Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a review of viral, host, and environmental factors

EA Meyerowitz, A Richterman, RT Gandhi… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has spread globally in a few short months …

Serial interval and incubation period of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Alene, L Yismaw, MA Assemie, DB Ketema… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background Understanding the epidemiological parameters that determine the transmission
dynamics of COVID-19 is essential for public health intervention. Globally, a number of …

Clustering and superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hong Kong

DC Adam, P Wu, JY Wong, EHY Lau, TK Tsang… - Nature Medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Superspreading events (SSEs) have characterized previous epidemics of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome …

Serial interval of SARS-CoV-2 was shortened over time by nonpharmaceutical interventions

ST Ali, L Wang, EHY Lau, XK Xu, Z Du, Y Wu… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Studies of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have reported varying estimates of …

Integrating digital technologies and public health to fight Covid-19 pandemic: key technologies, applications, challenges and outlook of digital healthcare

Q Wang, M Su, M Zhang, R Li - International Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Integration of digital technologies and public health (or digital healthcare) helps us to fight
the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is the biggest public health …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiological basis and rationale for early outpatient treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection

PA McCullough, RJ Kelly, G Ruocco, E Lerma… - The American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Approximately 9 months of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavius-2 (SARS-CoV-
2 [COVID-19]) spreading across the globe has led to widespread COVID-19 acute …

SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 are transmitted through the air between ferrets over more than one meter distance

JS Kutter, D de Meulder, TM Bestebroer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 emerged in late 2019 and caused a pandemic, whereas the closely related
SARS-CoV was contained rapidly in 2003. Here, an experimental set-up is used to study …

Timing the SARS-CoV-2 index case in Hubei province

J Pekar, M Worobey, N Moshiri, K Scheffler… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Understanding when severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
emerged is critical to evaluating our current approach to monitoring novel zoonotic …

[HTML][HTML] Concerns about SARS-CoV-2 evolution should not hold back efforts to expand vaccination

S Cobey, DB Larremore, YH Grad… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
When vaccines are in limited supply, expanding the number of people who receive some
vaccine, such as by halving doses or increasing the interval between doses, can reduce …

Estimation of serial interval and reproduction number to quantify the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in South Korea

D Kim, ST Ali, S Kim, J Jo, JS Lim, S Lee, S Ryu - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) was the predominant variant in South Korea from late January 2022. In this study, we …