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Emergent Trade-Offs and Selection for Outbreak Frequency in Spatial Epidemics by van Ballegooijen, W Marijn, Boerlijst, Maarten C

“…Nonspatial theory on pathogen evolution generally predicts selection for maximal number of secondary infections, constrained only by supposed physiological…”
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Genetic Data Provide Evidence for Wind-Mediated Transmission of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza by Ypma, Rolf J.F., Jonges, Marcel, Bataille, Arnaud, Stegeman, Arjan, Koch, Guus, van Boven, Michiel, Koopmans, Marion, van Ballegooijen, W. Marijn, Wallinga, Jacco

“…Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry can cause severe economic damage and represent a public health threat. Development of efficient…”
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Finding evidence for local transmission of contagious disease in molecular epidemiological datasets by Ypma, Rolf J F, Donker, Tjibbe, van Ballegooijen, W Marijn, Wallinga, Jacco

“…Surveillance systems of contagious diseases record information on cases to monitor incidence of disease and to evaluate effectiveness of interventions. These…”
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Emergence of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 4: Phylogenetic Analysis Reveals Three Distinct Epidemiological Profiles by de Bruijne, Joep, Schinkel, Janke, Prins, Maria, Koekkoek, Sylvie M, Aronson, Sem J, van Ballegooijen, Marijn W, Reesink, Hendrik W, Molenkamp, Richard, van de Laar, Thijs J.W

“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 4 (HCV-4) infection is considered to be difficult to treat and has become increasingly prevalent in European countries,…”
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Nowcasting pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 hospitalizations in the Netherlands by Donker, Tjibbe, van Boven, Michiel, van Ballegooijen, W. Marijn, van't Klooster, Tessa M., Wielders, Cornelia C., Wallinga, Jacco

“…During emerging epidemics of infectious diseases, it is vital to have up-to-date information on epidemic trends, such as incidence or health care demand,…”
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Relating phylogenetic trees to transmission trees of infectious disease outbreaks by Ypma, Rolf J F, van Ballegooijen, W Marijn, Wallinga, Jacco

“…Transmission events are the fundamental building blocks of the dynamics of any infectious disease. Much about the epidemiology of a disease can be learned when…”
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Molecular Sequence Data of Hepatitis B Virus and Genetic Diversity After Vaccination by van Ballegooijen, W. Marijn, van Houdt, Robin, Bruisten, Sylvia M., Boot, Hein J., Coutinho, Roel A., Wallinga, Jacco

“…The effect of vaccination programs on transmission of infectious disease is usually assessed by monitoring programs that rely on notifications of symptomatic…”
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Improved tracing of hepatitis B virus transmission chains by phylogenetic analysis based on C region sequences by Boot, Hein J, Cremer, Jeroen, Koedijk, Femke D.H, van Ballegooijen, W. Marijn, Op de Coul, Eline L.M

“…An effective vaccine is available for the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is a very contagious human pathogen. The prevalence of chronic HBV infection is very…”
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A Sign of Superspreading in Tuberculosis: Highly Skewed Distribution of Genotypic Cluster Sizes by Ypma, Rolf J. F., Altes, Hester Korthals, van Soolingen, Dick, Wallinga, Jacco, van Ballegooijen, W. Marijn

“…Background: Molecular typing is a valuable tool for gaining insight into spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Typing allows for clustering of cases whose…”
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Van Ballegooijen et al. Respond to “Evaluating Vaccination Programs Using Genetic Sequence Data” by van Ballegooijen, W. Marijn, van Houdt, Robin, Bruisten, Sylvia M., Boot, Hein J., Coutinho, Roel A., Wallinga, Jacco

“…In a response to an article by M. Elizabeth Halloran and Edward C. Holmes titled "Evaluating Vaccination Programs Using Genetic Sequence Data", Ballegooijen et…”
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Is population-level perversity a likely outcome of mass vaccination against HIV? by Bogaards, Johannes A, van Ballegooijen, W Marijn, Jan Weverling, Gerrit, Boerlijst, Maarten C, Goudsmit, Jaap

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Different transmission patterns in the early stages of the influenza A(H1N1)v pandemic: A comparative analysis of 12 European countries by Flasche, Stefan, Hens, Niel, Boëlle, Pierre-Yves, Mossong, Joël, van Ballegooijen, W. Marijn, Nunes, Baltazar, Rizzo, Caterina, Popovici, Florin, Santa-Olalla, Patricia, Hrubá, Frantiska, Parmakova, Kremena, Baguelin, Marc, van Hoek, Albert Jan, Desenclos, Jean-Claude, Bernillon, Pascale, Cámara, Amparro Larrauri, Wallinga, Jacco, Asikainen, Tommi, White, Peter J, Edmunds, W. John

“…Abstract Following the emergence of a novel strain of influenza A(H1N1) in Mexico and the United States in April 2009, its epidemiology in Europe during the…”
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