On the predictability of infectious disease outbreaks [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 Forecasting of infectious disease outbreaks can inform appropriate intervention measures, but whether fundamental limits to accurate prediction exist is unclear.
Samuel V. Scarpino, Giovanni Petri
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Impact of dual climatic and socioeconomic factors on global trends in infectious disease outbreaks [PDF]
Scientific ReportsA recurrent pattern has been observed in global infectious disease outbreaks in recent decades. Nevertheless, quantifying the impact of global change on infectious disease outbreaks remains a challenging endeavor.
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Travel restrictions and infectious disease outbreaks. [PDF]
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2020 AbstractBackgroundA key purpose of the International Health Regulations (IHR) is to prevent unwarranted interruptions to trade and travel during large and/or transnational infectious disease outbreaks. Nevertheless, such outbreaks continue to disrupt the travel industry.
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Governing digital health for infectious disease outbreaks
Global Public Health, 2023 How can governing digital health for infectious disease outbreaks be enhanced? In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has simultaneously represented both the potential and marked limitations of digital health practices for infectious disease outbreaks ...
Stephen Roberts, Ilan Kelman
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Mapping factors associated with health system resilience against large-scale infectious disease outbreaks: a qualitative study in China [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Resilient health systems have been demonstrated to be important in safeguarding global health security against crises. However, health system resilience against infectious disease outbreaks is not well understood because of the ambiguity in ...
Shiyao Xu +5 more
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Mathematically modeling worried-well behavior during infectious disease outbreaks. [PDF]
PLoS ONEAlthough curtailing pathogen spread is critical for mitigating the impact of novel infectious disease outbreaks, addressing the psychological and social responses of populations is also important.
Bismark Singh, Dmitry Gromov
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Heliyon, 2023 Objective: Major infectious disease outbreaks are highly susceptible to diffuse outbreaks due to their sudden and more widespread nature. Compared to previous outbreaks such as the Spanish flu and SARS in China, COVID-19 has greatly affected the health ...
Yuqi YANG, Rui HU, Yongqing GE, Jing YIN
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Infectious disease outbreaks drive political mistrust. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AThe COVID-19 pandemic has renewed attention to the far-reaching social implications of emerging infectious diseases, an issue with historical parallels in the transformative effects of the Black Plague and Spanish Flu. However, the potential for epidemics to reshape political trust and fuel instability has remained underexplored. This study leverages a
Koren O, Weidmann NB.
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Scenario-based assessment of emergency management of urban infectious disease outbreaks [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthInfectious diseases pose a severe threat to human health and are accompanied by significant economic losses. Studies of urban outbreaks of infectious diseases are diverse. However, previous studies have neglected the identification of critical events and
Pengwei Yuan, Huifang Liu, Xiaoqing Dong
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Epidemiological characteristics of infectious disease outbreaks in schools in Zhejiang province, China, from 2013 to 2021 [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Schools are special and important places where susceptible groups of infectious diseases congregate, providing conditions for infectious disease outbreaks.
Yan Feng +9 more
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