Publications

2025

Picinini Freitas L, Carabali M, Schmidt AM, Salazar Flórez JE, Ávila Monsalve B, García-Balaguera C, Restrepo BN, Jaramillo-Ramirez GI, Zinszer K. A nationwide joint spatial modelling of simultaneous epidemics of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Colombia. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Mar 25;25(1):406.

Zahreddine M, Parra B, Pierce L, de Oliveira DF, Carabali M, Charland K, Abreu K, Ridde V, Lima DM, Zinszer K. High correlation between detection of dengue IgG from dried blood spots and serum using an indirect IgG ELISA assay: A validation study in Fortaleza, Brazil. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Feb 28;19(2):e0012880.

Abuzerr S, Zinszer K, Mahmoud H. Healthcare collapse and disease spread: a qualitative study of challenges in Gaza strip. BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 12;25(1):589.

Memedovich A, Steele B, Orr T, Hollis A, Salmon C, Hu J, Zinszer K, Williamson T, Beall R. Applying a diffusion of innovations framework to characterise diffusion groups and more effectively reach late adopters: a cross-sectional study on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada in late 2021. BMJ Public Health. 2025 Jan 16;3(1):e000926.

Charland K, Quach C, Papenburg J, Pierce L, Nguyen CT, Saucier A, Da Torre MB, Hamelin MÈ, Carbonneau J, Boivin G, Zinszer K. Parental decisions regarding the vaccination of children and adolescents against SARS-CoV-2 from 2020 to 2023: A descriptive longitudinal study of parents and children in Montreal, Canada. Vaccine. 2025 Jan 1;43:126489.

2024

Menon TP, Zinszer K, Abuzerr S. Detection of polio virus in Gaza's sewage demands immediate action. Frontiers in Public Health. 2024 Dec 3;12:1474554.

Gonzalez CX*, Nasri B, Szaroz D*, Zinszer K. Knowledge, attitudes and practice questionnaires in dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever settings: a scoping review protocol. BMJ open. 2024 Dec 1;14(12):e090251.

Daigle L, Nury C, Delesalle L, Villeneuve CA, Colinas J, Leighton PA, Carabin H, Zinszer K, Hillier S, Jenkins E, Aenishaenslin C. A call for a coherent One Health strategy for the surveillance of climate-sensitive infectious diseases in the Canadian Arctic and subarctic regions. One Health Outlook. 2024 Dec 1;6(1):25.

 Albelbeisi A, Zinszer K, El Bilbeisi AH, Abuzerr S. The burden of acute malnutrition among children under five in conflict-afflicted Gaza strip: prevalence and associated factors. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2024 Nov 27;11:1478485.

Shaheen A, Dajani R, Zinszer K, Ashour Y, Abuzerr S. The war on the Gaza Strip and its consequences on global warming. Frontiers in Human Dynamics. 2024 Nov 18;6:1463902.

Zinszer K, Abuzerr S. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene insecurity and infectious disease outbreaks among internally displaced populations in Gaza: Implications of conflict-driven displacement on public health. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. 2024 Nov 1;14(11):1182-92.

Roumeliotis N, Carwana M, Charland K, Trudeau O, Benigeri M, Diop M, Agostino H, Zinszer K, Amsdr I, Forgeot d'Arc B, Côté S, Basta NE, Fontela P, Gantt S, Klassen TP, Quach C, Doan Q; Pediatric Outcomes Improvement Through Coordination of Research Networks (POPCORN) Investigators. Pandemic Stringency Measures and Hospital Admissions for Eating Disorders. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Sep 1;178(9):879-887.

Charland K, Pannunzio M, Greenspan-Ardman E, Saucier A, Pierce L, Hamelin ME, Barbosa Da Torre M, Carbonneau J, Tuong Nguyen C, De Serres G, Papenburg J, Boivin G, Quach C, Zinszer K. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and mental health of school staff: a cross-sectional study of schools from four areas of Montreal, Quebec in 2021. BMJ Open. 2024 Aug 25;14(8):e081838.

Saucier A*, Nasri B, McKinnon B, Carabali M, Pierce L, Charland K, Zinszer K. Generalizability of anti-SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence estimates to the Montréal pediatric population: a comparison between two weighting methods. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Aug 12:kwae276.

Roumeliotis N, Carwana M, Trudeau O, Charland K, Zinszer K, Benigeri M, Diop M, Papenburg J, Ali S, Yaskina M, Wahi G, Forgeot d'Arc B, Côté S, Sadarangani M, Basta NE, Fontela PS, Gantt S, Klassen TP, Quach C, Doan Q; POPCORN Investigators. Mental Health Hospitalizations in Canadian Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Over the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 1;7(7):e2422833.

