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Estimated transmissibility and impact of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England by Davies, Nicholas G, Abbott, Sam, Barnard, Rosanna C, Jarvis, Christopher I, Kucharski, Adam J, Munday, James D, Pearson, Carl A B, Russell, Timothy W, Tully, Damien C, Washburne, Alex D, Wenseleers, Tom, Gimma, Amy, Waites, William, Wong, Kerry L M, van Zandvoort, Kevin, Silverman, Justin D, Diaz-Ordaz, Karla, Keogh, Ruth, Eggo, Rosalind M, Funk, Sebastian, Jit, Mark, Atkins, Katherine E, Edmunds, W John

“…A severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant, VOC 202012/01 (lineage B.1.1.7), emerged in southeast England in September 2020 and is…”
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Estimating the infection and case fatality ratio for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) using age-adjusted data from the outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, February 2020 by Russell, Timothy W, Hellewell, Joel, Jarvis, Christopher I, van Zandvoort, Kevin, Abbott, Sam, Ratnayake, Ruwan, Flasche, Stefan, Eggo, Rosalind M, Edmunds, W John, Kucharski, Adam J

“…Adjusting for delay from confirmation to death, we estimated case and infection fatality ratios (CFR, IFR) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the Diamond…”
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Generative Bayesian modeling to nowcast the effective reproduction number from line list data with missing symptom onset dates by Lison, Adrian, Abbott, Sam, Huisman, Jana, Stadler, Tanja

“…The time-varying effective reproduction number Rt is a widely used indicator of transmission dynamics during infectious disease outbreaks. Timely estimates of…”
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Feasibility of controlling COVID-19 outbreaks by isolation of cases and contacts by Hellewell, Joel, Abbott, Sam, Gimma, Amy, Bosse, Nikos I, Jarvis, Christopher I, Russell, Timothy W, Munday, James D, Kucharski, Adam J, Edmunds, W John, Sun, Fiona, Flasche, Stefan, Quilty, Billy J, Davies, Nicholas, Liu, Yang, Clifford, Samuel, Klepac, Petra, Jit, Mark, Diamond, Charlie, Gibbs, Hamish, van Zandvoort, Kevin, Funk, Sebastian, Eggo, Rosalind M

“…Isolation of cases and contact tracing is used to control outbreaks of infectious diseases, and has been used for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Whether…”
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Estimating the overdispersion in COVID-19 transmission using outbreak sizes outside China by Endo, Akira, Abbott, Sam, Kucharski, Adam J., Funk, Sebastian

“…Background: A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has now spread to a number of countries worldwide. While sustained transmission chains of…”
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Evaluating the use of social contact data to produce age-specific short-term forecasts of SARS-CoV-2 incidence in England by Munday, James D, Abbott, Sam, Meakin, Sophie, Funk, Sebastian

“…Mathematical and statistical models can be used to make predictions of how epidemics may progress in the near future and form a central part of outbreak…”
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Estimating the overdispersion in COVID-19 transmission using outbreak sizes outside China by Endo, Akira, Abbott, Sam, Kucharski, Adam J., Funk, Sebastian

“…Background: A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has now spread to a number of countries worldwide. While sustained transmission chains of…”
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The transmissibility of novel Coronavirus in the early stages of the 2019-20 outbreak in Wuhan: Exploring initial point-source exposure sizes and durations using scenario analysis by Abbott, Sam, Hellewell, Joel, Munday, James, Funk, Sebastian

“…: The current novel coronavirus outbreak appears to have originated from a point-source exposure event at Huanan seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, China…”
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Nowcasting the 2022 mpox outbreak in England by Overton, Christopher E, Abbott, Sam, Christie, Rachel, Cumming, Fergus, Day, Julie, Jones, Owen, Paton, Rob, Turner, Charlie, Ward, Thomas

“…In May 2022, a cluster of mpox cases were detected in the UK that could not be traced to recent travel history from an endemic region. Over the coming months,…”
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Early analysis of the Australian COVID-19 epidemic by Price, David J, Shearer, Freya M, Meehan, Michael T, McBryde, Emma, Moss, Robert, Golding, Nick, Conway, Eamon J, Dawson, Peter, Cromer, Deborah, Wood, James, Abbott, Sam, McVernon, Jodie, McCaw, James M

“…As of 1 May 2020, there had been 6808 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia. Of these, 98 had died from the disease. The epidemic had been in decline since…”
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Reassessing the evidence for universal school-age BCG vaccination in England and Wales: re-evaluating and updating a modelling study by Abbott, Sam, Christensen, Hannah, Brooks-Pollock, Ellen

