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Comment on "Long-term measles-induced immunomodulation increases overall childhood infectious disease mortality" by Thakkar, Niket, McCarthy, Kevin A

“…Mina (Reports, 8 May 2015, p. 694) used population-level statistical analysis to argue that measles infection results in a 2- to 3-year immunomodulation,…”
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Direct imaging of liquid domains in membranes by cryo-electron tomography by Cornell, Caitlin E., Mileant, Alexander, Thakkard, Niket, Lee, Kelly K., Keller, Sarah L.

“…Images of micrometer-scale domains in lipid bilayers have provided the gold standard of model-free evidence to understand the domains’ shapes, sizes, and…”
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Slight reduction in SARS-CoV-2 exposure viral load due to masking results in a significant reduction in transmission with widespread implementation by Goyal, Ashish, Reeves, Daniel B., Thakkar, Niket, Famulare, Mike, Cardozo-Ojeda, E. Fabián, Mayer, Bryan T., Schiffer, Joshua T.

“…Masks are a vital tool for limiting SARS-CoV-2 spread in the population. Here we utilize a mathematical model to assess the impact of masking on transmission…”
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Characterizing Localized Surface Plasmons Using Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy by Cherqui, Charles, Thakkar, Niket, Li, Guoliang, Camden, Jon P, Masiello, David J

“…Electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) offers a window to view nanoscale properties and processes. When performed in a scanning transmission electron…”
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Sculpting Fano Resonances To Control Photonic–Plasmonic Hybridization by Thakkar, Niket, Rea, Morgan T, Smith, Kevin C, Heylman, Kevin D, Quillin, Steven C, Knapper, Kassandra A, Horak, Erik H, Masiello, David J, Goldsmith, Randall H

“…Hybrid photonic–plasmonic systems have tremendous potential as versatile platforms for the study and control of nanoscale light–matter interactions since their…”
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Impact of COVID-19-related disruptions to measles, meningococcal A, and yellow fever vaccination in 10 countries by Gaythorpe, Katy Am, Abbas, Kaja, Huber, John, Karachaliou, Andromachi, Thakkar, Niket, Woodruff, Kim, Li, Xiang, Echeverria-Londono, Susy, Ferrari, Matthew, Jackson, Michael L, McCarthy, Kevin, Perkins, T Alex, Trotter, Caroline, Jit, Mark

“…Childhood immunisation services have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO recommends considering outbreak risk using epidemiological criteria when…”
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Policy Review and Modeling Analysis of Mitigation Measures for Coronavirus Disease Epidemic Control, Health System, and Disease Burden, South Korea by Kim, Hae-Young, Oh, In-Hwan, Lee, Jacob, Seon, Jeong-Yeon, Jeon, Woo-Hwi, Park, Jae Seok, Nam, Sung-Il, Thakkar, Niket, Selvaraj, Prashanth, McGillen, Jessica, Klein, Daniel, Braithwaite, Scott, Bershteyn, Anna, Lee, Seung Heon

“…We reviewed the timeline of key policies for control of the coronavirus disease epidemic and determined their impact on the epidemic and hospital burden in…”
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Estimating the Impact of Vaccination Campaigns on Measles Transmission in Somalia by Thakkar, Niket, Abubakar, Ali Haji Adam, Shube, Mukhtar, Jama, Mustafe Awil, Derow, Mohamed, Lambach, Philipp, Ashmony, Hossam, Farid, Muhammad, Sim, So Yoon, O'Connor, Patrick, Minta, Anna, Bose, Anindya Sekhar, Musanhu, Patience, Hasan, Quamrul, Bar-Zeev, Naor, Malik, Sk Md Mamunur Rahman

“…Somalia is a complex and fragile setting with a demonstrated potential for disruptive, high-burden measles outbreaks. In response, since 2018, Somalian…”
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Population-Level Risk Factors Related to Measles Case Fatality: A Conceptual Framework Based on Expert Consultation and Literature Review by Sbarra, Alyssa N, Jit, Mark, Mosser, Jonathan F, Ferrari, Matthew, Cutts, Felicity, Papania, Mark, Kretsinger, Katrina, McCarthy, Kevin A, Thakkar, Niket, Gaythorpe, Katy A M, Gamage, Deepa, Krause, L Kendall, Dansereau, Emily, Crowcroft, Natasha, Portnoy, Allison

