UTCM Consortium List

Please find the list of publications from the Meyers Lab and UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium here.

2024

  • Bai, Y., Z. Du, L. Wang, E.H.Y. Lau, I.C.-H. Fung, P. Holme, et al. (2024). Public health impact of Paxlovid as treatment for COVID-19, United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases 14.
    doi: 10.3201/eid3002.230835
  • de Rosa, F., M. Escott, D. Havron, D. Walkes, L.A. Meyers.(2024). The C3C Game: Serious games and community-centered design for improved pandemic decision making. Games and Learning Alliance 2023, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 14475.
    doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-49065-1_14

2023

  • Howerton, E., et al. (2023). Evaluation of the US COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub for informing pandemic response under uncertainty. Nature Communications 14.
    doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42680-x
  • Johnson, K.E., R.F. Pasco, S. Woody, M. Lachmann, M. Johnson-Leon, D. Bhavnani, et al. (2023). Optimizing COVID-19 testing strategies on college campuses: Evaluation of the health and economic costs. PLoS Computational Biology 19.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011715

2020

  • Singh, B., S. Risanger, D. Morton, M. Pignone, and L.A. Meyers (2020). Expanding access to COVID-19 tests through US postal service facilities. Medical Decision Making
    doi: 10.1177/0272989X20969690
  • Pasco, R.F., S.J. Fox, S.C. Johnston, M. Pignone, and L.A. Meyers (2020). Estimated association of construction work with risks of COVID-19 infection and hospitalization in Texas. JAMA Network Open 3.
    doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.26373
  • Wang, X., Z. Du, G. Huang, R.F. Pasco, S.J. Fox, A.P. Galvani, M. Pignone, S.C. Johnston, and L.A. Meyers (2020). Effects of cocooning on coronavirus disease rates after relaxing social distancing. Emerging Infectious Diseases 26.
    doi: 10.3201/eid2612.201930
  • Duque, D., D.P. Morton, B. Singh, Z. Du, R.F. Pasco, and L.A. Meyers (2020). Timing social distancing to avert unmanageable COVID-19 hospital surges. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
    doi: 10.1073/pnas.2009033117
  • Ali, S.T., L. Wang, E.H.Y. Lau, X. Xu, Z. Du, Y. Wu, G.M. Leung, B.J. Cowling (2020). Serial interval of SARS-CoV-2 was shortened over time by nonpharmaceutical interventions. Science.
    doi: 10.1126/science.abc9004
  • Wang, X., R.F. Pasco, Z. Du, M. Petty, S.J Fox, A.P. Galvani, M. Pignone, S.C. Johnston, L.A. Meyers (2020). Impact of social distancing measures on COVID-19 healthcare demand in Central Texas, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases 26.
