
James M. Trauer
Research Associate Professor at Monash University
Head of Epidemiological Modelling, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. Respiratory physician at the Alfred Hospital.
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Mar 29, 2024 |
healthaffairs.org | James M. Trauer
When readers buy a book via a link on this page and others under Health Affairs Reads, we will receive a commission. Thank you for supporting Health Affairs. By Didier FassinCambridge (UK): Polity, 2023272 pp., $24.95As we look back on the early pandemic years, many of us have prominent memories of images of case numbers, curves, and statistical comparisons.
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Feb 7, 2023 |
dailybulletin.com.au | James M. Trauer
Wed Feb 8 Written by James Trauer, Associate Professor, Monash University The XBB.1.5 subvariant, known informally as “Kraken”, is the latest in a menagerie of Omicron subvariants to dominate the headlines, following increasing detection in the United States and United Kingdom. But there have been few cases of XBB.1.5 in Australia so far. And its nickname – a mythical sea monster – may be causing unnecessary fear.
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Feb 2, 2023 |
bordermail.com.au | James M. Trauer |Angus Hughes
The recent evolution of the virus is markedly different to what we saw earlier in the pandemic. Before this proliferation of subvariants, there were complete shifts from wild-type (the original viral strain) to Alpha, Delta, Omicron and the earlier Omicron subvariants (BA.1, BA.2 and BA.5) - each with substantially different effects on COVID transmission and immune protection.
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Feb 2, 2023 |
newcastleherald.com.au | James M. Trauer |Angus Hughes
The recent evolution of the virus is markedly different to what we saw earlier in the pandemic. Before this proliferation of subvariants, there were complete shifts from wild-type (the original viral strain) to Alpha, Delta, Omicron and the earlier Omicron subvariants (BA.1, BA.2 and BA.5) - each with substantially different effects on COVID transmission and immune protection.
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Feb 2, 2023 |
allafrica.com | James M. Trauer |Angus Hughes
Africa: The 'Kraken' Subvariant Xbb.1.5 Sounds Scary. But Behind the Headlines Are Clues to Where Covid's HeadinganalysisBy James Trauer and Angus HughesThe XBB.1.5 subvariant, known informally as "Kraken", is the latest in a menagerie of Omicron subvariants to dominate the headlines, following increasing detection in the United States and United Kingdom. But there have been few cases of XBB.1.5 in Australia so far. And its nickname - a mythical sea monster - may be causing unnecessary fear.
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