2022
Quarantine and testing strategies to ameliorate transmission due to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic: a modelling study
Wells CR, Pandey A, Fitzpatrick MC, Crystal WS, Singer BH, Moghadas SM, Galvani AP, Townsend JP. Quarantine and testing strategies to ameliorate transmission due to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic: a modelling study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2022, 14: 100304. PMID: 35036981, PMCID: PMC8743228, DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchShorter quarantineContacts of casesQuarantine durationCOVID-19 infectionLarge socioeconomic burdenCOVID-19 pandemicRisk stratificationSocioeconomic burdenInfection rateRT-PCRThree daysCanadian InstitutePandemic diseaseNational InstituteHealth researchLonger quarantineEpidemic situationTesting strategies
2021
Comparative cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies in the USA: a modelling study
Du Z, Pandey A, Bai Y, Fitzpatrick MC, Chinazzi M, Pastore Y Piontti A, Lachmann M, Vespignani A, Cowling BJ, Galvani AP, Meyers LA. Comparative cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies in the USA: a modelling study. The Lancet Public Health 2021, 6: e184-e191. PMID: 33549196, PMCID: PMC7862022, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00002-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow transmission scenarioSARS-CoV-2 testing programSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2SARS-CoV-2 transmissionSymptom-based testingSyndrome coronavirus 2Viral load dynamicsYLL avertedSARS-CoV-2 testing strategyTesting strategiesPositive test resultsCOVID-19 pandemicYears of lifeIsolation periodCoronavirus 2US National InstitutesViral testingPhysical distancing measuresEfficacious vaccineUS CentersAntiviral drugsIsolation durationEffective reproduction number