    doi: 10.3201/eid2610.201702
  • Scarpino, S.V., J.G. Scott, R.M. Eggo, B. Clements. N.B. Dimitrov, L.A. Meyers (2020). Socioeconomic bias in influenza surveillance. PLoS Computational Biology 16: e1007941.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007941
  • Du, Z.W., X. Xu, L. Wang, S.J. Fox, B.J. Cowling, A.P. Galvani, and L.A. Meyers (2020). Effects of proactive social distancing on COVID-19 outbreaks in 58 cities, China. Emerging Infectious Diseases 26.
    doi: 10.3201/eid2609.201932
  • Meyers, L.A., Z.W. Du, R.M. Krug (2020). Hoping for a COVID-19 antiviral that limits virus spread. Behind the Paper: Nature Communications.
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  • Du, Z.W., C. Nugent, A.P. Galvani, R.M. Krug, L.A. Meyers (2020). Modeling mitigation of influenza epidemics by baloxavir. Nature Communications 11: 7504-7509.
    doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16585-y
  • Wells, C.R., P. Sah, S.M. Moghadas, A. Pandey, A. Shoukat, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, L.A. Meyers, B.H. Singer, A.P. Galvani (2020). Impact of international travel and border control measures on the global spread of the novel 2019 coronavirus outbreak. PNAS 117.
    doi: 10.1073/pnas.2002616117
  • Moghadas, S.M., A. Shoukat, M.C. Fitzpatrick, C.R. Wells, P. Sah, A. Pandey, J.D. Sachs, Z. Wang, L.A. Meyers, B.H. Singer, A.P. Galvani (2020). Projecting hospital utilization during the COVID-19 outbreaks in the United States. PNAS 117: 9122-9126.
    doi: 10.1073/pnas.2004064117
  • Buckee, C.O., S. Balsari, J. Chan, M. Crosas, F. Dominici, U. Gasser, Y.H. Grad, B. Grenfell, M.E. Halloran, M.U.G. Kraemer, M. Lipsitch, C.J.E. Metcalf, L.A. Meyers, T.A. Perkins, M. Santillana, S.V. Scarpino, C. Viboud, A. Wesolowski, A. Schroeder (2020). Aggregated mobility data could help fight COVID-19. Science 368: 145-146.
    doi: 10.1126/science.abb8021
  • Meyers, L.A. (2020). The secret life of coronavirus: Why we need such drastic social distancing measures. The Economist Intelligence Unit.
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  • Du, Z., X. Xu, Y. Wu, L. Wang, B.J. Cowling, L.A. Meyers (2020). Serial interval of COVID-19 among publicly reported confirmed cases. Emerging Infectious Diseases 26.
    doi: 10.3201/eid2606.200357
  • Du, Z., L. Wang, S. Cauchemez, X. Xu, X. Wang, B.J. Cowling, L.A. Meyers (2020). Risk for transportation of coronavirus disease from Wuhan to other cities in China. Emerging Infectious Diseases 26.
    doi: 10.3201/eid2605.200146
  • Castro, L.A., T. Bedford, L.A. Meyers (2020). Early prediction of antigenic transitions for influenza A/H3N2. PLoS Computational Biology 16: e1007683.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007683

