The implications of silent transmission for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks
Moghadas SM, Fitzpatrick MC, Sah P, Pandey A, Shoukat A, Singer BH, Galvani AP. The implications of silent transmission for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 17513-17515. PMID: 32632012, PMCID: PMC7395516, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2008373117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSilent infectionSymptomatic casesAsymptomatic transmissionSilent transmissionPopulation-wide restrictionsRisk of resurgenceRapid contact tracingRecent individual-level dataCoronavirus disease 2019Symptom onsetAsymptomatic proportionAsymptomatic infectionDisease 2019Majority of incidencesPresymptomatic stagePresymptomatic casesInfected individualsContact tracingInfectionFuture outbreaksCOVID-19 outbreakSocial distancing measuresOne-thirdMovement restrictionsDistancing measuresProsocial polio vaccination in Israel
Wells CR, Huppert A, Fitzpatrick MC, Pandey A, Velan B, Singer BH, Bauch CT, Galvani AP. Prosocial polio vaccination in Israel. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 13138-13144. PMID: 32457142, PMCID: PMC7293608, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1922746117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral polio vaccineOPV campaignsPolio vaccineVaccination behaviorInactivated polio vaccineGreater vaccination coverageRisk of paralysisProsocial vaccinationVaccination coverageVaccine campaignPolio vaccinationVaccinationInsufficient vaccinationPoliomyelitis eradicationSurveillance programVaccineSporadic outbreaksIsrael MinistryPrimary objectiveProsocial natureParalysisDiseasePolio