Epidemiology

Using genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 to support contact tracing and public health surveillance in rural Humboldt County, California

1. Gunnar Stoddard
2. Allison Black
3. Patrick Ayscue
4. Dan Lu
5. Jack Kamm
6. Karan Bhatt
7. Lienna Chan
8. Amy L Kistler
9. Joshua Batson
10. Angela Detweiler
11. Michelle Tan
12. Norma Neff
13. Joseph L DeRisi
14. Jeremy Corrigan

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Modeling the Transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant in a Partially Vaccinated Population

1. Ugo Avila-Ponce de León
2. Eric Avila-Vales
3. Kuan-lin Huang

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Contact surveys reveal heterogeneities in age-group contributions to SARS-CoV-2 dynamics in the United States

1. Taylor Chin
2. Dennis M. Feehan
3. Caroline O. Buckee
4. Ayesha S. Mahmud

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A Novel Penalized Inverse-Variance Weighted Estimator for Mendelian Randomization with Applications to COVID-19 Outcomes

1. Siqi Xu
2. Peng Wang
3. Wing Kam Fung
4. Zhonghua Liu

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Impact of vaccine hesitancy on secondary COVID-19 outbreaks in the US: an age-structured SIR model

1. Alfonso de Miguel-Arribas
2. Alberto Aleta
3. Yamir Moreno

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SARS-CoV-2 vaccines breakthrough infection hospitalizations after one dose in Libya: cohort study

1. Mohamed Hadi Mohamed Abdelhamid
2. Iman A. Almsellati
3. Badereddin B Annajar
4. Alaa .H Abdelhamid
5. Hafsa .A Alemam
6. Mohammed Etikar

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Exposure to landscape fire smoke reduced birthweight in low- and middle-income countries: findings from a siblings-matched case-control study

1. Jiajianghui Li
2. Tianjia Guan
3. Qian Guo
4. Guannan Geng
5. Huiyu Wang
6. Fuyu Guo
7. Jiwei Li
8. Tao Xue

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This paper reports the results of an analysis of the association between maternal exposure to landscape fire smoke during pregnancy and low birthweight of the offspring. Given the increasing number, intensity, and duration of landscape fires across the globe as well as the impact of low birthweight on public health, the manuscript will be of interest to both scientists and policymakers. The size of the study population drawn from 54 low and middle-income countries makes the paper an important contribution to the literature on the adverse health effects of biomass fire smoke.

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

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Absence of Excess Mortality in a Highly Vaccinated Population During the Initial Covid-19 Delta Period

1. Jeremy Samuel Faust
2. Chengan Du
3. Katherine Dickerson Mayes
4. Benjamin Renton
5. Shu-Xia Li
6. Zhenqiu Lin
7. Harlan M. Krumholz

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The Delta Variant Had Negligible Impact on COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in the USA

1. Ben Blaiszik
2. Carlo Graziani
3. James L. Olds
4. Ian Foster

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Two doses of the mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine reduce severe outcomes, viral load and secondary attack rate: evidence from a SARS-CoV-2 Alpha outbreak in a nursing home in Germany, January-March 2021

1. Emily Dorothee Meyer
2. Mirco Sandfort
3. Jennifer Bender
4. Dorothea Matysiak-Klose
5. Achim Dörre
6. Gerhard Bojara
7. Konrad Beyrer
8. Wiebke Hellenbrand

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