2020 medRxiv

  • Javan, E., S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (November 13, 2020). Estimating the unseen emergence of COVID-19 in the US. medRxiv.
    doi: 10.1101/2020.04.06.20053561
  • Fox, S.J., R.F. Pasco, M. Tec, Z. Du, M. Lachmann, J. Scott, L.A. Meyers (June 23, 2020). The impact of asymptomatic COVID-19 infections on future pandemic waves. medRxiv.
    doi: 10.1101/2020.06.22.20137489
  • Duque, D., D.P. Morton, B. Singh, Z. Du, R.F. Pasco, L.A. Meyers (May 05, 2020). COVID-19: How to relax social distancing if you must. medRxiv.
    doi: 10.1101/2020.04.29.20085134v1
  • Du, Z., C. Nugent, B.J. Cowling, L.A. Meyers (March 27, 2020). Hundreds of severe pediatric COVID-19 infections in Wuhan prior to the lockdown. medRxiv.
    doi: 10.1101/2020.03.16.20037176

2020 Reports

  • Lachmann, M., S.J. Fox, M. Tec, R.F. Pasco, M. Johnson, J. Lu, Z. Du, S. Woody, J. Starling, M. Dahan, K. Gaither, K. Pierce, J. Scott, G. Wells, L.A. Meyers (October 20, 2020). Texas Trauma Service Area (TSA) COVID-19 transmission estimates and healthcare projections: Oct. 20 Update.
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  • Cameron Matsui, C., R.F. Pasco, K. Johnson, S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (September, 2020). COVID-19 transmission risks for reopening the University of Texas at Austin.
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  • Fox, S.J., M. Lachmann, L.A. Meyers (July 31, 2020). Risks of COVID-19 introductions as schools reopen.
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  • Yang, H., D. Duque, O. Surer, D.P. Morton, R.F. Pasco, K. Pierce, S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (June 15, 2020). Staged strategy to avoid hospital surge and preventable mortality, while reducing the economic burden of social distancing measures (Presented to city of Houston).
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  • Duque, D., M. Tec, D.P. Morton, J. Scott, H. Yang, R.F. Pasco, K. Pierce, S.J. Fox, M. Pignone, P. Hudson, L.A. Meyers (May 18, 2020). Staged strategy to avoid hospital surge and preventable mortality, while reducing the economic burden of social distancing measures (Presented to city of Austin).
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  • Pierce, K., E. Ho, X. Wang, R.F. Pasco, Z. Du, S.J. Fox, G. Zynda, J. Song, L.A. Meyers (April 29, 2020). COVID-19 healthcare demand projections: Beaumont-Port Arthur MSA,Texas.
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  • Pierce, K., E. Ho, X. Wang, R.F. Pasco, Z. Du, S.J. Fox, G. Zynda, J. Song, L.A. Meyers (April 28, 2020). COVID-19 healthcare demand projections: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land MSA, Texas.
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  • Duque, D., D.P. Morton, B. Singh, Z. Du, R.F. Pasco, L.A. Meyers (April 28, 2020). COVID-19 in Austin, Texas: Averting healthcare surges while relaxing social distancing.
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  • Wang, X., Z. Du, G. Huang, S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (April 22, 2020). COVID-19 in Austin, Texas: Relaxing social distancing measures.
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  • Wang, X., Z. Du, R.F. Pasco, K. Pierce, M. Petty, S.J. Fox, M. Pignone, C. Johnston, L.A. Meyers (April 20, 2020). COVID-19 healthcare demand projections: Austin, Texas.
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  • Pasco, R.F., X. Wang, Z. Du, S. Fox, L.A. Meyers (April 17, 2020). COVID-19 in Austin, Texas: Epidemiological assessment of grocery shopping.
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  • Woody, S., M. Tec, M. Dahan, K. Gaither, M. Lachmann, S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers, J. Scott (April 17, 2020). Projections for first-wave COVID-19 deaths across the US using social-distancing measures derived from mobile phones.
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  • Pasco, R.F., Z. Du, X. Wang, M. Petty, S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (2020). COVID-19 in Austin, Texas: Epidemiological assessment of construction work.
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  • Javan, E., S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (April 3, 2020). Probability of current COVID-19 outbreaks in all US counties.
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  • Du, Z., X. Wang, R.F. Pasco, M. Petty, S.J. Fox, L.A. Meyers (2020). COVID-19 healthcare demand projections: 22 Texas cities.
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  • Pasco, R.F., X. Wang, M. Petty, Z. Du, S.J. Fox, M. Pignone, C. Johnston, L.A. Meyers (March 24, 2020). COVID-19 healthcare demand projections: Austin, Texas.
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2019

  • Herrera-Diestra, J.L., L.A. Meyers (2019). Local risk perception enhances epidemic control. PLoS ONE 14: e0225576.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225576
  • Sah, P., J.A. Alfaro-Murillo, M.C. Fitzpatrick, K.M. Neuzil, L.A. Meyers, B.H. Singer, A.P. Galvani (2019). Future epidemiological and economic impacts of universal influenza vaccines. PNAS 116: 20786-20792.
    doi: 10.1073/pnas.1909613116
  • Fox, S.J., S.E. Bellan, T.A. Perkins, M.A. Johansson, L.A. Meyers (2019). Downgrading disease transmission risk estimates using terminal importations. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13: e000739.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007395

2018

  • Ertem, Z., D. Raymond, L.A. Meyers (2018). Optimal multi-source forecasting of seasonal influenza. PLoS Computational Biology 14: e1006236.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006236

