Author(s): Cowley LA, Afrad MH, Rahman SIA, Mahfuz-Al-Mamun Md, Chin T, Mahmud AS, Rahman MZ, Billah MM, Khan MH, Sultana S, Khondaker T, Baker S, Banik N, Alam AN, Mannoor K, Banu S, Chowdhury A, Flora MS, Thomson N, Buckee C, Qadri F, Shirin T|Journal: medRxiv| January 2021
New data streams are being used to track the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, including genomic data which provides insights into patterns…
Author(s): Watson JA, Kissler S, Day NP, Grad YH, White NJ|Journal: medRxiv| January 2021
There is no agreed methodology for pharmacometric assessment of candidate antiviral drugs in COVID-19. The most widely used measure of…
Author(s): Kiang MV, Chen JT, Krieger N, Buckee CO, Alexander MJ, Baker JT, Buckner RL, Coombs G, Rich-Edwards JW, Carlson KW, Onnela JP|Journal: medRxiv| January 2021
The ubiquity of smartphones, with their increasingly sophisticated array of sensors, presents an unprecedented opportunity for researchers to collect diverse,…
Author(s): Sun DS, Kissler SM, Kanjilal S, Olesen SW, Lipsitch M, Grad YH|Journal: medRxiv| December 2020
Understanding how antibiotic use drives resistance is crucial for guiding effective strategies to limit the spread of resistance, but the…
Author(s): Bushman M, Worby C, Chang H.-H, Kraemer M, Hanage WP|Journal: medRxiv| December 2020
Nonpharmaceutical interventions, such as contact tracing and quarantine, are currently the primary means of controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2; however,…
Author(s): Kissler SM, Mitchell M, Grad Y|Journal: medRxiv| December 2020
A gonococcal vaccine could reduce antibiotic prescribing and associated resistance, but the potential gains have not been measured. We estimated…
Author(s): Nikolay B, Lipsitch M, Rahman M, Luby SP, Salje H, Gurley ES, Cauchemez S|Journal: medRxiv| December 2020
Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging, bat-borne pathogen that can be transmitted from person-to-person. Vaccines are currently being developed for…
Author(s): Poyraz O, Sater MRA, Miller LG, McKinnell JA, Huang SS, Grad Y|Journal: medRxiv| December 2020
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonizes multiple body sites, and carriage is an important risk factor for MRSA infection. Successful decolonization…