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Simon Cauchemez

Simon Cauchemez

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
37825
World Ranking
4675
National Ranking
126

Overview

Simon Cauchemez is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and has a substantial research record in medicine and mathematics, with a focus on infectious diseases and epidemiological modeling. Their scientific work encompasses a range of fields, particularly in infectious diseases, modeling and simulation, epidemiology, public health, and economics related to disease spread and control.

The scientist's research primarily addresses COVID-19 and related viral infections. Key topics covered include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • COVID-19 pandemic impacts
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • Viral infections and outbreaks research

Simon Cauchemez has published extensively in high-impact scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Eurosurveillance
  • Nature Medicine
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The scientist has co-authored numerous papers with colleagues such as Henrik Salje, Juliette Paireau, Nathanaël Hozé, Arnaud Fontanet, and Cécile Tran Kiem. These collaborations reflect a broad network within the infectious disease and public health research communities.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Age-specific mortality and immunity patterns of SARS-CoV-2 (2020, Nature)
  • Estimating the burden of SARS-CoV-2 in France (2020, Science)
  • Clustering and superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hong Kong (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • COVID-19 herd immunity: where are we? (2020, Nature Reviews. Immunology)
  • Risk for Transportation of Coronavirus Disease from Wuhan to Other Cities in China (2020, Emerging Infectious Diseases)

Simon Cauchemez's work integrates mathematical modeling with epidemiological data to assess disease dynamics, transmission patterns, and population impacts. Their interdisciplinary approach combines public health perspectives with quantitative analysis aimed at understanding infectious disease behavior and control measures.

Best Publications

  • The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China.

    Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Chia-Hung Yang;Bernardo Gutierrez;Bernardo Gutierrez;Chieh-Hsi Wu

  • Pandemic Potential of a Strain of Influenza A (H1N1) : Early Findings

    Christophe Fraser;Christl A. Donnelly;Simon Cauchemez;William P. Hanage

  • Strategies for containing an emerging influenza pandemic in Southeast Asia

    Neil M. Ferguson;Derek A.T. Cummings;Simon Cauchemez;Christophe Fraser

  • A New Framework and Software to Estimate Time-Varying Reproduction Numbers During Epidemics

    Anne Cori;Neil M. Ferguson;Christophe Fraser;Simon Cauchemez

  • Time Lines of Infection and Disease in Human Influenza: A Review of Volunteer Challenge Studies

    Fabrice Carrat;Fabrice Carrat;Elisabeta Vergu;Elisabeta Vergu;Elisabeta Vergu;Neil M. Ferguson;Magali Lemaitre;Magali Lemaitre

  • Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.

    Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Robert C. Reiner;Oliver J. Brady;Jane P. Messina

  • Age-specific mortality and immunity patterns of SARS-CoV-2.

    Megan O'Driscoll;Megan O'Driscoll;Gabriel Ribeiro Dos Santos;Gabriel Ribeiro Dos Santos;Lin Wang;Lin Wang;Derek A T Cummings

  • Association between Zika virus and microcephaly in French Polynesia, 2013–15: a retrospective study

    Simon Cauchemez;Marianne Besnard;Priscillia Bompard;Timothée Dub

  • Estimating the burden of SARS-CoV-2 in France.

    Henrik Salje;Henrik Salje;Henrik Salje;Cécile Tran Kiem;Cécile Tran Kiem;Noémie Lefrancq;Noémie Courtejoie

  • Estimating the impact of school closure on influenza transmission from Sentinel data

    Simon Cauchemez;Alain-Jacques Valleron;Alain-Jacques Valleron;Pierre-Yves Boëlle;Pierre-Yves Boëlle;Antoine Flahault;Antoine Flahault;Antoine Flahault

  • Estimates of the reproduction number for seasonal, pandemic, and zoonotic influenza: a systematic review of the literature

    Matthew Biggerstaff;Simon Cauchemez;Carrie Reed;Manoj Gambhir

  • Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

    N R Faria;Joshua Quick;I M Claro;J Thézé

  • Clustering and superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hong Kong.

    Dillon C. Adam;Dillon C. Adam;Peng Wu;Jessica Y. Wong;Eric H. Y. Lau

  • Closure of schools during an influenza pandemic

    Simon Cauchemez;Neil M Ferguson;Claude Wachtel;Anders Tegnell

  • Household transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus in the United States.

    Simon Cauchemez;Christl A. Donnelly;Carrie Reed;Azra C. Ghani

  • Face mask use and control of respiratory virus transmission in households.

    C. Raina MacIntyre;Simon Cauchemez;Dominic E. Dwyer;Holly Seale

  • COVID-19 herd immunity: where are we?

    Arnaud Fontanet;Simon Cauchemez

  • Risk for Transportation of Coronavirus Disease from Wuhan to Other Cities in China.

    Zhanwei Du;Lin Wang;Simon Cauchemez;Xiaoke Xu

  • Age-specific mortality and immunity patterns of SARS-CoV-2 infection in 45 countries

    Megan O'Driscoll;Megan O'Driscoll;Gabriel Ribeiro Dos Santos;Gabriel Ribeiro Dos Santos;Lin Wang;Lin Wang;Derek A.T. Cummings

  • Estimating the burden of SARS-CoV-2 in France (vol 368, eabd4246, 2020)

    Henrik Salje;Cecile Tran Kiem;Noemie Lefrancq;Noemie Courtejoie

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Salje
Henrik Salje University of Cambridge
Neil M. Ferguson
Neil M. Ferguson Imperial College London
Pierre-Yves Boëlle
Pierre-Yves Boëlle Sorbonne University
Moritz U G Kraemer
Moritz U G Kraemer University of Oxford
Arnaud Fontanet
Arnaud Fontanet Institut Pasteur
Fabrice Carrat
Fabrice Carrat Sorbonne University
Derek A. T. Cummings
Derek A. T. Cummings University of Florida
Christophe Fraser
Christophe Fraser University of Oxford
Christl A. Donnelly
Christl A. Donnelly University of Oxford
Benjamin J. Cowling
Benjamin J. Cowling University of Hong Kong

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