The COVID-19 pandemic showed major impacts, on societies worldwide, challenging
healthcare systems, economies, and daily life of people. Geoepidemiology, an emerging …

Investment in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) sequencing
in Africa over the past year has led to a major increase in the number of sequences that …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic can hardly end with the
emergence of different variants over time. In the past 2 years, several variants of severe …

Several SARS‐CoV‐2 variants have emerged since the pandemic, bringing about a
renewed threat to the public. Delta variant (B. 1.617. 2) was first detected in October 2020 in …

Background A few studies have assessed the epidemiological impact and the cost-
effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in settings where most of the population had been …

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) can capture and kill viruses, such as influenza viruses,
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), thus contributing …

Physical contacts do not occur randomly, rather, individuals with similar socio-demographic
and behavioral characteristics are more likely to interact among them, a phenomenon …

Using classical and genomic epidemiology, we tracked the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
over 23 months to determine the impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on its progression. SARS …

It is essential to evaluate patient outcomes at an early stage when dealing with a pandemic
to provide optimal clinical care and resource management. Many methods have been …

Since the end of 2019 the COVID-19 repeatedly surges with most countries/territories
experiencing multiple waves, and mechanism-based epidemic models played important …