[PDF][PDF] The reproductive number of COVID-19 is higher compared to SARS coronavirus

Y Liu, AA Gayle, A Wilder-Smith… - Journal of travel …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
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[HTML][HTML] Protective effectiveness of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and hybrid immunity against the omicron variant and severe disease: a systematic review and meta …

N Bobrovitz, H Ware, X Ma, Z Li, R Hosseini… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The global surge in the omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant has resulted in many
individuals with hybrid immunity (immunity developed through a combination of SARS-CoV …

Epidemiology of dengue: past, present and future prospects

NEA Murray, MB Quam, A Wilder-Smith - Clinical epidemiology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Dengue is currently regarded globally as the most important mosquito-borne viral disease. A
history of symptoms compatible with dengue can be traced back to the Chin Dynasty of 265 …

Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment: pivotal role for old-style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak

A Wilder-Smith, DO Freedman - Journal of travel medicine, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Public health measures were decisive in controlling the SARS epidemic in 2003. Isolation is
the separation of ill persons from non-infected persons. Quarantine is movement restriction …

Can we contain the COVID-19 outbreak with the same measures as for SARS?

A Wilder-Smith, CJ Chiew, VJ Lee - The lancet infectious diseases, 2020 - thelancet.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003 resulted in more than 8000
cases and 800 deaths. SARS was eventually contained by means of syndromic surveillance …

The pandemic of social media panic travels faster than the COVID-19 outbreak

A Depoux, S Martin, E Karafillakis, R Preet… - Journal of travel …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We need to rapidly detect and respond to public rumours, perceptions, attitudes and
behaviours around COVID-19 and control measures. The creation of an interactive platform …

[HTML][HTML] Duration of effectiveness of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease: results of a systematic review and meta-regression

DR Feikin, MM Higdon, LJ Abu-Raddad, N Andrews… - The lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Knowing whether COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness wanes is crucial for
informing vaccine policy, such as the need for and timing of booster doses. We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Only strict quarantine measures can curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Italy, 2020

H Sjödin, A Wilder-Smith, S Osman, Z Farooq… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
Several Italian towns are under lockdown to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. The level of
transmission reduction required for physical distancing interventions to mitigate the …

COVID-19 outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship: estimating the epidemic potential and effectiveness of public health countermeasures

J Rocklöv, H Sjödin, A Wilder-Smith - Journal of travel medicine, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Cruise ships carry a large number of people in confined spaces with relative
homogeneous mixing. On 3 February, 2020, an outbreak of COVID-19 on cruise ship …

Dengue in travelers

A Wilder-Smith, E Schwartz - New England journal of medicine, 2005 - Mass Medical Soc
Dengue infection may be the most common infection other than malaria among travelers to
tropical areas. This flavivirus infection is transmitted by mosquitoes. Although it often is …