Pandemics throughout history

J Piret, G Boivin - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The emergence and spread of infectious diseases with pandemic potential occurred
regularly throughout history. Major pandemics and epidemics such as plague, cholera, flu …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics

E Petersen, M Koopmans, U Go, DH Hamer… - The Lancet infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
The objective of this Personal View is to compare transmissibility, hospitalisation, and
mortality rates for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with …

Tracking excess mortality across countries during the COVID-19 pandemic with the World Mortality Dataset

A Karlinsky, D Kobak - elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Comparing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic between countries or across time is
difficult because the reported numbers of cases and deaths can be strongly affected by …

[HTML][HTML] Narrative synthesis of psychological and coping responses towards emerging infectious disease outbreaks in the general population: practical considerations …

QH Chew, KC Wei, S Vasoo, HC Chua… - Singapore medical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS We conducted a narrative synthesis of the published literature over the last two
decades with a quality appraisal of included articles that reported both psychological …

[HTML][HTML] Future perspectives of wastewater-based epidemiology: monitoring infectious disease spread and resistance to the community level

N Sims, B Kasprzyk-Hordern - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases are acknowledged as one of the most critical threats to global public
health today. Climate change, unprecedented population growth with accelerated rates of …

[HTML][HTML] Making waves: wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19–approaches and challenges for surveillance and prediction

D Polo, M Quintela-Baluja, A Corbishley, DL Jones… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the feces of infected patients and wastewater has drawn
attention, not only to the possibility of fecal-oral transmission but also to the use of …

Early epidemiological analysis of the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak based on crowdsourced data: a population-level observational study

K Sun, J Chen, C Viboud - The Lancet Digital Health, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background As the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) progresses,
epidemiological data are needed to guide situational awareness and intervention strategies …

[HTML][HTML] Global mortality associated with seasonal influenza epidemics: New burden estimates and predictors from the GLaMOR Project

J Paget, P Spreeuwenberg, V Charu… - Journal of global …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Until recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated the annual
mortality burden of influenza to be 250 000 to 500 000 all-cause deaths globally; however, a …

Public health emergencies of international concern: a historic overview

A Wilder-Smith, S Osman - Journal of travel medicine, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Rationale The International Health Regulations (IHR) have been the governing
framework for global health security since 2007. Declaring public health emergencies of …

Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study

AD Iuliano, KM Roguski, HH Chang, DJ Muscatello… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Estimates of influenza-associated mortality are important for national and
international decision making on public health priorities. Previous estimates of 250 000–500 …