A systematic review and evaluation of Zika virus forecasting and prediction research during a public health emergency of international concern

PY Kobres, JP Chretien, MA Johansson… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Epidemic forecasting and prediction tools have the potential to provide
actionable information in the midst of emerging epidemics. While numerous predictive …

Harnessing social media in the modelling of pandemics—challenges and opportunities

J Sooknanan, N Mays - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 2021 - Springer
As COVID-19 spreads throughout the world without a straightforward treatment or
widespread vaccine coverage in the near future, mathematical models of disease spread …

Brazil's missing infants: Zika risk changes reproductive behavior

MA Rangel, J Nobles, A Hamoudi - Demography, 2020 - Springer
Zika virus epidemics have potential large-scale population effects. Controlled studies of
mice and nonhuman primates indicate that Zika affects fecundity, raising concerns about …

Pandemic Zika: a formidable challenge to medicine and public health

DM Morens, AS Fauci - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 - academic.oup.com
It has been 150 years since the noted German physician-scientist and public health
advocate Rudolf Virchow made his prescient observation about new diseases. Since then …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and evaluation of epidemic prediction and forecasting reporting guidelines: A systematic review and a call for action

S Pollett, M Johansson, M Biggerstaff, LC Morton… - Epidemics, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction High quality epidemic forecasting and prediction are critical to support response
to local, regional and global infectious disease threats. Other fields of biomedical research …

Guillain-Barré syndrome following Zika virus infection is associated with a diverse Spectrum of peripheral nerve reactive antibodies

AJ Davies, C Lleixà, AM Siles, DS Gourlay… - Neurology …, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Recent outbreaks of Zika virus (ZIKV) in South and Central
America have highlighted significant neurologic side effects. Concurrence with the …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting congenital rubella syndrome in Japan, 2018–2019

H Lee, T Kayano, H Nishiura - International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives A rubella epidemic has been ongoing in Japan since August 2018. In the present
study, we aimed to predict the likely size of a congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) epidemic …

Quantifying the risk of local Zika virus transmission in the contiguous US during the 2015–2016 ZIKV epidemic

K Sun, Q Zhang, A Pastore-Piontti, M Chinazzi, D Mistry… - BMC medicine, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Local mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) transmission has been
reported in two counties in the contiguous United States (US), prompting the issuance of …

Zika virus and future research directions

E Erbelding, C Cassetti - The Journal of infectious diseases, 2017 - academic.oup.com
There was a dramatic upsurge in research activity after the recognition of Zika virus (ZIKV)
transmission in South America in 2015 and its causal relationship to devastating anomalies …

[HTML][HTML] Coordinated strategy for a model-based decision support tool for coronavirus disease, Utah, USA

HR Meredith, E Arehart, KH Grantz… - Emerging infectious …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The coronavirus disease pandemic has highlighted the key role epidemiologic models play
in supporting public health decision-making. In particular, these models provide estimates of …