Publications

Use of daily Internet search query data improves real-time projections of influenza epidemics.

Author(s): Zimmer C, Leuba SI, Yaesoubi R, Cohen TJournal: J R Soc InterfacePMID: 30305417 October 2018

Seasonal influenza causes millions of illnesses and tens of thousands of deaths per year in the USA alone. While the…

The evolution of antibiotic resistance in a structured host population.

Author(s): Blanquart F, Lehtinen S, Lipsitch M, Fraser CJournal: J R Soc InterfacePMID: 29925579 June 2018

The evolution of antibiotic resistance in opportunistic pathogens such as , or is a major public health problem, as infection…

Exploring the role of competition induced by non-vaccine serotypes for herd protection following pneumococcal vaccination.

Author(s): Masala GL, Lipsitch M, Bottomley C, Flasche SJournal: J R Soc InterfacePMID: 29093131 November 2017

The competitive pressure from non-vaccine serotypes may have helped pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) to limit vaccine-type (VT) serotype prevalence. We…

Host population structure and treatment frequency maintain balancing selection on drug resistance.

Author(s): Cobey S, Baskerville EB, Colijn C, Hanage W, Fraser C, Lipsitch MJournal: J R Soc InterfacePMID: 28835542 August 2017

It is a truism that antimicrobial drugs select for resistance, but explaining pathogen- and population-specific variation in patterns of resistance…

Introduction of rubella-containing-vaccine to Madagascar: implications for roll-out and local elimination.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Mensah K, Brook CE, Andrianjafimasy M, Winter A, Buckee CO, Razafindratsimandresy R, Tatem AJ, Heraud JM, Metcalf CJJournal: J R Soc InterfacePMID: 27122178 April 2016

Few countries in Africa currently include rubella-containing vaccination (RCV) in their immunization schedule. The Global Alliance for Vaccines Initiative (GAVI)…

Transmission network of the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone.

Author(s): Yang W, Zhang W, Kargbo D, Yang R, Chen Y, Chen Z, Kamara A, Kargbo B, Kandula S, Karspeck A, Liu C, Shaman JJournal: J R Soc InterfacePMID: 26559683 November 2015

Understanding the growth and spatial expansion of (re)emerging infectious disease outbreaks, such as Ebola and avian influenza, is critical for…

Evaluating the potential impact of enhancing HIV treatment and tuberculosis control programmes on the burden of tuberculosis.

Author(s): Chindelevitch L, Menzies NA, Pretorius C, Stover J, Salomon JA, Cohen TJournal: J R Soc InterfacePMID: 25878131 May 2015

HIV has fuelled increasing tuberculosis (TB) incidence in sub-Saharan Africa. Better control of TB in this region may be achieved…