Influenza simulation models

I develop computer models of influenza transmission. Applications include pandemic planning and studying the spread of new strains.

D. L. Chao, J. D. Bloom, B. F. Kochin, R. Antia, and I. M. Longini Jr. The global spread of drug-resistant influenza. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 9(69):648-56. 2012.
doi:10.1098/rsif.2011.0427
E. Kenah, D. L. Chao, L. Matrajt, M. E. Halloran, and I. M. Longini Jr. The global transmission and control of influenza. PLoS ONE. 6(5): e19515. 2011.
D. L. Chao, M. E. Halloran, and I. M. Longini Jr. School opening dates predict pandemic influenza A (H1N1) epidemics in the United States. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 202(6):877-880. 2010.
D. L. Chao, M. E. Halloran, V. Obenchain, and I. M. Longini Jr. FluTE, a publicly available stochastic influenza epidemic simulation model. PLoS Computational Biology, 6(1): e1000656. 2010.
Y. Yang, J. D. Sugimoto, M. E. Halloran, N. E. Basta, D. L. Chao, L. Matrajt, G. Potter, E. Kenah, I. M. Longini Jr. Transmissibility and control of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus. Science, 326(5953): 729-733. 2009.
N. E. Basta, D. L. Chao, M. E. Halloran, L. Matrajt, I. M. Longini Jr. Strategies for pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccination of school children in the US. American Journal of Epidemiology, 170(6):679-686. 2009.

	FluTE. An influenza epidemic simulation tool for the United States.
	Global Model. A model of influenza transmission across the globe.
	Antiviral resistance spread model. A model of the spread of antiviral resistant influenza across the globe.