The challenges of containing SARS-CoV-2 via test-trace-and-isolate

S Contreras, J Dehning, M Loidolt, J Zierenberg… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Without a cure, vaccine, or proven long-term immunity against SARS-CoV-2, test-trace-and-
isolate (TTI) strategies present a promising tool to contain its spread. For any TTI strategy …

Combating the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of the first wave from Nepal

BB Basnet, K Bishwakarma, RR Pant… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Unprecedented and unforeseen highly infectious Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
has become a significant public health concern for most of the countries worldwide …

The role of machine learning in health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and in long COVID management

L Sarmiento Varón, J González-Puelma… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is arguably one of the most challenging health crises in
modern times. The development of effective strategies to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 …

Utilizing IoT to design a relief supply chain network for the SARS-COV-2 pandemic

A Zahedi, A Salehi-Amiri, NR Smith… - Applied Soft …, 2021 - Elsevier
The current universally challenging SARS-COV-2 pandemic has transcended all the social,
logical, economic, and mortal boundaries regarding global operations. Although myriad …

Simple methods for early warnings of COVID-19 surges: Lessons learned from 21 months of wastewater and clinical data collection in Detroit, Michigan, United States

L Zhao, Y Zou, RE David, S Withington… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has drawn great attention since the Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, not only due to its capability to circumvent the …

Predicting the dynamical behavior of COVID-19 epidemic and the effect of control strategies

MQ Shakhany, K Salimifard - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper uses transformed subsystem of ordinary differential equation seirs model, with
vital dynamics of birth and death rates, and temporary immunity (of infectious individuals or …

Real-Time Estimation of Rt for Supporting Public-Health Policies Against COVID-19

S Contreras, HA Villavicencio, D Medina-Ortiz… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the absence of a consensus protocol to slow down the spread of SARS-CoV-2,
policymakers need real-time indicators to support decisions in public health matters. The …

Early mutational signatures and transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 Gamma and Lambda variants in Chile

KY Oróstica, SB Mohr, J Dehning, S Bauer… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Genomic surveillance (GS) programmes were crucial in identifying and quantifying the
mutating patterns of SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this work, we develop …

A non-homogeneous Markov early epidemic growth dynamics model. Application to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

NR Barraza, G Pena, V Moreno - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2020 - Elsevier
This work introduces a new markovian stochastic model that can be described as a non-
homogeneous Pure Birth process. We propose a functional form of birth rate that depends …

On the heterogeneous spread of COVID-19 in Chile

D Freire-Flores, N Llanovarced-Kawles… - Chaos, Solitons & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have played a crucial role in controlling the spread
of COVID-19. Nevertheless, NPI efficacy varies enormously between and within countries …