A pre-registered short-term forecasting study of COVID-19 in Germany and Poland during the second wave

J Bracher, D Wolffram, J Deuschel, K Görgen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Disease modelling has had considerable policy impact during the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic, and it is increasingly acknowledged that combining multiple models can improve …

Evaluation of individual and ensemble probabilistic forecasts of COVID-19 mortality in the US

EY Cramer, EL Ray, VK Lopez, J Bracher, A Brennen… - Medrxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Short-term probabilistic forecasts of the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United
States have served as a visible and important communication channel between the scientific …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges for modelling interventions for future pandemics

ME Kretzschmar, B Ashby, E Fearon, CE Overton… - Epidemics, 2022 - Elsevier
Mathematical modelling and statistical inference provide a framework to evaluate different
non-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical interventions for the control of epidemics that has …

Improving local prevalence estimates of SARS-CoV-2 infections using a causal debiasing framework

G Nicholson, B Lehmann, T Padellini, KB Pouwels… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global and national surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology is mostly based on targeted
schemes focused on testing individuals with symptoms. These tested groups are often …

Predictive performance of multi-model ensemble forecasts of COVID-19 across European nations

K Sherratt, H Gruson, H Johnson, R Niehus, B Prasse… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Background: Short-term forecasts of infectious disease burden can contribute to situational
awareness and aid capacity planning. Based on best practice in other fields and recent …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling waning and boosting of COVID-19 in Canada with vaccination

L Childs, DW Dick, Z Feng, JM Heffernan, J Li, G Röst - Epidemics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, has caused devastating health and
economic impacts around the globe since its appearance in late 2019. The advent of …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the COVID-19 epidemic and the vaccination campaign in Italy by the SUIHTER model

N Parolini, G Ardenghi, A Quarteroni - Infectious Disease Modelling, 2022 - Elsevier
Several epidemiological models have been proposed to study the evolution of COVID-19
pandemic. In this paper, we propose an extension of the SUIHTER model, to analyse the …

Exploring surveillance data biases when estimating the reproduction number: with insights into subpopulation transmission of COVID-19 in England

K Sherratt, S Abbott, SR Meakin… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The time-varying reproduction number (Rt: the average number of secondary infections
caused by each infected person) may be used to assess changes in transmission potential …

Comparing human and model-based forecasts of COVID-19 in Germany and Poland

NI Bosse, S Abbott, J Bracher, H Hain… - PLoS computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Forecasts based on epidemiological modelling have played an important role in shaping
public policy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This modelling combines knowledge …

Comparative assessment of methods for short-term forecasts of COVID-19 hospital admissions in England at the local level

S Meakin, S Abbott, N Bosse, J Munday, H Gruson… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Forecasting healthcare demand is essential in epidemic settings, both to inform
situational awareness and facilitate resource planning. Ideally, forecasts should be robust …