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Punya Alahakoon

The University of MelbourneORCID 0000-0003-2115-8897Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Ian Marchinton· 1 shared James A. HayiD· 1 shared James M. McCawiD· 1 shared Joseph R. FauveriD· 1 shared Peter G. TayloriD· 1 shared R Koch· 1 shared

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2022-2025 · peak 1/yr

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Ian Marchinton

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EcologybioRxivPreprintJul 2, 2025

Tracking West Nile virus dynamics using viral loads from trapped mosquitoes

Punya Alahakoon, Ian Marchinton, R Koch…·James A. Hay

This study analyzes pooled Ct values from mosquito surveillance to estimate infectious mosquito prevalence, showing that Ct values reflect biologically meaningful variation and can improve transmission risk estimates.

1 citation

metagenomicsstatistical model

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Systems BiologyEpidemicsPeer-reviewedJan 22, 2022

Estimation of the probability of epidemic fade-out from multiple outbreak data

Punya Alahakoon, James M. McCaw, Peter G. Taylor

The paper estimates the probability of epidemic fade-out using Bayesian hierarchical modeling on synthetic outbreak data, showing improved accuracy compared to individual epidemic analysis.

7 citations

statistical modelbenchmarking

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