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ReviewInterface focus2021

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: remaining uncertainties in our understanding of the epidemiology and transmission dynamics of the virus, and challenges to be overcome.

Roy M Anderson, Carolin Vegvari, T Déirdre Hollingsworth, Li Pi, Rosie Maddren, Chi Wai Ng, Rebecca F Baggaley

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Review in Interface focus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Roy M AndersonDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9528-3175
Carolin VegvariDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2018-011X
T Déirdre HollingsworthBig Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5962-4238
Li PiBig Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7818-408X
Rosie MaddrenDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9363-3103
Chi Wai NgDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4378-2781
Rebecca F BaggaleyDepartment of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4688-3924
Imperial College London · GBUniversity of Leicester · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_19012Medical Research Council MR/R015600/1Medical Research Council MR/V028618/1Medical Research Council MR/V038613/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Great progress has been made over the past 18 months in scientific understanding of the biology, epidemiology and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2. Extraordinary advances have been made in vaccine development and the execution of clinical trials of possible therapies. However, uncertainties remain, and this review assesses these in the context of virus transmission, epidemiology, control by social distancing measures and mass vaccination and the effect on all of these on emerging variants. We briefly review the current state of the global pandemic, focussing on what is, and what is not, well understood about the parameters that control viral transmission and make up the constituent parts of the basic reproductive number

Indexed as

COVID-19epidemiologyherd immunitymass vaccinationSARS-CoV-2transmission

Identifiers

PMID34956588
PMCPMC8504893
OpenAlexW3207041649

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.