Using data from ‘visible’ populations to estimate the size and importance of ‘hidden’ populations in an epidemic: A modelling technique

Autor: Anna M. Foss, Holly J. Prudden, Kate M. Mitchell, Michael Pickles, Reynold Washington, Anna E. Phillips, Michel Alary, Marie-Claude Boily, Stephen Moses, Charlotte H. Watts, Peter T. Vickerman

Publikováno v: Infectious Disease Modelling, Vol 5, Iss , Pp 798-813 (2020)

We used reported behavioural data from cisgender men who have sex with men and transgender women (MSM/TGW) in Bangalore, mainly collected from ‘hot-spot’ locations that attract MSM/TGW, to illustrate a technique to deal with potential issues with

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Quantifying uncertainty in health impact assessment: A case-study example on indoor housing ventilation

Autor: Marco Mesa-Frias, Zaid Chalabi, Anna M. Foss

Publikováno v: Environment International, Vol 62, Iss , Pp 95-103 (2014)

Quantitative health impact assessment (HIA) is increasingly being used to assess the health impacts attributable to an environmental policy or intervention. As a consequence, there is a need to assess uncertainties in the assessments because of the u

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The potential health and economic value of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination alongside physical distancing in the UK: a transmission model-based future scenario analysis and economic evaluation

Autor: Fiona Yueqian Sun, Matthew Quaife, Carl A. B. Pearson, C. Julian Villabona-Arenas, Frank Sandmann, Timothy W Russell, Gwenan M. Knight, Mark Jit, W. John Edmunds, Stefan Flasche, Thibaut Jombart, Katharine Sherratt, Adam J. Kucharski, Hamish Gibbs, Joel Hellewell, Yung Wai Desmond Chan, Sebastian Funk, Kiesha Prem, Alicia Showering, Simon R Procter, Graham F. Medley, Yang Liu, Nikos I Bosse, Oliver J. Brady, Kaja Abbas, James D Munday, Megan Auzenbergs, Petra Klepac, Nicholas G Davies, Alicia Rosello, Christopher I Jarvis, Rachel Lowe, Anna M Foss, Sophie Meakin, Sam Abbott, Amy Gimma, Naomi R. Waterlow, Akira Endo, Samuel Clifford, Kevin van Zandvoort, Rosanna C. Barnard, Anna Vassall, Billy J Quilty, Charlie Diamond, Damien C. Tully, Georgia R. Gore-Langton, Katherine E. Atkins, Emily Nightingale, Jack Williams, Rosalind M Eggo, David Simons

Publikováno v: The Lancet. Infectious Diseases
Sandmann, F G, Davies, N G, Vassall, A, Edmunds, W J, Jit, M 2021, ' The potential health and economic value of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination alongside physical distancing in the UK : a transmission model-based future scenario analysis and economic evaluation ', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 962-974 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00079-7
The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Background: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK first adopted physical distancing measures in March, 2020. Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 became available in December, 2020. We explored the health and economic value of introducing SARS-CoV-2 im

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Potential impact of pre‐exposure prophylaxis for female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Bangalore, India: a mathematical modelling study

Autor: Kate M Mitchell, Holly J Prudden, Reynold Washington, Shajy Isac, Subramanian P Rajaram, Anna M Foss, Fern Terris‐Prestholt, Marie‐Claude Boily, Peter Vickerman

Publikováno v: Journal of the International AIDS Society, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2016)

Introduction In Bangalore, new HIV infections of female sex workers and men who have sex with men continue to occur, despite high condom use. Pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has high anti‐HIV efficacy for men who have sex with men. PrEP demonstra

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Quarantine and testing strategies in contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2: a modelling study

Autor: Fiona Yueqian Sun, Samuel Clifford, Joel Hellewell, Damien C. Tully, Timothy W Russell, Christopher I Jarvis, Sebastian Funk, Graham F. Medley, Frank Sandmann, James D Munday, Georgia R. Gore-Langton, Sam Abbott, Hamish Gibbs, Megan Auzenbergs, Kaja Abbas, Yang Liu, Oliver J. Brady, Alicia Rosello, Stefan Flasche, Thibaut Jombart, Nicholas G Davies, Rachel Lowe, Naomi R. Waterlow, Jack Williams, Kevin van Zandvoort, Simon R Procter, Akira Endo, Sophie Meakin, W. John Edmunds, Adam J. Kucharski, Alicia Showering, Katherine E. Atkins, Yung Wai D. Chan, Gwenan M. Knight, Emily Nightingale, Kiesha Prem, Petra Klepac, Rosanna C. Barnard, Nikos I Bosse, Billy J Quilty, Katharine Sherratt, Mark Jit, C. Julian Villabona-Arenas, Rosalind M Eggo, David Simons, Amy Gimma, Matthew Quaife, Carl A. B. Pearson, Anna M Foss

Publikováno v: The Lancet Public Health, Vol 6, Iss 3, Pp e175-e183 (2021)
The Lancet Public Health
Quilty, B J, Clifford, S, Hellewell, J, Russell, T W, Kucharski, A J, Flasche, S, Edmunds, W J 2021, ' Quarantine and testing strategies in contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2 : a modelling study ', The Lancet Public Health, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. e175-e183 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30308-X

Summary: Background: In most countries, contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases are asked to quarantine for 14 days after exposure to limit asymptomatic onward transmission. While theoretically effective, this policy places a substantial social and econ

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