2021
Asynchronicity of endemic and emerging mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in the Dominican Republic
Petrone ME, Earnest R, Lourenço J, Kraemer MUG, Paulino-Ramirez R, Grubaugh ND, Tapia L. Asynchronicity of endemic and emerging mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in the Dominican Republic. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 151. PMID: 33420058, PMCID: PMC7794562, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20391-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAedesAnimalsChikungunya FeverChikungunya virusChildChild, PreschoolCommunicable Diseases, EmergingDengueDengue VirusDisease OutbreaksDominican RepublicEndemic DiseasesEpidemiological MonitoringFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMosquito ControlMosquito VectorsSpatio-Temporal AnalysisYoung AdultZika VirusZika Virus InfectionConceptsDengue outbreakDisease outbreaksDengue fever casesOutbreak of chikungunyaMosquito-Borne VirusesFever casesFuture health crisesMosquito-borne disease outbreaksFuture outbreaksVirus transmissionAedes mosquitoesSustainable disease control measuresHealth crisisVirusDisease control measuresOutbreakChikungunyaConstant surveillanceZikaControl measuresDominican Republic
2019
Genomic Epidemiology as a Public Health Tool to Combat Mosquito-Borne Virus Outbreaks
Pollett S, Fauver JR, Berry I, Melendrez M, Morrison A, Gillis LD, Johansson MA, Jarman RG, Grubaugh ND. Genomic Epidemiology as a Public Health Tool to Combat Mosquito-Borne Virus Outbreaks. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2019, 221: s308-s318. PMID: 31711190, PMCID: PMC11095994, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic epidemiologyVirus outbreakPublic health responsePublic health toolPublic health agenciesPublic health emergencyKey epidemiological questionsStructured surveillanceChikungunya virusHealth responseEpidemiologyVirus controlHealth toolsHealth agenciesWest NileHealth emergencyVirus genomic dataYellow feverEpidemiological questionsControl of mosquitoesOutbreakOngoing advancesVirus threatsMosquitoesFeverArbovirus coinfection and co-transmission: A neglected public health concern?
Vogels CBF, Rückert C, Cavany SM, Perkins TA, Ebel GD, Grubaugh ND. Arbovirus coinfection and co-transmission: A neglected public health concern? PLOS Biology 2019, 17: e3000130. PMID: 30668574, PMCID: PMC6358106, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImpact of coinfectionPublic health concernPublic healthEpidemiological synergyVirus coinfectionAedes aegypti mosquitoesClinical diseaseSuch coinfectionsZika virusCoinfectionOutbreaks of virusesHealth concernAegypti mosquitoesMultiple virusesTransmission dynamicsVirusHealthHumansMosquitoesDiseaseDengue