Shang, Chenjing Yang, Yang Chen, Gui-Ying Shang, Xiao-Dong
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Epidemiology and Infection
Epidemic forecasting provides an opportunity to predict geographic disease spread and counts when an outbreak occurs and plays a key role in preventing or controlling their adverse impact. However, conventional prediction models based on complex mathematical modelling rely on the estimation of model parameters, which yields unreliable and unsustain...
Ai, Jing Shi, Naiyang Shi, Yingying Xu, Ke Dai, Qigang Liu, Wendong Chen, Liling Wang, Junjun Gao, Qiang Ji, Hong
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Epidemiology and Infection
To understand the characteristics and influencing factors related to cluster infections in Jiangsu Province, China, we investigated case reports to explore transmission dynamics and influencing factors of scales of cluster infection. The effectiveness of interventions was assessed by changes in the time-dependent reproductive number ( R t ). From 2...
Bailie, C. R. Franklin, L. Nicholson, S. Mordant, F. Alpren, C. Stewart, T. Barnes, C. Fox, A. Druce, J. Subbarao, K.
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Epidemiology and Infection
Much of our current understanding about novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) comes from hospitalised patients. However, the spectrum of mild and subclinical disease has implications for population-level screening and control. Forty-nine participants were recruited from a group of 99 adults repatriated from a cruise ship with a high incidence o...
Weibelzahl, S. Reiter, J. Duden, G.
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Epidemiology and Infection
Healthcare staff have been at the centre of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, facing diverse work-related stressors. Building upon studies from various countries, we aimed to investigate (1) the prevalence of various work-related stressors among healthcare professionals in Germany specific to the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) the psychological effe...
George, Carolin Elizabeth Inbaraj, Leeberk Raja Chandrasingh, Sindhulina de Witte, L. P.
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Epidemiology and Infection
People living in urban slums or informal settlements are among the most vulnerable communities, highly susceptible to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and vulnerable to the consequences of the measures taken to control the spread of the virus. Fear and stigma related to infection, mistrust between officials and the population, the ofte...
Singh, R. K. Sanayaima Malik, Md. Zubbair Singh, R. K. Brojen
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Epidemiology and Infection
One of the main concerns about the fast spreading coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic is how to intervene. We analysed severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolates data using the multifractal approach and found a rich in viral genome diversity, which could be one of the root causes of the fast Covid-19 pandemic and...
Pranata, Raymond Lim, Michael Anthonius Yonas, Emir Huang, Ian Nasution, Sally Aman Setiati, Siti Alwi, Idrus Kuswardhani, Raden Ayu Tuty
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Epidemiology and Infection
This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate thrombocytopenia as a prognostic biomarker in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We performed a systematic literature search using PubMed, Embase and EuropePMC. The main outcome was composite poor outcome, a composite of mortality, severity, need for intensive care unit care...
Pett, J. McAleavey, P. McGurnaghan, P. Spiers, R. O'Doherty, M. Patterson, L. Johnston, J.
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Epidemiology and Infection
This paper describes the epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Northern Ireland (NI) between 26 February 2020 and 26 April 2020, and analyses enhanced surveillance and contact tracing data collected between 26 February 2020 and 13 March 2020 to estimate secondary attack rates (SAR) and relative risk of infection among different cat...
Chow, W.K. Chow, C.L.
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Epidemiology and Infection
Zavascki, Alexandre P.
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Epidemiology and Infection
