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ReviewPLoS pathogens2020

Disentangling the dynamical underpinnings of differences in SARS-CoV-2 pathology using within-host ecological models.

C Jessica E Metcalf, Bryan T Grenfell, Andrea L Graham

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Review in PLoS pathogens, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

C Jessica E MetcalfDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3166-7521
Bryan T GrenfellDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3227-5909
Andrea L GrahamDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-6580-2755

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Health outcomes following infection with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are remarkably variable. The way the virus spreads inside hosts, and how this spread interacts with host immunity and physiology, is likely to determine variation in health outcomes. Decades of data and dynamical analyses of how other viruses spread and interact with host cells could shed light on SARS-CoV-2 within-host trajectories. We review how common axes of variation in within-host dynamics and emergent pathology (such as age and sex) might be combined with ecological principles to understand the case of SARS-CoV-2. We highlight pitfalls in application of existing theoretical frameworks relevant to the complexity of the within-host context and frame the discussion in terms of growing knowledge of the biology of SARS-CoV-2. Viewing health outcomes for SARS-CoV-2 through the lens of ecological models underscores the value of repeated measures on individuals, especially since many lines of evidence suggest important contingence on trajectory.

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsModels, BiologicalVirus ReplicationCOVID-19HumansSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID33306746
PMCPMC7732095

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