The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiology

KH Grantz, HR Meredith, DAT Cummings… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has heightened discussion of
the use of mobile phone data in outbreak response. Mobile phone data have been proposed …

Mathematical models of infectious disease transmission

NC Grassly, C Fraser - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2008 - nature.com
Mathematical analysis and modelling is central to infectious disease epidemiology. Here, we
provide an intuitive introduction to the process of disease transmission, how this stochastic …

Inferring change points in the spread of COVID-19 reveals the effectiveness of interventions

J Dehning, J Zierenberg, FP Spitzner, M Wibral… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION When faced with the outbreak of a novel epidemic such as coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), rapid response measures are required by individuals, as well as …

A large and persistent carbon sink in the world's forests

Y Pan, RA Birdsey, J Fang, R Houghton, PE Kauppi… - science, 2011 - science.org
The terrestrial carbon sink has been large in recent decades, but its size and location remain
uncertain. Using forest inventory data and long-term ecosystem carbon studies, we estimate …

[BOOK][B] Modeling infectious diseases in humans and animals

MJ Keeling, P Rohani - 2008 - books.google.com
For epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, and health-care professionals, real-time and
predictive modeling of infectious disease is of growing importance. This book provides a …

The impact of COVID-19 nonpharmaceutical interventions on the future dynamics of endemic infections

RE Baker, SW Park, W Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been employed to reduce the transmission of
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), yet these measures are …

Urbanization and humidity shape the intensity of influenza epidemics in US cities

BD Dalziel, S Kissler, JR Gog, C Viboud, ON Bjørnstad… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Influenza epidemics vary in intensity from year to year, driven by climatic conditions and by
viral antigenic evolution. However, important spatial variation remains unexplained. Here we …

Nipah virus dynamics in bats and implications for spillover to humans

JH Epstein, SJ Anthony, A Islam… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging bat-borne zoonotic virus that causes near-annual
outbreaks of fatal encephalitis in South Asia—one of the most populous regions on Earth. In …

Different epidemic curves for severe acute respiratory syndrome reveal similar impacts of control measures

J Wallinga, P Teunis - American Journal of epidemiology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been the first severe contagious disease to
emerge in the 21st century. The available epidemic curves for SARS show marked …

[BOOK][B] Theoretical ecology: principles and applications

R May, AR McLean - 2007 - books.google.com
Robert May's seminal book has played a central role in the development of ecological
science. Originally published in 1976, this influential text has overseen the transition of …