Modelling measles outbreaks in Canada
In respose to the increase in measles cases in Canada in 2024 due to importation of cases, Caroline Colijn and I designed a stochasic SEIR model to model community measles outbreaks with response to public health intervtions.
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R shiny app: https://jmcn.shinyapps.io/measles-canada/
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This work helped to inform the Rapid risk assessment: measles in Canada – Public Health Implications in 2024, Public Health Agency of Canada [PDF]
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Caroline Colijn gave a talk on this work to Public Health Ontario, see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlfrbsOANT0