2021
Evaluating the reliability of mobility metrics from aggregated mobile phone data as proxies for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA: a population-based study
Kishore N, Taylor AR, Jacob PE, Vembar N, Cohen T, Buckee CO, Menzies NA. Evaluating the reliability of mobility metrics from aggregated mobile phone data as proxies for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA: a population-based study. The Lancet Digital Health 2021, 4: e27-e36. PMID: 34740555, PMCID: PMC8563007, DOI: 10.1016/s2589-7500(21)00214-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 transmissionPopulation-based studyLaboratory-confirmed casesSARS-CoV-2 pandemicSARS-CoV-2Non-pharmaceutical interventionsCOVID-19 transmissionCOVID-19 casesEpidemiological dataReproduction numberEffective reproduction numberHealth StatisticsEquity of accessEpidemic trajectoriesCOVID-19Public healthTransmission indicatorsPopulation levelContact patterns
2018
Internal migration and transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in Shanghai, China: an epidemiological, spatial, genomic analysis
Yang C, Lu L, Warren JL, Wu J, Jiang Q, Zuo T, Gan M, Liu M, Liu Q, DeRiemer K, Hong J, Shen X, Colijn C, Guo X, Gao Q, Cohen T. Internal migration and transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in Shanghai, China: an epidemiological, spatial, genomic analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2018, 18: 788-795. PMID: 29681517, PMCID: PMC6035060, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30218-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChinaDisease Transmission, InfectiousFemaleGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinisatellite RepeatsMolecular EpidemiologyMycobacterium tuberculosisPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRural PopulationSpatial AnalysisTransients and MigrantsTuberculosisUrban PopulationWhole Genome SequencingConceptsM tuberculosisEpidemiological dataSingle nucleotide polymorphismsCulture-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolatesCulture-positive tuberculosisPopulation-based studyMycobacterium tuberculosis isolatesTransmission dynamicsTime of infectionDynamics of tuberculosisTuberculosis controlUS National InstitutesTuberculosis isolatesMore effective interventionsProximity of residenceRecent transmissionPatient's homeTuberculosisLocal transmission dynamicsEffective interventionsLocal transmissionLocal incidenceNational InstituteVNTR patternsWhole-genome sequencing