Maciej F Boni

Associate Professor of Biology

Maciej F Boni

Research Summary

Human influenza epidemiology and evolution, evaluating population-level malaria treatment strategies with individual-based microsimulation models, phylogenetic analysis of avian influenza evolution in southern Vietnam, economic epidemiology of avian influenza, evaluating population-level efficacy of a potential dengue vaccine with mathematical models

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Viruses Pandemics Population Poultry Sars Virus Chiroptera Artemisinine Norovirus Birds Epidemiology Vietnam Genome Farms Plasmodium Falciparum Epidemics Disease Outbreaks Dogs Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Genetic Recombination Parasites Pandemic Gastroenteritis Infection Malaria Genes

Most Recent Papers

Natural selection in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in bats created a generalist virus and highly capable human pathogen

Oscar A. MacLean, Spyros Lytras, Steven Weaver, Joshua B. Singer, Maciej F. Boni, Philippe Lemey, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, David L. Robertson, 2021, PLoS Biology

Evolutionary origins of the SARS-CoV-2 sarbecovirus lineage responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic

Maciej F. Boni, Philippe Lemey, Xiaowei Jiang, Tommy Tsan Yuk Lam, Blair W. Perry, Todd A. Castoe, Andrew Rambaut, David L. Robertson, 2020, Nature Microbiology on p. 1408-1417

Viral CpG deficiency provides no evidence that dogs were intermediate hosts for SARS-CoV-2

David D. Pollock, Todd A. Castoe, Blair W. Perry, Spyros Lytras, Kristen J. Wade, David L. Robertson, Edward C. Holmes, Maciej F. Boni, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Rhys Parry, Elizabeth J. Carlton, James L.N. Wood, Pleuni S. Pennings, Richard A. Goldstein, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution on p. 2706-2710

Poultry farmer response to disease outbreaks in smallholder farming systems in Southern Vietnam

Alexis Delabouglise, Nguyen Thi Le Thanh, Huynh Thi Ai Xuyen, Benjamin Nguyen-Van-yen, Phung Ngoc Tuyet, Ha Minh Lam, Maciej F. Boni, 2020, eLife on p. 1-44

Serology for SARS-CoV-2

Juliet E. Bryant, Andrew S. Azman, Matthew J. Ferrari, Benjamin F. Arnold, Maciej F. Boni, Yap Boum, Kyla Hayford, Francisco J. Luquero, Michael J. Mina, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer, Joseph T. Wu, Djibril Wade, Guy Vernet, Daniel T. Leung, 2020, Science immunology

Serology for SARS-CoV-2: apprehensions, opportunities, and the path forward

Juliet Bryant, 2020, on p. eabc6347

Game theory of vaccination and depopulation for managing livestock diseases and zoonoses on small-scale farms

Alexis Delabouglise, Maciej F. Boni, 2020, Epidemics

Game theory of vaccination and depopulation for managing avian influenza on poultry farms

Alexis Delabouglise, Maciej Boni, 2020, Epidemics

Malaria eradication within a generation

Richard G.A. Feachem, Ingrid Chen, Omar Akbari, Amelia Bertozzi-Villa, Samir Bhatt, Fred Binka, Maciej F. Boni, Caroline Buckee, Joseph Dieleman, Arjen Dondorp, Alex Eapen, Neelam Sekhri Feachem, Scott Filler, Peter Gething, Roly Gosling, Annie Haakenstad, Kelly Harvard, Arian Hatefi, Dean Jamison, Kate E. Jones, Corine Karema, Richard Nchabi Kamwi, Altaf Lal, Erika Larson, Margaret Lees, Neil F. Lobo, Angela E. Micah, Bruno Moonen, Gretchen Newby, Xiao Ning, Muhammad Pate, Martha Quiñones, Michelle Roh, Ben Rolfe, Dennis Shanks, Balbir Singh, Kenneth Staley, James Tulloch, Jennifer Wegbreit, Hyun Ju Woo, Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho, 2019, The Lancet on p. 1056-1112

Multilocus sequence typing of Cryptococcus neoformans var. Grubii from Laos in a regional and global context

Lam Tuan Thanh, Trieu Hai Phan, Sayaphet Rattanavong, Trinh Mai Nguyen, Anh Van Duong, Cherrelle Dacon, Thu Nha Hoang, Lan Phu Huong Nguyen, Chau Thi Hong Tran, Viengmon Davong, Chau Van Vinh Nguyen, Guy E. Thwaites, Maciej F. Boni, David Dance, Philip M. Ashton, Jeremy N. Day, 2019, Medical Mycology on p. 557-565

