2016
Quantifying Transmission of Clostridium difficile within and outside Healthcare Settings
Durham DP, Olsen MA, Dubberke ER, Galvani AP, Townsend JP. Quantifying Transmission of Clostridium difficile within and outside Healthcare Settings. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2016, 22: 608-616. PMID: 26982504, PMCID: PMC4806959, DOI: 10.3201/eid2204.150455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClostridium difficile infectionAsymptomatic carriersLong-term care facility settingLong-term care facility residentsHospital-onset Clostridium difficile infectionCare facility residentsEffect of hospitalCommunity-based transmissionCommunity sourcesAsymptomatic patientsCDI incidenceDifficile infectionFacility residentsPatientsControl interventionsDifficile prevalenceC. difficileClostridium difficileHealthcare settingsNational databaseQuantifying transmissionTransmission routesHospitalDifficileControl measures
2014
Strategies for containing Ebola in West Africa
Pandey A, Atkins KE, Medlock J, Wenzel N, Townsend JP, Childs JE, Nyenswah TG, Ndeffo-Mbah ML, Galvani AP. Strategies for containing Ebola in West Africa. Science 2014, 346: 991-995. PMID: 25414312, PMCID: PMC4316831, DOI: 10.1126/science.1260612.Peer-Reviewed Original Research