Epidemiology

An Extended SIR model with Vaccine Dynamics for SARS-CoV-2 adaptation rate

1. Horvat R

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SARS-CoV-2 infection in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of standardised seroprevalence studies, from January 2020 to December 2021

1. Hannah C Lewis
2. Harriet Ware
3. Mairead Whelan
4. Lorenzo Subissi
5. Zihan Li
6. Xiaomeng Ma
7. Anthony Nardone
8. Marta Valenciano
9. Brianna Cheng
10. Kim Noel
11. Christian Cao
12. Mercedes Yanes-Lane
13. Belinda L Herring
14. Ambrose Talisuna
15. Nsenga Ngoy
16. Thierno Balde
17. David Clifton
18. Maria D Van Kerkhove
19. David Buckeridge
20. Niklas Bobrovitz
21. Joseph Okeibunor
22. Rahul K Arora
23. Isabel Bergeri

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Bayesian space-time SIR modeling of Covid-19 in two US states during the 2020–2021 pandemic

1. Andrew B. Lawson
2. Joanne Kim

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COVID-19 onset reduced the sex ratio at birth in South Africa

1. Gwinyai Masukume
2. Margaret Ryan
3. Rumbidzai Masukume
4. Dorota Zammit
5. Victor Grech
6. Witness Mapanga

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SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence in blood donors located in three different federal states, Germany, July 2020 to June 2021 – a follow-up

1. Bastian Fischer
2. Tanja Vollmer
3. Cornelius Knabbe

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Workplace infection control measures and romantic activities of workers during COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study in Japan

1. Yoshihisa Fujino
2. Makoto Okawara
3. Ayako Hino
4. Keiji Muramatsu
5. Tomohisa Nagata
6. Kazunori Ikegami
7. Seiichiro Tateishi
8. Mayumi Tsuji
9. Tomohiro Ishimaru

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Direct and indirect mortality impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March 1, 2020 to January 1, 2022

1. Wha-Eum Lee
2. Sang Woo Park
3. Daniel M Weinberger
4. Donald Olson
5. Lone Simonsen
6. Bryan T Grenfell
7. Cécile Viboud

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  Evaluation Summary:

  The authors examine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on excess mortality in the US up to April 30, 2021. The authors separate direct impacts (caused by COVID-19, coded as such or not) of the pandemic from indirect impacts (disruptions), finding that most excess deaths (90%) are due to direct impacts. Importantly, the authors find that the official COVID-19 death tally is an undercount of these deaths. Moreover, the authors also find that excess deaths due to other causes are the main driver of excess mortality among younger populations. The paper is interesting and well written, although we have some concerns, particularly around the estimation of direct vs. indirect impacts.

  (This preprint has been reviewed by eLife. We include the public reviews from the reviewers here; the authors also receive private feedback with suggested changes to the manuscript. The reviewers remained anonymous to the authors.)

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Quantifying political influence on COVID-19 fatality in Brazil

1. Leandro de Almeida
2. Pedro V. Carelli
3. Nara Gualberto Cavalcanti
4. José-Dias do Nascimento
5. Daniel Felinto

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COVID-19 in Japan, January–March 2020: insights from the first three months of the epidemic

1. Natsuko Imai
2. Katy A. M. Gaythorpe
3. Sangeeta Bhatia
4. Tara D. Mangal
5. Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg
6. H. Juliette T. Unwin
7. Elita Jauneikaite
8. Neil M. Ferguson

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Excess COVID-19-associated deaths among the unvaccinated population ≥18 years old in the United States, May 30 – December 4, 2021

1. Katherine M. Jia
2. William P. Hanage
3. Marc Lipsitch
4. David L. Swerdlow

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