The COVID-19 research and resource collection has been collated as part of a debrief on the NSW public health response to:
Resources in this section focus on the epidemiology of COVID-19, outbreak investigations and COVID-19 surveillance and reports.
Liu B, Jayasundara D, Pye V, Dobbins T, Dore GJ, Matthews G, Kaldor J, Spokes P. Whole of population-based cohort study of recovery time from COVID-19 in New South Wales Australia. The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific. 2021; 12: 100193. Whole of population-based cohort study of recovery time from COVID-19 in New South Wales Australia
Liu B, Spokes P, Alfaro-Ramirez M, Ward K, Kaldor J. Hospital outcomes after a COVID-19 diagnosis from January to May 2020 in New South Wales Australia. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2020; 44. Hospital outcomes after a COVID-19 diagnosis from January to May 2020 in New South Wales Australia
Liu B, Spokes P, He W, Kaldor J. High risk groups for severe COVID-19 in a whole of population cohort in Australia. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2021; 21(1): 1-9. High risk groups for severe COVID-19 in a whole of population cohort in Australia
Shaban RZ, Li C, O'Sullivan MV, Gerrard J, Stuart RL, Teh J, Gilroy N, Sorrell TC, White E, Bag S, Hackett K, et al. COVID‐19 in Australia: our national response to the first cases of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection during the early biocontainment phase. Internal Medicine Journal. 2021; 51(1): 42-51. COVID‐19 in Australia: our national response to the first cases of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection during the early biocontainment phase
Shiel E, Miyakis S, Tennant E, Fernando S, Kizny-Gordon A, Koh B, Findlay M, Garnham K, Pilli S, Segboer H, Tallon J, Kao J, Miller A, Shore T, Maher R, Telford M, Barclay K, Harris B, Newcombe J, Hudson B, Figtree M. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of covid-19 in a low-prevalence, well resourced setting, Sydney, Australia. Internal Medicine Journal. 2021; 51(10): 1605-1613. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 in a low-prevalence, well resourced setting, Sydney, Australia
Williams P, Koirala A, Saravanos GL, Lopez LK, Glover C, Sharma K, Williams T, Carey E, Shaw N, Dickens E, Sitaram N, et al. COVID‐19 in New South Wales children during 2021: severity and clinical spectrum. Medical Journal of Australia. 2022; 217(6): 303-10. COVID‐19 in New South Wales children during 2021: severity and clinical spectrum
Capon A, Houston J, Rockett R, Sheppeard V, Chaverot S, Arnott A, Parashko T, Ferson M. Risk factors leading to COVID‐19 cases in a Sydney restaurant. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2021; 45(5): 512-6. Risk factors leading to COVID-19 cases in a Sydney restaurant
Daniells JK, MacCallum HL, Durrheim DN. Asymptomatic COVID-19 or are we missing something?. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2020; 44: 10-33321. Asymptomatic COVID-19 or are we missing something?
Gidding HF, Machalek DA, Hendry AJ, Quinn HE, Vette K, Beard FH, Shilling HS, Hirani R, Gosbell IB, Irving DO, Hueston L. Seroprevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2‐specific antibodies in Sydney after the first epidemic wave of 2020. Medical Journal of Australia. 2021; 214(4): 179-85. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies in Sydney after the first epidemic wave of 2020
Macartney K, Quinn HE, Pillsbury AJ, Koirala A, Deng L, Winkler N, Katelaris AL, O'Sullivan MV, Dalton C, Wood N, Brogan D. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Australian educational settings: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 2020; 4(11): 807-16. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Australian educational settings: a prospective cohort study
Ravindran B, Hogarth F, Williamson K, Wright R, Kirk M, Dalton C. High COVID-19 attack rate among attendees of wedding events in Bali, Indonesia, March 2020. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2020; 44. High COVID-19 attack rate among attendees of wedding events in Bali, Indonesia, March 2020
Sordo AA, Dunn A, Gardiner ER, Reinten TA, Tsang TS, Deng L, Liu BC. Household transmission of COVID-19 in 2020 in New South Wales, Australia. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2022; 46. Household transmission of COVID-19 in 2020 in New South Wales, Australia
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS). COVID-19 in educational settings [Internet]. Sydney (AU): NCIRS; 2022. Available from: COVID-19 in educational settings
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Capon A, Ousta D, Ferson M, Ingleton A, Sheppeard V. A multiple site community outbreak of COVID‐19 in Sydney, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2021; 45(2):129-32. A multiple site community outbreak of COVID-19 in Sydney, Australia
Govindasamy LS, Zheng A, Chen M, Chia D, Garcia P, Yapa C, Smith T. Fieldwork for public health responses during pandemics: lessons from the New South Wales Health experience with COVID-19. Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal: WPSAR. 2022; 13(2):1. Fieldwork for public health responses during pandemics: lessons from the New South Wales Health experience with COVID-19
Kapon A, Sheppeard V, Gonzalez N, Draper J, Zhu A, Browne M, Sullivan E, Mihajlovic M, Rockett R, Ferson M. Bondi and beyond. Lessons from three waves of COVID-19 from 2020. Public Health Research & Practice. 2021; 31(3). Bondi and beyond. Lessons from three waves of COVID-19 from 2020
Katelaris AL, Wells J, Clark P, Norton S, Rockett R, Arnott A, Sintchenko V, Corbett S, Bag SK. Epidemiologic evidence for airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during church singing, Australia, 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2021; 27(6):1677. Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-C oV-2 during Church Singing, Australia, 2020
Liu B, Stepien S, Pye V, Law C, Dalton C, Durrheim DN, Macartney K. High attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.1. 529 among two-dose vaccinated populations in two indoor entertainment setting outbreaks. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2022; jiac184. High attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 among two-dose vaccinated populations in two indoor entertainment setting outbreaks
Arnott A, Draper J, Rockett RJ, Lam C, Sadsad R, Gall M, Martinez E, Byun R, Musto J, Marais B, Chen SC. Documenting elimination of co-circulating COVID-19 clusters using genomics in New South Wales, Australia. BMC Research Notes. 2021; 14(1):1-4. Documenting elimination of co-circulating COVID-19 clusters using genomics in New South Wales, Australia
Camphor HS, Nielsen S, Bradford-Hartke Z, Wall K, Broome R. Retrospective epidemiological analysis of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance and case notifications data–New South Wales, Australia, 2020. Journal of Water and Health. 2022; 20(1):103-13. Retrospective epidemiological analysis of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance and case notifications data - New South Wales, Australia, 2020
Eden JS, Rockett R, Carter I, Rahman H, De Ligt J, Hadfield J, Storey M, Ren X, Tulloch R, Basile K, Wells J. An emergent clade of SARS-CoV-2 linked to returned travellers from Iran. Virus evolution. 2020; 6(1):veaa027. An emergent clade of SARS-CoV-2 linked to returned travellers from Iran
Rockett RJ, Arnott A, Lam C, Sadsad R, Timms V, Gray KA, Eden JS, Chang S, Gall M, Draper J, Sim EM. Revealing COVID-19 transmission in Australia by SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing and agent-based modeling. Nature Medicine. 2020; 26(9):1398-404. Revealing COVID-19 transmission in Australia by SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing and agent-based modeling
NSW Health. COVID-19 weekly surveillance reports – Archive [Internet]. Sydney (AU): NSW Health; 2022. Available from COVID-19 weekly surveillance reports - Archive
Read case studies on surveillance, epidemiology and outbreak investigations in NSW during the COVID-19 pandemic.
