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Esther L Hamblion
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 39
Citations - 989
Esther L Hamblion is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Outbreak & Contact tracing. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 33 publications receiving 645 citations. Previous affiliations of Esther L Hamblion include Public Health England & UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.
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SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse.
Frank Konings,Mark Perkins,Jens H. Kuhn,Mark J. Pallen,Erik Alm,Brett N Archer,Amal Barakat,Trevor Bedford,Jinal N. Bhiman,Leon Caly,Lisa L. Carter,Anne Cullinane,Tulio de Oliveira,Julian Druce,Ihab El Masry,Roger Evans,George F. Gao,Alexander E. Gorbalenya,Alexander E. Gorbalenya,Esther L Hamblion,Belinda Louise Herring,Emma B. Hodcroft,Edward C. Holmes,Manish Kakkar,Shagun Khare,Marion Koopmans,Bette T. Korber,Juliana Leite,Duncan MacCannell,Marco Marklewitz,Sebastian Maurer-Stroh,Jairo Andres Mendez Rico,Vincent J. Munster,Richard A. Neher,Bas B. Oude Munnink,Boris I. Pavlin,Malik Peiris,Leo L.M. Poon,Oliver G. Pybus,Andrew Rambaut,Paola Cristina Resende,Lorenzo Subissi,Volker Thiel,Suxiang Tong,Sylvie van der Werf,Anne von Gottberg,John Ziebuhr,Maria D. Van Kerkhove +47 more
TL;DR: A group convened and led by the Virus Evolution Working Group of the World Health Organization reports on its deliberations and announces a naming scheme that will enable clear communication about SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest and concern as discussed by the authors.
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Contact tracing performance during the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, 2014-2015.
Krista C. Swanson,Chiara Altare,Chea Sanford Wesseh,Tolbert Nyenswah,Tashrik Ahmed,Nir Eyal,Esther L Hamblion,Justin Lessler,David H. Peters,Mathias Altmann +9 more
TL;DR: Contact tracing was a critical intervention in Liberia and represented one of the largest contact tracing efforts during an epidemic in history, but data suggest there were limitations to its performance—particularly in urban districts and during peak transmission.
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Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, April-May, 2018: an epidemiological study.
Ahmadou Barry,Steve Ahuka-Mundeke,Yahaya Ali Ahmed,Yokouide Allarangar,Julienne Anoko,Brett Nicholas Archer,Aaron Aruna Abedi,Jayshree Bagaria,Marie Roseline Darnycka Belizaire,Sangeeta N. Bhatia,Théophile Bokenge,Emanuele Bruni,Anne Cori,Ernest Dabire,Amadou Mouctar Diallo,Boubacar Diallo,Christl A. Donnelly,Ilaria Dorigatti,Tshewang Choden Dorji,Aura Rocio Escobar Corado Waeber,Ibrahima Socé Fall,Neil M. Ferguson,Richard G. FitzJohn,Gervais Leon Folefack Tengomo,Pierre Formenty,Alpha Forna,Anne Fortin,Tini Garske,Katy A. M. Gaythorpe,Celine Gurry,Esther L Hamblion,Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey,Christopher Haskew,Stéphane Hugonnet,Natsuko Imai,Benido Impouma,Guylain Kabongo,Oly Ilunga Kalenga,Emerencienne Kibangou,Theresa M. Lee,Charles Okot Lukoya,Ousmane Ly,Sheila Makiala-Mandanda,Augustin Mamba,Placide Mbala-Kingebeni,Franck Mboussou,Tamayi Mlanda,Vital Mondonge Makuma,Oliver Morgan,Anastasie Mujinga Mulumba,Patrick Mukadi Kakoni,Daniel Mukadi-Bamuleka,Jean Jaques Muyembe,Ndjoloko Tambwe Bathé,Patricia Ndumbi Ngamala,Roland Ngom,Guillaume Ngoy,Pierre Nouvellet,Justus Nsio,Kevin Babila Ousman,Emilie Peron,Jonathan A. Polonsky,Michael J. Ryan,Alhassane Touré,Rodney Towner,Gaston Tshapenda,Reinhilde Van De Weerdt,Maria D. Van Kerkhove,Annika Wendland,N'Da Konan Michel Yao,Zabulon Yoti,Etienne Yuma,Guy Kalambayi Kabamba,Jean de Dieu Lukwesa Mwati,Gisele Mbuy,Leopold Lubula,Anny Mutombo,Oscar Mavila,Yyonne Lay,Emma Kitenge +79 more
TL;DR: The information presented, although preliminary, has been essential in guiding the ongoing investigation and response to this outbreak and the forecast of the number of cases does not exceed the current capacity to respond if the epidemiological situation does not change.
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Exposure Patterns Driving Ebola Transmission in West Africa: A Retrospective Observational Study
Junerlyn Agua-Agum,Archchun Ariyarajah,Bruce Aylward,Luke Bawo,Pepe Bilivogui,Isobel M. Blake,Richard Brennan,Amy Cawthorne,Eilish Cleary,Peter Clement,Roland Conteh,Anne Cori,Foday Dafae,Benjamin A. Dahl,Jean-Marie Dangou,Boubacar Diallo,Christl A. Donnelly,Ilaria Dorigatti,Christopher Dye,Tim Eckmanns,Tim Eckmanns,Mosoka Fallah,Neil M. Ferguson,Lena Fiebig,Christophe Fraser,Christophe Fraser,Tini Garske,Lice Gonzalez,Esther L Hamblion,Nuha Hamid,Sara Hersey,Wes Hinsley,Amara Jambei,Thibaut Jombart,David Kargbo,Sakoba Keita,Michael Kinzer,Fred Kuti George,Beatrice Godefroy,Giovanna Gutierrez,Niluka Kannangarage,Harriet L. Mills,Harriet L. Mills,Thomas Moller,Sascha Meijers,Yasmine Mohamed,Oliver Morgan,Gemma Nedjati-Gilani,Emily Newton,Pierre Nouvellet,Tolbert Nyenswah,William Perea,Devin Perkins,Steven Riley,Guenael Rodier,Marc Rondy,Maria Sagrado,Camelia Savulescu,Ilana J. Schafer,Dirk Schumacher,Dirk Schumacher,Thomas Seyler,A.H. Shah,Maria D. Van Kerkhove,C Samford Wesseh,Zabulon Yoti +65 more
TL;DR: Analysis of data collected during the Ebola outbreak revealed a high degree of heterogeneity in inferred transmissions, with only 20% of cases accounting for at least 73% of new infections, a phenomenon often called super-spreading.
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Recent TB transmission, clustering and predictors of large clusters in London, 2010-2012: results from first 3 years of universal MIRU-VNTR strain typing.
Esther L Hamblion,Arnaud Le Menach,Laura F Anderson,Maeve K. Lalor,Tim Brown,Ibrahim Abubakar,Ibrahim Abubakar,Charlotte Anderson,Helen Maguire,Sarah R Anderson +9 more
TL;DR: Up to a third of TB cases in London may be due to recent transmission, and resources should be directed to the timely investigation of clusters involving cases with risk factors, particularly those with a short period between the first two cases to interrupt onward transmission.