Publications

Estimation of Transmission of COVID-19 in Simulated Nursing Homes With Frequent Testing and Immunity-Based Staffing.

Author(s): Holmdahl I, Kahn R, Hay JA, Buckee CO, Mina MJ|Journal: JAMA Netw Open|PMID: 33988707| May 2021

Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Strategies are urgently needed to…

Partial immunity and SARS-CoV-2 mutations-Response.

Author(s): Saad-Roy CM, Morris SE, Metcalf CJE, Mina MJ, Baker RE, Farrar J, Holmes EC, Pybus OG, Graham AL, Levin SA, Grenfell BT, Wagner CE|Journal: Science|PMID: 33888633| April 2021

Using viral load and epidemic dynamics to optimize pooled testing in resource-constrained settings.

Author(s): Cleary B, Hay JA, Blumenstiel B, Harden M, Cipicchio M, Bezney J, Simonton B, Hong D, Senghore M, Sesay AK, Gabriel S, Regev A, Mina MJ|Journal: Sci Transl Med|PMID: 33619080| April 2021

Virological testing is central to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) containment, but many settings face severe limitations on…

Epidemiological and evolutionary considerations of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dosing regimes.

Author(s): Saad-Roy CM, Morris SE, Metcalf CJE, Mina MJ, Baker RE, Farrar J, Holmes EC, Pybus OG, Graham AL, Levin SA, Grenfell BT, Wagner CE|Journal: Science|PMID: 33688062| March 2021

In the face of vaccine dose shortages and logistical challenges, various deployment strategies are being proposed to increase population immunity…

Economic Benefits of COVID-19 Screening Tests with a Vaccine Rollout

Author(s): Atkeson A, Droste MC, Mina MJ, Stock J|Journal: medRxiv| March 2021

This note estimates the costs and benefits of a nationwide COVID-19 screening testing program in the presence of vaccine distribution.…

Real World Performance of SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Various Clinical Settings

Author(s): Regev-Yochay G, Kriger O, Beni S, Rubin C, Mina MJ, Mechnik B, Hason S, Biber E, Nadaf B, Kreiss Y, Amit S|Journal: medRxiv| March 2021

Several uses of Antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDT) have been suggested. Analytical studies reported high specificity yet with lower sensitivity…

Clarifying the evidence on SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid tests in public health responses to COVID-19.

Author(s): Mina MJ, Peto TE, García-Fiñana M, Semple MG, Buchan IE|Journal: Lancet|PMID: 33609444| February 2021

Estimating internationally imported cases during the early COVID-19 pandemic.

Author(s): Menkir TF, Chin T, Hay JA, Surface ED, De Salazar PM, Buckee CO, Watts A, Khan K, Sherbo R, Yan AWC, Mina MJ, Lipsitch M, Niehus R|Journal: Nat Commun|PMID: 33436574| January 2021

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, predictions of international outbreaks were largely based on imported cases from Wuhan, China, potentially missing…

Structural basis for antibody inhibition of flavivirus NS1-triggered endothelial dysfunction.

Author(s): Biering SB, Akey DL, Wong MP, Brown WC, Lo NTN, Puerta-Guardo H, Tramontini Gomes de Sousa F, Wang C, Konwerski JR, Espinosa DA, Bockhaus NJ, Glasner DR, Li J, Blanc SF, Juan EY, Elledge SJ, Mina MJ, Beatty PR, Smith JL, Harris E|Journal: Science|PMID: 33414220| January 2021

Medically important flaviviruses cause diverse disease pathologies and collectively are responsible for a major global disease burden. A contributing factor…

COVID-19 testing: One size does not fit all.

Author(s): Mina MJ, Andersen KG|Journal: Science|PMID: 33414210| January 2021