Results & Publications
OptimAgent was officially launched in May 2022. All publications resulting from OptimAgent can be found below.
Publications of the project and the subprojects
2024
Sarajan MH, Mahreen K, Vanella P, Kuhlmann A. Impact of Demographic Developments and PCV13 Vaccination on the Future Burden of Pneumococcal Diseases in Germany—An Integrated Probabilistic Differential Equation Approach. Mathematics. 2024; 12(6):796. https://doi.org/10.3390/math12060796
Lange B, Jaeger VK, Harries M, Rücker V, Streeck H, Blaschke S, Petersmann A, Toepfner N, Nauck M, Hassenstein MJ, Dreier M, von Holt I, Budde A, Bartz A, Ortmann J, Kurosinski MA, Berner R, Borsche M, Brandhorst G, Brinkmann M, Budde K, Deckena M, Engels G, Fenzlaff M, Härtel C, Hovardovska O, Katalinic A, Kehl K, Kohls M, Krüger S, Lieb W, Meyer-Schlinkmann KM, Pischon T, Rosenkranz D, Rübsamen N, Rupp J, Schäfer C, Schattschneider M, Schlegtendal A, Schlinkert S, Schmidbauer L, Schulze-Wundling K, Störk S, Tiemann C, Völzke H, Winter T, Klein C, Liese J, Brinkmann F, Ottensmeyer PF, Reese JP, Heuschmann P, Karch A.: Estimates of protection levels against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 in Germany before the 2022/2023 winter season: the IMMUNEBRIDGE project. Infection. 2024 Feb;52(1):139-153. doi: 10.1007/s15010-023-02071-2. Epub 2023 Aug 2. PMID: 37530919; PMCID: PMC10811028.
Harries M, Jaeger VK, Rodiah I, Hassenstein MJ, Ortmann J, Dreier M, von Holt I, Brinkmann M, Dulovic A, Gornyk D, Hovardovska O, Kuczewski C, Kurosinski MA, Schlotz M, Schneiderhan-Marra N, Strengert M, Krause G, Sester M, Klein F, Petersmann A, Karch A, Lange B.: Bridging the gap – estimation of 2022/2023 SARS-CoV-2 healthcare burden in Germany based on multidimensional data from a rapid epidemic panel. Int J Infect Dis. 2024 Feb;139:50-58. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.11.014. Epub 2023 Nov 24. PMID: 38008353.
2023
Johannes Ponge, Dennis Horstkemper, Bernd Hellingrath, Lukas Bayer, Wolfgang Bock, André Karch: Evaluating Parallelization Strategies for Large-Scale Individual-based Infectious Disease Simulations. WSC 2023: 1088-1099
Schulz S, Pastor R, Koyuncuoglu C, et al. Real-time Dissection and Forecast of Infection Dynamics during a Pandemic. medRxiv; 2023. DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.02.23286502
Jarynowski, A., Czekaj, Ł., Semenov, A., Belik, V. (2023): Multiplex network approach for modeling the spread of African swine fever in Poland, LNCS Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 14479) ISBN 978-981-97-0668-6
2022
Engels, G., Oechsle, AL., Schlegtendal, A. et al.: SARS-CoV-2 sero-immunity and quality of life in children and adolescents in relation to infections and vaccinations: the IMMUNEBRIDGE KIDS cross-sectional study, 2022. Infection 51, 1531–1539 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-023-02052-5
Participation in the statements of the Modeling Network for Severe Infectious Diseases (MONID):
1st short statement of the modeling network: Statement on Covid-19 scenarios for autumn and winter 2022/23
2nd short statement of the modeling network: Model results on possible effects of lifting the isolation requirement and discontinuing the mask requirement in public transport
3rd short statement of the modeling network: Scenarios on the burden of SARS-CoV-2 infections on the population and the healthcare system in winter 2023/24 and estimates of the burden of other respiratory infections
Selected conference contributions
Vorträge
2024
Kojan L.; Calero Valdez, A. (2024): Modeling intervention compliance behavior: Insights from a cross-sectional survey. 2nd National Conference on Infectious Disease Modeling Halle (Saale) – 2024-03-13 – 2024-03-15.
Overhageböck, N.; Harries, M.; Heinsohn, T.; Meyerdierks, D.; Steinmann, M.; Kuhlmann, A.; Jahn, B.; Dreier, M.; Klett-Tammen, C. J.; Lange, B. (2024): Understanding changes in diagnostic stages, treatment outcomes and health care use in persons with cancer or cardiovascular diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic – A review of reviews to support modelling of non-pharmaceutical interventions. 2nd National Conference on Infectious Disease Modeling Halle (Saale) – 2024-03-13 – 2024-03-15.
2023
Zambrano, M.; Jarynowski, A.; Belik, V. (2023): Pandemic and post-pandemic mobility and contact patterns in Berlin – preliminary results.Dynamics of biological systems: emergent phenomena at different scales. Cracow – 01.12.2023
Kojan, L.; Ross, R.; Schönberger, A.; Calero Valdez, A.; Dempster, M. (2023): Behavioural interventions for COVID-19 protective behaviour: Preliminary results of a systematic review. Behavioural and cultural insights conference – 2023-10-11.
Poster
2024
Overhageböck, N.; Harries, M.; Heinsohn, T.; Meyerdierks, D.; Steinmann, M.; Kuhlmann, A.; Jahn, B.; Dreier, M.; Klett-Tammen, C. J.; Lange, B. (2024): Understanding changes in diagnostic stages, treatment outcomes and health care use in persons with cancer or cardiovascular diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic – A review of reviews to support modelling of non-pharmaceutical interventions. 2nd National Conference on Infectious Disease Modeling Halle (Saale) – 2024-03-13 – 2024-03-15.
2023
Jarynowski, A.; Czekaj, L.; Semenov, A.; Belik, V. (2023): The Impact of Healthcare Access on COVID-19 Burden in Poland: An Investigation of Causal Relationships to Uncover the ’Dark Figure’ of Infections. First National Conference on Infectious Disease Modeling Berlin – 15.03.2023.
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