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Modelling the global spread of diseases: A review of current practice and capability by Walters, Caroline E., Meslé, Margaux M.I., Hall, Ian M.

“…•Scoping review: mathematical models for global disease spread.•Extracted information: modelling method, input and validation data sources.•Model validation…”
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Dispersion of Legionella bacteria in atmosphere: A practical source location estimation method by Dyke, Steven, Barrass, Iain, Pollock, Kevin, Hall, Ian M

“…Legionnaires' disease, a form of pneumonia which can be fatal, is transmitted via the inhalation of water droplets containing Legionella bacteria. These…”
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Estimating the potential for global dissemination of pandemic pathogens using the global airline network and healthcare development indices by Meslé, Margaux M. I., Vivancos, Roberto, Hall, Ian M., Christley, Robert M., Leach, Steve, Read, Jonathan M.

“…Pandemics have the potential to incur significant health and economic impacts, and can reach a large number of countries from their origin within weeks. Early…”
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Methods for calculating credible intervals for ratios of beta distributions with application to relative risks of death during the second plague pandemic by Bekker-Nielsen Dunbar, Maria, Finnie, Thomas J R, Sloane, Barney, Hall, Ian M

“…Employing historical records we are able to estimate the risk of premature death during the second plague pandemic, and identify the Black Death and pestis…”
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Strategies for controlling non-transmissible infection outbreaks using a large human movement data set by Hancock, Penelope A, Rehman, Yasmin, Hall, Ian M, Edeghere, Obaghe, Danon, Leon, House, Thomas A, Keeling, Matthew J

“…Prediction and control of the spread of infectious disease in human populations benefits greatly from our growing capacity to quantify human movement behavior…”
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Estimating the location and spatial extent of a covert anthrax release by Legrand, Judith, Egan, Joseph R, Hall, Ian M, Cauchemez, Simon, Leach, Steve, Ferguson, Neil M

“…Rapidly identifying the features of a covert release of an agent such as anthrax could help to inform the planning of public health mitigation strategies…”
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A review of back-calculation techniques and their potential to inform mitigation strategies with application to non-transmissible acute infectious diseases by Egan, Joseph R., Hall, Ian M.

“…Back-calculation is a process whereby generally unobservable features of an event leading to a disease outbreak can be inferred either in real-time or shortly…”
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Transmission dynamics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a medical intensive care unit by Hall, Ian M., Barrass, Iain, Leach, Steve, Pittet, Didier, Hugonnet, Stéphane

“…Intensive care units (ICUs) play an important role in the epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (MRSA). Although successful interventions…”
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Modeling Legionnaires' Disease Outbreaks: Estimating the Timing of an Aerosolized Release Using Symptom-onset Dates by Egan, Joseph R., Hall, Ian M., Lemon, David J., Leach, Steve

“…Background: Over the last 30 years, there have been a number of reported Legionnaires' disease outbreaks resulting from the release of causative organisms from…”
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Behaviour and control of influenza in institutions and small societies by Finnie, Thomas James Ronald, Hall, Ian M, Leach, Steve

“…A literature review was undertaken to assess the impact of influenza in enclosed societies. The literature spanned 120 years and included both readily…”
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Stamping Out Fires! Controlling Smallpox with Targeted Mass Vaccination by Egan, Joseph R., Hall, Ian M., Leach, Steve

“…Background. More than 30 years have now passed since the last naturally occurring case of smallpox; however, the variola virus still exists in at least 2…”
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Re-assessment of mitigation strategies for deliberate releases of anthrax using a real-time outbreak characterization tool by Egan, Joseph R, Legrand, Judith, Hall, Ian M, Cauchemez, Simon, Ferguson, Neil M, Leach, Steve

“…Abstract Responding rapidly and appropriately to a covert anthrax release is an important public health challenge. A methodology to assist the geographical…”
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An individual-based simulation of pneumonic plague transmission following an outbreak and the significance of intervention compliance by Williams, Andrew D.C, Hall, Ian M, Rubin, G. James, Amlôt, Richard, Leach, Steve

“…Abstract The existence of primary pneumonic plague outbreaks raises concerns over the use of the causative bacteria as an aerosol-based bioweapon. We employed…”
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The effect of fine structure on the stability of planar vortices by Hall, Ian M., Bassom, Andrew P., Gilbert, Andrew D.

“…This study considers the linear, inviscid response to an external strain field of classes of planar vortices. The case of a Gaussian vortex has been considered…”
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The Effect of Viscosity on the Stability of Planar Vortices with Fine Structure by Hall, Ian M., Bassom, Andrew P., Gilbert, Andrew D.

“…We examine the viscous response of sharp‐edged vortices surrounded by fine structure. Such compact vortices admit normal mode solutions, and when weak…”
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Modeling inhalational tularemia: deliberate release and public health response by Egan, Joseph R, Hall, Ian M, Leach, Steve

“…Two epidemic modeling studies of inhalational tularemia were identified in the published literature, both demonstrating the high number of potential casualties…”
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Strategies for Controlling Non-Transmissible Infection Outbreaks Using a Large Human Movement Data Set: e1003809 by Hancock, Penelope A, Rehman, Yasmin, Hall, Ian M, Edeghere, Obaghe, Danon, Leon, House, Thomas A, Keeling, Matthew J

“…Prediction and control of the spread of infectious disease in human populations benefits greatly from our growing capacity to quantify human movement behavior…”
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Real-time epidemic forecasting for pandemic influenza by HALL, I. M., GANI, R., HUGHES, H. E., LEACH, S.

“…The ongoing worldwide spread of the H5N1 influenza virus in birds has increased concerns of a new human influenza pandemic and a number of surveillance…”
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Estimating the Location and Spatial Extent of a Covert Anthrax Release: e1000356 by Legrand, Judith, Egan, Joseph R, Hall, Ian M, Cauchemez, Simon, Leach, Steve, Ferguson, Neil M

“…Rapidly identifying the features of a covert release of an agent such as anthrax could help to inform the planning of public health mitigation strategies…”
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Cerebral Protection Device Deployment Via Left Radial Artery During TAVI in Presence of Truncus Bicaroticus by Maulik, Angshuman, Morgan, Kenneth, Aetesam-ur-Rahaman, Muhammad, Hall, Ian, Iqbal, Javaid

“…Patients with anomalous aortic arch undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation may require modifications to the deployment protocols of cerebral…”
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