Publications – Page 57 – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Mapping malaria by combining parasite genomic and epidemiologic data.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Taylor AR, Chang HH, Verity R, Tessema S, Bailey JA, Alex Perkins T, Neafsey DE, Greenhouse B, Buckee COJournal: BMC MedPMID: 30333020 October 2018

Recent global progress in scaling up malaria control interventions has revived the goal of complete elimination in many countries. Decreasing…

Analyzing Vaccine Trials in Epidemics with Mild and Asymptomatic Infection.

Author(s): Kahn R, Hitchings M, Wang R, Bellan S, Lipsitch MJournal: Am J EpidemiolPMID: 30329134 October 2018

Vaccine efficacy against susceptibility to infection (VES), regardless of symptoms, is an important endpoint of vaccine trials for pathogens with…

Within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis diversity and its utility for inferences of transmission.

Author(s): Martin MA, Lee RS, Cowley LA, Gardy JL, Hanage WPJournal: Microb GenomPMID: 30303479 October 2018

Whole genome sequencing in conjunction with traditional epidemiology has been used to reconstruct transmission networks of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during outbreaks.…

Use of an individual-based model of pneumococcal carriage for planning a randomized trial of a whole-cell vaccine.

Author(s): Cai FY, Fussell T, Cobey S, Lipsitch MJournal: PLoS Comput BiolPMID: 30273332 October 2018

For encapsulated bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, asymptomatic carriage is more common and longer in duration than disease, and hence…

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 LJournal: Int J EpidemiolPMID: 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 AJournal: Nat CommunPMID: 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…

Impact of Antimicrobial Treatment for Acute Otitis Media on Carriage Dynamics of Penicillin-Susceptible and Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Author(s): Lewnard JA, Tähtinen PA, Laine MK, Lindholm L, Jalava J, Huovinen P, Lipsitch M, Ruohola AJournal: J Infect DisPMID: 29873739 September 2018

Despite concerns that antimicrobial treatment of prevalent infections may select for drug-resistant bacteria, the effects of antimicrobial treatment on colonization…

Azithromycin susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and seasonal macrolide use.

Author(s): Olesen SW, Torrone EA, Papp JR, Kirkcaldy RD, Lipsitch M, Grad YHJournal: J Infect DisPMID: 30239814 September 2018

Rising azithromycin nonsusceptibility among Neisseria gonorrhoeae threatens current treatment recommendations, but the cause of this rise is not well understood.…

Challenges of vaccine effectiveness and waning studies.

Author(s): Lipsitch MJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 30204853 September 2018

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 CJEJournal: Epidemiol InfectPMID: 29860954 September 2018

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