SARS-coV2 variants Evaluation in pRegnancy and paeDIatrics cohorts

Project Information

VERDI

Grant agreement ID: 101045989

DOI

10.3030/101045989

EC signature date 11 November 2021

Start date 1 November 2021

End date 31 October 2025

Funded under

• Health

Total cost

€ 15 395 599,42

EU contribution

€ 15 395 599,42

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Italy

CORDIS provides links to public deliverables and publications of HORIZON projects.

Links to deliverables and publications from FP7 projects, as well as links to some specific result types such as dataset and software, are dynamically retrieved from OpenAIRE .

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

CCB website

Public website to communicate on the activities of the CCB and to be used as a platform to house useful resources for cohort-related research projects. Will include a members section for CCB members.

Project Logo and Communication Material

Templates to be used in project communications

Documents, reports (4)

Risk Management Plan

Development of the risk management plan

Project Handbook

Reference manual with key processes for project implementation

First periodic report on the joint meeting of the leadership of the consortia from the projects VERDI, EuCARE, CoVICIS, Orchestra, and ReCODID to update and align each other's activity

This report will include the minutes of the meeting summarizing the collaborative work of the projects including the actions taken for maximising common data exploitation such as the use of data standards for ensuring interoperability during the first reporting period as well as potential plans for the future and lessons learnt so far Representation at the meeting from the European COVID Data Platform will be considered

Communication Plan

Plan outlining the project communication strategy

Other (1)

Workshop with stakeholders of digital survey platform

Heterogenous POV for requirement elicitation

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (69)

Preserving friendships in school contacts: An algorithm to construct synthetic temporal networks for epidemic modelling

Author(s): Lucille Calmon, Elisabetta Colosi, Giulia Bassignana, Alain Barrat, Vittoria Colizza
Published in: PLOS Computational Biology, Issue 20, 2024, ISSN 1553-7358
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012661

Serial Intervals for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta Variants, Belgium, November 19–December 31, 2021

Author(s): Kremer C, Braeye T, Proesmans K, et al.
Published in: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Issue 28(8), 2022, ISSN 1080-6059
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
DOI: 10.3201/eid2808.220220

Dengue virus importation risks in Africa: a modelling study

Author(s): Jenicca Poongavanan, José Lourenço, Joseph L-H Tsui, Vittoria Colizza, Yajna Ramphal, Cheryl Baxter, Moritz U G Kraemer, Marcel Dunaiski, Tulio de Oliveira, Houriiyah Tegally
Published in: The Lancet Planetary Health, Issue 8, 2024, ISSN 2542-5196
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00272-9

Epidemiologic Quantities for Monkeypox Virus Clade I from Historical Data with Implications for Current Outbreaks, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Author(s): Marziano V, Guzzetta G, Longini I, Merler S.
Published in: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Issue 30(10), 2024, ISSN 1080-6059
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DOI: 10.3201/eid3010.240665

Clinical features of COVID-19 in Italian outpatient children and adolescents during Parental, Delta, and Omicron waves: a prospective, observational, cohort study

Author(s): Costanza Di Chiara; Riccardo Boracchini; Giulia Sturniolo; Alessia Barbieri; Paola Costenaro; Sandra Cozzani; Marica De Pieri; Cecilia Liberati; Annachiara Zin; Andrea Padoan; Francesco Bonfante; Fatima Kakkar; Anna Cantarutti; Daniele Donà; Carlo Giaquinto
Published in: Frontiers in Pediatrics, Issue 11, 2023, ISSN 2296-2360
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1193857

Pediatric coronavirus disease 2019 in Africa

Author(s): van der Zalm MM, Dona' D, Rabie H
Published in: Current Opinion in Pediatrics, Issue 35, 2023, ISSN 1040-8703
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001230

Participatory Surveillance for COVID-19 Trend Detection in Brazil: Cross-sectional Study

Author(s): Wittwer S, Paolotti D, Lichand G, Leal Neto O
Published in: JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, Issue 9, 2023, ISSN 2369-2960
Publisher: JMIR Publications
DOI: 10.2196/44517

