James Trauer

Time for a clear national COVID-19 strategy

James M Trauer, Ben J Marais, Romain Ragonnet, Julian Savulescu, Emma S McBryde

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Medical Journal of Australia

Modelling insights into the COVID-19 pandemic

Michael T Meehan, Diana P Rojas, Adeshina Adekunle, Oyelola A Adegboye, Jamie M Caldwell, Evelyn Turek, Bridget M Williams, Ben J Marais, James M Trauer, Emma S McBryde

Journal article  |  2020  |  Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a newly emerged infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavi..

Role of modelling in COVID-19 policy development

Emma S McBryde, Michael T Meehan, Oyelola A Adegboye, Adeshina Adekunle, Jamie M Caldwell, Anton Pak, Diana P Rojas, Bridget M Williams, James M Trauer

Journal article  |  2020  |  Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Models have played an important role in policy development to address the COVID-19 outbreak from its emergence in China to the cur..

Delaying the COVID-19 epidemic in Australia: evaluating the effectiveness of international travel bans

Adeshina Adekunle, Michael Meehan, Diana Rojas-Alvarez, James Trauer, Emma McBryde

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

OBJECTIVE: Following the outbreak of novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), and the disease named COV..

Stepping out of lockdown should start with school re-openings while maintaining distancing measures. Insights from mixing matrices and mathematical models.

Emma Sue McBryde, James Trauer, Adeshina Adekunle, Romain Ragonnet, Michael Meehan

Journal article  |  2020

Australia is one of a few countries which has managed to control COVID-19 epidemic before a major epidemic took place. Currently w..

Estimating Long-term Tuberculosis Reactivation Rates in Australian Migrants

Katie D Dale, James M Trauer, Peter J Dodd, Rein MGJ Houben, Justin T Denholm

Journal article  |  2020  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND: The risk of progression to tuberculosis (TB) disease is greatest soon after infection, yet disease may occur many year..

Heterogeneous infectiousness in mathematical models of tuberculosis: A systematic review

Yayehirad A Melsew, Adeshina Adekunle, Allen C Cheng, Emma S McBryde, Romain Ragonnet, James M Trauer

Journal article  |  2020  |  Epidemics

TB mathematical models employ various assumptions and approaches in dealing with the heterogeneous infectiousness of persons with ..

Hyper transmission of Beijing lineage Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Malancha Karmakar, James M Trauer, David B Ascher, Justin T Denholm

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Infection

OBJECTIVES: The globally distributed "Beijing" lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been associated with outbreaks worldwide...

Profiling Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission and the resulting disease burden in the five highest tuberculosis burden countries

Romain Ragonnet, James M Trauer, Nicholas Geard, Nick Scott, Emma S McBryde

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMC MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) control efforts are hampered by an imperfect understanding of TB epidemiology. The true age distribu..

Strategic investment in tuberculosis control in the Republic of Bulgaria.

TN Doan, T Varleva, M Zamfirova, M Tyufekchieva, A Keshelava, K Hristov, A Yaneva, B Gadzheva, S Zhang, S Irbe, R Ragonnet, ES McBryde, JM Trauer

Journal article  |  2019  |  Epidemiology and Infection

As Bulgaria transitions away from Global Fund grant, robust estimates of the comparative impact of the various response strategies..