Most-Cited Papers

Multiple populations of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia

Olivo Miotto, Jacob Almagro-Garcia, Magnus Manske, Bronwyn MacInnis, Susana Campino, Kirk A. Rockett, Chanaki Amaratunga, Pharath Lim, Seila Suon, Sokunthea Sreng, Jennifer M. Anderson, Socheat Duong, Chea Nguon, Char Meng Chuor, David Saunders, Youry Se, Chantap Lon, Mark M. Fukuda, Lucas Amenga-Etego, Abraham V.O. Hodgson, Victor Asoala, Mallika Imwong, Shannon Takala-Harrison, François Nosten, Xin Zhuan Su, Pascal Ringwald, Frédéric Ariey, Christiane Dolecek, Tran Tinh Hien, Maciej F. Boni, Cao Quang Thai, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, David J. Conway, Abdoulaye A. Djimdé, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Issaka Zongo, Jean Bosco Ouedraogo, Daniel Alcock, Eleanor Drury, Sarah Auburn, Oliver Koch, Mandy Sanders, Christina Hubbart, Gareth Maslen, Valentin Ruano-Rubio, Dushyanth Jyothi, Alistair Miles, John O'Brien, Chris Gamble, Samuel O. Oyola, Julian C. Rayner, Chris I. Newbold, Matthew Berriman, Chris C.A. Spencer, Gilean McVean, Nicholas P. Day, Nicholas J. White, Delia Bethell, Arjen M. Dondorp, Christopher V. Plowe, Rick M. Fairhurst, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski, 2013, Nature Genetics on p. 648-655

Recombination within the pandemic norovirus GII.4 lineage

John Sebastian Eden, Mark M. Tanaka, Maciej F. Boni, William D. Rawlinson, Peter A. White, 2013, Journal of Virology on p. 6270-6282

Impact of human mobility on the emergence of dengue epidemics in Pakistan

Amy Wesolowski, Taimur Qureshi, Maciej F. Boni, Pål Roe Sundsøy, Michael A. Johansson, Syed Basit Rasheed, Kenth Engø-Monsen, Caroline O. Buckee, Burton H. Singer, 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 11887-11892

Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8

Samantha J. Lycett, Rogier Bodewes, Anne Pohlmann, Jill Banks, Krisztián Bányai, Maciej F. Boni, Ruth Bouwstra, Andrew C. Breed, Ian H. Brown, Hualan Chen, Ádám Dán, Thomas J. DeLiberto, Nguyen Diep, Marius Gilbert, Sarah Hill, Hon S. Ip, Chang Wen Ke, Hiroshi Kida, Mary Lea Killian, Marion P. Koopmans, Jung Hoon Kwon, Dong Hun Lee, Youn Jeong Lee, Lu Lu, Isabella Monne, John Pasick, Oliver G. Pybus, Andrew Rambaut, Timothy P. Robinson, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Siamak Zohari, Chang Seon Song, David E. Swayne, Mia Kim Torchetti, Hsiang Jung Tsai, Ron A.M. Fouchier, Martin Beer, Mark Woolhouse, Thijs Kuiken, 2016, Science on p. 213-217

Genomic epidemiology of artemisinin resistant malaria

Roberto Amato, Olivo Miotto, Charles J. Woodrow, Jacob Almagro-Garcia, Ipsita Sinha, Susana Campino, Daniel Mead, Eleanor Drury, Mihir Kekre, Mandy Sanders, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Chanaki Amaratunga, Lucas Amenga-Etego, Voahangy Andrianaranjaka, Tobias Apinjoh, Elizabeth Ashley, Sarah Auburn, Gordon A. Awandare, Vito Baraka, Alyssa Barry, Maciej F. Boni, Steffen Borrmann, Teun Bousema, Oralee Branch, Peter C. Bull, Kesinee Chotivanich, David J. Conway, Alister Craig, Nicholas P. Day, Abdoulaye Djimdé, Christiane Dolecek, Arjen M. Dondorp, Chris Drakeley, Patrick Duffy, Diego F. Echeverry, Thomas G. Egwang, Rick M. Fairhurst, Abul Faiz, Caterina I. Fanello, Tran Tinh Hien, Abraham Hodgson, Mallika Imwong, Deus Ishengoma, Pharath Lim, Chanthap Lon, Jutta Marfurt, Kevin Marsh, Mayfong Mayxay, Pascal Michon, Victor Mobegi, 2016, eLife

Evolutionary origins of the SARS-CoV-2 sarbecovirus lineage responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic

Maciej F. Boni, Philippe Lemey, Xiaowei Jiang, Tommy Tsan Yuk Lam, Blair W. Perry, Todd A. Castoe, Andrew Rambaut, David L. Robertson, 2020, Nature Microbiology on p. 1408-1417

In vivo susceptibility of plasmodium falciparum to artesunate in Binh Phuoc Province, Vietnam

