Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

US-county level variation in intersecting individual, household and community characteristics relevant to COVID-19 and planning an equitable response: a cross-sectional analysis.

Author(s): Chin T, Kahn R, Li R, Chen JT, Krieger N, Buckee CO, Balsari S, Kiang MVJournal: BMJ OpenPMID: 32873684 September 2020

To illustrate the intersections of, and intercounty variation in, individual, household and community factors that influence the impact of COVID-19…

COVID-19 preparedness in Malawi: a national facility-based critical care assessment.

Author(s): Sonenthal PD, Masiye J, Kasomekera N, Marsh RH, Wroe EB, Scott KW, Li R, Murray MB, Bukhman A, Connolly E, Minyaliwa T, Katete M, Banda G, Nyirenda MJournal: Lancet Glob HealthPMID: 32464111 May 2020

COVID-19 has emerged in 46 countries in the WHO African region as of May 6, 2020. To treat patients with…

Estimated Demand for US Hospital Inpatient and Intensive Care Unit Beds for Patients With COVID-19 Based on Comparisons With Wuhan and Guangzhou, China.

Author(s): Li R, Rivers C, Tan Q, Murray MB, Toner E, Lipsitch MJournal: JAMA Netw OpenPMID: 32374400 May 2020

Sustained spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has happened in major US cities. Capacity needs in cities…

Comparative Impact of Individual Quarantine vs. Active Monitoring of Contacts for the Mitigation of COVID-19: a modelling study.

Author(s): Peak CM, Kahn R, Grad YH, Childs LM, Li R, Lipsitch M, Buckee COJournal: medRxivPMID: 32511440 April 2020

Voluntary individual quarantine and voluntary active monitoring of contacts are core disease control strategies for emerging infectious diseases, such as…

The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China.

Author(s): Kraemer MUG, Yang CH, Gutierrez B, Wu CH, Klein B, Pigott DM, Open COVID-19 Data Working Group., du Plessis L, Faria NR, Li R, Hanage WP, Brownstein JS, Layan M, Vespignani A, Tian H, Dye C, Pybus OG, Scarpino SVJournal: SciencePMID: 32213647 March 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak expanded rapidly throughout China. Major behavioral, clinical, and state interventions have been undertaken to mitigate the…

Two clinical prediction tools to improve tuberculosis contact investigation.

Author(s): Li R, Nordio F, Huang CC, Contreras C, Calderon R, Yataco R, Galea JT, Zhang Z, Becerra MC, Lecca L, Murray MBJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 31905406 January 2020

Efficient contact investigation strategies are needed for the early diagnosis of TB disease and treatment of latent TB infections.