Publications

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

Author(s): Obaldía N 3rd, Dow GS, Gerena L, Kyle D, Otero W, Mantel PY, Baro N, Daniels R, Mukherjee A, Childs LM, Buckee C, Duraisingh MT, Volkman SK, Wirth DF, Marti MJournal: Sci RepPMID: 26880111 February 2016

Infections with Plasmodium falciparum, the most pathogenic of the Plasmodium species affecting man, have been reduced in part due to…

Identifying the effect of patient sharing on between-hospital genetic differentiation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Author(s): Chang HH, Dordel J, Donker T, Worby CJ, Feil EJ, Hanage WP, Bentley SD, Huang SS, Lipsitch MJournal: Genome MedPMID: 26873713 February 2016

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common healthcare-associated pathogens. To examine the role of inter-hospital patient sharing…

Impact of Host Heterogeneity on the Efficacy of Interventions to Reduce Staphylococcus aureus Carriage.

Author(s): Chang Q, Lipsitch M, Hanage WPJournal: Infect Control Hosp EpidemiolPMID: 26598029 February 2016

Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of bacterial infections worldwide. It is most commonly carried in and transmitted from the…

The ethics of biosafety considerations in gain-of-function research resulting in the creation of potential pandemic pathogens.

Author(s): Evans NG, Lipsitch M, Levinson MJournal: J Med EthicsPMID: 26320212 November 2015

This paper proposes an ethical framework for evaluating biosafety risks of gain-of-function (GOF) experiments that create novel strains of influenza…

The potential impact of coinfection on antimicrobial chemotherapy and drug resistance.

Author(s): Birger RB, Kouyos RD, Cohen T, Griffiths EC, Huijben S, Mina MJ, Volkova V, Grenfell B, Metcalf CJEJournal: Trends MicrobiolPMID: 26028590 September 2015

Across a range of pathogens, resistance to chemotherapy is a growing problem in both public health and animal health. Despite…

Estimating the hospitalization burden associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in New York City, 2003-2011.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Greene SK, Olson DR, Hanage WP, Lipsitch MJournal: Influenza Other Respir VirusesPMID: 25980600 September 2015

Hospitalization burden associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is uncertain due to ambiguity in the inference methodologies employed…

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

Identifying the effect of patient sharing on between-hospital genetic differentiation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Impact of Host Heterogeneity on the Efficacy of Interventions to Reduce Staphylococcus aureus Carriage.

The ethics of biosafety considerations in gain-of-function research resulting in the creation of potential pandemic pathogens.

The potential impact of coinfection on antimicrobial chemotherapy and drug resistance.

Estimating the hospitalization burden associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in New York City, 2003-2011.

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

Whole-genome sequencing for national surveillance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157.

Vaccination Drives Changes in Metabolic and Virulence Profiles of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Potential Biases in Estimating Absolute and Relative Case-Fatality Risks during Outbreaks.