ID Epi Spring Seminar Series 2021: Journal Club

This page serves as a reference for members of the Journal Club for the CCDD ID Epi Series (2021). Readings for each seminar are below.

Leah Katzelnick, National Institutes of Health (2/11/21)

• Zika virus infection enhances future risk of severe dengue disease

Colin Russell, Amsterdam University Medical Center (2/18/21)

• The evolution of seasonal influenza viruses
• Asynchrony between virus diversity and antibody selection limits influenza virus evolution

Nicholas Grassly, Imperial College London (2/25/21)

• Comparison of molecular testing strategies for COVID-19 control: a mathematical modelling study

Marcia Castro, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (3/4/21)

• Characterisation of the first 250 000 hospital admissions for COVID-19 in Brazil: a retrospective analysis of nationwide data
• Three-quarters attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 in the Brazilian Amazon during a largely unmitigated epidemic
• Evolution and epidemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil

Tanja Stadler, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (3/11/21)

• Getting to the root of epidemic spread with phylodynamic analysis of genomic data
• Emergence and spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant through Europe in the summer of 2020
• Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 spread in Switzerland based on genomic sequencing data

Iruka Okeke, University of Ibadan (3/25/21)

• Leapfrogging laboratories: the promise and pitfalls of high-tech solutions for antimicrobial resistance surveillance in low-income settings
• Whole-genome sequencing as part of national and international surveillance programmes for antimicrobial resistance: a roadmap

Koen Pouwels, University of Oxford (4/1/21)

• Quantifying the economic cost of antibiotic resistance and the impact of related interventions: rapid methodological review, conceptual framework and recommendations for future studies
• Optimising trial designs to identify appropriate antibiotic treatment durations
• Estimating the Effect of Healthcare-Associated Infections on Excess Length of Hospital Stay Using Inverse Probability–Weighted Survival Curves

Muhammed Semakula, Rwanda Ministry of Health (4/8/21)

• COVID-19 in Rwanda: A country’s response
• Use of Technologies in COVID-19 Containment in Rwanda
• Why Rwanda Is Doing Better Than Ohio When It Comes To Controlling COVID-19
• Rwanda’s successes and challenges in response to COVID-19

Dale Barnhart, Harvard Medical School (4/15/21)

• N/A

Pia Abel-zur Wiesch, Pennsylvania State University (4/22/21)

• Classic reaction kinetics can explain complex patterns of antibiotic action

Faith Osier, Heidelberg University (4/29/21)

• Vaccine candidate discovery for the next generation of malaria vaccines

Bryan Bryson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (5/6/21)

• Learning the language of viral evolution and escape
  • Supplementary material