Nóbrega R, Medeiros S, Zinszer K, Gautier L, Ridde V, Oliveira S. The Social Determinants of Health in the planning of COVID-19 testing in Amozonas, Brazil. Saúde em Debate. 2024 Jul 26;48:e8947.

Abuzerr S, Hadi M, Zinszer K, Nasseri S, Yunesian M, Mahvi AH, Nabizadeh R, Mohammed SH. Quantitative microbial risk assessment for Escherichia Coli O157: H7 via drinking water in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. SAGE Open Med. 2024 Jun 5;12:20503121241258071.

Szaroz D*, Kulkarni M, Robayo González CX*, Zinszer K. Study protocol for a scoping review of Lyme disease prediction methodologies. BMJ Open. 2024 May 20;14(5):e071402.

Picinini Freitas L*, Douwes-Schultz D, Schmidt AM, Ávila Monsalve B, Salazar Flórez JE, García-Balaguera C, Restrepo BN, Jaramillo-Ramirez GI, Carabali M, Zinszer K. Zika emergence, persistence, and transmission rate in Colombia: a nationwide application of a space-time Markov switching model. Sci Rep. 2024 May 1;14(1):10003.

Sadoine ML*, Zinszer K, Liu Y, Gachon P, Fournier M, Dueymes G, Dorsey G, Llerena A, Namuganga JF, Nasri B, Smargiassi A. Predicting malaria risk considering vector control interventions under climate change scenarios. Scientific Reports. 2024 Jan 29;14(1):2430.

Memedovich A, Orr T, Hollis A, Salmon C, Hu J, Zinszer K, Williamson T, Beall RF. Social network risk factors and COVID-19 vaccination: A cross-sectional survey study. Vaccine. 2024 Feb 6;42(4):891-911.

Charland K, Pierce L, Saucier A, Hamelin MÈ, Da Torre MB, Carbonneau J, Nguyen CT, De Serres G, Papenburg J, Boivin G, Quach C, Zinszer K. Omicron incidence and seroprevalence among children in Montreal, Canada, in early 2023: final results from the longitudinal EnCORE serology study. Epidemiology & Infection. 2024 Jan;152:e103.

2023

Abuzerr S, Zinszer K. Computer-aided diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary tuberculosis on chest radiography among lower respiratory tract symptoms patients. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023 Oct 27;11:1254658.

Duquesne L*, Anassour Laouan Sidi E, Plante C, Liu Y, Zhao N, Lavigne E, Zinszer K, Sousa-Silva R, Fournier M, J. Villeneuve P, Kaiser D, Smargiassi A. The influence of urban trees and total vegetation on asthma development in children. Environmental Epidemiology 2023;7(6):e280. DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000280

Sadoine ML*, Smargiassi A, Liu Y, Gachon P, Fournier M, Dueymes G, Namuganga JF, Dorsey G, Nasri B, Zinszer K. Differential Influence of Environmental Factors on Malaria Due to Vector Control Interventions in Uganda. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(22):7042. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20227042

Gautier L, Gabet M, Duhoux A, Traverson L, Ridde V, Zinszer K, David PM. Supporting reassigned hospital staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Montreal region: what does it say about leadership styles?. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 2023 Dec;55(4):472-85.

Ripoche M, Irace-Cima A, Adam-Poupart A, Baron G, Bouchard C, Carignan A, Milord F, Ouhoummane N, Pilon PA, Thivierge K, Zinszer K, Chaumont D. Current and future burden from Lyme disease in Québec as a result of climate change. Can Commun Dis Rep 2023;49(10):446–56. https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v49i10a06

Zhang Y*, Zahreddine M, Abreu K, Dantas MA, Charland K, Pierce L, Ridde V, Zinszer K. Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) and risk factors on dengue fever among children in Brazil, Fortaleza: A cross-sectional study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2023;17(9): e0011110. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011110

Coulibaly A, Touré L, Chabrol F, Zinszer K, Ridde V. Quand les pratiques des soignants «calment» ou «stressent» les malades: l’accompagnement psychosocial des malades infectés par le SARS-CoV-2 à Bamako. Sciences sociales et santé. 2023;1;41(3):69-94.

Gagnon-Dufresne MC*, Gautier L, Beaujoin C, Boivin P, Coulibaly A, Richard Z, de Medeiros SG, Da Nóbrega RE, de Araujo Oliveira SR, Cloos P, Chabrol F, Ridde V, Zinszer K. Did the design and planning of testing and contact tracing interventions for COVID-19 consider social inequalities in health? A multiple case study from Brazil, Canada, France & Mali. Social Science & Medicine. 2023 Oct 1;335:116230.

