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John Brownstein

Harvard Medical School
Verified email at harvard.edu
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The global distribution and burden of dengue

…, AW Farlow, CL Moyes, JM Drake, JS Brownstein… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Dengue is a systemic viral infection transmitted between humans by Aedes mosquitoes 1 .
For some patients, dengue is a life-threatening illness 2 . There are currently no licensed …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study

…, LE Beane-Freeman, JS Brownstein… - The Lancet Public …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Data for front-line health-care workers and risk of COVID-19 are limited. We
sought to assess risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers compared with the …

Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health

MC Fisher, DA Henk, CJ Briggs, JS Brownstein… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
The past two decades have seen an increasing number of virulent infectious diseases in
natural populations and managed landscapes. In both animals and plants, an unprecedented …

The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China

…, NR Faria, R Li, WP Hanage, JS Brownstein… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak expanded rapidly throughout
China. Major behavioral, clinical, and state interventions were undertaken to mitigate the …

[HTML][HTML] Refining the global spatial limits of dengue virus transmission by evidence-based consensus

…, PW Gething, S Bhatt, JP Messina, JS Brownstein… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Dengue is a growing problem both in its geographical spread and in its intensity,
and yet current global distribution remains highly uncertain. Challenges in diagnosis and …

Factors associated with US adults' likelihood of accepting COVID-19 vaccination

S Kreps, S Prasad, JS Brownstein, Y Hswen… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The development of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine has
progressed at unprecedented speed. Widespread public uptake of the vaccine is crucial to stem …

[HTML][HTML] Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

…, L Bengtsson, E Wetter, AJ Tatem, JS Brownstein… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The global population at risk from mosquito-borne diseases—including dengue, yellow fever,
chikungunya and Zika—is expanding in concert with changes in the distribution of two key …

[HTML][HTML] Digital disease detection—harnessing the Web for public health surveillance

JS Brownstein, CC Freifeld… - The New England journal …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Internet has become a critical medium for clinicians, public health practitioners, and lay-people
seeking health information. Data about diseases and outbreaks are disseminated …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiological data from the COVID-19 outbreak, real-time case information

…, L Wang, K O'Brien, SV Scarpino, JS Brownstein… - Scientific data, 2020 - nature.com
Cases of a novel coronavirus were first reported in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in December
2019 and have since spread across the world. Epidemiological studies have indicated …

Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil

…, M German, MI Creatore, MA Kulkarni, JS Brownstein… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
In May, 2015, locally acquired cases of Zika virus—an arbovirus found in Africa and Asia-Pacific
and transmitted via Aedes mosquitoes—were confirmed in Brazil. The presence of …