2015
Impact of bed capacity on spatiotemporal shifts in Ebola transmission
Townsend JP, Skrip LA, Galvani AP. Impact of bed capacity on spatiotemporal shifts in Ebola transmission. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: 14125-14126. PMID: 26518509, PMCID: PMC4655579, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1518484112.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2009
Averting 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
2005
Dimensions of superspreading
Galvani AP, May RM. Dimensions of superspreading. Nature 2005, 438: 293-295. PMID: 16292292, PMCID: PMC7095140, DOI: 10.1038/438293a.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Ecological and immunological determinants of influenza evolution
Ferguson NM, Galvani AP, Bush RM. Ecological and immunological determinants of influenza evolution. Nature 2003, 422: 428-433. PMID: 12660783, DOI: 10.1038/nature01509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew avian influenzaHost immune systemStrain-transcending immunityImmunological factorsInfluenza ANew vaccinesAnnual epidemicsAntigenic shiftImmune systemAntigenic changesEpidemic formHigh transmissibilityImmunological determinantsInfluenzaAvian influenzaGlobal pandemicInfluenza evolutionViral evolutionViral diversityEpidemiological dynamicsMorbidityVaccineMortalitySubtypesImmunity