Publications

High coverage COVID-19 mRNA vaccination rapidly controls SARS-CoV-2 transmission in long-term care facilities

Author(s): De Salazar PM, Link NB, Lamarca K, Santillana MJournal: Commun Med July 2021

Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) represent a major share of COVID-19 deaths worldwide. Measuring the vaccine effectiveness among the…

Estimating the cumulative incidence of COVID-19 in the United States using influenza surveillance, virologic testing, and mortality data: Four complementary approaches.

Author(s): Lu FS, Nguyen AT, Link NB, Molina M, Davis JT, Chinazzi M, Xiong X, Vespignani A, Lipsitch M, Santillana MJournal: PLoS Comput BiolPMID: 34138845 June 2021

Effectively designing and evaluating public health responses to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic requires accurate estimation of the prevalence of COVID-19…

Toward the use of neural networks for influenza prediction at multiple spatial resolutions.

Author(s): Aiken EL, Nguyen AT, Viboud C, Santillana MJournal: Sci AdvPMID: 34134985 June 2021

Mitigating the effects of disease outbreaks with timely and effective interventions requires accurate real-time surveillance and forecasting of disease activity,…

Factors Associated With Self-reported Symptoms of Depression Among Adults With and Without a Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis.

Author(s): Perlis RH, Santillana M, Ognyanova K, Green J, Druckman J, Lazer D, Baum MAJournal: JAMA Netw OpenPMID: 34115130 June 2021

Rates of major depressive symptoms are elevated after acute infection with SARS-CoV-2. A key question is whether such symptoms represent…

A dynamic, ensemble learning approach to forecast dengue fever epidemic years in Brazil using weather and population susceptibility cycles.

Author(s): McGough SF, Clemente L, Kutz JN, Santillana MJournal: J R Soc InterfacePMID: 34129785 June 2021

Transmission of dengue fever depends on a complex interplay of human, climate and mosquito dynamics, which often change in time…

Using heterogeneous data to identify signatures of dengue outbreaks at fine spatio-temporal scales across Brazil.

Author(s): Castro LA, Generous N, Luo W, Pastore Y Piontti A, Martinez K, Gomes MFC, Osthus D, Fairchild G, Ziemann A, Vespignani A, Santillana M, Manore CA, Del Valle SYJournal: PLoS Negl Trop DisPMID: 34019536 May 2021

Dengue virus remains a significant public health challenge in Brazil, and seasonal preparation efforts are hindered by variable intra- and…

Influenza forecasting for French regions combining EHR, web and climatic data sources with a machine learning ensemble approach.

Author(s): Poirier C, Hswen Y, Bouzillé G, Cuggia M, Lavenu A, Brownstein JS, Brewer T, Santillana MJournal: PLoS OnePMID: 34010293 May 2021

Effective and timely disease surveillance systems have the potential to help public health officials design interventions to mitigate the effects…