[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 herd immunity: where are we?

A Fontanet, S Cauchemez - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Herd immunity is a key concept for epidemic control. It states that only a proportion of a
population needs to be immune (through overcoming natural infection or through …

[HTML][HTML] HCV transmission in industrialized countries and resource-constrained areas

M Thursz, A Fontanet - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2014 - nature.com
HCV is a blood-borne virus transmitted by percutaneous exposure to infected blood or blood-
derived body fluids. The main routes of transmission are blood transfusions, medical …

Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia: a case-control study

VM Cao-Lormeau, A Blake, S Mons, S Lastère… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Between October, 2013, and April, 2014, French Polynesia
experienced the largest Zika virus outbreak ever described at that time. During the same …

[HTML][HTML] Age-specific mortality and immunity patterns of SARS-CoV-2

M O'Driscoll, G Ribeiro Dos Santos, L Wang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Estimating the size of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the infection
severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is made …

[HTML][HTML] Elimination versus mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 in the presence of effective vaccines

M Oliu-Barton, BSR Pradelski, Y Algan… - The Lancet global …, 2022 - thelancet.com
There is increasing evidence that elimination strategies have resulted in better outcomes for
public health, the economy, and civil liberties than have mitigation strategies throughout the …

Estimating the burden of SARS-CoV-2 in France

H Salje, C Tran Kiem, N Lefrancq, N Courtejoie… - Science, 2020 - science.org
France has been heavily affected by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and went into lockdown on 17 March 2020. Using models applied …

Association between Zika virus and microcephaly in French Polynesia, 2013–15: a retrospective study

S Cauchemez, M Besnard, P Bompard, T Dub… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The emergence of Zika virus in the Americas has coincided with
increased reports of babies born with microcephaly. On Feb 1, 2016, WHO declared the …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 variants and ending the COVID-19 pandemic

A Fontanet, B Autran, B Lina, MP Kieny, SSA Karim… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
1 Royal College of Physicians. Advancing medical professionalism. London: Royal College
of Physicians, 2018. https://www. rcplondon. ac. uk/projects/outputs/advancing-medical …

Cross-host evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus in palm civet and human

HD Song, CC Tu, GW Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
The genomic sequences of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses from human
and palm civet of the 2003/2004 outbreak in the city of Guangzhou, China, were nearly …

Clinical features and viral diagnosis of two cases of infection with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus: a report of nosocomial transmission

B Guery, J Poissy, L El Mansouf, C Séjourné, N Ettahar… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Human infection with a novel coronavirus named Middle East Respiratory
Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was first identified in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East …