Publications

Waning immunity and re-emergence of measles and mumps in the vaccine era.

Author(s): Yang L, Grenfell BT, Mina MJ|Journal: Curr Opin Virol|PMID: 32634672| July 2020

Vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) including measles and mumps have been re-emerging in countries with sustained high vaccine coverage. For mumps, waning…

A Global lmmunological Observatory to meet a time of pandemics.

Author(s): Mina MJ, Metcalf CJE, McDermott AB, Douek DC, Farrar J, Grenfell BT|Journal: Elife|PMID: 32510329| June 2020

SARS-CoV-2 presents an unprecedented international challenge, but it will not be the last such threat. Here, we argue that the…

Correction: Routine Pediatric Enterovirus 71 Vaccination in China: a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

Author(s): Wu JT, Jit M, Zheng Y, Leung K, Xing W, Yang J, Liao Q, Cowling BJ, Yang B, Lau EH, Takahashi S, Farrar JJ, Grenfell BT, Leung GM, Yu H|Journal: PLoS Med|PMID: 27050103| April 2016

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001975.].

Routine Pediatric Enterovirus 71 Vaccination in China: a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

Author(s): Wu JT, Jit M, Zheng Y, Leung K, Xing W, Yang J, Liao Q, Cowling BJ, Yang B, Lau EH, Takahashi S, Farrar JJ, Grenfell BT, Leung GM, Yu H|Journal: PLoS Med|PMID: 26978565| March 2016

China accounted for 87% (9.8 million/11.3 million) of all hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) cases reported to WHO during…

Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in China: Modeling Epidemic Dynamics of Enterovirus Serotypes and Implications for Vaccination.

Author(s): Takahashi S, Liao Q, Van Boeckel TP, Xing W, Sun J, Hsiao VY, Metcalf CJ, Chang Z, Liu F, Zhang J, Wu JT, Cowling BJ, Leung GM, Farrar JJ, van Doorn HR, Grenfell BT, Yu H|Journal: PLoS Med|PMID: 26882540| February 2016

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common childhood illness caused by serotypes of the Enterovirus A species in…

Identifying Hotspots of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Transmission Using Spatial and Molecular Genetic Data.

Author(s): Zelner JL, Murray MB, Becerra MC, Galea J, Lecca L, Calderon R, Yataco R, Contreras C, Zhang Z, Manjourides J, Grenfell BT, Cohen T|Journal: J Infect Dis|PMID: 26175455| January 2016

We aimed to identify and determine the etiology of "hotspots" of concentrated multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-tuberculosis) risk in Lima, Peru.

Quantifying seasonal population fluxes driving rubella transmission dynamics using mobile phone data.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Metcalf CJ, Eagle N, Kombich J, Grenfell BT, Bjørnstad ON, Lessler J, Tatem AJ, Buckee CO|Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A|PMID: 26283349| September 2015

Changing patterns of human aggregation are thought to drive annual and multiannual outbreaks of infectious diseases, but the paucity of…

Absolute humidity and the seasonal onset of influenza in the continental United States.

Author(s): Shaman J, Pitzer VE, Viboud C, Grenfell BT, Lipsitch M|Journal: PLoS Biol|PMID: 20186267| February 2010

Much of the observed wintertime increase of mortality in temperate regions is attributed to seasonal influenza. A recent reanalysis of…