“…A better understanding of population-level factors related to measles case fatality is needed to estimate measles mortality burden and impact of interventions…”
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Optical microresonators as single-particle absorption spectrometers by Heylman, Kevin D., Thakkar, Niket, Horak, Erik H., Quillin, Steven C., Cherqui, Charles, Knapper, Kassandra A., Masiello, David J., Goldsmith, Randall H.

“…Optical measurements of nanoscale objects offer major insights into fundamental biological, material and photonic properties. In absorption spectroscopy,…”
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Charge-Tunable Quantum Plasmons in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals by Schimpf, Alina M, Thakkar, Niket, Gunthardt, Carolyn E, Masiello, David J, Gamelin, Daniel R

“…Nanomaterials exhibiting plasmonic optical responses are impacting sensing, information processing, catalysis, solar, and photonics technologies. Recent…”
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Decreasing measles burden by optimizing campaign timing by Thakkar, Niket, Gilani, Syed Saqlain Ahmad, Hasan, Quamrul, McCarthy, Kevin A.

“…Measles remains a major contributor to preventable child mortality, and bridging gaps in measles immunity is a fundamental challenge to global health. In…”
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Depletion with Cyclodextrin Reveals Two Populations of Cholesterol in Model Lipid Membranes by Litz, Jonathan P., Thakkar, Niket, Portet, Thomas, Keller, Sarah L.

“…Recent results provide evidence that cholesterol is highly accessible for removal from both cell and model membranes above a threshold concentration that…”
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Policy Review and Modeling Analysis of Mitigation Measures for Coronavirus Disease Epidemic Control, Health System, and Disease Burden, South Korea by Kim, Hae-Young, Oh, In-Hwan, Lee, Jacob, Seon, Jeong-Yeon, Jeon, Woo-Hwi, Park, Jae Seok, Nam, Sung-Il, Thakkar, Niket, Selvaraj, Prashanth, McGillen, Jessica, Klein, Daniel, Braithwaite, Scott, Bershteyn, Anna, Lee, Seung Heon

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Quantum Beats from Entangled Localized Surface Plasmons by Thakkar, Niket, Cherqui, Charles, Masiello, David J

“…Recent experiments report observations of quantum interference between plasmon resonances, inviting descriptions of plasmon–photon interaction using methods…”
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STEM/EELS Imaging of Magnetic Hybridization in Symmetric and Symmetry-Broken Plasmon Oligomer Dimers and All-Magnetic Fano Interference by Cherqui, Charles, Wu, Yueying, Li, Guoliang, Quillin, Steven C, Busche, Jacob A, Thakkar, Niket, West, Claire A, Montoni, Nicholas P, Rack, Philip D, Camden, Jon P, Masiello, David J

“…Negative-index metamaterials composed of magnetic plasmon oligomers are actively being investigated for their potential role in optical cloaking, superlensing,…”
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A modeling approach for estimating dynamic measles case detection rates by Thakkar, Niket

“…The main idea in this paper is that the age associated with reported measles cases can be used to estimate the number of undetected measles infections…”
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Comment on “HgS and HgS/CdS Colloidal Quantum Dots with Infrared Intraband Transitions and Emergence of a Surface Plasmon” by Thakkar, Niket, Schimpf, Alina M, Gunthardt, Carolyn E, Gamelin, Daniel R, Masiello, David J

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Energy and Charge Transfer in Open Plasmonic Systems by Thakkar, Niket

“…Coherent and collective charge oscillations in metal nanoparticles (MNPs), known as localized surface plasmons, offer unprecedented control and enhancement of…”
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A generating function perspective on the transmission forest by Thakkar, Niket, Famulare, Mike

“…In a previous paper, we showed that a compartmental stochastic process model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission could be fit to time series data and then reinterpreted…”
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