Publications

Longitudinal analysis of naturally acquired PfEMP1 CIDR domain variant antibodies identifies associations with malaria protection.

Author(s): Obeng-Adjei N, Larremore DB, Turner L, Ongoiba A, Li S, Doumbo S, Yazew TB, Kayentao K, Miller LH, Traore B, Pierce SK, Buckee CO, Lavstsen T, Crompton PD, Tran TM|Journal: JCI Insight|PMID: 32427581| May 2020

Malaria pathogenicity is determined, in part, by the adherence of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes to the microvasculature mediated via specific…

Wrong but Useful — What Covid-19 Epidemiologic Models Can and Cannot Tell Us

Author(s): Holmdahl IE, Buckee CO|Journal: N Engl J Med|PMID: 32412711| May 2020

Amid enormous uncertainty about the future of the Covid-19 pandemic, epidemiologic models are critical planning tools for policymakers, clinicians, and…

Comparative Impact of Individual Quarantine vs. Active Monitoring of Contacts for the Mitigation of COVID-19: a modelling study.

Author(s): Peak CM, Kahn R, Grad YH, Childs LM, Li R, Lipsitch M, Buckee CO|Journal: medRxiv|PMID: 32511440| April 2020

Voluntary individual quarantine and voluntary active monitoring of contacts are core disease control strategies for emerging infectious diseases, such as…

Accounting for red blood cell accessibility reveals distinct invasion strategies in Plasmodium falciparum strains.

Author(s): Cai F, DeSimone TM, Hansen E, Jennings CV, Bei AK, Ahouidi AD, Mboup S, Duraisingh MT, Buckee CO|Journal: PLoS Comput Biol|PMID: 32315315| April 2020

The growth of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in human blood causes all the symptoms of malaria. To proliferate, non-motile…

Identifying Locations with Possible Undetected Imported Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Cases by Using Importation Predictions.

Author(s): De Salazar PM, Niehus R, Taylor A, Buckee CO, Lipsitch M|Journal: Emerg Infect Dis|PMID: 32207679| March 2020

Cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection exported from mainland China could lead to self-sustained outbreaks in…

Aggregated mobility data could help fight COVID-19.

Author(s): Buckee CO, Balsari S, Chan J, Crosas M, Grad YH, Grenfell B, Halloran ME, Kraemer MUG, Lipsitch M, Metcalf CJE, Meyers LA, Perkins TA, Santillana M, Scarpino SV, Viboud C, Wesolowski A, Schroeder A|Journal: Science|PMID: 32205458| March 2020

As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic worsens, understanding the effectiveness of public messaging and large-scale social distancing interventions is critical.…

Improving epidemic surveillance and response: big data is dead, long live big data

Author(s): Buckee CO|Journal: Lancet Digit Health|PMID: 32518898| March 2020

Epidemics pose a growing threat. Our cities are increasingly densely populated, we are more connected than ever before, and in…

Incubation periods impact the spatial predictability of cholera and Ebola outbreaks in Sierra Leone.

Author(s): Kahn R, Peak CM, Fernández-Gracia J, Hill A, Jambai A, Ganda L, Castro MC, Buckee CO|Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A|PMID: 32054785| March 2020

Forecasting the spatiotemporal spread of infectious diseases during an outbreak is an important component of epidemic response. However, it remains…

Quantifying the success of measles vaccination campaigns in the Rohingya refugee camps.

Author(s): Chin T, Buckee CO, Mahmud AS|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 31951876| January 2020

In the wake of the Rohingya population's mass migration from Myanmar, one of the world's largest refugee settlements was constructed…

Resolving the cause of recurrent Plasmodium vivax malaria probabilistically.

Author(s): Taylor AR, Watson JA, Chu CS, Puaprasert K, Duanguppama J, Day NPJ, Nosten F, Neafsey DE, Buckee CO, Imwong M, White NJ|Journal: Nat Commun|PMID: 31811128| December 2019

Relapses arising from dormant liver-stage Plasmodium vivax parasites (hypnozoites) are a major cause of vivax malaria. However, in endemic areas,…