Percentage of asymptomatic infections among SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant-positive individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

W Shang, L Kang, G Cao, Y Wang, P Gao, J Liu, M Liu - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Asymptomatic infections are potential sources of transmission for coronavirus
disease 2019, especially during the epidemic of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. We …

The methodologies to assess the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19: a systematic review

N Banholzer, A Lison, D Özcelik, T Stadler… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as school closures and stay-at-home orders, have
been implemented around the world to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Their …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent COVID-19 symptoms in a community study of 606,434 people in England

M Whitaker, J Elliott, M Chadeau-Hyam, S Riley… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Long COVID remains a broadly defined syndrome, with estimates of prevalence and
duration varying widely. We use data from rounds 3–5 of the REACT-2 study (n= 508,707; …

Understanding the effectiveness of government interventions against the resurgence of COVID-19 in Europe

M Sharma, S Mindermann, C Rogers-Smith… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
European governments use non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to control resurging
waves of COVID-19. However, they only have outdated estimates for how effective individual …

Rapid increase in Omicron infections in England during December 2021: REACT-1 study

P Elliott, B Bodinier, O Eales, H Wang, D Haw, J Elliott… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The unprecedented rise in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infections during December 2021 was concurrent with rapid spread of the Omicron variant in …

Twin peaks: the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 BA. 1 and BA. 2 epidemics in England

P Elliott, O Eales, N Steyn, D Tang, B Bodinier, H Wang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Rapid transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Omicron variant has led to record-breaking incidence rates around the world. The Real-time …

Exponential growth, high prevalence of SARS-CoV-2, and vaccine effectiveness associated with the Delta variant

P Elliott, D Haw, H Wang, O Eales, CE Walters… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND The prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) infection continues to drive rates of illness and hospitalizations despite high levels of …

Persistent symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 infection in a random community sample of 508,707 people

M Whitaker, J Elliott, M Chadeau-Hyam, S Riley… - Medrxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Background Long COVID, describing the long-term sequelae after SARS-CoV-2 infection,
remains a poorly defined syndrome. There is uncertainty about its predisposing factors and …

Predictive symptoms for COVID-19 in the community: REACT-1 study of over 1 million people

J Elliott, M Whitaker, B Bodinier, O Eales, S Riley… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Rapid detection, isolation, and contact tracing of community COVID-19 cases
are essential measures to limit the community spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Ct threshold values, a proxy for viral load in community SARS-CoV-2 cases, demonstrate wide variation across populations and over time

AS Walker, E Pritchard, T House, JV Robotham… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Background: Information on SARS-CoV-2 in representative community surveillance is
limited, particularly cycle threshold (Ct) values (a proxy for viral load). Methods: We included …