2022
Meta-analysis of nationwide SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rates in India
Zimmermann L, Mukherjee B. Meta-analysis of nationwide SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rates in India. PLOS Global Public Health 2022, 2: e0000897. PMID: 36962545, PMCID: PMC10021252, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000897.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMortality dataExcess deathsTotal deathUnderreporting of deathsMeta-analysisGlobal Index MedicusSARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rateFatality rateInfection fatality rateUnderserved populationsSearch of databases PubMedMeta-analysis frameworkAscertainment rateSystematic reviewPooled estimatesDatabases PubMedPRISMA guidelinesConfidence intervalsAt-riskMeta-analyzedIndex MedicusDeath studiesCOVID mortalityUnderreportingDemographic groups
2021
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Fatality Rates in India: Systematic Review, Meta-analysis and Model-based Estimation
Zimmermann L, Bhattacharya S, Purkayastha S, Kundu R, Bhaduri R, Ghosh P, Mukherjee B. SARS-CoV-2 Infection Fatality Rates in India: Systematic Review, Meta-analysis and Model-based Estimation. Studies In Microeconomics 2021, 9: 137-179. DOI: 10.1177/23210222211054324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStudy end dateExcess deathsMeta-analysisCase fatality rateState-specific estimatesGlobal Index MedicusEnd dateFatality rateSARS-CoV-2-related deathInfection fatality rateSARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rateRandom-effects modelDeath dataDeath reportingExcess death estimatesImprove death reportingNationwide estimatesSystematic reviewDatabases PubMedPRISMA guidelinesWave 2DerSimonian-Laird estimatorSystematic searchWave 1Model-based estimatesEstimating the wave 1 and wave 2 infection fatality rates from SARS-CoV-2 in India
Purkayastha S, Kundu R, Bhaduri R, Barker D, Kleinsasser M, Ray D, Mukherjee B. Estimating the wave 1 and wave 2 infection fatality rates from SARS-CoV-2 in India. BMC Research Notes 2021, 14: 262. PMID: 34238344, PMCID: PMC8264482, DOI: 10.1186/s13104-021-05652-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFatality rate
2020
Comprehensive public health evaluation of lockdown as a non-pharmaceutical intervention on COVID-19 spread in India: national trends masking state-level variations
Salvatore M, Basu D, Ray D, Kleinsasser M, Purkayastha S, Bhattacharyya R, Mukherjee B. Comprehensive public health evaluation of lockdown as a non-pharmaceutical intervention on COVID-19 spread in India: national trends masking state-level variations. BMJ Open 2020, 10: e041778. PMID: 33303462, PMCID: PMC7733201, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffective public health interventionsPublic health interventionsPublic health evaluationPublic health metricsAverage daily numberHealth interventionsState-level trendsHealth metricsTest positivity rateCohort studyCase fatality rateHealth evaluationNational trendsCOVID-19Holistic assessmentDaily numberConfirmed COVID-19 casesCOVID-19 pandemicNational patternsNational lockdownInterventionCOVID-19 outbreakFatality rateCase countsState-wise variations