Epidemiology and Global Health

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1. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   National and regional seasonal dynamics of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the USA from 1980 to 2016

   Robbie M Parks et al.

   All parts of the USA are similarly adapted to temperature seasonality, although mortality seasonality, and how it has changed since the 1980s, depend on age and sex.
2. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Tuberculosis: Breaking down walls

   Moagi Tube Shaku, Bavesh Davandra Kana

   A better understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the growth of mycobacteria could help identify targets for new antibiotics.
3. 1. Ecology
   2. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Personality links with lifespan in chimpanzees

   Drew M Altschul et al.

   Among captive chimpanzees, higher agreeableness males and higher openness females survive longer.
4. 1. Ecology
   2. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Temperature explains broad patterns of Ross River virus transmission

   Marta Strecker Shocket et al.

   Accounting for nonlinear responses to temperature is critical for accurately predicting how Ross River virus and other mosquito-borne diseases will respond to climate change and detecting the effects of temperature on disease transmission.
5. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Quantification of anti-parasite and anti-disease immunity to malaria as a function of age and exposure

   Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer et al.

   Analyses of detailed clinical and entomological data from cohort studies reveal how anti-parasite and anti-disease immunity against P. falciparum develop as a function of age and transmission intensity.
6. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Malaria: Age, exposure and immunity

   Michael White, James Watson

   The acquisition of immunity to malaria by an individual depends on their age and the number of infectious mosquito bites they have received.
7. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Using paired serology and surveillance data to quantify dengue transmission and control during a large outbreak in Fiji

   Adam J Kucharski et al.

   A combination of surveillance data, paired sera and mathematical modelling reveals which factors may influence dengue transmission and control in island settings.
8. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Association mapping from sequencing reads using k-mers

   Atif Rahman et al.

   Associations can be mapped using k-mer frequencies in sequencing reads without prior sequencing of a reference genome enabling detection of associations to variants of multiple types and outside of the reference.
9. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Predicting the likelihood and intensity of mosquito infection from sex specific Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte density

   John Bradley et al.

   Malaria transmission between human and mosquito depends on the number of male and female gametocytes in the blood.
10. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Synergy in anti-malarial pre-erythrocytic and transmission-blocking antibodies is achieved by reducing parasite density

    Ellie Sherrard-Smith et al.

    Combining pre-erythrocytic and transmission blocking antibodies enhances the overall control and potential elimination of malaria within both mosquito and vertebrate populations.