Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Coming to America: Genomic surveillance and how B.1.1.7 arrived in the US.

Author(s): Qiu X, Hanage WP, Taylor BPJournal: CellPMID: 33989546 May 2021

In this issue of Cell, Washington et al. and Alpert et al. demonstrate the value of genomic surveillance when studying the introduction…

Partial immunity and SARS-CoV-2 mutations.

Author(s): Hanage WP, Russell CAJournal: SciencePMID: 33888632 April 2021

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 before and after symptom onset: impact of nonpharmaceutical interventions in China.

Author(s): Bushman M, Worby C, Chang HH, Kraemer MUG, Hanage WPJournal: Eur J EpidemiolPMID: 33881667 April 2021

Nonpharmaceutical interventions, such as contact tracing and quarantine, have been the primary means of controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2; however,…

Snowball Sampling Study Design for Serosurveys Early in Disease Outbreaks.

Author(s): Kennedy-Shaffer L, Qiu X, Hanage WPJournal: Am J EpidemiolPMID: 33831177 April 2021

Serological surveys can provide evidence of cases that were not previously detected, depict the spectrum of disease severity, and estimate…

COVID-19 vaccine impact on rates of SARS-CoV-2 cases and post vaccination strain sequences among healthcare workers at an urban academic medical center: a prospective cohort study.

Author(s): Bouton TC, Lodi S, Turcinovic J, Weber SE, Quinn E, Korn C, Steiner J, Schechter-Perkins EM, Duffy E, Ragan EJ, Taylor BP, Schaeffer B, Miller N, Davidoff R, Hanage WP, Connor J, Pierre C, Jacobson KRJournal: medRxivPMID: 33821283 March 2021

COVID-19 vaccine trials and post-implementation data suggest vaccination decreases SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Missing again: US racial and ethnic data for COVID-19 vaccination.

Author(s): Krieger N, Waterman PD, Chen JT, Testa C, Hanage WPJournal: LancetPMID: 33743218 March 2021

Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 across 40 U.S. states.

Author(s): Wu F, Xiao A, Zhang J, Moniz K, Endo N, Armas F, Bushman M, Chai PR, Duvallet C, Erickson TB, Foppe K, Ghaeli N, Gu X, Hanage WP, Huang KH, Lee WL, Matus M, McElroy KA, Rhode SF, Wuertz S, Thompson J, Alm EJJournal: medRxivPMID: 33758888 March 2021

Wastewater-based disease surveillance is a promising approach for monitoring community outbreaks. Here we describe a nationwide campaign to monitor SARS-CoV-2…

Perfect as the enemy of good: tracing transmissions with low-sensitivity tests to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks.

Author(s): Kennedy-Shaffer L, Baym M, Hanage WPJournal: Lancet MicrobePMID: 33748803 March 2021

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and individuals have attempted a wide variety of strategies to limit the damage of the…

An early warning approach to monitor COVID-19 activity with multiple digital traces in near real time.

Author(s): Kogan NE, Clemente L, Liautaud P, Kaashoek J, Link NB, Nguyen AT, Lu FS, Huybers P, Resch B, Havas C, Petutschnig A, Davis J, Chinazzi M, Mustafa B, Hanage WP, Vespignani A, Santillana MJournal: Sci AdvPMID: 33674304 March 2021

Given still-high levels of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) susceptibility and inconsistent transmission-containing strategies, outbreaks have continued to emerge across the…

Evaluating the contributions of strategies to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the healthcare setting: a modelling study.

Author(s): Qiu X, Miller JC, MacFadden DR, Hanage WPJournal: BMJ OpenPMID: 33653758 March 2021

Since its onset, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, with particularly severe outcomes in healthcare institutions…