Modeling infectious disease dynamics in the complex landscape of global health

H Heesterbeek, RM Anderson, V Andreasen, S Bansal… - Science, 2015 - science.org
BACKGROUND Despite many notable successes in prevention and control, infectious
diseases remain an enormous threat to human and animal health. The ecological and …

Cholera transmission: the host, pathogen and bacteriophage dynamic

EJ Nelson, JB Harris, J Glenn Morris Jr… - Nature Reviews …, 2009 - nature.com
Zimbabwe offers the most recent example of the tragedy that befalls a country and its people
when cholera strikes. The 2008–2009 outbreak rapidly spread across every province and …

Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)

R Li, S Pei, B Chen, Y Song, T Zhang, W Yang… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Estimation of the prevalence and contagiousness of undocumented novel coronavirus
[severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)] infections is critical for …

Spread and dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy: Effects of emergency containment measures

M Gatto, E Bertuzzo, L Mari, S Miccoli… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italy prompted drastic measures for
transmission containment. We examine the effects of these interventions, based on …

Association between Zika virus and microcephaly in French Polynesia, 2013–15: a retrospective study

S Cauchemez, M Besnard, P Bompard, T Dub… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The emergence of Zika virus in the Americas has coincided with
increased reports of babies born with microcephaly. On Feb 1, 2016, WHO declared the …

Particle markov chain monte carlo methods

C Andrieu, A Doucet… - Journal of the Royal …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Summary Markov chain Monte Carlo and sequential Monte Carlo methods have emerged as
the two main tools to sample from high dimensional probability distributions. Although …

On fractal-fractional waterborne disease model: A study on theoretical and numerical aspects of solutions via simulations

H Khan, J Alzabut, A Shah, ZY He, S Etemad… - Fractals, 2023 - World Scientific
Waterborne diseases are illnesses caused by pathogenic bacteria that spread through water
and have a negative influence on human health. Due to the involvement of most countries in …

A high-resolution human contact network for infectious disease transmission

M Salathé, M Kazandjieva, JW Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The most frequent infectious diseases in humans—and those with the highest potential for
rapid pandemic spread—are usually transmitted via droplets during close proximity …

Asymptomatic humans transmit dengue virus to mosquitoes

V Duong, L Lambrechts, RE Paul… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Three-quarters of the estimated 390 million dengue virus (DENV) infections each year are
clinically inapparent. People with inapparent dengue virus infections are generally …

Statistical inference for partially observed Markov processes via the R package pomp

AA King, D Nguyen, EL Ionides - arxiv preprint arxiv:1509.00503, 2015 - arxiv.org
Partially observed Markov process (POMP) models, also known as hidden Markov models
or state space models, are ubiquitous tools for time series analysis. The R package pomp …