Covid-19: Open-data resources for monitoring, modeling, and forecasting the epidemic

T Alamo, DG Reina, M Mammarella, A Abella - Electronics, 2020 - mdpi.com
We provide an insight into the open-data resources pertinent to the study of the spread of the
Covid-19 pandemic and its control. We identify the variables required to analyze …

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 omicron lineages BA. 4 and BA. 5 in South Africa

H Tegally, M Moir, J Everatt, M Giovanetti… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Three lineages (BA. 1, BA. 2 and BA. 3) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of concern predominantly drove South Africa's …

Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa

R Viana, S Moyo, DG Amoako, H Tegally, C Scheepers… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in southern Africa has been characterized by three distinct
waves. The first was associated with a mix of SARS-CoV-2 lineages, while the second and …

Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa

H Tegally, E Wilkinson, M Giovanetti, A Iranzadeh… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Continued uncontrolled transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in many parts of the world is creating
conditions for substantial evolutionary changes to the virus,. Here we describe a newly …

Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa

H Tegally, E Wilkinson, M Giovanetti, A Iranzadeh… - medrxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Continued uncontrolled transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-related
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in many parts of the world is creating the conditions for …

Sixteen novel lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa

H Tegally, E Wilkinson, RJ Lessells, J Giandhari… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The first severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in South
Africa was identified on 5 March 2020, and by 26 March the country was in full lockdown …

Continued emergence and evolution of Omicron in South Africa: New BA. 4 and BA. 5 lineages

H Tegally, M Moir, J Everatt, M Giovanetti, C Scheepers… - MedRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
South Africa's fourth COVID-19 wave was driven predominantly by three lineages (BA. 1, BA.
2 and BA. 3) of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern. We have now identified two …

COVID-19 endgame: From pandemic to endemic? Vaccination, reopening and evolution in low-and high-vaccinated populations

EB Are, Y Song, JE Stockdale, P Tupper… - Journal of Theoretical …, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 remains a major public health concern, with large resurgences even where there
has been widespread uptake of vaccines. Waning immunity and the emergence of new …

[HTML][HTML] Early transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa: An epidemiological and phylogenetic report

J Giandhari, S Pillay, E Wilkinson, H Tegally… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives The Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA) was
formed to investigate the introduction and understand the early transmission dynamics of the …

Rapid replacement of the Beta variant by the Delta variant in South Africa

H Tegally, E Wilkinson, CL Althaus, M Giovanetti… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
The Beta variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
emerged in South Africa in late 2020 and rapidly became the dominant variant, causing over …