Tran Tinh Hien, Nguyen Thanh Thuy-Nhien, Nguyen Hoan Phu, MacIej F. Boni, Ngo Viet Thanh, Nguyen Thuy Nha-Ca, Le Hong Thai, Cao Quang Thai, Pham Van Toi, Phung Duc Thuan, Le Thanh Long, Le Thanh Dong, Laura Merson, Christiane Dolecek, Kasia Stepniewska, Pascal Ringwald, Nicholas J. White, Jeremy Farrar, Marcel Wolbers, 2012, Malaria Journal

The emergence and evolution of the novel epidemic norovirus GII.4 variant Sydney 2012

John Sebastian Eden, Joanne Hewitt, Kun Lee Lim, Maciej F. Boni, Juan Merif, Gail Greening, Rodney M. Ratcliff, Edward C. Holmes, Mark M. Tanaka, William D. Rawlinson, Peter A. White, 2014, Virology on p. 106-113

Genomic analysis of local variation and recent evolution in Plasmodium vivax

Richard D. Pearson, Roberto Amato, Sarah Auburn, Olivo Miotto, Jacob Almagro-Garcia, Chanaki Amaratunga, Seila Suon, Sivanna Mao, Rintis Noviyanti, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Jutta Marfurt, Nicholas M. Anstey, Timothy William, MacIej F. Boni, Christiane Dolecek, Hien Tinh Tran, Nicholas J. White, Pascal Michon, Peter Siba, Livingstone Tavul, Gabrielle Harrison, Alyssa Barry, Ivo Mueller, Marcelo U. Ferreira, Nadira Karunaweera, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Qi Gao, Christina Hubbart, Lee Hart, Ben Jeffery, Eleanor Drury, Daniel Mead, Mihir Kekre, Susana Campino, Magnus Manske, Victoria J. Cornelius, Bronwyn MacInnis, Kirk A. Rockett, Alistair Miles, Julian C. Rayner, Rick M. Fairhurst, Francois Nosten, Ric N. Price, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski, 2016, Nature Genetics on p. 959-964

Identification of a new cyclovirus in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with acute central nervous system infections

Le Van Tan, H. Rogier van Doorn, Ho Dang Trung Nghia, Tran Thi Hong Chau, Le Thi Phuong Tu, Michel de Vries, Marta Canuti, Martin Deijs, Maarten F. Jebbink, Stephen Baker, Juliet E. Bryant, Nguyen Thi Tham, Nguyen Thi Thuy Chinh BKrong, Maciej F. Boni, Tran Quoc Loi, Le Thi Phuong, Joost T.P. Verhoeven, Martin Crusat, Rienk E. Jeeninga, Constance Schultsz, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Tran Tinh Hien, Lia van der Hoek, Jeremy Farrar, Menno D. de Jong, 2013, mBio

News Articles Featuring Maciej F Boni

Apr 09, 2021

‘It was just a matter of time’ until coronavirus variant arrived in Centre County amid rising cases

A little over one year after the first coronavirus case was reported in Centre County, a more infectious variant has arrived in the Centre region. The B.1.1.7 variant, also referred to as the United Kingdom variant, was first discovered at Penn State in tested wastewater samples and was confirmed in a “COVID-19 Status Update” with university officials and community leaders on March 26.

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Mar 30, 2021

Origins of an outbreak

It was late January 2020 when Maciej Boni realized that the COVID-19 pandemic was about to take over his life. Boni, associate professor of biology, is an epidemiologist with extensive expertise in viral evolution, including a recent focus on human and avian flu. When COVID-19 hit, he tapped into a network of colleagues around the world, quickly joining an international team intent on tracking the outbreak to its origins.

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Mar 25, 2021

The Search for Animals That Could Carry the Next Deadly Virus

Scientists are finding new ways to predict which animals we should be most worried about

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Jan 22, 2021

Interview with Dr. Maciej Boni

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Jan 17, 2021

Where did COVID-19 come from?

The coronavirus that conquered the world came from a thumb-sized bat tucked inside a remote Chinese cave. Of this much, scientists are convinced.

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Jan 12, 2021

Her State’s in a COVID Death Spiral. Biden Just Hired Her.

Rhode Island Gov. and Commerce Secretary nominee Gina Raimondo was praised early in the pandemic. Then things went off the rails.

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Jan 08, 2021

Are we at the beginning of the end of COVID-19? The tricky road to herd immunity, explained.

One year into a changed world, the numbers defy comprehension. More than 21 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States — a rate approaching one in 15 people — plus untold millions who had mild or no symptoms and were never identified.

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Dec 24, 2020

Modelers: RI probably missing about half of COVID infections

More than 82,000 Rhode Islanders have tested positive for coronavirus as 2020 winds to a close, and hundreds more confirmed cases are rolling in every day.

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Nov 22, 2020

Why fewer people are dying of COVID-19, even as cases surge

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Aug 31, 2020

State College Area School District Could Move to Remote Learning Soon

Less than a week into the school year, State College Area School District is preparing for a possible move to district-wide remote learning as COVID-19 cases rise locally with the return of Penn State students to the area.

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