Background Diphtheria, once a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality, all but
disappeared following introduction of diphtheria vaccine. Recent outbreaks highlight the risk …

The time-varying reproduction number (Rt) is an important measure of transmissibility during
outbreaks. Estimating whether and how rapidly an outbreak is growing (Rt> 1) or declining …

Diphtheria is an infectious disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The bacterium
primarily infects the throat and upper airways and the produced diphtheria toxin (DT), which …

Background Forecasting healthcare demand is essential in epidemic settings, both to inform
situational awareness and facilitate resource planning. Ideally, forecasts should be robust …

Background Short-term forecasts of infectious disease can aid situational awareness and
planning for outbreak response. Here, we report on multi-model forecasts of Covid-19 in the …

Patient satisfaction is a useful measure for providing quality indicators in health-care
services. Concern over the quality of health-care services in Bangladesh has resulted in a …

Recent years have seen rising incidence of dengue and large outbreaks of Zika and
chikungunya, which are all caused by viruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. In …

Forecasting whether or not initial reports of disease will be followed by a severe epidemic is
an important component of disease management. Standard epidemic risk estimates involve …

Respiratory diphtheria, characterized by a firmly adherent pseudomembrane, is caused by
toxin-producing strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, with similar illness produced …

Background Unrest in Myanmar in August 2017 resulted in the movement of over 700,000
Rohingya refugees to overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. A large outbreak of …