Selected Publications.

Cholera Genomics

Multicountry genomic analysis underscores regional cholera spread in Africa.
Mboowa G, Matteson NL, Tanui CK, et al. medRxiv preprint. 2025.

New Vibrio cholerae sequences from Eastern and Southern Africa alter our understanding of regional cholera transmission.
Xiao S, Abade A, Boru W, Kasambara W, Mwaba J, Ongole F, Mmanywa M, Trovão NS, Chillengi R, Kwenda G, Orach CG, Chibwe I, Bwire G, Stine OC, Milstone AM, Lessler J, Azman AS, Luo W, Murt K, Sack DA, Debes AK, Wohl S. medRxiv preprint. 2025.

Continued T12 transmission and shared antibiotic resistance during 2018-2023 Vibrio cholerae outbreaks in Cameroon.
Ngomtcho SCH, Akenji BM, Ndip R, Azman AS, Tayimetha YC, Guenou E, Engamba S, Okomo MCA, Lessler J, Wohl S. PLoS Global Public Health. 2025.

Regional sequencing collaboration reveals persistence of the T12 Vibrio cholerae O1 lineage in West Africa.
Ekeng E, Tchatchouang S, Akenji B, Issaka BB, Akintayo I, Chukwu C, Dano ID, Melingui S, Ousmane S, Popoola MO, Nzouankeu A, Boum Y, Luquero F, Ahumibe A, Naidoo D, Azman AS, Lessler J, Wohl S. eLife. 2021.

Successive waves of cholera in South Sudan.
Jones FK, Wamala JF, Rumunu J, Mawien PN, Kol MT, Wohl S, Deng L, Pezzoli L, Omar LH, Lessler J, Quilici M-L, Luquero FJ, Azman AS. Lancet Planetary Health. 2020.

Sampling Theory

Power and sample size calculations for testing the ratio of reproductive values in phylogenetic samples.
D’Agostino McGowan L, Wohl S, Lessler J. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2024.

Sample Size Calculations for Variant Surveillance in the Presence of Biological and Systematic Biases.
Wohl S, Lee EC, DiPrete BL, Lessler J. Cell Reports Medicine. 2023.

Sample Size Calculation for Phylogenetic Case Linkage.
Wohl S, Giles JR, Lessler J. PLoS Computational Biology. 2021.

Viral Genomics

Genomic surveillance reveals dynamic shifts in the connectivity of COVID-19 epidemics.
Matteson NL, Hassler G, Gangavarapu K, Levy JI, Parker E, et al. Cell. 2023.

Genomic Diversity of SARS-CoV-2 During Early Introduction into the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area.
Thielen P, Wohl S, Mehoke T, et al. JCI Insight. 2020.

Combining genomics and epidemiology to track mumps transmission in the United States.
Wohl S, Metsky HC, Schaffner SF, et al. PLoS Biology. 2020.

Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas.
Metsky HC, Matranga CB, Wohl S, Schaffner SF, et al. Nature. 2017.

Ebola virus epidemiology and evolution in Nigeria.
Folarin OA, Ehichioya D, Schaffner SF, Winnicki SM, Wohl S, et al. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2016.

Ebola virus epidemiology, transmission, and evolution during seven months in Sierra Leone.
Park DJ, Dudas G, Wohl S, Goba A, Whitmer SL, et al. Cell. 2015.

Reviews

Genomic analysis of viral outbreaks.
Wohl S, Schaffner SF, Sabeti PC. Annual Review of Virology. 2016.