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Devin Perkins
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 4
Citations - 577
Devin Perkins is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ebola virus & Sierra leone. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 423 citations.
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E-waste: A global hazard
TL;DR: E-w waste recycling is necessary but it should be conducted in a safe and standardized manor and the acceptable risk thresholds for hazardous, secondary e-waste substances should not be different for developing and developed countries.
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Heterogeneities in the case fatality ratio in the West African Ebola outbreak 2013–2016
Tini Garske,Anne Cori,Archchun Ariyarajah,Isobel M. Blake,Ilaria Dorigatti,Tim Eckmanns,Christophe Fraser,Christophe Fraser,Wes Hinsley,Thibaut Jombart,Harriet L. Mills,Gemma Nedjati-Gilani,Emily Newton,Pierre Nouvellet,Devin Perkins,Steven Riley,Dirk Schumacher,A.H. Shah,Maria D. Van Kerkhove,Maria D. Van Kerkhove,Christopher Dye,Neil M. Ferguson,Christl A. Donnelly +22 more
TL;DR: A statistical analysis was developed to detect outliers in CFR between districts of residence and treatment centres (TCs), adjusting for known factors influencing survival and identified eight districts and three TCs with a CFR significantly different from the average.
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Exposure Patterns Driving Ebola Transmission in West Africa: A Retrospective Observational Study
Junerlyn Agua-Agum,Archchun Ariyarajah,Bruce Aylward,Luke Bawo,Pepe Bilivogui,Isobel M. Blake,Richard Brennan,Amy Cawthorne,Eilish Cleary,Peter Clement,Roland Conteh,Anne Cori,Foday Dafae,Benjamin A. Dahl,Jean-Marie Dangou,Boubacar Diallo,Christl A. Donnelly,Ilaria Dorigatti,Christopher Dye,Tim Eckmanns,Tim Eckmanns,Mosoka Fallah,Neil M. Ferguson,Lena Fiebig,Christophe Fraser,Christophe Fraser,Tini Garske,Lice Gonzalez,Esther L Hamblion,Nuha Hamid,Sara Hersey,Wes Hinsley,Amara Jambei,Thibaut Jombart,David Kargbo,Sakoba Keita,Michael Kinzer,Fred Kuti George,Beatrice Godefroy,Giovanna Gutierrez,Niluka Kannangarage,Harriet L. Mills,Harriet L. Mills,Thomas Moller,Sascha Meijers,Yasmine Mohamed,Oliver Morgan,Gemma Nedjati-Gilani,Emily Newton,Pierre Nouvellet,Tolbert Nyenswah,William Perea,Devin Perkins,Steven Riley,Guenael Rodier,Marc Rondy,Maria Sagrado,Camelia Savulescu,Ilana J. Schafer,Dirk Schumacher,Dirk Schumacher,Thomas Seyler,A.H. Shah,Maria D. Van Kerkhove,C Samford Wesseh,Zabulon Yoti +65 more
TL;DR: Analysis of data collected during the Ebola outbreak revealed a high degree of heterogeneity in inferred transmissions, with only 20% of cases accounting for at least 73% of new infections, a phenomenon often called super-spreading.
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Ebola Virus Infection Associated with Transmission from Survivors
Saskia Den Boon,Barbara J. Marston,Tolbert Nyenswah,Amara Jambai,Moumié Barry,Sakoba Keita,Kara N. Durski,Schabbethai S. Senesie,Devin Perkins,A.H. Shah,Hugh Henry W Green,Esther L Hamblion,Margaret Lamunu,Alex Gasasira,Nuha Mahmoud,Mamadou Harouna Djingarey,Oliver Morgan,Oliver Morgan,Ian Crozier,Christopher Dye,Christopher Dye +20 more
TL;DR: VPDTe has increased the importance of Ebola survivor services and sustained surveillance and response capacity in regions with previously widespread transmission and source and route of transmission.