Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

The impact of biases in mobile phone ownership on estimates of human mobility.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Eagle N, Noor AM, Snow RW, Buckee COJournal: J R Soc InterfacePMID: 23389897 February 2013

Mobile phone data are increasingly being used to quantify the movements of human populations for a wide range of social,…

Mobile phones and malaria: modeling human and parasite travel.

Author(s): Buckee CO, Wesolowski A, Eagle NN, Hansen E, Snow RWJournal: Travel Med Infect DisPMID: 23478045 January 2013

Human mobility plays an important role in the dissemination of malaria parasites between regions of variable transmission intensity. Asymptomatic individuals…

Quantifying the impact of human mobility on malaria.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Eagle N, Tatem AJ, Smith DL, Noor AM, Snow RW, Buckee COJournal: SciencePMID: 23066082 October 2012

Human movements contribute to the transmission of malaria on spatial scales that exceed the limits of mosquito dispersal. Identifying the…

Human movement data for malaria control and elimination strategic planning.

Author(s): Pindolia DK, Garcia AJ, Wesolowski A, Smith DL, Buckee CO, Noor AM, Snow RW, Tatem AJJournal: Malar JPMID: 22703541 June 2012

Recent increases in funding for malaria control have led to the reduction in transmission in many malaria endemic countries, prompting…

Heterogeneous mobile phone ownership and usage patterns in Kenya.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Eagle N, Noor AM, Snow RW, Buckee COJournal: PLoS OnePMID: 22558140 January 2012

The rapid adoption of mobile phone technologies in Africa is offering exciting opportunities for engaging with high-risk populations through mHealth…