2024
Travel surveillance uncovers dengue virus dynamics and introductions in the Caribbean
Taylor-Salmon E, Hill V, Paul L, Koch R, Breban M, Chaguza C, Sodeinde A, Warren J, Bunch S, Cano N, Cone M, Eysoldt S, Garcia A, Gilles N, Hagy A, Heberlein L, Jaber R, Kassens E, Colarusso P, Davis A, Baudin S, Rico E, Mejía-Echeverri Á, Scott B, Stanek D, Zimler R, Muñoz-Jordán J, Santiago G, Adams L, Paz-Bailey G, Spillane M, Katebi V, Paulino-Ramírez R, Mueses S, Peguero A, Sánchez N, Norman F, Galán J, Huits R, Hamer D, Vogels C, Morrison A, Michael S, Grubaugh N. Travel surveillance uncovers dengue virus dynamics and introductions in the Caribbean. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 3508. PMID: 38664380, PMCID: PMC11045810, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47774-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCaribbean RegionDengueDengue VirusDisease OutbreaksEpidemiological MonitoringHumansPhylogenySerogroupTravelConceptsDengue virusDENV-3Rates of severe diseaseMosquito-borne viral diseasePublic health threatPattern of spreadSevere diseaseLocal surveillanceGenomic epidemiologyEpidemiological patternsVirus surveillanceSurveillanceHealth threatSerotypesDiseaseIncreased rateDengueViral diseasesVirusInfected travelersFrequent outbreaks
2021
Lying in wait: the resurgence of dengue virus after the Zika epidemic in Brazil
Brito AF, Machado LC, Oidtman RJ, Siconelli MJL, Tran QM, Fauver JR, Carvalho RDO, Dezordi FZ, Pereira MR, de Castro-Jorge LA, Minto ECM, Passos LMR, Kalinich CC, Petrone ME, Allen E, España GC, Huang AT, Cummings DAT, Baele G, Franca RFO, da Fonseca BAL, Perkins TA, Wallau GL, Grubaugh ND. Lying in wait: the resurgence of dengue virus after the Zika epidemic in Brazil. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 2619. PMID: 33976183, PMCID: PMC8113494, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22921-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, ViralBrazilChildChild, PreschoolDengueDengue VirusDisease SusceptibilityEpidemicsEpidemiological MonitoringFemaleGenome, ViralHumansImmunity, HeterologousIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedMolecular TypingMosquito VectorsPhylogeographySerotypingYoung AdultZika VirusZika Virus InfectionConceptsDengue virus serotype 1Zika epidemicZika virus epidemicDENV lineagesVirus serotype 1DENV infectionProtective immunityDENV transmissionDengue susceptibilityDengue virusViral spreadLow transmission levelsSerotype 1Virus epidemicMajor outbreaksModel mosquitoEpidemicInfectionDengueTransmission suitabilityDengue incidenceYearsDengue dynamicsOutbreakIncidencePublic health actions to control new SARS-CoV-2 variants
Grubaugh ND, Hodcroft EB, Fauver JR, Phelan AL, Cevik M. Public health actions to control new SARS-CoV-2 variants. Cell 2021, 184: 1127-1132. PMID: 33581746, PMCID: PMC7846239, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsCommunicable Disease ControlCOVID-19Epidemiological MonitoringGlobal HealthHumansMandatory ProgramsPandemicsSARS-CoV-2TravelUnited KingdomVulnerable PopulationsAsynchronicity of endemic and emerging mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in the Dominican Republic
Petrone ME, Earnest R, Lourenço J, Kraemer MUG, Paulino-Ramirez R, Grubaugh ND, Tapia L. Asynchronicity of endemic and emerging mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in the Dominican Republic. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 151. PMID: 33420058, PMCID: PMC7794562, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20391-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAedesAnimalsChikungunya FeverChikungunya virusChildChild, PreschoolCommunicable Diseases, EmergingDengueDengue VirusDisease OutbreaksDominican RepublicEndemic DiseasesEpidemiological MonitoringFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMosquito ControlMosquito VectorsSpatio-Temporal AnalysisYoung AdultZika VirusZika Virus InfectionConceptsDengue outbreakDisease outbreaksDengue fever casesOutbreak of chikungunyaMosquito-Borne VirusesFever casesFuture health crisesMosquito-borne disease outbreaksFuture outbreaksVirus transmissionAedes mosquitoesSustainable disease control measuresHealth crisisVirusDisease control measuresOutbreakChikungunyaConstant surveillanceZikaControl measuresDominican Republic
2020
Coast-to-Coast Spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the Early Epidemic in the United States
Fauver JR, Petrone ME, Hodcroft EB, Shioda K, Ehrlich HY, Watts AG, Vogels CBF, Brito AF, Alpert T, Muyombwe A, Razeq J, Downing R, Cheemarla NR, Wyllie AL, Kalinich CC, Ott IM, Quick J, Loman NJ, Neugebauer KM, Greninger AL, Jerome KR, Roychoudhury P, Xie H, Shrestha L, Huang ML, Pitzer VE, Iwasaki A, Omer SB, Khan K, Bogoch II, Martinello RA, Foxman EF, Landry ML, Neher RA, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND. Coast-to-Coast Spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the Early Epidemic in the United States. Cell 2020, 181: 990-996.e5. PMID: 32386545, PMCID: PMC7204677, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBetacoronavirusConnecticutCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Epidemiological MonitoringHumansLikelihood FunctionsPandemicsPhylogenyPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2TravelUnited StatesWashingtonConceptsSARS-CoV-2Federal travel restrictionsSARS-CoV-2 transmissionCOVID-19 patientsCoronavirus SARS-CoV-2SARS-CoV-2 introductionsEarly SARS-CoV-2 transmissionPattern of spreadSustained transmissionLocal surveillanceEarly epidemicInternational importationCOVID-19 outbreakUnited StatesViral genomeInternational travel patternsPatientsCritical needTravel restrictions