Inference of transmission dynamics and retrospective forecast of invasive meningococcal disease.

The pathogenic bacteria Neisseria meningitidis, which causes invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), predominantly colonizes humans asymptomatically; however, invasive disease occurs in a small proportion of the population. Here, we explore the seasonality of IMD and develop and validate a suite of mo...

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Main Authors: Jaime Cascante-Vega, Marta Galanti, Katharina Schley, Sen Pei, Jeffrey Shaman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-10-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011564&type=printable