Mosquito-borne Disease Publications

2025

Yaari, R., M. Galanti, R. Zepeda Tello, S. Chicumbe, I. Jani, A. Cassy, I Macicame, N. Manafe, S.M. Farley, W.M. El-Sadr and J. Shaman, 2025: Infectious disease forecasting to support public health: Use of readily available methods to predict malaria and diarrheal diseases in Mozambique. Journal of Global Health, 15:04114, doi:10.7189/jogh.15.04114.

Ward, M.J., M. Sorek-Hamer, J. Henke, E. Little, A. Patel, J. Shaman, K. Vamuri and N. DeFelice, 2023: A spatially resolved and environmentally informed forecast model of West Nile virus in Coachella Valley, California. GeoHealth, 7(12):e2023GH000855, doi:10.1029/2023GH000855.

Ukawuba, I. and J.Shaman, 2022: Inference and dynamic simulation of malaria using a simple climate-driven entomological model of malaria transmission. PLOS Computational Biology, 18(6):e1010161, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010161.

Bomfim, R., S. Pei, J. Shaman, T. Yamana, H. A. Makse, J. S. Andrade Jr., A. S. Lima Neto and V. Furtado. Predicting dengue outbreaks at neighborhood level using human mobility in urban areas. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 17(171):20200691, doi:10.1098/rsif.2020.0691.
Yamana, T. and J. Shaman, 2020: A framework for evaluating the effects observational type and quality on vector-borne disease forecast. Epidemics, 30:100359, doi:10.1016.jepidem.2019.100359.

Johansson, M.A., …, T. Yamana, J. Shaman, … et al., 2019: Advancing probabilistic epidemic forecasting through an open challenge: The Dengue Forecasting Project. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(48):24268-24274, doi:10.1073/pnas.1909865116.
DeFelice, N.B., R. Birger, N. DeFelice, A. Gagner, S.R. Campbell, C. Romano, M. Santoriello, J. Henke, J. Wittie, B. Cole, C. Kaiser and J. Shaman, 2019: Real time 2017 West Nile virus forecast: operational challenges. JAMA Network Open, 2(4):e193175, doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.3175.

Ukawuba, I. and J. Shaman, 2018: Association of spring-summer hydrology and meteorology and human West Nile virus infection in West Texas, USA, 2002-2016. Parasites & Vectors, 11:224, doi:10.1186/s13071-018-2781-0.
DeFelice, N. B., Z. D. Schneider, E. Little, C. Barker, K. A. Callout, S. R. Campbell, D. Damian, P. Irwin, H. M. P. Jones, J. Townsend and J. Shaman, 2018: Use of temperature to improve West Nile virus forecasts. PLOS Computational Biology, 14(3):e1006047, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006047.

Little, E., W. Bajwa and J. Shaman, 2017: Local environmental and meteorological conditions influencing the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus and arbovirus transmission risk in New York City. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(8):e0005828, doi:1371/journal.pntd.0005828.
DeFelice, N. B., E. Little, S.R. Campbell and J. Shaman, 2017: Ensemble forecast of human West Nile virus cases and mosquito infection rates. Nature Communications, 8, Article Number 14592, doi:10.1038/ncomms14592.

Yamana, T., S. Kandula, and J. Shaman, 2016: Superensemble forecasts of dengue outbreaks. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 13:20160410. doi:10.1098/rsif.2016.0410.
Little, E., S.R. Campbell and J. Shaman, 2016: Development and validation of a climate-based ensemble prediction model for West Nile virus infection rates in Culex mosquitoes, Suffolk County, New York. Parasites & Vectors, 9:443, doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1720-1.

Gatton, M., N. Chitnis, T. Churcher, M. Donnely, A. Ghani, C. Godfray, F. Gould, I. Hastings, J. Marshall, H. Ranson, M. Rowland, J. Shaman, L. White, and S. Lindsay, 2013: The Importance of Mosquito Behavioural Adaptations to Malaria Control in Africa. Evolution, 67(4):1218-1230.

Shaman, J., 2011: Strategies for Controlling the Enzootic Amplification of Arboviruses. Journal of Medical Entomology, 48(6): 1189-1196.
Shaman, J., K. Harding, and S. R. Campbell, 2011: Meteorological and Hydrological Influences on the Spatial and Temporal Prevalence of WNV in Culex Mosquitoes, Suffolk County New York. Journal of Medical Entomology, 48(4): 867-875.

Shaman, J., J. F. Day and N. Komar, 2010: Hydrologic Conditions Describe West Nile Virus Risk in Colorado. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7(2):494-508, doi:10.3390/ijerph7020494.

Shaman, J., 2007: Amplification due to spatial clustering in an individual-based model of mosquito-avian arbovirus transmission. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 101(5):469-483, doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.11.007.
Shaman, J. and J. F. Day, 2007: Reproductive Phase Locking of Mosquito Populations in Response to Rainfall Frequency. PLoS ONE, 2(3):e331. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000331.

Shaman, J., J. F. Day, M. Stieglitz, S. Zebiak, and M. Cane, 2006: An Ensemble Seasonal Forecast of Human Cases of St. Louis Encephalitis in Florida Based on Seasonal Hydrologic Forecasts. Climatic Change, 75(4):495-511.
Shaman, J., M. Spiegelman, M. Cane, and M. Stieglitz, 2006: A Hydrologically Driven Model of Swamp Water Mosquito Population Dynamics. Ecological Modelling, 194(4):395-404.

Shaman, J. and J. F. Day, 2005: Achieving Operational Hydrologic Monitoring of Mosquito-Borne Disease Transmission. Emerging Infectious Diseases,11(9):1343-1350.
Shaman, J., J. F. Day, and M. Stieglitz, 2005: Drought-induced amplification and epidemic transmission of West Nile virus in South Florida. Journal of Medical Entomology, 42(2):134-141.

Shaman, J., J. F. Day, and M. Stieglitz, 2004: The Association of Drought, Wetting and Human Cases of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus in South-Central Florida.American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 71(3):251-261.
Shaman, J., J. F. Day, M. Stieglitz, S. Zebiak, and M. Cane, 2004: Seasonal Forecast of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus Transmission, Florida. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10(5):802-809.

Shaman, J., J. F. Day, and M. Stieglitz, 2003: St. Louis Encephalitis Virus in Wild Birds During the 1990 South Florida Epidemic: The Importance of Drought, Wetting Conditions, and the Emergence of Culex nigripalpus to Arboviral Amplification and Transmission. Journal of Medical Entomology, 40(4):547-554.

Shaman, J., J. F. Day, and M. Stieglitz, 2002: Drought-induced amplification of St. Louis encephalitis virus, Florida. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8(6):575-580.
Shaman, J., M. Stieglitz, C. Stark, S. Le Blancq, and M. Cane, 2002: Using a dynamic hydrology model to predict mosquito abundances in flood and swamp water. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8(1):6-13.