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A fractional order SIR model describing hesitancy to the COVID-19 vaccination
Caetano, Constantino; Morgado, Luísa; Lima, Pedro; Hens, Niel; Nunes, BaltazarFunding Information: The first author acknowledges FCT within the PhD grants \u201CDOCTORATES 4 COVID\u201D, grant number 2020.10172.BD. The second and third authors also acknowledge FCT within project UIDB/04621/2020 (Center for Computational and Stochastic Mathematics https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04621/2020). Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s); This study introduces a SIR (Susceptible-Infectious-Recov...
Evaluation of European severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) surveillance, ...
Marques, Diogo F.P.; Kovacs, Dory; Sanchez-Ruiz, Miguel Angel; Rodrigues, Ana Paula; Machado, Ausenda; Mazagatos, Clara; Monge, Susana; Domegan, LisaFunding Information: This work was conducted as part of the project, \u2018Vaccine Effectiveness, Burden and Impact Studies (VEBIS) of COVID-19 and Influenza\u2019, funded by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control through service contracts with Epiconcept (ECD.12616, ECD.13017, ECD.13350, ECD.14646, and ECD.15029 - implementing framework contract ECDC/2021/016). The support of Epiconcept to the ...
Tracking epidemiological shifts in hepatitis A in Portugal
Manageiro, Vera; Matos, Rita; Palminha, Paula; Cortes-Martins, Helena; Nunes, Baltazar; de Sousa, RitaPublisher Copyright: © 2025, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved.; Background: Hepatitis A incidence in Portugal declined from 20.1 to 0.4/100,000 population between 1987 and 2023, changing non-vaccinated population susceptibility. This shift has contributed to more frequent out-breaks, including in 2024–25, highlighting the need to enhance surveillance and integrate s...
Association between area-level walkability and glycated haemoglobin
Sá, Regina; Roquette, Rita; Rebecchi, Andrea; Matias, Judite; Rocha, Jorge; Buffoli, Maddalena; Capolongo, Stefano; Ribeiro, Ana Isabel; Nunes, BaltazarFunding Information: Ana Isabel Ribeiro was supported by National Funds through FCT, under the programme of Stimulus of Scientific Employment\u2013Individual Support within the contract CEECIND/02386/2018. This study was also funded by FEDER through the Operational Programme Competitiveness and Internationalization and national funding from the Foundation for Science and Technology \u2013 FCT (Portuguese Minist...
Comparison for the effects of different components of temperature variability o...
Wen, Bo; Wu, Yao; Guo, Yuming; Gasparrini, Antonio; Tong, Shilu; Overcenco, Ala; Urban, Aleš; Schneider, Alexandra; Entezari, AlirezaFunding Information: This study was supported by the Australian Research Council (DP210102076) and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (GNT2000581). BW by China Scholarship Council (number 202006010043); WY by China Scholarship Council (number 202006010044); SL by an Emerging Leader Fellowship of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (number GNT2009866); JK and AU b...
Temperature frequency and mortality
Wu, Yao; Wen, Bo; Gasparrini, Antonio; Armstrong, Ben; Sera, Francesco; Lavigne, Eric; Li, Shanshan; Guo, Yuming; Overcenco, Ala; Urban, AlešFunding Information: This article appreciates the contribution of MCC network collaborators. This article is published in memory of Simona Fratianni who helped to contribute the data for Romania. Support for title page creation and format was provided by AuthorArranger, a tool developed at the National Cancer Institute. This study was supported by the Australian Research Council ( DP210102076 ) and the Australi...
Is a tiered restrictions system an effective intervention for COVID-19 control?...
Moniz, Marta; Soares, Patrícia; Nunes, Baltazar; Leite, AndreiaFunding Information: This work was funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology through a PhD research scholarship [2020.09525.BD] granted under the Call DOCTORATES 4 COVID-19; and Comprehensive Health Research Center [UIDP/04923/2020]. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.; Background: In November 2020, similar to other European countries, Portugal implemented a tiered restrictions system to contro...
Immune response against influenza in a cohort of repeatedly vaccinated adults d...
Guiomar, Raquel; Silva, Susana Pereira da; Rodrigues, Ana Paula; Costa, Inês; Conde, Patrícia; Cristóvão, Paula; Pechirra, Pedro; Estragadinho, PauloFunding Information: We would like to acknowledge all the participants from the staff of the National Institute of Health for their participation in the present study and their donation of blood samples for the evaluation of the humoral immunity response after vaccination during 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons. We acknowledge Anabela Cordeiro, assistant at the Department of Occupational Medicine, National Insti...
Identifying the main drivers of transmission in the early phase of the COVID-19...
Caetano, Constantino; Angeli, Leonardo; Varela-Lasheras, Irma; Coletti, Pietro; Morgado, Luisa; Lima, Pedro; Willem, Lander; Nunes, Baltazar; Hens, NielFunding Information: Constantino Caetano acknowledges FCT within the PhD grants \u201CDOCTORATES 4 COVID\u201D, grant number 2020.10172.BD. Lu\u00EDsa Morgado and Pedro Lima also acknowledge FCT within project UIDB/04621/2020 (Center for Computational and Stochastic Mathematics https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04621/2020). Lander Willem gratefully acknowledges support from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) (A...
Temporal change in minimum mortality temperature under changing climate
Yang, Daewon; Hashizume, Masahiro; Tobías, Aurelio; Honda, Yasushi; Roye, Dominic; Oh, Jaemin; Dang, Tran Ngoc; Kim, Yoonhee; Abrutzky, RosanaFunding Information: D.Y. was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (NRF-2022M3J6A1084843). Y.C. was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Korea Government (MSIT) (No. 2022M3J6A1063021). A.T. was supported by the JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 24K13527. Y.H. was supported by the Environment Research and Technology Devel...