Journal Articles

  • Keeler C and Emch M (2018) Infectious Diseases. Eds: Crooks VA, Andrews G, and Pearce J.  Routledge Handbook of Health Geography. Routledge: London.
  • Aydemir O, Janko M, Hathaway NJ, Verity R, Mwandagalirwa K, Tshefu AK, Tessema, SK, Marsh P, Tran AD, Reimonn T, Ghani A, Ghansah A, Juliano JJ, Greenhouse B, Emch M, Meshnick SR, Bailey JA. (2018) Drug resistance and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum across the Democratic Republic of Congo using high-throughput molecular inversion probes.Journal of Infectious Diseases. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy223
  • Janko MM, Irish SR, Reich BJ, Peterson M, Doctor SM, Mwandagalirwa MK, Likwela JL, Tshefu AK, Meshnick SR, Emch ME (2018) The links between agriculture, Anopheles mosquitoes, and malaria risk in children under 5 in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A population-based cross-sectional and spatial study. Lancet Planetary Health. 2(2): e74–e82.
  • Levitz L, Janko M, Mwandagalirwa K, Thwai KL, Likwela JL, Tshefu AK, Emch M, Meshnick SR (2018) Effect of individual- and community-level bed net usage on malaria prevalence among under-fives in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Malaria Journal. 17:39.
  • Stebbins R, Emch M, Meshnick SR (2018) The Effectiveness of Community Bed Net Use on Malaria Parasitemia Among Children Under 5 in Liberia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.17-0619.
  • Wu J, Yunus M, Ali M, Escamilla V, Emch M (2018) Influences of heatwave, rainfall, and tree cover on cholera in Bangladesh. Environment International. 120: 304-311.
  • Nazia N, Ali M, Zakariya M, Nahar Q, Yunus M, Emch M (2018) Spatial and population drivers of persistent cholera transmission in rural Bangladesh: Implications for vaccine and intervention targeting. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology. 24: 1-9.
  • Holliday K, Howard AG, Emch M, Rodríguez DA, Rosamond WD, Evenson KR (2017) Where Are Adults Active? An Examination of Physical Activity Locations Using GPS in Five United States Cities. Journal of Urban Health, 1-11
  • Wong WCW,  Zhao Y, Miu HYH, Tucker JD, Parish WL, Yang L-G, Emch M, Ho KM, Yeung F (2017). Prevalence and risk factors of chlamydia infection in Hong Kong: A population-based geospatial household survey and testing. PloS One, 12 (2), e0172561.
  • Becker-Dreps S, Cuthbertson CC, Bucardo F, Vinje J, Paniagua M, Giebultowicz S, Espinoza F, Emch M (2017) Environmental factors associated with childhood norovirus diarrhoea in León, Nicaragua. Epidemiology and Infection. 145 (8), 1597-1605.
  • Holliday KM, Howard AG, Emch M, Rodríguez DA, Rosamond WD, Evenson KR (2017) Deriving a GPS Monitoring Time Recommendation for Physical Activity Studies of Adults. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 49 (5), 939-947.
  • Call M, Gray C, Yunus M, Emch M (2017) Disruption, not displacement: Climate variability and temporary migration in Bangladesh. Journal: Global Environmental Change. 46: 157-165.
  • Holliday K, Howard AG, Emch M, Rodríguez DA, Rosamond WD, Evenson KR (2017) Are Buffers around Home Representative of Physical Activity Spaces among Adults? Health and Place. 45, 181-188.
  • Escamilla V, Alker A, Dandalo L, Juliano JJ, Miller WC, Kamthuza P, Tembo T, Tegha G, Martinson F, Emch M, Hoffman IF (2017) Effects of community level bed net coverage on malaria morbidity in Lilongwe, Malawi.Malaria Journal. 16 (1), 142.
  • Parr JB, Verity R, Doctor SM, Janko M, Carey-Ewend K, Turman BJ, Keeler C, Hannah C. Slater, Whitesell AN, Mwandagalirwa K, Ghani AC, Likwela JL, Tshefu AK, Emch M, Juliano JJ, Meshnick SR (2017) Pfhrp2-deleted Plasmodium falciparum 1 parasites in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A national cross-sectional survey. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 216 (1): 36-44.
  • Han L, Hudgens M, Emch M, Keeler C, Juliano J, Martinson F, Kathmunzi P, Tegha G, Hoffman I (2017) RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine efficacy and its interaction with seasonal precipitation: Results from a phase 3 randomized controlled trial in Lilongwe, Malawi. Scientific Reports. 7: 7200.
