Publications
† denotes equal contribution
Preprints and Submitted Manuscripts
Hansen, C. L., L. Lee, S.J. Bents, A.C. Perofsky, K. Sun, L.M. Starita, A. Adler, J.A. Englund, E.J. Chow, H.Y. Chu, & C. Viboud. (2024) Scenario projections of RSV hospitalizations averted due to new immunizations in King County, Washington, October 2023 to May 2025. medRxiv 2024.12.13.24319008. DOI. (In press, JAMA Network Open)
Elias-Warren, A., J.C. Bennett, … A.C. Perofsky, … H.Y. Chu. (2025) Epidemiology of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in a Community Setting, Seattle, WA, USA. (Submitted, JID)
Srinivas Duddu, A.†, I. Elgamal†, J. Camacho-Mateu†, O. Holubowska†, S.A. Rella†, S.J. Bents, C. Viboud, C.L. Hansen, G. Pullano, & A.C. Perofsky. (2024) Modeling the effects of COVID-19 mobility disruptions on RSV transmission in Seattle, Washington. medRxiv, 2024.09.13.24313667. DOI. (Complexity 72h report, in prep for submission)
Publications
Kostandova, N., R. Corgel, S. Bansal, S. Bérubé, E. Cleary, C. Hansen, M.D.T. Hitchings, B. García-Carreras, L. Gardner, M.U.G. Kraemer, S. Lai, Y. Li, A.C. Perofsky, G. Pullano, J.M. Read, G. Ribeiro dos Santos, H. Salje, S. Takahashi, C. Viboud, J. Wang, D.A.T. Cummings, & A. Wesolowski. (2025) Improving mobility data for infectious disease research. Nature Human Behaviour. DOI. Code
Tran-Kiem, C., M.I. Paredes, A.C. Perofsky, L.A. Frisbie, H. Xie, K. Kong, A. Weixler, A.L. Greninger, P. Roychoudhury, J.M. Peterson, A. Delgado, H. Halstead, D. MacKellar, P. Dykema, L. Gamboa, C.D. Frazar, E. Ryke, J. Stone, D. Reinhart, L. Starita, A. Thibodeau, C. Yun, F. Aragona, A. Black, C. Viboud, & T. Bedford. (2025) Fine-scale patterns of SARS-CoV-2 spread from identical pathogen sequences. Nature 640, 176-185. DOI. Code
Perofsky, A.C., J. Huddleston, C. Hansen, J.R. Barnes, T. Rowe, X. Xu, R. Kondor, D.E. Wentworth, N. Lewis, L. Whittaker, B. Ermetal, R. Harvey, M. Galiano, R. Stuart Daniels, J.W. McCauley, S. Fujisaki, K. Nakamura, N. Kishida, S. Watanabe, H. Hasegawa, S.G. Sullivan, I.G. Barr, K. Subbarao, F. Krammer, T. Bedford, & C. Viboud. (2024) Antigenic drift and subtype interference shape A(H3N2) epidemic dynamics in the United States. eLife 13:RP91849 DOI. Epi Analysis Code, Phylogenetics Code
- eLife press release
- Director’s Column by Dr. David Spiro in the Fogarty International Center’s Global Health Matters newsletter
- Amanda’s interview on eLife’s podcast
Mathis, S.M., A.E. Webber, … A.C. Perofsky, … M. Biggerstaff, & R.K. Borchering (110 authors). (2024) Evaluation of FluSight influenza forecasting in the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons with a new target laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizations. Nature Communications 15, 6289. DOI. Code
Perofsky, A.C., C.L. Hansen, R. Burstein, S. Boyle, R. Prentice, C. Marshall, D. Reinhart, B. Capodanno, M. Truong, K. Schwabe-Fry, K. Kuchta, B. Pfau, Z. Acker, J. Lee, T.R. Sibley, E. McDermot, L. Rodriguez-Salas, J. Stone, L. Gamboa, P.D. Han, A. Adler, A. Waghmare, M.L. Jackson, M. Famulare, J. Shendure, T. Bedford, H.Y. Chu, J.A. Englund, L.M. Starita, & C. Viboud. (2024) Impacts of human mobility on the citywide transmission dynamics of 18 respiratory viruses in pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic years. Nature Communications 15, 4164. DOI. Code
- UW Medicine news release
- Featured in Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights for “Public Health”
