4 papers
Applications of the Vendi score in genomic epidemiology
Bjarke Frost Nielsen, Amey P. Pasarkar, Qiqi Yang +2
The Vendi score (VS), a diversity metric recently conceived in the context of machine learning, with applications in a wide range of fields, has a few distinct advantages over the…
Complex multiannual cycles of Mycoplasma pneumoniae: persistence and the role of stochasticity
Bjarke Frost Nielsen, Sang Woo Park, Emily Howerton +3
The epidemiological dynamics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae is characterized by poorly understood complex multiannual cycles. The origins of these cycles have long been debated, and mult…
The Complex Interplay Between Risk Tolerance and the Spread of Infectious Diseases
Maximilian Nguyen, Ari Freedman, Matthew Cheung +4
Risk-driven behavior provides a feedback mechanism through which individuals both shape and are collectively affected by an epidemic. We introduce a general and flexible compartmen…
Characterizing the dynamics of rubella relative to measles: the role of stochasticity
Ganna Rozhnova, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Bryan T. Grenfell
Rubella is a completely immunizing and mild infection in children. Understanding its behavior is of considerable public health importance because of Congenital Rubella Syndrome, wh…