Memedovich A, Farkas B, Hollis A, Salmon C, Hu J, Zinszer K. COVID-19 Vaccine's Speed to Market and Vaccine Hesitancy: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study. Healthcare Policy. 2023 Aug 1;19(1).

Zinszer K, Charland K, Pierce L, Saucier A, Hamelin MÈ, Da Torre MB, Carbonneau J, Nguyen CT, De Serres G, Papenburg J, Boivin G. Infection‐induced seroconversion and seroprevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 among a cohort of children and youth in Montreal, Canada. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2023 Aug;17(8):e13186.

Fortin G*, Saucier A, Munoz-Bertrand M, Yuan M, Ante Z, Narasiah L, Zinszer K. Portrait of Montréal healthcare workers infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the first wave of the pandemic: a cross-sectional study. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2023 Aug;114(4):534-46.

Dennis PÃ, Carabali M, Zinszer K, Van der Kelen C, Lefevre P, Robert E, Van der Stuyft P, Degroote S, Mosquera J, Labat A. Prevención y control de enfermedades transmitidas por vectores. Contribuciones del abordaje realista de intervenciones basadas en la comunidad. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. 2023 Jul 25;13(3):1409.

Ridde, V, Coulibaly, A, Touré, L, Faly Ba M, Zinszer K, Bonnet E, Honda A. Financial issues in times of a COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary hospital in Mali. Int J Health Plann Mgmt. 2023; 38(6): 1676-1693. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3690

Coulibaly A, Chabrol F, Touré L, Hou R, Dramé BS, Zinszer K, Ridde V. Responses to hospital restrictions on family visits during the COVID-19 epidemic in Mali and France. Health Systems & Reform. 2023 Jun 15;9(2):2241188.

Ridde V, Traverson L, Zinszer K. Hospital resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic in five countries: a multiple case study. Health Systems & Reform. 2023 Jun 15;9(2):2242112.

Dagenais C, Kielende M, Coulibaly A, Gautier L, David PM, Peiffer-Smadja N, Honda A, de Araújo Oliveira SR, Traverson L, Zinszer K, Ridde V. Lessons learned from field experiences on hospitals’ resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic approach. Health Systems & Reform. 2023 Jun 15;9(2):2231644.

Hou R, Traverson L, Chabrol F, Gautier L, de Araújo Oliveira SR, David PM, Lucet JC, Zinszer K, Ridde V. Communication and information strategies Implemented by four hospitals in Brazil, Canada, and France to deal with COVID-19 Healthcare-Associated Infections. Health Systems & Reform. 2023 Jun 15;9(2):2223812.

Gautier L, Noda S, Chabrol F, David PM, Duhoux A, Hou R, Rosana de Araújo Oliveira S, Traverson L, Zinszer K, Ridde V. Hospital governance during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multiple-country case study. Health Systems & Reform. 2023 Jun 15;9(2):2173551.

David PM, Gabet M, Duhoux A, Traverson L, Ridde V, Zinszer K, Gautier L. Adapting hospital work during COVID-19 in Quebec (Canada). Health Systems & Reform. 2023 Jun 15;9(2):2200566.

de Araújo Oliveira SR, Cazarin G, Soares Sampaio A, Ribeiro de Vasconcelos AL, Furtado B, Gomes de Medeiros S, Correia Paes Zacarias A, Reis Andrade AC, Paz de Sousa KM, Zinszer K, Ridde V. Potential Strengths and Weaknesses in Hospital Resilience in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: A Case Study. Health Systems & Reform. 2023 Jun 15;9(2):2177242.

Honda A, de Araujo Oliveira SR, Ridde V, Zinszer K, Gautier L. Attributes and Organizational Factors that Enabled Innovation in Health Care Service Delivery during the COVID-19 Pandemic–Case Studies from Brazil, Canada and Japan. Health Systems & Reform. 2023 Jun 15;9(2):2176022.

Gabet M, Duhoux A, Ridde V, Zinszer K, Gautier L, David PM. How did an integrated health and social services center in the Quebec province respond to the COVID-19 pandemic? A qualitative case study. Health Systems & Reform. 2023 Jun 15;9(2):2186824.

Chabrol F, Traverson L, Hou R, Chotard L, Lucet JC, Peiffer-Smadja N, Bendejelloul G, Lescure FX, Yazdan Y, Zinszer K, Ridde V. Adaptation and Response of a Major Parisian Referral Hospital to the COVID-19 Surge: A Qualitative Study. Health Systems & Reform 2023;9(1).

