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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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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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Epidemiological, clinical, and public health response characteristics of a large outbreak of diphtheria among the Rohingya population in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 to 2019: A retrospective study

Polonsky JA, Ivey M, Mazhar KA, Rahman Z, le Polain de Waroux O,  et al.
2021-04-01 • PLOS Medicine
2021-04-01 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND
Unrest in Myanmar in August 2017 resulted in the movement of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees to overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. A large outbreak of diphtheria...
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How to improve outbreak response: a case study of integrated outbreak analytics from Ebola in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Carter SE, Ahuka-Mundeke S, Pfaffmann Zambruni J, Navarro-Colorado C, van Kleef E,  et al.
2021-08-01 • BMJ Global Health
2021-08-01 • BMJ Global Health
The emerging field of outbreak analytics calls attention to the need for data from multiple sources to inform evidence-based decision making in managing infectious diseases outbreaks. To...
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Carriage prevalence and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae prior to 10-valent pneumococcal vaccine introduction: a population-based cross-sectional study in South Western Uganda, 2014

Nackers F, Cohuet S, le Polain de Waroux O, Langendorf C, Nyehangane D,  et al.
2017-09-18 • Vaccine
2017-09-18 • Vaccine
BACKGROUND
Information on Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage before the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) introduction is essential to monitor impact. The 10-va...
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Measuring the unknown: an estimator and simulation study for assessing case reporting during epidemics

Jarvis CI, Gimma A, Finger F, Morris TP, Thompson JA,  et al.
2022-05-23 • PLoS Computational Biology
2022-05-23 • PLoS Computational Biology
The fraction of cases reported, known as 'reporting', is a key performance indicator in an outbreak response, and an essential factor to consider when modelling epidemics and assessing t...
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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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An outbreak of acute jaundice syndrome (AJS) among the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: findings from enhanced epidemiological surveillance

Mazhar KA, Finger F, Evers ES, Kuehne A, Ivey M,  et al.
2021-04-29 • PLOS One
2021-04-29 • PLOS One
In the summer of 2017, an estimated 745,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in what has been described as one of the largest and fastest growing refugee crises in the world. Among numerous h...
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Measuring the unknown: an estimator and simulation study for assessing case reporting during epidemics

Jarvis CI, Gimma A, Finger F, Morris TP, Thompson JA,  et al.
2021-02-17 • bioRxiv
2021-02-17 • bioRxiv
The fraction of cases reported, known as ‘reporting’, is a key performance indicator in an outbreak response, and an essential factor to consider when modelling epidemics and assessing t...