Category: Theme 5: Experimental infection

Viral Emissions into the Air and Environment after SARS-CoV-2 Human Challenge: A Phase 1, Open Label, First-in-Human Study

by mqbsshlw | Jun 9, 2023 | Journal papers, Theme 5: Experimental infection

Effectively implementing strategies to curb transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) requires understanding who is contagious and when. Whilst viral load (VL) on upper respiratory swabs has commonly been used to infer contagiousness, measuring viral...

Omicron breakthrough infections in previously infected or vaccinated hamsters

by mqbsshlw | Dec 5, 2022 | Theme 5: Experimental infection

The second and third years of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic have been marked by the repeated emergence and replacement of ‘variants’, the most recent examples being Delta and Omicron. Researchers from theme 5 of the PROTECT NCS presented their work at this year's Options...