2015
Reassessment of HIV-1 Acute Phase Infectivity: Accounting for Heterogeneity and Study Design with Simulated Cohorts
Bellan SE, Dushoff J, Galvani AP, Meyers LA. Reassessment of HIV-1 Acute Phase Infectivity: Accounting for Heterogeneity and Study Design with Simulated Cohorts. PLOS Medicine 2015, 12: e1001801. PMID: 25781323, PMCID: PMC4363602, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElevated viral loadAcute phaseViral load trajectoriesSexual network structureViral loadStudy terminationExclusion criteriaRetrospective cohort study designStudy designAcute phase durationSerodiscordant heterosexual couplesRetrospective cohort dataCohort study designProportion of transmissionCourse of infectionRetrospective cohortAntiretroviral treatmentSerodiscordant couplesChronic phaseSimulated cohortRelative hazardCohort dataCohortWide credibility intervalsAdditional risk
2013
Cost-effectiveness of a community-based intervention for reducing the transmission of Schistosoma haematobium and HIV in Africa
Mbah M, Kjetland EF, Atkins KE, Poolman EM, Orenstein EW, Meyers LA, Townsend JP, Galvani AP. Cost-effectiveness of a community-based intervention for reducing the transmission of Schistosoma haematobium and HIV in Africa. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 7952-7957. PMID: 23589884, PMCID: PMC3651507, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221396110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-based interventionsHIV infectionHIV transmissionSchistosoma haematobiumFemale genital schistosomiasisAdministration of praziquantelSaharan AfricaRural ZimbabweS. haematobium transmissionGenital schistosomiasisGenital infectionHealth payersSchool-aged childrenIntervention periodEpidemiological dataEpidemiological studiesS. haematobiumSchistosomiasis prevalenceHealth educationInfectionSchistosomiasisYoung womenHaematobiumInterventionHIV
2005
Dimensions of superspreading
Galvani AP, May RM. Dimensions of superspreading. Nature 2005, 438: 293-295. PMID: 16292292, PMCID: PMC7095140, DOI: 10.1038/438293a.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Evaluating plague and smallpox as historical selective pressures for the CCR5-Δ32 HIV-resistance allele
Galvani AP, Slatkin M. Evaluating plague and smallpox as historical selective pressures for the CCR5-Δ32 HIV-resistance allele. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2003, 100: 15276-15279. PMID: 14645720, PMCID: PMC299980, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2435085100.Peer-Reviewed Original Research