Mathematical Epidemiology, Population Ecology, Differential Equations.

Refereed Publications

[1]Daozhou Gao*, Yuan Lou (2022), Total biomass of a single population in two-patch environments, Theoretical Population Biology, 146: 1-14.

[2] Daihai He, Sheikh Taslim Ali, Guihong Fan, Daozhou Gao,  Haitao Song, Yijun Lou, Shi Zhao, Benjamin J. Cowling, Lewi Stone*  (2022), Evaluation of effectiveness of global COVID-19 vaccination  campaign, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(28): 1873-1876.

[3] Jie Hong, Zheng Zhao, Qing Su, Jiaqi Huang, Xi Chen, Jiaxu Le, Xiuliang Liu, Yi Hu, Daozhou Gao, Zhijie Zhang* (2022), Research advances in transmission dynamic models on hand, foot, and mouth disease, Chinese Journal of Epidemiology, 43(6): 966-973 (in Chinese).

[4]Xiaotian Wu, Daozhou Gao, Zilong Song, Jianhong Wu* (2022), Modelling Trypanosoma cruzi-Trypanosoma rangeli co-infection and pathogenic effect on Chagas disease spread, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdsb.2022110.

[5]Xiaoqing Lin, Yancong Xu*, Daozhou Gao, Guihong Fan (2022), Bifurcations and overexploitation in Rosenzweig-MacArthur model, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdsb.2022094.

[6]Daozhou Gao*,  Justin Munganga, P. van den Driessche, Lei Zhang (2022), Effects of  asymptomatic infections on the spatial spread of infectious diseases, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 82(3): 899-923.

[7]Shi Zhao*, Peihua Cao, Daozhou Gao,  Zian Zhuang, Weiming Wang*, Jinjun Ran, Kai Wang, Lin Yang, Mohammad R.  Einollahi, Yijun Lou, Daihai He*, Maggie H. Wang (2022), Modelling  COVID-19 outbreak on the Diamond Princess ship using the public  surveillance data, Infectious Disease Modelling, 7(2): 189-195.

[8]Xiaoyan Yuan, Yijun Lou, Daihai He, Jinliang Wang, Daozhou Gao* (2021), A Zika endemic model for the contribution of multiple transmission routes, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 83: 111.

[9]Daozhou Gao*, Yuan Lou (2021), Impact of state-dependent dispersal on disease prevalence, Journal of Nonlinear Science, 31:73.

[10]Shi Zhao*, Yu Zhao, Biao Tang, Daozhou Gao,  Zihao Guo, Marc K. C. Chong, Salihu S. Musa. Yongli Cai, Weiming Wang,  Daihai He*, Maggie H Wang (2021), Shrinkage in serial intervals across  transmission generations of COVID-19, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 529: 110861.

[11]Daozhou Gao (2020), How does dispersal affect the infection size?, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 80(5): 2144-2169. SIAM Research Nuggets: The Impact of Human Mobility on Disease Spread.

[12]Xiulei Jin, Shuwan Jin, Daozhou Gao* (2020), Mathematical analysis of the Ross-Macdonald model with quarantine, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 82: 47.

[13]Xianyun Chen, Daozhou Gao* (2020), Effects of travel frequency on the persistence of mosquito-borne diseases, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, 25(12): 4677-4701.

[14]Shi Zhao, Daozhou Gao,  Zian Zhuang, Marc K. C. Chong, Yongli Cai, Jinjun Ran, Peihua Cao, Kai  Wang, Yijun Lou, Weiming Wang, Lin Yang, Daihai He*, Maggie H. Wang  (2020), Estimating  the serial interval of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A  statistical analysis using the public data in Hong Kong from January 16  to February 15, 2020, Frontiers in Physics, 8: 347.

[15]Daihai He*, Shi Zhao, Yingke Li, Peihua Cao, Daozhou Gao, Yijun Lou, Lin Yang* (2020), Comparing COVID-19 and the 1918-19 influenza pandemics in United Kingdom, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 98: 67-70.

[16]Yingke Li*, Shi Zhao, Yijun Lou, Daozhou Gao,  Lin Yang, Daihai He* (2020), Epidemiological parameters and models of  coronavirus disease 2019, Acta Physica Sinica, 69(9): 090202 (in  Chinese).

[17]Salihu S. Musa, Daozhou Gao*,   Shi Zhao, Lin Yang, Yijun Lou, Daihai He* (2020), Mechanistic modeling   of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the early phase   in Wuhan, China, with different isolation measures, Acta Mathematicae   Applicatae Sinica, 43(2): 350-364 (in Chinese).

