Search Results - "Ira M. Longini"

Evolving epidemiology and transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 outside Hubei province, China: a descriptive and modelling study by Zhang, Juanjuan, Litvinova, Maria, Wang, Wei, Wang, Yan, Deng, Xiaowei, Chen, Xinghui, Li, Mei, Zheng, Wen, Yi, Lan, Chen, Xinhua, Wu, Qianhui, Liang, Yuxia, Wang, Xiling, Yang, Juan, Sun, Kaiyuan, Longini, Ira M, Halloran, M Elizabeth, Wu, Peng, Cowling, Benjamin J, Merler, Stefano, Viboud, Cecile, Vespignani, Alessandro, Ajelli, Marco, Yu, Hongjie

“…The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began in Wuhan city, Hubei province,…”
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The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak by Chinazzi, Matteo, Davis, Jessica T, Ajelli, Marco, Gioannini, Corrado, Litvinova, Maria, Merler, Stefano, Pastore Y Piontti, Ana, Mu, Kunpeng, Rossi, Luca, Sun, Kaiyuan, Viboud, Cécile, Xiong, Xinyue, Yu, Hongjie, Halloran, M Elizabeth, Longini, Jr, Ira M, Vespignani, Alessandro

“…Motivated by the rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in mainland China, we use a global metapopulation disease transmission model to project…”
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Estimating the impact of COVID-19 vaccine inequities: a modeling study by Gozzi, Nicolò, Chinazzi, Matteo, Dean, Natalie E., Longini Jr, Ira M., Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Perra, Nicola, Vespignani, Alessandro

“…Access to COVID-19 vaccines on the global scale has been drastically hindered by structural socio-economic disparities. Here, we develop a data-driven,…”
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Inferring high-resolution human mixing patterns for disease modeling by Mistry, Dina, Litvinova, Maria, Pastore y Piontti, Ana, Chinazzi, Matteo, Fumanelli, Laura, Gomes, Marcelo F. C., Haque, Syed A., Liu, Quan-Hui, Mu, Kunpeng, Xiong, Xinyue, Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Longini, Ira M., Merler, Stefano, Ajelli, Marco, Vespignani, Alessandro

“…Mathematical and computational modeling approaches are increasingly used as quantitative tools in the analysis and forecasting of infectious disease epidemics…”
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Modelling the impact of testing, contact tracing and household quarantine on second waves of COVID-19 by Aleta, Alberto, Martín-Corral, David, Pastore y Piontti, Ana, Ajelli, Marco, Litvinova, Maria, Chinazzi, Matteo, Dean, Natalie E., Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Longini Jr, Ira M., Merler, Stefano, Pentland, Alex, Vespignani, Alessandro, Moro, Esteban, Moreno, Yamir

“…While severe social-distancing measures have proven effective in slowing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, second-wave scenarios are likely to…”
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Transmissibility and Control of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus by Yang, Yang, Sugimoto, Jonathan D, Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Basta, Nicole E, Chao, Dennis L, Matrajt, Laura, Potter, Gail, Kenah, Eben, Longini, Ira M. Jr

“…Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 (pandemic H1N1) is spreading throughout the planet. It has become the dominant strain in the Southern Hemisphere, where the…”
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Epidemiological benefits of more-effective tuberculosis vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics by Abu-Raddad, Laith J, Sabatelli, Lorenzo, Achterberg, Jerusha T, Sugimoto, Jonathan D, Longini, Ira M. Jr, Dye, Christopher, Halloran, M. Elizabeth

“…The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports an ambitious portfolio of novel vaccines, drug regimens, and diagnostic tools for tuberculosis (TB). We elicited…”
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Considerations in boosting COVID-19 vaccine immune responses by Krause, Philip R, Fleming, Thomas R, Peto, Richard, Longini, Ira M, Figueroa, J Peter, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Cravioto, Alejandro, Rees, Helen, Higgins, Julian P T, Boutron, Isabelle, Pan, Hongchao, Gruber, Marion F, Arora, Narendra, Kazi, Fatema, Gaspar, Rogerio, Swaminathan, Soumya, Ryan, Michael J, Henao-Restrepo, Ana-Maria

“…A new wave of COVID-19 cases caused by the highly transmissible delta variant is exacerbating the worldwide public health crisis, and has led to consideration…”
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Modeling targeted layered containment of an influenza pandemic in the United States by Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Ferguson, Neil M, Eubank, Stephen, Longini, Ira M. Jr, Cummings, Derek A.T, Lewis, Bryan, Xu, Shufu, Fraser, Christophe, Vullikanti, Anil, Germann, Timothy C, Wagener, Diane, Beckman, Richard, Kadau, Kai, Barrett, Chris, Macken, Catherine A, Burke, Donald S, Cooley, Philip

“…Planning a response to an outbreak of a pandemic strain of influenza is a high public health priority. Three research groups using different individual-based,…”
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Quantifying the importance and location of SARS-CoV-2 transmission events in large metropolitan areas by Aleta, Alberto, Martín-Corral, David, Bakker, Michiel A, Pastore Y Piontti, Ana, Ajelli, Marco, Litvinova, Maria, Chinazzi, Matteo, Dean, Natalie E, Halloran, M Elizabeth, Longini, Jr, Ira M, Pentland, Alex, Vespignani, Alessandro, Moreno, Yamir, Moro, Esteban

“…Detailed characterization of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission across different settings can help design less…”
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Mitigation Strategies for Pandemic Influenza in the United States by Germann, Timothy C., Kadau, Kai, Longini, Ira M., Macken, Catherine A.

