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Sumiko R. Mekaru
Researcher at Boston Children's Hospital
Publications - 49
Citations - 3271
Sumiko R. Mekaru is an academic researcher from Boston Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Outbreak & Public health. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 49 publications receiving 2871 citations. Previous affiliations of Sumiko R. Mekaru include Harvard University & Booz Allen Hamilton.
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Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil
Isaac I. Bogoch,Isaac I. Bogoch,Oliver J. Brady,Moritz U. G. Kraemer,Matthew German,Marisa I Creatore,Marisa I Creatore,Manisha A. Kulkarni,John S. Brownstein,Sumiko R. Mekaru,Simon I. Hay,Simon I. Hay,Simon I. Hay,Emily Groot,Alexander Watts,Kamran Khan,Kamran Khan +16 more
TL;DR: Viraemic travellers have now introduced Zika virus into at least 13 additional countries, where susceptible Aedes mosquitoes have become infected and perpetuated local transmission cycles, and high-risk international pathways for the dispersion of Zika virus are identified.
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Epidemiological data from the COVID-19 outbreak, real-time case information.
Bo Xu,Bo Xu,Bernardo Gutierrez,Bernardo Gutierrez,Sumiko R. Mekaru,Sumiko R. Mekaru,Kara Sewalk,Lauren Goodwin,Alyssa Loskill,Alyssa Loskill,Emily Cohn,Yulin Hswen,Sarah C. Hill,María Mercedes Cobo,María Mercedes Cobo,Alexander E. Zarebski,Sabrina Li,Chieh-Hsi Wu,Erin Hulland,Erin Hulland,Julia D. Morgan,Julia D. Morgan,Lin Wang,Lin Wang,Katelynn O’Brien,Samuel V. Scarpino,John S. Brownstein,John S. Brownstein,Oliver G. Pybus,David M. Pigott,Moritz U. G. Kraemer,Moritz U. G. Kraemer +31 more
TL;DR: To aid the analysis and tracking of the COVID-19 epidemic, individual-level data from national, provincial, and municipal health reports, as well as additional information from online reports are collected and curated.
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Mapping the zoonotic niche of Ebola virus disease in Africa
David M. Pigott,Nick Golding,Adrian Mylne,Zhi Huang,Andrew J. Henry,Daniel J. Weiss,Oliver J. Brady,Moritz U. G. Kraemer,David L. Smith,Catherine L. Moyes,Samir Bhatt,Peter W. Gething,Peter Horby,Isaac I. Bogoch,John S. Brownstein,Sumiko R. Mekaru,Andrew J. Tatem,Kamran Khan,Simon I. Hay +18 more
TL;DR: Increasing population sizes and international connectivity by air since the first detection of EVD in 1976 suggest that the dynamics of human-to-human secondary transmission in contemporary outbreaks will be very different to those of the past.
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Participatory Epidemiology: Use of Mobile Phones for Community-Based Health Reporting
Clark C. Freifeld,Clark C. Freifeld,Rumi Chunara,Rumi Chunara,Sumiko R. Mekaru,Sumiko R. Mekaru,Emily H. Chan,Emily H. Chan,Taha A. Kass-Hout,Anahi Ayala Iacucci,John S. Brownstein,John S. Brownstein,John S. Brownstein +12 more
TL;DR: Clark Freifeld and colleagues discuss mobile applications, including their own smartphone application, that show promise for health monitoring and information sharing.
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Open access epidemiological data from the COVID-19 outbreak.
Bo Xu,Moritz U. G. Kraemer,Bernardo Gutierrez,Sumiko R. Mekaru,Kara Sewalk,Alyssa Loskill,Lin Wang,Emily Cohn,Sarah C. Hill,Alexander E. Zarebski,Sabrina Li,Chieh His Wu,Erin Hulland,Julia D. Morgan,Samuel V. Scarpino,John S. Brownstein,Oliver G. Pybus,David M. Pigott,Moritz U. G. Kraemer +18 more