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Utilizing general human movement models to predict the spread of emerging infectious diseases in resource poor settings by Kraemer, M. U. G., Golding, N., Bisanzio, D., Bhatt, S., Pigott, D. M., Ray, S. E., Brady, O. J., Brownstein, J. S., Faria, N. R., Cummings, D. A. T., Pybus, O. G., Smith, D. L., Tatem, A. J., Hay, S. I., Reiner, R. C.

“…Human mobility is an important driver of geographic spread of infectious pathogens. Detailed information about human movements during outbreaks are, however,…”
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Close encounters of the infectious kind: methods to measure social mixing behaviour by READ, J. M, EDMUNDS, W. J, RILEY, S, LESSLER, J, CUMMINGS, D. A. T

“…A central tenet of close-contact or respiratory infection epidemiology is that infection patterns within human populations are related to underlying patterns…”
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The impact of a physical geographic barrier on the dynamics of measles by VORA, A., BURKE, D. S., CUMMINGS, D. A. T.

“…Spatial–temporal patterns of measles incidence reflect the spatial distribution of human hosts. The heterogeneous spatial distribution of communities has been…”
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Maintaining high rates of measles immunization in Africa by LESSLER, J., MOSS, W. J., LOWTHER, S. A., CUMMINGS, D. A. T.

“…Supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) are important in achieving high levels of population immunity to measles virus. Using data from a 2006 survey of…”
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Understanding dengue virus evolution to support epidemic surveillance and counter-measure development by Pollett, S., Melendrez, M.C., Maljkovic Berry, I., Duchêne, S., Salje, H., Cummings, D.A.T., Jarman, R.G.

“…Dengue virus (DENV) causes a profound burden of morbidity and mortality, and its global burden is rising due to the co-circulation of four divergent DENV…”
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Big city, small world: density, contact rates, and transmission of dengue across Pakistan by Kraemer, M. U. G., Perkins, T. A., Cummings, D. A. T., Zakar, R., Hay, S. I., Smith, D. L., Reiner, R. C.

“…Macroscopic descriptions of populations commonly assume that encounters between individuals are well mixed; i.e. each individual has an equal chance of coming…”
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Reconstruction and prediction of viral disease epidemics by Kraemer, M U G, Cummings, D A T, Funk, S, Reiner, R C, Faria, N R, Pybus, O G, Cauchemez, S

“…A growing number of infectious pathogens are spreading among geographic regions. Some pathogens that were previously not considered to pose a general threat to…”
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Travel distance and human movement predict paths of emergence and spatial spread of chikungunya in Thailand by Chadsuthi, S., Althouse, B. M., Iamsirithaworn, S., Triampo, W., Grantz, K. H., Cummings, D. A. T.

“…Human movement contributes to the probability that pathogens will be introduced to new geographic locations. Here we investigate the impact of human movement…”
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Quantifying potentially infectious sharing patterns among people who inject drugs in Baltimore, USA by Smith, M K, Graham, M, Latkin, C A, Mehta, S H, Cummings, D A T

“…Mixing matrices quantify how people with similar or different characteristics make contact with each other, creating potential for disease transmission. Little…”
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A Long-Lasting Measles Epidemic in Maroua, Cameroon 2008-2009: Mass Vaccination as Response to the Epidemic by Luquero, Francisco J., Pham-Orsetti, Heloise, Cummings, D. A. T., Ngaunji, Philippe E., Nimpa, Marcelino, Fermon, Florence, Ngoe, Ndong, Sosler, Stephen, Strebel, Peter, Grais, Rebecca F.