  • Miller WM, Miller WC, Barrington C, Weir SS, Chen SY, Emch ME, Pettifor AE, Paz-Bailey G (2016) The Where and How for Reaching Transgender Women and Men Who Have Sex with Men with HIV Prevention Services in Guatemala. AIDS and Behavior. 21 (12), 3279-3286.
  • Doung-Ngern P, Padungtod P, Emch M, Weber D, Kersh G, Koch G, Meshnick S. (2016) Prevalence and risk factors of seropositivity to C. burnetii infection in dairy farms and dairy farmers, Chiang-Mai, Thailand 2015. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 53 (supplement), 21-22.
  • Ncayiyana JR, Bassett J, West N, Westreich D, Musenge E, Emch M, Pettifor A, Hanrahan CF, Schwartz SR, Sanne I, van Rie A (2016) Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and predictive factors in an urban informal settlement in Johannesburg, South Africa: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 16(1): 1.
  • Janko, M and Emch, M. (2016) “The Geography of Malaria Control in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Eds. Harrington, DW, McLafferty, S, and Elliott, SJ.  Population Health Intervention Research: Geographical Perspectives. Routledge, Abington, England.
  • Doctor SM, Liu Y, Anderson OG, Whitesell AN, Mwandagalirwa MK, Muwonga J, Keeler C, Emch M, Likwela JL, Tshefu A, Meshnick SR. (2016, in press) Low prevalence of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale mono-infections among children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a population-based, cross-sectional study. Malaria Journal.
  • Winston J, Emch M, Meyer R, Langlois P, Weyer P, Mosley B, Olshan A, Band L, Luben T (2016, in press) Hypospadias and maternal exposure to atrazine via drinking water in the National Birth Defects Prevention study. Environmental Health.
  • Cope AB, Powers KA, Serre ML, Escamilla V, Emch M, Leone PA, Mobley VL, Miller WC (2016) Distance to testing sites and its association with timing of HIV diagnosis. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1191599.
  • Parr J, Belson C, Patel J, Hoffman I, Kamthunzi P, Martinson F, Tegha G, Thengolose I, Drakeley C, Meshnick S, Escamilla V, Emch M, Juliano J. (2016, in press) Estimation of Plasmodium falciparum Transmission Intensity in Lilongwe, Malawi, by Microscopy, Rapid Diagnostic Testing, and Nucleic Acid Detection. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
  • Carrel M, Janko M, Mwandagalirwa MK, Morgan C, Fwamba F, Muwomba J, Tshefu AK, Meshnick S, Emch M (2016) Changing spatial patterns and increasing rurality of HIV prevalence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 2007 and 2013. Health & Place. 39: 79-85.
  • Wu J, Yunus M, Streatfield PK, Emch M. (2016) Influence of climate extremes and land use on fecal contamination of shallow tubewells in Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(5): 2669-2676.
  • Doctor S, Liu Y, Whitesell A, Thwai K, Taylor S, Janko M, Emch M, Kashamuka M, Muwonga J, Tshefu A, Meshnick S. (2016) Malaria Surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Comparisos of Microscopy, PCR, and Rapid Diagnostic Test. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.01.004.
  • Escamilla V, Hampton KH, Gesink DC, Serre ML, Emch M, Leone PA, Samoff E, Miller WC (2016) Influence of Detection Method and Study Area Scale on Syphilis Cluster Identification in North Carolina. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 43(4): 216-221.
  • Smith GS, Van DenEeden SK, Garcia C, Shan J, Baxter R, Herring AH, Richardson DB, VanRie A, Emch M, Gammon MD. (2016) Air Pollution and the Risk of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Nested Case-Control Study among Members of a Northern California Health Plan. Environmental Health Perspectives. 124(6): 761-768.
  • Han L, Wei C, Muessig KE, Bien CH, Meng G, Emch ME, Tucker JD. (2016) HIV test uptake among MSM in China: Implications for enhanced HIV test promotion campaigns among key populations. Global Public Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2015.1134612. 1-13.
  • Van Treuren W, Ponnusamy Brinkerhoff LR, Gonzalez A, Parobek C, Juliano J, Andreadis T, Falco R, Ziegler LB, Hathaway N, Keeler C, Emch M, Bailey J, Roe RM, Apperson C, Knight R, Meshnick S (2015) Variations in the Microbiota of Ixodes ticks with geography, species and sex. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(18): 6200-9.
