Children as sentinels of tuberculosis transmission: disease mapping of programmatic data. Author(s): Gunasekera KS, Zelner J, Becerra MC, Contreras C, Franke MF, Lecca L, Murray MB, Warren JL, Cohen T|Journal: BMC Med|PMID: 32873309| September 2020 Identifying hotspots of tuberculosis transmission can inform spatially targeted active case-finding interventions. While national tuberculosis programs maintain notification registers which…
Estimating the contribution of different age strata to vaccine serotype pneumococcal transmission in the pre vaccine era: a modelling study. Author(s): Flasche S, Lipsitch M, Ojal J, Pinsent A|Journal: BMC Med|PMID: 32517683| June 2020 Herd protection through interruption of transmission has contributed greatly to the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) and may enable…
Correction to: Mapping malaria by combining parasite genomic and epidemiologic data. Author(s): Wesolowski A, Taylor AR, Chang HH, Verity R, Tessema S, Bailey JA, Alex Perkins T, Neafsey DE, Greenhouse B, Buckee CO|Journal: BMC Med|PMID: 30591060| December 2018 The original article [1] contained an error in the presentation of Figure 1; this error has now been rectified and…
Mapping malaria by combining parasite genomic and epidemiologic data. Author(s): Wesolowski A, Taylor AR, Chang HH, Verity R, Tessema S, Bailey JA, Alex Perkins T, Neafsey DE, Greenhouse B, Buckee CO|Journal: BMC Med|PMID: 30333020| October 2018 Recent global progress in scaling up malaria control interventions has revived the goal of complete elimination in many countries. Decreasing…
Simulations for designing and interpreting intervention trials in infectious diseases. Author(s): Halloran ME, Auranen K, Baird S, Basta NE, Bellan SE, Brookmeyer R, Cooper BS, DeGruttola V, Hughes JP, Lessler J, Lofgren ET, Longini IM, Onnela JP, Özler B, Seage GR, Smith TA, Vespignani A, Vynnycky E, Lipsitch M|Journal: BMC Med|PMID: 29287587| December 2017 Interventions in infectious diseases can have both direct effects on individuals who receive the intervention as well as indirect effects…
