modelling study

COVID-19 Forecasting Team, RC Reiner, JK Collins… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Background The recent Omicron-related waves of the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in
unprecedented levels of population transmission due to the variant's high level of …