3 papers
q-bio.PE2019
Could short-lasting non-specific immunity explain seasonal spacing of epidemic diseases?
Gorm Gruner Jensen, Florian Uekermann, Kim Sneppen +1
Common respiratory viruses cause seasonal epidemics in sequential patterns. The underlying mechanisms for this pattern have been debated for some time. For influenza, contenders in…
q-bio.QM2016
Characterizing the reproduction number of epidemics with early sub-exponential growth dynamics
Gerardo Chowell, Cécile Viboud, Lone Simonsen +1
Early estimates of the transmission potential of emerging and re-emerging infections are increasingly used to inform public health authorities on the level of risk posed by outbrea…
q-bio.QM2016
A generalized-growth model to characterize the early ascending phase of infectious disease outbreaks
Cécile Viboud, Lone Simonsen, Gerardo Chowell
A better characterization of the early growth dynamics of an epidemic is needed to dissect the important drivers of disease transmission. We introduce a 2-parameter generalized-gro…