Publications

Population mobility reductions associated with travel restrictions during the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone: use of mobile phone data.

Author(s): Peak CM, Wesolowski A, Zu Erbach-Schoenberg E, Tatem AJ, Wetter E, Lu X, Power D, Weidman-Grunewald E, Ramos S, Moritz S, Buckee CO, Bengtsson L|Journal: Int J Epidemiol|PMID: 29947788| October 2018

Travel restrictions were implemented on an unprecedented scale in 2015 in Sierra Leone to contain and eliminate Ebola virus disease.…

Estimating sources and sinks of malaria parasites in Madagascar.

Author(s): Ihantamalala FA, Herbreteau V, Rakotoarimanana FMJ, Rakotondramanga JM, Cauchemez S, Rahoilijaona B, Pennober G, Buckee CO, Rogier C, Metcalf CJE, Wesolowski A|Journal: Nat Commun|PMID: 30254280| September 2018

In areas where malaria epidemiology is spatially and temporally heterogeneous, human-mediated parasite importation can result in non-locally acquired clinical cases…

Measles outbreak risk in Pakistan: exploring the potential of combining vaccination coverage and incidence data with novel data-streams to strengthen control.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Winter A, Tatem AJ, Qureshi T, Engø-Monsen K, Buckee CO, Cummings DAT, Metcalf CJE|Journal: Epidemiol Infect|PMID: 29860954| September 2018

Although measles incidence has reached historic lows in many parts of the world, the disease still causes substantial morbidity globally.…

Multinational patterns of seasonal asymmetry in human movement influence infectious disease dynamics.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Zu Erbach-Schoenberg E, Tatem AJ, Lourenço C, Viboud C, Charu V, Eagle N, Engø-Monsen K, Qureshi T, Buckee CO, Metcalf CJE|Journal: Nat Commun|PMID: 29234011| December 2017

Seasonal variation in human mobility is globally ubiquitous and affects the spatial spread of infectious diseases, but the ability to…

Identifying climate drivers of infectious disease dynamics: recent advances and challenges ahead.

Author(s): Metcalf CJE, Walter KS, Wesolowski A, Buckee CO, Shevliakova E, Tatem AJ, Boos WR, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE|Journal: Proc Biol Sci|PMID: 28814655| August 2017

Climate change is likely to profoundly modulate the burden of infectious diseases. However, attributing health impacts to a changing climate…

Risk factors and short-term projections for serotype-1 poliomyelitis incidence in Pakistan: A spatiotemporal analysis.

Author(s): Molodecky NA, Blake IM, O'Reilly KM, Wadood MZ, Safdar RM, Wesolowski A, Buckee CO, Bandyopadhyay AS, Okayasu H, Grassly NC|Journal: PLoS Med|PMID: 28604777| June 2017

Pakistan currently provides a substantial challenge to global polio eradication, having contributed to 73% of reported poliomyelitis in 2015 and…

Connecting Mobility to Infectious Diseases: The Promise and Limits of Mobile Phone Data.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Buckee CO, Engø-Monsen K, Metcalf CJE|Journal: J Infect Dis|PMID: 28830104| December 2016

Human travel can shape infectious disease dynamics by introducing pathogens into susceptible populations or by changing the frequency of contacts…

Introduction of rubella-containing-vaccine to Madagascar: implications for roll-out and local elimination.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Mensah K, Brook CE, Andrianjafimasy M, Winter A, Buckee CO, Razafindratsimandresy R, Tatem AJ, Heraud JM, Metcalf CJ|Journal: J R Soc Interface|PMID: 27122178| April 2016

Few countries in Africa currently include rubella-containing vaccination (RCV) in their immunization schedule. The Global Alliance for Vaccines Initiative (GAVI)…

Impact of human mobility on the emergence of dengue epidemics in Pakistan.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Qureshi T, Boni MF, Sundsøy PR, Johansson MA, Rasheed SB, Engø-Monsen K, Buckee CO|Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A|PMID: 26351662| September 2015

The recent emergence of dengue viruses into new susceptible human populations throughout Asia and the Middle East, driven in part…

Quantifying seasonal population fluxes driving rubella transmission dynamics using mobile phone data.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Metcalf CJ, Eagle N, Kombich J, Grenfell BT, Bjørnstad ON, Lessler J, Tatem AJ, Buckee CO|Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A|PMID: 26283349| September 2015

Changing patterns of human aggregation are thought to drive annual and multiannual outbreaks of infectious diseases, but the paucity of…