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The Models of Infections Disease Agents Study (MIDAS)

As a collaborative network of scientists, MIDAS leads in researching the use of computational, statistical, and mathematical models to understand infectious disease dynamics and prepare the nation to plan for, detect, and respond to infectious diseases.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) established the Modeling of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS), to investigate novel computational and mathematical models of existing and emerging infectious diseases.

Publications

Risk factors and timing of default from treatment for non-multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Moldova.

Jenkins HE, Ciobanu A, Plesca V, Crudu V, Galusca I, Soltan V, Cohen T.

The Republic of Moldova, in Eastern Europe, has among the highest reported nationwide proportions of tuberculosis (TB) patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) worldwide. Default has been associated with increased mortality and amplifi... (more »).

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis.   2013 Mar.

Research areas: Tuberculosis

Bacterial genomes in epidemiology--present and future.

Croucher NJ, Harris SR, Grad YH, Hanage WP.

Sequence data are well established in the reconstruction of the phylogenetic and demographic scenarios that have given rise to outbreaks of viral pathogens. ... (more »).

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci.   2013 Mar.

Research areas: Genomics

Infection fatality risk of the pandemic A(H1N1)2009 virus in Hong Kong

Wong JY, Wu P, Nishiura H, Goldstein E, Lau EH, Yang L, Chuang SK, Tsang T, Peiris JS, Wu JT, Cowling BJ

One measure of the severity of a pandemic influenza outbreak at the individual level is the risk of death among people infected by the new virus. However, there are complications in estimating both the numerator and denominator. Regarding the numerat... (more »).

American Journal of Epidemiology   2013 Mar.

Research areas: pandemic, influenza

How does sex trafficking increase the risk of HIV Infection? An observational study from Southern India

Wirth KE, Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ, Silverman JG, Murray MB.

Studies have documented the substantial risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection endured by sex-trafficked women, but it remains unclear how exposure to trafficking puts its victims at risk.... (more »).

Am J Epidemiol.   2013 Feb.

Research areas: HIV

Inference on population histories by approximating infinite alleles diffusion.

siren J, Hanage WP, Corander J

Reconstruction of the past is an important task of evolutionary biology. It takes place at different points in a hierarchy of molecular variation, including genes, individuals, populations, and species. Statistical inference about population historie... (more »).

Mol Biol Evol   2013 Feb.

Predictors of indoor absolute humidity and estimated effects on influenza virus survival in grade schools

Koep TH, Enders FT, Pierret C, Ekker SC, Krageschmidt D, Neff KL, Lipsitch M, Shaman J, Huskins WC

Low absolute humidity (AH) has been associated with increased influenza virus survival and transmissibility and the onset of seasonal influenza outbreaks. Humidification of indoor environments may mitigate viral transmission and may be an important c... (more »).

BMC Infect Dis   2013 Feb.

Research areas: Seasonality

The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-pandemic influenza connection: coincident or casual?

Shaman J, Lipsitch M

We find that the four most recent human influenza pandemics (1918, 1957, 1968, and 2009), all of which were first identified in boreal spring or summer, were preceded by La Niña conditions in the equatorial Pacific. Changes in the phase of the... (more »).

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.   2013 Feb. 3689�3691  

Research areas: pandemic influenza

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Recent Events

May 13

ID Epi Spring Seminar Series Is Happening Now

The ID Epi Spring Seminar Series will kick off on February 4th and will occur most Mondays through the middle of May.  The following speakers and dates are currently planned:

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May 9

"Actionable epidemiology - from the global burden of disease to optimizing the scale-up of prevention programs"

For more information, please view the flyer.   A recording of this presentation will be available on our website, soon after the event has ended....   Learn more »

Apr 29

"Mapping malaria: populations, parasites and movements”

For more information, please view the flyer.   A recording of this presentation will be available on our website, soon after the event has ended....   Learn more »

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Latest News

The Center Welcomes Colin Worby

April 2, 2013

Colin Worby, PhD has joined the CCDD as a postdoctoral research fellow.  Colin recently recieved his PhD... Read full story »

The Center Welcomes Anne Presanis

March 4, 2013

We are very excited to welcome Dr. Anne Presanis to the Center as a Visiting Scientist.  Dr. Presanis is... Read full story »

Deadly Virus

February 15, 2013

Marc Lipsitch warns against experimentation with modified H5N1 virus.  Click to read the Harvard Gazette ... Read full story »

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