Outcomes of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection during resurgence driven by Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5 compared with previous waves in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Author(s): Davies MA, Morden E, Rousseau P, Arendse J, Bam JL, Boloko L, Cloete K, Cohen C, Chetty N, Dane P, Heekes A, Hsiao NY, Hunter M, Hussey H, Jacobs T, Jassat W, Kariem S, Kassanjee R, Laenen I, Roux SL, Lessells R, Mahomed H, Maughan D, Meintjes G, Mendelso
Published in: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Issue 127, 2023, ISSN 1201-9712
Publisher: International Society for Infectious Diseases
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.11.024

Changing character and waning impact of COVID-19 at a tertiary centre in Cape Town, South Africa

Author(s): Hermans LE, Booysen P, Boloko L, Adriaanse M, de Wet TJ, Lifson AR, Wadee N, Papavarnavas N, Marais G, Hsiao NY, Rosslee MJ, Symons G, Calligaro GL, Iranzadeh A, Wilkinson RJ, Ntusi NAB, Williamson C, Davies MA, Meintjes G, Wasserman S
Published in: Southern African journal of infectious diseases, Issue 38, 2023, ISSN 2313-1810
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.4102/sajid.v38i1.550

Individual and familial factors associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccine uptake in pregnancy: A large-scale registry-based linkage study

Author(s): Elyass J, Desalegn A, Trinh NTH, Orangzeb S, Zidan M, Nordeng H, Lupattelli A.
Published in: Vaccine, 2024, ISSN 1873-2518
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126171

Outcomes of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Omicron-driven fourth wave compared with previous waves in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Author(s): Davies MA, Kassanjee R, Rousseau P, et al.
Published in: Tropical Medicine & International Health, Issue 27(6), 2022, ISSN 1360-2276
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13752

Behavioral changes associated to the COVID-19 vaccination: Evidence from a cross-national online survey

Author(s): De Gaetano A, Bajardi P, Gozzi N, Perra N, Perrotta D, Paolotti D
Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research, Issue 25, 2023, ISSN 1438-8871
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
DOI: 10.2196/47563

Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in children and adolescents: insights from an Italian paediatric cohort using a machine-learning approach

Author(s): Stefania Fiandrino, Daniele Donà, Carlo Giaquinto, Piero Poletti, Michael Davis Tira, Costanza Di Chiara, Daniela Paolotti
Published in: BMJ Public Health, Issue 3, 2025, ISSN 2753-4294
Publisher: BMJ
DOI: 10.1136/BMJPH-2024-001888

The decline of the 2022 Italian mpox epidemic: Role of behavior changes and control strategies

Author(s): Guzzetta G, Marziano V, Mammone A, Siddu A, Ferraro F, Caraglia A, Maraglino F, Rezza G, Vespignani A, Longini I, Ajelli M, Merler S.
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46590-4

Mid- and Long-Term Atrio-Ventricular Functional Changes in Children after Recovery from COVID-19

Author(s): Sabatino J, Di Chiara C, Di Candia A, et al.
Published in: Journal of Clinical Medicine, Issue 12, 2022, ISSN 2077-0383
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/jcm12010186

Quantifying West Nile virus circulation in the avian host population in Northern Italy

Author(s): Alex De Nardi, Giovanni Marini, Ilaria Dorigatti, Roberto Rosà, Marco Tamba, Luca Gelmini, Alice Prosperi, Francesco Menegale, Piero Poletti, Mattia Calzolari, Andrea Pugliese
Published in: Infectious Disease Modelling, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2468-0427
Publisher: Elsevier, KeAi
DOI: 10.1016/j.idm.2024.12.009

Evolutionary implications of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for the future design of vaccination strategies

Author(s): Rouzine I.M., Rozhnova G.
Published in: Communications Medicine, Issue 3, 2023, ISSN 2730-664X
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
DOI: 10.1038/s43856-023-00320-x

The impact of underreported infections on vaccine effectiveness estimates derived from retrospective cohort studies

Author(s): Sacco C, Manica M, Marziano V, Fabiani M, Mateo-Urdiales A, Guzzetta G, Merler S, Pezzotti P.
Published in: International Journal of Epidemiology, Issue 53, 2024, ISSN 1464-3685
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyae077

