Publications

Incorporating human mobility data improves forecasts of Dengue fever in Thailand.

Author(s): Kiang MV, Santillana M, Chen JT, Onnela JP, Krieger N, Engø-Monsen K, Ekapirat N, Areechokchai D, Prempree P, Maude RJ, Buckee COJournal: Sci RepPMID: 33441598 January 2021

Over 390 million people worldwide are infected with dengue fever each year. In the absence of an effective vaccine for…

The role of environmental factors on transmission rates of the COVID-19 outbreak: an initial assessment in two spatial scales.

Author(s): Poirier C, Luo W, Majumder MS, Liu D, Mandl KD, Mooring TA, Santillana MJournal: Sci RepPMID: 33046802 October 2020

First identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has affected over 16,800,000 people worldwide as of…

Limited available evidence supports theoretical predictions of reduced vaccine efficacy at higher exposure dose.

Author(s): Langwig KE, Gomes MGM, Clark MD, Kwitny M, Yamada S, Wargo AR, Lipsitch MJournal: Sci RepPMID: 30824732 May 2019

Understanding the causes of vaccine failure is important for predicting disease dynamics in vaccinated populations and planning disease interventions. Pathogen…

Evaluating the performance of infectious disease forecasts: A comparison of climate-driven and seasonal dengue forecasts for Mexico.

Author(s): Johansson MA, Reich NG, Hota A, Brownstein JS, Santillana MJournal: Sci RepPMID: 27665707 September 2016

Dengue viruses, which infect millions of people per year worldwide, cause large epidemics that strain healthcare systems. Despite diverse efforts…

Persistence of Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia after artemisinin combination therapy: evidence from a randomized trial in Uganda.

Author(s): Chang HH, Meibalan E, Zelin J, Daniels R, Eziefula AC, Meyer EC, Tadesse F, Grignard L, Joice RC, Drakeley C, Wirth DF, Volkman SK, Buckee C, Bousema T, Marti MJournal: Sci RepPMID: 27197604 May 2016

Artemisinin resistance is rapidly spreading in Southeast Asia. The efficacy of artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) continues to be excellent across Africa.…

Incorporating human mobility data improves forecasts of Dengue fever in Thailand.

The role of environmental factors on transmission rates of the COVID-19 outbreak: an initial assessment in two spatial scales.

Limited available evidence supports theoretical predictions of reduced vaccine efficacy at higher exposure dose.

Evaluating the performance of infectious disease forecasts: A comparison of climate-driven and seasonal dengue forecasts for Mexico.

Persistence of Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia after artemisinin combination therapy: evidence from a randomized trial in Uganda.

Variation in infection length and superinfection enhance selection efficiency in the human malaria parasite.

Altered drug susceptibility during host adaptation of a Plasmodium falciparum strain in a non-human primate model.

Examining the role of different age groups, and of vaccination during the 2012 Minnesota pertussis outbreak.

Contrasting within- and between-host immune selection shapes Neisseria Opa repertoires.

Quantifying travel behavior for infectious disease research: a comparison of data from surveys and mobile phones.