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.
Publication Tags
Niger Measles Satellite Imagery Population Density Vaccination Rain Population Fluctuations Nigeria Incidence Infection Disease Outbreaks Public Health Population Dynamics Immunization Light Seasonal Variation Pathogens Health Markov Chains Meningococcal Meningitis Imagery Rubella Rate Lighting
Most Recent Papers
Fluctuations in anthropogenic nighttime lights from satellite imagery for five cities in Niger and Nigeria
Nita Bharti, Andrew J. Tatem, 2018, Scientific Data
Measuring populations to improve vaccination coverage
Nita Bharti, Ali Djibo, Andrew J. Tatem, Bryan T. Grenfell, Matthew Joseph 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
Nita Bharti, H. Broutin, R. F. Grais, Matthew Joseph 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
Nita Bharti, A. J. Tatem, Matthew Joseph 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, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, P. Klepac, Nita 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 Joseph 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
Nita Bharti, A. Djibo, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, R. F. Grais, A. J. Tatem, C. A. McCabe, Ottar 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
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
Nita Bharti, A. J. Tatem, Matthew Joseph 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 Joseph 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, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, P. Klepac, Nita Bharti, H. Lopez-Gatell, B. T. Grenfell, 2011, Epidemiology and Infection on p. 1029-1038
Measles hotspots and epidemiological connectivity
Nita Bharti, A. Djibo, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, R. F. Grais, A. J. Tatem, C. A. McCabe, Ottar 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
Measuring populations to improve vaccination coverage
Nita Bharti, Ali Djibo, Andrew J. Tatem, Bryan T. Grenfell, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, 2016, Scientific reports
Spatial dynamics of meningococcal meningitis in Niger
Nita Bharti, H. Broutin, R. F. Grais, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, A. Djibo, A. J. Tatem, B. T. Grenfell, 2012, Epidemiology and Infection on p. 1356-1365
Fluctuations in anthropogenic nighttime lights from satellite imagery for five cities in Niger and Nigeria
Nita Bharti, Andrew J. Tatem, 2018, Scientific Data