Publications by authors named "J Bridgen"
Nosocomial infections threaten patient safety, and were widely reported during the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective hospital infection control requires a detailed understanding of the role of different transmission pathways, yet these are poorly quantified. Using patient and staff data from a large UK hospital, we demonstrate a method to infer unobserved epidemiological event times efficiently and disentangle the infectious pressure dynamics by ward.
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- Concerns have been raised about the effectiveness of sotrovimab in reducing hospitalisation risk for the BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant compared to BA.1.
- A study involving 8,850 individuals treated with sotrovimab was conducted to analyze the hospitalisation risks associated with both sub-lineages.
- The findings indicated that the risk of hospital admission for BA.2 was similar to that of BA.1, with a hazard ratio suggesting no significant difference in hospitalisation rates.
Objectives: To quantify contact patterns of UK home delivery drivers and identify protective measures adopted during the pandemic.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional online survey to measure the interactions of 170 UK delivery drivers during a working shift between 7 December 2020 and 31 March 2021.
Results: Delivery drivers had a mean number of 71.
Objectives: To quantify and characterise non-household contact and to identify the effect of shielding and isolating on contact patterns.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting And Participants: Anyone living in the UK was eligible to take part in the study.
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 became the globally dominant variant in early 2022. A sub-lineage of the Omicron variant (BA.2) was identified in England in January 2022.
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