2011
Dengue vector control strategies in an urban setting: an economic modelling assessment
Luz PM, Vanni T, Medlock J, Paltiel AD, Galvani AP. Dengue vector control strategies in an urban setting: an economic modelling assessment. The Lancet 2011, 377: 1673-1680. PMID: 21546076, PMCID: PMC3409589, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60246-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCost-effectiveness ratioHerd immunityAdult controlsDengue burdenIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioDengue transmissionCost-effective interventionResource-constrained countriesProbabilistic sensitivity analysesCost-effectiveness analysisIncidence of dengueFuture dengue epidemicsImmunological effectsHealth burdenRisk of dengueVector control policiesDengue epidemicsImmunityVector control strategiesBurdenDengueAdult mosquitoesInterventionEpidemicYears
2009
Optimizing Influenza Vaccine Distribution
Medlock J, Galvani AP. Optimizing Influenza Vaccine Distribution. Science 2009, 325: 1705-1708. PMID: 19696313, DOI: 10.1126/science.1175570.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge FactorsAgedCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.ChildChild, PreschoolDisease OutbreaksHealth PolicyHumansImmunization ProgramsInfantInfluenza A virusInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza VaccinesInfluenza, HumanMiddle AgedModels, StatisticalUnited StatesVaccinationYoung AdultConceptsOutcome measuresNovel swine-origin influenzaOptimal vaccine allocationInfluenza vaccine distributionContingent valuationSwine-origin influenzaYears of lifePublic health policyOptimal allocationEconomic costsInfluenza vaccineSeasonal influenzaInfluenza pandemicU.S. CentersVaccine allocationDisease controlMortality dataVaccine distributionHealth policyOptimal vaccinationPolicy optimizationTransmission dynamicsInfluenzaAllocationNew recommendationsAverting epidemics of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Basu S, Friedland GH, Medlock J, Andrews JR, Shah NS, Gandhi NR, Moll A, Moodley P, Sturm AW, Galvani AP. Averting epidemics of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2009, 106: 7672-7677. PMID: 19365076, PMCID: PMC2678614, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812472106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-resistant tuberculosisXDR-TBXDR-TB epidemicDrug susceptibility testingCommunity-based EpidemicsCommunity-based programsEffective reproductive numberTertiary hospitalTB epidemicDisease presentationPublic health conditionsCase findingTransmission clustersDiagnostic approachHealth conditionsSouth African communityOngoing transmissionTransmission dynamicsTherapyTuberculosisEpidemicReproductive numberTBKwaZulu-Natal ProvinceHospital
2003
Evaluating plague and smallpox as historical selective pressures for the CCR5-Δ32 HIV-resistance allele
Galvani AP, Slatkin M. Evaluating plague and smallpox as historical selective pressures for the CCR5-Δ32 HIV-resistance allele. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2003, 100: 15276-15279. PMID: 14645720, PMCID: PMC299980, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2435085100.Peer-Reviewed Original Research