Publications

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 NC|Journal: PLoS Med|PMID: 28604777| June 2017

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

Comparing nonpharmaceutical interventions for containing emerging epidemics.

Author(s): Peak CM, Childs LM, Grad YH, Buckee CO|Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A|PMID: 28351976| April 2017

Strategies for containing an emerging infectious disease outbreak must be nonpharmaceutical when drugs or vaccines for the pathogen do not…

THE REAL McCOIL: A method for the concurrent estimation of the complexity of infection and SNP allele frequency for malaria parasites.

Author(s): Chang HH, Worby CJ, Yeka A, Nankabirwa J, Kamya MR, Staedke SG, Dorsey G, Murphy M, Neafsey DE, Jeffreys AE, Hubbart C, Rockett KA, Amato R, Kwiatkowski DP, Buckee CO, Greenhouse B|Journal: PLoS Comput Biol|PMID: 28125584| January 2017

As many malaria-endemic countries move towards elimination of Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent human malaria parasite, effective tools for monitoring…

Seasonal Population Movements and the Surveillance and Control of Infectious Diseases.

Author(s): Buckee CO, Tatem AJ, Metcalf CJE|Journal: Trends Parasitol|PMID: 27865741| January 2017

National policies designed to control infectious diseases should allocate resources for interventions based on regional estimates of disease burden from…

Disrupting Mosquito Reproduction and Parasite Development for Malaria Control.

Author(s): Childs LM, Cai FY, Kakani EG, Mitchell SN, Paton D, Gabrieli P, Buckee CO, Catteruccia F|Journal: PLoS Pathog|PMID: 27977810| December 2016

The control of mosquito populations with insecticide treated bed nets and indoor residual sprays remains the cornerstone of malaria reduction…

Connecting Mobility to Infectious Diseases: The Promise and Limits of Mobile Phone Data.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Buckee CO, Engø-Monsen K, Metcalf CJE|Journal: J Infect Dis|PMID: 28830104| December 2016

Human travel can shape infectious disease dynamics by introducing pathogens into susceptible populations or by changing the frequency of contacts…

Wolbachia infections in natural Anopheles populations affect egg laying and negatively correlate with Plasmodium development.

Author(s): Shaw WR, Marcenac P, Childs LM, Buckee CO, Baldini F, Sawadogo SP, Dabiré RK, Diabaté A, Catteruccia F|Journal: Nat Commun|PMID: 27243367| May 2016

The maternally inherited alpha-proteobacterium Wolbachia has been proposed as a tool to block transmission of devastating mosquito-borne infectious diseases like…

Variation in infection length and superinfection enhance selection efficiency in the human malaria parasite.

Author(s): Chang HH, Childs LM, Buckee CO|Journal: Sci Rep|PMID: 27193195| May 2016

The capacity for adaptation is central to the evolutionary success of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Malaria epidemiology is…

Introduction of rubella-containing-vaccine to Madagascar: implications for roll-out and local elimination.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Mensah K, Brook CE, Andrianjafimasy M, Winter A, Buckee CO, Razafindratsimandresy R, Tatem AJ, Heraud JM, Metcalf CJ|Journal: J R Soc Interface|PMID: 27122178| April 2016

Few countries in Africa currently include rubella-containing vaccination (RCV) in their immunization schedule. The Global Alliance for Vaccines Initiative (GAVI)…

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 CO|Journal: Nat Commun|PMID: 26456841| October 2015

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