Publications

Characterizing human mobility patterns in rural settings of sub-Saharan Africa.

Author(s): Meredith HR, Giles JR, Perez-Saez J, Mande T, Rinaldo A, Mutembo S, Kabalo EN, Makungo K, Buckee CO, Tatem AJ, Metcalf CJE, Wesolowski A|Journal: Elife|PMID: 34533456| September 2021

Human mobility is a core component of human behavior and its quantification is critical for understanding its impact on infectious…

Effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain COVID-19 in China.

Author(s): Lai S, Ruktanonchai NW, Zhou L, Prosper O, Luo W, Floyd JR, Wesolowski A, Santillana M, Zhang C, Du X, Yu H, Tatem AJ|Journal: Nature|PMID: 32365354| May 2020

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The outbreak containment strategies in China based on…

Population mobility reductions associated with travel restrictions during the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone: use of mobile phone data.

Author(s): Peak CM, Wesolowski A, Zu Erbach-Schoenberg E, Tatem AJ, Wetter E, Lu X, Power D, Weidman-Grunewald E, Ramos S, Moritz S, Buckee CO, Bengtsson L|Journal: Int J Epidemiol|PMID: 29947788| October 2018

Travel restrictions were implemented on an unprecedented scale in 2015 in Sierra Leone to contain and eliminate Ebola virus disease.…

Measles outbreak risk in Pakistan: exploring the potential of combining vaccination coverage and incidence data with novel data-streams to strengthen control.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Winter A, Tatem AJ, Qureshi T, Engø-Monsen K, Buckee CO, Cummings DAT, Metcalf CJE|Journal: Epidemiol Infect|PMID: 29860954| September 2018

Although measles incidence has reached historic lows in many parts of the world, the disease still causes substantial morbidity globally.…

Productive disruption: opportunities and challenges for innovation in infectious disease surveillance.

Author(s): Buckee CO, Cardenas MIE, Corpuz J, Ghosh A, Haque F, Karim J, Mahmud AS, Maude RJ, Mensah K, Motaze NV, Nabaggala M, Metcalf CJE, Mioramalala SA, Mubiru F, Peak CM, Pramanik S, Rakotondramanga JM, Remera E, Sinha I, Sovannaroth S, Tatem AJ, Zaw W|Journal: BMJ Glob Health|PMID: 29527343| February 2018

Multinational patterns of seasonal asymmetry in human movement influence infectious disease dynamics.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Zu Erbach-Schoenberg E, Tatem AJ, Lourenço C, Viboud C, Charu V, Eagle N, Engø-Monsen K, Qureshi T, Buckee CO, Metcalf CJE|Journal: Nat Commun|PMID: 29234011| December 2017

Seasonal variation in human mobility is globally ubiquitous and affects the spatial spread of infectious diseases, but the ability to…

Identifying climate drivers of infectious disease dynamics: recent advances and challenges ahead.

Author(s): Metcalf CJE, Walter KS, Wesolowski A, Buckee CO, Shevliakova E, Tatem AJ, Boos WR, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE|Journal: Proc Biol Sci|PMID: 28814655| August 2017

Climate change is likely to profoundly modulate the burden of infectious diseases. However, attributing health impacts to a changing climate…

Seasonal Population Movements and the Surveillance and Control of Infectious Diseases.

Author(s): Buckee CO, Tatem AJ, Metcalf CJE|Journal: Trends Parasitol|PMID: 27865741| January 2017

National policies designed to control infectious diseases should allocate resources for interventions based on regional estimates of disease burden from…

Introduction of rubella-containing-vaccine to Madagascar: implications for roll-out and local elimination.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Mensah K, Brook CE, Andrianjafimasy M, Winter A, Buckee CO, Razafindratsimandresy R, Tatem AJ, Heraud JM, Metcalf CJ|Journal: J R Soc Interface|PMID: 27122178| April 2016

Few countries in Africa currently include rubella-containing vaccination (RCV) in their immunization schedule. The Global Alliance for Vaccines Initiative (GAVI)…

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…