Epidemiology

Spatiotemporal relationships between extreme weather events and arbovirus transmission across Brazil

1. Victoria M Cox
2. Felipe Campos de Melo Iani
3. Wes Hinsley
4. Pedro S Peixoto
5. Flavio Codeço Coelho
6. Carlos Augusto Prete
7. Megan O’Driscoll
8. Neil Ferguson
9. Samir Bhatt
10. Nuno R Faria
11. Ilaria Dorigatti

• Curated by eLife

  eLife Assessment

  This study presents valuable findings from a spatiotemporal analysis of arbovirus case notification data from 2013 to 2020 in Brazil, reporting associations between covariates representing potential drivers of arbovirus transmission and recorded incidence. The work is methodologically solid, though it is unclear how much explanatory power inclusion of the covariates adds. The findings will be of interest to researchers working on the epidemiology of arboviruses.

Reviewed by eLife

Refining uncertainty about the TAK-003 dengue vaccine with a multi-level model of clinical efficacy trial data

1. Manar Alkuzweny
2. Guido España
3. T Alex Perkins

• Curated by eLife

  eLife Assessment

  This paper presents important new findings about the impact of the TAK-003 vaccine against dengue based on a convincing reanalysis of trial data. The results corroborate those of the original trial analyses, but with reduced uncertainty about the estimates of the impact of the vaccine. The findings will be of interest to clinicians, infectious disease epidemiologists, trial statisticians and policymakers seeking to understand the vaccine's efficacy profile and associated uncertainties.

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Dynamic HIV risk differentiation among youth: Validation of a tool for prioritization of prevention in East Zimbabwe

1. Louisa R Moorhouse
2. Simon Gregson
3. Jeffrey W Imai-Eaton
4. Justin Mayini
5. Tawanda Dadirai
6. Phyllis Magoge-Mandizvidza
7. Rufurwokuda Maswera
8. Simbarashe Mabaya
9. Rachel Baggaley
10. Daniel Low-Beer
11. Constance Nyamukapa
12. Shona Dalal

Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, PREreview

West Nile Virus ( Orthoflavivirus nilense ) RNA concentrations in wastewater solids at five wastewater treatment plants in the United States

1. Alessandro Zulli
2. Dorothea Duong
3. Bridgette Shelden
4. Amanda Bidwell
5. Marlene K. Wolfe
6. Bradley White
7. Alexandria B. Boehm

Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

How floods may affect the spatial spread of respiratory pathogens: the case of Emilia-Romagna, Italy in May 2023

1. Claudio Ascione
2. Eugenio Valdano

Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases