7 papers
COVID-19 in low-tolerance border quarantine systems: impact of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2
Cameron Zachreson, Freya M. Shearer, David J. Price +4
In controlling transmission of COVID-19, the effectiveness of border quarantine strategies is a key concern for jurisdictions in which the local prevalence of disease and immunity…
How will mass-vaccination change COVID-19 lockdown requirements in Australia?
Cameron Zachreson, Sheryl L. Chang, Oliver M. Cliff +1
Background: To prevent future outbreaks of COVID-19, Australia is pursuing a mass-vaccination approach in which a targeted group of the population comprising healthcare workers, ag…
Risk mapping for COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia using mobility data
Cameron Zachreson, Lewis Mitchell, Michael J. Lydeamore +3
COVID-19 is highly transmissible and containing outbreaks requires a rapid and effective response. Because infection may be spread by people who are pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic…
Modelling transmission and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
Sheryl L. Chang, Nathan Harding, Cameron Zachreson +2
There is a continuing debate on relative benefits of various mitigation and suppression strategies aimed to control the spread of COVID-19. Here we report the results of agent-base…
Creating a surrogate commuter network from Australian Bureau of Statistics census data
Kristopher M. Fair, Cameron Zachreson, Mikhail Prokopenko
Between the 2011 and 2016 national censuses, the Australian Bureau of Statistics changed its anonymity policy compliance system for the distribution of census data. The new method…
Urbanization affects peak timing, prevalence, and bimodality of influenza pandemics in Australia: results of a census-calibrated model
Cameron Zachreson, Kristopher M. Fair, Oliver M. Cliff +3
We examine salient trends of influenza pandemics in Australia, a rapidly urbanizing nation. To do so, we implement state-of-the-art influenza transmission and progression models wi…