COVID-19 testing and reporting behaviours in England across different sociodemographic groups: a population-based study using testing data and data from …

S Bajaj, S Chen, R Creswell, R Naidoo… - The Lancet Digital …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Understanding underlying mechanisms of heterogeneity in test-seeking and
reporting behaviour during an infectious disease outbreak can help to protect vulnerable …

[HTML][HTML] Interoperability of statistical models in pandemic preparedness: principles and reality

G Nicholson, M Blangiardo, M Briers… - Statistical science: a …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We present interoperability as a guiding framework for statistical modelling to assist policy
makers asking multiple questions using diverse datasets in the face of an evolving …

[HTML][HTML] A spatio-temporal framework for modelling wastewater concentration during the COVID-19 pandemic

G Li, H Denise, P Diggle, J Grimsley, C Holmes… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
The potential utility of wastewater-based epidemiology as an early warning tool has been
explored widely across the globe during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Methods to detect …

Integrating wastewater and randomised prevalence survey data for national COVID surveillance

G Li, P Diggle, M Blangiardo - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
During the COVID-19 pandemic, studies in a number of countries have shown how
wastewater can be used as an efficient surveillance tool to detect outbreaks at much lower …

Exploring ethnicity dynamics in Wales: a longitudinal population-scale linked data study and development of a harmonised ethnicity spine

A Akbari, F Torabi, S Bedston, E Lowthian… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective This study aims to create a national ethnicity spine based on all available ethnicity
records in linkable anonymised electronic health record and administrative data sources …

[HTML][HTML] Inequalities in SARS-CoV-2 case rates by ethnicity, religion, measures of socioeconomic position, English proficiency, and self-reported disability: cohort …

T Larsen, ML Bosworth, D Ayoubkhani, R Schofield… - BMJ …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Inequalities in SARS-CoV-2 case rates by ethnicity, religion, measures of socioeconomic
position, English proficiency, and self-reported disability: cohort study of 39 million people in …

Social deprivation and SARS-CoV-2 testing: a population-based analysis in a highly contrasted southern France region

J Landier, L Bassez, MK Bendiane, P Chaud… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Testing was the cornerstone of the COVID-19 epidemic response in most
countries until vaccination became available for the general population. Social inequalities …

Association of socio-economic deprivation with COVID-19 incidence and fatality during the first wave of the pandemic in Italy: lessons learned from a local register …

F Fortunato, R Lillini, D Martinelli, G Iannelli… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background COVID-19 has been characterised by its global and rapid spread, with high
infection, hospitalisation, and mortality rates worldwide. However, the course of the …

Continuing inequalities in COVID-19 mortality in England and Wales, and the changing importance of regional, over local, deprivation

GJ Griffith, G Owen, D Manley, LD Howe, GD Smith - Health & Place, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Observational studies have highlighted that where individuals live is far more
important for risk of dying with COVID-19, than for dying of other causes. Deprivation is …

Quantifying the magnitude of the general contextual effect in a multilevel study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Ontario, Canada: application of the median rate ratio in …

T Watson, JC Kwong, K Kornas, S Mishra… - Population Health …, 2024 - Springer
Background Regional variations in SARS-CoV-2 infection were observed in Canada and
other countries. Studies have used multilevel analyses to examine how a context, such as a …