Combining genomics and epidemiology to track mumps virus transmission in the United States. Author(s): Wohl S, Metsky HC, Schaffner SF, Piantadosi A, Burns M, Lewnard JA, Chak B, Krasilnikova LA, Siddle KJ, Matranga CB, Bankamp B, Hennigan S, Sabina B, Byrne EH, McNall RJ, Shah RR, Qu J, Park DJ, Gharib S, Fitzgerald S, Barreira P, Fleming S, Lett S, Rota PA, Madoff LC, Yozwiak NL, MacInnis BL, Smole S, Grad YH, Sabeti PC|Journal: PLoS Biol|PMID: 32045407| February 2020 Unusually large outbreaks of mumps across the United States in 2016 and 2017 raised questions about the extent of mumps…
Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Boston highlights the impact of superspreading events. Author(s): Lemieux JE, Siddle KJ, Shaw BM, Loreth C, Schaffner SF, Gladden-Young A, Adams G, Fink T, Tomkins-Tinch CH, Krasilnikova LA, Deruff KC, Rudy M, Bauer MR, Lagerborg KA, Normandin E, Chapman SB, Reilly SK, Anahtar MN, Lin AE, Carter A, Myhrvold C, Kemball ME, Chaluvadi S, Cusick C, Flowers K, Neumann A, Cerrato F, Farhat M, Slater D, Harris JB, Branda JA, Hooper D, Gaeta JM, Baggett TP, O'Connell J, Gnirke A, Lieberman TD, Philippakis A, Burns M, Brown CM, Luban J, Ryan ET, Turbett SE, LaRocque RC, Hanage WP, Gallagher GR, Madoff LC, Smole S, Pierce VM, Rosenberg E, Sabeti PC, Park DJ, MacInnis BL|Journal: Science|PMID: 33303686| February 2020 Analysis of 772 complete SARS-CoV-2 genomes from early in the Boston area epidemic revealed numerous introductions of the virus, a…
Quantifying connectivity between local Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite populations using identity by descent. Author(s): Taylor AR, Schaffner SF, Cerqueira GC, Nkhoma SC, Anderson TJC, Sriprawat K, Pyae Phyo A, Nosten F, Neafsey DE, Buckee CO|Journal: PLoS Genet|PMID: 29077712| October 2017 With the rapidly increasing abundance and accessibility of genomic data, there is a growing interest in using population genetic approaches…
