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A review of epidemiological parameters from Ebola outbreaks to inform early public health decision-making

The unprecedented scale of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has, as of 29 April 2015, resulted in more than 10,884 deaths among 26,277 cases. Prior to the ongoing outbreak, Ebola virus disease (EVD) caused re...

Maria D. Van Kerkhove, Ana I. Bento, Harriet L. Mills, Neil M. Ferguson… in Scientific Data (2015)

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Characterizing all-cause excess mortality patterns during COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico

Low testing rates and delays in reporting hinder the estimation of the mortality burden associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. During a public health emergency, estimating all cause excess deaths above an expe...

Sushma Dahal, Juan M. Banda, Ana I. Bento, Kenji Mizumoto… in BMC Infectious Diseases (2021)

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Model-based evaluation of alternative reactive class closure strategies against COVID-19

There are contrasting results concerning the effect of reactive school closure on SARS-CoV-2 transmission. To shed light on this controversy, we developed a data-driven computational model of SARS-CoV-2 transm...

Quan-Hui Liu, Juanjuan Zhang, Cheng Peng, Maria Litvinova… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Disease-economy trade-offs under alternative epidemic control strategies

Public policy and academic debates regarding pandemic control strategies note disease-economy trade-offs, often prioritizing one outcome over the other. Using a calibrated, coupled epi-economic model of indivi...

Thomas Ash, Antonio M. Bento, Daniel Kaffine, Akhil Rao… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Author Correction: Disease-economy trade-offs under alternative epidemic control strategies

Thomas Ash, Antonio M. Bento, Daniel Kaffine, Akhil Rao… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Estimation of timing of infection from longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 viral load data: mathematical modelling study

Multiple waves of the COVID-19 epidemic have hit most countries by the end of 2021. Most of those waves are caused by emergence and importation of new variants. To prevent importation of new variants, combinat...

Keisuke Ejima, Kwang Su Kim, Ana I. Bento, Shoya Iwanami… in BMC Infectious Diseases (2022)

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Designing isolation guidelines for COVID-19 patients with rapid antigen tests

Appropriate isolation guidelines for COVID-19 patients are warranted. Currently, isolating for fixed time is adopted in most countries. However, given the variability in viral dynamics between patients, some p...

Yong Dam Jeong, Keisuke Ejima, Kwang Su Kim, Woo Joohyeon… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Wastewater surveillance of pathogens can inform public health responses

Wastewater monitoring has been used to identify SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks and track new variants. This sentinel system should be expanded to monitor other pathogens and boost public health preparedness.

Megan B. Diamond, Aparna Keshaviah, Ana I. Bento, Otakuye Conroy-Ben… in Nature Medicine (2022)