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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
2024
Optimal Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Boosting Dates Following Previous Booster Vaccination or Breakthrough Infection
Townsend J, Hassler H, Dornburg A. Optimal Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Boosting Dates Following Previous Booster Vaccination or Breakthrough Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2024, ciae559. PMID: 39589144, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBooster vaccinationBooster administrationMortality associated with infectionHealthcare provider recommendationPrevention of infectionCases of infectionBreakthrough infectionCOVID-19 booster vaccinationTiming of booster vaccinationsProvider recommendationImmune statusBarriers to uptakePrevent infectionInfectionVaccination dateVaccineInfection rateBooster vaccination campaignsOptimal timingOptimal date