Nita Bharti
Assistant Professor of Biology; Society in Science - Branco Weiss Fellow
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The underlying mechanisms for spatial heterogeneities in host disease burden and risk across spatial scales, from regional dynamics to seasonal outbreaks in cities, rural villages, and across borders by assessing regional variations in movement and contact patterns relating to outbreaks and access to health care.
Most Recent Papers
Measuring populations to improve vaccination coverage
Nita Bharti, Ali Djibo, Andrew J. Tatem, Bryan T. Grenfell, Matthew J. Ferrari, 2016, Scientific Reports
Remotely measuring populations during a crisis by overlaying two data sources
Nita Bharti, Xin Lu, Linus Bengtsson, Erik Wetter, Andrew J. Tatem, 2015, International Health on p. 90-98
Approaching the limit of predictability in human mobility
Xin Lu, Erik Wetter, Nita Bharti, Andrew J. Tatem, Linus Bengtsson, 2013, Scientific Reports
Spatial dynamics of meningococcal meningitis in Niger
N. Bharti, H. Broutin, R. F. Grais, M. J. Ferrari, A. Djibo, A. J. Tatem, B. T. Grenfell, 2012, Epidemiology and Infection on p. 1356-1365
Explaining seasonal fluctuations of measles in Niger using nighttime lights imagery
N. Bharti, A. J. Tatem, M. J. Ferrari, R. F. Grais, A. Djibo, B. T. Grenfell, 2011, Science on p. 1424-1427
The epidemiology of rubella in Mexico
C. J E Metcalf, O. N. Bjørnstad, M. J. Ferrari, P. Klepac, N. Bharti, H. Lopez-Gatell, B. T. Grenfell, 2011, Epidemiology and Infection on p. 1029-1038
Rural-urban gradient in seasonal forcing of measles transmission in Niger
Matthew J. Ferrari, Ali Djibo, Rebecca F. Grais, Nita Bharti, Bryan T. Grenfell, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 2010, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences on p. 2775-2782
Measles hotspots and epidemiological connectivity
N. Bharti, A. Djibo, M. J. Ferrari, R. F. Grais, A. J. Tatem, C. A. McCabe, O. N. Bjornstad, B. T. Grenfell, 2010, Epidemiology and Infection on p. 1308-1316
Measles on the edge
Nita Bharti, Yingcun Xia, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Bryan T. Grenfell, 2008, PloS one
The dynamics of measles in sub-Saharan Africa
Matthew J. Ferrari, Rebecca F. Grais, Nita Bharti, Andrew J.K. Conlan, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Lara J. Wolfson, Philippe J. Guerin, Ali Djibo, Bryan T. Grenfell, 2008, Nature on p. 679-684
Recent High-Impact Papers
Approaching the limit of predictability in human mobility
Xin Lu, Erik Wetter, Nita Bharti, Andrew J. Tatem, Linus Bengtsson, 2013, Scientific Reports
Explaining seasonal fluctuations of measles in Niger using nighttime lights imagery
N. Bharti, A. J. Tatem, M. J. Ferrari, R. F. Grais, A. Djibo, B. T. Grenfell, 2011, Science on p. 1424-1427
Rural-urban gradient in seasonal forcing of measles transmission in Niger
Matthew J. Ferrari, Ali Djibo, Rebecca F. Grais, Nita Bharti, Bryan T. Grenfell, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 2010, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences on p. 2775-2782
The epidemiology of rubella in Mexico
C. J E Metcalf, O. N. Bjørnstad, M. J. Ferrari, P. Klepac, N. Bharti, H. Lopez-Gatell, B. T. Grenfell, 2011, Epidemiology and Infection on p. 1029-1038
Measles hotspots and epidemiological connectivity
N. Bharti, A. Djibo, M. J. Ferrari, R. F. Grais, A. J. Tatem, C. A. McCabe, O. N. Bjornstad, B. T. Grenfell, 2010, Epidemiology and Infection on p. 1308-1316
Remotely measuring populations during a crisis by overlaying two data sources
Nita Bharti, Xin Lu, Linus Bengtsson, Erik Wetter, Andrew J. Tatem, 2015, International Health on p. 90-98
Spatial dynamics of meningococcal meningitis in Niger
N. Bharti, H. Broutin, R. F. Grais, M. J. Ferrari, A. Djibo, A. J. Tatem, B. T. Grenfell, 2012, Epidemiology and Infection on p. 1356-1365
Measuring populations to improve vaccination coverage
Nita Bharti, Ali Djibo, Andrew J. Tatem, Bryan T. Grenfell, Matthew J. Ferrari, 2016, Scientific Reports