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Ashleigh Tuite

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Verified email at utoronto.ca
Cited by 6114

Evaluation of the relative virulence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants: a retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada

DN Fisman, AR Tuite - Cmaj, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Between February and June 2021, the initial wild-type strains of SARS-CoV-2
were supplanted in Ontario, Canada, by new variants of concern (VOCs), first those with the …

Mathematical modelling of COVID-19 transmission and mitigation strategies in the population of Ontario, Canada

AR Tuite, DN Fisman, AL Greer - Cmaj, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Physical-distancing interventions are being used in Canada to slow the
spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, but it is not clear how effective they …

Estimated epidemiologic parameters and morbidity associated with pandemic H1N1 influenza

AR Tuite, AL Greer, M Whelan, AL Winter, B Lee, P Yan… - Cmaj, 2010 - Can Med Assoc
Background: In the face of an influenza pandemic, accurate estimates of epidemiologic
parameters are required to help guide decision-making. We sought to estimate epidemiologic …

Risk factors associated with mortality among residents with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in long-term care facilities in Ontario, Canada

…, L Lapointe-Shaw, J McCready, AR Tuite - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been particularly severe
among individuals residing in long-term care (LTC) facilities. As of April 10, 2020, half of …

Cholera epidemic in Haiti, 2010: using a transmission model to explain spatial spread of disease and identify optimal control interventions

AR Tuite, J Tien, M Eisenberg, DJD Earn… - Annals of internal …, 2011 - acpjournals.org
Background: Haiti is in the midst of a cholera epidemic. Surveillance data for formulating
models of the epidemic are limited, but such models can aid understanding of epidemic …

Estimation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) burden and potential for international dissemination of infection from Iran

AR Tuite, II Bogoch, R Sherbo, A Watts… - Annals of internal …, 2020 - acpjournals.org
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic began in Wuhan, China,
in late 2019 and continues to spread globally (1), with exported cases confirmed in 109 …

[HTML][HTML] Early epidemic dynamics of the West African 2014 Ebola outbreak: estimates derived with a simple two-parameter model

D Fisman, E Khoo, A Tuite - PLoS currents, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The 2014 West African Ebola virus outbreak, now more correctly referred to as an epidemic,
is the largest ever to occur. As of August 28, 2014, concerns have been raised that control …

Progressive increase in virulence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants in Ontario, Canada

DN Fisman, AR Tuite - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Background The period from February to June 2021 was one during which initial wild-type
SARS-CoV-2 strains were supplanted in Ontario, Canada, first by variants of concern (VOC) …

Estimation of COVID-19 outbreak size in Italy based on international case exportations

AR Tuite, V Ng, E Rees, D Fisman - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Italy is currently experiencing an epidemic of COVID-19 which emerged in the Lombardy
region 1 . During the interval between February 25-29, 2020, we identified 46 cases of COVID-…

Reporting, epidemic growth, and reproduction numbers for the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) epidemic

AR Tuite, DN Fisman - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2020 - acpjournals.org
Background: Virologically confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in
China and other countries have increased sharply (1, 2), leading to concerns regarding its …