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Integrating genomic and spatial analyses to describe tuberculosis transmission: a scoping review
Lan Y, Rancu I, Chitwood M, Sobkowiak B, Nyhan K, Lin H, Wu C, Mathema B, Brown T, Colijn C, Warren J, Cohen T. Integrating genomic and spatial analyses to describe tuberculosis transmission: a scoping review. The Lancet Microbe 2025, 101094. PMID: 40228509, DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101094.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsGenome sequencing approachGenetic similarityGenomic dataSequencing approachGenotyping methodsPathogen geneticsGenetic methodsPathogen sequencesSampling completenessTuberculosis isolatesTransmission patternsTuberculosis casesPathogensTuberculosis transmissionM tuberculosis isolatesInfection-related mortalityEnvironmental factorsTuberculosis transmission dynamicsSpatial proximityTransmission clustersGenomeSpatial patternsTuberculosisTransmission dynamicsGeneticsIdentifying local foci of tuberculosis transmission in Moldova using a spatial multinomial logistic regression model
Lan Y, Crudu V, Ciobanu N, Codreanu A, Chitwood M, Sobkowiak B, Warren J, Cohen T. Identifying local foci of tuberculosis transmission in Moldova using a spatial multinomial logistic regression model. EBioMedicine 2024, 102: 105085. PMID: 38531172, PMCID: PMC10987885, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatterns of spatial aggregationMtb strainsMDR-TBLogistic regression modelsGenome Epidemiology StudySpecific strainsMultidrug-resistant tuberculosisTreated TB casesNational Institute of AllergyMDR phenotypeRegression modelsM. tuberculosisInstitute of AllergyMultinomial logistic regression modelUS National Institutes of HealthNational Institutes of HealthMDR diseasePublic health concernAssociated with local transmissionIncident TBInstitutes of HealthMtbResistant tuberculosisStrainDiagnosing TBA web-based analytical framework for the detection and visualization space-time clusters of COVID-19
Lan, Y. and Delmelle, E., 2024. A web-based analytical framework for the detection and visualization space-time clusters of COVID-19. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 51(2), pp.311-329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpace-time cluster detection techniques for infectious diseases: A systematic review.
Lan Y, Delmelle E. Space-time cluster detection techniques for infectious diseases: A systematic review. Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol 2023, 44: 100563. PMID: 36707196, DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2022.100563.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsDistribution and transmission of M. tuberculosis in a high-HIV prevalence city in Malawi: A genomic and spatial analysis.
Chitwood MH, Corbett EL, Ndhlovu V, Sobkowiak B, Colijn C, Andrews JR, Burke RM, Cudahy PGT, Dodd PJ, Imai-Eaton JW, Engelthaler DM, Folkerts M, Feasey HRA, Lan Y, Lewis J, McNichol J, Menzies NA, Chipungu G, Nliwasa M, Weinberger DM, Warren JL, Salomon JA, MacPherson P, Cohen T. Distribution and transmission of M. tuberculosis in a high-HIV prevalence city in Malawi: A genomic and spatial analysis. PLOS Glob Public Health 2025, 5: e0004040. PMID: 40173177, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004040.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Uncertainty in geospatial health: challenges and opportunities ahead
Delmelle, E.M., Desjardins, M.R., Jung, P., Owusu, C., Lan, Y., Hohl, A. and Dony, C., 2022. Uncertainty in geospatial health: challenges and opportunities ahead. Annals of epidemiology, 65, pp.15-30.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2021
Geovisualization of COVID-19: State of the Art and Opportunities
Lan, Y., Desjardins, M. R., Hohl, A., & Delmelle, E. (2021). Geovisualization of COVID-19: State of the Art and Opportunities. Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization, 56(1), 2-13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNDS: an interactive, web-based system to visualize urban neighborhood dynamics in United States
Lan, Y., Delmelle, E. and Delmelle, E., 2021. NDS: an interactive, web-based system to visualize urban neighborhood dynamics in United States. Journal of Maps, 17(1), pp.62-70.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Daily surveillance of COVID-19 using the prospective space-time scan statistic in the United States
Hohl, A., Delmelle, E. M., Desjardins, M. R., & Lan, Y. (2020). Daily surveillance of COVID-19 using the prospective space-time scan statistic in the United States. Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology, 34, 100354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA web-based spatial decision support system for monitoring the risk of water contamination in private wells
Lan, Y., Tang, W., Dye, S., & Delmelle, E. (2020). A web-based spatial decision support system for monitoring the risk of water contamination in private wells. Annals of GIS, 26(3), 293-309.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Geocoding fundamentals and associated challenges
Owusu, C., Lan, Y., Zheng, M., Tang, W. and Delmelle, E., 2017. Geocoding fundamentals and associated challenges. Geospatial data science techniques and applications, 118, pp.41-62.Chapters
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