Limited impact of contact tracing in a University setting for COVID-19 due to asymptomatic transmission and social distancing

Autor: Daniel Stocks, Emily Nixon, Adam Trickey, Martin Homer, Ellen Brooks-Pollock

Publikováno v: Epidemics, Vol 45, Iss , Pp 100716- (2023)

Contact tracing is an important tool for controlling the spread of infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Here, we investigate the spread of COVID-19 and the effectiveness of contact tracing in a university population, using a data-driven ego-centr

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A mixed methods analysis of participation in a social contact survey

Autor: Emily Nixon, Taru Silvonen, Antoine Barreaux, Rachel Kwiatkowska, Adam Trickey, Amy Thomas, Becky Ali, Georgia Treneman-Evans, Hannah Christensen, Ellen Brooks-Pollock, Sarah Denford

Publikováno v: Epidemics, Vol 41, Iss , Pp 100635- (2022)

Background: Social contact survey data forms a core component of modern epidemic models: however, there has been little assessment of the potential biases in such data. Methods: We conducted focus groups with university students who had (n = 13) and

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Contacts and behaviours of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic at the start of the 2020/2021 academic year

Autor: Emily Nixon, Adam Trickey, Hannah Christensen, Adam Finn, Amy Thomas, Caroline Relton, Clara Montgomery, Gibran Hemani, Jane Metz, Josephine G. Walker, Katy Turner, Rachel Kwiatkowska, Sarah Sauchelli, Leon Danon, Ellen Brooks-Pollock

Publikováno v: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)

Abstract University students have unique living, learning and social arrangements which may have implications for infectious disease transmission. To address this data gap, we created CONQUEST (COroNavirus QUESTionnaire), a longitudinal online survey

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Fleas infesting cats and dogs in Great Britain: spatial distribution of infestation risk and its relation to treatment

Autor: Richard Wall, Swaid Abdullah, Emily Nixon, H. Rose Vineer, A-R Cooper, Hannah Newbury

Publikováno v: MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY
Cooper, A-R, Nixon, E J, Rose Vineer, H, Abdullah, S, Newbury, H & Wall, R L 2020, ' Fleas infesting cats and dogs in Great Britain : spatial distribution of infestation risk and its relation to treatment ', Medical and Veterinary Entomology . https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12462

The spatial pattern of flea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) infestation risk in cats and dogs across Great Britain is quantified, using data collected from a national survey undertaken in 2018, with particular attention given to the association between ins

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https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12462

Impact of voluntary risk-mitigation behaviour on transmission of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in England

Autor: Ellen Brooks-Pollock, Kate Northstone, Lorenzo Pellis, Francesca Scarabel, Amy Thomas, Emily Nixon, David A. Matthews, Vicky Bowyer, Maria Paz Garcia, Claire J. Steves, Nicholas J. Timpson, Leon Danon

BackgroundThe Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 infection poses substantial challenges to public health. In England, “plan B” mitigation measures were introduced in December 2021 including increased home working and face coverings in shops, but stopp

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https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.26.22269540