Epidemiological delays are key quantities that inform public health policy and clinical
practice. They are used as inputs for mathematical and statistical models, which in turn can …

In May 2022, a cluster of mpox cases were detected in the UK that could not be traced to
recent travel history from an endemic region. Over the coming months, the outbreak grew …

In June of 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Mpox Response
wanted timely answers to important epidemiological questions which can now be answered …

Real-time surveillance is a crucial element in the response to infectious disease outbreaks.
However, the interpretation of incidence data is often hampered by delays occurring at …

Public health indicators typically used for COVID-19 surveillance can be biased or lag
changing community transmission patterns. In this study, we investigate whether sentinel …

In infectious disease surveillance, incidence data are frequently subject to reporting delays
and retrospective corrections, making it hard to assess current trends in real time. A variety …

Short-term forecasts can provide predictions of how an epidemic will change in the near
future and form a central part of outbreak mitigation and control. Renewal-equation based …

COVID-19 hospitalisations in Germany are released by date of positive test rather than by
date of admission. This has some advantages when they are used as a tool for surveillance …