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Testing for COVID-19 is Much More Effective When Performed Immediately Prior to Social Mixing
Wells CR, Gokcebel S, Pandey A, Galvani AP, Townsend JP. Testing for COVID-19 is Much More Effective When Performed Immediately Prior to Social Mixing. International Journal Of Public Health 2022, 67: 1604659. PMID: 35967267, PMCID: PMC9363582, DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSeasonality of endemic COVID-19
Townsend J, Hassler H, Lamb A, Sah P, Nishio A, Nguyen C, Tew A, Galvani A, Dornburg A. Seasonality of endemic COVID-19. MBio 2023, 14: e01426-23. PMID: 37937979, PMCID: PMC10746271, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01426-23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPublic health interventionsSARS-CoV-2Health interventionsSARS-CoV-2 infectionCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2 circulationEffective public health policiesLocal public health effortsEndemic COVID-19Public health effortsPublic healthPublic health policyLong-term dataCOVID-19 transmissionHealth effortsMedical preparednessVaccination driveHealth policyVaried interventionsEndemic diseaseSeasonal surgesInterventionInfectionEffective healthcareEndemic pathogens
2022
Quarantine and serial testing for variants of SARS-CoV-2 with benefits of vaccination and boosting on consequent control of COVID-19
Wells CR, Pandey A, Gokcebel S, Krieger G, Donoghue AM, Singer BH, Moghadas SM, Galvani AP, Townsend JP. Quarantine and serial testing for variants of SARS-CoV-2 with benefits of vaccination and boosting on consequent control of COVID-19. PNAS Nexus 2022, 1: pgac100. PMID: 35909795, PMCID: PMC9335027, DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSARS-CoV-2Serial testingSerial testing strategyHigh population immunityQuarantine durationBenefits of vaccinationSARS-CoV-2 variantsDisease time courseCOVID-19CoV-2 variantsPublic health toolVaccine boostingThird doseVaccination statusVaccination coveragePopulation immunityCoV-2Health toolsDisease control effortsInfected casesLocal transmissionInfectiousness profileVaccinationTime courseImmunity