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  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ira M. Longini is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Mathematics, with a significant focus on Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Health. Their scholarly output reflects interdisciplinary work at the intersection of disease transmission modeling and public health interventions.

Longini's research topics include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

The scientist has authored numerous influential papers. Some of the recent publications include:

  • The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, 2020, Science
  • Modelling the impact of testing, contact tracing and household quarantine on second waves of COVID-19, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Evolving epidemiology and transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 outside Hubei province, China: a descriptive and modelling study, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiological and clinical features of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in China, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Longini include:

  • M. Elizabeth Halloran
  • Natalie E. Dean
  • Alessandro Vespignani
  • Matteo Chinazzi
  • Ana Pastore y Piontti

Longini has published repeatedly in several venues, with notable frequency in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Trials
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Nature Communications
  • The Lancet

In recognition of their professional contributions, Longini was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

    Matteo Chinazzi;Jessica T. Davis;Marco Ajelli;Corrado Gioannini

  • Containing pandemic influenza at the source.

    Ira M. Longini;Azhar Nizam;Shufu Xu;Kumnuan Ungchusak

  • Mitigation strategies for pandemic influenza in the United States

    Timothy C. Germann;Kai Kadau;Ira M. Longini;Catherine A. Macken

  • Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine in preventing Ebola virus disease: final results from the Guinea ring vaccination, open-label, cluster-randomised trial (Ebola Ça Suffit!).

    Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo;Anton Camacho;Ira M. Longini;Conall H. Watson

  • Containing Pandemic Influenza with Antiviral Agents

    Ira M. Longini;M. Elizabeth Halloran;Azhar Nizam;Yang Yang

  • Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine expressing Ebola surface glycoprotein: interim results from the Guinea ring vaccination cluster-randomised trial

    Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo;Ira M Longini;Matthias Egger;Matthias Egger;Natalie E Dean

  • Modelling the impact of testing, contact tracing and household quarantine on second waves of COVID-19.

    Alberto Aleta;David Martín-Corral;Ana Pastore y Piontti;Marco Ajelli;Marco Ajelli

  • Modeling targeted layered containment of an influenza pandemic in the United States

    Elizabeth M. Halloran;Neil M. Ferguson;Stephen Eubank;Ira M. Longini;Ira M. Longini

  • Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Zachary J. Madewell;Yang Yang;Ira M. Longini;M. Elizabeth Halloran;M. Elizabeth Halloran

  • Evolving epidemiology and transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 outside Hubei province, China: a descriptive and modelling study.

    Juanjuan Zhang;Maria Litvinova;Wei Wang;Yan Wang

  • The Transmissibility and Control of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus

    Yang Yang;Jonathan D. Sugimoto;M. Elizabeth Halloran;Nicole E. Basta

  • A mathematical model for the global spread of influenza

    Leonid A. Rvachev;Ira M. Longini

  • Epidemiological and clinical features of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in China

    Yang Y;Lu Q;Liu M;Wang Y

  • Household secondary attack rate of COVID-19 and associated determinants in Guangzhou, China: a retrospective cohort study.

    Qin Long Jing;Ming Jin Liu;Zhou Bin Zhang;Li Qun Fang

  • Epidemiological benefits of more-effective tuberculosis vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics.

    Laith J. Abu-Raddad;Lorenzo Sabatelli;Jerusha T. Achterberg;Jonathan D. Sugimoto

  • Containing bioterrorist smallpox.

    M. Elizabeth Halloran;Ira M. Longini;Azhar Nizam;Yang Yang

  • FluTE, a Publicly Available Stochastic Influenza Epidemic Simulation Model

    Dennis L. Chao;M. Elizabeth Halloran;M. Elizabeth Halloran;Valerie J. Obenchain;Ira M. Longini

  • Statistical analysis of the stages of HIV infection using a Markov model

    Longini Im;Clark Ws;Byers Rh;Ward Jw

  • Role of the primary infection in epidemics of HIV infection in gay cohorts.

    John A. Jacquez;James S. Koopman;Carl P. Simon;Ira M. Longini

  • The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak.

    Matteo Chinazzi;Jessica T. Davis;Marco Ajelli;Corrado Gioannini

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Elizabeth Halloran
M. Elizabeth Halloran Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Alessandro Vespignani
Alessandro Vespignani Northeastern University
Stefano Merler
Stefano Merler Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Arnold S. Monto
Arnold S. Monto University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Derek A. T. Cummings
Derek A. T. Cummings University of Florida
Laith J. Abu-Raddad
Laith J. Abu-Raddad Cornell University
Matthias Egger
Matthias Egger University of Bern
W. John Edmunds
W. John Edmunds London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Rustom Antia
Rustom Antia Emory University
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell University of Maryland, College Park

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