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Predicting dengue incidence leveraging internet-based data sources. A case study in 20 cities in Brazil.

Author(s): Koplewitz G, Lu F, Clemente L, Buckee C, Santillana M|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 35073316| January 2022
The dengue virus affects millions of people every year worldwide, causing large epidemic outbreaks that disrupt people's lives and severely…

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 SY|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 34019536| May 2021
Dengue virus remains a significant public health challenge in Brazil, and seasonal preparation efforts are hindered by variable intra- and…

Megacities as drivers of national outbreaks: The 2017 chikungunya outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Author(s): Mahmud AS, Kabir MI, Engø-Monsen K, Tahmina S, Riaz BK, Hossain MA, Khanom F, Rahman MM, Rahman MK, Sharmin M, Hossain DM, Yasmin S, Ahmed MM, Lusha MAF, Buckee CO|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 33529229| February 2021
Several large outbreaks of chikungunya have been reported in the Indian Ocean region in the last decade. In 2017, an…

Analysis of a meningococcal meningitis outbreak in Niger – potential effectiveness of reactive prophylaxis.

Author(s): Hitchings MDT, Coldiron ME, Grais RF, Lipsitch M|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 30856166| May 2019
Seasonal epidemics of bacterial meningitis in the African Meningitis Belt carry a high burden of disease and mortality. Reactive mass…

Prolonging herd immunity to cholera via vaccination: Accounting for human mobility and waning vaccine effects.

Author(s): Peak CM, Reilly AL, Azman AS, Buckee CO|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 29489815| February 2018
Oral cholera vaccination is an approach to preventing outbreaks in at-risk settings and controlling cholera in endemic settings. However, vaccine-derived…

Using simulation to aid trial design: Ring-vaccination trials.

Author(s): Hitchings MD, Grais RF, Lipsitch M|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 28328984| March 2017
The 2014-6 West African Ebola epidemic highlights the need for rigorous, rapid clinical trial methods for vaccines. A challenge for…

Potential Biases in Estimating Absolute and Relative Case-Fatality Risks during Outbreaks.

Author(s): Lipsitch M, Donnelly CA, Fraser C, Blake IM, Cori A, Dorigatti I, Ferguson NM, Garske T, Mills HL, Riley S, Van Kerkhove MD, Hernán MA|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 26181387| July 2015
Estimating the case-fatality risk (CFR)-the probability that a person dies from an infection given that they are a case-is a…

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