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Editor, Senior Moderator
Immunity
. 2021 Sep 24;S1074-7613(21)00404-0.
doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.09.019. Online ahead of print.
Transition to endemicity: Understanding COVID-19
Rustom Antia[SUP] 1 [/SUP], M Elizabeth Halloran[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its associated disease, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has caused a devastating pandemic worldwide. Here, we explain basic concepts underlying the transition from an epidemic to an endemic state, where a pathogen is stably maintained in a population. We discuss how the number of infections and the severity of disease change in the transition from the epidemic to the endemic phase and consider the implications of this transition in the context of COVID-19.
. 2021 Sep 24;S1074-7613(21)00404-0.
doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.09.019. Online ahead of print.
Transition to endemicity: Understanding COVID-19
Rustom Antia[SUP] 1 [/SUP], M Elizabeth Halloran[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34626549
- PMCID: PMC8461290
- DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.09.019
Abstract
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its associated disease, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has caused a devastating pandemic worldwide. Here, we explain basic concepts underlying the transition from an epidemic to an endemic state, where a pathogen is stably maintained in a population. We discuss how the number of infections and the severity of disease change in the transition from the epidemic to the endemic phase and consider the implications of this transition in the context of COVID-19.