Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Temporal rise in the proportion of younger adults and older adolescents among coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases following the introduction of physical distancing measures, Germany, March to April 2020.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Lipsitch MJournal: Euro SurveillPMID: 32372753 April 2020

Using data on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Germany from the Robert Koch Institute, we found a relative increase with…

Genomic epidemiology of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST22 widespread in communities of the Gaza Strip, 2009.

Author(s): Chang Q, Abuelaish I, Biber A, Jaber H, Callendrello A, Andam CP, Regev-Yochay G, Hanage WP, On Behalf Of The Picr Study GroupJournal: Euro SurveillPMID: 30153881 August 2018

BackgroundRemarkably high carriage prevalence of a community-associated meticillin-resistant (MRSA) strain of sequence type (ST) 22 in the Gaza strip was…

Interim estimate of influenza vaccine effectiveness in hospitalised children, Hong Kong, 2017/18.

Author(s): Chiu SS, Kwan MYW, Feng S, Wong JSC, Leung CW, Chan ELY, Peiris JSM, Cowling BJJournal: Euro SurveillPMID: 29486830 February 2018

We conducted a hospital-based test-negative study in Hong Kong to estimate influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) for the winter of 2017/18.…

Epidemiology of hand, foot and mouth disease in China, 2008 to 2015 prior to the introduction of EV-A71 vaccine.

Author(s): Yang B, Liu F, Liao Q, Wu P, Chang Z, Huang J, Long L, Luo L, Li Y, Leung GM, Cowling BJ, Yu HJournal: Euro SurveillPMID: 29258646 December 2017

Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is usually caused by several serotypes from human enterovirus A species, including enterovirus 71…

Epidemiology of human infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in Guangdong, 2016 to 2017.

Author(s): Kang M, Lau EHY, Guan W, Yang Y, Song T, Cowling BJ, Wu J, Peiris M, He J, Mok CKPJournal: Euro SurveillPMID: 28703705 July 2017

We describe the epidemiology of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H7N9) based on poultry market environmental surveillance and laboratory-confirmed human…

Global distribution and environmental suitability for chikungunya virus, 1952 to 2015.

Author(s): Nsoesie EO, Kraemer MU, Golding N, Pigott DM, Brady OJ, Moyes CL, Johansson MA, Gething PW, Velayudhan R, Khan K, Hay SI, Brownstein JSJournal: Euro SurveillPMID: 27239817 May 2016

Chikungunya fever is an acute febrile illness caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which is transmitted to humans by Aedes…

Preliminary epidemiological assessment of MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, May to June 2015.

Author(s): Cowling BJ, Park M, Fang VJ, Wu P, Leung GM, Wu JTJournal: Euro SurveillPMID: 26132767 June 2015

South Korea is experiencing the largest outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections outside the Arabian Peninsula, with 166…

Clinical severity of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, China, 2013/14.

Author(s): Feng L, Wu JT, Liu X, Yang P, Tsang TK, Jiang H, Wu P, Yang J, Fang VJ, Qin Y, Lau EH, Li M, Zheng J, Peng Z, Xie Y, Wang Q, Li Z, Leung GM, Gao GF, Yu H, Cowling BJJournal: Euro SurveillPMID: 25523971 December 2014

Assessing the severity of emerging infections is challenging because of potential biases in case ascertainment. The first human case of…

Geographical heterogeneity of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Georgia, January 2009 to June 2011.

Author(s): Jenkins HE, Gegia M, Furin J, Kalandadze I, Nanava U, Chakhaia T, Cohen TJournal: Euro SurveillPMID: 24679722 March 2014

In 2011, Georgia, in the Caucasus, reported that 11% of new and 32% of previously treated tuberculosis (TB) cases nationally…

Preliminary inferences on the age-specific seriousness of human disease caused by avian influenza A(H7N9) infections in China, March to April 2013.

Author(s): Cowling BJ, Freeman G, Wong JY, Wu P, Liao Q, Lau EH, Wu JT, Fielding R, Leung GMJournal: Euro SurveillPMID: 23725807 May 2013

Between 31 March and 21 April 2013, 102 laboratory-confirmed influenza A(H7N9) infections have been reported in six provinces of China.…