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Spatial distribution and determinants of childhood vaccination refusal in the United States
Bokgyeong Kang, Sandra Goldlust, Elizabeth C. Lee +3
Parental refusal and delay of childhood vaccination has increased in recent years in the United States. This phenomenon challenges maintenance of herd immunity and increases the ri…
A first look at COVID-19 information and misinformation sharing on Twitter
Lisa Singh, Shweta Bansal, Leticia Bode +7
Since December 2019, COVID-19 has been spreading rapidly across the world. Not surprisingly, conversation about COVID-19 is also increasing. This article is a first look at the amo…
The reachability of contagion in temporal contact networks: how disease latency can exploit the rhythm of human behavior
Ewan Colman, Kristen Spies, Shweta Bansal
The symptoms of many infectious diseases influence their host to withdraw from social activity limiting their own potential to spread. Successful transmission therefore requires th…
Mind the scales: Harnessing spatial big data for infectious disease surveillance and inference
Elizabeth C. Lee, Jason M. Asher, Sandra Goldlust +3
Spatial big data have the "velocity," "volume," and "variety" of big data sources and additional geographic information about the record. Digital data sources, such as medical clai…
Increasing Herd Immunity with Influenza Revaccination
Eric Mooring, Shweta Bansal
Seasonal influenza is a significant public health concern in the United States and globally. While influenza vaccines are the single most effective intervention to reduce influenza…
The Impact of Past Epidemics on Future Disease Dynamics
Shweta Bansal, Lauren Ancel Meyers
Many pathogens spread primarily via direct contact between infected and susceptible hosts. Thus, the patterns of contacts or contact network of a population fundamentally shapes th…
A Comparative Analysis of Influenza Vaccination Programs
Shweta Bansal, Babak Pourbohloul, Lauren Ancel Meyers
The threat of avian influenza and the 2004-2005 influenza vaccine supply shortage in the United States has sparked a debate about optimal vaccination strategies to reduce the burde…