“…ObjectivesIn 2005, England and Wales switched from universal BCG vaccination against tuberculosis (TB) disease for school-age children to targeted vaccination…”
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Inference of the SARS-CoV-2 generation time using UK household data by Hart, William S, Abbott, Sam, Endo, Akira, Hellewell, Joel, Miller, Elizabeth, Andrews, Nick, Maini, Philip K, Funk, Sebastian, Thompson, Robin N

“…The distribution of the generation time (the interval between individuals becoming infected and transmitting the virus) characterises changes in the…”
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Adoption and impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 by Imai, Natsuko, Gaythorpe, Katy A M, Abbott, Sam, Bhatia, Sangeeta, van Elsland, Sabine, Prem, Kiesha, Liu, Yang, Ferguson, Neil M

“…: Several non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been implemented across the world to control the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Social…”
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Scoring epidemiological forecasts on transformed scales by Bosse, Nikos I, Abbott, Sam, Cori, Anne, van Leeuwen, Edwin, Bracher, Johannes, Funk, Sebastian

“…Forecast evaluation is essential for the development of predictive epidemic models and can inform their use for public health decision-making. Common scores to…”
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Comparing human and model-based forecasts of COVID-19 in Germany and Poland by Bosse, Nikos I, Abbott, Sam, Bracher, Johannes, Hain, Habakuk, Quilty, Billy J, Jit, Mark, van Leeuwen, Edwin, Cori, Anne, Funk, Sebastian

“…Forecasts based on epidemiological modelling have played an important role in shaping public policy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This modelling combines…”
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Best practices for estimating and reporting epidemiological delay distributions of infectious diseases by Charniga, Kelly, Park, Sang Woo, Akhmetzhanov, Andrei R, Cori, Anne, Dushoff, Jonathan, Funk, Sebastian, Gostic, Katelyn M, Linton, Natalie M, Lison, Adrian, Overton, Christopher E, Pulliam, Juliet R C, Ward, Thomas, Cauchemez, Simon, Abbott, Sam

“…Epidemiological delays are key quantities that inform public health policy and clinical practice. They are used as inputs for mathematical and statistical…”
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Why are different estimates of the effective reproductive number so different? A case study on COVID-19 in Germany by Brockhaus, Elisabeth K, Wolffram, Daniel, Stadler, Tanja, Osthege, Michael, Mitra, Tanmay, Littek, Jonas M, Krymova, Ekaterina, Klesen, Anna J, Huisman, Jana S, Heyder, Stefan, Helleckes, Laura M, An der Heiden, Matthias, Funk, Sebastian, Abbott, Sam, Bracher, Johannes

“…The effective reproductive number Rt has taken a central role in the scientific, political, and public discussion during the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous…”
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Collaborative nowcasting of COVID-19 hospitalization incidences in Germany by Wolffram, Daniel, Abbott, Sam, An der Heiden, Matthias, Funk, Sebastian, Günther, Felix, Hailer, Davide, Heyder, Stefan, Hotz, Thomas, van de Kassteele, Jan, Küchenhoff, Helmut, Müller-Hansen, Sören, Syliqi, Diellë, Ullrich, Alexander, Weigert, Maximilian, Schienle, Melanie, Bracher, Johannes

“…Real-time surveillance is a crucial element in the response to infectious disease outbreaks. However, the interpretation of incidence data is often hampered by…”
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The local burden of disease during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in England: estimation using different data sources from changing surveillance practices by Nightingale, Emily S, Abbott, Sam, Russell, Timothy W, Lowe, Rachel, Medley, Graham F, Brady, Oliver J

“…The COVID-19 epidemic has differentially impacted communities across England, with regional variation in rates of confirmed cases, hospitalisations and deaths…”
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Correction: Practical considerations for measuring the effective reproductive number, Rt by Gostic, Katelyn M, McGough, Lauren, Baskerville, Edward B, Abbott, Sam, Joshi, Keya, Tedijanto, Christine, Kahn, Rebecca, Niehus, Rene, Hay, James A, De Salazar, Pablo M, Hellewell, Joel, Meakin, Sophie, Munday, James D, Bosse, Nikos I, Sherrat, Katharine, Thompson, Robin N, White, Laura F, Huisman, Jana S, Scire, Jérémie, Bonhoeffer, Sebastian, Stadler, Tanja, Wallinga, Jacco, Funk, Sebastian, Lipsitch, Marc, Cobey, Sarah

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008409.]…”
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