[18]Jinjun Ran, Shi Zhao*, Zian Zhuang, Marc K. C. Chong, Yongli Cai, Peihua Cao, Kai Wang, Yijun Lou, Weiming Wang, Daozhou Gao, Lin Yang, Daihai He*, Maggie H. Wang (2020), Quantifying  the improvement in confirmation efficiency of the severe acute  respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) during the early phase  of outbreak in Hong Kong in 2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 96: 284-287.

[19]Shi Zhao*, Peihua Cao, Daozhou Gao,  Zian Zhuang, Yongli Cai, Jinjun Ran, Marc K. C. Chong, Kai Wang, Yijun  Lou, Weiming Wang*, Lin Yang, Daihai He*, Maggie H. Wang (2020), Serial interval in the estimation of reproduction number of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the early outbreak, Journal of Travel Medicine, 27(3): taaa033.

[20]Shi Zhao*, Lewi Stone, Daozhou Gao, Salihu S. Musa, Marc K. C. Chong, Daihai He*, Maggie H. Wang (2020), Imitation  dynamics of taking infection prevention actions can assist mitigation  of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in Wuhan, China from 2019  to 2020, Annals of Translational Medicine, 8(7): 448.

[21]Shi Zhao*, Peihua Cao, Marc K. C. Chong, Daozhou Gao, Yijun Lou, Jinjun Ran, Kai Wang, Weiming Wang*, Lin Yang, Daihai He*, Maggie H. Wang (2020), COVID-19  and gender-specific difference: Analysis of public surveillance data in  Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, from January 10 to February 15, 2020, Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 41(6): 750-751.

[22]Qianying Lin, Shi Zhao, Daozhou Gao,  Yijun Lou, Shu Yang, Salihu S. Musa, Maggie H. Wang, Yongli Cai,  Weiming Wang*, Lin Yang*, Daihai He* (2020), A conceptual model for the  outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China with  individual reaction and governmental action, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 93: 211-216.

[23]Salihu S. Musa, Shi Zhao, Daozhou Gao, Qianying Lin, Gerardo Chowell, Daihai He* (2020), Mechanistic modelling of the large-scale Lassa fever epidemics in Nigeria from 2016 to 2019, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 493: 110209.

[24]Xiaotian Wu*, Daozhou Gao, Zilong Song, Jianhong Wu(2020), Modelling triatomine bug population and Trypanosoma rangeli transmission dynamics: Co-feeding, pathogenic effect and linkage with Chagas disease, Mathematical Biosciences, 324: 108326.

[25]Shi Zhao*, Zian Zhuang, Peihua Cao, Jinjun Ran, Daozhou Gao, Yijun Lou, Lin Yang, Yongli Cai, Weiming Wang*, Daihai He*, Maggie H. Wang (2020) Quantifying  the association between domestic travel and the exportation of novel  coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases from Wuhan, China in 2020: A correlational  analysis, Journal of Travel Medicine, 27(2): taaa022.

[26]Shi Zhao*, Qianyin Lin, Jinjun Ran, Salihu S. Musa, Guangpu Yang, Weiming Wang, Yijun Lou, Daozhou Gao,  Lin Yang, Daihai He*, Maggie H. Wang (2020), Preliminary estimation of  the basic reproduction number of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China,  from 2019 to 2020: A data-driven analysis in the early phase of the  outbreak, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 92: 214-217.

[27]Shi Zhao*, Salihu S. Musa, Qianying Lin, Jinjun Ran, Guangpu Yang, Weiming Wang*, Yijun Lou, Lin Yang, Daozhou Gao,  Daihai He*, Maggie H. Wang (2020), Estimating the unreported number of  novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases in China in the first half of  January 2020: A data-driven modelling analysis of the early outbreak, Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9: 388.

[28]Daozhou Gao*, Chao-Ping Dong (2020), Fast diffusion inhibits disease outbreaks, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 148(4): 1709-1722.

[29]Daozhou Gao, P. van den Driessche, Chris Cosner* (2019), Habitat fragmentation promotes malaria persistence, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 79(6-7): 2255–2280.

[30]Daozhou Gao (2019), Travel frequency and infectious diseases, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 79(4): 1581-1606. SIAM Research Nuggets: Model Indicates Travel Frequency Affects Disease Spread.

[31]Yijun Lou*, Kaihui Liu, Daihai He, Daozhou Gao, Shigui Ruan (2019), Modelling diapause in mosquito population growth, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 78(7): 2259-2288.

[32]J. Daniel Kelly*, Lee Worden, S. Rae Wannier, Nicole A. Hoff, Patrick Mukadi, Cyrus Sinai, Sarah Ackley, Xianyun Chen, Daozhou Gao,  Bernice Selo, Mathais Mossoko, Emile Okitolonda-Wemakoy, Eugene T.  Richardson, George W. Rutherford, Thomas M. Lietman, Jean Jacques  Muyembe-Tamfum, Anne W. Rimoin, Travis C. Porco (2019), Projections  of Ebola outbreak size and duration with and without vaccine use in  Équateur, Democratic Republic of Congo, as of May 27, 2018, PLoS ONE, 14(3): e0213190.

