Background: The vaccinated travel lane (VTL) between Malaysia and Singapore was implemented to facilitate travelling between countries without the need for quarantine. Objectives: i) Observe the rate of positive SARS-CoV-2 test results amongst inbound international travellers; ii)...
coronaviruses, it is now apparent that SARS-CoV-2 spread is not impeded by warm weather despite an early study suggesting distribution of COVID-19 outbreaks along restricted latitudes, temperatures, and humidity (Sajadi et al., 2020); increased international travel by air or cruise-ship may ...
The emergence of the B.1.526 variant occurred while the pre-existing B.1.17 strain was dominant in New York, USA. Genomic surveillance revealed that the growth rate of B.1.526, particularly B.1.526-E484K, increased to 50%, while the frequency of other variants declined simultaneously. Moreover...
The high rate of SARS-CoV-2 evolution in white-tailed deer observed in our study could be a feature of a high rate of transmission in an immunologically naïve host with weakened purifying selection, similar to the early phase of SARS-CoV-2 evolution in humans. To test this hypothesis, w...
Household Secondary Attack Rate Comparison With Other Viruses eTable 8. Weights for Combined Estimate of Secondary Attack Rates of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) for Household Contacts and Family Contacts eAppendix 1. Eligibility Criteria eAppendix 2. Data Extraction e...
COVID-19 outbreak in Islamabad resulting from a travel-associated primary case: a case series. Glob Biosecur. 2021;3(1).Google Scholar 46. Watanapokasin N, Siripongboonsitti T, Ungtrakul T, et al. Transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants as a secondary attack in Thai ...
There is also a significant risk for unvaccinated children once public health restrictions are eased and international travel restarts. This includes children travelling overseas with families, for educational placements, as well as local susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 community transmission. Recently, as ...
but student surveys revealed that 60% of undergraduates planned to return to Champaign-Urbana after the Thanksgiving break. We expected an increase in cases stemming from travel and holiday gatherings, and we were concerned about social activities during the cold month of December. Thus, all underg...
In this context it's important to mention two of Taleb's prophetic statements in his 2007 book: “As we travel more on this planet, epidemics will be more acute; we will have a germ population dominated by a few numbers, and the successful killer will spread vastly most effectively”, ...
A SARS-CoV2 super-spreading event occurred during carnival in a small town in Germany. Due to the rapidly imposed lockdown and its relatively closed community, this town was seen as an ideal model to investigate the infection fatality rate (IFR). Here, a