Epidemiology

The Failures of an Ideal COVID-19 Vaccine: A Simulation Study

1. Robert J. Kosinski

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Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 against SARS-CoV-2 household transmission: a prospective cohort study in England

1. Samuel Clifford
2. Pauline Waight
3. Jada Hackman
4. Stephane Hué
5. Charlotte M Gower
6. Freja CM Kirsebom
7. Catriona Skarnes
8. Louise Letley
9. Jamie Lopez Bernal
10. Nick Andrews
11. Stefan Flasche
12. Elizabeth Miller

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Simulating the impact of vaccination rates on the initial stages of a COVID-19 outbreak in New Zealand (Aotearoa) with a stochastic model

1. Leighton M. Watson

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Development and Performance verification of colloidal gold labeled SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection method for routine popular screening of COVID-19 with clinical samples in Poland and China

1. Chuanxiang Guo
2. Li Yao
3. Fengling Chen
4. Chao Zhang
5. Wei Chen

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Tracking SARS-CoV-2 Variants Using a Rapid Typification Strategy: A Key Tool for Early Detection and Spread Investigation of Omicron in Argentina

1. Gonzalo M. Castro
2. Paola Sicilia
3. María Laura Bolzon
4. Laura Lopez
5. María Gabriela Barbás
6. María Belén Pisano
7. Viviana E. Ré

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Evaluation of a novel direct capture method for virus concentration n wastewater from COVID-19 infectious ward and correlation analysis with the number of inpatients

1. Manami Inaba
2. Ryohei Nakao
3. Fumiko Imamura
4. Yutaka Nakashima
5. Seiji Miyazono
6. Yoshihisa Akamatsu

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A prospective study of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection among individuals involved in academic research under limited operations during the COVID-19 pandemic

1. Audrey Pettifor
2. Bethany L. DiPrete
3. Bonnie E. Shook-Sa
4. Lakshmanane Premkumar
5. Kriste Kuczynski
6. Dirk Dittmer
7. Allison Aiello
8. Shannon Wallet
9. Robert Maile
10. Joyce Tan
11. Ramesh Jadi
12. Linda Pluta
13. Aravinda M. de Silva
14. David J. Weber
15. Min Kim
16. Arlene C. Seña
17. Corbin D. Jones

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Estimating COVID-19-induced excess mortality in Lombardy, Italy

1. Antonello Maruotti
2. Giovanna Jona-Lasinio
3. Fabio Divino
4. Gianfranco Lovison
5. Massimo Ciccozzi
6. Alessio Farcomeni

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Transmission potential of vaccinated and unvaccinated persons infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in a federal prison, July—August 2021

1. Phillip P. Salvatore
2. Christine C. Lee
3. Sadia Sleweon
4. David W. McCormick
5. Lavinia Nicolae
6. Kristen Knipe
7. Tom Dixon
8. Robert Banta
9. Isaac Ogle
10. Cristen Young
11. Charles Dusseau
12. Shawn Salmonson
13. Charles Ogden
14. Eric Godwin
15. TeCora Ballom
16. Tara Rhodes
17. Nhien Tran Wynn
18. Ebenezer David
19. Theresa K. Bessey
20. Gimin Kim
21. Suganthi Suppiah
22. Azaibi Tamin
23. Jennifer L. Harcourt
24. Mili Sheth
25. Luis Lowe
26. Hannah Browne
27. Jacqueline E. Tate
28. Hannah L. Kirking
29. Liesl M. Hagan

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The unmitigated profile of COVID-19 infectiousness

1. Ron Sender
2. Yinon Bar-On
3. Sang Woo Park
4. Elad Noor
5. Jonathan Dushoff
6. Ron Milo

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  Evaluation Summary:

  A pathogen's generation interval directly affects estimates of its transmissibility (R), and the period of self-isolation or quarantine needed to prevent transmission. This study shows that the unmitigated generation interval of the original variant of SARS-CoV-2 is several days longer than previously estimated and that interventions have substantially decreased the effective generation interval. These findings improve our ability to model counterfactual intervention-free scenarios. Overall technically sound analyses support the conclusions, and extensive sensitivity analyses show that the findings are robust. However, sampling or ascertainment bias in this relatively small pre-intervention dataset or biased inputs could affect the accuracy of the reported estimates.

  (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. Reviewer #3 agreed to share their name with the authors.)

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