  • Perez-Heydrich C, Warren, J, Burgert C, Emch M (2015) Influence of Demographic and Health Survey Point Displacements on Raster-Based Analyses. Spatial Demography. DOI 10.1007/s40980-015-0013-1.
  • Call, M. A., & Voss, P. R. (2015). Spatio-temporal dimensions of child poverty in America, 1990–2010. Environment and Planning A, 0308518X15597907.
  • Smith GS, Van DenEeden SK, Garcia C, Shan J, Baxter R, Herring AH, Richardson DB, Emch M, VanRie A, Gammon MD. (2015, in press) Air Pollution and the Risk of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Northern California. Environmental Health Perspectives.
  • Warren, J, Perez-Heydrich C, Burgert C, Emch M (2015 in press) Influence of Demographic and Health Survey Point Displacements on Distance-Based Analyses. Spatial Demography. DOI 10.1007/s40980-015-0014-0.
  • Warren, J, Perez-Heydrich C, Burgert C, Emch M (2015 in press) Influence of Demographic and Health Survey Point Displacements on Point-in-Polygon Analyses. Spatial Demography. DOI 10.1007/s40980-015-0015-z.
  • Van Treuren W, Ponnusamy Brinkerhoff LR, Gonzalez A, Parobek C, Juliano J, Andreadis T, Falco R, Ziegler LB, Hathaway N, Keeler C, Emch M, Bailey J, Roe RM, Apperson C, Knight R, Meshnick S (2015 in press) Variations in the Microbiota of Ixodes ticks with geography, species and sex. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
  • Smith, G; Van Den Eeden; SK; Baxter, R; Shan, J; Van Rie, A; Herring, AH; Richardson, D; Emch, M; Gammon, MD. (2015, in press) Cigarette smoking and pulmonary tuberculosis in northern California. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204292.
  • Rosenberg, M; Pettifor, A; Lippman,SA; Thirumurthy,H; Emch, M; Miller, WC; Selin, A; Gómez-Olivé, FX; Hughes, JP; Laeyendecker, O; Tollman, S; Kahn, K (2015) Relationship between community-level alcohol outlet accessibility and individual-level HSV-2 infection among young women in South Africa. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 42(5): 259-265.
  • Rosenberg M; Pettifor A; Van Rie A; Thirumurthy H; Emch M; Miller WC; Gómez-Olivé X; Twine R; Hughes J; Laeyendecker O; Selin A; Kahn K (2015) The relationship between alcohol outlets, HIV risk behavior, and HSV-2 infection among South African young women: A cross-sectional study. PLoS One. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0125510.
  • Carrel M; Patel JC; Taylor S; Janko, M; Kashamuka M; Tshefu A; Escalante A; McCollum A; Alam MT; Udhayakumar V; Meshnick S; Emch M (2015) The geography of malaria genetics in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a complex and fragmented landscape. Social Science & Medicine. 133: 233-241.
  • Rosenberg M; Pettifor A; Miller WC; Thirumurthy H; Emch M; Sulaimon A; Kahn K; Collinson M; Tollman S (2015) Relationship between school dropout and teen pregnancy among rural South African young women. International Journal of Epidemiology. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv007
  • Tucker JD, Muessig KE, Cui R, Bien CH, Lo EJ, Lee R, Wang K, Han L, Liu F-Y, YangL-G, Yang B, Larson H, Peeling RW (2014) Organizational characteristics of HIV/syphilis testing services for men who have sex with men in South China: a social entrepreneurship analysis and implications for creating sustainable service models. BMC Infectious Diseases. 14: 601.
  • Tan NX, Tan GX, Yan L, Yang B, Powers KA, Emch ME, Tucker JD (2014) Temporal Trends in Syphilis and Gonorrhea Infections in Guangdong Province, China. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 209 (3): 426-430.
  • Wu J, Zhou Y, Gao Y, Fu J, Johnson B, Huang C, Kim Y, Liu Y. (2014). Estimation and uncertainty analysis of impacts of future heat waves on mortality in the eastern United States. Environmental Health Perspectives 122:10-16.
  • Wu J, Gronewold A.D, Rodriguez R.A, Stewart J.R, Sobsey M.D. (2014). Integrating quantitative PCR and Bayesian statistics in quantifying human adenoviruses in small volumes of source water. Science of the Total Environment 470-471:255-262.
