Publications

Surveillance of pneumococcal colonization and invasive pneumococcal disease reveals shift in prevalent carriage serotypes in Massachusetts’ children to relatively low invasiveness.

Author(s): Yildirim I, Little BA, Finkelstein J, Lee G, Hanage WP, Shea K, Pelton SI, T., he Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health.Journal: VaccinePMID: 28645717 July 2017

Following the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), overall nasopharyngeal colonization rates have not changed significantly, however a dramatic and…

Speciation trajectories in recombining bacterial species.

Author(s): Marttinen P, Hanage WPJournal: PLoS Comput BiolPMID: 28671999 July 2017

It is generally agreed that bacterial diversity can be classified into genetically and ecologically cohesive units, but what produces such…

If a Global Catastrophic Biological Risk Materializes, at What Stage Will We Recognize It?

Author(s): Lipsitch MJournal: Health SecurPMID: 28745911 July 2017

Systematic analysis of protein identity between Zika virus and other arthropod-borne viruses.

Author(s): Chang HH, Huber RG, Bond PJ, Grad YH, Camerini D, Maurer-Stroh S, Lipsitch MJournal: Bull World Health OrganPMID: 28670016 July 2017

To analyse the proportions of protein identity between Zika virus and dengue, Japanese encephalitis, yellow fever, West Nile and chikungunya…

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 NCJournal: PLoS MedPMID: 28604777 June 2017

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

Penicillin Resistance of Nonvaccine Type Pneumococcus before and after PCV13 Introduction, United States.

Author(s): Andam CP, Worby CJ, Gierke R, McGee L, Pilishvili T, Hanage WPJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 28518018 June 2017

Introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the United States was not associated with a significant change in prevalence of…

Population effect of influenza vaccination under co-circulation of non-vaccine variants and the case for a bivalent A/H3N2 vaccine component.

Author(s): Worby CJ, Wallinga J, Lipsitch M, Goldstein EJournal: EpidemicsPMID: 28262588 June 2017

Some past epidemics of different influenza subtypes (particularly A/H3N2) in the US saw co-circulation of vaccine-type and variant strains. There…