[HTML][HTML] Differential contagiousness of respiratory disease across the United States

A Mallela, YT Lin, WS Hlavacek - Epidemics, 2023 - Elsevier
The initial contagiousness of a communicable disease within a given population is
quantified by the basic reproduction number, R 0. This number depends on both pathogen …

[HTML][HTML] Layered Screening and Contact-Limiting Interventions Are Necessary to Reduce SARS-Cov-2 Outbreak Risks in Large Urban Jails

K Sakrejda, C Zawitz, RA Weinstein… - The American Journal …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Highly transmissible infections with short serial intervals, such as SARS-Cov-2 and
influenza, can quickly overwhelm healthcare resources in institutional settings such as jails …