Publications

Measles outbreak risk in Pakistan: exploring the potential of combining vaccination coverage and incidence data with novel data-streams to strengthen control.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Winter A, Tatem AJ, Qureshi T, Engø-Monsen K, Buckee CO, Cummings DAT, Metcalf CJE|Journal: Epidemiol Infect|PMID: 29860954| September 2018

Although measles incidence has reached historic lows in many parts of the world, the disease still causes substantial morbidity globally.…

THE REAL McCOIL: A method for the concurrent estimation of the complexity of infection and SNP allele frequency for malaria parasites.

Author(s): Chang HH, Worby CJ, Yeka A, Nankabirwa J, Kamya MR, Staedke SG, Dorsey G, Murphy M, Neafsey DE, Jeffreys AE, Hubbart C, Rockett KA, Amato R, Kwiatkowski DP, Buckee CO, Greenhouse B|Journal: PLoS Comput Biol|PMID: 28125584| January 2017

As many malaria-endemic countries move towards elimination of Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent human malaria parasite, effective tools for monitoring…

Quantifying seasonal population fluxes driving rubella transmission dynamics using mobile phone data.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Metcalf CJ, Eagle N, Kombich J, Grenfell BT, Bjørnstad ON, Lessler J, Tatem AJ, Buckee CO|Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A|PMID: 26283349| September 2015

Changing patterns of human aggregation are thought to drive annual and multiannual outbreaks of infectious diseases, but the paucity of…

Quantifying the impact of accessibility on preventive healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa using mobile phone data.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, O'Meara WP, Tatem AJ, Ndege S, Eagle N, Buckee CO|Journal: Epidemiology|PMID: 25643101| March 2015

Poor physical access to health facilities has been identified as an important contributor to reduced uptake of preventive health services…

A sticky situation: the unexpected stability of malaria elimination.

Author(s): Smith DL, Cohen JM, Chiyaka C, Johnston G, Gething PW, Gosling R, Buckee CO, Laxminarayan R, Hay SI, Tatem AJ|Journal: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci|PMID: 23798693| June 2013

Malaria eradication involves eliminating malaria from every country where transmission occurs. Current theory suggests that the post-elimination challenges of remaining…

The use of census migration data to approximate human movement patterns across temporal scales.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Buckee CO, Pindolia DK, Eagle N, Smith DL, Garcia AJ, Tatem AJ|Journal: PLoS One|PMID: 23326367| January 2013

Human movement plays a key role in economies and development, the delivery of services, and the spread of infectious diseases.…

Quantifying the impact of human mobility on malaria.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Eagle N, Tatem AJ, Smith DL, Noor AM, Snow RW, Buckee CO|Journal: Science|PMID: 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 AJ|Journal: Malar J|PMID: 22703541| June 2012

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