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  1. (Vision Paper) A Vision for Spatio-Causal Situation Awareness, Forecasting, and Planning
  2. Location-based Rapid Testing For Epidemic (COVID-19) Modeling
  3. An ensemble n-sub-epidemic modeling framework for short-term forecasting epidemic trajectories: Application to the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA
  4. Spatial dynamics and the basic reproduction number of the 1991–1997 Cholera epidemic in Peru
  5. Vaccination strategies to control Ebola epidemics in the context of variable household inaccessibility levels
  6. Using phenomenological models for forecasting the 2015 Ebola challenge
  7. Severe mortality impact of the 1957 influenza pandemic in Chile
  8. Quantifying the fitness of antiviral-resistant influenza strains
  9. Exploring optimal control strategies in seasonally varying flu-like epidemics
  10. Improving epidemic size prediction through stable reconstruction of disease parameters by reduced iteratively regularized Gauss–Newton algorithm
  11. Mathematical models to elucidate the transmission dynamics and control of vector-borne disease
  12. Pandemic influenza and socioeconomic disparities: Lessons from 1918 Chicago
  13. A dynamic compartmental model for the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in the Republic of Korea: A retrospective analysis on control interventions and superspreading events
  14. Characterizing the reproduction number of epidemics with early subexponential growth dynamics
  15. Is it growing exponentially fast? – Impact of assuming exponential growth for characterizing and forecasting epidemics with initial near-exponential growth dynamics
  16. Erratum To: Accounting for Behavioral Responses during a Flu Epidemic Using Home Television Viewing
  17. Mathematical models to characterize early epidemic growth: A review
  18. Early sub-exponential epidemic growth: Simple models, nonlinear incidence rates, and additional mechanisms
  19. Mortality and transmissibility patterns of the 1957 influenza pandemic in Maricopa County, Arizona
  20. Predicting the international spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
  21. Prevention and Control of Zika as a Mosquito-Borne and Sexually Transmitted Disease: A Mathematical Modeling Analysis
  22. A generalized-growth model to characterize the early ascending phase of infectious disease outbreaks
  23. Global Mortality Impact of the 1957–1959 Influenza Pandemic
  24. Identifying determinants of heterogeneous transmission dynamics of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak in the Republic of Korea, 2015: a retrospective epidemiological analysis
  25. Modeling Ring-Vaccination Strategies to Control Ebola Virus Disease Epidemics
  26. Mathematical and Statistical Modeling for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
  27. Evaluating the Number of Sickbeds During Ebola Epidemics Using Optimal Control Theory
  28. Patch Models of EVD Transmission Dynamics
  29. Using Phenomenological Models to Characterize Transmissibility and Forecast Patterns and Final Burden of Zika Epidemics
  30. Whooping cough dynamics in Chile (1932–2010): disease temporal fluctuations across a north-south gradient
  31. Null models for community detection in spatially embedded, temporal networks
  32. Estimating the risk of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) death during the course of the outbreak in the Republic of Korea, 2015
  33. Modelling the spatial-temporal progression of the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic in Chile
  34. Real-time characterization of risks of death associated with the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in the Republic of Korea, 2015
  35. Transmission characteristics of MERS and SARS in the healthcare setting: a comparative study
  36. Characterizing Ebola Transmission Patterns Based on Internet News Reports
  37. Modeling household and community transmission of Ebola virus disease: Epidemic growth, spatial dynamics and insights for epidemic control
  38. Impact of School Cycles and Environmental Forcing on the Timing of Pandemic Influenza Activity in Mexican States, May-December 2009
  39. Multiple Trigger Points for Quantifying Heat-Health Impacts: New Evidence from a Hot Climate
  40. Assessing the risk of observing multiple generations of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) cases given an imported case
  41. Ebola vaccine trials: a race against the clock
  42. The first human infection with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in Shaanxi Province, China
  43. Controlling Ebola: key role of Ebola treatment centres
  44. Ebola control: rapid diagnostic testing
  45. Accounting for behavioral responses during a flu epidemic using home television viewing
  46. Characterizing the Transmission Dynamics and Control of Ebola Virus Disease
  47. Theoretical perspectives on the infectiousness of Ebola virus disease
  48. Intense Seasonal A/H1N1 Influenza in Mexico, Winter 2013–2014
  49. Synthesizing data and models for the spread of MERS-CoV, 2013: Key role of index cases and hospital transmission
  50. Death Patterns during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Chile
  51. Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease (EVD): a review
  52. Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria, July to September 2014
  53. Merging Economics and Epidemiology to Improve the Prediction and Management of Infectious Disease
  54. Authors' reply: Feedback from modelling to surveillance of Ebola virus disease
  55. Early transmission dynamics of Ebola virus disease (EVD), West Africa, March to August 2014
  56. Time-Specific Ecologic Niche Models Forecast the Risk of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in Dongting Lake District, China, 2005–2010
  57. Null Models for Community Detection in Spatially-Embedded, Temporal Networks
  58. Spatial-temporal excess mortality patterns of the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic in Spain
