Transmissions Characteristics of COVID-19 Variants
Transmission Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern: Rapid Scoping Review
Project Status:Complete
Knowledge User(s)
Alberta Health Services, Public Health Agency of Canada
Patient/Public Partner(s)
Trudy Flynn, Rebecca Mackay
Project Trainee(s)
Mari Somerville, Justine Dol, Bearach Reynolds, Danielle Shin, Allyson Gallant
Funding Source(s)
- COVARR-NET
Project Objectives
To identify (1) how much more transmissible are the variants of concerns; (2) why are they more transmissible; and (3) what criteria are used to define new variants of concerns.
Research Approach
Rapid Scoping Review
Project Lead(s)
Janet Curran
Janet Curran is a Professor in the School of Nursing at Dalhousie University and a Research Chair in Quality and Patient Safety at IWK Health, Nova Scotia Health and Dalhousie University.
She is the Scientific Lead in the Strengthening Transitions in Care lab at IWK Health where her program of research is focused on co-designing and evaluating best practice and policy change interventions to improve transitions in care for patients and families. Her co-design work is informed by collaborating with multiple stakeholders including patients, parents and caregivers, healthcare providers, and policy makers.
Janet Curran
Dalhousie University, Maritimes SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Janet Curran is a Professor in the School of Nursing...
Project Outputs
Publication (Public Health Implications)
Publication (Health System Impacts)
Report (Transmission Characteristics)
Report (Public Health and Health Systems Impacts)
Report (Public Health Implications: July 2021)
Report (Public Health Implications: September 2021)