Dr Elaine Ferguson
- Research Associate (Infectious Disease Ecology)
email:
Elaine.Ferguson@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Research interests
Research groups
Publications
2025
Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Lugelo, Ahmed, Czupryna, Anna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8004-1678, Anderson, Danni, Lankester, Felix, Sikana, Lwitiko, Dushoff, Jonathan and Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884
(2025)
Improved effectiveness of vaccination campaigns against rabies by reducing spatial heterogeneity in coverage.
PLoS Biology,
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002872)
(Early Online Publication)
Luka, Martha M., Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Rees, Eleanor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Hoffu, Husna, Changalucha, Joel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Lushasi, Kennedy, Sikana, Lwitiko, Mutunga, Mumbua, Thumbi, SM and Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884
(2025)
Optimising human rabies vaccine supply chains: a modelling study.
Vaccine,
(doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127108)
(PMID:40274463)
(Early Online Publication)
2024
Durrant, R. et al. (2024) Examining the molecular clock hypothesis for the contemporary evolution of the rabies virus. PLoS Pathogens, 20(11), e1012740. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012740) (PMID:39585914) (PMCID:PMC11627394)
2023
Lushasi, K. et al. (2023) Integrating contact tracing and whole-genome sequencing to track the elimination of dog-mediated rabies: an observational and genomic study. eLife, 12, e85262. (doi: 10.7554/elife.85262) (PMID:37227428) (PMCID:PMC10299823)
2022
Hayes, Sarah, Lushasi, Kennedy, Sambo, Maganga, Changalucha, Joel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Ferguson, Elaine A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Sikana, Lwitiko, Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Nouvellet, Pierre and Donnelly, Christl A.
(2022)
Understanding the incidence and timing of rabies cases in domestic animals and wildlife in south-east Tanzania in the presence of widespread domestic dog vaccination campaigns.
Veterinary Research, 53,
106.
(doi: 10.1186/s13567-022-01121-1)
(PMID:36510331)
(PMCID:PMC9743725)
Duamor, Christian T., Lankester, Felix Felix, Mpolya, Emmanuel A., Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Johnson, Paul C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520, Wyke, Sally
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7509-8247, Cleaveland, Sarah
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959, Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884 and Kreppel, Katharina A.
(2022)
Participation in mass dog vaccination campaigns in Tanzania: Benefits of community and public engagement.
Frontiers in Public Health, 10,
971967.
(doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.971967)
(PMID:36311637)
(PMCID:PMC9616113)
Ferguson, E. A. et al. (2022) Modelling how face masks and symptoms-based quarantine synergistically and cost-effectively reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Bangladesh. Epidemics, 40, 100592. (doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100592) (PMID:35738153) (PMCID:PMC9192122)
Mancy, R. et al. (2022) Rabies shows how scale of transmission can enable acute infections to persist at low prevalence. Science, 376(6592), pp. 512-516. (doi: 10.1126/science.abn0713) (PMID:35482879) (PMCID:PMC7613728)
Lugelo, Ahmed, Hampson, Katie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Ferguson, Elaine A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Czupryna, Anna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8004-1678, Bigambo, Machunde, Duamor, Christian Tetteh, Kazwala, Rudovick, Johnson, Paul C.D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520 and Lankester, Felix
(2022)
Development of dog vaccination strategies to maintain herd immunity against rabies.
Viruses, 14(4),
830.
(doi: 10.3390/v14040830)
(PMID:35458560)
(PMCID:PMC9028497)
Sambo, M. et al. (2022) Scaling-up the delivery of dog vaccination campaigns against rabies in Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(2), e0010124. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010124) (PMID:35143490) (PMCID:PMC8865671)
2021
Lushasi, K. et al. (2021) Reservoir dynamics of rabies in south-east Tanzania and the roles of cross-species transmission and domestic dog vaccination. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(11), pp. 2673-2685. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13983) (PMID:35221371) (PMCID:PMC7612421)
2017
Husmeier, Dirk ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7413, Ferguson, Elaine
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Matthiopoulos, Jason
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8172 and Insall, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4898-040X
(2017)
Statistical Inference of the Drivers of Collective Cell Movement.
RSS 2017 Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 04-07 Sep 2017.
Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Matthiopoulos, Jason
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8172, Insall, Robert H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4898-040X and Husmeier, Dirk
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7413
(2017)
Statistical inference of the mechanisms driving collective cell movement.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), 66(4),
pp. 869-890.
(doi: 10.1111/rssc.12203)
Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Matthiopoulos, Jason
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8172 and Husmeier, Dirk
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7413
(2017)
Constructing Wildebeest Density Distributions by Spatio-temporal Smoothing of Ordinal Categorical Data Using GAMs.
In: 32nd International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Groningen, Netherlands, 03-07 Jul 2017,
pp. 70-75.
2016
Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Matthiopoulos, Jason
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8172, Insall, Robert H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4898-040X and Husmeier, Dirk
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7413
(2016)
Inference of the drivers of collective movement in two cell types: Dictyostelium and melanoma.
Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 13(123),
20160695.
(doi: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0695)
(PMID:27798280)
2015
Ferguson, Elaine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Cleaveland, Sarah
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959, Consunji, Ramona, Deray, Raffy, Friar, John, Haydon, Daniel T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886, Jimenez, Joji, Pancipane, Marlon and Townsend, Sunny E.
(2015)
Heterogeneity in the spread and control of infectious disease: consequences for the elimination of canine rabies.
Scientific Reports, 5,
18232.