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Author(s): Ilse Westerhof, Reina Sikkema, Ganna Rozhnova, Janko van Beek, Marion Koopmans, Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen
Published in: The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2025, ISSN 0022-1899
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf172

Nature Communications

Author(s): Leonardo Angeli, Constantino Pereira Caetano, Nicolas Franco, Pietro Coletti, Christel Faes, Geert Molenberghs, Philippe Beutels, Steven Abrams, Lander Willem, Niel Hens
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57087-z

Lower respiratory tract infection admissions and deaths among children under 5 years in public sector facilities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019 - 2021)

Author(s): Kehoe, K., Morden, E., Zinyakatira, N., Heekes, A., Jones, H. E., Walter, S. R., Jacobs, T., Murray, J., Buys, H., Redaniel, M. T., & Davies, M.-A.
Published in: South African Medical Journal, Issue 114(3), 2024, ISSN 2078-5135
Publisher: South African Medical Association
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2024.v114i3.1560

COVID-19 vaccine uptake among children and adolescents in Norway: A comprehensive registry-based cohort study of over 800,000 individuals

Author(s): Orangzeb S, Desalegn A, Trinh NTH, Zhao J, Nordeng H, Lupattelli A.
Published in: Vaccine, 2024, ISSN 0264-410X
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4693335

Stronger and durable SARS-CoV-2 immune response to mRNA vaccines in 5–11 years old children with prior COVID-19

Author(s): Di Chiara C, Cantarutti A, Petrara MR, Bonfante F, Benetti E, Boracchini R, Bosa L, Carmona F, Cosma C, Cotugno N, Le Prevost M, Martini G, Meneghel A, Pagliari M, Palma P, Ruffoni E, Zin A, De Rossi A, Giaquinto C, Donà D, Padoan A.
Published in: Vaccine, Issue 42, 2024, ISSN 0264-410X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.12.006

Early Use of Sotrovimab in Children: A Case Report of an 11-Year-Old Kidney Transplant Recipient Infected with SARS-CoV-2

Author(s): Di Chiara C, Mengato D, De Pieri M, et al.
Published in: Children (Basel), Issue 93(4), 2022, ISSN 2227-9067
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/children9040451

BNT162b2 Vaccine Effectiveness against Omicron in Children 5 to 11 Years of Age

Author(s): Cohen-Stavi CJ, Magen O, Barda N, et al.
Published in: The New England Journal of Medicine, Issue 387(3), 2022, ISSN 1533-4406
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2205011

Clinical presentation and epidemiological assessment of confirmed human mpox cases in DR Congo: a surveillance-based observational study

Author(s): Emile Malembi, Roser Escrig-Sarreta, Jackie Ntumba, Camila G Beiras, Robert Shongo, Justin Bengehya, Charles Nselaka, Elisabeth Pukuta, Daniel Mukadi-Bamuleka, Noëlla Mulopo-Mukanya, Xinying Leng, Clara Pérez-Mañá, Cristina Galván-Casas, Susana Muñoz, Steeven Bilembo-Kitwanda, Pierre Kitha, Vivi Maketa, Patrick Mitashi, Aruna Abedi, Justus Nsio, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Michael Marks, Hypolite Muhindo-Mavoko, Oriol Mitjà, Thierry Kalonji, Derrick Tshisuaka, Bob Misima, Junior Mukaba, Freddy Bikioli, Aimé Umba, Phanzu M Delphin, Olivier Makuma, Bandu Bola Rodriguez, Innocent Kanda, Sylvie Linsuke, Joules Madinga, John Kalowa, Alba Català, María Jesús Torres, Astrid Carrion, Pere Capella, Lobna Chakkour, Maruan Dermoumi, Juan Garay, Narcís Roig, Anne Rimoine, Nicole Hoff, Emile Muhindo-Milonde, Noëlla Nsimire-Bahasa, Tavia Bodisa-Matamu, Zéphanie Paluku-Kalimuli, Michel Ngimba, Laetitia Nyinya wa Mupanga, Brigitte Modadra-Madakpa, Adèle Kavira-Kamaliro, Patrick Muhindo-Karungu, Jacques Daudi Cinyabuuma
Published in: The Lancet, 2025, ISSN 0140-6736
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00152-7

