Epidemiology and Global Health

Epidemiology and Global Health

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    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Forecasting the spatial spread of an Ebola epidemic in real time: Comparing predictions of mathematical models and experts

    James D Munday, Alicia Rosello ... Sebastian Funk
    Models were more consistent than individual experts but performed comparably to ensembles of many experts and relative performance varied by month, justifying the use of combined model and expert forecast methodologies.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Reassessing the link between adiposity and head and neck cancer: a Mendelian randomization study

    Fernanda Morales Berstein, Jasmine Khouja ... Rebecca C Richmond
    Adiposity does not play a major role in head and neck cancer risk.
    1. Ecology
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Rift Valley fever virus dynamics in a transhumant cattle system in The Gambia

    Essa Jarra, Divine Ekwem ... Daniel T Haydon
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Refining uncertainty about the TAK-003 dengue vaccine with a multi-level model of clinical efficacy trial data

    Manar Alkuzweny, Guido España, T Alex Perkins
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Understanding the global rise of artemisinin resistance: Insights from over 100,000 Plasmodium falciparum samples

    Andrew J Balmer, Nina FD White ... Cristina Ariani
    Spatiotemporal analysis of global kelch13 surveillance data reveals that artemisinin resistance is increasing in East Africa, mirroring patterns previously observed in Southeast Asia.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    The age and sex dynamics of heterosexual HIV transmission in Zambia: an HPTN 071 (PopART) phylogenetic and modelling study

    Matthew D Hall, William Probert ... the PANGEA-HIV consortium and the HPTN 071 (PopART) study team
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Using step selection functions to analyse human mobility using telemetry data in infectious disease epidemiology: a case study of leptospirosis

    Pablo Ruiz Cuenca, Fabio Neves Souza ... Emanuele Giorgi
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Associations Between Meteorological Factors and Influenza A/B Incidence in Subtropical China: A Six-Year Surveillance Study with Deep Learning Modelling for Influenza Early Warning

    Long Xie, Meng-Jie Zhang ... Xi-Wen Jiang
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Inferring variant-specific effective reproduction numbers from combined case and sequencing data

    Marlin D Figgins, Trevor Bedford
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Heterogenous associations of polygenic indices of 35 traits with mortality

    Hannu Lahtinen, Jaakko Kaprio ... Pekka Martikainen
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
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Highlights

    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Medicine
    3. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    COVID-19: A collection of articles

    Edited by Diane M Harper et al.
    1. Medicine
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Call for papers on the impact of COVID-19 on cancer prevention, control, care and survivorship

    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Antibiotic resistance and gonorrhoea

    Nicholas Medland

Senior editors

  1. Balram Bhargava
    Indian Council of Medical Research, India
  2. Eduardo Franco
    McGill University, Canada
  3. Diane M Harper
    University of Michigan, United States
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