Using “outbreak science” to strengthen the use of models during epidemics

Caitlin Rivers, Jean-Paul Chrétien, Steven Riley, Julie A. Pavlin, Alexandra Woodward, David M. Brett‐Major, Irina Maljkovic Berry, Lindsay Morton, Richard G. Jarman, Matthew Biggerstaff,

Nature Communications · 2019 · 124 citations · 12 references

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Infectious disease modeling has played a prominent role in recent outbreaks, yet integrating these analyses into public health decision-making has been challenging. We recommend establishing ‘outbreak science’ as an inter-disciplinary field to improve applied epidemic modeling.

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