  59. Rates of Influenza-like Illness and Winter School Breaks, Chile, 2004–2010
  60. Heat-Related Deaths in Hot Cities: Estimates of Human Tolerance to High Temperature Thresholds
  61. Assessing the impact of public health interventions on the transmission of pandemicH1N1 influenza a virus aboard a Peruvian navy ship
  62. Urban structure and the risk of influenza A (H1N1) outbreaks in municipal districts
  63. Influence of Deforestation, Logging, and Fire on Malaria in the Brazilian Amazon
  64. The Western Africa Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic Exhibits Both Global Exponential and Local Polynomial Growth Rates
  65. Is West Africa Approaching a Catastrophic Phase or is the 2014 Ebola Epidemic Slowing Down? Different Models Yield Different Answers for Liberia
  66. Substantial Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Pandemic A/H1N1 Influenza in Mexico, Winter 2013-2014: Gradual Age Shift and Severity
  67. A Data-Driven Mathematical Model of CA-MRSA Transmission among Age Groups: Evaluating the Effect of Control Interventions
  68. Commentary
  69. Interactions between Social Structure, Demography, and Transmission Determine Disease Persistence in Primates
  70. Potential Use of School Absenteeism Record for Disease Surveillance in Developing Countries, Case Study in Rural Cambodia
  71. Transmission potential of influenza A/H7N9, February to May 2013, China
  72. From the guest editors
  73. The basic reproduction number $R_0$ and effectiveness of reactive interventions during dengue epidemics: The 2002 dengue outbreak in Easter Island, Chile
  74. Occupation and Environmental Heat-Associated Deaths in Maricopa County, Arizona: A Case-Control Study
  75. A Population Based Study of Seasonality of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Implications for the Spread of CA-MRSA
  76. Skip the Trip: Air Travelers' Behavioral Responses to Pandemic Influenza
  77. A practical method to target individuals for outbreak detection and control
  78. Climate change and influenza: the likelihood of early and severe influenza seasons following warmer than average winters
  79. Modeling rapidly disseminating infectious disease during mass gatherings
  80. The age distribution of mortality due to influenza: pandemic and peri-pandemic
  81. The influence of climatic conditions on the transmission dynamics of the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic in Chile
  82. Impact of weekday social contact patterns on the modeling of influenza transmission, and determination of the influenza latent period
  83. Toward unbiased assessment of treatment and prevention: modeling household transmission of pandemic influenza
  84. Epidemiological Characterization of a Fourth Wave of Pandemic A/H1N1 Influenza in Mexico, Winter 2011–2012: Age Shift and Severity
  85. Epidemiological Characteristics and Underlying Risk Factors for Mortality during the Autumn 2009 Pandemic Wave in Mexico
  86. Impact of antiviral treatment and hospital admission delay on risk of death associated with 2009 A/H1N1 pandemic influenza in Mexico
  87. Recrudescent wave of pandemic A/H1N1 influenza in Mexico, winter 2011-2012: Age shift and severity
  88. The 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic in Boyacá, Colombia
  89. Risk Factors for Mortality among 2009 A/H1N1 Influenza Hospitalizations in Maricopa County, Arizona, April 2009 to March 2010
  90. Modeling Optimal Age-Specific Vaccination Strategies Against Pandemic Influenza
  91. Influenza-Related Mortality Trends in Japanese and American Seniors: Evidence for the Indirect Mortality Benefits of Vaccinating Schoolchildren
  92. Mortality Burden of the A/H1N1 Pandemic in Mexico: A Comparison of Deaths and Years of Life Lost to Seasonal Influenza
  93. Measuring the benefits of school closure interventions to mitigate influenza
  94. Influenza and Pneumonia Mortality in 66 Large Cities in the United States in Years Surrounding the 1918 Pandemic
  95. Scales of perception: public awareness of regional and neighborhood climates
  96. The 1918–1920 influenza pandemic in Peru
  97. The need for interdisciplinary studies of historic pandemics
  98. Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of the 2009 A/H1N1 Influenza Pandemic in Peru
  99. The influence of geographic and climate factors on the timing of dengue epidemics in Perú, 1994-2008
  100. Characterizing the Epidemiology of the 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 Pandemic in Mexico
  101. Adaptive human behavior in epidemiological models
  102. Did Modeling Overestimate the Transmission Potential of Pandemic (H1N1-2009)? Sample Size Estimation for Post-Epidemic Seroepidemiological Studies
  103. A DETERMINISTIC METHODOLOGY FOR ESTIMATION OF PARAMETERS IN DYNAMIC MARKOV CHAIN MODELS
  104. Preface
  105. A perspective on the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic in Mexico
  106. Mortality Patterns Associated with the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Mexico: Evidence for a Spring Herald Wave and Lack of Preexisting Immunity in Older Populations
  107. Changes in the Viral Distribution Pattern after the Appearance of the Novel Influenza A H1N1 (pH1N1) Virus in Influenza-Like Illness Patients in Peru
  108. Rubella metapopulation dynamics and importance of spatial coupling to the risk of congenital rubella syndrome in Peru
  109. Optimal control for pandemic influenza: The role of limited antiviral treatment and isolation
  110. The reproduction number of seasonal influenza epidemics in Brazil, 1996-2006
  111. Simulación del nivel de eliminación de sarampión y rubéola según la estratificación e interacción social
  112. Pros and cons of estimating the reproduction number from early epidemic growth rate of influenza A (H1N1) 2009
  113. Does Glycosylation as a modifier of Original Antigenic Sin explain the case age distribution and unusual toxicity in pandemic novel H1N1 influenza?
