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 Vaccination Rain Fluctuations Nigeria Incidence Infection Population Density Disease Outbreaks Seasonal Variation Population Public Health Pathogens Immunization Rubella Rate Epidemiology Imagery Lighting Immunization Programs Markov Chains Mexico Fluctuation
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 J. Ferrari, 2016, Scientific reports
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
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 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
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
Recent Most-Cited Papers
Approaching the limit of predictability in human mobility
Xin Lu, Erik Wetter, Nita Bharti, Andrew J. Tatem, Linus Bengtsson, 2013, Scientific reports
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
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
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
Measuring populations to improve vaccination coverage
Nita Bharti, Ali Djibo, Andrew J. Tatem, Bryan T. Grenfell, Matthew J. Ferrari, 2016, 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
Fluctuations in anthropogenic nighttime lights from satellite imagery for five cities in Niger and Nigeria
Nita Bharti, Andrew J. Tatem, 2018, Scientific Data