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 …

An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19

J Howard, A Huang, Z Li, Z Tufekci… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The science around the use of masks by the public to impede COVID-19 transmission is
advancing rapidly. In this narrative review, we develop an analytical framework to examine …

Incubation period of COVID-19 caused by unique SARS-CoV-2 strains: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Wu, L Kang, Z Guo, J Liu, M Liu, W Liang - JAMA network open, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Several studies were conducted to estimate the average incubation period of
COVID-19; however, the incubation period of COVID-19 caused by different SARS-CoV-2 …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling transmission of SARS-CoV-2 omicron in China

J Cai, X Deng, J Yang, K Sun, H Liu, Z Chen, C Peng… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Having adopted a dynamic zero-COVID strategy to respond to SARS-CoV-2 variants with
higher transmissibility since August 2021, China is now considering whether, and for how …

COVID-19: Current understanding of its Pathophysiology, Clinical presentation and Treatment

A Parasher - Postgraduate medical journal, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus-2 is a novel
coronavirus belonging to the family Coronaviridae and is now known to be responsible for …

COVID-19 pathophysiology: A review

K Yuki, M Fujiogi, S Koutsogiannaki - Clinical immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus, now named as SARS-CoV-2, caused a series of
acute atypical respiratory diseases in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The disease caused …

[PDF][PDF] COVID-19 and the consequences of isolating the elderly

R Armitage, LB Nellums - The Lancet Public Health, 2020 - cntttest.vanlanguni.edu.vn
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is leading to social
(physical) distancing policies worldwide, including in the USA. Some of the first actions …

Modelling the impact of testing, contact tracing and household quarantine on second waves of COVID-19

A Aleta, D Martin-Corral, A Pastore y Piontti… - Nature Human …, 2020 - nature.com
While severe social-distancing measures have proven effective in slowing the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, second-wave scenarios are likely to emerge as …

Transmission heterogeneities, kinetics, and controllability of SARS-CoV-2

K Sun, W Wang, L Gao, Y Wang, K Luo, L Ren, Z Zhan… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The role of transmission heterogeneities in severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) dynamics remains unclear, particularly those …

Effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain COVID-19 in China

S Lai, NW Ruktanonchai, L Zhou, O Prosper, W Luo… - nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic. The strategies based on non-pharmaceutical …