Please find the list of publications from the Meyers Lab and UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium here.
2024
Bai, Y., Z. Du, L. Wang, E.H.Y. Lau, I.C.-H. Fung, P. Holme, et al. (2024).
Public health impact of Paxlovid as treatment for COVID-19, United States.
Emerging Infectious Diseases14.
doi: 10.3201/eid3002.230835
de Rosa, F., M. Escott, D. Havron, D. Walkes, L.A. Meyers.(2024).
The C3C Game: Serious games and community-centered design for improved pandemic decision making.
Games and Learning Alliance 2023, Lecture Notes in Computer Science14475.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-49065-1_14
2023
Howerton, E., et al. (2023).
Evaluation of the US COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub for informing pandemic response under uncertainty.
Nature Communications14.
doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42680-x
Johnson, K.E., R.F. Pasco, S. Woody, M. Lachmann, M. Johnson-Leon, D. Bhavnani, et al. (2023).
Optimizing COVID-19 testing strategies on college campuses: Evaluation of the health and economic costs.
PLoS Computational Biology 19.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011715
2020
Singh, B., S. Risanger, D. Morton, M. Pignone, and L.A. Meyers (2020).
Expanding access to COVID-19 tests through US postal service facilities.
Medical Decision Making
doi: 10.1177/0272989X20969690
Pasco, R.F., S.J. Fox, S.C. Johnston, M. Pignone, and L.A. Meyers (2020).
Estimated association of construction work with risks of COVID-19 infection and hospitalization in Texas.
JAMA Network Open3.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.26373
Wang, X., Z. Du, G. Huang, R.F. Pasco, S.J. Fox, A.P. Galvani, M. Pignone, S.C. Johnston, and L.A. Meyers (2020).
Effects of cocooning on coronavirus disease rates after relaxing social distancing.
Emerging Infectious Diseases26.
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.201930
Duque, D., D.P. Morton, B. Singh, Z. Du, R.F. Pasco, and L.A. Meyers (2020).
Timing social distancing to avert unmanageable COVID-19 hospital surges.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2009033117
Ali, S.T., L. Wang, E.H.Y. Lau, X. Xu, Z. Du, Y. Wu, G.M. Leung, B.J. Cowling (2020).
Serial interval of SARS-CoV-2 was shortened over time by nonpharmaceutical interventions.
Science.
doi: 10.1126/science.abc9004
Wang, X., R.F. Pasco, Z. Du, M. Petty, S.J Fox, A.P. Galvani, M. Pignone, S.C. Johnston, L.A. Meyers (2020).
Impact of social distancing measures on COVID-19 healthcare demand in Central Texas, USA.
Emerging Infectious Diseases26.
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.201702
Du, Z.W., X. Xu, L. Wang, S.J. Fox, B.J. Cowling, A.P. Galvani, and L.A. Meyers (2020).
Effects of proactive social distancing on COVID-19 outbreaks in 58 cities, China.
Emerging Infectious Diseases26.
doi: 10.3201/eid2609.201932
Meyers, L.A., Z.W. Du, R.M. Krug (2020).
Hoping for a COVID-19 antiviral that limits virus spread.
Behind the Paper: Nature Communications.
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Du, Z.W., C. Nugent, A.P. Galvani, R.M. Krug, L.A. Meyers (2020).
Modeling mitigation of influenza epidemics by baloxavir.
Nature Communications11: 7504-7509.
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16585-y
Wells, C.R., P. Sah, S.M. Moghadas, A. Pandey, A. Shoukat, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, L.A. Meyers, B.H. Singer, A.P. Galvani (2020).
Impact of international travel and border control measures on the global spread of the novel 2019 coronavirus outbreak.
PNAS117.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2002616117
Moghadas, S.M., A. Shoukat, M.C. Fitzpatrick, C.R. Wells, P. Sah, A. Pandey, J.D. Sachs, Z. Wang, L.A. Meyers, B.H. Singer, A.P. Galvani (2020).
Projecting hospital utilization during the COVID-19 outbreaks in the United States.
