Browsing Technical documents and research evidence on COVID-19 by Title
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Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis
(2020-03-30)Background: In the face of rapidly changing data, a range of case fatality ratio estimates for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been produced that differ substantially in magnitude. We aimed to provide robust ... -
Estimating clinical severity of COVID-19 from the transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China
(2020-03-19)As of 29 February 2020 there were 79,394 confirmed cases and 2,838 deaths from COVID-19 in mainland China. Of these, 48,557 cases and 2,169 deaths occurred in the epicenter, Wuhan. A key public health priority during the ... -
Estimating Contraceptive Needs and Increasing Access to Contraception in Response to the Zika Virus Disease Outbreak - Puerto Rico, 2016
(2016-06)Zika virus is a flavivirus transmitted primarily by Aedes species mosquitoes. Increasing evidence links Zika virus infection during pregnancy to adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, including pregnancy loss, intrauterine ... -
Estimating COVID-19 Prevalence in the United States: A Sample Selection Model Approach
(2020-04-30)Background: Public health efforts to determine population infection rates from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been hampered by limitations in testing capabilities and the large shares of mild and asymptomatic ... -
Estimating Excess Deaths in the United States Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2020-05-15)Background: Accurate mortality data may improve public compliance with non-pharmaceutical interventions and identify vulnerable communities in need of resources. Methods: We estimated excess all-cause, pneumonia, and ... -
Estimating risks of importation and local transmission of Zika virus infection
(2016-06)Background. An international spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has attracted global attention. ZIKV is conveyed by a mosquito vector, Aedes species, which also acts as the vector species of dengue and chikungunya ... -
Estimating SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and epidemiological parameters with uncertainty from serological surveys
(2020-06-22)Establishing how many people have already been infected by SARS-CoV-2 is an urgent priority for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. Patchy virological testing has hampered interpretation of confirmed case counts, and unknown ... -
Estimating the asymptomatic proportion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, Yokohama, Japan, 2020
(2020-03-12)On 5 February 2020, in Yokohama, Japan, a cruise ship hosting 3,711 people underwent a 2-week quarantine after a former passenger was found with COVID-19 post-disembarking. As at 20 February, 634 persons on board tested ... -
Estimating the burden of SARS-CoV-2 in France
(2020-05-13)France has been heavily affected by the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic and went into lockdown on the 17th March 2020. Using models applied to hospital and death data, we estimate the impact of the lockdown and current population ... -
Estimating the burden of United States workers exposed to infection or disease: A key factor in containing risk of COVID-19 infection
(2020-04-28)Introduction: With the global spread of COVID-19, there is a compelling public health interest in quantifying who is at increased risk of contracting disease. Occupational characteristics, such as interfacing with the ... -
Estimation Of State Variables And Model Parameters For The Evolution Of COVID-19 In The City Of Rio de Janeiro
(2020-05-23)Evolution model is based on that used by Hernandez et al., which considers the following groups: Susceptible, Incubating, Asymptomatic, Symptomatic, Hospitalized, Recovered and Accumulated deaths. Evolution model considers ... -
Ethical guidance for disaster response
(2020-04-07)Citation: Leider JP, DeBruin D, Reynolds N, Koch A, Seaberg J. Ethical Guidance for Disaster Response, Specifically Around Crisis Standards of Care: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Public Health 2017; 107: e1–e9 What ... -
Ethics guidance on key issues raised by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, 16 March 2020
(2020-03-18)Health authorities are tasked with protecting the health of the population and responding to public health emergencies. An adequate health response to public health emergencies, such as the current WHO-declared COVID-19 ... -
The ethics of COVID-19 treatment studies: too many are open, too few are double-masked
(2020-06-30)A WHO panel, convened during the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic, assessed the ethical implications of using medicines that have shown promising results in the laboratory and in animal models, but before they have been evaluated ... -
Evaluating reduction in CoViD-19 cases by isolation and protective measures in São Paulo State, Brazil, and scenarios of release
(2020-06-04)São Paulo State registered the first case of CoViD-19 on 26 February, the first death due to CoViD-19 on 16 March, and implemented the isolation of the population in non- essential activities on 24 March, which is programmed ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Social Distancing Interventions to Delay or Flatten the Epidemic Curve of Coronavirus Disease
(2020-04-21)By April 2, 2020, >1 million persons worldwide were infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. We used a mathematical model to investigate the effectiveness of social distancing interventions in a ... -
Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of the Existing Repurposed Pharmacological Agents for Treating COVID-19: A Meta-analysis and Systematic Review of Clinical Trials
(2020-11)Purpose: The present study systematically searched important medical databases, assessed the quality of available pieces of evidence, and performed a meta-analysis to test the efficacy of different therapeutic options ... -
Evaluation of current medical approaches for COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020)Background: Because of the lack of vaccination, it is urgent to find effective antiviral agents for COVID-19 treatment. Method: Online databases were searched for articles published before or on 22 June 2020. Studies ...