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Gerardo Chowell is affiliated with Georgia State University in the United States. Their research focuses predominantly on the field of Medicine, with notable expertise in Modeling and Simulation, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Economics and Econometrics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their recent scholarly contributions include significant papers on COVID-19 and infectious disease modeling. Noteworthy publications are:

  • Estimating the asymptomatic proportion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, Yokohama, Japan, 2020 (2020) in Eurosurveillance
  • Transmission potential and severity of COVID-19 in South Korea (2020) in International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Real-time forecasts of the COVID-19 epidemic in China from February 5th to February 24th, 2020 (2020) in Infectious Disease Modelling
  • Physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019: natural experiment in 149 countries (2020) in BMJ
  • Transmission potential of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) onboard the Diamond Princess Cruises Ship, 2020 (2020) in Infectious Disease Modelling

Their research topics cover a range of subjects related to infectious diseases, with an emphasis on pandemic and epidemiological studies. The main topics of their work include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Gerardo Chowell has collaborated extensively with several researchers, frequently co-authoring publications with the following individuals:

  • Juan M. Banda
  • Ramya Tekumalla
  • Jingyuan Yu
  • Yuning Ding
  • Tuo Liu

The venues where their research is most frequently published include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Severe Respiratory Disease Concurrent with the Circulation of H1N1 Influenza

    Gerardo Chowell;Stefano M. Bertozzi;M. Arantxa Colchero;Hugo Lopez-Gatell

  • Real-time forecasts of the COVID-19 epidemic in China from February 5th to February 24th, 2020.

    Kimberlyn M. Roosa;Y. Lee;R. Luo;A. Kirpich

  • The basic reproductive number of Ebola and the effects of public health measures: the cases of Congo and Uganda.

    G. Chowell;N.W. Hengartner;C. Castillo-Chavez;C. Castillo-Chavez;P.W. Fenimore

  • Physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019: natural experiment in 149 countries.

    Nazrul Islam;Stephen J Sharp;Gerardo Chowell;Sharmin Shabnam

  • Transmission characteristics of MERS and SARS in the healthcare setting: a comparative study

    Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell;Fatima Abdirizak;Sunmi Lee;Jonggul Lee

  • Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease (EVD): a review

    Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell;Hiroshi Nishiura

  • Adaptive human behavior in epidemiological models

    Eli P. Fenichel;Carlos Castillo-Chavez;M. G. Ceddia;Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell

  • Mathematical models to characterize early epidemic growth: A review.

    Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell;Lisa Sattenspiel;Shweta Bansal;Cécile Viboud

  • Comparative estimation of the reproduction number for pandemic influenza from daily case notification data

    Gerardo Chowell;Hiroshi Nishiura;Luís M.A Bettencourt

  • Prevention and Control of Zika as a Mosquito-Borne and Sexually Transmitted Disease: A Mathematical Modeling Analysis.

    Daozhou Gao;Yijun Lou;Daihai He;Travis C. Porco

  • SARS outbreaks in Ontario, Hong Kong and Singapore: the role of diagnosis and isolation as a control mechanism.

    G. Chowell;P.W. Fenimore;M.A. Castillo-Garsow;C. Castillo-Chavez;C. Castillo-Chavez

  • Fitting dynamic models to epidemic outbreaks with quantified uncertainty: A primer for parameter uncertainty, identifiability, and forecasts

    Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell

  • Transmission potential of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) onboard the diamond Princess Cruises Ship, 2020.

    Kenji Mizumoto;Kenji Mizumoto;Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell

  • Transmission dynamics of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 in Geneva, Switzerland: Assessing the effects of hypothetical interventions.

    G. Chowell;C.E. Ammon;N.W. Hengartner;J.M. Hyman

  • Seasonal influenza in the United States, France, and Australia: transmission and prospects for control

    G. Chowell;M. A. Miller;C. Viboud

  • Transmission potential of the new influenza A(H1N1) virus and its age-specificity in Japan

    H Nishiura;C Castillo-Chavez;M Safan;G Chowell

  • The effective reproduction number as a prelude to statistical estimation of time-dependent epidemic trends

    Hiroshi Nishiura;Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell

  • Characterizing the epidemiology of the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in Mexico.

    Gerardo Chowell;Santiago Echevarría-Zuno;Cecile Viboud;Lone Simonsen;Lone Simonsen

  • A generalized-growth model to characterize the early ascending phase of infectious disease outbreaks.

    Cécile Viboud;Lone Simonsen;Gerardo Chowell

  • Model Parameters and Outbreak Control for SARS

    Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell;Carlos Castillo-Chavez;Paul W. Fenimore;Christopher M. Kribs-Zaleta

Frequent Co-Authors

Cécile Viboud
Cécile Viboud National Institutes of Health
Lone Simonsen
Lone Simonsen Roskilde University
Hiroshi Nishiura
Hiroshi Nishiura Kyoto University
Mark A. Miller
Mark A. Miller University of California San Francisco Medical Center
James M. Hyman
James M. Hyman Tulane University
Alessandro Vespignani
Alessandro Vespignani Northeastern University
Bing Xu
Bing Xu Tsinghua University
Luís M. A. Bettencourt
Luís M. A. Bettencourt University of Chicago
Raimund Bürger
Raimund Bürger University of Concepción
Seyed M. Moghadas
Seyed M. Moghadas York University

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