PNAS117: 9122-9126.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2004064117
Buckee, C.O., S. Balsari, J. Chan, M. Crosas, F. Dominici, U. Gasser, Y.H. Grad, B. Grenfell, M.E. Halloran, M.U.G. Kraemer, M. Lipsitch, C.J.E. Metcalf, L.A. Meyers, T.A. Perkins, M. Santillana, S.V. Scarpino, C. Viboud, A. Wesolowski, A. Schroeder (2020).
Aggregated mobility data could help fight COVID-19.
Science368: 145-146.
doi: 10.1126/science.abb8021
Meyers, L.A. (2020).
The secret life of coronavirus: Why we need such drastic social distancing measures.
The Economist Intelligence Unit.
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Du, Z., X. Xu, Y. Wu, L. Wang, B.J. Cowling, L.A. Meyers (2020).
Serial interval of COVID-19 among publicly reported confirmed cases.
Emerging Infectious Diseases26.
doi: 10.3201/eid2606.200357
Du, Z., L. Wang, S. Cauchemez, X. Xu, X. Wang, B.J. Cowling, L.A. Meyers (2020).
Risk for transportation of coronavirus disease from Wuhan to other cities in China.
Emerging Infectious Diseases26.
doi: 10.3201/eid2605.200146
Castro, L.A., T. Bedford, L.A. Meyers (2020).
Early prediction of antigenic transitions for influenza A/H3N2.
PLoS Computational Biology16: e1007683.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007683
2020 medRxiv
Javan, E., S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (November 13, 2020).
Estimating the unseen emergence of COVID-19 in the US.
medRxiv.
doi: 10.1101/2020.04.06.20053561
Fox, S.J., R.F. Pasco, M. Tec, Z. Du, M. Lachmann, J. Scott, L.A. Meyers (June 23, 2020).
The impact of asymptomatic COVID-19 infections on future pandemic waves.
medRxiv.
doi: 10.1101/2020.06.22.20137489
Duque, D., D.P. Morton, B. Singh, Z. Du, R.F. Pasco, L.A. Meyers (May 05, 2020).
COVID-19: How to relax social distancing if you must.
medRxiv.
doi: 10.1101/2020.04.29.20085134v1
Du, Z., C. Nugent, B.J. Cowling, L.A. Meyers (March 27, 2020).
Hundreds of severe pediatric COVID-19 infections in Wuhan prior to the lockdown.
medRxiv.
doi: 10.1101/2020.03.16.20037176
2020 Reports
Lachmann, M., S.J. Fox, M. Tec, R.F. Pasco, M. Johnson, J. Lu, Z. Du, S. Woody,
J. Starling, M. Dahan, K. Gaither, K. Pierce, J. Scott, G. Wells, L.A. Meyers (October 20, 2020).
Texas Trauma Service Area (TSA) COVID-19 transmission estimates and healthcare projections: Oct. 20 Update.
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Cameron Matsui, C., R.F. Pasco, K. Johnson, S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (September, 2020).
COVID-19 transmission risks for reopening the University of Texas at Austin.
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Fox, S.J., M. Lachmann, L.A. Meyers (July 31, 2020).
Risks of COVID-19 introductions as schools reopen.
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Yang, H., D. Duque, O. Surer, D.P. Morton, R.F. Pasco, K. Pierce, S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (June 15, 2020).
Staged strategy to avoid hospital surge and preventable mortality, while reducing the economic burden of social distancing measures
(Presented to city of Houston).
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Duque, D., M. Tec, D.P. Morton, J. Scott, H. Yang, R.F. Pasco, K. Pierce, S.J. Fox, M. Pignone, P. Hudson, L.A. Meyers (May 18, 2020).
Staged strategy to avoid hospital surge and preventable mortality, while reducing the economic burden of social distancing measures
(Presented to city of Austin).
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Pierce, K., E. Ho, X. Wang, R.F. Pasco, Z. Du, S.J. Fox, G. Zynda, J. Song, L.A. Meyers (April 29, 2020).
COVID-19 healthcare demand projections: Beaumont-Port Arthur MSA,Texas.
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Pierce, K., E. Ho, X. Wang, R.F. Pasco, Z. Du, S.J. Fox, G. Zynda, J. Song, L.A. Meyers (April 28, 2020).
COVID-19 healthcare demand projections: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land MSA, Texas.
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Duque, D., D.P. Morton, B. Singh, Z. Du, R.F. Pasco, L.A. Meyers (April 28, 2020).
