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Autor:
Amna Tariq, Tsira Chakhaia, Sushma Dahal, Alexander Ewing, Xinyi Hua, Sylvia K Ofori, Olaseni Prince, Argita D Salindri, Ayotomiwa Ezekiel Adeniyi, Juan M Banda, Pavel Skums, Ruiyan Luo, Leidy Y Lara-Díaz, Raimund Bürger, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Eunha Shim, Alexander Kirpich, Anuj Srivastava, Gerardo Chowell
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 3, p e0010228 (2022)
Colombia announced the first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 on March 6, 2020. Since then, the country has reported a total of 5,002,387 cases and 127,258 deaths as of October 31, 2021. The aggressive transmission dynamics of
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/8b9c4ffe32724aa78cf5417aa79e4687
Autor:
Marc Lipsitch, Mary T. Bassett, John S. Brownstein, Paul Elliott, David Eyre, M. Kate Grabowski, James A. Hay, Michael A. Johansson, Stephen M. Kissler, Daniel B. Larremore, Jennifer E. Layden, Justin Lessler, Ruth Lynfield, Duncan MacCannell, Lawrence C. Madoff, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Lauren A. Meyers, Sylvia K. Ofori, Celia Quinn, Ana I. Bento, Nicholas G. Reich, Steven Riley, Roni Rosenfeld, Matthew H. Samore, Rangarajan Sampath, Rachel B. Slayton, David L. Swerdlow, Shaun Truelove, Jay K. Varma, Yonatan H. Grad
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 12 (2024)
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to upgrade systems for infectious disease surveillance and forecasting and modeling of the spread of infection, both of which inform evidence-based public health guidance and policies. Here, we discuss r
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/b1e49f1194724dada8d5715b590e7109
Autor:
Sylvia K. Ofori, Jessica S. Schwind, Kelly L. Sullivan, Gerardo Chowell, Benjamin J. Cowling, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 29, Iss 2, Pp 360-370 (2023)
We assessed the effect of various COVID-19 vaccination strategies on health outcomes in Ghana by using an age-stratified compartmental model. We stratified the population into 3 age groups:
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/6372a02ed26441659e569edd679cf03e
Evidence-based Decision Making: Infectious Disease Modeling Training for Policymakers in East Africa
Autor:
Sylvia K. Ofori, Emmanuelle A. Dankwa, Emmanuel Ngwakongnwi, Alemayehu Amberbir, Abebe Bekele, Megan B. Murray, Yonatan H. Grad, Caroline O. Buckee, Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier
Publikováno v:
Annals of Global Health, Vol 90, Iss 1, Pp 22-22 (2024)
Background: Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases is an important decision-making tool for outbreak control. However, in Africa, limited expertise reduces the use and impact of these tools on policy. Therefore, there is a need to build capacit
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/971dca04fbaf4f3ea8437fe34681892b
Autor:
Sylvia K. Ofori, Chigozie A. Ogwara, Seoyon Kwon, Xinyi Hua, Kamryn M. Martin, Arshpreet Kaur Mallhi, Felix Twum, Gerardo Chowell, Isaac C.-H. Fung
Publikováno v:
Annals of Epidemiology. 71:1-8
PurposeTo quantify and compare SARS-CoV-2 transmission potential across Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi and selected counties with populations in the 50th, 75th, and 100th percentile.MethodsTo determine the time-varying reproduction number Rt of
Autor:
Xinyi Hua, Aubrey R.D. Kehoe, Joana Tome, Mina Motaghi, Sylvia K. Ofori, Po-Ying Lai, Sheikh Taslim Ali, Gerardo Chowell, Anne C. Spaulding, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Publikováno v:
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 17
Objective: This study investigates the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission potential in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho from March 2020 through January 2021. Methods: Time-varying reproduc
Autor:
Sylvia K. Ofori, Jessica S. Schwind, Kelly L. Sullivan, Gerardo Chowell, Benjamin J. Cowling, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
This study assessed the impact of various COVID-19 vaccination strategies on health outcomes in Ghana using an age-stratified compartmental model. The population was stratified into three age groups: One-sentence summaryAn age-stratified model of COV
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::28df7f3424199c125aedf155e46b7a4a
https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.09.22277458
https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.09.22277458
Autor:
Sylvia K. Ofori, Jessica S. Schwind, Kelly L. Sullivan, Gerardo Chowell, Benjamin J. Cowling, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Seroprevalence studies assessing community exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Ghana concluded that population-level immunity remained low as of February 2021. Thus, it is important to demonstrate how increasin
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::4fbee03f6b9e8adc22ced8209228036a
https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.09.22277456
https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.09.22277456
Autor:
Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Gerardo Chowell, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Sylvia K. Ofori, Yuen Wai Hung, Po Ying Lai
Publikováno v:
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Objective:This study aimed to investigate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemiology in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario, Canada.Methods:Using data through December 1, 2020, we estimated time-varying reproduction number, Rt, using EpiEstim pac
Autor:
Jingjing Yin, Sylvia K. Ofori, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Jessica S Schwind, Lauren Bayliss, Manyun Liu, Gerardo Chowell, Kadiatou Diallo
Publikováno v:
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 14:139-149
Social media research during natural disasters has been presented as a tool to guide response and relief efforts in the disciplines of geography and computer sciences. This systematic review highlights the public health implications of social media u