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Importance of investing time and money in integrating large language model-based agents into outbreak analytics pipelines

van Hoek AJ, Funk S, Flasche S, Quilty BJ, van Kleef E,  et al.
2024-08-01 • Lancet Microbe
2024-08-01 • Lancet Microbe
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Modelling the potential impact of pneumococcal vaccination strategies in humanitarian crises

van Zandvoort K, Bobe M, Hassan AM, Ismail M, Saed M,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
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Abstract

Modelling the potential impact of pneumococcal vaccination strategies in humanitarian crises

van Zandvoort K, Bobe M, Buqul A, Ismail M, Saed M,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
INTRODUCTION
Despite a likely high burden of disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in humanitarian crises, pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV’s) are rarely used in such settin...
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Research

Identifying human encounters that shape transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other acute respiratory infections

le Polain de Waroux O, Flasche S, Kucharski AJ, Langendorf C, Ndazima D,  et al.
2018-12-01 • Epidemics
2018-12-01 • Epidemics
Although patterns of social contacts are believed to be an important determinant of infectious disease transmission, it remains unclear how the frequency and nature of human interactions...
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Research

Characteristics of human encounters and social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact: a survey in Southwest Uganda

le Polain de Waroux O, Cohuet S, Ndazima D, Kucharski AJ, Juan-Giner A,  et al.
2018-04-11 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2018-04-11 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Quantification of human interactions relevant to infectious disease transmission through social contact is central to predict disease dynamics, yet data from low-resource ...
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Research

Evaluation of the benefits and risks of introducing Ebola community care centers, Sierra Leone

Kucharski AJ, Camacho A, Checchi F, Waldman RJ, Grais RF,  et al.
2015-03-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2015-03-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
In some parts of western Africa, Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) have reached capacity. Unless capacity is rapidly scaled up, the chance to avoid a generalized Ebola epidemic will soon di...
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Commentary

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use during humanitarian crises

van Zandvoort K, Checchi F, Diggle E, Eggo RM, Gadroen K,  et al.
2019-10-23 • Vaccine
2019-10-23 • Vaccine
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common human commensal that causes a sizeable part of the overall childhood mortality in low income settings. Populations affected by humanitarian crises ar...
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Research

Temporal Changes in Ebola Transmission in Sierra Leone and Implications for Control Requirements: a Real-time Modelling Study

Camacho A, Kucharski AJ, Aki-Sawyerr Y, White M, Flasche S,  et al.
2015-02-10 • PLoS Currents
2015-02-10 • PLoS Currents
Between August and November 2014, the incidence of Ebola virus disease (EVD) rose dramatically in several districts of Sierra Leone. As a result, the number of cases exceeded the capacit...