(doi: 10.1038/srep18232)
(PMID:26667267)
(PMCID:PMC4678884)
Articles
Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Lugelo, Ahmed, Czupryna, Anna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8004-1678, Anderson, Danni, Lankester, Felix, Sikana, Lwitiko, Dushoff, Jonathan and Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884
(2025)
Improved effectiveness of vaccination campaigns against rabies by reducing spatial heterogeneity in coverage.
PLoS Biology,
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002872)
(Early Online Publication)
Luka, Martha M., Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Rees, Eleanor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Hoffu, Husna, Changalucha, Joel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Lushasi, Kennedy, Sikana, Lwitiko, Mutunga, Mumbua, Thumbi, SM and Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884
(2025)
Optimising human rabies vaccine supply chains: a modelling study.
Vaccine,
(doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127108)
(PMID:40274463)
(Early Online Publication)
Durrant, R. et al. (2024) Examining the molecular clock hypothesis for the contemporary evolution of the rabies virus. PLoS Pathogens, 20(11), e1012740. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012740) (PMID:39585914) (PMCID:PMC11627394)
Lushasi, K. et al. (2023) Integrating contact tracing and whole-genome sequencing to track the elimination of dog-mediated rabies: an observational and genomic study. eLife, 12, e85262. (doi: 10.7554/elife.85262) (PMID:37227428) (PMCID:PMC10299823)
Hayes, Sarah, Lushasi, Kennedy, Sambo, Maganga, Changalucha, Joel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Ferguson, Elaine A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Sikana, Lwitiko, Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Nouvellet, Pierre and Donnelly, Christl A.
(2022)
Understanding the incidence and timing of rabies cases in domestic animals and wildlife in south-east Tanzania in the presence of widespread domestic dog vaccination campaigns.
Veterinary Research, 53,
106.
(doi: 10.1186/s13567-022-01121-1)
(PMID:36510331)
(PMCID:PMC9743725)
Duamor, Christian T., Lankester, Felix Felix, Mpolya, Emmanuel A., Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Johnson, Paul C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520, Wyke, Sally
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7509-8247, Cleaveland, Sarah
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959, Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884 and Kreppel, Katharina A.
(2022)
Participation in mass dog vaccination campaigns in Tanzania: Benefits of community and public engagement.
Frontiers in Public Health, 10,
971967.
(doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.971967)
(PMID:36311637)
(PMCID:PMC9616113)
Ferguson, E. A. et al. (2022) Modelling how face masks and symptoms-based quarantine synergistically and cost-effectively reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Bangladesh. Epidemics, 40, 100592. (doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100592) (PMID:35738153) (PMCID:PMC9192122)
Mancy, R. et al. (2022) Rabies shows how scale of transmission can enable acute infections to persist at low prevalence. Science, 376(6592), pp. 512-516. (doi: 10.1126/science.abn0713) (PMID:35482879) (PMCID:PMC7613728)
Lugelo, Ahmed, Hampson, Katie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Ferguson, Elaine A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Czupryna, Anna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8004-1678, Bigambo, Machunde, Duamor, Christian Tetteh, Kazwala, Rudovick, Johnson, Paul C.D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520 and Lankester, Felix
(2022)
Development of dog vaccination strategies to maintain herd immunity against rabies.
Viruses, 14(4),
830.
(doi: 10.3390/v14040830)
(PMID:35458560)
(PMCID:PMC9028497)
Sambo, M. et al. (2022) Scaling-up the delivery of dog vaccination campaigns against rabies in Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(2), e0010124. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010124) (PMID:35143490) (PMCID:PMC8865671)
Lushasi, K. et al. (2021) Reservoir dynamics of rabies in south-east Tanzania and the roles of cross-species transmission and domestic dog vaccination. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(11), pp. 2673-2685. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13983) (PMID:35221371) (PMCID:PMC7612421)
Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Matthiopoulos, Jason
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8172, Insall, Robert H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4898-040X and Husmeier, Dirk
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7413
(2017)
Statistical inference of the mechanisms driving collective cell movement.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), 66(4),
pp. 869-890.
(doi: 10.1111/rssc.12203)
Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Matthiopoulos, Jason
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8172, Insall, Robert H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4898-040X and Husmeier, Dirk
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7413
(2016)
Inference of the drivers of collective movement in two cell types: Dictyostelium and melanoma.
Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 13(123),
20160695.
(doi: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0695)
(PMID:27798280)
Ferguson, Elaine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Cleaveland, Sarah
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959, Consunji, Ramona, Deray, Raffy, Friar, John, Haydon, Daniel T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886, Jimenez, Joji, Pancipane, Marlon and Townsend, Sunny E.
(2015)
Heterogeneity in the spread and control of infectious disease: consequences for the elimination of canine rabies.
Scientific Reports, 5,
18232.
(doi: 10.1038/srep18232)
(PMID:26667267)
(PMCID:PMC4678884)
Conference or Workshop Item
Husmeier, Dirk ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7413, Ferguson, Elaine
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Matthiopoulos, Jason
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8172 and Insall, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4898-040X
(2017)
Statistical Inference of the Drivers of Collective Cell Movement.
RSS 2017 Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 04-07 Sep 2017.
Conference Proceedings
Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Matthiopoulos, Jason
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8172 and Husmeier, Dirk
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7413
(2017)
Constructing Wildebeest Density Distributions by Spatio-temporal Smoothing of Ordinal Categorical Data Using GAMs.
In: 32nd International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Groningen, Netherlands, 03-07 Jul 2017,
pp. 70-75.
Supervision
- Luka, Martha Muthina
A Framework for Predicting the Impacts of Rabies Control and Prevention Strategies in East Africa