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

    Article • Infectious Disease Modelling, December 2025, Elsevier

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  2. 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

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

    Article • June 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

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

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

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

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

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, August 2022, PLOS

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

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

    Article • May 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

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

    Article • March 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Laís Picinini Freitas

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

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

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. Aprendendo a arte da editoria científica

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

    Laís Picinini Freitas

  32. 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