Publications – Page 67 – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

On the relative role of different age groups in influenza epidemics.

Author(s): Worby CJ, Chaves SS, Wallinga J, Lipsitch M, Finelli L, Goldstein EJournal: EpidemicsPMID: 26097505 December 2015

The identification of key "driver" groups in influenza epidemics is of much interest for the implementation of effective public health…

Calls for caution in genome engineering should be a model for similar dialogue on pandemic pathogen research.

Author(s): Lipsitch M, Esvelt K, Inglesby TJournal: Ann Intern MedPMID: 26344802 November 2015

Recombination produces coherent bacterial species clusters in both core and accessory genomes.

Author(s): Marttinen P, Croucher NJ, Gutmann MU, Corander J, Hanage WPJournal: Microb GenomPMID: 28348822 November 2015

Population samples show bacterial genomes can be divided into a core of ubiquitous genes and accessory genes that are present…

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…

Population genomic datasets describing the post-vaccine evolutionary epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Author(s): Croucher NJ, Finkelstein JA, Pelton SI, Parkhill J, Bentley SD, Lipsitch M, Hanage WPJournal: Sci DataPMID: 26528397 October 2015

Streptococcus pneumoniae is common nasopharyngeal commensal bacterium and important human pathogen. Vaccines against a subset of pneumococcal antigenic diversity have…

Ape parasite origins of human malaria virulence genes.

Author(s): Larremore DB, Sundararaman SA, Liu W, Proto WR, Clauset A, Loy DE, Speede S, Plenderleith LJ, Sharp PM, Hahn BH, Rayner JC, Buckee COJournal: Nat CommunPMID: 26456841 October 2015

Antigens encoded by the var gene family are major virulence factors of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, exhibiting enormous…

Time From Infection to Disease and Infectiousness for Ebola Virus Disease, a Systematic Review.

Author(s): Velásquez GE, Aibana O, Ling EJ, Diakite I, Mooring EQ, Murray MBJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 26129757 October 2015

We systematically reviewed the literature to estimate the incubation and latent periods of Ebola virus disease. We found limited epidemiological…

Impact of human mobility on the emergence of dengue epidemics in Pakistan.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Qureshi T, Boni MF, Sundsøy PR, Johansson MA, Rasheed SB, Engø-Monsen K, Buckee COJournal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S APMID: 26351662 September 2015

The recent emergence of dengue viruses into new susceptible human populations throughout Asia and the Middle East, driven in part…

Effect of Serotype on Pneumococcal Competition in a Mouse Colonization Model.

Author(s): Trzciński K, Li Y, Weinberger DM, Thompson CM, Cordy D, Bessolo A, Malley R, Lipsitch MJournal: MBioPMID: 26374118 September 2015

Competitive interactions between Streptococcus pneumoniae strains during host colonization could influence the serotype distribution in nasopharyngeal carriage and pneumococcal disease.…

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…