  114. A discrete events delay differential system model for transmission of Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) in hospitals
  115. Transmission dynamics and underreporting of Kala-azar in the Indian state of Bihar
  116. Adaptive Vaccination Strategies to Mitigate Pandemic Influenza: Mexico as a Case Study
  117. Qualitative analysis of the level of cross-protection between epidemic waves of the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic
  118. Adaptive vaccination strategies to mitigate pandemic influenzaMexico as a case study
  119. Severe Respiratory Disease Concurrent with the Circulation of H1N1 Influenza
  120. Lessons from Nigeria: the role of roads in the geo-temporal progression of avian influenza (H5N1) virus
  121. The ideal reporting interval for an epidemic to objectively interpret the epidemiological time course
  122. The spatial and temporal patterns of falciparum and vivax malaria in Perú: 1994–2006
  123. The reproduction number $R_t$ in structured and nonstructured populations
  124. Mathematical and Statistical Estimation Approaches in Epidemiology
  125. The Basic Reproduction Number of Infectious Diseases: Computation and Estimation Using Compartmental Epidemic Models
  126. The Effective Reproduction Number as a Prelude to Statistical Estimation of Time-Dependent Epidemic Trends
  127. Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Rubella in Peru, 1997–2006: Geographic Patterns, Age at Infection and Estimation of Transmissibility
  128. Protecting residential care facilities from pandemic influenza
  129. Signatures of non-homogeneous mixing in disease outbreaks
  130. Learning from the past to prepare for the future: Modeling the impact of hypothetical interventions during the great influenza pandemic of 1918
  131. Spatial and temporal dynamics of dengue fever in Peru: 1994–2006
  132. The 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in England and Wales: spatial patterns in transmissibility and mortality impact
  133. Quantifying the transmission potential of pandemic influenza
  134. Here's to Your Health
  135. Mathematical Assessment of Canada’s Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan
  136. Estimation of the reproduction number of dengue fever from spatial epidemic data
  137. Seasonal influenza in the United States, France, and Australia: transmission and prospects for control
  138. Estimating the reproduction number from the initial phase of the Spanish flu pandemic waves in Geneva, Switzerland
  139. Spatial distribution of acaricide profiles (Boophilus microplus strains susceptible or resistant to acaricides) in southeastern Mexico
  140. On the role of cross-immunity and vaccines on the survival of less fit flu-strains
  141. Assessing the role of basic control measures, antivirals and vaccine in curtailing pandemic influenza: scenarios for the US, UK and the Netherlands
  142. Estimation of the reproductive number of the Spanish flu epidemic in Geneva, Switzerland
  143. Comparative estimation of the reproduction number for pandemic influenza from daily case notification data
  144. Transmission dynamics of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 in Geneva, Switzerland: Assessing the effects of hypothetical interventions
  145. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of scorpionism in Colima, Mexico (2000–2001)
  146. The role of spatial mixing in the spread of foot-and-mouth disease
  147. Human-mediated Foot-and-mouth Disease Epidemic Dispersal: Disease and Vector Clusters
  148. Modelling the transmission dynamics of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis: application to the 2003 outbreak in Mexico
  149. Identification of case clusters and counties with high infective connectivity in the 2001 epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease in Uruguay
  150. Mathematical applications associated with the deliberate release of infectious agents
  151. Critical response to post-outbreak vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease
  152. Predicting scorpion sting incidence in an endemic region using climatological variables *
  153. The Role of Vaccination in the Control of SARS
  154. The dynamics of pulmonary tuberculosis in Colima, Mexico (1999–2002)
  155. Pediatric electrocardiograph abnormalities following Centruroides limpidus tecomanus scorpion envenomation
  156. Model Parameters and Outbreak Control for SARS
  157. The basic reproductive number of Ebola and the effects of public health measures: the cases of Congo and Uganda
  158. Scaling laws for the movement of people between locations in a large city
  159. SARS outbreaks in Ontario, Hong Kong and Singapore: the role of diagnosis and isolation as a control mechanism
  160. 2. Worst-Case Scenarios and Epidemics
  161. Towards Real Time Epidemiology: Data Assimilation, Modeling and Anomaly Detection of Health Surveillance Data Streams
  162. Science AMA Series: I’m Gerardo Chowell. I study the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. Lately, I’ve been focused on Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). AMA.