Age- and vaccination status-dependent isolation guidelines based on simulation of SARS-CoV-2 Delta cases in Singapore
In this case, study using the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, our analysis demonstrates that unnecessary time spent in isolation can be reduced by adopting variable-period guidelines based on patient characteristics.
Authors
- Luis Ponce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8102-1393)
- Sean Wei Xiang Ong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8570-436X)
- Barnaby Edward Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-2230)
- Yong Dam Jeong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3970-7690)
- Kiyosu Taniguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4584-6168)
- David Chien Lye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0324-0205)
- Shingo Iwami
- Keisuke Ejima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1185-3987)
- Norio Ohmagari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4622-8970)
- Marco Ajelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1753-4749)
- Po Ying Chia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8797-9527)
- Kenji Shibuya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2528-7530)
- Yuqian Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1592-1790)
- Ananya Singh
- Kelvin Bryan Tan
- H.C. Chua
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (SG)
- Kyushu University (JP)
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Kajima Corporation (Japan) (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Tan Tock Seng Hospital (SG)
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine (JP)
- RIKEN (JP)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Science Groove (Japan) (JP)
- National Mie Hospital (JP)
- National University Health System (SG)
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases (SG)
- Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research (JP)
- Nagoya University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-00797-8
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00