How does post COVID differ from other post-viral conditions in childhood and adolescence (0–20 years old)? A systematic review

Author(s): Minotti C, McKenzie C, Dewandel I, Bekker C, Sturniolo G, Doni D, Giaquinto C, Van Der Zalm MM, Donà D.
Published in: eClinicalMedicine, Issue 62, 2024, ISSN 2589-5370
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102436

Challenges for modelling interventions for future pandemics

Author(s): Mirjam E. Kretzschmar, Ben Ashby, Elizabeth Fearon, Christopher E. Overton, Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, Lorenzo Pellis, Matthew Quaife, Ganna Rozhnova, Francesca Scarabel, Helena B. Stage, Ben Swallow, Robin N. Thompson, Michael J. Tildesley, Daniel Ville
Published in: Epidemics, Issue 38, 2022, ISSN 1755-4365
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100546

Screening and vaccination against COVID-19 to minimise school closure: a modelling study

Author(s): Colosi E, Bassignana G, Contreras DA, et al.
Published in: The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Issue 22(7), 2022, ISSN 1473-3099
Publisher: The Lancet Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00138-4

The effect of policy measures, school holidays and travel on the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adults in Estonia from 2021 to 2022

Author(s): Hiie Soeorg, Taavi Päll, Aare Abroi, Radko Avi, Olga Sadikova, Mari-Anne Härma, Tuuli Reisberg, Irja Lutsar, Kristi Huik
Published in: PLOS One, Issue 20, 2025, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0327719

Bayesian nowcasting with Laplacian-P-splines

Author(s): Sumalinab B, Gressani O, Hens N, Faes C.
Published in: Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 2024, ISSN 1061-8600
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd
DOI: 10.1101/2022.08.26.22279249

SARS-CoV-2 transmission patterns in educational settings during the Alpha wave in Reggio-Emilia, Italy

Author(s): Molina Grané C, Mancuso P, Vicentini M, Venturelli F, Djuric O, Manica M, Guzzetta G, Marziano V, Zardini A, d’Andrea V, Trentini F, Bisaccia E, Larosa E, Cilloni S, Cassinadri MT, Pezzotti P, Ajelli M, Rossi PG, Merler S, Poletti P.
Published in: Epidemics, Issue 44, 2023, ISSN 1755-4365
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100712

Journal of Infection

Author(s): Marieke L.A. de Hoog, Emma S.E.M. Hauser - van Westrhenen, Angelique M.A.M. Winkel, Menno D. de Jong, Marlies A. van Houten, Steven F.L. van Lelyveld, Dirk Eggink, Sjoerd Euser, Liesbeth Duijts, Joanne G. Wildenbeest, Rob Schuurman, Janneke H.H.M. van de Wijgert, Margareta Ieven, Katherine Loens, Alike W. van der Velden, Marc J.M. Bonten, Herman Goossens, Patricia C.J.L. Bruijning-Verhagen
Published in: Journal of Infection, Issue 90, 2025, ISSN 0163-4453
Publisher: W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/J.JINF.2025.106501

Editorial: Modelling COVID-19 in school settings to evaluate prevention and control protocols

Author(s): Elisabetta Colosi; Giulia Bassignana; Alain Barrat; Vittoria Colizza
Published in: Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, Issue 41, 2022, ISSN 2352-5568
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2022.101047

Evaluation of waning of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-induced immunity: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Author(s): Menegale F, Manica M, Zardini A, Guzzetta G, Marziano V, D’Andrea V, Trentini F, Ajelli M, Poletti P, Merler S.
Published in: JAMA Network Open, Issue 6, 2023, ISSN 2574-3805
Publisher: American Medical Association
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.10650

