Publications

Risk factors and short-term projections for serotype-1 poliomyelitis incidence in Pakistan: A spatiotemporal analysis.

Author(s): Molodecky NA, Blake IM, O'Reilly KM, Wadood MZ, Safdar RM, Wesolowski A, Buckee CO, Bandyopadhyay AS, Okayasu H, Grassly NC|Journal: PLoS Med|PMID: 28604777| June 2017

Pakistan currently provides a substantial challenge to global polio eradication, having contributed to 73% of reported poliomyelitis in 2015 and…

Global distribution and environmental suitability for chikungunya virus, 1952 to 2015.

Author(s): Nsoesie EO, Kraemer MU, Golding N, Pigott DM, Brady OJ, Moyes CL, Johansson MA, Gething PW, Velayudhan R, Khan K, Hay SI, Brownstein JS|Journal: Euro Surveill|PMID: 27239817| May 2016

Chikungunya fever is an acute febrile illness caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which is transmitted to humans by Aedes…

Use of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling to Ascertain Levels of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Western Kenya.

Author(s): Jezmir J, Cohen T, Zignol M, Nyakan E, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Gardner A, Kamle L, Injera W, Carter EJ|Journal: PLoS One|PMID: 27167381| May 2016

To classify the prevalence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in two different geographic settings in western Kenya using the Lot…

Modelling challenges in context: lessons from malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis.

Author(s): Childs LM, Abuelezam NN, Dye C, Gupta S, Murray MB, Williams BG, Buckee CO|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 25843394| March 2015

Malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis (TB) collectively account for several million deaths each year, with all three ranking among the top…

On the spread and control of MDR-TB epidemics: an examination of trends in anti-tuberculosis drug resistance surveillance data.

Author(s): Cohen T, Jenkins HE, Lu C, McLaughlin M, Floyd K, Zignol M|Journal: Drug Resist Updat|PMID: 25458783| October 2014

Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) poses serious challenges for tuberculosis control in many settings, but trends of MDR-TB have been difficult…