  • Winston JJ; Meyer RE; Emch ME (2014) A geographic analysis of compositional and contextual risk factors for hypospadias births. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 100(11): 887-894.
  • Cash BA; Rodó X; Emch M; Yunus M; Faruque ASG; Pascual M. (2014) Cholera and Shigellosis: Different Epidemiology but Similar Responses to Climate Variability. PLoS One. 9(9): e107223.
  • Han L; Bien C; Wei C; Muessig KE; Yang M; Liu F; Yang L; Meng R; Emch M; Tucker JD. (2014) HIV Self-Testing Among Online MSM in China: Implications for Expanding HIV Testing Among Key Populations. Journal of AIDS. 67(2): 216–221.
  • Escamilla, V; Emch, M; Dandalo, L; Miller, WC; Martinson, F; Hoffman, I. (2014) Community level sampling using Google Earth satellite imagery and geographical methods in the absence of a Demographic Surveillance System. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 92:690-694.
  • Antonia AL; Taylor SM; Janko M; Emch M; Tshefu AK; Meshnick SR. (2014) A Cross-sectional Survey of Plasmodium falciparum pfcrt Mutant Haplotypes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 90:1094-1097.
  • Patel JC; Taylor SM; Juliano JJ; Parobek CM; Janko M; Gonzalez LD; Tshefu AK; Emch M; Udhayakumar V; Lindblade K; Meshnick SR (2014) Genetic evidence for the importation of falciparum malaria by Guatemalan soldiers returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 20(6): 932-940.
  • Perez-Heydrich C; Hudgens MH; Halloran ME; Clemens J; Ali M; Emch, M. (2014). Assessing the effects of cholera vaccination in the presence of interference. Biometrics. 70(3): 731-41.
  • Wu, J; Yunus, M; Streatfield, PK; Emch, M. (2014) Association of climate variability and childhood diarrhoeal disease in rural Bangladesh, 2000-2006. Epidemiology and Infection. 142: 1859-1868.
  • Carrel, M; Eron, JJ; Emch, M; Hurt, CB (2014) Spatial epidemiology of recently acquired HIV infections across rural and urban areas of North Carolina. PLoS One. 9(2): e88512.
  • Wan, X-F; Carrel, M; Long, L; Alker, A; and Emch, M. (2013) Perspective on emergence and re-emergence of amantadine resistant influenza A viruses in domestic animals in China. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 20C: 298-303.
  • Messina, JP; Mwandagalirwa, K; Taylor, SM; Emch, M; Meshnick, SR. (2013) Assessing the Spatial, Social, and Disease-related Determinants of Anemia in Congolese Women. Health & Place.24: 54-64.
  • Wu J, Dhingra R, Gambhir M, Remais J. (2013) Sensitivity analysis of infectious disease models: methods, advances and their application. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 10(86), 20121018. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2012.1018.
  • Wu J, Simmons OD, Sobsey MD. (2013). Uncertainty analysis of the recovery efficiency of hollow-fiber ultrafiltration for multiple microbe classes from water: a Bayesian approach. Journal of Microbiological Methods 93(3):161-167.
  • Bien, CH; Cai; Emch, M; Parish, W; Tucker, J. (2013) High Adult Sex Ratios and Risky Sexual Behaviors: A Systematic Review. PLoS One. 8(8): e71580.
  • Dahly, D; Gordon-Larsen, P; Emch, M; Borja, J; and Adair, L (2013) The Spatial Distribution of Overweight and Obesity Among a Birth Cohort of Young Adult Filipinos (Cebu Philippines, 2005): An Application of the Kulldorff Spatial Scan Statistic. Nutrition & Diabetes 3, e80.
  • Bowman NM; Congdon S; Mvalo T; Patel JC; Escamilla V; Emch M; Martinson F; Hoffman I; Meshnick SR; Juliano JJ (2013) Comparative population structure of Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein NANP repeat lengths in Lilongwe, Malawi. Scientific Reports.   Scientific Reports. 3: 1990.
  • Carrel, M. and Emch, M. (2013) Genetics: A New Landscape for Medical Geography. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 103(6): 1452-1467.
  • Winston, J; Escamilla, V; Perez-Heydrich, C; Carrel, M; Yunus, M; Streatfield, PK; Emch, M. (2013). Protective Benefits of Deep Tube Wells Against Childhood Diarrhea in Matlab, Bangladesh. American Journal of Public Health. 103(7): 1287-91.