2017

  • Fox, S.J., J.C. Miller, L.A. Meyers (2017). Seasonality in risk of pandemic influenza emergence. PLoS Computational Biology 10: e1005749.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005749
  • Huang H.C., B. Singh, D.P. Morton, G.P. Johnson, B. Clements, L.A. Meyers (2017). Equalizing access to pandemic influenza vaccines through optimal allocation to public health distribution points. PLoS One 12: e0182720.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182720
  • Huang, H.C., O.M. Araz, D.P. Morton, G.P. Johnson, P. Damien, B. Clements, L.A. Meyers (2017). Stockpiling ventilators for influenza pandemics. Emerging Infectious Diseases 23: 914-921.
    doi: 10.3201/eid2306.161417
  • Castro, L.A., S.J. Fox, X. Chen, K. Liu, S.E. Bellan, N.B. Dimitrov, A.P. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2017). Assessing real-time Zika risk in the United States. BMC Infectious Diseases 17: 284.
    doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2394-9

2016

  • Biggerstaff, M., D. Alper, M. Dredze, S.J. Fox, I.CH. Fung, K.S. Hickmann, B. Lewis, R. Rosenfeld, J. Shaman, M.H. Tsou, P. Velardi, A. Vespignani, L. Finelli, the Influenza Forecasting Contest Working Group (2016). Results from the centers for disease control and prevention’s predict the 2013–2014 Influenza Season Challenge. BMC Infectious Diseases.
    doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1669-x
  • Herrera J.L., Srinivasan R., Brownstein J.S., Galvani AP, Meyers L.A. (2016). Disease Surveillance on Complex Social Networks. PLoS Computational Biology.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004928
  • Eggo, R.M., J.G. Scott, A.P. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2016). Respiratory virus transmission dynamics determine timing of asthma exacerbation peaks: Evidence from a population-level model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
    doi: 10.1073/pnas.1518677113
  • Fischer L.S., S. Santibanez, R.J. Hatchett, D.B. Jernigan, L.A. Meyers, P.G. Thorpe, M.I. Meltzer (2016). CDC Grand Rounds: Modeling and Public Health Decision-Making. MMWR and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 65: 1374–1377.
    doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6548a4
  • Scarpino, S.V., J.G. Scott, R.M. Eggo, N.B. Dimitrov, L.A. Meyers (2016). Data blindspots: High-tech disease surveillance misses the poor. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics 8.
    doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6451

2015

  • Hoen, A.G., T.J. Hladish, R.M. Eggo, M. Lenczner, J.S. Brownstein, L.A. Meyers (2015). Epidemic Wave Dynamics Attributable to Urban Community Structure: A Theoretical Characterization of Disease Transmission in a Large Network. Journal of Medical Internet Research 17: e169.
    doi: 10.2196/jmir.3720
  • Bellan, S.E., J.R.C. Pulliam, C.A.B. Pearson, D. Champredon, S.J. Fox, L. Skrip, A.P. Galvani, M. Gambhir, B.A. Lopman, T.C. Porco, L.A. Meyers, J. Dushoff (2015). The statistical power and validity of Ebola vaccine trials in Sierra Leone: A simulation study of trial design and analysis. Lancet Infectious Diseases 15: 703-10 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)70139-8.
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  • Bellan, S.E., J. Dushoff, A. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2015). Reassessment of HIV-1 Acute Phase Infectivity: Accounting for Heterogeneity and Study Design with Simulated Cohorts. PloS Medicine 12: e1001801 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001801.
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  • Gutfraind, A., A. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2015). Efficacy and Optimization of Palivizumab Injection Regimens Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. The Journal of the American Medical Association: Pediatrics doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3804.
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  • Singh, B., H-C. Huang, D. Morton, G. Johnson, A. Gutfraind, A. Galvani, B. Clements, L.A. Meyers (2015). Optimizing Distributions of Pandemic Influenza Antivirals. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 21: 252-8.
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  • Gutfraind, A. and L.A. Meyers (2015). Evaluating large-scale blood transfusion therapy for the current Ebola epidemic in Liberia. Journal of Infectious Diseases doi:10.1093/infdis/jiv042.
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2014

