2016
Quantifying Transmission of Clostridium difficile within and outside Healthcare Settings
Durham DP, Olsen MA, Dubberke ER, Galvani AP, Townsend JP. Quantifying Transmission of Clostridium difficile within and outside Healthcare Settings. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2016, 22: 608-616. PMID: 26982504, PMCID: PMC4806959, DOI: 10.3201/eid2204.150455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClostridium difficile infectionAsymptomatic carriersLong-term care facility settingLong-term care facility residentsHospital-onset Clostridium difficile infectionCare facility residentsEffect of hospitalCommunity-based transmissionCommunity sourcesAsymptomatic patientsCDI incidenceDifficile infectionFacility residentsPatientsControl interventionsDifficile prevalenceC. difficileClostridium difficileHealthcare settingsNational databaseQuantifying transmissionTransmission routesHospitalDifficileControl measuresRetrospective Analysis of the 2014-2015 Ebola Epidemic in Liberia.
Atkins KE, Pandey A, Wenzel NS, Skrip L, Yamin D, Nyenswah TG, Fallah M, Bawo L, Medlock J, Altice FL, Townsend J, Ndeffo-Mbah ML, Galvani AP. Retrospective Analysis of the 2014-2015 Ebola Epidemic in Liberia. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2016, 94: 833-9. PMID: 26928839, PMCID: PMC4824226, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCommunity-Acquired InfectionsCross InfectionDisease OutbreaksHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumansLiberiaModels, StatisticalRetrospective StudiesConceptsCommunity transmissionEbola epidemicHospital transmissionAsymptomatic infectionImmune individualsRetrospective analysisEpidemiological dataUnreported casesDisease controlEbola dynamicsHospital capacityEpidemic patternsEbola incidenceFuture outbreaksPresence of interventionsEpidemicLiberian countiesTransmission reductionInfectionDiseaseIncidence
2012
Potential for Rabies Control through Dog Vaccination in Wildlife-Abundant Communities of Tanzania
Fitzpatrick MC, Hampson K, Cleaveland S, Meyers LA, Townsend JP, Galvani AP. Potential for Rabies Control through Dog Vaccination in Wildlife-Abundant Communities of Tanzania. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2012, 6: e1796. PMID: 22928056, PMCID: PMC3424251, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001796.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReevaluation of Epidemiological Data Demonstrates That It Is Consistent With Cross-Immunity Among Human Papillomavirus Types
Durham DP, Poolman EM, Ibuka Y, Townsend JP, Galvani AP. Reevaluation of Epidemiological Data Demonstrates That It Is Consistent With Cross-Immunity Among Human Papillomavirus Types. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2012, 206: 1291-1298. PMID: 22872732, PMCID: PMC3448971, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis494.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsComputer SimulationCross ProtectionFemaleHumansModels, StatisticalPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsConceptsHuman papillomavirus typesEpidemiological dataHPV typesOdds ratioPapillomavirus typesType replacementSpecific HPV typesHPV types 16Future vaccine studiesHPV vaccinationHPV infectionVaccine studiesEpidemiological observationsType 16Single infectionType 18Multiple infectionsType 6Cross immunityVaccinationInfectionPrevalenceEpidemiological modelEpidemiological dynamicsHPV
2011
Getting the Most Out of Your Fungal Microarray Data: Two Cost- and Time-Effective Methods
Mathioni SM, Beló A, Townsend JP, Donofrio NM. Getting the Most Out of Your Fungal Microarray Data: Two Cost- and Time-Effective Methods. Methods In Molecular Biology 2011, 722: 61-77. PMID: 21590413, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-040-9_5.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsExpensive softwareData generationMultiple platformsGenomic data generationEfficient waySuch dataPossible informationGenome sequencing technologiesKind of analysisData analysisFungal dataUsersDifferent environmentsMicroarray dataBioinformaticistsCostExperimental costSoftwareProtocolBottleneckPlatformTaskTechnologyDataAcademia
2009
The filamentous fungal gene expression database (FFGED)
Zhang Z, Townsend JP. The filamentous fungal gene expression database (FFGED). Fungal Genetics And Biology 2009, 47: 199-204. PMID: 20025988, PMCID: PMC2822089, DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsChromosome MappingComputational BiologyComputer GraphicsDatabase Management SystemsDatabases, GeneticGene ExpressionGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, FungalGenes, FungalGenome, FungalInternetModels, GeneticModels, StatisticalOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSequence AlignmentSoftwareSystems IntegrationUser-Computer InterfaceConceptsEfficient web interfaceExpression databaseUser-friendly managementCollection of toolsGene expression databaseDifferent usersData sharingWeb interfaceCollaborative platformExperimental metadataFree databaseRaw dataData submissionUsersMultiple experimentsGene expression dataSharingDatabaseEssential informationAjaxMetadataExpression dataDifferent experimentsRetrievalRelated experimentsEvolution of Reproductive Morphology in Leaf Endophytes
Wang Z, Johnston PR, Yang ZL, Townsend JP. Evolution of Reproductive Morphology in Leaf Endophytes. PLOS ONE 2009, 4: e4246. PMID: 19158947, PMCID: PMC2617777, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeaf endophytesEcological roleDead host tissuesCommon developmental pathwayEndophytic lifestyleAsexual developmentSaprobic speciesReproductive structuresReproductive morphologySaprobic fungiFungal tissueFungal classificationDead woodEndophytic fungiDevelopmental pathwaysBody sizeFungal morphologySignificant divergenceLeotiomycetesFungiEndophytesHost tissuesProblematic groupRhytismatalesImportant role
2005
A Bayesian method for analysing spotted microarray data
Meiklejohn CD, Townsend JP. A Bayesian method for analysing spotted microarray data. Briefings In Bioinformatics 2005, 6: 318-330. PMID: 16420731, DOI: 10.1093/bib/6.4.318.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2004
Resolution of large and small differences in gene expression using models for the Bayesian analysis of gene expression levels and spotted DNA microarrays
Townsend JP. Resolution of large and small differences in gene expression using models for the Bayesian analysis of gene expression levels and spotted DNA microarrays. BMC Bioinformatics 2004, 5: 54. PMID: 15128431, PMCID: PMC420235, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-5-54.Peer-Reviewed Original Research