Recent years have seen the development of numerous methodologies for reconstructing
transmission trees in infectious disease outbreaks from densely sampled whole genome …

Introduction Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, wastewater
surveillance has been utilized to monitor the disease in the United States through routine …

Objective Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a serious public health issue in many
countries; however, its transmissibility in county-level outbreaks remains unclear. The aim of …

Background Shigellosis is the major cause of bloody diarrhoea worldwide and is endemic in
most developing countries. In Kenya, bloody diarrhoea is reported weekly as part of priority …

Objectives Shigella species are the third most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in
the United States. During a Shigella sonnei outbreak in Oregon from July 2015 through June …

The role of epidemiological models is crucial for informing public health officials during a
public health emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. However, traditional …

Background In recent years, many studies have found that ambient temperature is
significantly associated with bacillary dysentery (BD). However, there is limited evidence on …

The depopulation of Pacific islands during the 16th to 19th centuries is a striking example of
historical mass mortality due to infectious disease. Pacific Island populations have not been …

Background Developing countries exhibit a high disease burden from shigellosis. Owing to
the different incidences in males and females, this study aims to analyze the features …

Objectives At present, some studies have pointed out several possible climate drivers of
bacillary dysentery. However, there is a complex nonlinear interaction between climate …