COVID control strategy–-is there any light at the end of the tunnel?

Sarkar, Bidisa; Sarkar, Kamalesh; Sengupta, P. R.

doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1379_20

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“…The closest real life evidence of this model is a pilot study conducted and published by one of the authors in Ahmedabad district, where institutionalized quarantine of high viral load subjects resulted in demonstrably faster decline in active cases than rest of Gujarat. [ 21 ]…”

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Merits and demerits of selective isolation of superspreaders: A mathematical modeling study based upon West Bengal (India) SARS-COV 2 data

Ghoshdastidar

Sarkar

Ghoshdastidar³

2021

Indian J Community Med

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Merits and demerits of selective isolation of superspreaders: A mathematical modeling study based upon West Bengal (India) SARS-COV 2 data

Ghoshdastidar

Sarkar

Ghoshdastidar³

2021

Indian J Community Med

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Information-Seeking Behavior on Coronavirus Disease-19 Vaccine on the Internet

Mondal

Samantaray³

2021

Journal of the Scientific Society

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Background: A significant portion of the global population seeks health-related information on the Internet. The world is searching for an effective vaccine to control the coronavirus disease-19. Knowing the information-seeking behavior of the population helps in designing an awareness program. Aim: This study aimed to explore the information-seeking behavior of the global and Indian population by analyzing Internet search trends. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from April to November 2020. We used fully anonymous data available in the public domain (https://trends.google.com/trends). The phrase “COVID vaccine” was searched with “schedule,” “when,” “cost,” “where,” and “side effect” to compare the trends. The global and Indian data were categorized month-wise and statistically tested by the Chi-square test. Results: Global Internet users seek information on “when” the COVID vaccine would be available followed by “where” to get the vaccine. The “schedule,” “cost,” and “side effect” come later. Indian search trend is similar for “when” and “where.” However, the third query was the “cost” followed by “schedule” and “side effect.” Conclusion: The Internet search trend showed that people around the world want to know when they would get a vaccine and where to get it. The least search volume was about the side effects of the vaccine. Primary care physicians, government, and nongovernment stakeholders may use this finding for optimum dissemination of information both online and offline.

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Control of an Epidemic of SARS-CoV-2 by Assessing Transmissibility of Its Infected Cases in Absence of a Suitable Vaccine

Sarkar¹,

Sarkar²

2022

Biotechnology to Combat COVID-19

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SARS-CoV-2 or Covid 19 and it’s pandemicity has been wreaking havoc in many countries worldwide. It is important to counter and contain the spread of Covid-19 using some effective infection control policies as we await an effective protection such as vaccine. Ahmedabad Model of Covid-19 Control could be used as an established epidemic management protocol due to COVID 19 infection. It relies on the Cycle Threshold (Ct) Value, which was used as a proxy marker for assessing initial viral load. It was evident that cases with higher viral load spread the disease at much higher rate compared to that of low viral load apart from population mobility and/or population density. Therefore, Ct value based segregation of infected cases with higher viral load along with contact tracing of them of previous 5 days is an effective epidemic control policy. It needs to be remembered that a section of infected cases is asymptomatic and capable of spreading infection in the community unknowingly. Hence, infection control practices must be accompanied with standard precautionary measures such as physical distancing, hand hygiene and wearing face mask. Community awareness is an integral part of it. Newer biotechnology based researches may be encouraged based on felt needs.

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COVID control strategy–-is there any light at the end of the tunnel?

Cited by 4 publications

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Merits and demerits of selective isolation of superspreaders: A mathematical modeling study based upon West Bengal (India) SARS-COV 2 data

Merits and demerits of selective isolation of superspreaders: A mathematical modeling study based upon West Bengal (India) SARS-COV 2 data

Information-Seeking Behavior on Coronavirus Disease-19 Vaccine on the Internet

Control of an Epidemic of SARS-CoV-2 by Assessing Transmissibility of Its Infected Cases in Absence of a Suitable Vaccine

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