Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Evidence-based Decision Making: Infectious Disease Modeling Training for Policymakers in East Africa.

Author(s): Ofori SK, Dankwa EA, Ngwakongnwi E, Amberbir A, Bekele A, Murray MB, Grad YH, Buckee CO, Hedt-Gauthier BLJournal: Ann. Glob. HealthPMID: 38523847 March 2024

Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases is an important decision-making tool for outbreak control. However, in Africa, limited expertise reduces the…

Temporal and spatial dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum clonal lineages in Guyana.

Author(s): Vanhove M, Schwabl P, Clementson C, Early AM, Laws M, Anthony F, Florimond C, Mathieu L, James K, Knox C, Singh N, Buckee CO, Musset L, Cox H, Niles-Robin R, Neafsey DEJournal: bioRxivPMID: 38352461 February 2024

parasites, the causal agents of malaria, are eukaryotic organisms that obligately undergo sexual recombination within mosquitoes. However, in low transmission…

A standardised differential privacy framework for epidemiological modeling with mobile phone data.

Author(s): Savi MK, Yadav A, Zhang W, Vembar N, Schroeder A, Balsari S, Buckee CO, Vadhan S, Kishore NJournal: PLOS Digit HealthPMID: 37889905 October 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of mobile phone data for monitoring human mobility patterns has become increasingly common, both…

A standardised differential privacy framework for epidemiological modelling with mobile phone data

Author(s): Savi MK, Yadav A, Zhang W, Vembar N, Schroeder A, Balsari S, Buckee CO, Vadhan S, Kishore NJournal: medRxiv March 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of mobile phone data for monitoring human mobility patterns has become increasingly common, both…

A standardised differential privacy framework for epidemiological modelling with mobile phone data

Author(s): Savi MK, Yadav A, Zhang W, Vembar N, Schroeder A, Balsari S, Buckee CO, Vadhan S, Kishore NJournal: medRxiv March 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of mobile phone data for monitoring human mobility patterns has become increasingly common, both…

Genomic framework for malaria parasites: challenging but necessary.

Author(s): Camponovo F, Buckee CO, Taylor ARJournal: Trends ParasitolPMID: 36804382 February 2023

Resolving drug selection and migration in an inbred South American Plasmodium falciparum population with identity-by-descent analysis.

Author(s): Carrasquilla M, Early AM, Taylor AR, Knudson Ospina A, Echeverry DF, Anderson TJC, Mancilla E, Aponte S, Cárdenas P, Buckee CO, Rayner JC, Sáenz FE, Neafsey DE, Corredor VJournal: PLoS PathogPMID: 36542676 December 2022

The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is globally widespread, but its prevalence varies significantly between and even within countries. Most…

CrisisReady’s novel framework for transdisciplinary translation: Case-studies in wildfire and hurricane response

Author(s): Schroeder A, Dresser C, Yadav A, Chan J, Jia S, Buckee CO, Balsari SJournal: J Clim Chang Health December 2022

Extreme weather events including wildfires and hurricanes are becoming increasingly hazardous due to climate change, and often result in transient…

Measurably recombining malaria parasites.

Author(s): Camponovo F, Buckee CO, Taylor ARJournal: Trends ParasitolPMID: 36435688 November 2022

Genomic epidemiology has guided research and policy for various viral pathogens and there has been a parallel effort towards using…

Human Trypanosoma cruzi chronic infection leads to individual level steady-state parasitemia: Implications for drug-trial optimization in Chagas disease.

Author(s): De Salazar PM, Sosa-Estani S, Salvador F, Sulleiro E, Sánchez-Montalvá A, Ribeiro I, Molina I, Buckee COJournal: PLoS Negl Trop DisPMID: 36409773 November 2022

Currently available drugs against Trypanosoma cruzi infection, which causes 12000 deaths annually, have limitations in their efficacy, safety and tolerability.…