Accounting for red blood cell accessibility reveals distinct invasion strategies in Plasmodium falciparum strains. Author(s): Cai F, DeSimone TM, Hansen E, Jennings CV, Bei AK, Ahouidi AD, Mboup S, Duraisingh MT, Buckee CO|Journal: PLoS Comput Biol|PMID: 32315315| April 2020 The growth of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in human blood causes all the symptoms of malaria. To proliferate, non-motile…
Herd immunity alters the conditions for performing dose schedule comparisons: an individual-based model of pneumococcal carriage. Author(s): Yang A, Cai F, Lipsitch M|Journal: BMC Infect Dis|PMID: 30836941| May 2019 There is great interest in the use of reduced dosing schedules for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, a strategy premised on maintaining…