Kelly Charniga

Kelly Charniga

Infectious Disease Epidemiologist

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publications

Monkeypox Outbreak – Nine States, May 2022

Published in American Journal of Transplantation, 2022

Recommended citation: FS Minhaj, YP Ogale, F Whitehill, J Schultz, M Foote, W Davidson, CM Hughes, K Wilkins, L Bachmann, R Chatelain, MAP Donnelly, R Mendoza, BL Downes, M Roskosky, M Barnes, GR Gallagher, N Basgoz, V Ruiz, N Thu Thu Kyaw, A Feldpausch, A Valderrama, F Alvarado-Ramy, CH Dowell, CC Chow, Y Li, L Quilter, J Brooks, DC Daskalakis, RP McClung, BW Petersen, I Damon, C Hutson, J McQuiston, AK Rao, E Belay, AM McCollum, Monkeypox Response Team 2022. (2022). "Monkeypox Outbreak – Nine States, May 2022." American Journal of Transplantation. 22(8): 2104-2110.
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Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Monkeypox Cases – United States, May 17-July 22, 2022

Published in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2022

Recommended citation: D Philpott, CM Hughes, KA Alroy, JL Kerins, J Pavlick, L Asbel, A Crawley, AP Newman, H Spencer, A Feldpausch, K Cogswell, KR Davis, J Chen, T Henderson, K Murphy, M Barnes, B Hopkins, MA Fill, AT Mangla, D Perella, A Barnes, S Hughes, J Griffith, AL Berns, L Milroy, H Blake, MM Sievers, M Marzan-Rodriguez, M Tori, SR Black, E Kopping, I Ruberto, A Maxted, A Sharma, K Tarter, SA Jones, B White, R Chatelain, M Russo, Sarah Gillani, E Bornstein, SL White, SA Johnson, E Ortega, L Saathoff-Huber, A Syed, A Wills, BJ Anderson, AM Oster, A Christie, J McQuiston, AM McCollum, AK Rao, ME Negrón, CDC Multinational Monkeypox Response Team. (2022). "Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Monkeypox Cases – United States, May 17-July 22, 2022." MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep . 71(32): 1018-1022.
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Modeling the Impact of Sexual Networks in the Transmission of Monkeypox virus Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men - United States, 2022

Published in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2022

Recommended citation: IH Spicknall, ED Pollock, PA Clay, AM Oster, K Charniga, NB Masters, Y Nakazawa, G Rainisch, AV Gundlapalli, TL Gift. (2022). "Modeling the Impact of Sexual Networks in the Transmission of Monkeypox virus Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men - United States, 2022." MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep . 71(35): 1131-1135.
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Estimating Zika virus attack rates and Zika virus-associated neurological complications in Colombian capital cities with a Bayesian model

Published in Royal Society Open Science, 2022

Recommended citation: K Charniga, ZM Cucunubá, DM Walteros, M Mercado, F Prieto, M Ospina, P Nouvellet, CA Donnelly. (2022). "Estimating Zika virus attack rates and Zika virus-associated neurological complications in Colombian capital cities with a Bayesian model." Royal Society Open Science. 9:220491.
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Serial interval and incubation period estimates of monkeypox virus infection in 12 U.S. jurisdictions, May – August 2022

Published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023

Recommended citation: ZJ Madewell, K Charniga, NB Masters, J Asher, L Fahrenwald, W Still, J Chen, N Kipperman, D Bui, M Shea, K Saunders, L Saathoff-Huber, S Johnson, K Harbi, AL Berns, T Perez, E Gateley, IH Spicknall, Y Nakazawa, TL Gift, 2022 Mpox Outbreak Response Team. (2023). "Serial interval and incubation period estimates of monkeypox virus infection in 12 U.S. jurisdictions, May – August 2022." Emerging Infectious Diseases. 29(4): 818-821.
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Possible Exposures Among Mpox Patients Without Reported Male-to-Male Sexual Contact — Six U.S. Jurisdictions, November 1–December 14, 2022

