Selected Publications of Alison Galvani since 2003

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Medlock, J. & Galvani, A.P. (2009) Optimizing influenza vaccine distribution. Science. In press.
Matser, A., Hartemink, N., Heesterbeek, H., Galvani, A.P. & Davis, S. (2009) Elasticity analysis in epidemiology: An application to tick-borne infections. Ecology Letters. In press.
Li, M., Vietri, J., Galvani, A.P. & Chapman, G. (2009) How do people value life? Psychological Science. In press.
Shim, E., Kochin, B. & Galvani, A.P. (2009) Insights from epidemiological game theory into gender-specific vaccination against rubella. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering. In press.
Basu, S., Friedland, G.H., Medlock, J., Andrews, J.R., Shah, N.S., Gandhi, N.R., Moll, A., Moodley, P., Strum, A.W. & Galvani, A.P. (2009) Averting epidemics of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. In press.
Shim, E. & Galvani, A.P. (2009) Impact of transmission dynamics on the cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination. Vaccine. In press.
Medlock, J., Luz, P.M., Struchiner, C.J. & Galvani, A.P. (2009) The impact of transgenic mosquitoes on dengue virulence to humans and to mosquitoes. American Naturalist. In press.
Shim, E. & Galvani, A.P. (2009) Evolutionary repercussions of avian culling on host resistance and influenza virulence. PLoS ONE. In press.
Basu, S., Chapman, G.B. & Galvani, A.P. (2008) Integrating epidemiology, psychology and economics to achieve HPV vaccination targets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 105:19018-19023.
Orenstein, E.W., Basu, S., Shah, S.N., Andrews, J.R., Friedland, G.H., Moll, A.P., Gandhi, N.R. & Galvani, A.P. (2008) A meta-analysis of treatment outcomes and adverse events among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients. Lancet Infectious Diseases, USA. In press.
Basu, S., Orenstein, E. & Galvani, A.P. (2008) The impact of immune dynamics on drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemics. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 198: 1502-1513.
Reluga, T.C., Medlock, J. & Galvani, A.P. (2008) The discounted reproductive number for epidemiology. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering. In press.
Luz, P., Grinsztejin, B. & Galvani, A.P. (2008) Disability adjusted life years lost to dengue in Brazil. Tropical Medicine & International Health. In press.
Basu, S.,& Galvani, A.P. (2008) The evolution of tuberculosis virulence. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. In press.
Basu, S., Maru, D., Poolman, E. Sharma, S.K. & Galvani, A.P. (2008) Modeling primary and secondary tuberculosis preventive therapy in antiretroviral treatment clinics. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. In press.
Luz, P., Mendes, B., Codeco, C., Struchiner, C. & Galvani, A.P. (2008) Time series analysis of dengue incidence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 79:933-939.
Luz, P., Codeco, C.T., Medlock, J., Struchiner, C.T., Valle, D. & Galvani, A.P. (2008) Impact of insecticide interventions on the abundance and resistance profile of Aedea aegypti. Epidemiology and Infection. In press.
Basu, S. & Galvani, A.P. (2008) The transmission dynamics of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa: an operations research and mathematical modeling approach. Epidemiology and Infection. 136: 1585-1598.
Hu, C, Rio, RVM., Medlock, J., Haines, L.R., Nayduch, D., Savage, A.F., Guz, N., Attardo, G.M., Pearson, T.W., Galvani, A.P. & Aksoy, S. (2008) Infections with immunogenic trypanosomes reduce tsetse reproductive fitness. PLoS Neglected Diseases. 2, e192.
Poolman, E.M, Elbasha, E. & Galvani, A.P. (2008) Vaccination and the evolutionary ecology of Human Papillomavirus. Vaccine. 18, C25-30.
Troy, D. Galvani, A.P., Struchiner, C. & Gumel, A. (2008) The evolutionary consequences of vaccination. Vaccine. 18, C1-3.
Basu, S. & Galvani, A.P. (2007) Multiparameter calibration of a natural history model of cervical cancer. American Journal of Epidemiology. 166, 983-984.
Rainer et al. (Galvani, A.P. 4th of 15 authors) (2007) Discriminating features of SARS from other severe viral respiratory tract infections. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 26: 121-129.
Basu, S., Andrews, J., Poolman, E.M., Gandhi N.R., Shah, N.S., Moll, A., Galvani, A.P., & Friedland, G.H. (2007) The epidemic-level impact of preventing nosocomial transmission of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis in rural South African district hospitals. Lancet, In press.
Galvani, A.P., Reluga, T.C. & Chapman, G.B. (2007) Long-standing influenza vaccination policy is in accord with individual self-interest but not with the utilitarian optimum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104(13):5692–5697.
