Quantitative spatiotemporal impact of dynamic population density changes on the COVID-19 pandemic in China's mainland

G Zhang, S Poslad, Y Fan, X Rui - Geo-Spatial Information Science, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its mutant viruses are still
wreaking global havoc over the last two years, but the impact of human activity on the …

Design of cluster-randomized trials with cross-cluster interference

MP Leung - arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.18836, 2023 - arxiv.org
Cluster-randomized trials often involve units that are irregularly distributed in space without
well-separated communities. In these settings, cluster construction is a critical aspect of the …

Impact of 4% deltamethrin-impregnated dog collars on the incidence of human visceral leishmaniasis: a community intervention trial in Brazil

GL Werneck, FB Figueiredo, MSP Cruz - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: In Brazil, human visceral leishmaniasis (HVL) is caused by the protozoan
parasite Leishmania infantum, primarily transmitted by the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis …

Quantifying the spatial spillover effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on pandemic risk

K Wang, X Han, L Dong, XJ Chen, G Xiu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented in one place
can affect neighboring regions by influencing people's behavior. However, existing epidemic …