Publications

The impact of mobility network properties on predicted epidemic dynamics in Dhaka and Bangkok

Author(s): Brown TS, Engø-Monsen K, Kiang MV, Mahmud AS, Maude RJ, Buckee COJournal: medRxiv February 2021

Properties of city-level commuting networks are expected to influence epidemic potential of cities and modify the speed and spatial trajectory…

Megacities as drivers of national outbreaks: The 2017 chikungunya outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Author(s): Mahmud AS, Kabir MI, Engø-Monsen K, Tahmina S, Riaz BK, Hossain MA, Khanom F, Rahman MM, Rahman MK, Sharmin M, Hossain DM, Yasmin S, Ahmed MM, Lusha MAF, Buckee COJournal: PLoS Negl Trop DisPMID: 33529229 February 2021

Several large outbreaks of chikungunya have been reported in the Indian Ocean region in the last decade. In 2017, an…

Incorporating human mobility data improves forecasts of Dengue fever in Thailand.

Author(s): Kiang MV, Santillana M, Chen JT, Onnela JP, Krieger N, Engø-Monsen K, Ekapirat N, Areechokchai D, Prempree P, Maude RJ, Buckee COJournal: Sci RepPMID: 33441598 January 2021

Over 390 million people worldwide are infected with dengue fever each year. In the absence of an effective vaccine for…

Reconstructing unseen transmission events to infer dengue dynamics from viral sequences

Author(s): Salje H, Wesolowski A, Brown T, Kiang M, Berry IM, Lefrancq N, Fernandez S, Jarman R, Ruchusatsawat K, Iamsirithaworn S, Vandepitte WP, Suntarattiwong P, Klungthong C, Thaisomboonsuk B, Engø-Monsen K, Buckee CO, Cauchemez S, Cummings DJournal: medRxiv November 2020

For most pathogens, transmission is driven by interactions between the behaviours of infectious individuals, the behaviours of the wider population,…

Measuring mobility to monitor travel and physical distancing interventions: a common framework for mobile phone data analysis.

Author(s): Kishore N, Kiang MV, Engø-Monsen K, Vembar N, Schroeder A, Balsari S, Buckee COJournal: Lancet Digit HealthPMID: 32905027 September 2020

A surge of interest has been noted in the use of mobility data from mobile phones to monitor physical distancing…

Mapping imported malaria in Bangladesh using parasite genetic and human mobility data.

Author(s): Chang HH, Wesolowski A, Sinha I, Jacob CG, Mahmud A, Uddin D, Zaman SI, Hossain MA, Faiz MA, Ghose A, Sayeed AA, Rahman MR, Islam A, Karim MJ, Rezwan MK, Shamsuzzaman AKM, Jhora ST, Aktaruzzaman MM, Drury E, Gonçalves S, Kekre M, Dhorda M, Vongpromek R, Miotto O, Engø-Monsen K, Kwiatkowski D, Maude RJ, Buckee CJournal: ElifePMID: 30938289 August 2019

For countries aiming for malaria elimination, travel of infected individuals between endemic areas undermines local interventions. Quantifying parasite importation has…

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 CJEJournal: Epidemiol InfectPMID: 29860954 September 2018

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