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  1. Leveraging probabilistic forecasts for dengue preparedness and control: The 2024 Dengue Forecasting Sprint in Brazil

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  2. A statistical model for forecasting probabilistic epidemic bands for dengue cases in Brazil

    Article • Infectious Disease Modelling, December 2025, Elsevier

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  3. Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Perceptions of the Eco‐Bio‐Social Determinants of Dengue Transmission in São Paulo, Brazil: A Mixed‐Methods Study

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, October 2025, Wiley

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  4. Spatio-temporal analysis of the distribution and co-circulation of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Medellín, Colombia, from 2013 to 2021

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, September 2025, PLOS

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  5. Introduction, establishment, and distribution of Aedes aegypti and dengue in a temperate capital of Brazil: a retrospective surveillance-based study

    Article • The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, August 2025, Elsevier

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  6. Correction: Persistent high mortality rates for Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension after excluding deaths associated with COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020–2022

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, June 2025, PLOS

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  7. A statistical model for forecasting probabilistic epidemic bands for dengue cases in Brazil

    Article • June 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  8. Leveraging probabilistic forecasts for dengue preparedness and control: the 2024 Dengue Forecasting Sprint in Brazil

    Article • May 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  9. Large-scale epidemiological modelling: scanning for mosquito-borne diseases spatio-temporal patterns in Brazil

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, May 2025, Royal Society Publishing

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  10. A nationwide joint spatial modelling of simultaneous epidemics of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Colombia

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  11. Markov switching zero-inflated space-time multinomial models for comparing multiple infectious diseases

    Article • Biostatistics, December 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  12. A Bayesian hierarchical model for disease mapping that accounts for scaling and heavy-tailed latent effects

    Article • Statistical Methods in Medical Research, December 2024, SAGE Publications

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  13. A nationwide joint spatial modelling of simultaneous epidemics of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Colombia

    Article • October 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  14. Persistent high mortality rates for Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension after excluding deaths associated with COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020–2022

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, May 2024, PLOS

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  15. Zika emergence, persistence, and transmission rate in Colombia: a nationwide application of a space-time Markov switching model

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  16. Avaliação do desenho da vigilância sentinela de síndrome gripal no Brasil

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, January 2024, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  17. Evaluation of the design of the influenza-like illness sentinel surveillance system in Brazil

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, January 2024, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  18. Mortality Trends for Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Disease Among People Living with and Without HIV in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2022

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  19. Persistent high mortality rates for Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension after excluding deaths associated with COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020-2022

    Article • October 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  20. Zika epidemic in Colombia and environmental and sociodemographic contributors: an application of a space-time Markov switching model

    Article • July 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  21. The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against severe cases and deaths in Brazil from 2021 to 2022: a registry-based study

    Article • The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, April 2023, Elsevier

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  22. Persistent High Mortality Rates for Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension after Excluding Deaths Associated with COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020-2022

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  23. Identifying hidden Zika hotspots in Pernambuco, Brazil: a spatial analysis

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  24. Dengue, Zika and chikungunya high-risk areas and spread in Colombia

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, August 2022, PLOS

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  25. A Poisson-multinomial spatial model for simultaneous outbreaks with application to arboviral diseases

    Article • Statistical Methods in Medical Research, June 2022, SAGE Publications

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  26. Spatio-temporal clusters and patterns of spread of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Colombia

    Article • March 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  27. Author Correction: Fine-scale heterogeneity in population density predicts wave dynamics in dengue epidemics

    Article • Nature Communications, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Aaron A. King, Laís Picinini Freitas

  28. Fine-scale heterogeneity in population density predicts wave dynamics in dengue epidemics

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Aaron A. King, Laís Picinini Freitas

  29. Challenges for fighting Chagas disease in the 21st century

    Article • Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, January 2022, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  30. Effectiveness of Mass Vaccination in Brazil against Severe COVID-19 Cases

    Article • September 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  31. Spatio-temporal modelling of the first Chikungunya epidemic in an intra-urban setting: The role of socioeconomic status, environment and temperature

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, June 2021, PLOS

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  32. Fine-scale heterogeneity in population density predicts wave dynamics in dengue epidemics

    Article • May 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  33. Identifying hidden Zika hotspots in Pernambuco, Brazil: A spatial analysis

    Article • March 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  34. Identificação de grupos prioritários para a vacinação contra COVID-19 no Brasil

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, January 2021, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  35. Spatio-temporal modelling of the first Chikungunya epidemic in an intra-urban setting: the role of socioeconomic status, environment and temperature

    Article • June 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  36. Association of past dengue fever epidemics with the risk of Zika microcephaly at the population level in Brazil

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  37. Space–time dynamics of a triple epidemic: dengue, chikungunya and Zika clusters in the city of Rio de Janeiro

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  38. Space-time clusters of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika cases in the city of Rio de Janeiro

    Article • January 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  39. Factors associated with TB in an indigenous population in Brazil: the effect of a cash transfer program

    Article • October 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  40. Socioeconomic status of indigenous peoples with active tuberculosis in Brazil: a principal components analysis

    Article • March 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  41. Aprendendo a arte da editoria científica

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, December 2017, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  42. Patterns of influenza B circulation in Brazil and its relevance to seasonal vaccine composition

    Article • The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2016, Elsevier

    Laís Picinini Freitas