Phylogenetic and phylodynamic approaches to understanding and combating the early SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

SW Attwood, SC Hill, DM Aanensen… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Determining the transmissibility, prevalence and patterns of movement of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections is central to our understanding …

Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

P Sah, MC Fitzpatrick, CF Zimmer… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Quantification of asymptomatic infections is fundamental for effective public health
responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Discrepancies regarding the extent of …

Global percentage of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections among the tested population and individuals with confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis: a systematic review and …

Q Ma, J Liu, Q Liu, L Kang, R Liu, W Jing… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Asymptomatic infections are potential sources of transmission for COVID-19.
Objective To evaluate the percentage of asymptomatic infections among individuals …

The role of routine SARS-CoV-2 screening of healthcare-workers in acute care hospitals in 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JM Jabs, A Schwabe, AD Wollkopf, B Gebel… - BMC infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Background Healthcare workers (HCW) are at increased risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2.
Vulnerable patient populations in particular must be protected, and clinics should not …

[HTML][HTML] Whole-genome sequencing to investigate transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the acute healthcare setting: a systematic review

D Hare, KM Dembicka, C Brennan, C Campbell… - Journal of Hospital …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has been used widely to elucidate
transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in acute healthcare settings, and to guide Infection, Prevention …

Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroconversion and occupational exposure of employees at a Swiss university hospital: A large …

R Martischang, A Iten, I Arm, M Abbas… - Infection Control & …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Background: The dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) seroconversion of
hospital employees are understudied. We measured the proportion of seroconverted …

[PDF][PDF] Respiratory viral infections-impact on sport and exercise medicine.

R Luoto, M Waris, M Valtonen… - Exercise Immunology …, 2023 - eir-isei.de
Respiratory viruses are the most frequent causative agents of disease in humans and thus
also in elite athletes. The COVID-19 pandemic has recently emphasized the entire spectrum …

Demographic characteristics of unvaccinated asymptomatic and symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 cases in Barwon South West, Victoria, Australia

SC Tobin-Salzman, D Cooper, BJ McNamara, E Athan… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
We investigated 328 SARS-CoV-2 cases in Barwon South West, Victoria, Australia, in the
2020 pre-vaccination period, comparing infections with symptoms to those that remained …

Transmission of COVID-19 among healthcare workers-an epidemiological study during the first phase of the pandemic in Sweden

SCM Rücker, C Gustavsson, F Rücker… - Epidemiology & …, 2022 - cambridge.org
During the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, concerns were raised that
healthcare workers (HCWs) were at high risk of infection. The aim of this study was to …

Prevalence and factors associated with COVID-19 among healthcare workers at a university hospital in Thailand

R Sirijatuphat, A Leelarasamee, N Horthongkham - Medicine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Globally, healthcare workers (HCWs) have a high risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, but less is
known about healthcare workers in Thailand. We estimated the prevalence and risk factors …