COVID-19 in Austin, Texas: Averting healthcare surges while relaxing social distancing.
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Wang, X., Z. Du, G. Huang, S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (April 22, 2020).
COVID-19 in Austin, Texas: Relaxing social distancing measures.
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Wang, X., Z. Du, R.F. Pasco, K. Pierce, M. Petty, S.J. Fox, M. Pignone, C. Johnston, L.A. Meyers (April 20, 2020).
COVID-19 healthcare demand projections: Austin, Texas.
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Pasco, R.F., X. Wang, Z. Du, S. Fox, L.A. Meyers (April 17, 2020).
COVID-19 in Austin, Texas: Epidemiological assessment of grocery shopping.
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Woody, S., M. Tec, M. Dahan, K. Gaither, M. Lachmann, S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers, J. Scott (April 17, 2020).
Projections for first-wave COVID-19 deaths across the US using social-distancing measures derived from mobile phones.
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Pasco, R.F., Z. Du, X. Wang, M. Petty, S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (2020).
COVID-19 in Austin, Texas: Epidemiological assessment of construction work.
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Javan, E., S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (April 3, 2020).
Probability of current COVID-19 outbreaks in all US counties.
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Ertem, Z., D. Raymond, L.A. Meyers (2018).
Optimal multi-source forecasting of seasonal influenza.
PLoS Computational Biology14: e1006236.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006236
2017
Fox, S.J., J.C. Miller, L.A. Meyers (2017).
Seasonality in risk of pandemic influenza emergence.
PLoS Computational Biology10: e1005749.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005749
Huang H.C., B. Singh, D.P. Morton, G.P. Johnson, B. Clements, L.A. Meyers (2017).
Equalizing access to pandemic influenza vaccines through optimal allocation to public health distribution points.
PLoS One12: e0182720.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182720
Huang, H.C., O.M. Araz, D.P. Morton, G.P. Johnson, P. Damien, B. Clements, L.A. Meyers (2017).
Stockpiling ventilators for influenza pandemics.
Emerging Infectious Diseases23: 914-921.
doi: 10.3201/eid2306.161417
Castro, L.A., S.J. Fox, X. Chen, K. Liu, S.E. Bellan, N.B. Dimitrov, A.P. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2017).
Assessing real-time Zika risk in the United States.
BMC Infectious Diseases17: 284.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2394-9
2016
Biggerstaff, M., D. Alper, M. Dredze, S.J. Fox, I.CH. Fung, K.S. Hickmann, B. Lewis, R. Rosenfeld, J. Shaman, M.H. Tsou, P. Velardi, A. Vespignani, L. Finelli, the Influenza Forecasting Contest Working Group (2016).
Results from the centers for disease control and prevention’s predict the 2013–2014 Influenza Season Challenge.
BMC Infectious Diseases.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1669-x
Herrera J.L., Srinivasan R., Brownstein J.S., Galvani AP, Meyers L.A. (2016).
Disease Surveillance on Complex Social Networks.
PLoS Computational Biology.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004928
Eggo, R.M., J.G. Scott, A.P. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2016).
Respiratory virus transmission dynamics determine timing of asthma exacerbation peaks: Evidence from a population-level model.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1518677113
Fischer L.S., S. Santibanez, R.J. Hatchett, D.B. Jernigan, L.A. Meyers, P.G. Thorpe, M.I. Meltzer (2016).
CDC Grand Rounds: Modeling and Public Health Decision-Making.
MMWR and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report65: 1374–1377.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6548a4
Scarpino, S.V., J.G. Scott, R.M. Eggo, N.B. Dimitrov, L.A. Meyers (2016).
Data blindspots: High-tech disease surveillance misses the poor.
Online Journal of Public Health Informatics8.
doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6451
2015
Hoen, A.G., T.J. Hladish, R.M. Eggo, M. Lenczner, J.S. Brownstein, L.A. Meyers (2015).
Epidemic Wave Dynamics Attributable to Urban Community Structure: A Theoretical Characterization of Disease Transmission in a Large Network.
Journal of Medical Internet Research17: e169.
doi: 10.2196/jmir.3720
Bellan, S.E., J.R.C. Pulliam, C.A.B. Pearson, D. Champredon, S.J. Fox, L. Skrip, A.P. Galvani, M. Gambhir, B.A. Lopman, T.C. Porco, L.A. Meyers, J. Dushoff (2015).
