Search Results - "Gabriela M. Gomes, M."

Herd immunity under individual variation and reinfection by Montalbán, Antonio, Corder, Rodrigo M., Gomes, M. Gabriela M.

“…We study a susceptible-exposed-infected-recovered (SEIR) model considered by Aguas et al. (In: Herd immunity thresholds for SARS-CoV-2 estimated from unfolding…”
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Individual variation in susceptibility or exposure to SARS-CoV-2 lowers the herd immunity threshold by Gomes, M. Gabriela M., Ferreira, Marcelo U., Corder, Rodrigo M., King, Jessica G., Souto-Maior, Caetano, Penha-Gonçalves, Carlos, Gonçalves, Guilherme, Chikina, Maria, Pegden, Wesley, Aguas, Ricardo

“…[Display omitted] •Variation in susceptibility/exposure responds to selection by natural infection.•Selection on susceptibility/exposure flattens epidemic…”
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Modelling the epidemiology of residual Plasmodium vivax malaria in a heterogeneous host population: A case study in the Amazon Basin by Corder, Rodrigo M, Ferreira, Marcelo U, Gomes, M Gabriela M

“…The overall malaria burden in the Americas has decreased dramatically over the past two decades, but residual transmission pockets persist across the Amazon…”
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Variation in Wolbachia effects on Aedes mosquitoes as a determinant of invasiveness and vectorial capacity by King, Jessica G., Souto-Maior, Caetano, Sartori, Larissa M., Maciel-de-Freitas, Rafael, Gomes, M. Gabriela M.

“…Wolbachia has been introduced into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to control the spread of arboviruses, such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika. Studies showed that…”
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The impact of active case finding on transmission dynamics of tuberculosis: A modelling study by Ayabina, Diepreye Victoria, Gomes, M Gabriela M, Nguyen, Nhung Viet, Vo, Luan, Shreshta, Suvesh, Thapa, Anil, Codlin, Andrew James, Mishra, Gokul, Caws, Maxine

“…In the last decade, active case finding (ACF) strategies for tuberculosis (TB) have been implemented in many diverse settings, with some showing large…”
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A Bayesian framework for parameter estimation in dynamical models by Coelho, Flávio Codeço, Codeço, Cláudia Torres, Gomes, M Gabriela M

“…Mathematical models in biology are powerful tools for the study and exploration of complex dynamics. Nevertheless, bringing theoretical results to an agreement…”
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Controlling malaria using livestock-based interventions: a one health approach by Franco, Ana O, Gomes, M Gabriela M, Rowland, Mark, Coleman, Paul G, Davies, Clive R

“…Where malaria is transmitted by zoophilic vectors, two types of malaria control strategies have been proposed based on animals: using livestock to divert…”
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Tuberculosis in Brazil and cash transfer programs: A longitudinal database study of the effect of cash transfer on cure rates by Reis-Santos, Barbara, Shete, Priya, Bertolde, Adelmo, Sales, Carolina M, Sanchez, Mauro N, Arakaki-Sanchez, Denise, Andrade, Kleydson B, Gomes, M Gabriela M, Boccia, Delia, Lienhardt, Christian, Maciel, Ethel L

“…Tuberculosis incidence is disproportionately high among people in poverty. Cash transfer programs have become an important strategy in Brazil fight…”
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Reply to: “Enhancement of Aedes aegypti susceptibility to dengue by Wolbachia is not supported” by Souto-Maior, Caetano, King, Jessica G., Sartori, Larissa M., Maciel-de-Freitas, Rafael, Gomes, M. Gabriela M.

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A missing dimension in measures of vaccination impacts by Gomes, M Gabriela M, Lipsitch, Marc, Wargo, Andrew R, Kurath, Gael, Rebelo, Carlota, Medley, Graham F, Coutinho, Antonio

“…  Any infectious processes must depend in some fashion on dose, and empirical evidence exists for an effect of exposure dose on the probability of transmission…”
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Introducing risk inequality metrics in tuberculosis policy development by Gomes, M. Gabriela M., Oliveira, Juliane F., Bertolde, Adelmo, Ayabina, Diepreye, Nguyen, Tuan Anh, Maciel, Ethel L., Duarte, Raquel, Nguyen, Binh Hoa, Shete, Priya B., Lienhardt, Christian

“…Global stakeholders including the World Health Organization rely on predictive models for developing strategies and setting targets for tuberculosis care and…”
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A BRIEF APPRAISAL OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN PORTUGAL by Gomes, M. Gabriela M

“…In this issue, Nunes et al. ([4]) review the prominent role embraced by statistical and epidemiological researchers in conducting societies through the…”
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Model-based inference from multiple dose, time course data reveals Wolbachia effects on infection profiles of type 1 dengue virus in Aedes aegypti by Souto-Maior, Caetano, Sylvestre, Gabriel, Braga Stehling Dias, Fernando, Gomes, M Gabriela M, Maciel-de-Freitas, Rafael

“…Infection is a complex and dynamic process involving a population of invading microbes, the host and its responses, aimed at controlling the situation…”
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Ten-year performance of Influenzanet: ILI time series, risks, vaccine effects, and care-seeking behaviour by van Noort, Sander P, Codeço, Cláudia T, Koppeschaar, Carl E, van Ranst, Marc, Paolotti, Daniela, Gomes, M. Gabriela M

“…Highlights • ILI incidences from Influenzanet and ECDC correlate well over multiple seasons. • Northern Europeans visit their GP later and less often than…”
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Limited available evidence supports theoretical predictions of reduced vaccine efficacy at higher exposure dose by Langwig, Kate E., Gomes, M. Gabriela M., Clark, Mercedes D., Kwitny, Molly, Yamada, Steffany, Wargo, Andrew R., Lipsitch, Marc

“…Understanding the causes of vaccine failure is important for predicting disease dynamics in vaccinated populations and planning disease interventions. Pathogen…”
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Vaccine Effects on Heterogeneity in Susceptibility and Implications for Population Health Management by Langwig, Kate E, Wargo, Andrew R, Jones, Darbi R, Viss, Jessie R, Rutan, Barbara J, Egan, Nicholas A, Sá-Guimarães, Pedro, Kim, Min Sun, Kurath, Gael, Gomes, M Gabriela M, Lipsitch, Marc

“…Heterogeneity in host susceptibility is a key determinant of infectious disease dynamics but is rarely accounted for in assessment of disease control measures…”
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Expanding vaccine efficacy estimation with dynamic models fitted to cross-sectional prevalence data post-licensure by Gjini, Erida, Gomes, M. Gabriela M

“…Highlights • We study vaccine efficacy (VE) against pathogen acquisition in SI and SIS systems with vaccination. • We outline the nonlinear relationship…”
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On the Final Size of Epidemics with Seasonality by Bacaër, Nicolas, Gomes, M. Gabriela M

“…We first study an SIR system of differential equations with periodic coefficients describing an epidemic in a seasonal environment. Unlike in a constant…”
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The role of weather on the relation between influenza and influenza-like illness by van Noort, Sander P., Águas, Ricardo, Ballesteros, Sébastien, Gomes, M. Gabriela M.

“…Influenza epidemics, enabled by viral antigenic drift, occur invariably each winter in temperate climates. However, attempts to correlate the magnitude of…”
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Clinical trials: The mathematics of falling vaccine efficacy with rising disease incidence by Gomes, M. Gabriela M, Gordon, Stephen B, Lalloo, David G

“…Reports of unexplained discrepancies in the efficacy of vaccines, as estimated from randomised controlled trials in different parts of the world, are…”
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