“…Recent human deaths due to infection by highly pathogenic (H5N1) avian influenza A virus have raised the specter of a devastating pandemic like that of…”
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Vaccination strategies for epidemic cholera in Haiti with implications for the developing world by Chao, Dennis L, Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Longini, Ira M. Jr

“…In October 2010, a virulent South Asian strain of El Tor cholera began to spread in Haiti. Interventions have included treatment of cases and improved…”
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Containing Pandemic Influenza at the Source by Longini, Ira M, Nizam, Azhar, Xu, Shufu, Ungchusak, Kumnuan, Hanshaoworakul, Wanna, Cummings, Derek A. T, Halloran, M. Elizabeth

“…Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (subtype H5N1) is threatening to cause a human pandemic of potentially devastating proportions. We used a stochastic…”
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Spatiotemporal spread of the 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia and the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions: a computational modelling analysis by Merler, Stefano, MS, Ajelli, Marco, PhD, Fumanelli, Laura, PhD, Gomes, Marcelo F C, PhD, Piontti, Ana Pastore y, PhD, Rossi, Luca, PhD, Chao, Dennis L, PhD, Longini, Ira M, Prof, Halloran, M Elizabeth, Prof, Vespignani, Alessandro, Prof

“…Summary Background The 2014 epidemic of Ebola virus disease in parts of west Africa defines an unprecedented health threat. We developed a model of Ebola virus…”
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FluTE, a publicly available stochastic influenza epidemic simulation model by Chao, Dennis L, Halloran, M Elizabeth, Obenchain, Valerie J, Longini, Jr, Ira M

“…Mathematical and computer models of epidemics have contributed to our understanding of the spread of infectious disease and the measures needed to contain or…”
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Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Madewell, Zachary J, Yang, Yang, Longini, Jr, Ira M, Halloran, M Elizabeth, Dean, Natalie E

“…Crowded indoor environments, such as households, are high-risk settings for the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)…”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of bivalent mRNA booster vaccines against Omicron variants by Song, Shangchen, Madewell, Zachary J., Liu, Mingjin, Miao, Yu, Xiang, Shaolin, Huo, Yanan, Sarkar, Shoumi, Chowdhury, Amily, Longini, Ira M., Yang, Yang

“…A global shift to bivalent mRNA vaccines is ongoing to counterbalance the diminishing effectiveness of the original monovalent vaccines due to the evolution of…”
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Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine expressing Ebola surface glycoprotein: interim results from the Guinea ring vaccination cluster-randomised trial by Henao-Restrepo, Ana Maria, MD, Longini, Ira M, Prof, Egger, Matthias, Prof, Dean, Natalie E, PhD, Edmunds, W John, Prof, Camacho, Anton, PhD, Carroll, Miles W, PhD, Doumbia, Moussa, MD, Draguez, Bertrand, MD, Duraffour, Sophie, PhD, Enwere, Godwin, FWACP, Grais, Rebecca, PhD, Gunther, Stephan, MD, Hossmann, Stefanie, MSc, Kondé, Mandy Kader, Prof, Kone, Souleymane, MSc, Kuisma, Eeva, PhD, Levine, Myron M, Prof, Mandal, Sema, MD, Norheim, Gunnstein, PhD, Riveros, Ximena, BSc, Soumah, Aboubacar, MD, Trelle, Sven, MD, Vicari, Andrea S, PhD, Watson, Conall H, MFPH, Kéïta, Sakoba, MD, Kieny, Marie Paule, Dr, Røttingen, John-Arne, Prof

“…Summary Background A recombinant, replication-competent vesicular stomatitis virus-based vaccine expressing a surface glycoprotein of Zaire Ebolavirus…”
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Hypothesis testing and sample size considerations for the test-negative design by Huo, Yanan, Yang, Yang, Halloran, M Elizabeth, Longini, Jr, Ira M, Dean, Natalie E

“…The test-negative design (TND) is an observational study design to evaluate vaccine effectiveness (VE) that enrolls individuals receiving diagnostic testing…”
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Transmissibility and Pathogenicity of Ebola Virus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Household Secondary Attack Rate and Asymptomatic Infection by Dean, Natalie E., Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Yang, Yang, Longini, Ira M.

“…Factors affecting our ability to control an Ebola outbreak include transmissibility of the virus and the proportion of transmissions occurring…”
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