The statistical power and validity of Ebola vaccine trials in Sierra Leone: A simulation study of trial design and analysis.
Lancet Infectious Diseases15: 703-10 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)70139-8.
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Bellan, S.E., J. Dushoff, A. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2015).
Reassessment of HIV-1 Acute Phase Infectivity: Accounting for Heterogeneity and Study Design with Simulated Cohorts.
PloS Medicine12: e1001801
doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001801.
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Gutfraind, A., A. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2015).
Efficacy and Optimization of Palivizumab Injection Regimens Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection.
The Journal of the American Medical Association: Pediatrics
doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3804.
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Singh, B., H-C. Huang, D. Morton, G. Johnson, A. Gutfraind, A. Galvani, B. Clements, L.A. Meyers (2015).
Optimizing Distributions of Pandemic Influenza Antivirals.
Emerging Infectious Diseases.
21: 252-8.
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Gutfraind, A. and L.A. Meyers (2015).
Evaluating large-scale blood transfusion therapy for the current Ebola epidemic in Liberia.
Journal of Infectious Diseases
doi:10.1093/infdis/jiv042.
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2014
Lofgren, E.T., M.E. Halloran, C.M. Rivers, J.M. Drake, T.C. Porco, B. Lewis, W. Yang, A. Vespignani, J. Shaman, J.N.S. Eisenberg, M.C. Eisenberg, M. Marathe, S.V. Scarpino, K.A. Alexander, R. Meza, M.J. Ferrari, J.M. Hyman, L.A. Meyers, S. Eubank (2014).
Opinion: Mathematical models: A key tool for outbreak response.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA111: 18095-6.
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Scarpino, S.V., A. Iamarino, C. Wells, D. Yamin, M. Ndeffo-Mbah, N.S. Wenzel, S.J. Fox, T. Nyenswah, F.L. Altice, A.P. Galvani, L.A. Meyers, J.P. Townsend (2014).
Epidemiological and Viral Genomic Sequence Analysis of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Reveals Clustered Transmission.
Clinical Infectious Diseases
doi:10.1093/cid/ciu1131.
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Bellan, S.E., J. Pulliam, J. Dushoff, L.A. Meyers (2014).
Ebola virus vaccine trials: the ethical mandate for a therapeutic safety net.
BMJ349: g7518.
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Bellan, S.E., J. Pulliam, J. Dushoff, L.A. Meyers (2014).
Ebola control: effect of asymptomatic infection and acquired immunity.
Lancet384: 1499-1500.
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Scarpino, S.V., D.A. Levin and L.A. Meyers (2014).
Polyploid formation shapes flowering plant diversity.
The American Naturalist184: 456-65.
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Fitzpatrick, M.C., K. Hampson, S. Cleaveland, I. Mzimbiri, F. Lankester, T. Lembo, L.A. Meyers, A.D. Paltiel, A.P. Galvani (2014).
Cost-effectiveness of canine vaccination to prevent human rabies in rural Tanzania.
Annals of Internal Medicine160: 91-100.
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Rushmore, J., D. Caillaud, R. Hall, R. Stumpf, L.A. Meyers, S. Altizer (2014).
Network-based vaccination improves prospects for disease control in wild chimpanzees.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface11: 20140349.
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Gilbert, J.A., L.A. Meyers, A.P. Galvani, J.P. Townsend (2014).
Probabilistic uncertainty analysis of epidemiological modeling to guide public health intervention policy.
Epidemics6: 37-45.
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2013
Caillaud, D., M.E. Craft and L.A. Meyers (2013).
Epidemiological effects of group size variation in social species.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface10: 20130206.
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Ndeffo Mbah, M.L., J. Medlock, L.A. Meyers, A.P. Galvani, J.P. Townsend (2013).
Optimal targeting of seasonal influenza vaccination toward younger ages is robust to parameter uncertainty.
Vaccine30: 3079-89.
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Ndeffo Mbah, M.L., E.F. Kjetland, K.E. Atkins, E.M. Poolman, E.W. Orenstein, L.A. Meyers, J.P. Townsend, A.P. Galvani (2013).
