Optimizing prevalence estimates for a novel pathogen by reducing uncertainty in test characteristics. Author(s): Larremore DB, Fosdick BK, Zhang S, Grad YH|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 36191537| September 2022 Emergence of a novel pathogen drives the urgent need for diagnostic tests that can aid in defining disease prevalence. The…
Infectious disease dynamics and restrictions on social gathering size. Author(s): Boyer CB, Rumpler E, Kissler SM, Lipsitch M|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 36058184| August 2022 Social gatherings can be an important locus of transmission for many pathogens including SARS-CoV-2. During an outbreak, restricting the size…
Participatory syndromic surveillance as a tool for tracking COVID-19 in Bangladesh. Author(s): Mahmud AS, Chowdhury S, Sojib KH, Chowdhury A, Quader MT, Paul S, Saidy MS, Uddin R, Engø-Monsen K, Buckee CO|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 33887643| April 2021 Limitations in laboratory diagnostic capacity and reporting delays have hampered efforts to mitigate and control the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019…
The impact of mobility network properties on predicted epidemic dynamics in Dhaka and Bangkok. Author(s): Brown TS, Engø-Monsen K, Kiang MV, Mahmud AS, Maude RJ, Buckee CO|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 33667878| February 2021 Properties of city-level commuting networks are expected to influence epidemic potential of cities and modify the speed and spatial trajectory…
Quantifying the success of measles vaccination campaigns in the Rohingya refugee camps. Author(s): Chin T, Buckee CO, Mahmud AS|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 31951876| January 2020 In the wake of the Rohingya population's mass migration from Myanmar, one of the world's largest refugee settlements was constructed…
Displacement of sexual partnerships in trials of sexual behavior interventions: A model-based assessment of consequences. Author(s): McCormick AW, Abuelezam NN, Fussell T, Seage GR 3rd, Lipsitch M|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 28416219| September 2017 We investigated the impact of the displacement of sexual activity from adherent recipients of an intervention to others within or…
Population effect of influenza vaccination under co-circulation of non-vaccine variants and the case for a bivalent A/H3N2 vaccine component. Author(s): Worby CJ, Wallinga J, Lipsitch M, Goldstein E|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 28262588| June 2017 Some past epidemics of different influenza subtypes (particularly A/H3N2) in the US saw co-circulation of vaccine-type and variant strains. There…
On the relative role of different age groups in influenza epidemics. Author(s): Worby CJ, Chaves SS, Wallinga J, Lipsitch M, Finelli L, Goldstein E|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 26097505| December 2015 The identification of key "driver" groups in influenza epidemics is of much interest for the implementation of effective public health…
Modelling challenges in context: lessons from malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis. Author(s): Childs LM, Abuelezam NN, Dye C, Gupta S, Murray MB, Williams BG, Buckee CO|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 25843394| March 2015 Malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis (TB) collectively account for several million deaths each year, with all three ranking among the top…
Evidence that pneumococcal serotype replacement in Massachusetts following conjugate vaccination is now complete. Author(s): Hanage WP, Finkelstein JA, Huang SS, Pelton SI, Stevenson AE, Kleinman K, Hinrichsen VL, Fraser C|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 21031138| June 2010 Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) has been reduced in the US following conjugate vaccination (PCV7) targeting seven pneumococcal serotypes in 2000.…