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Author(s): Anna Górska, Lorenzo Maria Canziani, Eugenia Rinaldi, Zoi D. Pana, Sarah Beale, Francesca Bai, Bianca M. Boxma-de Klerk, Simeon de Bruijn, Daniele Donà, Miquel B. Ekkelenkamp, Francesca Incardona, Patrick Mallon, Giulia C. Marchetti, Milo Puhan, Agostino Riva, Victoria C. Simensen, Michel Vaillant, Marieke M. van der Zalm, Sander M.J. van Kuijk, Sophie van Wingerden, Ali Judd, Evelina Tacconelli, José L. Peñalvo
Published in: Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2024, ISSN 1198-743X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.12.001

Controlling SARS-CoV-2 in schools using repetitive testing strategies

Author(s): Torneri A, Willem L, Colizza V, et al.
Published in: eLife, Issue 11:e75593, 2022, ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.75593

COVID-19 in Infants Less than 3 Months: Severe or Not Severe Disease?

Author(s): Dona' D, Montagnani C, Di Chiara C, et al.
Published in: Viruses, Issue 14, 2022, ISSN 1999-4915
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v14102256

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Author(s): Snehal M Pinto Pereira, Fiona Newlands, Jake Anders, Amitava Banerjee, Sarah Beale, Ann Blandford, Kate Brown, Feifei Bu, Wing Lam Erica Fong, Gina Gilpin, Pia Hardelid, Jana Kovar, Jason Lim, Chloe Park, Vishnuga Raveendran, Anoop D Shah, Xin Shao, Andrew Wong, Terence Stephenson, Roz Shafran
Published in: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Issue 117, 2024, ISSN 0141-0768
Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine
DOI: 10.1177/01410768241262661

Clinical spectrum of disease and outcomes in children with Omicron SARS-COV-2 infection in Cape Town, South Africa

Author(s): Bekker C, Dewandel I, Redfern A, McKenzie C, Lishman J, Verhagen LM, Claassen M, Wilson S, Dunbar R, Bosch C, van Zyl G, Preiser W, Goussard P, Rabie H, van der Zalm MM
Published in: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Issue 1, 2024, ISSN 3005-7590
Publisher: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)
DOI: 10.5588/ijtldopen.23.0053

COVID-19 and MIS-C treatment in children—results from an international survey

Author(s): Daniele Donà; Chiara Minotti; Tiziana Masini; Martina Penazzato; Marieke M. Van Der Zalm; Ali Judd; Carlo Giaquinto; Marc Lallemant
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics, 2023, ISSN 1432-1076
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-023-05179-7

Reconstruction of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in a primary school using epidemiological and genomic data

Author(s): Cécile Kremer; Andrea Torneri; Pieter J.K. Libin; Cécile Meex; Marie-Pierre Hayette; Sébastien Bontems; Keith Durkin; Maria Artesi; Vincent Bours; Philippe Lemey; Gilles Darcis; Niel Hens; Christelle Meuris
Published in: Epidemics, Issue 44, 2023, ISSN 1755-4365
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100701

COVID-19 vaccine uptake and effectiveness by time since vaccination in the Western Cape province, South Africa: An observational cohort study during 2020-2022

Author(s): Kassanjee, R., Davies, M. A., Heekes, A., Mahomed, H., Hawkridge, A. J., Wolmarans, M., ... Boulle, A.
Published in: Vaccines, 2024, ISSN 2076-393X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.24.24301721

Planning and adjusting the COVID-19 booster vaccination campaign to reduce disease burden

Author(s): Laura Di Domenico, Yair Goldberg, Vittoria Colizza
Published in: Infectious Disease Modelling, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2468-0427
Publisher: Elsevier BV, KeAi
DOI: 10.1016/j.idm.2024.09.002

Early Treatments of Fragile Children with COVID-19—Results of CLEVER (Children COVID Early Treatment), a Retrospective, Observational Study

Author(s): Minotti C, Mengato D, De Pieri M, et al.
Published in: Viruses, Issue 15, 2023, ISSN 1999-4915
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v15010192

PLoS ONE

Author(s): Hiie Soeorg, Aare Abroi, Taavi Päll, Liidia Dotsenko, Erik Jaaniso, Katrin Kaarna, Andrio Lahesaare, Paul Naaber, Heiki Niglas, Ott Eric Oopkaup, Hedi Peterson, Tuuli Reisberg, Olga Sadikova, Steven Smit, Ulvi Gerst Talas, Radko Avi, Irja Lutsar, Kristi Huik
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 19, 2024, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316213

