Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Real-time estimation of disease activity in emerging outbreaks using internet search information.

Author(s): Aiken EL, McGough SF, Majumder MS, Wachtel G, Nguyen AT, Viboud C, Santillana MJournal: PLoS Comput BiolPMID: 32804932 August 2020

Understanding the behavior of emerging disease outbreaks in, or ahead of, real-time could help healthcare officials better design interventions to…

Aggregated mobility data could help fight COVID-19.

Author(s): Buckee CO, Balsari S, Chan J, Crosas M, Grad YH, Grenfell B, Halloran ME, Kraemer MUG, Lipsitch M, Metcalf CJE, Meyers LA, Perkins TA, Santillana M, Scarpino SV, Viboud C, Wesolowski A, Schroeder AJournal: SciencePMID: 32205458 March 2020

As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic worsens, understanding the effectiveness of public messaging and large-scale social distancing interventions is critical.…

Hospitalizations associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza in children, including children diagnosed with asthma.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Finelli L, O'Halloran A, Liu P, Karaca Z, Steiner CA, Viboud C, Lipsitch MJournal: EpidemiologyPMID: 31469696 November 2019

There is uncertainty about the burden of hospitalization associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza in children, including those…

Levels of outpatient prescribing for four major antibiotic classes and rates of septicemia hospitalization in adults in different US states – a statistical analysis.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Olesen SW, Karaca Z, Steiner CA, Viboud C, Lipsitch MJournal: BMC Public HealthPMID: 31426780 August 2019

Rates of sepsis/septicemia hospitalization in the US have risen significantly during recent years. Antibiotic resistance and use may contribute to…

Antimicrobial resistance prevalence, rates of hospitalization with septicemia and rates of mortality with sepsis in adults in different US states.

Author(s): Goldstein E, MacFadden DR, Karaca Z, Steiner CA, Viboud C, Lipsitch MJournal: Int J Antimicrob AgentsPMID: 30851403 May 2019

Rates of hospitalization with sepsis/septicemia and associated mortality in the US have risen significantly during the last two decades. Antibiotic…

On the Relative Role of Different Age Groups During Epidemics Associated With Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Nguyen HH, Liu P, Viboud C, Steiner CA, Worby CJ, Lipsitch MJournal: J Infect DisPMID: 29112722 January 2018

While circulation of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) results in high rates of hospitalization, particularly among young children and elderly individuals,…

Multinational patterns of seasonal asymmetry in human movement influence infectious disease dynamics.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Zu Erbach-Schoenberg E, Tatem AJ, Lourenço C, Viboud C, Charu V, Eagle N, Engø-Monsen K, Qureshi T, Buckee CO, Metcalf CJEJournal: Nat CommunPMID: 29234011 December 2017

Seasonal variation in human mobility is globally ubiquitous and affects the spatial spread of infectious diseases, but the ability to…

Impact of School Cycles and Environmental Forcing on the Timing of Pandemic Influenza Activity in Mexican States, May-December 2009.

Author(s): Tamerius J, Viboud C, Shaman J, Chowell GJournal: PLoS Comput BiolPMID: 26291446 August 2015

While a relationship between environmental forcing and influenza transmission has been established in inter-pandemic seasons, the drivers of pandemic influenza…

The association of meningococcal disease with influenza in the United States, 1989-2009.

Author(s): Jacobs JH, Viboud C, Tchetgen ET, Schwartz J, Steiner C, Simonsen L, Lipsitch MJournal: PLoS OnePMID: 25265409 September 2014

Prior influenza infection is a risk factor for invasive meningococcal disease. Quantifying the fraction of meningococcal disease attributable to influenza…

Hand, foot, and mouth disease in China, 2008-12: an epidemiological study.

Author(s): Xing W, Liao Q, Viboud C, Zhang J, Sun J, Wu JT, Chang Z, Liu F, Fang VJ, Zheng Y, Cowling BJ, Varma JK, Farrar JJ, Leung GM, Yu HJournal: Lancet Infect DisPMID: 24485991 April 2014

Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a common childhood illness caused by enteroviruses. Increasingly, the disease has a substantial burden…