Publications

Megacities as drivers of national outbreaks: The 2017 chikungunya outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Author(s): Mahmud AS, Kabir MI, Engø-Monsen K, Tahmina S, Riaz BK, Hossain MA, Khanom F, Rahman MM, Rahman MK, Sharmin M, Hossain DM, Yasmin S, Ahmed MM, Lusha MAF, Buckee CO|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 33529229| February 2021

Several large outbreaks of chikungunya have been reported in the Indian Ocean region in the last decade. In 2017, an…

Analysis of a meningococcal meningitis outbreak in Niger – potential effectiveness of reactive prophylaxis.

Author(s): Hitchings MDT, Coldiron ME, Grais RF, Lipsitch M|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 30856166| May 2019

Seasonal epidemics of bacterial meningitis in the African Meningitis Belt carry a high burden of disease and mortality. Reactive mass…

Prolonging herd immunity to cholera via vaccination: Accounting for human mobility and waning vaccine effects.

Author(s): Peak CM, Reilly AL, Azman AS, Buckee CO|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 29489815| February 2018

Oral cholera vaccination is an approach to preventing outbreaks in at-risk settings and controlling cholera in endemic settings. However, vaccine-derived…

Using simulation to aid trial design: Ring-vaccination trials.

Author(s): Hitchings MD, Grais RF, Lipsitch M|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 28328984| March 2017

The 2014-6 West African Ebola epidemic highlights the need for rigorous, rapid clinical trial methods for vaccines. A challenge for…

Potential Biases in Estimating Absolute and Relative Case-Fatality Risks during Outbreaks.

Author(s): Lipsitch M, Donnelly CA, Fraser C, Blake IM, Cori A, Dorigatti I, Ferguson NM, Garske T, Mills HL, Riley S, Van Kerkhove MD, Hernán MA|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 26181387| July 2015

Estimating the case-fatality risk (CFR)-the probability that a person dies from an infection given that they are a case-is a…