Published in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2023

Recommended citation: JD Sharpe, K Charniga, KM Byrd, R Stefanos, L Lewis, J Watson, A Feldpausch, J Pavlick, J Hand, T Sokol, E Ortega, P Pathela, RR Hennessy, M Dulcey, L McHugh, M Pietrowski, D Perella, S Shah, A Maroufi, M Taylor, A Cope, ED Belay, S Ellington, AM McCollum, L Zilversmit Pao, SAJ Guagliardo, P Dawson. (2023). "Possible Exposures Among Mpox Patients Without Reported Male-to-Male Sexual Contact — Six U.S. Jurisdictions, November 1–December 14, 2022." MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep . 72(35): 944–948.
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Marburg virus disease outbreaks, mathematical models, and disease parameters: a systematic review

Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2023

Recommended citation: G Cuomo-Dannenburg, K McCain, R McCabe, HJT Unwin, P Doohan, RK Nash, JT Hicks, K Charniga, C Geismar, B Lambert, D Nikitin, J Skarp, J Wardle, M Kont, S Bhatia, N Imai, S van Elsland, A Cori, C Morgenstern, on behalf of the Pathogen Epidemiology Review Group. (2024). "Marburg virus disease outbreaks, mathematical models, and disease parameters: a systematic review." The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 24(5): e307-e317.
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Lassa fever outbreaks, mathematical models, and disease parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Published in Lancet Global Health, 2024

Recommended citation: P Doohan, D Jorgensen, TM Naidoo, K McCain, JT Hicks, R McCabe, S Bhatia, K Charniga, G Cuomo-Dannenburg, A Hamlet, RK Nash, D Nikitin, T Rawson, RJ Sheppard, HJT Unwin, S van Elsland, A Cori, C Morgenstern, N Imai-Eaton, on behalf of the Pathogen Epidemiology Review Group. (2024). "Lassa fever outbreaks, mathematical models, and disease parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis." Lancet Global Health. 12(12): e1962-e1972.
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Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 variants with complementary surveillance systems: risk evaluation of the Omicron JN.1 variant in France, August 2023 to January 2024

Published in Eurosurveillance, 2025

Recommended citation: A Traore, K Charniga, S Grellet, G Terpant, H Da Cruz, A Lamy, N Thomas, G Gbaguidi, A Mercier, J Prudhomme, B Visseaux, V Vieillefond, S Haim-Boukobza, J Giannoli, RELAB Study Group, Laboratory group, J Castro-Alvarez, A Kouamen, M Rameix-Welti, S Beirrera-Ibraim, G Destras, L Josset, S Cauchemez, B Lina, B Coignard, J Schaeffer, V Enouf, A Bal. (2025). "Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 variants with complementary surveillance systems: risk evaluation of the Omicron JN.1 variant in France, August 2023 to January 2024." Eurosurveillance. 30(1): pii=2400293.
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talks

teaching

Outbreak Analysis and Modeling for Public Health Course

Course, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2019

  • Assisted in planning and executing week-long course for 47 public health professionals from four Latin American countries in June 2019
  • Facilitated practical sessions on mathematical modeling using R software
  • Presented on the use of gravity models for studying arboviruses (in Spanish)

International Course on Outbreak Analysis and Modeling for Public Health

Course, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2023

  • Supported week-long course for 80 public health professionals from 11 Latin American countries in December 2023
  • Led two practical sessions on mathematical modeling using R software (in Spanish)
  • Participated in a panel about country-specific experiences in outbreak response (in Spanish)
  • Presented on probability distributions (in Spanish)
  • Presented on best practices for estimating epidemiological delay distributions (in Spanish)
  • Assessed final presentations (using an R package to solve a public health problem) of workshop participants as part of a judges panel

Outbreaks Module for MSc/MPH

Invited lecture, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, 2024

Gave this one-hour lecture 4 years in a row (2021-2024) for MSc/MPH students: twice on mpox and twice on Zika.

Epi-Training Kit

Course materials, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2025

  • Developed a unit on epidemiological parameters as part of the Modeling and Advanced Analytics module of the Epi-Training Kit (written in English and subsequently translated to Spanish)
  • Adapting course materials to the African context: technical review of Spanish to English translations of 4 modules of the Epi-Training Kit; replace Latin American examples with those from Africa