Publications – Page 3 – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

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 COJournal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S APMID: 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 COJournal: Prehosp Disaster MedPMID: 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 MJournal: Am J EpidemiolPMID: 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 MJournal: PLoS MedPMID: 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 MJournal: Clin TrialsPMID: 29374974 April 2018

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