Epidemiology and Global Health

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    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Inferring variant-specific effective reproduction numbers from combined case and sequencing data

    Marlin D Figgins, Trevor Bedford
    Integrating case counts with genomic sequences quantifies real-time transmission advantages of viral variants.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Estimating probabilities of malaria importation in southern Mozambique through modelling P. falciparum genomics and mobility patterns

    Arnau Pujol, Arlindo Chidimatembue ... Alfredo Mayor
    Malaria importation in Matutuine district from southern Mozambique is strongly contributing to sustaining transmission, with Inhambane province being the main source of importation.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    How local antibiotic use, carriage duration, resistance costs and international travel shape resistance frequency in E. coli in France

    Olivier Cotto, André Birgy ... François Blanquart
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    From multiplicity of infection to force of infection in sparsely sampled high-transmission Plasmodium falciparum populations

    Qi Zhan, Kathryn E Tiedje ... Mercedes Pascual
    Queuing theory links multiplicity of infection (MOI) to force of infection (FOI), enabling the estimation of transmission intensity for falciparum malaria (and other infectious diseases) from sparsely sampled surveys.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Heterogeneity of use, access and retention of insecticide-treated nets: implications for subnational tailoring to maximise malaria control

    Andrew C Glover, Hannah Koenker ... Thomas S Churcher
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Understanding Pain in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Health Risks and Treatment Effectiveness

    Tess Cherlin, Stephanie Mohammed ... Shefali S Verma
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Repurposed small molecule toxin inhibitors neutralise a diversity of venoms from the Neotropical viperid snake genus Bothrops

    Rachel H Clare, Adam Westhorpe ... Nicholas R Casewell
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    A natural experiment in Kenya reveals durable immunosuppressive effects of early childhood malaria: a longitudinal cohort study

    Mercy S Safari, Timothy O Makori ... Charles J Sande
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Medicine
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Determining fragility and robustness to missing data in binary outcome meta-analyses, illustrated with conflicting associations between vitamin D and cancer mortality

    David Robert Grimes
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Prediction of SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics based on population-level cycle threshold values: An epidemic transmission and machine learning modeling study

    Afraz Arif Khan, Hind Sbihi ... Catherine A Hogan
    Modeling approaches demonstrate utility for incidence and reproductive number prediction and have potential to complement traditional surveillance in real time to guide public health interventions.
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    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Disease Surveillance: Monitoring livestock pregnancy loss

    Clara Akpan
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Sleep: Another benefit of regular sleep

    Tianyi Huang
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Medicine

    Science Forum: Best practices to promote rigor and reproducibility in the era of sex-inclusive research

    Janet W Rich-Edwards, Donna L Maney

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