Zinszer K, Charland K, Pierce L, Saucier A, McKinnon B, Hamelin MÈ, Cheriet I, Da Torre MB, Carbonneau J, Nguyen CT, De Serres G. Pre-Omicron seroprevalence, seroconversion, and seroreversion of infection-induced SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among a cohort of children and teenagers in Montréal, Canada. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2023 Jun 1;131:119-26.

Gagnon-Dufresne MC*, Sarmiento I, Fortin G*, Andersson N, Zinszer K. Why urban communities from low-income and middle-income countries participate in public and global health research: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 1;13(6):e069340.

Beaujoin C, Gautier L, Gagnon-Dufresne MC*, Mikanagu R, Savard-Lamothe A, Cloos P, Ridde V, Zinszer K. “It felt like building a plane while in flight”: the consideration of social inequalities in the design and planning of a contact-tracing intervention for COVID-19 in Montreal, Quebec. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2023 Jun;114(3):346-57.

Fortin G*, Gagnon-Dufresne MC*, Cooper S, Ferlatte O, Zinszer K. Global health and the urban poor: mobilising adolescents for sustainable cities and communities. BMJ Global Health. 2023 May 1;8(5):e012624.

McKinnon B, Abalovi K, Fortin G*, Parvez M, Dalal S, Bouabid R, Jasmin D, Zéphrin M, Gupta N, Hasan AT, Sebastien AA, Taheem B, Dubé E, Tuong Nguyen C, Quach C, Vandermorris A, Zinszer K. Perspectives on COVID-19 vaccination and vaccine passports in a diverse urban adolescent population: a youth participatory mixed-methods study. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2023 May 1.

Cloos P, Belloiseau M, Mc Pherson N, Harris-Glenville F, Joseph DD, Zinszer K. Discussing linkages between climate change, human mobility and health in the Caribbean: The case of Dominica. A qualitative study. The Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2023 May 1;11:100237.

Gagnon-Dufresne MC*, Gautier L, Beaujoin C, Richard Z, Boivin P, Medeiros SGD, Ridde V, Zinszer K. Have public health responses to COVID-19 considered social inequalities in health? Insights from Brazil, Canada, France & Mali. Population Medicine. 2023;5(Supplement):A366. https://doi.org/10.18332/popmed/165611

Boivin P, Gautier L, Coulibaly A, Zinszer K, Ridde V. Exploring how social inequalities in health have influenced the design of Mali’s SARS-CoV-2 testing policy: a qualitative study. Health Policy and Planning. 2023 Apr 1;38(3):301-9.

Gagnon-Dufresne MC*, Azevedo Dantas M, Abreu Silva K, Souza dos Anjos J, Pessoa Carneiro Barbosa D, Porto Rosa R, de Luca W, Zahreddine M, Caprara A, Ridde V, Zinszer K. Social Media and the Influence of Fake News on Global Health Interventions: Implications for a Study on Dengue in Brazil. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 Mar 28;20(7):5299.

Richard Z, Chabrol F, Gautier L, Zinszer K, Ridde V. Considering social inequalitiles in health in COVID-19 response: insights from a French case study. Health Promotion International 2023;38(1):1-11.

Fortin G*, Gagnon-Dufresne MC*, Bunkeddeko K, Muwereza J, Zinszer K. Barriers to family planning through structural health vulnerabilities: findings from case studies from rural Uganda. Culture, Health & Sexuality. 2023 Aug 1;25(8):1070-83.

2022

Slatculesc AM, Pugliese M, Sander B, Zinszer K, Nelder MP, Russell CB, Kulkarni MA. Rurality, socioeconomic status, and residence in environmental risk areas associated with increased lyme disease incidence in Ontario, Canada: A case-control study. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 2022;22(12):572-581.

Blanchard AC, Desforges M, Labbé AC, Tuong Nguyen C, Petit Y, Besner D, Zinszer K, Séguin O, Laghdir Z, Adams K, Benoit ME, Leduc G, Longtin J, Ragoussis J, Buckeridge DL, Quach C. Evaluation of real-life use of point-of-care rapid antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 in schools (EPOCRATES): a cohort study. CMAJ Open 2022:10(4).

Abuzerr S*, Hadi M, Zinszer K. Quantitative microbial risk assessment to estimate annual infection risk and disease burden attributable to Escherichia coli O157: H7 in drinking water in the Gaza Strip: a prospective study. The Lancet. 2022 Jun 1;399:S4.

