2016
Quantifying Transmission of Clostridium difficile within and outside Healthcare Settings - Volume 22, Number 4—April 2016 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Durham DP, Olsen MA, Dubberke ER, Galvani AP, Townsend JP. Quantifying Transmission of Clostridium difficile within and outside Healthcare Settings - Volume 22, Number 4—April 2016 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. 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 measures
2014
Cellular Superspreaders: An Epidemiological Perspective on HIV Infection inside the Body
Talbert-Slagle K, Atkins KE, Yan KK, Khurana E, Gerstein M, Bradley EH, Berg D, Galvani AP, Townsend JP. Cellular Superspreaders: An Epidemiological Perspective on HIV Infection inside the Body. PLOS Pathogens 2014, 10: e1004092. PMID: 24811311, PMCID: PMC4014458, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004092.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2011
Retrospective evidence for a biological cost of vancomycin resistance determinants in the absence of glycopeptide selective pressures
Johnsen P, Townsend J, Bøhn T, Simonsen G, Sundsfjord A, Nielsen K. Retrospective evidence for a biological cost of vancomycin resistance determinants in the absence of glycopeptide selective pressures. Journal Of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2011, 66: 608-610. PMID: 21217128, PMCID: PMC3037156, DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPopulation genetic modelsRelative fitness differencesStrong selectionBacterial fitnessFitness differencesFitness costsSelection coefficientsSelective pressureGlycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faeciumResistance determinantsBiological fitness costBiological costGenetic modelsFarm environmentGlycopeptide resistance