Poolman, E.M, Elbasha, E. & Galvani, A.P. (2007) Vaccination and the evolutionary ecology of Human Papillomavirus. Vaccine, In press.
Basu, S. & Galvani, A.P., (2007) Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa. Lancet, In press.
Codeço, C., Luz, P.M., Coelho, F., Galvani, A.P. & Struchiner, C. (2007) Vaccinating in disease-free regions: a vaccine model with application to yellow fever. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, In press.
Reluga, T.C., Walton, D.B., Meza, R. & Galvani, A.P. (2007) Reservoir interactions and disease emergence. Theoretical Population Biology, In press.
Reluga, T.C., Medlock, J., Poolman, E.M. & Galvani, A.P. (2007) Optimal timing of disease transmission in an age-structured population. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 68(8): 2711–2722.
Poolman, E.M. & Galvani, A.P. (2006) Evaluating candidate agents of selective pressure for cystic fibrosis. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 4(12): 91–98.
Galvani, A.P., Medlock, J. & Chapman, G.B. (2006) The ethics of influenza vaccination. Science 313(5788): 758–759.
Reluga, T.C., Medlock, J. & Galvani, A.P. (2006) A model of spatial epidemic spread when individuals move within overlapping home ranges. Bulletin for Mathematical Biology 68(2): 401–416.
Reluga, T.C., Bauch, C. & Galvani, A.P. (2006) Evolving public perceptions and stability in vaccine uptake. Mathematical Biosciences 204(2): 185–198.
Poolman, E.M. & Galvani, A.P. (2006) Modeling targeted ivermectin treatment for controlling river blindness. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 75(5): 921–927.
Galvani, A.P. (2005) The role of mutation accumulation in HIV progression. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B 272: 1851–1858.
Galvani, A.P. & May, R.M. (2005) New dimensions to superspreading infection. Nature 438(7066): 293–295.
Novembre, J.P., Galvani, A.P. & Slatkin, M. (2005) The geographic spread of the CCR5-Δ32 HIV-resistance allele. PLOS Biology 3(11): e339.
Elbasha, E. & Galvani, A.P. (2005) Vaccinating against multiple HPV types. Mathematical Biosciences 197: 88–117.
Bauch, C.T., Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Coffee, M. & Galvani, A.P. (2005) Dynamically modelling SARS and respiratory EIDs: past, present and future. Epidemiology 16(6): 791–801.
Galvani, A.P. & Novembre, J.P. (2005) The evolutionary history of the CCR5-Δ32 HIV-resistance mutation. Microbes and Infection 7: 301–308.
Galvani, A.P. (2005) Age-dependent epidemiological patterns and strain diversity in helminth parasites. Journal of Parasitology 91: 24–30.
Porco, T.C., Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Gross, K.L. & Galvani, A.P. (2005) The effect of treatment on pathogen virulence. Journal of Theoretical Biology 233: 91–102.
Charleston, M. & Galvani, A.P. (2006) A cophylogenetic perspective of host–pathogen evolution. In Disease Evolution: Models, Concepts and Data Analyses (eds. Z. Feng, U. Dieckmann & S. Levin) American Mathematical Society.
Galvani, A.P. & Slatkin, M. (2004) Intense selection in an age-structured population. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B 271: 171–176.
Ferguson, N.M., Galvani, A.P. & Bush, R.M. (2003) Ecological and immunological determinants of influenza evolution. Nature 422: 428–433.
Galvani, A.P. (2003) Epidemiology meets evolutionary ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 18: 132–139. (Cover article)
Galvani, A.P., Lei, X. & Jewell, N.P. (2003) Severe acute respiratory syndrome: temporal stability and geographic variation in case-fatality rates and doubling times. Emerging Infectious Diseases 9: 991–994.
Lloyd-Smith, J., Galvani, A. & Getz, W. (2003) Curtailing transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome within a community and its hospital. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B 270: 1979–1989. (First two authors contributed equally) (Cover article)
Bauch, C.T., Galvani, A.P. & Earn, D.J.D. (2003) Group interest versus self-interest in smallpox vaccination policy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 100: 10564–10567.
Galvani, A.P. & Slatkin, M. (2003) Evaluating plague and smallpox as historical selective pressures for the CCR5-Δ32 HIV-resistance allele. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 100: 15276–15279.
Galvani, A.P. (2003) Immunity, antigenic heterogeneity, and the aggregation of helminth parasites. Journal of Parasitology 89: 232–241.
Galvani, A.P., Coleman, R.M. & Ferguson, N.M. (2003) The maintenance of sex in parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B 270: 19–28.
Bauch, C.T. & Galvani, A.P. (2003) Using network models to approximate spatial point-process models. Mathematical Biosciences 184: 101–114.