Epidemiology and Global Health

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1. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Impact of seasonal variations in Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission on the surveillance of pfhrp2 gene deletions

   Oliver John Watson et al.

   The timing of surveillance for pfhrp2/3-deletions within a transmission season impacts estimates of the proportion of false-negative RDTs due to deletions, which may cause premature decisions to change RDT.
2. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Opportunities for improved surveillance and control of dengue from age-specific case data

   Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer et al.
3. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Estimating the burden of α-thalassaemia in Thailand using a comprehensive prevalence database for Southeast Asia

   Carinna Hockham et al.

   The incorporation of as yet underused local epidemiological data on α-thalassaemia in Southeast Asia within a geostatistical model suggests that the burden of severe α-thalassaemia forms may have been underestimated.
4. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Nationally-representative serostudy of dengue in Bangladesh allows generalizable disease burden estimates

   Henrik Salje et al.

   To maximize broad insight on disease burden, seroprevalence studies should be generalizable to the wider population, both in age and location.
5. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Disease Risk: Mapping the emerging burden of dengue

   Oliver Brady

   The first nationally-representative survey of dengue has revealed the growing burden of the disease in Bangladesh.
6. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Comment on 'The distribution of antibiotic use and its association with antibiotic resistance'

   Koen B Pouwels et al.

   We are writing to comment on the recent study by Olesen et al., 2018 on antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance.
7. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Response to comment on 'The distribution of antibiotic use and its association with antibiotic resistance'

   Scott W Olesen et al.

   We are writing to reply to the comment by Pouwels et al., 2019 about our recent study (Olesen et al., 2018) on antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance.
8. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Comprehensive mapping of adaptation of the avian influenza polymerase protein PB2 to humans

   YQ Shirleen Soh et al.

   Complete mapping of human-adaptive mutations to the avian influenza PB2 protein shows how selection at key molecular interfaces combines with evolutionary accessibility to shape viral host adaptation.
9. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Mapping imported malaria in Bangladesh using parasite genetic and human mobility data

   Hsiao-Han Chang et al.

   Human mobility drives malaria importation within countries and threatens elimination interventions, but can be measured using new approaches that combine parasite genetics, mobile phone data, travel surveys and models.
10. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Using parasite genetic and human mobility data to infer local and cross-border malaria connectivity in Southern Africa

    Sofonias Tessema et al.

    Combining parasite genetic and human mobility data can provide detailed information on local and cross-border connectivity, allowing programs to strengthen local and regional coordination for successful elimination of malaria.