Cost-effectiveness of a community-based intervention for reducing the transmission of Schistosoma haematobium and HIV in Africa.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA19: 7952-7.
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Ndeffo Mbah, M.L., E.M. Poolman, K.E. Atkins, E.W. Orenstein, L.A. Meyers, J.P. Townsend, A.P. Galvani (2013).
Potential Cost-Effectiveness of Schistosomiasis Treatment for Reducing HIV Transmission in Africa - The Case of Zimbabwean Women.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases8: e2346.
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Durham, D.P., M.L. Ndeffo Mbah, J. Medlock, P.M. Luz, L.A. Meyers, A.D. Paltiel, A.P. Galvani (2013).
Dengue dynamics and vaccine cost-effectiveness in Brazil.
Vaccine37: 3957-61.
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2012
Scarpino, S.V., N.B. Dimitrov and L.A. Meyers (2012).
Optimizing Provider Recruitment for Influenza Surveillance Networks.
PLoS Computational Biology8: e1002472.
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Bansal, S. and L.A. Meyers (2012).
The impact of past epidemics on future disease dynamics.
Journal of Theoretical Biology309: 176-184.
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Hladish, T.J., E. Melamud, L.A. Barrera, A. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2012).
EpiFire: An open source C++ library and application for contact network epidemiology.
BMC Bioinformatics13: 76.
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Araz, O.M., A. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2012).
Geographic prioritization of distributing pandemic influenza vaccines.
Health Care Management Science
doi:10.1007/s10729-012-9199-6.
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Araz, O.M., P. Damien, D.A. Paltiel, S. Burke, B. van de Geijn, A. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2012).
Simulating school closure policies for cost effective pandemic decision making.
BMC Public Health12: 449.
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Tekle, Y.I., K.M. Nielsen, J. Liu, M.M. Pettigrew, L.A. Meyers, A.P. Galvani and J.P. Townsend (2012).
Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance through Targeted, Vaccine-Induced Replacement of Strains.
PLoS ONE7: e50688.
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Benavides, J. P.D., Walsh, L.A. Meyers, M. Raymond, D. Caillaud (2012).
Transmission of Infectious Diseases En Route to Habitat Hotspots.
PLoS ONE7: e31290.
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Fitzpatrick, M.C., K. Hampson, S. Cleaveland, L.A. Meyers, J.P. Townsend and A.P. Galvani (2012).
Potential for Rabies Control through Dog Vaccination in Wildlife-Abundant Communities of Tanzania.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases6: e1796.
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Ndeffo Mbah, M.L., J. Liu, C.T. Bauch, Y.I. Tekel, J. Medlock L.A. Meyers and A.P. Galvani (2012).
The Impact of Imitation on Vaccination Behavior in Social Contact Networks.
PLoS Computational Biology8: e1002469.
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Davoudi, B. J.C. Miller, R. Meza, L.A. Meyers, D.J.D. Earn, B. Pourbohloul (2012).
Early Real-Time Estimation of the Basic Reproduction Number of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Physical Review X2: 031005.
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2011
Volz, E.M., J.C. Miller, A.P. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2011).
Effects of Heterogeneous and Clustered Contact Patterns on Infectious Disease Dynamics.
PLoS Computational Biology7: e1002042.
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Cornforth, D.M., T.C. Reluga, E. Shim, C.T. Bauch, A.P. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2011).
Erratic Flu Vaccination Emerges from Short-Sighted Behavior in Contact Networks.
PLoS Computational Biology7: e1001062.
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Dimitrov, N., S. Goll, N. Hupert, B. Pourbohloul, L.A. Meyers (2011).
Optimizing Tactics for use of the U.S. Antiviral Strategic National Stockpile for Pandemic Influenza.
PLoS ONE6: e16094.
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Li, M., G.B. Chapman, Y. Ibuka, L.A. Meyers, A. Galvani (2011).
Who got vaccinated against H1N1 pandemic influenza? - A longitudinal study in four US cities.
Psychology and Health
doi:10.1080/08870446.2011.554833.
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Wells, C., J.M. Tchuenche, L.A. Meyers, A.P. Galvani, C.T. Bauch (2011).
Impact of Imitation Processes on the Effectiveness of Ring Vaccination.
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
doi:10.1007/s11538-011-9646-4.
