A model-based assessment of social isolation practices for COVID-19 outbreak response in residential care facilities

1 code implementation • 29 Dec 2023 • Cameron Zachreson, Ruarai Tobin, Camelia Walker, Eamon Conway, Freya M Shearer, Jodie McVernon, Nicholas Geard

We apply a computational modelling approach to investigate the relative effectiveness of general isolation practices for mitigation of COVID-19 outbreaks in residential care facilities.

Global and local epidemiology of Group A Streptococcus indicates that naturally-acquired immunity is enduring and strain-specific

no code implementations • 11 Nov 2021 • Rebecca H. Chisholm, Jake A. Lacey, Jan Kokko, Patricia T. Campbell, Malcolm I. McDonald, Jukka Corander, Mark R. Davies, Steven Y. C. Tong, Jodie McVernon, Nicholas Geard

The bacterium Group A Streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes, GAS) is a human-specific pathogen and a major cause of global morbidity and mortality.

Epidemiology

COVID-19 in low-tolerance border quarantine systems: impact of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2

1 code implementation • 27 Sep 2021 • Cameron Zachreson, Freya M. Shearer, David J. Price, Michael J. Lydeamore, Jodie McVernon, James McCaw, Nicholas Geard

We examine disease transmission and vaccine efficacy parameters over a wide range, covering plausible values for the Delta variant currently circulating globally.