Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Socioeconomic status determines COVID-19 incidence and related mortality in Santiago, Chile.

Author(s): Mena GE, Martinez PP, Mahmud AS, Marquet PA, Buckee CO, Santillana MJournal: SciencePMID: 33906968 April 2021

The current COVID-19 pandemic has impacted cities particularly hard. Here, we provide an in-depth characterization of disease incidence and mortality,…

Lockdowns result in changes in human mobility which may impact the epidemiologic dynamics of SARS-CoV-2.

Author(s): Kishore N, Kahn R, Martinez PP, De Salazar PM, Mahmud AS, Buckee COJournal: Sci RepPMID: 33772076 March 2021

In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, unprecedented travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders were enacted around the world. Ultimately, the public's…

Frequency-dependent selection can forecast evolution in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Author(s): Azarian T, Martinez PP, Arnold BJ, Qiu X, Grant LR, Corander J, Fraser C, Croucher NJ, Hammitt LL, Reid R, Santosham M, Weatherholtz RC, Bentley SD, O'Brien KL, Lipsitch M, Hanage WPJournal: PLoS BiolPMID: 33091022 October 2020

Predicting how pathogen populations will change over time is challenging. Such has been the case with Streptococcus pneumoniae, an important…

Tube Well Use as Protection Against Rotavirus Infection During the Monsoons in an Urban Setting.

Author(s): Martinez PP, Mahmud AS, Yunus M, Faruque ASG, Ahmed T, Pascual M, Buckee COJournal: J Infect DisPMID: 31776559 November 2019

Rotavirus, a diarrheal pathogen spread via fecal-oral transmission, is typically characterized by a winter incidence peak in most countries. Unlike…