[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics

O Puhach, B Meyer, I Eckerle - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and detection of infectious virus in the respiratory tract are the two
key parameters for estimating infectiousness. As shedding of infectious virus is required for …

[HTML][HTML] The unintended consequences of COVID-19 vaccine policy: why mandates, passports and restrictions may cause more harm than good

K Bardosh, A De Figueiredo, R Gur-Arie… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Vaccination policies have shifted dramatically during COVID-19 with the rapid emergence of
population-wide vaccine mandates, domestic vaccine passports and differential restrictions …

[HTML][HTML] Global impact of the first year of COVID-19 vaccination: a mathematical modelling study

OJ Watson, G Barnsley, J Toor, AB Hogan… - The Lancet infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The first COVID-19 vaccine outside a clinical trial setting was administered on
Dec 8, 2020. To ensure global vaccine equity, vaccine targets were set by the COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Infectious viral load in unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals infected with ancestral, Delta or Omicron SARS-CoV-2

O Puhach, K Adea, N Hulo, P Sattonnet, C Genecand… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Infectious viral load (VL) expelled as droplets and aerosols by infected individuals partly
determines transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

Public health impact of covid-19 vaccines in the US: observational study

AB Suthar, J Wang, V Seffren, RE Wiegand, S Griffing… - Bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the impact of vaccine scale-up on population level covid-19 mortality
and incidence in the United States. Design Observational study. Setting US county level …

COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among healthcare workers—a review

CJ Peterson, B Lee, K Nugent - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated vaccine have highlighted vaccine hesitancy
among healthcare workers (HCWs). Vaccine hesitancy among this group existed prior to the …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2-specific nasal IgA wanes 9 months after hospitalisation with COVID-19 and is not induced by subsequent vaccination

F Liew, S Talwar, A Cross, BJ Willett, S Scott… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Most studies of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 focus on circulating antibody, giving
limited insights into mucosal defences that prevent viral replication and onward …

SARS‐CoV‐2 variants and vulnerability at the global level

VP Chavda, AB Patel… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)
pandemic have evolved. Viral variants may evolve with harmful susceptibility to the immunity …

Shedding of infectious SARS-CoV-2 despite vaccination

KK Riemersma, LA Haddock III, NA Wilson… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant of Concern is highly transmissible and contains mutations
that confer partial immune escape. The emergence of Delta in North America caused the first …

Vaccination with BNT162b2 reduces transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to household contacts in Israel

O Prunas, JL Warren, FW Crawford, S Gazit, T Patalon… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-19 on the individual level is well established.
However, few studies have examined vaccine effectiveness against transmission. We used …