  • Lofgren, E.T., M.E. Halloran, C.M. Rivers, J.M. Drake, T.C. Porco, B. Lewis, W. Yang, A. Vespignani, J. Shaman, J.N.S. Eisenberg, M.C. Eisenberg, M. Marathe, S.V. Scarpino, K.A. Alexander, R. Meza, M.J. Ferrari, J.M. Hyman, L.A. Meyers, S. Eubank (2014). Opinion: Mathematical models: A key tool for outbreak response. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 111: 18095-6.
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  • Scarpino, S.V., A. Iamarino, C. Wells, D. Yamin, M. Ndeffo-Mbah, N.S. Wenzel, S.J. Fox, T. Nyenswah, F.L. Altice, A.P. Galvani, L.A. Meyers, J.P. Townsend (2014). Epidemiological and Viral Genomic Sequence Analysis of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Reveals Clustered Transmission. Clinical Infectious Diseases doi:10.1093/cid/ciu1131.
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  • Bellan, S.E., J. Pulliam, J. Dushoff, L.A. Meyers (2014). Ebola virus vaccine trials: the ethical mandate for a therapeutic safety net. BMJ 349: g7518.
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  • Bellan, S.E., J. Pulliam, J. Dushoff, L.A. Meyers (2014). Ebola control: effect of asymptomatic infection and acquired immunity. Lancet 384: 1499-1500.
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  • Scarpino, S.V., D.A. Levin and L.A. Meyers (2014). Polyploid formation shapes flowering plant diversity. The American Naturalist 184: 456-65.
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  • Fitzpatrick, M.C., K. Hampson, S. Cleaveland, I. Mzimbiri, F. Lankester, T. Lembo, L.A. Meyers, A.D. Paltiel, A.P. Galvani (2014). Cost-effectiveness of canine vaccination to prevent human rabies in rural Tanzania. Annals of Internal Medicine 160: 91-100.
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  • Rushmore, J., D. Caillaud, R. Hall, R. Stumpf, L.A. Meyers, S. Altizer (2014). Network-based vaccination improves prospects for disease control in wild chimpanzees. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 11: 20140349.
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  • Gilbert, J.A., L.A. Meyers, A.P. Galvani, J.P. Townsend (2014). Probabilistic uncertainty analysis of epidemiological modeling to guide public health intervention policy. Epidemics 6: 37-45.
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2013

  • Caillaud, D., M.E. Craft and L.A. Meyers (2013). Epidemiological effects of group size variation in social species. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 10: 20130206.
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  • Ndeffo Mbah, M.L., J. Medlock, L.A. Meyers, A.P. Galvani, J.P. Townsend (2013). Optimal targeting of seasonal influenza vaccination toward younger ages is robust to parameter uncertainty. Vaccine 30: 3079-89.
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  • Ndeffo Mbah, M.L., E.F. Kjetland, K.E. Atkins, E.M. Poolman, E.W. Orenstein, L.A. Meyers, J.P. Townsend, A.P. Galvani (2013). Cost-effectiveness of a community-based intervention for reducing the transmission of Schistosoma haematobium and HIV in Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 19: 7952-7.
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  • Ndeffo Mbah, M.L., E.M. Poolman, K.E. Atkins, E.W. Orenstein, L.A. Meyers, J.P. Townsend, A.P. Galvani (2013). Potential Cost-Effectiveness of Schistosomiasis Treatment for Reducing HIV Transmission in Africa - The Case of Zimbabwean Women. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 8: e2346.
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  • Durham, D.P., M.L. Ndeffo Mbah, J. Medlock, P.M. Luz, L.A. Meyers, A.D. Paltiel, A.P. Galvani (2013). Dengue dynamics and vaccine cost-effectiveness in Brazil. Vaccine 37: 3957-61.
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2012

