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Scientific and ethical basis for social-distancing interventions against COVID-19 by Lewnard, Joseph A, Lo, Nathan C

“…During the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) outbreak in Singapore, numerous non-pharmaceutical interventions were implemented…”
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Public Health and Economic Consequences of Vaccine Hesitancy for Measles in the United States by Lo, Nathan C, Hotez, Peter J

“…Routine childhood vaccination is declining in some regions of the United States due to vaccine hesitancy, which risks the resurgence of many infectious…”
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Infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections and reinfections during the Omicron wave by Tan, Sophia T., Kwan, Ada T., Rodríguez-Barraquer, Isabel, Singer, Benjamin J., Park, Hailey J., Lewnard, Joseph A., Sears, David, Lo, Nathan C.

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) breakthrough infections in vaccinated individuals and reinfections in previously infected…”
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Childhood vaccines and antibiotic use in low- and middle-income countries by Lewnard, Joseph A., Lo, Nathan C., Arinaminpathy, Nimalan, Frost, Isabel, Laxminarayan, Ramanan

“…Vaccines may reduce the burden of antimicrobial resistance, in part by preventing infections for which treatment often includes the use of antibiotics 1 – 4 …”
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A sustainable way to control the parasitic disease schistosomiasis by Lo, Nathan C., Arnold, Benjamin

“…A trial in Senegal has tested an innovative method for tackling a common human parasitic disease. The approach reduced infection numbers and also offered…”
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Outbreaks in U.S. Migrant Detention Centers — A Vaccine-Preventable Cause of Health Inequity by Lo, Nathan C., Gonsalves, Gregg S.

“…Expanding beyond practices for Covid-19, the U.S. government could require systematic data collection and public reporting for all vaccine-preventable…”
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A sustainable solution for infectious-disease control by Lo, Nathan C, Arnold, Benjamin F

“…If these eggs reach areas of fresh water, hatch and find a snail, and then infect a human host, their complex life cycle is completed. Because of the…”
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Frequency of Routine Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in High-risk Healthcare Environments to Reduce Outbreaks by Chin, Elizabeth T, Huynh, Benjamin Q, Chapman, Lloyd A C, Murrill, Matthew, Basu, Sanjay, Lo, Nathan C

“…Abstract Routine asymptomatic testing strategies for COVID-19 have been proposed to prevent outbreaks in high-risk healthcare environments. We used simulation…”
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Abstinence Funding Was Not Associated With Reductions In HIV Risk Behavior In Sub-Saharan Africa by Lo, Nathan C, Lowe, Anita, Bendavid, Eran

“…The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has been the largest funder of abstinence and faithfulness programming in sub-Saharan Africa, with a…”
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The 2016 California policy to eliminate nonmedical vaccine exemptions and changes in vaccine coverage: An empirical policy analysis by Nyathi, Sindiso, Karpel, Hannah C, Sainani, Kristin L, Maldonado, Yvonne, Hotez, Peter J, Bendavid, Eran, Lo, Nathan C

“…Vaccine hesitancy, the reluctance or refusal to receive vaccination, is a growing public health problem in the United States and globally. State policies that…”
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A call to strengthen the global strategy against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: the time is now by Lo, Nathan C, BS, Addiss, David G, MD, Hotez, Peter J, Prof, King, Charles H, Prof, Stothard, J Russell, Prof, Evans, Darin S, DPH, Colley, Daniel G, Prof, Lin, William, PhD, Coulibaly, Jean T, PhD, Bustinduy, Amaya L, MD, Raso, Giovanna, PhD, Bendavid, Eran, MD, Bogoch, Isaac I, MD, Fenwick, Alan, Prof, Savioli, Lorenzo, MD, Molyneux, David, Prof, Utzinger, Jürg, Prof, Andrews, Jason R, MD

“…Summary In 2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed the landmark WHA 54.19 resolution for global scale-up of mass administration of anthelmintic drugs for…”
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Rampant Host Switching Shaped the Termite Gut Microbiome by Bourguignon, Thomas, Lo, Nathan, Dietrich, Carsten, Šobotník, Jan, Sidek, Sarah, Roisin, Yves, Brune, Andreas, Evans, Theodore A.

“…The gut microbiota of animals exert major effects on host biology [1]. Although horizontal transfer is generally considered the prevalent route for the…”
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Evolution of Termite Symbiosis Informed by Transcriptome-Based Phylogenies by Bucek, Ales, Šobotník, Jan, He, Shulin, Shi, Mang, McMahon, Dino P., Holmes, Edward C., Roisin, Yves, Lo, Nathan, Bourguignon, Thomas

“…Termitidae comprises ∼80% of all termite species [1] that play dominant decomposer roles in tropical ecosystems [2, 3]. Two major events during termite…”
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Predicting covid-19 outcomes by Habib, Anand R, Lo, Nathan C

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Reconstructing the phylogeny of Blattodea: robust support for interfamilial relationships and major clades by Wang, Zongqing, Shi, Yan, Qiu, Zhiwei, Che, Yanli, Lo, Nathan

“…Cockroaches are among the most recognizable of all insects. In addition to their role as pests, they play a key ecological role as decomposers. Despite…”
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Impact and cost-effectiveness of snail control to achieve disease control targets for schistosomiasis by Lo, Nathan C., Gurarie, David, Yoon, Nara, Coulibaly, Jean T., Bendavid, Eran, Andrews, Jason R., King, Charles H.

“…Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that affects over 240 million people globally. To improve population-level disease control, there is growing interest in…”
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Extensive Diversity of RNA Viruses in Australian Ticks by Harvey, Erin, Rose, Karrie, Eden, John-Sebastian, Lo, Nathan, Abeyasuriya, Thilanka, Shi, Mang, Doggett, Stephen L, Holmes, Edward C

“…Understanding the microbiome of ticks in Australia is of considerable interest given the ongoing debate over whether Lyme disease and its causative agent, the…”
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The evolutionary history of termites as inferred from 66 mitochondrial genomes by Bourguignon, Thomas, Lo, Nathan, Cameron, Stephen L, Šobotník, Jan, Hayashi, Yoshinobu, Shigenobu, Shuji, Watanabe, Dai, Roisin, Yves, Miura, Toru, Evans, Theodore A

“…Termites have colonized many habitats and are among the most abundant animals in tropical ecosystems, which they modify considerably through their actions. The…”
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The human-snail transmission environment shapes long term schistosomiasis control outcomes: Implications for improving the accuracy of predictive modeling by Gurarie, David, Lo, Nathan C, Ndeffo-Mbah, Martial L, Durham, David P, King, Charles H

“…Schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitic trematode disease that affects over 240 million people worldwide. The Schistosoma lifecycle is complex, involving…”
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Public Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Active Tuberculosis Disease or Infection Among Children in South Africa by Brough, Joseph, Martinez, Leonardo, Hatherill, Mark, Zar, Heather J, Lo, Nathan C, Andrews, Jason R

“…Abstract Background Although tuberculosis disease is a leading cause of global childhood mortality, there remain major gaps in diagnosis, treatment, and…”
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