Resilience of mobility network to dynamic population response across COVID-19 interventions: evidences from Chile

Author(s): Casaburi P, Dall'Amico L, Gozzi N, Kalimeri K, Sapienza A, Schifanella R, Di Matteo T, Ferres L, Mazzoli M.
Published in: PLOS Computational Biology, 2025, ISSN 1553-7358
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2405.19141

Attitudes towards booster, testing and isolation, and their impact on COVID-19 response in winter 2022/2023 in France, Belgium, and Italy: a cross-sectional survey and modelling study

Author(s): de Meijere, G., Valdano, E., Castellano, C., Debin, M., Kengne-Kuetche, C., Turbelin, C., Noël, H., Weitz, J. S., Paolotti, D., Hermans, L., Hens, N., & Colizza, V.
Published in: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Issue 28, 2023, ISSN 2666-7762
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100614

Mathematical Biosciences

Author(s): Alessandro De Gaetano, Alain Barrat, Daniela Paolotti
Published in: Mathematical Biosciences, Issue 378, 2024, ISSN 0025-5564
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2024.109337

Estimating SARS-CoV-2 transmission in educational settings: A retrospective cohort study

Author(s): Manica M, Poletti P, Deandrea S, et al.
Published in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses, Issue 17(1), 2023, ISSN 1750-2659
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1111/irv.13049

Epidemic graph diagrams as analytics for epidemic control in the data-rich era

Author(s): Valdano E; Colombi D; Poletto C; Colizza, V
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 14, 2023, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43856-1

A statistical modelling approach for determining the cause of reported respiratory syndromes from internet-based participatory surveillance when influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 are co-circulating

Author(s): Scott A. McDonald, Albert Jan van Hoek, Daniela Paolotti, Mariette Hooiveld, Adam Meijer, Marit de Lange, null null, Arianne van Gageldonk-Lafeber, Jacco Wallinga
Published in: PLOS Digital Health, Issue 3, 2024, ISSN 2767-3170
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000655

Overview of mucosal immunity and respiratory infections in children: a focus on Africa

Author(s): Richard K. Mwape, Mish-Al Barday, Marieke M. van der Zalm, Lilly M. Verhagen
Published in: Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2025, ISSN 1531-698X
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001438

Age-specific transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 during the first 2 years of the pandemic

Author(s): Boldea, Otilia; Alipoor, Amir; Pei, Sen; Shaman, Jeffrey; Rozhnova, Ganna
Published in: PNAS Nexus, Issue 3, 2024, ISSN 2752-6542
Publisher: Oxford Academic
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2212.13470

Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Acute Respiratory Illnesses in South African Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Andrew Redfern; Marieke van der Zalm; Juanita Lishman; Pierre Goussard; Liezl Smit; Ron Dagan; Mikhail Barday; Minette Mare; Mathilda Claassen; Gert Van Zyl; Helena Rabie; Lilly M Verhagen
Published in: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Issue 42(8), 2023, ISSN 0891-3668
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003951

Epidemics

Author(s): Stefania Fiandrino, Andrea Bizzotto, Giorgio Guzzetta, Stefano Merler, Federico Baldo, Eugenio Valdano, Alberto Mateo Urdiales, Antonino Bella, Francesco Celino, Lorenzo Zino, Alessandro Rizzo, Yuhan Li, Nicola Perra, Corrado Gioannini, Paolo Milano, Daniela Paolotti, Marco Quaggiotto, Luca Rossi, Ivan Vismara, Alessandro Vespignani, Nicolò Gozzi
Published in: Epidemics, Issue 50, 2025, ISSN 1755-4365
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.EPIDEM.2025.100819

Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection in Children Within the 12 Months Following Mild COVID-19: Insights From a Survey Study

Author(s): Di Chiara C, Boracchini R, Cantarutti A, Kakkar F, Oletto A, Padoan A, Donà D, Giaquinto C.
Published in: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Issue 43, 2024, ISSN 0891-3668
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004233

