The Zika virus epidemic in Brazil: from discovery to future implications

R Lowe, C Barcellos, P Brasil, OG Cruz… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The first confirmed case of Zika virus infection in the Americas was reported in Northeast
Brazil in May 2015, although phylogenetic studies indicate virus introduction as early as …

Challenges and opportunities in controlling mosquito-borne infections

NM Ferguson - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Mosquito-borne diseases remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality across the tropical
regions. Despite much progress in the control of malaria, malaria-associated morbidity …

Genomics and epidemiology of the P. 1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil

NR Faria, TA Mellan, C Whittaker, IM Claro… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in
Manaus, Brazil, resurged in late 2020 despite previously high levels of infection. Genome …

Zika virus vaccine development: progress in the face of new challenges

MS Diamond, JE Ledgerwood… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) emerged at a global level when it spread to the Americas and began
causing congenital malformations and microcephaly in 2015. A rapid response by …

Data-Driven COVID-19 Vaccine Development for Janssen

D Bertsimas, ML Li, X Liu, J Xu… - INFORMS Journal on …, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred extensive vaccine research worldwide. One crucial
part of vaccine development is the phase III clinical trial that assesses the vaccine for safety …

Heterogeneous local dynamics revealed by classification analysis of spatially disaggregated time series data

TA Perkins, I Rodriguez-Barraquer, C Manore, AS Siraj… - Epidemics, 2019 - Elsevier
Time series data provide a crucial window into infectious disease dynamics, yet their utility is
often limited by the spatially aggregated form in which they are presented. When working …