Factors Associated with Reliable Contact Tracing During the 2021 Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Guinea

Authors: Mory Keita, Ibrahima Sory Cherif, Jonathan A. Polonsky, Samuel T. Boland, Youba Kandako, Mahamoud Sama Cherif, Mamadou Kourouma, Aly Antoine Kamano, Houssainatou Bah, Ibrahima Sory Fofana, Georges Alfred Ki-zerbo, Stephanie Dagron, Dick Chamla, Abdou Salam Gueye, Olivia Keiser

Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, Vol 14, Iss 3, Pp 699-709 (2024)

Subject Terms: Ebola virus disease, Contact tracing, Surveillance, Guinea, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2210-6014

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Feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against infectious diseases among crisis-affected populations: a scoping review

Authors: Jonathan A. Polonsky, Sangeeta Bhatia, Keith Fraser, Arran Hamlet, Janetta Skarp, Isaac J. Stopard, Stéphane Hugonnet, Laurent Kaiser, Christian Lengeler, Karl Blanchet, Paul Spiegel

Source: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2022)

Subject Terms: Disease outbreaks, Communicable disease control, Prevention & control, Vulnerable populations, Warfare and armed conflicts, Disasters, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2049-9957

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Sensitivity of contact-tracing for COVID-19 in Thailand: a capture-recapture application

Authors: R. Lerdsuwansri, P. Sangnawakij, D. Böhning, C. Sansilapin, W. Chaifoo, Jonathan A. Polonsky, Victor J. Del Rio Vilas

Source: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)

Subject Terms: COVID-19, Contact tracing, Thailand, Capture-recapture, Sensitivity, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2334

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Novel Use of Capture-Recapture Methods to Estimate Completeness of Contact Tracing during an Ebola Outbreak, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–2020

Authors: Jonathan A. Polonsky, Dankmar Böhning, Mory Keita, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Justus Nsio-Mbeta, Aaron Aruna Abedi, Mathias Mossoko, Janne Estill, Olivia Keiser, Laurent Kaiser, Zabulon Yoti, Patarawan Sangnawakij, Rattana Lerdsuwansri, Victor J. Del Rio Vilas

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 12, Pp 3063-3072 (2021)

Subject Terms: Ebola, Ebolavirus, viruses, contact tracing, disease outbreaks, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/12/20-4958_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/3f8e91e7003b4ad4834d17b60f9d0432

Early Insights from Statistical and Mathematical Modeling of Key Epidemiologic Parameters of COVID-19

Authors: Matthew Biggerstaff, Benjamin J. Cowling, Zulma M. Cucunubá, Linh Dinh, Neil M. Ferguson, Huizhi Gao, Verity Hill, Natsuko Imai, Michael A. Johansson, Sarah Kada, Oliver Morgan, Ana Pastore y Piontti, Jonathan A. Polonsky, Pragati Venkata Prasad, Talia M. Quandelacy, Andrew Rambaut, Jordan W. Tappero, Katelijn A. Vandemaele, Alessandro Vespignani, K. Lane Warmbrod, Jessica Y. Wong

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 11, Pp - (2020)

Subject Terms: COVID-19, epidemiological parameters, mathematical modeling, World Health Organization, coronavirus, viruses, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-1074_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059

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World Health Organization Early Warning, Alert and Response System in the Rohingya Crisis, Bangladesh, 2017–2018

Authors: Basel Karo, Christopher Haskew, Ali S. Khan, Jonathan A. Polonsky, Md Khadimul Anam Mazhar, Nilesh Buddha

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 11, Pp 2074-2076 (2018)

Subject Terms: Rohingya, Rohingya crisis, emergency response, EWARS, mobile phone–based surveillance, humanitarian innovation, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/11/18-1237_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059

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Exploring HIV infection and susceptibility to measles among older children and adults in Malawi: a facility-based study

Authors: Jonathan A. Polonsky, Beverley Singh, Charlie Masiku, Céline Langendorf, Matthew Kagoli, Northan Hurtado, Mathilde Berthelot, Annette Heinzelmann, Adrian Puren, Rebecca F. Grais

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 31, Iss C, Pp 61-67 (2015)

Subject Terms: Measles, HIV, Malawi, Vaccination, CD4, IgG, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214017275; https://doaj.org/toc/1201-9712; https://doaj.org/toc/1878-3511

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A community-based contact isolation strategy to reduce the spread of Ebola virus disease: an analysis of the 2018–2020 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Authors: Antoine Flahault, Ibrahima Socé Fall, Alexandre Delamou, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Samuel T Boland, Olivia Keiser, Julienne Ngoundoung Anoko, Hamadou Boiro, Mory Keïta, Abdou Salam Gueye, Jonathan A Polonsky, Michel Kalongo Ilumbulumbu, Adama Dakissaga, Lamine Diassy, John Kombe Ngwama, Houssainatou Bah, Michel Kasereka Tosalisana, Richard Kitenge Omasumbu, Ibrahima Sory Chérif, Abdoulaye Yam, Stéphanie Dagron

Source: BMJ Global Health, Vol 8, Iss 6 (2023)

Subject Terms: Medicine (General), R5-920, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/6/e011907.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2059-7908

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Epidemiological, clinical, and public health response characteristics of a large outbreak of diphtheria among the Rohingya population in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 to 2019: A retrospective study.

Authors: Jonathan A Polonsky, Melissa Ivey, Md Khadimul Anam Mazhar, Ziaur Rahman, Olivier le Polain de Waroux, Basel Karo, Katri Jalava, Sirenda Vong, Amrish Baidjoe, Janet Diaz, Flavio Finger, Zakir H Habib, Charls Erik Halder, Christopher Haskew, Laurent Kaiser, Ali S Khan, Lucky Sangal, Tahmina Shirin, Quazi Ahmed Zaki, Md Abdus Salam, Kate White

Source: PLoS Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 4, p e1003587 (2021)

Subject Terms: Medicine

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1549-1277; https://doaj.org/toc/1549-1676

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Descriptive epidemiology of typhoid fever during an epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2012.

Authors: Jonathan A Polonsky, Isabel Martínez-Pino, Fabienne Nackers, Prosper Chonzi, Portia Manangazira, Michel Van Herp, Peter Maes, Klaudia Porten, Francisco J Luquero

Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 12, p e114702 (2014)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4259398?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203

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