Publications – Page 2 – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Evaluating Spatial Interaction Models for Regional Mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, O'Meara WP, Eagle N, Tatem AJ, Buckee COJournal: PLoS Comput BiolPMID: 26158274 July 2015

Simple spatial interaction models of human mobility based on physical laws have been used extensively in the social, biological, and…

Quantifying the impact of accessibility on preventive healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa using mobile phone data.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, O'Meara WP, Tatem AJ, Ndege S, Eagle N, Buckee COJournal: EpidemiologyPMID: 25643101 March 2015

Poor physical access to health facilities has been identified as an important contributor to reduced uptake of preventive health services…

Commentary: containing the ebola outbreak – the potential and challenge of mobile network data.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Buckee CO, Bengtsson L, Wetter E, Lu X, Tatem AJJournal: PLoS CurrPMID: 25642369 September 2014

A sticky situation: the unexpected stability of malaria elimination.

Author(s): Smith DL, Cohen JM, Chiyaka C, Johnston G, Gething PW, Gosling R, Buckee CO, Laxminarayan R, Hay SI, Tatem AJJournal: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol SciPMID: 23798693 June 2013

Malaria eradication involves eliminating malaria from every country where transmission occurs. Current theory suggests that the post-elimination challenges of remaining…

The use of census migration data to approximate human movement patterns across temporal scales.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Buckee CO, Pindolia DK, Eagle N, Smith DL, Garcia AJ, Tatem AJJournal: PLoS OnePMID: 23326367 January 2013

Human movement plays a key role in economies and development, the delivery of services, and the spread of infectious diseases.…

Quantifying the impact of human mobility on malaria.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Eagle N, Tatem AJ, Smith DL, Noor AM, Snow RW, Buckee COJournal: SciencePMID: 23066082 October 2012

Human movements contribute to the transmission of malaria on spatial scales that exceed the limits of mosquito dispersal. Identifying the…

Human movement data for malaria control and elimination strategic planning.

Author(s): Pindolia DK, Garcia AJ, Wesolowski A, Smith DL, Buckee CO, Noor AM, Snow RW, Tatem AJJournal: Malar JPMID: 22703541 June 2012

Recent increases in funding for malaria control have led to the reduction in transmission in many malaria endemic countries, prompting…