Author(s): Carroll AC, Mortimer L, Ghosh H, Reuter S, Grundmann H, Břinda K, Hanage WP, Li A, Paterson A, Purssell A, Rooney A, Yee NR, Coburn B, Able-Thomas S, Antonio M, McGeer A, MacFadden DR|Journal: Microbiol Spectr|PMID:39611823| November 2024
Timely diagnostic tools are needed to improve antibiotic treatment. Pairing metagenomic sequencing with genomic neighbor typing algorithms may support rapid…
Author(s): Cowger TL, Link NB, Hart JD, Sharp MT, Nair S, Balasubramanian R, Moallef S, Chen J, Hanage WP, Tabb LP, Hall KT, O Ojikutu B, Krieger N, Bassett MT|Journal: J Public Health Manag Pract|PMID:39254302| September 2024
Monitoring neighborhood-level SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentrations can help guide public health interventions and provide early warning ahead of lagging COVID-19 clinical…
Author(s): Qiu X, McGee L, Hammitt L, Grant LR, O'Brien KL, Hanage WP, Lipsitch M|Journal: MBio|PMID:39207103| August 2024
After introducing pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs), serotype replacement occurred in . Predicting which pneumococcal strains will become common in carriage…
Author(s): Regev-Yochay G, Margalit I, Smollan G, Rapaport R, Tal I, Hanage WP, Pinas Zade N, Jaber H, Taylor BP, Che Y, Rahav G, Zimlichman E, Keller N|Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol|PMID:38149351| March 2024
We studied the extent of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) sink contamination and transmission to patients in a nonoutbreak setting.
Author(s): Liu AB, Lee D, Jalihal AP, Hanage WP, Springer M|Journal: Nat Commun|PMID:38123536| December 2023
Researchers and policymakers have proposed systems to detect novel pathogens earlier than existing surveillance systems by monitoring samples from hospital…
Immunocompromised patients receiving B-cell-depleting therapies are at increased risk of persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection, with many experiencing fatal outcomes. We report…
Author(s): Senghore M, Read H, Oza P, Johnson S, Passarelli-Araujo H, Taylor BP, Ashley S, Grey A, Callendrello A, Lee R, Goddard MR, Lumley T, Hanage WP, Wiles S|Journal: Nat Commun|PMID:37907520| October 2023
Identifying and interrupting transmission chains is important for controlling infectious diseases. One way to identify transmission pairs - two hosts…
Areal spatial misalignment, which occurs when data on multiple variables are collected using mismatched boundary definitions, is a ubiquitous obstacle…