[HTML][HTML] Estimates of the reproduction number for seasonal, pandemic, and zoonotic influenza: a systematic review of the literature

M Biggerstaff, S Cauchemez, C Reed, M Gambhir… - BMC infectious …, 2014 - Springer
The potential impact of an influenza pandemic can be assessed by calculating a set of
transmissibility parameters, the most important being the reproduction number (R), which is …

Unraveling R0: Considerations for Public Health Applications

B Ridenhour, JM Kowalik… - American journal of …, 2014 - ajph.aphapublications.org
We assessed public health use of R 0, the basic reproduction number, which estimates the
speed at which a disease is capable of spreading in a population. These estimates are of …

[PDF][PDF] Non-pharmaceutical public health measures for mitigating the risk and impact of epidemic and pandemic influenza: annex: report of systematic literature …

World Health Organization - 2019 - apps.who.int
New influenza A viruses emerge in humans from time to time, causing global pandemics.
The most recent influenza pandemic began in 2009 with the influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 …

The impact of regular school closure on seasonal influenza epidemics: a data-driven spatial transmission model for Belgium

GD Luca, KV Kerckhove, P Coletti, C Poletto… - BMC infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Background School closure is often considered as an option to mitigate influenza epidemics
because of its potential to reduce transmission in children and then in the community. The …

School closures and influenza: systematic review of epidemiological studies

C Jackson, E Vynnycky, J Hawker, B Olowokure… - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To review the effects of school closures on pandemic and seasonal influenza
outbreaks. Design Systematic review. Data sources MEDLINE and EMBASE, reference lists …

Community interventions in Low—And Middle-Income Countries to inform COVID-19 control implementation decisions in Kenya: A rapid systematic review

L Abdullahi, JJ Onyango, C Mukiira, J Wamicwe… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Globally, public health measures like face masks, hand hygiene and maintaining social
distancing have been implemented to delay and reduce local transmission of COVID-19. To …

Urbanization affects peak timing, prevalence, and bimodality of influenza pandemics in Australia: results of a census-calibrated model

C Zachreson, KM Fair, OM Cliff, N Harding… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
We examine salient trends of influenza pandemics in Australia, a rapidly urbanizing nation.
To do so, we implement state-of-the-art influenza transmission and progression models …

Living at high altitude and COVID-19 mortality in Peru

L Nicolaou, A Steinberg, RM Carrillo-Larco… - … Altitude Medicine & …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Nicolaou, Laura, Anne Steinberg, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Stella Hartinger, Andres G.
Lescano, and William Checkley. Living at high altitude and COVID-19 mortality in Peru. High …

Comparison of methods to estimate basic reproduction number (R0) of influenza, using Canada 2009 and 2017-18 A (H1N1) data

R Nikbakht, MR Baneshi, A Bahrampour… - Journal of Research …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: The basic reproduction number (R 0) has a key role in epidemics and can be
utilized for preventing epidemics. In this study, different methods are used for estimating R …

Influenza burden and transmission in the tropics

S Ng, A Gordon - Current epidemiology reports, 2015 - Springer
Each year, influenza causes substantial mortality and morbidity worldwide. It is important to
understand influenza in the tropics because of the significant burden in the region and its …