Paredes, M.I., A.C. Perofsky, L. Frisbie, L.H. Moncla, P. Roychoudhury, H. Xie, S.A. Mohamed Bakhash, K. Kong, I. Arnould, T.V. Nguyen, S.T. Wendm, P. Hajian, S. Ellis, P.C. Mathias, A.L. Greninger, L.M. Starita, C.D. Frazar, E. Ryke, W. Zhong, L. Gamboa, M. Threlkeld, J. Lee, J. Stone, E. McDermot, M. Truong, J. Shendure, H.N. Oltean, C. Viboud, H. Chu, N.F. Müller, & T. Bedford. (2024) Local-scale phylodynamics reveal differential community impact of SARS-CoV-2 in a metropolitan US county. PLOS Pathogens 20(3):e1012117. DOI. Code
Hansen, C.L., A.C. Perofsky, R. Burstein, M. Famulare, S. Boyle, R. Prentice, C. Marshall, B.J.J. McCormick, D. Reinhart, B. Capodanno, M. Truong, K. Schwabe-Fry, K. Kuchta, B. Pfau, Z. Acker, J. Lee, T.R. Sibley, E. McDermot, L. Rodriguez-Salas, J. Stone, L. Gamboa, P.D. Han, J.S. Duchin, A. Waghmare, J.A. Englund, J. Shendure, T. Bedford, H.Y. Chu, L.M. Starita, & C. Viboud. (2022) Trends in risk factors and symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2 and Rhinovirus test positivity in King County, Washington: A Test-Negative Design Study of the Greater Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network. JAMA Network Open 5(12):e2245861. DOI.
Perofsky, A.C., S. Tempia, J. Bingham, C. Maslo, M. Toubkin, A. Laubscher, S. Walaza, J.R.C. Pulliam, C. Viboud, & C. Cohen. (2022) The direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on private healthcare utilization in South Africa. Clinical Infectious Diseases 75(1):e1000-e1010. DOI. Code
Perofsky, A.C., L.A. Meyers, L.A. Abondano, A. Di Fiore, & R.J. Lewis. (2021) Social groups constrain the spatiotemporal dynamics of wild sifaka gut microbiomes. Molecular Ecology 30:6759–6775. DOI. Code. UT News article
McBride, D.S.†, A.C. Perofsky†, J.M. Nolting, M.I. Nelson, & A.S. Bowman. (2021) Tracing the source of influenza A virus zoonoses in interconnected circuits of swine exhibitions. The Journal of Infectious Diseases jiab122. DOI. Cover article
Perofsky, A.C., & M.I. Nelson. (2020) Seasonal influenza: The challenges of vaccine strain selection. eLife 9:e62955. DOI.
Nelson, M.I., A. Perofsky, D.S. McBride, B.L. Rambo-Martin, M.M. Wilson, J.R. Barnes, H. van Bakel, J.M. Nolting, & A.S. Bowman. (2020) A heterogenous swine show circuit drives zoonotic transmission of influenza A viruses in the United States. Journal of Virology 94(24):e01453-20. DOI.
Viboud, C., K. Gostic, M.I. Nelson, G.E. Price, A. Perofsky, K. Sun, N. Sequeira Trovão, B. Cowling, S. Epstein, & D.J. Spiro. (2020) Beyond Clinical Trials: Evolutionary and Epidemiological Considerations for Development of a Universal Flu Vaccine. PLOS Pathogens 16(9):e1008583. DOI.
Perofsky, A.C., R.J. Lewis, & L.A. Meyers. (2018) Terrestriality and bacterial transfer: A comparative study of gut microbiomes in sympatric Malagasy mammals. The ISME Journal 13:50–63. DOI. Sequence data
Perofsky, A.C., R.J. Lewis, L. Abondano, A. Di Fiore, & L.A. Meyers. (2017) Hierarchical social networks shape gut microbial composition in wild Verreaux’s sifaka. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284:20172274. DOI. Code
Rakotomalala, E.J., F. Rakotondraparany, A.C. Perofsky, & R.J. Lewis. (2017) Characterization of the tree holes used by Lepilemur ruficaudatus in the dry, deciduous forest of Kirindy Mitea National Park. Folia Primatologica 88:28-41. DOI.
Berry, B.S.†, K. Magori†, A.C. Perofsky, D.E. Stallknecht, & A.W. Park. (2013) Wetland cover dynamics drive hemorrhagic disease patterns in white-tailed deer in the United States. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 49(3):501-509. DOI. UGA news release