Publications

US-county level variation in intersecting individual, household and community characteristics relevant to COVID-19 and planning an equitable response: a cross-sectional analysis.

Author(s): Chin T, Kahn R, Li R, Chen JT, Krieger N, Buckee CO, Balsari S, Kiang MV|Journal: BMJ Open|PMID: 32873684| September 2020

To illustrate the intersections of, and intercounty variation in, individual, household and community factors that influence the impact of COVID-19…

Individual quarantine versus active monitoring of contacts for the mitigation of COVID-19: a modelling study.

Author(s): Peak CM, Kahn R, Grad YH, Childs LM, Lipsitch M, Buckee CO|Journal: Lancet Infect Dis|PMID: 32445710| May 2020

Voluntary individual quarantine and voluntary active monitoring of contacts are core disease control strategies for emerging infectious diseases such as…

Antibody testing will enhance the power and accuracy of COVID-19-prevention trials.

Author(s): Lipsitch M, Kahn R, Mina MJ|Journal: Nat Med|PMID: 32341581| April 2020

Researchers starting clinical trials of prevention measures for COVID-19 have a unique window of opportunity for collecting blood from the…

Comparative Impact of Individual Quarantine vs. Active Monitoring of Contacts for the Mitigation of COVID-19: a modelling study.

Author(s): Peak CM, Kahn R, Grad YH, Childs LM, Li R, Lipsitch M, Buckee CO|Journal: medRxiv|PMID: 32511440| April 2020

Voluntary individual quarantine and voluntary active monitoring of contacts are core disease control strategies for emerging infectious diseases, such as…

Incubation periods impact the spatial predictability of cholera and Ebola outbreaks in Sierra Leone.

Author(s): Kahn R, Peak CM, Fernández-Gracia J, Hill A, Jambai A, Ganda L, Castro MC, Buckee CO|Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A|PMID: 32054785| March 2020

Forecasting the spatiotemporal spread of infectious diseases during an outbreak is an important component of epidemic response. However, it remains…

Rapid Forecasting of Cholera Risk in Mozambique: Translational Challenges and Opportunities.

Author(s): Kahn R, Mahmud AS, Schroeder A, Aguilar Ramirez LH, Crowley J, Chan J, Buckee CO|Journal: Prehosp Disaster Med|PMID: 31477186| September 2019

Disasters, such as cyclones, create conditions that increase the risk of infectious disease outbreaks. Epidemic forecasts can be valuable for…

Analyzing Vaccine Trials in Epidemics with Mild and Asymptomatic Infection.

Author(s): Kahn R, Hitchings M, Wang R, Bellan S, Lipsitch M|Journal: Am J Epidemiol|PMID: 30329134| October 2018

Vaccine efficacy against susceptibility to infection (VES), regardless of symptoms, is an important endpoint of vaccine trials for pathogens with…

Choices in vaccine trial design in epidemics of emerging infections.

Author(s): Kahn R, Rid A, Smith PG, Eyal N, Lipsitch M|Journal: PLoS Med|PMID: 30086139| August 2018

In a Policy Forum, Marc Lipsitch and colleagues discuss trial design issues in infectious disease outbreaks.

Impact of stochastically generated heterogeneity in hazard rates on individually randomized vaccine efficacy trials.

Author(s): Kahn R, Hitchings M, Bellan S, Lipsitch M|Journal: Clin Trials|PMID: 29374974| April 2018

Background/aims Network structure and individuals' level of exposure to a pathogen can impact results from efficacy evaluation studies of interventions…