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David J. D. Earn
Researcher at McMaster University
Publications - 128
Citations - 11162
David J. D. Earn is an academic researcher from McMaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Pandemic. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 121 publications receiving 9746 citations. Previous affiliations of David J. D. Earn include University of Toronto & University of Cambridge.
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Vaccination and the theory of games.
Chris T. Bauch,David J. D. Earn +1 more
TL;DR: It is shown that a formal game theoretical analysis of the problem of whether a sufficient proportion of the population is already immune, either naturally or by vaccination, leads to new insights that help to explain human decision-making with respect to vaccination.
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A simple model for complex dynamical transitions in epidemics.
TL;DR: This work has shown that measles is a natural ecological system that exhibits different dynamical transitions at different times and places, yet all of these transitions can be predicted as bifurcations of a single nonlinear model.
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A draft genome of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death
Kirsten I. Bos,Verena J. Schuenemann,G. Brian Golding,Hernán A. Burbano,Nicholas Waglechner,Brian K. Coombes,Joseph B. McPhee,Sharon N. DeWitte,Matthias Meyer,Sarah E. Schmedes,James W. Wood,David J. D. Earn,D. Ann Herring,Peter Bauer,Hendrik N. Poinar,Johannes Krause +15 more
TL;DR: A reconstructed ancient genome of Yersinia pestis is reported at 30-fold average coverage from Black Death victims securely dated to episodes of pestilence-associated mortality in London, England, 1348–1350, suggesting that contemporary Y. pestis epidemics have their origins in the medieval era.
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Surgical mask vs N95 respirator for preventing influenza among health care workers: a randomized trial.
Mark Loeb,Nancy Dafoe,James B. Mahony,Michael John,Alicia Sarabia,Verne Glavin,Richard J. Webby,Marek Smieja,David J. D. Earn,Sylvia Chong,Ashley Webb,Stephen D. Walter +11 more
TL;DR: A randomized controlled trial of 446 nurses in emergency departments, medical units, and pediatric units in 8 tertiary care Ontario hospitals showed that the use of a surgical mask compared with an N95 respirator resulted in non-inferior rates of laboratory-confirmed influenza.
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Interactions Between the Immune System and Cancer: A Brief Review of Non-spatial Mathematical Models
TL;DR: The simplest (single equation) models for tumor growth and greater immunological detail are considered and the necessity for expanding the complexity of models in order to capture the biological mechanisms the authors wish to understand is clarified.