Stennett J, Hou R, Traverson L, Zinszer K, Ridde V. Lessons learned from the resilience of Chinese hospitals to the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review. JMIRx Med 2022;3(2):e31272.

Gagnon-Dufresne MC*, Fortin G*, Bunkedekko K, Kalumuna C, Zinszer K. Understanding malnutrition management through a socioecological lens: evaluation of a community-based child malnutrition program in Uganda. Health & Social Care in the Community. 2022 Nov;30(6):e5998-6008.

Savard Lamothe A, Gabet M, Richard Z, Rosana de Araujo Oliveira S, Doulibaly A, Cazarin G, Zacarias A, Gautier L, Ridde V, Zinszer K. A descriptive comparison of mass testing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, France, Mali, and Brazil using the TIDieR-PHP framework. International Journal of Public Health. 2022;67:1604992.

Freitas LP*, Carabali M, Mengru Y, Jaramillo-Ramirez GI, Balaguera CG, Restrepo BN, Zinszer K. Spatio-temporal clusters and patterns of spread of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Colombia. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2022 Aug 23;16(8):e0010334.

Beram A, Zinszer K, Abuzerr S, Jabre K, Gharbia H, el Bilbeisi AH, Ubeid A, Salisu WJ. The association between changes in coronary artery calcium scores, dietary intake, physical activity, and depression symptoms among the population of Gaza strip, Palestine. Radiography. 2022 Nov 1;28:S4-5.

Zhang XS*, Charland K, Quach C, Nguyen QD, Zinszer K. Institutional, therapeutic, and individual factors associated with 30‐day mortality after COVID‐19 diagnosis in Canadian long‐term care facilities. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2022 Nov;70(11):3210-20.

Mac-Seing M*, Ochola E, Ogwang M, Zinszer K, Zarowsky C. Policy implementation challenges and barriers to access sexual and reproductive health services faced by people with disabilities: an intersectional analysis of policy actors’ perspectives in post-conflict Northern Uganda. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2022 Jul;11(7):1187.

Sadoine ML*, Smargiassi A, Liu Y, Gachon P, Dueymes G, Dorsey G, Nakabirwa JI, Rek J, Zinszer K. The influence of the environment and indoor residual spraying on malaria risk in a cohort of children in Uganda. Scientific Reports 2022:12 (1);1-13.

Gagnon-Dufresne MC*, Gautier L, Beaujoin C, Savard A*, Mikanagu R*, Cloos P, Ridde V, Zinszer K. Considering social inequalities in health in large-scale testing for COVID-19 in Montréal: a qualitative case study. BMC Public Health. 2022; 22(749).

Mac-Seing M*, Zarowsky C, Yuan M, Zinszer K. Disability and sexual and reproductive health service utilisation in Uganda: An intersectional analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys between 2006 and 2016. BMC Public Health. 2022; 22(1):1-13.

Rocheleau JP, Aenishaenslin C, Boisjoly H, Richard L, Zarowsky C, Zinszer K, Carabin H. Clarifying core competencies in One Health doctoral education: the central contribution of systems thinking. One Earth. 2022; 5(4): 311-315.

McKinnon B, Abalovi K, Vandermorris A, Dubé E, Tuong Nguyan C, Billou N, Fortin G*, Parvez M, Senga J, Abou-Malhab J, Bellamy MA, Quach C, Zinszer K. Using human-centred design to tackle COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy for children and youth: a protocol for a mixed-methods study in Montreal, Canada. BMJ Open. 2022; 12(4): e061908.

Delasalle L, Sadoine ML*, Mediouni S, Denis-Robichaud J, Zinszer K, Zarowsky C, Aenishaenslin C, Carabin H. How are large-scale One Health initiatives targeting infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance evaluated? A scoping review. One Health. 2022 Jun 1;14:100380.

Ost K*, Duquesne L*, Duguay C, Traverson L, Mathevet I, Ridde V, Zinszer K. Large-scale infectious disease testing programs have little consideration for equity: findings from a scoping review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2022; 143:30-60.

Côté SM, Geoffroy MC, Haeck C, Ouellet-Morin I, Larose S, Chadi N, Zinszer K, Gauvin L, Mâsse B. Understanding and attenuating pandemic-related disruptions: a plan to redure inequalities in child development. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2022; 113(1):23-35.

Richard Z, Chabrol F, Ridde V, Zinszer K. Santé publique en contexte pandémique : les inégalités sociales de santé dans la lutte contre le coronavirus. Santé Publique. 2022/HS1 (Vol. 34), DOI : 10.3917/spub.220.0014c.

