2019
Modeling Approaches Toward Understanding Infectious Disease Transmission
Skrip L, Townsend J. Modeling Approaches Toward Understanding Infectious Disease Transmission. 2019, 227-243. PMCID: PMC7121152, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25553-4_14.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsModern statistical inferenceInfectious disease dynamicsStatistical inferenceMathematical modelData-driven modelsPublic health strategiesDisease dynamicsGlobal health infrastructureInfluenza vaccinationInfectious disease transmissionHealth strategiesDisease trendsBehavioral interventionsHealth infrastructureEbola epidemicPowerful toolDisease transmissionModelDiseaseCommunity-based initiativesIncorporation of dataInferenceFundamental aspectsDynamicsPredictive power
2016
Climatic and evolutionary drivers of phase shifts in the plague epidemics of colonial India
Lewnard JA, Townsend JP. Climatic and evolutionary drivers of phase shifts in the plague epidemics of colonial India. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: 14601-14608. PMID: 27791071, PMCID: PMC5187705, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1604985113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlague resistanceEnvironmental driversIntense natural selectionWild host populationsIntense selective pressureEvolutionary driversPossible evolutionary basisHost evolutionNatural selectionDisease resistanceEvolutionary selectionFlea population dynamicsEvolutionary basisSelective pressureEvolutionary processesPopulation dynamicsHost populationsWildlife hostsLocal persistencePlague dynamicsCommensal ratsDisease agentsPowerful insightsDisease transmissionEcology