[33]Daihai He, Xueying Wang, Daozhou Gao, Jin Wang* (2018), Modeling the 2016-2017 Yemen cholera outbreak with the impact of limited medical resources, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 451: 80–85.

[34]Shi Zhao, Lewi Stone*, Daozhou Gao, Daihai He* (2018), Modelling the large-scale yellow fever outbreak in Luanda, Angola, and the impact of vaccination, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12 (1): e0006158.

[35]Chayu Yang, Xueying Wang, Daozhou Gao*, Jin Wang (2017), Impact of awareness programs on cholera dynamics: Two modeling approaches, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 79(9): 2109–2131.

[36]Daozhou Gao,Thomas M. Lietman, Chao-Ping Dong, Travis C. Porco* (2017), Mass drug administration: the importance of synchrony, Mathematical Medicine and Biology, 34(2): 241-260.

[37]Yijun Lou*, Li Liu, Daozhou Gao (2017), Modeling co-infection of Ixodes tick-borne pathogens, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 14 (5/6): 1301-1316.

[38]Daihai He, Daozhou Gao, Yijun Lou, Shi Zhao, Shigui Ruan* （2017）, A comparison study of Zika virus outbreaks in French Polynesia, Colombia and the State of Bahia in Brazil, Scientific Reports, 7: 273.

[39]Daozhou Gao, Yijun Lou, Daihai He, Travis C. Porco, Yang Kuang, Gerardo Chowell, Shigui Ruan* (2016), Prevention and control of Zika as a mosquito-borne and sexually transmitted disease: A mathematical modeling analysis, Scientific Reports, 6: 28070.

[40]Daozhou Gao,Travis C. Porco*, Shigui Ruan (2016), Coinfection dynamics of two diseases in a single host population, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 442(1): 171-188.

[41]Wayne T. A. Enanoria, Lee Worden, Fengchen Liu, Daozhou Gao, Sarah Ackley, James Scott, Michael Deiner, Ernest Mwebaze, Wui Ip, Thomas M. Lietman, Travis C. Porco* (2015), Evaluating subcriticality during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, PLoS ONE, 10(10): e0140651.

[42]Xueying Wang, Daozhou Gao*, Jin Wang (2015), Influence of human behavior on cholera dynamics, Mathematical Biosciences, 267: 41-52.

[43]Seth Blumberg, Lee Worden, Wayne Enanoria, Sarah Ackley, Michael Deiner, Fengchen Liu, Daozhou Gao, Tom Lietman, Travis Porco (2015), Assessing measles transmission in the United States following a large outbreak in California, PLoS Currents Outbreaks.

[44]Daozhou Gao,Thomas M. Lietman, Travis C. Porco* (2015), Antibiotic resistance as collateral damage: the tragedy of the commons in a two-disease setting, Mathematical Biosciences, 263: 121-132.

[45]M.  Elizabeth Halloran, Alessandro Vespignani, Nita Bharti , Leora R.  Feldstein, Kathy Alexander, Matthew Ferrari, Jeffrey Shaman, John M.  Drake, Travis Porco, Joseph Eisenberg, Sara DeValle, Eric Lofgren,  Samuel V. Scarpino, Marisa Eisenberg, Daozhou Gao, James M. Hyman, Stephen Eubank, Ira M. Longini Jr (2014), Ebola: Mobility data (letter to the editor), Science, 346: 433.

[46]Daozhou Gao,  Abdou Amza, Baidou Nassirou, Boubacar Kadri, Nicholas Sippl-Swezey,  Fengchen Liu, Sarah F. Ackley, Thomas M. Lietman, Travis C. Porco*  (2014), Optimal seasonal timing of oral azithromycin for malaria, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 91: 936-942.

[47]Daozhou Gao, Yijun Lou, Shigui Ruan* (2014), A periodic Ross-Macdonald model in a patchy environment, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, 19: 3133-3145.

[48]Daozhou Gao, Chris Cosner, Robert Stephen Cantrell, John C. Beier, Shigui Ruan* (2013), Modeling the spatial spread of Rift Valley fever in Egypt, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 75: 523-542.

[49]Travis C. Porco, Daozhou Gao, James C. Scott, Eunha Shim, Wayne T. Enanoria, Alison P. Galvani, Thomas M. Lietman* (2012), When does overuse of antibiotics become a tragedy of the commons?, PLoS ONE, 7(12): e46505.

[50]Daozhou Gao, