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Estimation of COVID-19 outbreak size in Italy by Tuite, Ashleigh R, Ng, Victoria, Rees, Erin, Fisman, David

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The Impact of Bisphenol A and Triclosan on Immune Parameters in the U.S. Population, NHANES 2003-2006 by Clayton, Erin M. Rees, Todd, Megan, Dowd, Jennifer Beam, Aiello, Allison E.

“…Background: Exposure to environmental toxicants is associated with numerous disease outcomes, many of which involve underlying immune and inflammatory…”
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Evidence for increasing densities and geographic ranges of tick species of public health significance other than Ixodes scapularis in Québec, Canada by Gasmi, Salima, Bouchard, Catherine, Ogden, Nicholas H, Adam-Poupart, Ariane, Pelcat, Yann, Rees, Erin E, Milord, François, Leighton, Patrick A, Lindsay, Robbin L, Koffi, Jules K, Thivierge, Karine

“…Climate change is driving emergence and establishment of Ixodes scapularis, the main vector of Lyme disease in Québec, Canada. As for the black-legged tick, I…”
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Opportunities for applying biomedical production and manufacturing methods to the development of the clean meat industry by Specht, Elizabeth A., Welch, David R., Rees Clayton, Erin M., Lagally, Christie D.

“…•Clean meat is a novel cell culture application with high growth potential.•Technologies developed for cell-based therapy are highly applicable to clean…”
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Spatiotemporal epidemiology of substance-related accidental acute toxicity deaths in Canada from 2016 to 2017 by Howard-Azzeh, Mohammad, Wasfi, Rania, Kakkar, Tanya, Flynn, Mallory, Rotondo, Jenny, Schleihauf, Emily, Bowes, Matthew, Rees, Erin E

“…In Canada, substance-related accidental acute toxicity deaths (AATDs) continue to rise at the national and sub-national levels. However, it is unknown if,…”
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Machine learning and dengue forecasting: Comparing random forests and artificial neural networks for predicting dengue burden at national and sub-national scales in Colombia by Zhao, Naizhuo, Charland, Katia, Carabali, Mabel, Nsoesie, Elaine O, Maheu-Giroux, Mathieu, Rees, Erin, Yuan, Mengru, Garcia Balaguera, Cesar, Jaramillo Ramirez, Gloria, Zinszer, Kate, Choisy, Marc, Reiner, Robert C

“…The robust estimate and forecast capability of random forests (RF) has been widely recognized, however this ensemble machine learning method has not been…”
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Forecasting seasonal influenza activity in Canada—Comparing seasonal Auto‐Regressive integrated moving average and artificial neural network approaches for public health preparedness by Orang, Armin, Berke, Olaf, Poljak, Zvonimir, Greer, Amy L., Rees, Erin E., Ng, Victoria

“…Introduction Public health preparedness is based on timely and accurate information. Time series forecasting using disease surveillance data is an important…”
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Risk factors associated with the intensity of COVID-19 outbreaks in Canadian community settings: a retrospective analysis of outbreak-level surveillance data by Dam, Demy, Chen, Michelle, Rees, Erin E, Cheng, Bethany, Sukkarieh, Lynn, McGill, Erin, Tehami, Yasmina, Bellos, Anna, Edwin, Jonathan, Patterson, Kaitlin

“…The severity of COVID-19 outbreaks is disproportionate across settings (e.g., long-term care facilities (LTCF), schools) across Canada. Few studies have…”
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One Health communication channels: a qualitative case study of swine influenza in Canada in 2020 by Denis-Robichaud, José, Hindmarch, Suzanne, Nswal, Nancy N, Mutabazi, Jean Claude, D'Astous, Mireille, Gangbè, Marcellin, Osborn, Andrea, Zarowsky, Christina, Rees, Erin E, Carabin, Hélène

“…With increased attention to the importance of integrating the One Health approach into zoonotic disease surveillance and response, a greater understanding of…”
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Implementing an Action Over Inertia Group Program in Community Residential Rehabilitation Services: Group Participant and Facilitator Perspectives by Rees, Erin F, Ennals, Priscilla, Fossey, Ellie

“…A time-use focused intervention, Action Over Inertia (AOI) designed to address restricted activity patterns and support recovery, was adapted for use in…”
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Variation in host home range size decreases rabies vaccination effectiveness by increasing the spatial spread of rabies virus by McClure, Katherine M., Gilbert, Amy T., Chipman, Richard B., Rees, Erin E., Pepin, Kim M., Hoye, Bethany

“…Animal movement influences the spatial spread of directly transmitted wildlife disease through host–host contact structure. Wildlife disease hosts vary in home…”
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A methodology for estimating SARS-CoV-2 importation risk by air travel into Canada between July and November 2021 by Milwid, Rachael M, Gabriele-Rivet, Vanessa, Ogden, Nicholas H, Turgeon, Patricia, Fazil, Aamir, London, David, de Montigny, Simon, Rees, Erin E

“…Estimating rates of disease importation by travellers is a key activity to assess both the risk to a country from an infectious disease emerging elsewhere in…”
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Identification of a Vacuole-associated Metalloreductase and Its Role in Ctr2-mediated Intracellular Copper Mobilization by Rees, Erin M., Thiele, Dennis J.

“…Copper is an essential trace metal whose biological utility is derived from its ability to cycle between oxidized Cu(II) and reduced Cu(I). Ctr1 is a high…”
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Integrated Social-Behavioral and Ecological Risk Maps to Prioritize Local Public Health Responses to Lyme Disease by Bouchard, Catherine, Aenishaenslin, Cécile, Rees, Erin E, Koffi, Jules K, Pelcat, Yann, Ripoche, Marion, Milord, François, Lindsay, L Robbin, Ogden, Nicholas H, Leighton, Patrick A

“…The risk of contracting Lyme disease (LD) can vary spatially because of spatial heterogeneity in risk factors such as social-behavior and exposure to…”
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Transmission of Piscirickettsia salmonis among salt water salmonid farms in Chile by Rees, Erin E, Ibarra, Rolando, Medina, Matias, Sanchez, Javier, Jakob, Eva, Vanderstichel, Raphael, St-Hilaire, Sophie

“…Salmon Rickettsia Syndrome (SRS), also known as Salmon Rickettsia Septicemia, caused by Piscirickettsia salmonis is the most common bacterial disease in the…”
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Modeling Mongoose Rabies in the Caribbean: A Model-Guided Fieldwork Approach to Identify Research Priorities by Sauvé, Caroline C, Rees, Erin E, Gilbert, Amy T, Berentsen, Are R, Allibert, Agathe, Leighton, Patrick A

“…We applied the model-guided fieldwork framework to the Caribbean mongoose rabies system by parametrizing a spatially-explicit, individual-based model, and by…”
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Modelling the effect of landscape heterogeneity on the efficacy of vaccination for wildlife infectious disease control by Rees, Erin E., Pond, Bruce A., Tinline, Rowland R., Bélanger, Denise

“…1. Zoonotic disease control presents significant costs and challenges in human and wildlife populations. Although spatial variability and temporal variability…”
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Environmental and social determinants of population vulnerability to Zika virus emergence at the local scale by Rees, Erin E, Petukhova, Tatiana, Mascarenhas, Mariola, Pelcat, Yann, Ogden, Nicholas H

“…Zika virus (ZIKV) spread rapidly in the Americas in 2015. Targeting effective public health interventions for inhabitants of, and travellers to and from,…”
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Detection of municipalities at-risk of Lyme disease using passive surveillance of Ixodes scapularis as an early signal: A province-specific indicator in Canada by Gasmi, Salima, Ogden, Nicholas H, Ripoche, Marion, Leighton, Patrick A, Lindsay, Robbin L, Nelder, Mark P, Rees, Erin, Bouchard, Catherine, Vrbova, Linda, Rusk, Richard, Russell, Curtis, Pelcat, Yann, Mechai, Samir, Kotchi, Serge-Olivier, Koffi, Jules K

“…Lyme disease, the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in North America, is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, which is…”
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Impact of spatial and temporal resource distribution on rabies dynamics in the Arctic by Allibert, Agathe, Viard, Francois, Sauvé, Caroline C., Simon, Audrey, Rees, Erin E., Leighton, Patrick A.

“…In the Arctic, rabies is endemic in the Arctic fox ( Vulpes lagopus), posing a significant and ongoing health risk for people and domestic animals. The…”
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