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h-index: 26
Works: 65
Citations: 4,349

Most-cited papers

Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — The First 9 Months of the Epidemic and Forward Projections
B. Aylward, P. Barboza, L. Bawo, E. Bertherat +57 more
2014New England Journal of Medicine1,529 citations Open access
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Report 13: Estimating the number of infections and the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in 11 European countries
S. Flaxman, Swapnil Mishra, A. Gandy, H. Unwin +57 more
2020522 citations
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Potential Biases in Estimating Absolute and Relative Case-Fatality Risks during Outbreaks
M. Lipsitch, C. Donnelly, C. Fraser, I. Blake +8 more
2015PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases209 citations Open access
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West African Ebola Epidemic after One Year — Slowing but Not Yet under Control
J. Agua-Agum, A. Ariyarajah, B. Aylward, I. Blake +33 more
2014New England Journal of Medicine202 citations Open access
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After Ebola in West Africa--Unpredictable Risks, Preventable Epidemics.
J. Agua-Agum, B. Allegranzi, A. Ariyarajah, R. Aylward +45 more
2016New England Journal of Medicine192 citations Open access
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Ebola Virus Disease among Children in West Africa
J. Agua-Agum, A. Ariyarajah, I. Blake, A. Cori +19 more
2015New England Journal of Medicine126 citations Open access
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Heterogeneities in the case fatality ratio in the West African Ebola outbreak 2013–2016
T. Garske, A. Cori, A. Ariyarajah, I. Blake +17 more
2017Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences124 citations Open access
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The role of rapid diagnostics in managing Ebola epidemics
P. Nouvellet, T. Garske, H. Mills, G. Nedjati-Gilani +10 more
2015Nature121 citations Open access
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The Development of an Age-Structured Model for Trachoma Transmission Dynamics, Pathogenesis and Control
M. Gambhir, M. Basáñez, M. Burton, A. Solomon +7 more
2009PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases108 citations Open access
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Key data for outbreak evaluation: building on the Ebola experience
A. Cori, C. Donnelly, I. Dorigatti, N. Ferguson +9 more
2017Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences96 citations Open access
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Exposure Patterns Driving Ebola Transmission in West Africa: A Retrospective Observational Study
J. Agua-Agum, A. Ariyarajah, B. Aylward, L. Bawo +58 more
2016PLoS Medicine85 citations Open access
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A simple approach to measure transmissibility and forecast incidence
P. Nouvellet, A. Cori, T. Garske, I. Blake +10 more
2017Epidemics81 citations Open access
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Ebola Virus Disease among Male and Female Persons in West Africa
J. Agua-Agum, A. Ariyarajah, I. Blake, A. Cori +19 more
2016New England Journal of Medicine66 citations Open access
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Type 2 poliovirus detection after global withdrawal of trivalent oral vaccine
I. Blake, M. Pons-Salort, Natalie A. Molodecky, O. Diop +5 more
2018New England Journal of Medicine64 citations Open access
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Neoplasms in fish: A report of six cases with a summary of the literature
A. Haddow, I. Blake
193364 citations
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Neglected Tropical Diseases : Rationale and Target Product Profiles
A. Solomon, D. Engels, R. Bailey, I. Blake +24 more
201862 citations
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Estimating Household and Community Transmission of Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis
I. Blake, M. Burton, R. Bailey, A. Solomon +7 more
2009PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases53 citations Open access
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Preventing Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Emergence during the Polio Endgame
M. Pons-Salort, C. Burns, Hil M. Lyons, I. Blake +4 more
2016PLoS Pathogens52 citations Open access
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The role of older children and adults in wild poliovirus transmission
I. Blake, Rebecca M. Martin, A. Goel, N. Khetsuriani +5 more
2014Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America52 citations Open access
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Characterizing Environmental Surveillance Sites in Nigeria and Their Sensitivity to Detect Poliovirus and Other Enteroviruses
A. Hamisu, I. Blake, G. Sume, Fiona Braka +20 more
2020Journal of Infectious Diseases37 citations Open access
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Genetic Characterization of Novel Oral Polio Vaccine Type 2 Viruses During Initial Use Phase Under Emergency Use Listing - Worldwide, March-October 2021.
Javier Martin, C. Burns, J. Jorba, L. Shulman +23 more
2022MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report36 citations Open access
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Real-time sewage surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Dhaka, Bangladesh versus clinical COVID-19 surveillance: a longitudinal environmental surveillance study (December, 2019–December, 2021)
E. Rogawski McQuade, I. Blake, S. Brennhofer, Md Ohedul Islam +17 more
2023The Lancet Microbe33 citations Open access
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Risk factors for the spread of vaccine-derived type 2 polioviruses after global withdrawal of trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine and the effects of outbreak responses with monovalent vaccine: a retrospective analysis of surveillance data for 51 countries in Africa
L. Cooper, A. Bandyopadhyay, N. Gumede, O. Mach +8 more
2021Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)33 citations Open access
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Neglected tools for neglected diseases: mathematical models in economic evaluations.
Hugo C. Turner, M. Walker, M. French, I. Blake +2 more
2014Trends in Parasitology32 citations
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A Diagnostics Platform for the Integrated Mapping, Monitoring, and Surveillance of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Rationale and Target Product Profiles
Anthony W. Solomon, Dirk Engels, R. Bailey, I. Blake +23 more
2012PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases30 citations Open access
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Faster Detection of Poliomyelitis Outbreaks to Support Polio Eradication
I. Blake, P. Chenoweth, H. Okayasu, C. Donnelly +2 more
2016Emerging Infectious Diseases28 citations Open access
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Risk factors and short-term projections for serotype-1 poliomyelitis incidence in Pakistan: A spatiotemporal analysis
Natalie A. Molodecky, I. Blake, Kathleen M. O'Reilly, Mufti Zubair Wadood +6 more
2017PLoS Medicine26 citations Open access
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Use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine for poliovirus outbreak response.
