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ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2022

SARS-CoV-2 transmission potential and rural-urban disease burden disparities across Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, March 2020 - May 2021.

Sylvia K Ofori, Chigozie A Ogwara, Seoyon Kwon, Xinyi Hua, Kamryn M Martin, Arshpreet Kaur Mallhi, Felix Twum, Gerardo Chowell, Isaac C-H Fung

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Article in Annals of epidemiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Effectiveness of social distancing measures and lockdowns for reducing transmission of COVID-19 in non-healthcare, community-based settings.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2023
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  7. Investigating COVID-19 transmission and mortality differences between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Mexico.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sylvia K OforiDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
Chigozie A OgwaraDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
Seoyon KwonDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
Xinyi HuaDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
Kamryn M MartinDepartment of Health Sciences and Kinesiology, Waters College of Health Professions, Statesboro, GA.
Arshpreet Kaur MallhiDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
Felix TwumThe Dr. Lynn Cook Hartwig Public Health Program, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.
Gerardo ChowellDepartment of Population Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
Isaac C-H FungDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. Electronic address: cfung@georgiasouthern.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo quantify and compare SARS-CoV-2 transmission potential across Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi and selected counties.

methodsTo determine the time-varying reproduction number R

resultsStay-at-home orders, face mask mandates, and vaccinations were associated with the most significant reductions in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the three southern states. R

conclusionState and county policies had an impact on local pandemic trajectories. The rural-urban disparities in case burden call for evidence-based approaches in tailoring health promotion interventions and vaccination campaigns to rural residents.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2AlabamaCost of IllnessHumansLouisianaMississippiUnited StatesCOVID-19Non-pharmaceutical interventionsReproduction numberSARS-CoV-2Vaccine

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PMID35472488
PMCPMC9035618

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