  • Escamilla, V; Knappett, P; Yunus, M; Streatfield, PK; Emch, M (2013) Influence of Latrine Proximity and Type on Tubewell Water Quality and Diarrheal Disease in Bangladesh. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.103(2): 299-308.
  • Ali, M.; Kim, D.R.; Yunus, M.; Emch, M. (2013) Time Series Analysis of Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh during 1988-2001. Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition. 31(1) 11-19.
  • Taylor, SM; Antonia AL; Parobek CM; Juliano JJ; Janko M; Emch M; Alam MT; Udhayakumar V; Tshefu A; Meshnick SR (2013) Plasmodium falciparum Sulfadoxine Resistance is Geographically and Genetically Partitioned within the DR Congo. Scientific Reports. 3: 1165.
  • Root, ED; Rodd, J; Yunus, M; Emch, M. (2013) Longitudinal Trends in Cholera: The Role of Socioeconomic Status in Matlab, Bangladesh, 1993-2007. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 7(1): e1997.
  • Perez-Heydrich, C; Braly, JM; Giebultowicz, S; Winston, J; Yunus, M; Streatfield, PK; and Emch, ME. (2013) Social and Spatial Processes Associated with Childhood Diarrheal Disease in Matlab, Bangladesh. Health & Place. 19: 45-52. PMC3537872
  • Knappett, PSK; McKay, LD; Layton, A; Alam, MJ; Mailloux, MJ; Ferguson, A; Culligan, PJ; Serre, ML; Emch, M; Ahmed, KM; van Geen, A. (2012). Unsealed Tubewells Lead to Increased Fecal Contamination of Drinking Water. Journal of Water and Health. 10(4): 565-578.
  • Ferguson, AS; Layton, AC; Mailloux, BJ; Culligan, PJ; Williams, DW; Smartt, AE; Sayler, GS; Feighery, J; McKay L; Knappett, PSK; Alexandrova, E; Arbit, T; Emch, M; Escamilla, V; Ahmed, KM; Alam, MJ; Streatfield, PK; Yunus, M; van Geen, A. (2012) Comparison of Fecal Indicators with Pathogenic Bacteria and Rotavirus in Groundwater. Science of the Total Environment. 431(1): 314-322.
  • Knappett, P; McKay, LD; Layton, A; Williams, DE; Alam, MJ; Huq, MR; Mey, J; Feighery, JE; Culligan, PJ; Mailloux, MJ; Zhuang, J; Escamilla, V; Emch, M; Perfect, E; Sayler, GS; Ahmed, KM; van Geen, A. (2012) Implications of Fecal Bacteria Input From Latrine-Polluted Ponds For Wells in Sandy Aquifers. Environmental Science &Technology. 46 (3): 1361-1370.
  • Gong P, Liang S, Carlton E, Jiang Q, Wu J, Wang L, Remais J.(2012). Urbanization and Health in China. The Lancet 379(9818):843-852.
  • Wu, X; D Tucker, JD; Hong, F; Messina, J; Lan, L; Hu, Y; Feng, T; Emch, ME; Liu, X; Zhang, C; Wen, L (2012) Multilevel and Spatial Analysis of Syphilis in Shenzhen China to Inform Spatially Targeted Control Measures. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 88(5): 325-329.
  • Carrel, M; Wan, X-F; Nguyen, T; Emch, M (2012) H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses Exhibit Few Barriers to Gene Flow in Vietnam. EcoHealth. 91(1): 60-69.
  • Reiner, R.; King, A; Emch, M.; Yunus, M.; Faruque, A.; Pascual, M. (2012) Highly Localized Sensitivity to Climate Forcing Drives Endemic Cholera in a Megacity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(6): 2033-2036.
  • Carrel, M.; Emch, M; Nguyen, T; Jobe, RT; Wan, X-F. (2012) Population-environment Drivers of H5N1 Avian Influenza Molecular Change in Vietnam. Health & Place. 18(5): 1122-1131.
  • Emch, ME; Root, ED; Giebultowicz, S; Ali, M; Perez-Heydrich, C; Yunus, M. (2012) Integration of Spatial and Social Network Analysis in Disease Transmission Studies. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 102(5): 1004-1015.
  • Carrel, M.; Wan, X-F; Nguyen, T.; Emch, M. (2011) Genetic Variation of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses in Vietnam Shows Both Species-Specific and Spatiotemporal Associations. Avian Diseases. 6(4): e25-e27.
  • Giebultowicz, S; Ali, M; Yunus, M; Emch, M. (2011) A Comparison of Spatial and Social Clustering of Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh. Health & Place. 17: 490–497.