  • Scarpino, S.V., N.B. Dimitrov and L.A. Meyers (2012). Optimizing Provider Recruitment for Influenza Surveillance Networks. PLoS Computational Biology 8: e1002472.
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  • Bansal, S. and L.A. Meyers (2012). The impact of past epidemics on future disease dynamics. Journal of Theoretical Biology 309: 176-184.
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  • Hladish, T.J., E. Melamud, L.A. Barrera, A. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2012). EpiFire: An open source C++ library and application for contact network epidemiology. BMC Bioinformatics 13: 76.
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  • Araz, O.M., A. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2012). Geographic prioritization of distributing pandemic influenza vaccines. Health Care Management Science doi:10.1007/s10729-012-9199-6.
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  • Araz, O.M., P. Damien, D.A. Paltiel, S. Burke, B. van de Geijn, A. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2012). Simulating school closure policies for cost effective pandemic decision making. BMC Public Health 12: 449.
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  • Tekle, Y.I., K.M. Nielsen, J. Liu, M.M. Pettigrew, L.A. Meyers, A.P. Galvani and J.P. Townsend (2012). Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance through Targeted, Vaccine-Induced Replacement of Strains. PLoS ONE 7: e50688.
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  • Benavides, J. P.D., Walsh, L.A. Meyers, M. Raymond, D. Caillaud (2012). Transmission of Infectious Diseases En Route to Habitat Hotspots. PLoS ONE 7: e31290.
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  • Fitzpatrick, M.C., K. Hampson, S. Cleaveland, L.A. Meyers, J.P. Townsend and A.P. Galvani (2012). Potential for Rabies Control through Dog Vaccination in Wildlife-Abundant Communities of Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 6: e1796.
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  • Ndeffo Mbah, M.L., J. Liu, C.T. Bauch, Y.I. Tekel, J. Medlock L.A. Meyers and A.P. Galvani (2012). The Impact of Imitation on Vaccination Behavior in Social Contact Networks. PLoS Computational Biology 8: e1002469.
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  • Davoudi, B. J.C. Miller, R. Meza, L.A. Meyers, D.J.D. Earn, B. Pourbohloul (2012). Early Real-Time Estimation of the Basic Reproduction Number of Emerging Infectious Diseases. Physical Review X 2: 031005.
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2011

  • Volz, E.M., J.C. Miller, A.P. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2011). Effects of Heterogeneous and Clustered Contact Patterns on Infectious Disease Dynamics. PLoS Computational Biology 7: e1002042.
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  • Cornforth, D.M., T.C. Reluga, E. Shim, C.T. Bauch, A.P. Galvani, L.A. Meyers (2011). Erratic Flu Vaccination Emerges from Short-Sighted Behavior in Contact Networks. PLoS Computational Biology 7: e1001062.
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  • Dimitrov, N., S. Goll, N. Hupert, B. Pourbohloul, L.A. Meyers (2011). Optimizing Tactics for use of the U.S. Antiviral Strategic National Stockpile for Pandemic Influenza. PLoS ONE 6: e16094.
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  • Li, M., G.B. Chapman, Y. Ibuka, L.A. Meyers, A. Galvani (2011). Who got vaccinated against H1N1 pandemic influenza? - A longitudinal study in four US cities. Psychology and Health doi:10.1080/08870446.2011.554833.
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  • Wells, C., J.M. Tchuenche, L.A. Meyers, A.P. Galvani, C.T. Bauch (2011). Impact of Imitation Processes on the Effectiveness of Ring Vaccination. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology doi:10.1007/s11538-011-9646-4.
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  • Shim, E., L.A. Meyers, A.P. Galvani (2011). Optimal H1N1 vaccination strategies based on self-interest versus group interest. BMC Public Health 11(Suppl 1): S4.
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  • Meyers, L.A., B. Kerr, K. Koelle (2011). Special Issue Editorial: Network Perspectives on Infectious Disease Dynamics. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases 146765.
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2010