A. Bandyopadhyay, Rocio Lopez Cavestany, I. Blake, Grace R. Macklin +4 more
2023Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)25 citations
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Population Immunity against Serotype-2 Poliomyelitis Leading up to the Global Withdrawal of the Oral Poliovirus Vaccine: Spatio-temporal Modelling of Surveillance Data
M. Pons-Salort, Natalie A. Molodecky, Kathleen M. O'Reilly, Mufti Zubair Wadood +6 more
2016PLoS Medicine24 citations Open access
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An Iron Age Settlement in Dorset, Excavation and Reconstruction
P. Reynolds, D. W. Harding, I. Blake
199323 citations
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Using a Nonparametric Multilevel Latent Markov Model to Evaluate Diagnostics for Trachoma
A. Koukounari, I. Moustaki, N. Grassly, I. Blake +7 more
2013American Journal of Epidemiology21 citations Open access
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Targeting Antibiotics to Households for Trachoma Control
I. Blake, M. Burton, A. Solomon, S. West +5 more
2010PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases21 citations Open access
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Effectiveness of poliovirus vaccines against circulating vaccine-derived type 2 poliomyelitis in Nigeria between 2017 and 2022: a case-control study.
Laura V Cooper, T. Erbeto, A. Danzomo, H. Abdullahi +10 more
2024Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)20 citations Open access
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Monitoring the Risk of Type-2 Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Emergence During Roll-Out of Type-2 Novel Oral Polio Vaccine
C. Peak, Hil M. Lyons, Arend Voorman, Elizabeth J Gray +4 more
2024medRxiv18 citations Open access
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Time Taken to Detect and Respond to Polio Outbreaks in Africa and the Potential Impact of Direct Molecular Detection and Nanopore Sequencing
A. Shaw, L. Cooper, N. Gumede, A. Bandyopadhyay +2 more
2021Journal of Infectious Diseases16 citations Open access
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Modelling the spread of serotype-2 vaccine derived-poliovirus outbreak in Pakistan and Afghanistan to inform outbreak control strategies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Natalia A Molodecky, H. Jafari, Rana M Safdar, Jamal A. Ahmed +8 more
2021Vaccine14 citations Open access
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Defining a research agenda for environmental wastewater surveillance of pathogens
Alexander Shaw, C. Troman, J. Akello, Kathleen M. O'Reilly +85 more
2023Nature Medicine13 citations Open access
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The Origins and Risk Factors for Serotype-2 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Emergences in Africa During 2016–2019
Elizabeth J Gray, L. Cooper, A. Bandyopadhyay, I. Blake +1 more
2023Journal of Infectious Diseases12 citations Open access
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Estimating the Future Impact of a Multi-Pronged Intervention Strategy on Ocular Disease Sequelae Caused by Trachoma: A Modeling Study
M. Gambhir, N. Grassly, M. Burton, A. Solomon +4 more
2015Ophthalmic Epidemiology12 citations Open access
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Mathematical Modelling of Trachoma Transmission, Control and Elimination.
A. Pinsent, I. Blake, M. Basáñez, M. Gambhir
2016Advances in Parasitology11 citations Open access
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Modelling trachoma for control programmes.
M. Gambhir, M. Basáñez, I. Blake, N. Grassly
2010Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology11 citations
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Timeliness of 24 childhood immunisations and evolution of vaccination delay: Analysis of data from 54 low- and middle-income countries
N. Derqui, I. Blake, Elizabeth J Gray, Laura V Cooper +3 more
2024PLOS Global Public Health9 citations Open access
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Surveillance of low pathogenic novel H7N9 avian influenza in commercial poultry barns: detection of outbreaks and estimation of virus introduction time
A. Pinsent, I. Blake, Michael T. White, S. Riley
2014BMC Infectious Diseases7 citations Open access
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Interactive SARS-CoV-2 dashboard for real-time geospatial visualisation of sewage and clinical surveillance data from Dhaka, Bangladesh: a tool for public health situational awareness
Erin G Wettstone, Md Ohedul Islam, Lauren Hughlett, Claire E Reagen +11 more
2023BMJ Global Health6 citations Open access
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of hand, foot and mouth disease in Malaysia, 2009–2019
V. Cox, R. Jahis, Rehan Shuhada Abu Bakar, Noriah Binti Mohd Yusof +11 more
2025PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases4 citations Open access
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Examining gender and ethnic disparities in scientific authorship to promote a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion at a university school of public health
P. Christen, Julia Michalow, T. Naidoo, H. Topazian +21 more
2025medRxiv3 citations Open access
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Global Impact of Mass Vaccination Campaigns on Circulating Type 2 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis
Laura V Cooper, A. Bandyopadhyay, N. Grassly, Elizabeth J Gray +3 more
2025Journal of Infectious Diseases3 citations
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Population Immunity against Serotype-2 Poliomyelitis Leading up to the Global Withdrawal of the Oral Poliovirus Vaccine: Spatio-temporal Modelling of Surveillance Data
M. Pons-Salort, Natalie A. Molodecky, Kathleen M. O'Reilly, Mufti +7 more
20193 citations
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Estimating risk over time using data from targeted surveillance systems: application to bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain.
I. Blake, C. Donnelly
2012Epidemics3 citations Open access
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Duration of immunity after inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV): how many booster doses are needed?
M. Pons-Salort, I. Blake, N. Grassly
2025Clinical Microbiology and Infection2 citations Open access
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