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The approximately universal shapes of epidemic curves in the Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered (SEIR) model
Kevin Heng, Christian L. Althaus
Compartmental transmission models have become an invaluable tool to study the dynamics of infectious diseases. The Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered (SIR) model is known to have an…
COVID-19 infectivity profile correction
Peter Ashcroft, Jana S. Huisman, Sonja Lehtinen +4
The infectivity profile of an individual with COVID-19 is attributed to the paper Temporal dynamics in viral shedding and transmissibility of COVID-19 by He et al., published in Na…
Estimating the reproduction number of Ebola virus (EBOV) during the 2014 outbreak in West Africa
Christian L. Althaus
The 2014 Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak in West Africa is the largest outbreak of the genus Ebolavirus to date. To better understand the spread of infection in the affected countries,…
Re-infection by untreated partners of people treated for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: mathematical modelling study
Nicola Low, Janneke C. M. Heijne, Sereina A. Herzog +1
Objectives: Re-infection after treatment for Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae reduces the effect of control interventions. We explored the impact of delays in partner…