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Shim, E., L.A. Meyers, A.P. Galvani (2011).
Optimal H1N1 vaccination strategies based on self-interest versus group interest.
BMC Public Health11(Suppl 1): S4.
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Meyers, L.A., B. Kerr, K. Koelle (2011).
Special Issue Editorial: Network Perspectives on Infectious Disease Dynamics.
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases146765.
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Full special issue: [List of articles]
2010
Craft, M.E., E. Volz, C. Packer, L.A. Meyers (2010).
Disease transmission in territorial populations: The small-world network of Serengeti lions.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface
doi:10.1098/rsif.2010.0511.
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Volz, E., S.D.W. Frost, R. Rothenberg, L.A. Meyers (2010).
Epidemiological bridging by injection drug use drives an early HIV epidemic.
Epidemics2: 155-164.
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Bansal, S., J. Read, B. Pourbohloul, L.A. Meyers (2010).
The dynamic nature of contact networks in infectious disease epidemiology.
Journal of Biological Dynamics4: 478-489.
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Dimitrov, N.B. and L.A. Meyers (2010).
Mathematical Approaches to Infectious Disease Prediction and Control. J. J. Hasenbein, ed.
INFORMS TutORials in Operations Research7: 1-25.
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Ibuka, Y., G.B. Chapman, L.A. Meyers, M. Li, A.P. Galvani (2010).
The dynamics of risk perceptions and precautionary behavior in response to 2009 (H1N1) pandemic influenza.
BMC Infectious Diseases10: 296.
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Bansal, S., B. Pourbohloul, N. Hupert, B. Grenfell, L.A. Meyers (2010).
The Shifting Demographic Landscape of Pandemic Influenza.
PLoS ONE5: e9360.
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2009
Medlock, J., L.A. Meyers, A. Galvani (2009).
Optimizing allocation for a delayed influenza vaccination campaign.
PLoS Currents Influenza.
doi: 10.1371/currents.RRN1134
Dimitrov, N., S. Goll, N. Hupert, B. Pourbohloul, L.A. Meyers (2009).
Optimizing Tactics for use of the U.S. Antiviral Strategic National Stockpile for Pandemic (H1N1) Influenza, 2009.
PLoS Currents Influenza.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016094
Bansal, S., S. Khandelwal, L.A. Meyers (2009).
Exploring biological network structure with clustered random networks.
BMC Bioinformatics10: 405.
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Pourbohloul, B., A. Ahued, B. Davoudi, R. Meza, L.A. Meyers, et al. (2009).
Initial human transmission dynamics of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus in North America.
Influenza and other Respiratory Diseases3: 215-222.
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Craft, M.E., E. Volz, C. Packer, L.A. Meyers (2009).
Distinguishing epidemic waves from disease spillover in a wildlife population.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences276: 1777-1785.
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2008
L.A. Meyers (2008).
Statistics Primer.
To accompany Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition.
Sinauer Associates.
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Volz, E., L.A. Meyers (2008).
Epidemic thresholds in dynamic contact networks.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
doi:10.1098/rsif.2008.0218.
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Cowperthwaite, M., E.P. Economo, W.R. Harcombe, E.L. Miller, L.A. Meyers (2008).
The ascent of the abundant: How mutational networks constrain evolution.
PLoS Computational Biology4: e1000110.
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2007
Volz, E., L.A. Meyers (2007).
Susceptible-infected-recovered epidemics in dynamic contact networks.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B274: 2925-2933.
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Cowperthwaite, M., L.A. Meyers (2007).
How mutational networks shape evolution: Lessons from RNA models.
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics38: 203-230.
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Bansal, S., B.T. Grenfell, L.A. Meyers (2007).
When individual behavior matters: homogeneous and network models in epidemiology.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface4: 879-891.
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Meyers, L.A. (2007).
Contact network epidemiology: Bond percolation applied to infectious disease prediction and control.
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society44: 63-86.
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2006
Cowperthwaite, M., J.J. Bull, L.A. Meyers (2006).
From bad to good: Fitness reversals and the ascent of deleterious mutations.
PLoS Computational Biology2: e141.
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Bansal, S., B. Pourbohloul, L.A. Meyers (2006).
A comparative analysis of influenza vaccination programs.
