2024
Mapping the incidence rate of typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa
Kim J, Choi J, Kim C, Pak G, Parajulee P, Haselbeck A, Park E, Mogasale V, Jeon H, Browne A, Owusu-Dabo E, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Bassiahi A, Teferi M, Lunguya-Metila O, Dolecek C, Pitzer V, Crump J, Hay S, Marks F. Mapping the incidence rate of typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2024, 18: e0011902. PMID: 38408128, PMCID: PMC10965079, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIncidence rateSub-Saharan AfricaRate of typhoid feverTyphoid feverIncidence rate of typhoid feverIncidence rate estimatesEffective intervention programsEstimated incidence ratePublic health problemSub-SaharanHigh-incidence countriesLow-incidence countriesHealth conditionsIntervention programsDisease riskHealth problemsTarget resourcesGeospatial variationAge classesDisease incidenceEnvironmental conditionsPublished articlesSub-national heterogeneityGeospatial covariatesCultures of blood
2016
Strategies to Prevent Cholera Introduction during International Personnel Deployments: A Computational Modeling Analysis Based on the 2010 Haiti Outbreak
Lewnard JA, Antillón M, Gonsalves G, Miller AM, Ko AI, Pitzer VE. Strategies to Prevent Cholera Introduction during International Personnel Deployments: A Computational Modeling Analysis Based on the 2010 Haiti Outbreak. PLOS Medicine 2016, 13: e1001947. PMID: 26812236, PMCID: PMC4727895, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral cholera vaccineProbability of casesAntimicrobial chemoprophylaxisCholera vaccineOral cholera vaccinationAntimicrobial regimensProphylactic efficacyAsymptomatic carriageCholera vaccinationAsymptomatic carriersIncidence rateLargest cholera epidemicCholera epidemicChemoprophylaxisCholera incidence ratesFalse-positive test outcomesVaccinationFirst weekDiagnostic screeningAntimicrobial chemotherapyHaiti cholera epidemicIntervention strategiesVaccineIndependent panelCholera importation