Abuzzer S*, Zinszer K, Shaheen A, El Bilbeisi AH, Salem A, Aldirawi A, Emad OJ, Al Haj Daoud A, Naser R, Eldeirawi K. Attitudes and Satisfaction toward the Taken Procedures to Tackle COVID-19 in Palestine. Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences. 2022; 31(1).

2021

McKinnon, B, Quach C, Dubé E, Tuong Nguyen C, Zinszer K. Social inequalities in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake for children and adolescents in Montreal, Canada. Vaccine. 2021; 39(49):7140-7145.

Mac-Seing M*, Ringuette L, Zinszer K, Godard B, Zarowsky C. How to navigate the application of ethics norms in global health research: reflections based on qualitative research conducted with people with disabilities in Uganda. BMC Medical Ethics. 2021; 12(1):1-7.

Zinszer K, McKinnon B, Bourque N*, Pierce L, Saucier A*, Otis A, Cheriet I, Papenburg J, Hamelin ME, Charland K, Carbonneau J, Zahreddine M, Savard A*, Fortin G*, Apostolatos A, Haley N, Ratté N, Laurin I, Tuong Nguyen C, Conrod P, Boivin G, De Serres G, Quach C. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among children in school and day care in Montreal, Canada. JAMA Network Open. 2021; 4(11) : e2135975-e2135975

Abuzerr S*, Abu-Aita S, Al-Najjar I, Abuhabib A, Al-Jourany H, Zinszer K. Preparedness and Readiness Strategies for Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Fragile and Conflict Settings: Experiences of the Gaza Strip. Frontiers in Public Health. 2021 Nov 22;9:766103.

Zhao N*, Prieur JF, Liu Y, Kneeshaw D, Morasse-Lapointe E, Paquette A, Zinszer K, Dupras J, Villeneuve P, Rainham D, Lavigne E, Chen H, van den Bosch M, Oriamo T, Smargiassi A. Tree characteristics and environmental noise in complex urban settings-A case study from Montreal, Canada. Environmental Reserch. 2021 Nov 1;202:111887

Abuzerr S*, Zinszer K, Assan A. Implementation challenges of an integrated One Health surveillance system in humanitarian settings: A qualitative study in Palestine. SAGE open medicine. 2021; 9. doi:10.1177/20503121211043038

Zinszer K, McKinnon B, Bourque N*, Zahreddine M, Charland C, Papenburg J, Fortin G, Hamelin ME, Saucier E*, Apostolatos A, Pierce L*, Savard-Lamothe A*, Carbonneau J, Conrod P, Haley N, Laurin I, Boivin G, De Serres G, Quach C. Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among school and daycare children and personnel: Protocol for a cohort study in Montreal, Canada. BMJ Open. 2021;11:e053245.

Balegamire SP, Renaud C, Mâsse B, Zinszer K, S Gantt, Y Giguere, Forest JC, Boucoiran I. Frequency, timing and risk factors for primary maternal cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy in Quebec. PloS ONE. 2021; 16(6): e0252309.

Mathevet I, Ost K*, Traverson L, Zinszer K, Ridde V. Accounting for health inequities in the design of contact tracing interventions: a rapid review. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021; 106:65-70.

Belaid L, Atim P, Ochola E, Omara E, Atim E, Ogwang M, Bayo P, Oola J,  Wonyima Okello I, Sarmiento I, Rojas-Rozo L, Zinszer K, Zarowsky C, Andersson N. Community views on short birth interval in Northern Uganda: a participatory grounded theory. Reproductive Health. 2021; 18(1): 1-11.

Sousa-Silva R, Smargiassi A, Kneeshaw D, Dupras J, Zinszer K, Paquette A. Strong variations in urban allergenicity riskscapes due to poor knowledge of tree pollen allergenic potential. Scientific Reports. 2021 May 13;11(1):10196..

Ridde V, Gauthier L, Dagenais C, Chabrol F, Hou R, Bonnet E, David PM, Cloos P, Duhoux A, Lucet JC, Traverson L, de Aruajo Oliveria SR, Caarin G, Peiffer-Smadja N, Touré L, Coulibaly A, Honda A, Noda S, Tamura T, Baba H, Kodoi H, Zinszer K. Learning from Public Health and Hospital Resilience to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Protocol for a Multiple Case Study (Brazil, Canada, China, France, Japan, and Mali). Health Research Policy and Systems. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2021 May 6;19(1):76.

Tutt-Guérette MC*, Yuan M, Szaroz D, McKinnon B, Kestens Y, Guillot C, Leighton P, Zinszer K. Modelling spatiotemporal patterns of lyme disease emergence in Québec. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Sept;18(18):9696.

