The current triple epidemic of respiratory viruses is affecting all age groups, prompting comparisons with the pre-COVID-19 era.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Transmissibility
Displaying all articles
None of our authors can see the future, but many do have expertise that offers insights about what’s reasonable to expect.
Careful lab work will complement public health data as researchers worldwide focus on omicron, asking questions about contagiousness, severity of disease and whether vaccines hold up against it.
Preliminary evidence suggests Lambda has an easier time infecting our cells and is a bit better at dodging our immune systems. But vaccines should still do a good job against it.
The Delta variant: What it is, where it came from, why it’s different and whether COVID-19 vaccines can prevent it.
Pathogens typically face a trade-off between virulence and transmission. But that’s not the case with SARS-CoV-2.
Top contributors
-
Assistant Professor/Canada Research Chair in emerging viruses, University of Manitoba
-
Associate Professor of Psychology, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University
-
Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
-
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
-
Assistant Director of the Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan
-
Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico
-
Early Career Research Leader, Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University
-
Associate Professor of History, Rutgers University - Newark
-
Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Program Science and Global Public Health, University of Manitoba
-
Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Postdoctoral Fellow in Virology and Immunology, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Postdoctoral Fellow in Virology, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
-
Professeure en biochimie des interactions hôte-virus, Université de Montréal
