Key data for outbreak evaluation: building on the Ebola experience

Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine in preventing Ebola virus disease: final results from the Guinea ring vaccination, open-label, cluster-randomised trial (Ebola Ça Suffit!)

(2017) Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo et al.   LANCET

Heterogeneities in the case fatality ratio in the West African Ebola outbreak 2013–2016

(2017) Tini Garske et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Retrospective Analysis of the 2014–2015 Ebola Epidemic in Liberia

(2016) Katherine E. Atkins et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Transmissibility and Pathogenicity of Ebola Virus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Household Secondary Attack Rate and Asymptomatic Infection

(2016) Natalie E. Dean et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Clinical research during the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Guinea: Lessons learned and ways forward

(2016) Abdoul Habib Beavogui et al.   Clinical Trials

Ebola clinical trials: Five lessons learned and a way forward

(2016) Nathan M Thielman et al.   Clinical Trials

Ebola in West Africa: lessons we may have learned

(2016) Tom Koch   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

The Epi Info Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) Application: A Resource for Outbreak Data Management and Contact Tracing in the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola Epidemic

(2016) Ilana J. Schafer et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Use of serological surveys to generate key insights into the changing global landscape of infectious disease

(2016) C Jessica E Metcalf et al.   LANCET

Public health impact and cost-effectiveness of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine: a systematic comparison of predictions from four mathematical models

(2016) Melissa A Penny et al.   LANCET

Are we learning the lessons of the Ebola outbreak?

(2016) Talha Burki   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Real-time, portable genome sequencing for Ebola surveillance

(2016) Joshua Quick et al.   NATURE

After Ebola in West Africa — Unpredictable Risks, Preventable Epidemics

(2016)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Ebola Virus Disease among Male and Female Persons in West Africa

(2016)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Transmission dynamics of Ebola virus disease and intervention effectiveness in Sierra Leone

(2016) Li-Qun Fang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sharing Data for Global Infectious Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Detection

(2016) Frank M. Aarestrup et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Exposure Patterns Driving Ebola Transmission in West Africa: A Retrospective Observational Study

(2016) et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Developing Global Norms for Sharing Data and Results during Public Health Emergencies

(2016) Kayvon Modjarrad et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Notes from the Field: Baseline Assessment of the Use of Ebola Rapid Diagnostic Tests — Forécariah, Guinea, October–November 2015

(2016) Jennifer Y. Huang et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Spatial spread of the West Africa Ebola epidemic

(2016) Andrew M. Kramer et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Evolution and Spread of Ebola Virus in Liberia, 2014–2015

(2015) Jason T. Ladner et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Assessment of the severity of Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone in 2014–2015

(2015) J. Y. WONG et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Performance of case definitions for influenza surveillance

(2015) L Jiang et al.   Eurosurveillance

Mobile diagnostics in outbreak response, not only for Ebola: a blueprint for a modular and robust field laboratory

(2015) Roman Wölfel et al.   Eurosurveillance

Lessons Learned From Hospital Ebola Preparation

(2015) Daniel J. Morgan et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Global health security: the wider lessons from the west African Ebola virus disease epidemic

(2015) David L Heymann et al.   LANCET

Ebola in west Africa: learning the lessons

(2015) Anna Petherick   LANCET

ReEBOV Antigen Rapid Test kit for point-of-care and laboratory-based testing for Ebola virus disease: a field validation study

(2015) Mara Jana Broadhurst et al.   LANCET

Assessment of the potential for international dissemination of Ebola virus via commercial air travel during the 2014 west African outbreak

(2015) Isaac I Bogoch et al.   LANCET

Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola

(2015) Suerie Moon et al.   LANCET

Effectiveness of screening for Ebola at airports

(2015) Jonathan M Read et al.   LANCET

Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine expressing Ebola surface glycoprotein: interim results from the Guinea ring vaccination cluster-randomised trial

(2015) Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo et al.   LANCET

Chains of transmission and control of Ebola virus disease in Conakry, Guinea, in 2014: an observational study

(2015) Ousmane Faye et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Temporal and spatial analysis of the 2014–2015 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa

(2015) Miles W. Carroll et al.   NATURE

Data sharing: Make outbreak research open access

(2015) Nathan L. Yozwiak et al.   NATURE

Ebola Virus Disease among Children in West Africa

(2015)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

West African Ebola Epidemic after One Year — Slowing but Not Yet under Control

(2015)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The Next Epidemic — Lessons from Ebola

(2015) Bill Gates   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Measuring the impact of Ebola control measures in Sierra Leone

(2015) Adam J. Kucharski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impact of human mobility on the emergence of dengue epidemics in Pakistan

(2015) Amy Wesolowski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Avoidable errors in the modelling of outbreaks of emerging pathogens, with special reference to Ebola

(2015) A. A. King et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Lessons from Ebola: Improving infectious disease surveillance to inform outbreak management

(2015) Mark E. J. Woolhouse et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Six challenges in modelling for public health policy

(2015) C.J.E. Metcalf et al.   Epidemics

Five challenges for spatial epidemic models

(2015) Steven Riley et al.   Epidemics

Nine challenges in incorporating the dynamics of behaviour in infectious diseases models

(2015) Sebastian Funk et al.   Epidemics

Nine challenges in modelling the emergence of novel pathogens

(2015) James O. Lloyd-Smith et al.   Epidemics

Seven challenges for model-driven data collection in experimental and observational studies

(2015) J. Lessler et al.   Epidemics

The ring vaccination trial: a novel cluster randomised controlled trial design to evaluate vaccine efficacy and effectiveness during outbreaks, with special reference to Ebola

(2015)   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Use of Viremia to Evaluate the Baseline Case Fatality Ratio of Ebola Virus Disease and Inform Treatment Studies: A Retrospective Cohort Study

(2015) Oumar Faye et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Strengthening the Detection of and Early Response to Public Health Emergencies: Lessons from the West African Ebola Epidemic

(2015) Mark J. Siedner et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Potential Biases in Estimating Absolute and Relative Case-Fatality Risks during Outbreaks

(2015) Marc Lipsitch et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The ring vaccination trial: a novel cluster randomised controlled trial design to evaluate vaccine efficacy and effectiveness during outbreaks, with special reference to Ebola

(2015)   BMJ-British Medical Journal

A review of epidemiological parameters from Ebola outbreaks to inform early public health decision-making

(2015) Maria D. Van Kerkhove et al.   Scientific Data

Optimizing the Precision of Case Fatality Ratio Estimates Under the Surveillance Pyramid Approach

(2014) Camille Pelat et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Epidemiological and Viral Genomic Sequence Analysis of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Reveals Clustered Transmission

(2014) Samuel V. Scarpino et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Assessing the impact of travel restrictions on international spread of the 2014 West African Ebola epidemic

(2014) C Poletto et al.   Eurosurveillance

Local and regional spread of chikungunya fever in the Americas

(2014) S Cauchemez et al.   Eurosurveillance

Bayesian Inference of Infectious Disease Transmission from Whole-Genome Sequence Data

(2014) Xavier Didelot et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — The First 9 Months of the Epidemic and Forward Projections

(2014)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Dynamic population mapping using mobile phone data

(2014) Pierre Deville et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

OutbreakTools: A new platform for disease outbreak analysis using the R software

(2014) Thibaut Jombart et al.   Epidemics

Mapping population and pathogen movements

(2014) A. J. Tatem   International Health

Bayesian Reconstruction of Disease Outbreaks by Combining Epidemiologic and Genomic Data

(2014) Thibaut Jombart et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Key issues in the persistence of poliomyelitis in Nigeria: a case-control study

(2014) Tara D Mangal et al.   Lancet Global Health

A New Framework and Software to Estimate Time-Varying Reproduction Numbers During Epidemics

(2013) Anne Cori et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Relating Phylogenetic Trees to Transmission Trees of Infectious Disease Outbreaks

(2013) Rolf J. F. Ypma et al.   GENETICS

Increased transmissibility explains the third wave of infection by the 2009 H1N1 pandemic virus in England

(2013) I. Dorigatti et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assessing Optimal Target Populations for Influenza Vaccination Programmes: An Evidence Synthesis and Modelling Study

(2013) Marc Baguelin et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of earlier eligibility for adult antiretroviral therapy and expanded treatment coverage: a combined analysis of 12 mathematical models

(2013) Jeffrey W Eaton et al.   Lancet Global Health

Costs and cost-effectiveness of malaria control interventions - a systematic review

(2011) Michael T White et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

How to make predictions about future infectious disease risks

(2011) M. Woolhouse   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Comparison of Electronic Data Capture (EDC) with the Standard Data Capture Method for Clinical Trial Data

(2011) Brigitte Walther et al.   PLoS One

Unravelling transmission trees of infectious diseases by combining genetic and epidemiological data

(2011) R. J. F. Ypma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Inference for Nonlinear Epidemiological Models Using Genealogies and Time Series

(2011) David A. Rasmussen et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

E-Health Technologies Show Promise In Developing Countries

(2010) Joaquin A. Blaya et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Vaccine Epidemiology: Efficacy, Effectiveness, and the Translational Research Roadmap

(2010) Geoffrey A. Weinberg et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Barriers to Mask Wearing for Influenza-like Illnesses Among Urban Hispanic Households

(2010) Yu-hui Ferng et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING

Studies Needed to Address Public Health Challenges of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic: Insights from Modeling

(2010) Maria D. Van Kerkhove et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Modeling the spatial spread of infectious diseases: The GLobal Epidemic and Mobility computational model

(2010) Duygu Balcan et al.   Journal of Computational Science

Closure of schools during an influenza pandemic

(2009) Simon Cauchemez et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Household Transmission of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in the United States

(2009) Simon Cauchemez et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

A Comparison of the Completeness and Timeliness of Automated Electronic Laboratory Reporting and Spontaneous Reporting of Notifiable Conditions

(2008) J. Marc Overhage et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Mathematical models of infectious disease transmission

(2008) Nicholas C. Grassly et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Social Contacts and Mixing Patterns Relevant to the Spread of Infectious Diseases

(2008) Joël Mossong et al.   PLOS MEDICINE