“…Background. A measles outbreak occurred in Maroua, Cameroon, from January 2008 to April 2009. In accordance with recent World Health Organization guidelines,…”
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The population ecology of infectious diseases: pertussis in Thailand as a case study by Blackwood, J C, Cummings, D A T, Broutin, H, Iamsirithaworn, S, Rohani, P

“…Many of the fundamental concepts in studying infectious diseases are rooted in population ecology. We describe the importance of population ecology in…”
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Using age-stratified incidence data to examine the transmission consequences of pertussis vaccination by Blackwood, J.C, Cummings, D.A.T, Iamsirithaworn, S, Rohani, P

“…Highlights • Analyzed age-structured case notification data of pertussis in Thailand • Observed substantial decreases in incidence in all age classes following…”
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Recasting the theory of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission dynamics and control by Smith, David L., Perkins, T. Alex, Reiner, Robert C., Barker, Christopher M., Niu, Tianchan, Chaves, Luis Fernando, Ellis, Alicia M., George, Dylan B., Le Menach, Arnaud, Pulliam, Juliet R. C., Bisanzio, Donal, Buckee, Caroline, Chiyaka, Christinah, Cummings, Derek A. T., Garcia, Andres J., Gatton, Michelle L., Gething, Peter W., Hartley, David M., Johnston, Geoffrey, Klein, Eili Y., Michael, Edwin, Lloyd, Alun L., Pigott, David M., Reisen, William K., Ruktanonchai, Nick, Singh, Brajendra K., Stoller, Jeremy, Tatem, Andrew J., Kitron, Uriel, Godfray, H. Charles J., Cohen, Justin M., Hay, Simon I., Scott, Thomas W.

“…Mosquito-borne diseases pose some of the greatest challenges in public health, especially in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Efforts to control…”
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Design and Analysis of Vaccine Studies: By M. Elizabeth Halloran, Ira M. Longini, Jr., and Claudio J. Struchiner by Cummings, D. A. T., Lessler, J.

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Mutations in ZIC2 in human holoprosencephaly: description of a novel ZIC2 specific phenotype and comprehensive analysis of 157 individuals by Solomon, Benjamin D, Lacbawan, Felicitas, Mercier, Sandra, Clegg, Nancy J, Delgado, Mauricio R, Rosenbaum, Kenneth, Dubourg, Christèle, David, Veronique, Olney, Ann Haskins, Wehner, Lars-Erik, Hehr, Ute, Bale, Sherri, Paulussen, Aimee, Smeets, Hubert J, Hardisty, Emily, Tylki-Szymanska, Anna, Pronicka, Ewa, Clemens, Michelle, McPherson, Elizabeth, Hennekam, Raoul C M, Hahn, Jin, Stashinko, Elaine, Levey, Eric, Wieczorek, Dagmar, Roeder, Elizabeth, Schell-Apacik, Chayim Can, Booth, Carol W, Thomas, Ronald L, Kenwrick, Sue, Cummings, Derek A T, Bous, Sophia M, Keaton, Amelia, Balog, Joan Z, Hadley, Donald, Zhou, Nan, Long, Robert, Vélez, Jorge I, Pineda-Alvarez, Daniel E, Odent, Sylvie, Roessler, Erich, Muenke, Maximilian

“…Holoprosencephaly (HPE), the most common malformation of the human forebrain, may be due to mutations in genes associated with non-syndromic HPE. Mutations in…”
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REVIEW ARTICLE: Close encounters of the infectious kind: methods to measure social mixing behaviour by READ, J. M., EDMUNDS, W. J., RILEY, S., LESSLER, J., CUMMINGS, D. A. T.

“…A central tenet of close-contact or respiratory infection epidemiology is that infection patterns within human populations are related to underlying patterns…”
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A Long-Lasting Measles Epidemic in Maroua, Cameroon 2008-2009: Mass Vaccination as Response to the Epidemic: Global Progress Toward Measles Eradication and Prevention of Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome by LUQUERO, Francisco J, PHAM-ORSETTI, Heloise, CUMMINGS, D. A. T, NGAUNJI, Philippe E, NIMPA, Marcelino, FERMON, Florence, NGOE, Ndong, SOSLER, Stephen, STREBEL, Peter, GRAIS, Rebecca F

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The Impact of Differential Mixing by Sexual Activity on Racial/Ethnic STI Disparities: A Simulation Study by Fichtenberg, C M, Cummings, D A T, Glass, T A, Ellen, J M

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