Research highlights

A selection of some 'higher impact' work from the last few years (much of which is very collaboratory):

Hampson K., Dobson A., Kaare, M., Dushoff J., Magoto M., Sindoya E. and Cleaveland S. Rabies Exposures, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis and Deaths in a Region of Endemic Canine Rabies. PLOS Neglected Diseases 2(11): e339.
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Hampson K, Dushoff J, Cleaveland S, Haydon DT, Kaare M, Packer, C., and Dobson, A. Transmission Dynamics and Prospects for the Elimination of Canine Rabies.  PLoS Biology Vol. 7, No. 3, e53.
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Lembo, T., Hampson, K., Haydon, D. T., Craft, M., Dobson, A., Dushoff, J., Ernest, E., Hoare, R., Kaare, M., Mlengeya, T., Mentzel, C., and Cleaveland, S. 2008 Exploring reservoir dynamics: a case study of rabies in the Serengeti ecosystem Journal Of Applied Ecology 45, 4, 1246-1257
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Cottam, E.M. (and 18 others) 2008.  Transmission Pathways of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in the United Kingdom in 2007.  PLoS Pathogens 4, 1-9.
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Haydon, D.T. and Matthews L. 2007.  Cross-scale influences on epidemiological dynamics: from genes to ecosystems.  Special issue of Interface 4, 763-997

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Killeen, G. F., Smith, T. A., Ferguson, H. M., Mshinda, H., Abdulla, S., Lengeler, C., and Kachur, S. P. 2008 Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with insecticide-treated nets PLoS Medicine 4, 7, e299-.
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Haydon DT, Randall DA, Matthews L, Knobel DL, Tallents LA, Gravenor MB, Williams SD, Pollinger JP, Cleaveland S, Woolhouse ME, Sillero-Zubiri C, Marino J, Macdonald DW, Laurenson MK - Low-coverage vaccination strategies for the conservation of endangered species - Nature, 12 Oct 2006; 443: 692-695
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Matthews L, Low JC, Gally DL, Pearce MC, Mellor, DJ, Heesterbeek JA, Chase-Topping M, Naylor SW, Shaw DJ, Reid SJ, Gunn GJ, Woolhouse ME - Heterogeneous shedding of Escherichia coli O157 in cattle and its implications for control - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 17 Jan 2006; 103: 547-552
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Matthews L, Woolhouse M - New approaches to quantifying the spread of infection - Nat Rev Microbiol, Jul 2005; 3: 529-536
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Cattadori IM, Haydon DT, Hudson PJ - Parasites and climate synchronize red grouse populations - Nature, 17 Feb 2005; 433: 737-741
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Haydon, D. T., Kao, R. R., and Kitching, R. P. 2004 The UK foot-and-mouth disease outbreak - the aftermath Nature Reviews Microbiology 2, 8, 675-681
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