Niche and neutral effects of acquired immunity permit coexistence of pneumococcal serotypes. Author(s): Cobey S, Lipsitch M|Journal: Science|PMID: 22383809| March 2012 Over 90 capsular serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a common nasopharyngeal colonizer and major cause of pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis, are…
Predicting the epidemic sizes of influenza A/H1N1, A/H3N2, and B: a statistical method. Author(s): Goldstein E, Cobey S, Takahashi S, Miller JC, Lipsitch M|Journal: PLoS Med|PMID: 21750666| July 2011 The epidemic sizes of influenza A/H3N2, A/H1N1, and B infections vary from year to year in the United States. We…