2014
Epidemiological and Viral Genomic Sequence Analysis of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Reveals Clustered Transmission
Scarpino SV, Iamarino A, Wells C, Yamin D, Ndeffo-Mbah M, Wenzel NS, Fox SJ, Nyenswah T, Altice FL, Galvani AP, Meyers LA, Townsend JP. Epidemiological and Viral Genomic Sequence Analysis of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Reveals Clustered Transmission. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2014, 60: 1079-1082. PMID: 25516185, PMCID: PMC4375398, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu1131.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance through Targeted, Vaccine-Induced Replacement of Strains
Tekle YI, Nielsen KM, Liu J, Pettigrew MM, Meyers LA, Galvani AP, Townsend JP. Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance through Targeted, Vaccine-Induced Replacement of Strains. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e50688. PMID: 23227198, PMCID: PMC3515573, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst clinical interventionImportant public health toolPan-resistant strainsInsufficient immune responsePublic health toolMulti-resistant strainsStaphylococcus aureus genotypesVaccine efficacyNosocomial outbreaksDrug treatmentImmune responseResistant serotypesFrequent reasonHypothetical vaccineVaccine developmentStrain replacementVaccineInfectious diseasesAureus genotypesClinical interventionsInfectionHealth toolsAntimicrobial resistanceIntervention strategiesSerotypes
2002
Bayesian analysis of gene expression levels: statistical quantification of relative mRNA level across multiple strains or treatments
Townsend JP, Hartl DL. Bayesian analysis of gene expression levels: statistical quantification of relative mRNA level across multiple strains or treatments. Genome Biology 2002, 3: research0071.1. PMID: 12537560, PMCID: PMC151173, DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-12-research0071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBayes TheoremDNA-Binding ProteinsEthanolGene DeletionGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, FungalGenotypeModels, GeneticNuclear ProteinsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisRNA, FungalRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSpecies SpecificityTranscription FactorsZincConceptsGene of interestExpression levelsGene expression levelsTwofold thresholdGene basisTranscriptional responseMicroarray comparisonsMinimal mediumExpression differencesBiological insightsMicroarray analysisEthanol shockMicroarray dataRelative mRNA levelsGenesMRNA levelsMultiple strainsBayesian analysisDevelopmental state