Zombré D*, de Allergi M, Ridde V, Zinszer K. User fees removal and community-based management of undernutrition in Burkina Faso: what effects on children’s nutritional status? Public Health Nutrition. 2021 Aug;24(12):3768-79.

Carabali M, Jaramillo-Ramirez I, Rivera VA, Mina J, Restrepo BN, Zinszer K. Assessing the reporting of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika to the National Surveillance System in Colombia from 2014–2017: A Capture-recapture analysis accounting for misclassification of arboviral diagnostics. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2021 Feb 4;15(2):e0009014.

Abuzerr S*, Zinszer K, Shaheen A, el Bilbeisi AH, Haj Daoud AA, Aldirawi A, Salem A. Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the Palestinian family: A cross-sectional study. Sage Open Medicine. 2021; https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121211001137.

2020

Mac-Seing M*, Zinszer K, Oga Omenka C, Ferlatte O, Eryone B, Zarowsky C. The intersectional jeopardy of gender, disability and sexual and reproductive health: Experiences and recommendations of women and men with disabilities in Northern Uganda. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. 2020 Dec 17;28(2):1772654.

Richard L, Aenishaenslin C, Zinszer K. Zoonoses and social health determinants: A consultation of Canadian experts. One Health. 2021 Jun 1;12:100199.

Nsoesie E, Lima Neto AS, Jay J, Wang H, Zinszer K, Saha S, Maharana A, Marinho F, Soares Filho AM. Mapping Disparities in Homicide Trends across Brazil: 2000-2014. Injury Epidemiology. 2020; 7(1):1-11.

Mac-Seing M*, Zinszer K, Oga Omenka C, De Beaudrap P, Mehrabi F, Zarowsky C. Pro-equity legislation, health policy and utilisation of sexual and reproductive healthservices by vulnerable populations in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. Global Health Promotion. 2020 Dec;27(4):97-106.

Zinszer K, Caprara A, Lima A, Degroote S, Zahreddine M, Abreu K, Carabali M, Charland K, Dantas MA, Wellington J, Parra B, Fournet F, Bonnet E, Pérez D, Robert E, Dagenais C, Benmarhnia T, Andersson N, Ridde V. Sustainable, healthy cities: protocol of a mixed methods evaluation of a cluster randomized controlled trial for Aedes control in Brazil using a community mobilization approach. Trials. 2020;21(1):182. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3714-8.

Ruckert A, Zinszer K, Zarowski C, Labonté R, Carabin H. What role for One health in the COVID-19 pandemic? Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2020; 111(5):641-644.

Zhao N, Charland K, Carabali M, Nsoesie E, Maher-Giroux M, Rees E, Yuan M, Garcia Balaguera C, Jaramillo Ramirez G, Zinszer K. Machine learning and dengue forecasting: Comparing random forests and artificial neural networks for predicting dengue burdens at the national sub-national scale in Colombia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2020; 14(9):e0008056.

Shaban-Nejad A, Brenas JH, Manir MS AI, Zinszer K, Baker CJO. Semantic Web of Things (SWoT) for Global Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 2020; 272:425-428.

Abuzerr A*, Hadi M, Zinszer K, Nasseri S, Yunesian M, Mahvi AH, Nabizadeah R, Hussien S. Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Health-Related Hazardous Events in the Drinking Water Supply System from Source to Tap in Gaza Strip, Palestine. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2020.

Dodd W, Gómez Cerna M, Orellana P, Humphries S, Sadoine ML, Zombré D, Zinszer K, Kipp A, Cole DC. Factors Associated with Seasonal Food Insecurity among Small-Scale Subsistence Farming Households in Rural Honduras. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020;17(3). pii: E706. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030706.

Zinszer K, Charland K, Vahey S, Jahagirdar D, Rek J, Arinaitwe E, Nankabirwa J, Morrison K, Sadoine M*, Tutt-Guérette MA*, Staedke SG, Kamya MR, Greenhouse B, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Dorsey G. The impact of multiple rounds of indoor residual spraying on malaria incidence and haemoglobin levels in a high transmission setting. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 Jan 2;221(2):304-12.

2019

Abuzerr A*, Nasseri S, Yunesian M, Hadi M, Zinszer K, Mahvi AH, Nabizadeah R, Hussien S. Water, sanitation, and hygiene risk factors of acute diarrhea among children under five years in the Gaza Strip. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. 2019; 72(2). https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2019.072

Zombré D*, De Allegri M, Platt RW, Ridde V, Zinszer K. An evaluation of healthcare use and child morbidity 4 years after user fee removal in rural Burkina Faso. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2019; 23(6):777-786.

