[HTML][HTML] Rapid review of social contact patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic

CY Liu, J Berlin, MC Kiti, E Del Fava, A Grow… - …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Physical distancing measures aim to reduce person-to-person contact, a key
driver of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission. In …

Age groups that sustain resurging COVID-19 epidemics in the United States

M Monod, A Blenkinsop, X Xi, D Hebert, S Bershan… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION After initial declines, in mid-2020, a sustained resurgence in the
transmission of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) occurred in the United States …

The impact of COVID-19 control measures on social contacts and transmission in Kenyan informal settlements

M Quaife, K Van Zandvoort, A Gimma, K Shah… - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Many low-and middle-income countries have implemented control measures
against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, it is not clear to what extent these …

CoMix: comparing mixing patterns in the Belgian population during and after lockdown

P Coletti, J Wambua, A Gimma, L Willem… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how a newly emergent communicable disease can lay
considerable burden on public health. To avoid system collapse, governments have …

The impact of relaxing interventions on human contact patterns and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in China

J Zhang, M Litvinova, Y Liang, W Zheng, H Shi… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Nonpharmaceutical interventions to control SARS-CoV-2 spread have been implemented
with different intensity, timing, and impact on transmission. As a result, post-lockdown COVID …

Differential impact of physical distancing strategies on social contacts relevant for the spread of SARS-CoV-2: evidence from a cross-national online survey, March …

E Del Fava, J Cimentada, D Perrotta, A Grow… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives We investigate changes in social contact patterns following the gradual
introduction of non-pharmaceutical interventions and their implications for infection …

The effect of school closures and reopening strategies on COVID-19 infection dynamics in the San Francisco Bay Area: a cross-sectional survey and modeling …

JR Head, KL Andrejko, Q Cheng, PA Collender… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background Large-scale school closures have been implemented worldwide to curb the
spread of COVID-19. However, the impact of school closures and re-opening on epidemic …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of stay-at-home order and face-masking recommendation with trends in daily new cases and deaths of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in the …

J Xu, S Hussain, G Lu, K Zheng, S Wei… - … and hypothesis in …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods In this quasi-experimental interrupted time-series study, we modeled temporal
trends in daily new cases and deaths of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases, and COVID …

Impact of the Covid-19 epidemic and related social distancing regulations on social contact and SARS-CoV-2 transmission potential in rural South Africa: analysis of …

N McCreesh, V Dlamini, A Edwards, S Olivier… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background South Africa implemented rapid and strict physical distancing
regulations to minimize SARS-CoV-2 epidemic spread. Evidence on the impact of such …

Longitudinal social contacts among school-aged children during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Bay Area Contacts among Kids (BACK) study

KL Andrejko, JR Head, JA Lewnard… - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The San Francisco Bay Area was the first region in the United States to
enact school closures to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 transmission. The effects of closures on …