Infectious diseases and social distancing in nature

S Stockmaier, N Stroeymeyt, EC Shattuck, DM Hawley… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Contagious pathogens can trigger diverse changes in host social
behaviors, rewiring their social networks and profoundly influencing the extent and pace of …

The Ebola outbreak, 2013–2016: old lessons for new epidemics

CEM Coltart, B Lindsey, I Ghinai… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ebola virus causes a severe haemorrhagic fever in humans with high case fatality and
significant epidemic potential. The 2013–2016 outbreak in West Africa was unprecedented …

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 …

Covid-19 and community mitigation strategies in a pandemic

SH Ebrahim, QA Ahmed, E Gozzer, P Schlagenhauf… - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
The covid-19 pandemic that was declared on 11 March 2020 has affected countries on all
continents. 1 Reported case numbers are certainly underestimates given the shortages or …

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 …

Principles of infectious diseases: transmission, diagnosis, prevention, and control

JM Van Seventer, NS Hochberg - … encyclopedia of public …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Infectious disease control and prevention relies on a thorough understanding of the factors
determining transmission. This article summarizes the fundamental principles of infectious …

Why infectious disease research needs community ecology

PTJ Johnson, JC De Roode, A Fenton - Science, 2015 - science.org
BACKGROUND Despite ongoing advances in biomedicine, infectious diseases remain a
major threat to human health, economic sustainability, and wildlife conservation. This is in …

[หนังสือ][B] Epidemic illusions: on the coloniality of global public health

ET Richardson - 2020 - books.google.com
A physician-anthropologist explores how public health practices--from epidemiological
modeling to outbreak containment--help perpetuate global inequities. In Epidemic Illusions …

Measuring the scientific effectiveness of contact tracing: Evidence from a natural experiment

T Fetzer, T Graeber - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021 - pnas.org
Contact tracing has for decades been a cornerstone of the public health approach to
epidemics, including Ebola, severe acute respiratory syndrome, and now COVID-19. It has …