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COVID-19: what is next for public health?

David L Heymann, +1 more
- 22 Feb 2020 - 
- Vol. 395, Iss: 10224, pp 542-545
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The WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission presents a candid assessment of the threats children face and the sombre implications for their future, and emphasises the role of community engagement in promoting the health and development of the world’s children.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2020-02-22 and is currently open access. It has received 830 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Betacoronavirus & Viral Epidemiology.

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Feasibility of controlling COVID-19 outbreaks by isolation of cases and contacts

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a stochastic transmission model to assess if isolation and contact tracing are able to control onwards transmission from imported cases of COVID-19, and they used the model to quantify the potential effectiveness of contact tracing and isolation of cases at controlling a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-like pathogen.
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Clinical characteristics of 24 asymptomatic infections with COVID-19 screened among close contacts in Nanjing, China.

TL;DR: Overall, the asymptomatic carriers identified from close contacts were prone to be mildly ill during hospitalization and highlighted the importance of close contact tracing and longitudinally surveillance via virus nucleic acid tests.

Feasibility of controlling COVID-19 outbreaks by isolation of cases and contacts

TL;DR: A mathematical model is used to assess if isolation and contact tracing are able to control onwards transmission from imported cases of COVID-19 and quantify the potential effectiveness of contact tracing and isolation of cases at controlling a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-like pathogen.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A literature review.

TL;DR: A literature review of publicly available information to summarize knowledge about the pathogen and the current epidemic is presented in this article, where the causative agent, pathogenesis and immune responses, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and management of the disease, control and preventions strategies are all reviewed.
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Changes in contact patterns shape the dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak in China.

TL;DR: It is found that social distancing alone, as implemented in China during the outbreak, is sufficient to control COVID-19, and children 0 to 14 years of age are less susceptible to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.
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TL;DR: The concerted and coordinated response that contained SARS is a triumph for global public health and provides a new paradigm for the detection and control of future emerging infectious disease threats.
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