  • Wu, J.; Yunus, M.; Streatfield, P.K., van Geen, A.; Escamilla, V.; Akita, J.; Serre, M.; Emch, M. (2011) Impact of Tubewell Access and Depth on Childhood Diarrhea in Matlab, Bangladesh. Environmental Health. 10:109
  • Wu, J.; van Geen, A.; Matin, KMM; Akita, Y; Alam MJ; Culligan, PJ; Escamilla, V; Feighery, J; Ferguson, AS; Knappett, P; Mailloux, BJ; McKay, L; Serre, M; Streatfield, PK; Yunus, M; Emch, M. (2011) Increase in Diarrheal Disease Associated with Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh. PLoS One. 6(12): e29593.
  • Giebultowicz, S; Ali, M; Yunus, M; Emch, M. (2011) The Simultaneous Effects of Spatial and Social Networks on Cholera Transmission. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases. 2011: 604372.
  • Mason, S.M.; Kaufman, J.S.; Daniels, J.L.; Emch M.E.; Hogan, V.K.; and Savitz, D.A. (2011) Black Preterm Birth Risk in Non-Black Neighborhoods: Effects of Hispanic, Asian, and Non-Hispanic White Ethnic Densities. Annals of Epidemiology. 21(8): 631-638.
  • Taylor, SM; van Eijk, A; Hand, CC; Mwandagalirwa, MK; Messina, J; Tshefu, A; Atua, B; Emch, M; Muwonga, J; Meshnick, SR; ter Kuile, F. (2011) Quantification of the Burden and Consequences of Pregnancy-associated Malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 204(11): 1762-71.
  • Tan, N; Messina, J; Yang, L-G; Yang, B; Emch, M; Chen, X-S; Cohen, M; Tucker, JD (2011) A Spatial Analysis of County-level Variation in Syphilis and Gonorrhea in Guangdong Province, China. PLoS One 6(5): e19648.
  • Ali, M; Emch, M; Park, JK; Yunus, M; Clemens, J. (2011) Natural Cholera Infection-derived Immunity in an Endemic Setting. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 204: 912-918.
  • Wu J, Rees P, Dorner S. (2011). Variability of E. coli density and sources in an urban watershed. Journal of Water and Health 9(1):94-106.
  • Root, ED; Giebultowicz, S; Ali, M; Yunus, M; and Emch, M. (2011) The Role of Vaccine Coverage Among Social Networks in Cholera Vaccine Efficacy. PLoS One. 6(7):
  • Mumba, D; Bohorquez, E; Messina, J; Kande, V; Taylor, SM; Tshefu, A; Muwonga, J; Mwandagalirwa, MK; Emch, M; Tidwell, R; Büscher, P; Meshnick, SR. (2011) Prevalence of Human African Trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 5(8): e1246.
  • Wu J, Rodriguez RA, Stewart JR, Sobsey MD. (2011). A simple and novel method for recovering adenovirus 41 in small volumes of source water. Journal of Applied Microbiology 110:1332-1340.
  • Messina, JP; Taylor, SM; Meshnick, SR; Linke, A; Tshefu, AK; Atua, B; Mwandagalirwa, K; Emch, M (2011) Population, Behavioral and Environmental Drivers of Malaria Prevalence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Malaria Journal. 10:161.
  • Carrel, M; Escamilla, V; Messina, J; Giebultowicz, S; Winston, J; Yunus, M; Streatfield, PK, Emch, M. (2011) Increased Tubewell Density Decreased Diarrheal Disease Risk in Rural Matlab, Bangladesh: A Zero-inflated and Geographically Weighted Analysis. International Journal of Health Geographics.10:41.
  • Reyburn, R.; Kim, DR.; Emch, M.; Khatib, A.; von Seidlein, L.; Ali, M. (2011) Climate Variability and Outbreaks of Cholera in Zanzibar, East Africa: A Time Series Analysis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 84(6): 862–869.
  • Knappett, PSK; Escamilla, V; Layton, A; McKay, LD; Emch, M.; Williams, D; Huq, MR; Alam, MJ; Farhana, L; Mailloux, MJ; Ferguson, A; Sayler, GS; Ahmed, KM; van Geen, A. (2011) Impact of Sanitation on Fecal Bacteria and Pathogens in Ponds of Bangladesh. Science of the Total Environment. 409(17): 3174-3182.
