Publications

Addendum: Estimating clinical severity of COVID-19 from the transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China.

Author(s): Wu JT, Leung K, Kishore N, Niehus R, De Salazar PM, Cowling BJ, Lipsitch M, Leung GM|Journal: Nat Med|PMID: 32661399| May 2020

On 17 April 2020, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission revised the official COVID-19 death counts in Wuhan up by 1,290…

Serology for SARS-CoV-2: Apprehensions, opportunities, and the path forward.

Author(s): Bryant JE, Azman AS, Ferrari MJ, Arnold BF, Boni MF, Boum Y, Hayford K, Luquero FJ, Mina MJ, Rodríguez-Barraquer I, Wu JT, Wade D, Vernet G, Leung DT|Journal: Sci Immunol|PMID: 32430309| May 2020

Serological testing for SARS-CoV-2 has enormous potential to contribute to COVID-19 pandemic response efforts. However, the required performance characteristics of…

Estimating clinical severity of COVID-19 from the transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China.

Author(s): Wu JT, Leung K, Bushman M, Kishore N, Niehus R, De Salazar PM, Cowling BJ, Lipsitch M, Leung GM|Journal: Nat Med|PMID: 32284616| March 2020

As of 29 February 2020 there were 79,394 confirmed cases and 2,838 deaths from COVID-19 in mainland China. Of these,…

Monitoring the fitness of antiviral-resistant influenza strains during an epidemic: a mathematical modelling study.

Author(s): Leung K, Lipsitch M, Yuen KY, Wu JT|Journal: Lancet Infect Dis|PMID: 27914853| March 2017

Antivirals (eg, oseltamivir) are important for mitigating influenza epidemics. In 2007, an oseltamivir-resistant influenza seasonal A H1N1 strain emerged and…

Fractional dosing of yellow fever vaccine to extend supply: a modelling study.

Author(s): Wu JT, Peak CM, Leung GM, Lipsitch M|Journal: Lancet|PMID: 27837923| December 2016

The ongoing yellow fever epidemic in Angola strains the global vaccine supply, prompting WHO to adopt dose sparing for its…