  • Craft, M.E., E. Volz, C. Packer, L.A. Meyers (2010). Disease transmission in territorial populations: The small-world network of Serengeti lions. Journal of the Royal Society Interface doi:10.1098/rsif.2010.0511.
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  • Volz, E., S.D.W. Frost, R. Rothenberg, L.A. Meyers (2010). Epidemiological bridging by injection drug use drives an early HIV epidemic. Epidemics 2: 155-164.
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  • Bansal, S., J. Read, B. Pourbohloul, L.A. Meyers (2010). The dynamic nature of contact networks in infectious disease epidemiology. Journal of Biological Dynamics 4: 478-489.
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  • Dimitrov, N.B. and L.A. Meyers (2010). Mathematical Approaches to Infectious Disease Prediction and Control. J. J. Hasenbein, ed. INFORMS TutORials in Operations Research 7: 1-25.
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  • Ibuka, Y., G.B. Chapman, L.A. Meyers, M. Li, A.P. Galvani (2010). The dynamics of risk perceptions and precautionary behavior in response to 2009 (H1N1) pandemic influenza. BMC Infectious Diseases 10: 296.
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  • Bansal, S., B. Pourbohloul, N. Hupert, B. Grenfell, L.A. Meyers (2010). The Shifting Demographic Landscape of Pandemic Influenza. PLoS ONE 5: e9360.
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2009

  • Medlock, J., L.A. Meyers, A. Galvani (2009). Optimizing allocation for a delayed influenza vaccination campaign. PLoS Currents Influenza.
    doi: 10.1371/currents.RRN1134
  • Dimitrov, N., S. Goll, N. Hupert, B. Pourbohloul, L.A. Meyers (2009). Optimizing Tactics for use of the U.S. Antiviral Strategic National Stockpile for Pandemic (H1N1) Influenza, 2009. PLoS Currents Influenza.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016094
  • Bansal, S., S. Khandelwal, L.A. Meyers (2009). Exploring biological network structure with clustered random networks. BMC Bioinformatics 10: 405.
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  • Pourbohloul, B., A. Ahued, B. Davoudi, R. Meza, L.A. Meyers, et al. (2009). Initial human transmission dynamics of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus in North America. Influenza and other Respiratory Diseases 3: 215-222.
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  • Craft, M.E., E. Volz, C. Packer, L.A. Meyers (2009). Distinguishing epidemic waves from disease spillover in a wildlife population. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 276: 1777-1785.
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2008

  • L.A. Meyers (2008). Statistics Primer. To accompany Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition. Sinauer Associates.
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  • Volz, E., L.A. Meyers (2008). Epidemic thresholds in dynamic contact networks. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. doi:10.1098/rsif.2008.0218.
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  • Cowperthwaite, M., E.P. Economo, W.R. Harcombe, E.L. Miller, L.A. Meyers (2008). The ascent of the abundant: How mutational networks constrain evolution. PLoS Computational Biology 4: e1000110.
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2007

  • Volz, E., L.A. Meyers (2007). Susceptible-infected-recovered epidemics in dynamic contact networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274: 2925-2933.
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  • Cowperthwaite, M., L.A. Meyers (2007). How mutational networks shape evolution: Lessons from RNA models. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 38: 203-230.
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  • Bansal, S., B.T. Grenfell, L.A. Meyers (2007). When individual behavior matters: homogeneous and network models in epidemiology. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 4: 879-891.
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  • Meyers, L.A. (2007). Contact network epidemiology: Bond percolation applied to infectious disease prediction and control. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 44: 63-86.
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2006

  • Cowperthwaite, M., J.J. Bull, L.A. Meyers (2006). From bad to good: Fitness reversals and the ascent of deleterious mutations. PLoS Computational Biology 2: e141.
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  • Bansal, S., B. Pourbohloul, L.A. Meyers (2006). A comparative analysis of influenza vaccination programs. PLoS Medicine 3: e387.
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  • Ferrari, M.J., S. Bansal, L.A. Meyers, O.N. BjØrnstad (2006). Network frailty and the geometry of herd immunity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 273: 2743-2748.
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  • Meyers, L.A., D.A. Levin (2006) On the abundance of polyploids in flowering plants. Evolution 60: 1198-1206.
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  • Meyers, L.A., M.E.J. Newman, B. Pourbohloul (2006). Predicting epidemics on directed contact networks. Journal of Theoretical Biology 240: 400-418.
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2005

