Public and Global Health

Estimation of Serial Interval and Reproduction Number to Quantify the Transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in South Korea

1. Dasom Kim
2. Sheikh Taslim Ali
3. Sungchan Kim
4. Jisoo Jo
5. Jun-Sik Lim
6. Sunmi Lee
7. Sukhyun Ryu

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Persistent symptoms among children and adolescents with and without anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: a population-based serological study in Geneva, Switzerland

1. Roxane Dumont
2. Mayssam Nehme
3. Elsa Lorthe
4. Carlos de Mestral
5. Viviane Richard
6. Hélène Baysson
7. Francesco Pennacchio
8. Julien Lamour
9. Claire Semaani
10. María-Eugenia Zaballa
11. Nick Pullen
12. Anne Perrin
13. Arnaud G. L’Huillier
14. Klara M. Posfay-Barbe
15. Idris Guessous
16. Silvia Stringhini

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Exploration of attitudes regarding uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among vaccine hesitant adults in the UK: a qualitative analysis

1. Sarah Denford
2. Fiona Mowbray
3. Lauren Towler
4. Helena Wehling
5. Gemma Lasseter
6. Richard Amlôt
7. Isabel Oliver
8. Lucy Yardley
9. Matthew Hickman

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A systematic review of observational methods used to quantify personal protective behaviours among members of the public during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the concordance between observational and self-report measures in infectious disease health protection

1. Rachel Davies
2. Fiona Mowbray
3. Alex F. Martin
4. Louise E. Smith
5. G. James Rubin

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Spatiotemporal patterns and progression of the Delta variant of COVID-19 and their health intervention linkages in Southeast Asia

1. Luo Wei
2. Liu Zhaoyin
3. Zhou Yuxuan
4. Zhao Yumin
5. Li Yunyue Elita
6. Arif Masrur
7. Manzhu Yu

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Field evaluation of Rapid SARS-Cov2 Antigen screening test on self-collected deep throat saliva samples in Malaysia

1. Noorliza Mohamad Noordin
2. Steven Chee Loon Lim
3. Zhuo-zhi Lim
4. Teck-Onn Lim

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Safety evaluation of the single-dose Ad26.COV2.S vaccine among healthcare workers in the Sisonke study in South Africa: A phase 3b implementation trial

1. Simbarashe Takuva
2. Azwidhwi Takalani
3. Ishen Seocharan
4. Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma
5. Tarylee Reddy
6. Imke Engelbrecht
7. Mark Faesen
8. Kentse Khuto
9. Carmen Whyte
10. Veronique Bailey
11. Valentina Trivella
12. Jonathan Peter
13. Jessica Opie
14. Vernon Louw
15. Pradeep Rowji
16. Barry Jacobson
17. Pamela Groenewald
18. Rob E. Dorrington
19. Ria Laubscher
20. Debbie Bradshaw
21. Harry Moultrie
22. Lara Fairall
23. Ian Sanne
24. Linda Gail-Bekker
25. Glenda Gray
26. Ameena Goga
27. Nigel Garrett
28. Sisonke study team

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COVID-19 pandemic dynamics in South Africa and epidemiological characteristics of three variants of concern (Beta, Delta, and Omicron)

1. Wan Yang
2. Jeffrey L Shaman

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This paper presents a modeling framework that can be used to track the complex behavioral and immunological landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic over multiple surges and variants in South Africa, which has been validated previously for other regions and time periods. This work may be useful for infectious disease modelers, epidemiologists, and public health officials as they navigate the next phase of the pandemic or seek to understand the history of the epidemic in South Africa.

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

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Serum miRNA-based signature indicates radiation exposure and dose in humans: A multicenter diagnostic biomarker study

1. Zuzanna Nowicka
2. Bartłomiej Tomasik
3. David Kozono
4. Konrad Stawiski
5. Thomas Johnson
6. Daphne Haas-Kogan
7. Marek Ussowicz
8. Dipanjan Chowdhury
9. Wojciech Fendler

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  Evaluation Summary:

  Nowicka et al., evaluated radiation dose and time dependent changes in the levels of selected serum miRNAs in human patients who received partial or complete myeloablative total body irradiation (TBI) and propose a panel of circulating miRNAs as potential radiation biodoismeters. The team employed next generation sequencing approach for discovery (or rediscovery) and quantification of selected responders by qRT-PCR using non-responsive miRNAs purified from exosomes in serum for evaluation of relative changes. Excellent bioinformatics and bio statistical methods are employed. However, critical biomarkers they propose as radiation biodosimeters have already been identified and published earlier. There is little novelty here and the translational significance of the study is moderate.

  (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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Predictors of uncertainty and unwillingness to receive the COVID-19 booster vaccine: An observational study of 22,139 fully vaccinated adults in the UK

1. Elise Paul
2. Daisy Fancourt

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