The impact of variant and vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 symptomatology; three prospective household cohorts

Author(s): Westerhof I, de Hoog M, Ieven M et al.
Published in: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Issue 128, 2023, ISSN 1201-9712
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.12.018

Assessing the clinical severity of the Omicron variant in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, using the diagnostic PCR proxy marker of RdRp target delay to distinguish between Omicron and Delta infections – a survival analysis

Author(s): Hussey H, Davies MA, Heekes A, et al.
Published in: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Issue 118, 2022, ISSN 1201-9712
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.02.051

The socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on families affected by childhood respiratory illnesses in Cape Town, South Africa

Author(s): Anthony MG, Hoddinott G, Van Niekerk M, Dewandel I, McKenzie C, Bekker C, Rabie H, Redfern A, van der Zalm MM
Published in: PLOS Global Public Health, Issue 4(3), 2024, ISSN 2767-3375
Publisher: Public Library of Science, San Francisco, California
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003020

Nonparametric serial interval estimation with uniform mixtures

Author(s): Oswaldo Gressani, Niel Hens
Published in: PLOS Computational Biology, Issue 21, 2025, ISSN 1553-7358
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PCBI.1013338

Flexible Bayesian estimation of incubation times

Author(s): Gressani O, Torneri A, Hens N, Faes C
Published in: American Journal of Epidemiology, Issue kwae192, 2024, ISSN 1476-6256
Publisher: Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.07.23293752

Impact of contact data resolution on the evaluation of interventions in mathematical models of infectious diseases

Author(s): Contreras Diego Andrés, Colosi Elisabetta, Bassignana Giulia, Colizza Vittoria, Barrat Alain
Published in: Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Issue 19, 2022, ISSN 1742-5662
Publisher: Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0164

Minimising school disruption under high incidence conditions due to the Omicron variant in France, Switzerland, Italy, in January 2022

Author(s): Elisabetta Colosi; Giulia Bassignana; Alain Barrat; Bruno Lina; Philippe Vanhems; Julia Bielicki; Vittoria Colizza
Published in: Eurosurveillance, Issue 28(5), 2023, ISSN 1560-7917
Publisher: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.5.2200192

Virology

Author(s): Mathias Smet, Matilda Berkell, Anna Górska, Evelina Tacconelli, Samir Kumar-Singh, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar
Published in: Virology, 2025, ISSN 0042-6822
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/J.VIROL.2025.110584

COVID-19 among adults living with HIV: correlates of mortality among public sector healthcare users in Western Cape, South Africa

Author(s): Kassanjee, R., Davies, M. A., Ngwenya, O., Osei-Yeboah, R., Jacobs, T., Morden, E., Timmerman, V., Britz, S., Mendelson, M., Taljaard, J., Riou, J., Boulle, A., Tiffin, N., & Zinyakatira, N.
Published in: Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2023, ISSN 1758-2652
Publisher: Wiley, International AIDS Society
DOI: 10.1101/2022.10.17.22281085

Vaccines

Author(s): Elisa Barbieri, Nhung T. H. Trinh, Costanza Di Chiara, Giovanni Corrao, Riccardo Boracchini, Ester Rosa, Cecilia Liberati, Daniele Donà, Angela Lupattelli, Carlo Giaquinto, Anna Cantarutti
Published in: Vaccines, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2076-393X
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/VACCINES13070698

BMC Public Health

Author(s): Kathleen Kelley, Nicolò Gozzi, Mattia Mazzoli, Daniela Paolotti
Published in: BMC Public Health, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1471-2458
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/S12889-025-22496-8

Diarrhoeal admissions among children aged <5 years in public sector facilities in Western Cape Province, South Africa, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019 - 2021)

Author(s): K Kehoe, E Morden, N Zinyakatira, A Heekes, H E Jones, S R Walter, T Jacobs, J Murray, H Buys, B Eley, T Redaniel, M-A Davies
Published in: South African Medical Journal, Issue 115, 2025, ISSN 2078-5135
Publisher: South African Medical Association NPC
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2025.V115I7.2726