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infectious disease dynamics
New Monitor: Contact patterns during the Pandemic
F Schlosser
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P Klamser
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D Brockmann
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A Zachariae
COVID-19 lockdown induces disease-mitigating structural changes in mobility networks
F Schlosser
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B F Maier
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O Jack
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D Hinrichs
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A Zachariae
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D Brockmann
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (52), 32883-32890
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic many countries implemented containment measures toreduce disease transmission. Studies using digital data sources …
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Effective containment explains subexponential growth in recent confirmed COVID-19 cases in China
B F Maier
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D Brockmann
Science 368 (6492), 742-746
The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in mainland China was characterized by a distinctive subexponential increase of confirmed …
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Digitale Epidemiologie
D Brockmann
Bundesgesundheitsbl 63, 166–175
Digital epidemiology is a new and rapidly growing field. The technological revolution we have been witnessing during the last decade, the global rise …
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Hosts mobility and spatial spread of Rickettsia rickettsii
G Polo
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C Mera Acosta
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M B Labruna
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F Ferreira
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D Brockmann
PLoS Comput Biol 14(12): e1006636.
There are a huge number of pathogens with multi-component transmission cycles, involving amplifier hosts, vectors or complex pathogen life cycles. …
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Human mobility, networks and disease dynamics on a global scale
D Brockmann
Bunde A., Caro J., Kärger J., Vogl G. (eds) Diffusive Spreading in Nature, Technology and Society. Springer, Cham.
Disease dynamics is a complex phenomenon and in order to address these questions expertises from many disciplines need to be integrated. One method …
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Effective distances for epidemics spreading on complex networks
F Iannelli
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A Koher
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D Brockmann
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P Hövel
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I M Sokolov
Phys. Rev. E 95, 012313
We show that the recently introduced logarithmic metrics used to predict disease arrival times on complex networks are approximations of more general …
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Fundamental properties of cooperative contagion processes
Li Chen
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Fakhteh Ghanbarnejad
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D Brockmann
New J. Phys. 19 103041
We investigate the effects of cooperativity between contagion processes that spread and persist in a host population. We propose and analyze a …
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Molecular surveillance of measles and rubella in the WHO European Region: new challenges in the elimination phase
S Santibanez
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J M Hübschen
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M C Ben Mamou
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M Muscat
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K E Brown
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R Myers
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O Donoso Mantke
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H Zeichhardt
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D Brockmann
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S V Shulga
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C.P.Muller
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P M O'Connor
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M N Mulders
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A Mankertz
Clinical Microbiology and Infection 23 516e523
The WHO European Region (EUR) has adopted the goal of eliminating measles and rubella but individual countries perform differently in achieving this …
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Public health: This message must be herd
D Brockmann
Nature Human Behaviour 1 (0065)
Immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases not only protects the individual but also has a social benefit. A study now shows that communicating …
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