  • Bull, J.J., L.A. Meyers, M. Lachmann (2005). Quasispecies made simple. PLoS Computational Biology 1: 450-460.
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  • Meyers, L.A., F.D. Ancel, M. Lachmann (2005). Evolution of genetic potential. PLoS Computational Biology 1: 236-243.
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  • Cowperthwaite, M., J.J. Bull, L.A. Meyers (2005). Distributions of beneficial fitness effects in RNA. Genetics 170: 1449-1457.
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  • Pourbohloul, B., L.A. Meyers, Krajden, M., Patrick, D.M., Brunham, R.C. (2005). A quantitative comparison of control strategies for respiratory-borne pathogens. Emerging Infectious Diseases 11: 1249-1256.
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  • Meyers, L.A. (2005). Constraints on variation from genotype through phenotype to fitness, in "Variation: A Central Concept in Biology" (B. Hallgrimsson and B. Hall, Eds.), Academic Press.
    doi: 10.1016/B978-012088777-4/50008-9
  • Meyers, L.A. and W. Fontana (2005). Evolutionary lock-in and the origin of modularity in RNA structure, in "Modularity: Understanding the Development and Evolution of Complex Natural Systems" (W. Callebaut and D. Rasskin-Gutman, Eds.), MIT Press.
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  • Meyers, L.A., B. Pourbohloul, M.E.J. Newman, D.M. Skowronski, R.C. Brunham (2005). Network theory and SARS: Predicting outbreak diversity. Journal of Theoretical Biology 232: 71-81.
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2004

  • Meyers, L.A. (2004). Book review of Gerhard Schlosser and Günter Wagner (Eds.), "Modularity in Development and Evolution" Science 306: 814-815.
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  • Meyers, L.A. (2004). Book review of Bruce H. Weber and David J. Depew (Eds.), "Evolution and Learning: The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered." American Journal of Human Biology 16: 495-496.
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  • Meyers, L.A., J.F. Lee, M. Cowperthwaite, A.D. Ellington (2004). The robustness of naturally and artificially selected nucleic acid secondary structures. Journal of Molecular Evolution 58: 681-691.
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  • Lee, J.F., J.R. Hesselberth, L.A. Meyers, and A.D. Ellington (2004). Aptamer database. Nucleic Acids Research 32: D95-D100.
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2003

  • Meyers, L.A., B.R. Levin, A.R. Richardson and I. Stojilkovic (2003). Epidemiology, hypermutation, within-host evolution and the virulence of Neisseria meningitidis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 270: 1667-1677.
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  • Meyers, L.A., M.E.J. Newman, M. Martin and S. Schrag (2003). Applying network theory to epidemics: Control measures for Mycoplasma pneumoniae outbreaks. Emerging Infectious Diseases 9: 204-210.
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  • De Visser, J.A.G.M., J. Hermisson, G.P. Wagner, L.A. Meyers, et al. (2003). Perspective: Evolution and Detection of Genetic Robustness. Evolution 57: 1959-1972.
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Prior to 2003

  • Meyers, L.A. and J.J. Bull (2002). Fighting change with change: adaptive variation in an uncertain world. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17: 551-557.
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  • Ancel, L.W. and W. Fontana (2000). Plasticity, evolvability and modularity in RNA. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 288: 242-283.
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  • Ancel, L.W. (2000). Undermining the Baldwin expediting effect: How phenotypic plasticity influences the rate of evolution. Theoretical Population Biolgy 58: 307-319.
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  • Ancel, L.W. (1999). A quantitative model of the Simpson-Baldwin effect. Journal of Theoretical Biology 196: 197-209.
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  • Ancel, L.W. and M. W. Hero (1998). One-way intervals of circle maps. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 126: 1191-1197.
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