  • Wu J, Long SC, Des D, Dorner SM. (2011). Are microbial indicators and pathogens correlated? A statistical analysis of 40 years of research. Journal of Water and Health 9(2):265-278.
  • Escamilla, V.; Wagner, B; Yunus, M.; Streatfield, P.K.; van Geen, A.; Emch, M (2011) Impact of Deep Tubewells on Childhood Diarrhea in Bangladesh. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 89: 521–527.
  • Kalkbrenner, A.; Daniels, J.; Emch, M.; Morrissey, J.; Poole, C.; Chen, J-C. (2011) Geographic Access to Health Services and Autism Diagnosis. Annals of Epidemiology. 21: 304–310.
  • Taylor, S.M.; Messina, J.P.; Hand, C.C.; Juliano, J.J.; Muwonga, J.; Tshefu, A.K.; Atua, B.; Emch, M.; Meshnick, S.R. (2011) Molecular Malaria Epidemiology: Mapping and Burden Estimates for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007. PLoS One. 6(1): 1-9.
  • Mason, S.M.; Kaufman, J.S.; Daniels, J.L.; Emch M.E.; Hogan, V.K.; and Savitz, D.A. (2011) Neighborhood Ethnic Density and Preterm Birth Across Seven Ethnic Groups in New York City. Health & Place 17(1): 280-288.
  • van Geen, A; Ahmed, KM; Akita, Y; Alam, MJ; Culligan, PJ; Feighery, J; Ferguson, AS; Emch, M; Escamilla, V; Knappett, P; Layton, AC; Mailloux, BJ; McKay, LD; Mey, JL; Serre, M; Streatfield, PK; Wu, J; Yunus, M. (2011) Fecal Contamination of Shallow Tubewells in Bangladesh Inversely Related to Arsenic. Environmental Science & Technology. 45 (4): 1199-1205.
  • Root, E.D.; Meyer, R.; and Emch, M. (2011) Socioeconomic Context and Gastroschisis: Exploring Associations at Various Geographic Scales. Social Science & Medicine. 72(4): 625-633.
  • Messina, J.; Emch, M.; Muwonga, J.; Mwandagalirwa, K; Edidi, SB; Mama, N.; Okenge, A.; Meshnick, S. (2010) Spatial and Socio-demographic Patterns of HIV Prevalence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Social Science & Medicine. 71(8): 1428-35.
  • Mason, S.M.; Kaufman, J.S.; Daniels, J.L.; Emch M; Hogan, V.K.; and Savitz, D.A. (2010) Ethnic Density and Preterm Birth in African-, Caribbean-, and US-Born Non-Hispanic Black Populations in New York City. American Journal of Epidemiology. 172(7): 800-808.
  • Feldacker, C.; Ennett, S.; and Emch, M. (2010) The Who and Where of HIV in Rural Malawi: Exploring the Effects of Person and Place on Individual HIV Status. Health & Place. 16: 996–1006.
  • Huq, A.; Yunus, M.; Sohel, M. Bhuiya, A.; Emch, M.; Luby, S.P.; Russek-Cohen, E.; Nair, G.B.; Sack, R.B.; Colwell, R.R. (2010) Simple Sari Filtration is Sustainable and Continues to Protect Villagers from Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh. 1(1):e00034-10.
  • Root, E.D. and Emch, M. (2010) Tracing Drinking Water to its Source: An Ecological Study of the Relationship between Textile Mills and Gastroschisis in North Carolina. Health & Place. 71(8): 794-802.
  • Kalkbrenner, A.; Daniels, J.; Chen, J-C.; Poole, C.; Emch, M.; Morrissey, J. (2010) Perinatal Exposure to Hazardous Air Pollutants and Autism at Age 8 in North Carolina and West Virginia. Epidemiology. 21(5): 1-11.
  • Ruiz-Moreno, D.; Pascual, M.; Emch, M. Yunus, M. (2010) Spatial Clustering in the Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Endemic Cholera. BMC Infectious Diseases. 10:51.
  • Savory, DJ.; Cox, KL.; Emch, M.; Alemi, F.; Pattie, DC. (2010) Enhancing Spatial Detection Accuracy for Syndromic Surveillance with Street Level Incidence Data. International Journal of Health Geographics. 9:1.
  • Carrel, M.; Voss, P.; Streatfield, K.; Yunus, M.; Emch, M. (2010) Protection From Annual Flooding Is Correlated with Increased Cholera Prevalence in Bangladesh. Environmental Health. 9:13.
