Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Displacement of sexual partnerships in trials of sexual behavior interventions: A model-based assessment of consequences.

Author(s): McCormick AW, Abuelezam NN, Fussell T, Seage GR 3rd, Lipsitch MJournal: EpidemicsPMID: 28416219 September 2017

We investigated the impact of the displacement of sexual activity from adherent recipients of an intervention to others within or…

Can the Heterosexual HIV Epidemic be Eliminated in South Africa Using Combination Prevention? A Modeling Analysis.

Author(s): Abuelezam NN, McCormick AW, Fussell T, Afriyie AN, Wood R, DeGruttola V, Freedberg KA, Lipsitch M, Seage GR 3rdJournal: Am J EpidemiolPMID: 27416841 August 2016

Little is known about how combining efficacious interventions for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention could lead to HIV elimination. We…

Development, calibration and performance of an HIV transmission model incorporating natural history and behavioral patterns: application in South Africa.

Author(s): McCormick AW, Abuelezam NN, Rhode ER, Hou T, Walensky RP, Pei PP, Becker JE, DiLorenzo MA, Losina E, Freedberg KA, Lipsitch M, Seage GR 3rdJournal: PLoS OnePMID: 24867402 May 2014

Understanding HIV transmission dynamics is critical to estimating the potential population-wide impact of HIV prevention and treatment interventions. We developed…