Background A recurrent feature of infectious diseases is the observation that different
individuals show different levels of secondary transmission. This inter-individual variation in …

Hong Kong experienced a surge of Omicron BA. 2 infections in early 2022, resulting in one
of the highest per-capita death rates of COVID-19. The outbreak occurred in a dense …

Quantifying transmission intensity and heterogeneity is crucial to ascertain the threat posed
by infectious diseases and inform the design of interventions. Methods that jointly estimate …

Background New and emerging infectious diseases continue to represent a public health
threat. Emerging infectious disease threats include pathogens increasing in range (eg …

Phylodynamics is central to understanding infectious disease dynamics through the
integration of genomic and epidemiological data. Despite advancements, including the …

SARS-CoV-2 superspreading occurs when transmission is highly efficient and/or an
individual infects many others, contributing to rapid spread. To better quantify heterogeneity …

Introduction COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the role of aerosol transmission and the
importance of superspreading events. We analyzed a choir rehearsal in November 2020 …

Despite the appeal of screening travelers during emerging infectious disease outbreaks,
evidence shows that syndromic and questionnaire-based programs are largely ineffective in …

Background: The time-varying reproduction number, R t, is commonly used to monitor the
transmissibility of an infectious disease during an epidemic, but standard methods for …

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 emerged in 2019 and subsequently spread throughout
the world, causing over 600 million cases and 6 million deaths as of September 7th, 2022 …