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The durability of natural infection and vaccine-induced immunity against future infection by SARS-CoV-2
Townsend JP, Hassler HB, Sah P, Galvani AP, Dornburg A. The durability of natural infection and vaccine-induced immunity against future infection by SARS-CoV-2. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2204336119. PMID: 35858382, PMCID: PMC9351502, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2204336119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfection by SARS‐CoV‐2 with alternate frequencies of mRNA vaccine boosting
Townsend J, Hassler H, Dornburg A. Infection by SARS‐CoV‐2 with alternate frequencies of mRNA vaccine boosting. Journal Of Medical Virology 2023, 95: e28461. PMID: 36602045, DOI: 10.1002/jmv.28461.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Anti-spike IgG antibodiesWaning of antibodiesVaccine boostingBooster vaccinationBreakthrough infectionsAntibody levelsIgG antibodiesMRNA vaccinesProbability of infectionInfectionEndemic transmissionIndividual infectionsPredominant variantCOVID-19 pandemicMessenger RNAAntibodiesDisease spreadBNT162b2HospitalizationMorbidityVaccinationWidespread uptakeVaccineMortality
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Chapter 5 Measurement and meaning in gene expression evolution
Diaz R, Wang Z, Townsend J. Chapter 5 Measurement and meaning in gene expression evolution. 2023, 111-129. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-91810-7.00008-x.ChaptersGene expressionPhenotypic evolutionGene expression evolutionMessenger RNAEffects of epistasisIndividual gene expressionRibonucleic acid sequencingExpression evolutionNonmodel speciesFunctional genomicsGenomic scaleTranscriptional networksGene functionRelative mRNA abundancePhenotypic variationPopulation geneticsReference genomeTranscriptome profilingBiological traitsMolecular adjustmentsQuantitative traitsPhenotypic varianceGene interactionsGenetic controlExpression variation