  • DiMaggio, C.; Galeo, S.; and Emch, M. (2010) Spatial Proximity and the Risk of Psychopathology after a Terrorist Attack. Psychiatry Research. 176: 55-61.
  • Carrel, M.; Emch, M.; Jobe, R.T., Moody, A.; Wan, X-F. (2010) Spatiotemporal Structure of Molecular Evolution of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in Vietnam. PLoS One. (5)1: 1-9.
  • Emch, M.; Yunus, M.; Escamilla, V.; Feldacker, C.; Ali, M. (2010) Local Population and Regional Environmental Drivers of Cholera in Bangladesh. Environmental Health. 9: 2.
  • Porter, K.; Thomas, J.; Emch, M. (2010) Variations in the effect of incarceration on community gonorrhoea rates, Guilford County, North Carolina, 2005–2006. International Journal of STD and AIDS. 21: 34-38.
  • Carrel, M.; Emch, M.; Streatfield, K.; Yunus, M. (2009) Spatio-temporal Clustering of Cholera: The Impact of Flood Control in Matlab, Bangladesh, 1983-2003. Health & Place. 15(3): 771-782.
  • Ali, M.; Emch, M.; Yunus, M. and Clemens, J. (2009) Modeling Spatial Heterogeneity of Disease Risk and Evaluation of the Impact of Vaccination. Vaccine. 27(28): 3724-3729.
  • Root, E.D.; Meyer, R.; Emch, M. (2009) Evidence of Localized Clustering of Gastroschisis Births in North Carolina, 1999-2004. Social Science & Medicine. 68: 1361-1367.
  • Emch, M.; Ali, M.; Root, E.D.; Yunus, M. (2009) Spatial and Environmental Connectivity Analysis in Vaccine Trials. Social Science & Medicine. 68: 631-637.

Book Chapters

  • Janko, M and Emch, M. (2016) “The Geography of Malaria Control in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Eds. Harrington, DW, McLafferty, S, and Elliott, SJ. Population Health Intervention Research: Geographical Perspectives. Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Surrey, England.
  • Emch, M. and Giebultowicz, S. (2015) Epidemiological Map, In (Ed.) Monmonier, M. Volume Six: Cartography in the Twentieth Century, University of Chicago Press.
  • Winston, J. and Emch, M (2013) Medical Geography, in (Ed.) Warf, B. Oxford Bibliographies in Geography, Oxford University Press. www.oxfordbibliographies.com
  • Root, ED and Emch ME. (2013) The Ecology of Injuries in Matlab, Bangladesh. In Eds. King, B and Crews, K. Ecologies and Politics of Health. New York; Routledge Press. pp 99-117.
  • Emch M. and Carrel M. (2011) Neighborhoods and Environmental Determinants of Infectious Diseases. In: Nriagu JO (ed.) Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, volume 4. Burlington: Elsevier. pp. 64–71.
  • Root, E.D. and Emch, M. (2011) Regional Environmental Patterns of Diarrheal Disease in Bangladesh: A Spatial Analytical and Multilevel Approach. In Eds. Maantay, J and McLafferty, S. Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health Springer-Verlag. pp. 191-204.
  • Emch, M. and Root, E. (2010) Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases. In Eds. Moon, G., McLafferty, S., and Brown, T. A Companion to Health and Medical Geography. Blackwell: Oxford, United Kingdom. pp. 154-172.
  • Emch, M.E. and Escamilla, V. (2010) Cholera. In (Ed.) Warf, B. Encyclopedia of Geography, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
  • Wan, X-F; Emch, M.E. and Zhao, Z-M. (2009) Advances in Molecular Evolution of Influenza A Virus. In Ed. Mitraasinovic, P.M. Global View of the Fight Against Influenza. Nova Science Publishers, Inc: New York, pp. 31-57.

Reports

  • Meshnick S, Mwandagalirwa K, Tshefu AK, Ntuku H, Janko M, Doctor S, Anderson O, Whitesell A, Thwai K, Levitz L, Emch M. Demographic and Health Survey (DRC-DHS II) 2013-2014: Supplemental Malaria Report. Calverton, Maryland, USA: ICF International. http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR300/FR300.Mal.pdf.
  • Perez-Heydrich C, Warren, JL; Burgert CR, Emch ME (2013) Guidelines on the Use of DHS GPS Data. Spatial Analysis Reports No. 8. Calverton, Maryland, USA: ICF International. http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/SAR8/SAR8.pdf.