Publications

Genomic assessment of within-host population variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Implications for gonorrhoea transmission

Author(s): Melinda M. Ashcroft, Eric P. F. Chow, Darren Y. J. Lee, Vesna De Petra, Maree Soumilas, Marlene Tschaepe, Lei Zhang, Danielle J. Ingle, George Taiaroa, Allison L Hicks, Yonatan H. Grad, Benjamin P. Howden, Christopher K. Fairley, Deborah A Williamson|Journal: medRxiv| August 2020

Mathematical modelling and genomic analyses are powerful methods for investigating the transmission dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, however, often make the…

Quantifying the impact of US state non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 transmission

Author(s): Hannah M Korevaar, Alexander David Becker, Ian F Miller, Bryan T Grenfell, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Michael J Mina|Journal: medRxiv| July 2020

COVID-19 is an ongoing public health emergency. Without a vaccine or effective antivirals, non-pharmaceutical interventions form the foundation of current…

The roles of stewardship and socioeconomic status in geographic variation in antibiotic prescribing: an observational study

Author(s): Stephen M Kissler, Monina Klevens, Michael Barnett, Yonatan M Grad|Journal: medRxiv| May 2020

Reducing geographic disparities in antibiotic prescribing is a central public health priority to combat antibiotic resistance, but the drivers of…

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…

The risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the healthcare setting and potential impact of cohorting strategies.

Author(s): Miller JC, Qiu X, Hanage WP|Journal: medRxiv|PMID: 32511644| April 2020

The threat of the COVID-19 pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 virus has grown since its start late last year. A customary response…

The role of absolute humidity on transmission rates of the COVID-19 outbreak

Author(s): Wei Luo, Maimuna S Majumder, Dianbo Liu, Canelle Poirier, Kenneth D Mandl, Marc Lipsitch, Mauricio Santillana|Journal: medRxiv| February 2020

A novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019 and has caused over 40,000 cases…

Using predicted imports of 2019-nCoV cases to determine locations that may not be identifying all imported cases.

Author(s): De Salazar PM, Niehus R, Taylor A, Buckee C, Lipsitch M|Journal: medRxiv|PMID: 32511458| February 2020

Cases from the ongoing outbreak of atypical pneumonia caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) exported from mainland China can…

Potential impact of outpatient stewardship interventions on antibiotic exposures of bacterial pathogens

Author(s): Christine Tedijanto, Yonatan H. Grad, Marc Lipsitch|Journal: medRxiv| January 2020

The relationship between antibiotic stewardship and population levels of antibiotic resistance remains unclear. In order to better understand changes in…

Dissecting the mechanisms of a 5-year decline in antibiotic prescribing

Author(s): Stephen M Kissler, R. Monina Klevens, Michael L. Barnett, Yonatan H. Grad|Journal: medRxiv| January 2020

The mechanisms driving the recent decline in outpatient antibiotic prescribing are unknown. To estimate the extent to which reductions in…