Search Results - "Pearson, Carl"
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Heavy-tailed sexual contact networks and monkeypox epidemiology in the global outbreak, 2022
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (07-10-2022)“…The outbreak of monkeypox across non-endemic regions confirmed in May 2022 shows epidemiological features distinct from previously imported outbreaks, most…”
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COVID-19 length of hospital stay: a systematic review and data synthesis
Published in BMC medicine (03-09-2020)“…The COVID-19 pandemic has placed an unprecedented strain on health systems, with rapidly increasing demand for healthcare in hospitals and intensive care units…”
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Age-dependent effects in the transmission and control of COVID-19 epidemics
Published in Nature medicine (01-08-2020)“…The COVID-19 pandemic has shown a markedly low proportion of cases among children 1 – 4 . Age disparities in observed cases could be explained by children…”
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Estimated transmissibility and impact of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (09-04-2021)“…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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The Long-Term Safety, Public Health Impact, and Cost-Effectiveness of Routine Vaccination with a Recombinant, Live-Attenuated Dengue Vaccine (Dengvaxia): A Model Comparison Study
Published in PLoS medicine (01-11-2016)“…Large Phase III trials across Asia and Latin America have recently demonstrated the efficacy of a recombinant, live-attenuated dengue vaccine (Dengvaxia) over…”
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Using a real-world network to model localized COVID-19 control strategies
Published in Nature medicine (01-10-2020)“…Case isolation and contact tracing can contribute to the control of COVID-19 outbreaks 1 , 2 . However, it remains unclear how real-world social networks could…”
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Detecting behavioural changes in human movement to inform the spatial scale of interventions against COVID-19
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-07-2021)“…On March 23 2020, the UK enacted an intensive, nationwide lockdown to mitigate transmission of COVID-19. As restrictions began to ease, more localized…”
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Accumulation of Immunity in Heavy-Tailed Sexual Contact Networks Shapes Mpox Outbreak Sizes
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (12-01-2024)“…Abstract Many countries affected by the global outbreak of mpox in 2022 have observed a decline in cases. Our mathematical model accounting for heavy-tailed…”
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Changing travel patterns in China during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in Nature communications (06-10-2020)“…Understanding changes in human mobility in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial for assessing the impacts of travel restrictions designed to…”
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Forecasting the effectiveness of indoor residual spraying for reducing dengue burden
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-06-2018)“…Historically, mosquito control programs successfully helped contain malaria and yellow fever, but recent efforts have been unable to halt the spread of dengue,…”
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Evaluating targeted COVID-19 vaccination strategies with agent-based modeling
Published in PLoS computational biology (31-05-2024)“…We evaluate approaches to vaccine distribution using an agent-based model of human activity and COVID-19 transmission calibrated to detailed trends in cases,…”
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Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 vaccination programme's timing and speed on health benefits, cost-effectiveness, and relative affordability in 27 African countries
Published in BMC medicine (08-03-2023)“…The COVID-19 vaccine supply shortage in 2021 constrained roll-out efforts in Africa while populations experienced waves of epidemics. As supply improves, a key…”
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Email phishing and signal detection: How persuasion principles and personality influence response patterns and accuracy
Published in Applied ergonomics (01-07-2020)“…Phishing is a social engineering tactic where a malicious actor impersonates a trustworthy third party with the intention of tricking the user into divulging…”
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Projected early spread of COVID-19 in Africa through 1 June 2020
Published in Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles (07-05-2020)“…For 45 African countries/territories already reporting COVID-19 cases before 23 March 2020, we estimate the dates of reporting 1,000 and 10,000 cases. Assuming…”
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A cross-sectional analysis of meteorological factors and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in 409 cities across 26 countries
Published in Nature communications (13-10-2021)“…There is conflicting evidence on the influence of weather on COVID-19 transmission. Our aim is to estimate weather-dependent signatures in the early phase of…”
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A Scoping Review and Taxonomy of Epidemiological-Macroeconomic Models of COVID-19
Published in Value in health (01-01-2024)“…The COVID-19 pandemic placed significant strain on many health systems and economies. Mitigation policies decreased health impacts but had major macroeconomic…”
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Quantifying the impact of physical distance measures on the transmission of COVID-19 in the UK
Published in BMC medicine (07-05-2020)“…To mitigate and slow the spread of COVID-19, many countries have adopted unprecedented physical distancing policies, including the UK. We evaluate whether…”
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The effect of control strategies to reduce social mixing on outcomes of the COVID-19 epidemic in Wuhan, China: a modelling study
Published in The Lancet. Public health (01-05-2020)“…In December, 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel coronavirus, emerged in Wuhan, China. Since then, the city of Wuhan…”
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The effect of travel restrictions on the geographical spread of COVID-19 between large cities in China: a modelling study
Published in BMC medicine (19-08-2020)“…To contain the spread of COVID-19, a cordon sanitaire was put in place in Wuhan prior to the Lunar New Year, on 23 January 2020. We assess the efficacy of the…”
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Projected Impact of Dengue Vaccination in Yucatán, Mexico
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-05-2016)“…Dengue vaccines will soon provide a new tool for reducing dengue disease, but the effectiveness of widespread vaccination campaigns has not yet been…”
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