2022
Modeling pandemic to endemic patterns of SARS-CoV-2 transmission using parameters estimated from animal model data
Mullin S, Vander Wyk B, Asher JL, Compton SR, Allore HG, Zeiss CJ. Modeling pandemic to endemic patterns of SARS-CoV-2 transmission using parameters estimated from animal model data. PNAS Nexus 2022, 1: pgac096. PMID: 35799833, PMCID: PMC9254158, DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSARS-CoV-2 transmissionNatural infectionDuration of immunitySARS-CoV-2 pandemicAnimal model dataEndemic stateHeterologous vaccinationMedian timeCoronaviral diseaseDeterministic compartmental modelNatural immunityLow prevalenceCoronaviral infectionVaccinationViral transmissionInfectionTransmissible variantsImmunityEndemic patternReinfection dataNatural exposureReinfectionEndemic stabilityVariable durationAnimals
2021
Modeling SARS-CoV-2 propagation using rat coronavirus-associated shedding and transmission
Zeiss CJ, Asher JL, Wyk B, Allore HG, Compton SR. Modeling SARS-CoV-2 propagation using rat coronavirus-associated shedding and transmission. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0260038. PMID: 34813610, PMCID: PMC8610237, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral sheddingSialodacryoadenitis virusSARS-CoV-2Prior natural infectionSARS-CoV-2 propagationSeropositive animalsLow-level sheddingNaive recipient ratsCOVID-19Cycle threshold valuesDirect contact exposureSeroconversion ratesReinfected animalsRecipient ratsImmune protectionHigh riskNaive animalsSusceptible individualsInitial infectionGlobal immunityExposure paradigmRat coronavirusNatural infectionInfectionRats