PLoS Medicine3: e387.
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Ferrari, M.J., S. Bansal, L.A. Meyers, O.N. BjØrnstad (2006).
Network frailty and the geometry of herd immunity.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences273: 2743-2748.
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Meyers, L.A., D.A. Levin (2006) On the abundance of polyploids in flowering plants.
Evolution60: 1198-1206.
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Meyers, L.A., M.E.J. Newman, B. Pourbohloul (2006).
Predicting epidemics on directed contact networks.
Journal of Theoretical Biology240: 400-418.
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2005
Bull, J.J., L.A. Meyers, M. Lachmann (2005).
Quasispecies made simple.
PLoS Computational Biology1: 450-460.
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Meyers, L.A., F.D. Ancel, M. Lachmann (2005).
Evolution of genetic potential.
PLoS Computational Biology1: 236-243.
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Cowperthwaite, M., J.J. Bull, L.A. Meyers (2005).
Distributions of beneficial fitness effects in RNA.
Genetics170: 1449-1457.
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Pourbohloul, B., L.A. Meyers, Krajden, M., Patrick, D.M., Brunham, R.C. (2005).
A quantitative comparison of control strategies for respiratory-borne pathogens.
Emerging Infectious Diseases11: 1249-1256.
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Meyers, L.A. (2005).
Constraints on variation from genotype through phenotype to fitness, in
"Variation: A Central Concept in Biology"
(B. Hallgrimsson and B. Hall, Eds.),
Academic Press.
doi: 10.1016/B978-012088777-4/50008-9
Meyers, L.A. and W. Fontana (2005).
Evolutionary lock-in and the origin of modularity in RNA structure, in
"Modularity: Understanding the Development and Evolution of Complex Natural Systems"
(W. Callebaut and D. Rasskin-Gutman, Eds.),
MIT Press.
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Meyers, L.A., B. Pourbohloul, M.E.J. Newman, D.M. Skowronski, R.C. Brunham (2005).
Network theory and SARS: Predicting outbreak diversity.
Journal of Theoretical Biology232: 71-81.
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2004
Meyers, L.A. (2004).
Book review of Gerhard Schlosser and Günter Wagner (Eds.),
"Modularity in Development and Evolution"
Science306: 814-815.
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Meyers, L.A. (2004).
Book review of Bruce H. Weber and David J. Depew (Eds.),
"Evolution and Learning: The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered."
American Journal of Human Biology16: 495-496.
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Meyers, L.A., J.F. Lee, M. Cowperthwaite, A.D. Ellington (2004).
The robustness of naturally and artificially selected nucleic acid secondary structures.
Journal of Molecular Evolution58: 681-691.
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Lee, J.F., J.R. Hesselberth, L.A. Meyers, and A.D. Ellington (2004).
Aptamer database.
Nucleic Acids Research32: D95-D100.
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2003
Meyers, L.A., B.R. Levin, A.R. Richardson and I. Stojilkovic (2003).
Epidemiology, hypermutation, within-host evolution and the virulence of Neisseria meningitidis.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B270: 1667-1677.
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Meyers, L.A., M.E.J. Newman, M. Martin and S. Schrag (2003).
Applying network theory to epidemics: Control measures for Mycoplasma pneumoniae outbreaks.
Emerging Infectious Diseases9: 204-210.
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De Visser, J.A.G.M., J. Hermisson, G.P. Wagner, L.A. Meyers, et al. (2003).
Perspective: Evolution and Detection of Genetic Robustness.
Evolution57: 1959-1972.
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Prior to 2003
Meyers, L.A. and J.J. Bull (2002).
Fighting change with change: adaptive variation in an uncertain world.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution17: 551-557.
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Ancel, L.W. and W. Fontana (2000).
Plasticity, evolvability and modularity in RNA.
Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution)288: 242-283.
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Ancel, L.W. (2000).
Undermining the Baldwin expediting effect: How phenotypic plasticity influences the rate of evolution.
Theoretical Population Biolgy58: 307-319.
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Ancel, L.W. (1999).
A quantitative model of the Simpson-Baldwin effect.
Journal of Theoretical Biology196: 197-209.
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Ancel, L.W. and M. W. Hero (1998).
One-way intervals of circle maps.
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society126: 1191-1197.
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