2018

Campeau L, Degroote S, Ridde V, Carabali M, Zinszer K. Containment measures for emerging and re-emerging vector-borne and other infectious diseases of poverty in urban settings: a scoping review. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2018;7(1):95. doi: 10.1186/s40249-018-0478-4.

Degroote S, Zinszer K, Ridde V. Interventions for vector borne diseases focused on housing and hygiene in urban areas: a scoping review. Infectious Diseases of Poverty.  2018;7(1):96. doi: 10.1186/s40249-018-0477-5.

Brenas JH, Manir Al MS, Zinszer K, Baker C, Shaban-Nejad. Exploring semantic data federation to enable malaria surveillance queries. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. 2018;247:6-10.

Zombré D*, Ridde V, De Allergi M, Zinszer K. Nutritional status among children under five and its disparity between communities in Sahel region of Burkina Faso: a community-level intervention evaluation. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2018; 99(4).

Sadoine M*, Smargiassi A, Ridde V, Tusting L, Zinszer K. The associations between malaria, interventions, and the environment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Malaria Journal. 2018;17:73.

2017

Zinszer K, Morrison K, Verma A, Brownstein JS. The spatial determinants of Ebola virus disease risk during the West African outbreak. PLoS Current Outbreaks 2017;9.

Zinszer K, Morrison K, Brownstein JS, Marinho F, Santos AF, et al. Reconstructing Zika introduction in Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2017;23:doi: 10.3201/eid2301.161274.

Somani Y, Baross A, Levy P, Zinszer K, Milne K, Swaine I, et al. Reductions in ambulatory blood pressure in young normotensive men and women after isometric resistance training and its relationship with cardiovascular activity. Blood Pressure Monitoring 2017; 22(1):1-7.

2016

Katureebe A, Zinszer K, Arinaitwe E, Rek J, Kakande E, Charland K, et al. Measures of malaria burden after long-lasting insecticidal net distribution and indoor residual spraying at three sites in Uganda: A prospective observational study. PLoS Medicine. 2016;13:e1002167.

Powell GA, Zinszer K, Verma A, Bahk C, Madoff L, Brownstein J, et al. Media content about vaccines in the United States and Canada, 2012-2014: An analysis using data from the Vaccine Sentimeter. Vaccine. 2016; 34(50):6229-35.

Kigozi R, Zinszer K, Mpimbaza A, Sserwanga A, Kigozi SP, Kamya M. Assessing temporal associations between environmental risk factors and malaria morbidity at varying transmission settings in Uganda. Malaria Journal. 2016;15:511.

Menon S, Rossi R, Nshimyumukiz L, Zinszer K. Decentralized control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in endemic urban areas of Brazil. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Health. 2016;23:doi: 10.3201/eid2301.161274.

Menon S, Rossi R, Nshimyumukiz L, Zinszer K. Revisiting zoonotic human African trypanosomiasis control in Uganda. Journal of Public Health Policy 2016;37(1):51-67.

2010-2015

Zinszer K, Kigozi R, Charland C, Dorsey G, Brewer TF, Brownstein JS, Moses KR, Buckeridge DL. Forecasting malaria in a highly endemic country using environmental and clinical data. Malaria Journal 2015;14:245.

Zinszer K, Charland C, Kigozi R, Dorsey G, Moses KR, Buckeridge DL. Determining health-care facility catchment areas in Uganda using data on malaria-related visits. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2014;92:178-186.

Zinszer K, Tamblyn R, Bates D, Buckeridge D. A qualitative study of health information technology in the Canadian public health system. BMC Public Health 2013;13:509.

Zinszer K, Verma A, Charland K, Brewer T, Brownstein J, Sun Z, Buckeridge D. Malaria forecasting: Past work and future directions. BMJ Open 2012; 2.

Mishra L, Banerjee AT, MacLennan M, Gorczynski P, Zinszer K. Wanted: Interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and knowledge translation and exchange training for students of public health. Canadian Journal of Public Health 2011;102(6).

Zinszer K, Jauvin C, Verma A, Bedard L, Allard R, Schwartzman K, de Montigny L, Buckeridge DL. Address errors in public health surveillance data: A description and analysis of the impact on geocoding. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology 2010;1(2-3):163-168.

Zinszer K, Michel P, Harðardóttir H, Kristinsson KG, Sigmundsdóttir G, St-Onge L, et al.  The impact of domestic travel on estimating regional rates of human campylobacteriosis in Iceland. Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 2010:24:1-9.