Ben S. Cooper

TL;DR: This study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the global burden of AMR, as well as an evaluation of the availability of data, and estimates aggregated to the global and regional level.

TL;DR: It is estimated that a single infectious case of SARS will infect about three secondary cases in a population that has not yet instituted control measures, and public-health efforts to reduce transmission are expected to have a substantial impact on reducing the size of the epidemic.

TL;DR: There is evidence that concerted efforts that include isolation can reduce MRSA even in endemic settings, and current isolation measures recommended in national guidelines should continue to be applied until further research establishes otherwise.

TL;DR: Stochastic models of the international spread of influenza based on extensions of coupled epidemic transmission models are developed and show that under most scenarios restrictions on air travel are likely to be of surprisingly little value in delaying epidemics, unless almost all travel ceases very soon after epidemics are detected.

TL;DR: It is suggested that re-evaluation of isolation policies is required in intensive-care units where MRSA is endemic, and that more effective means of preventing spread of MRSA in such settings need to be found.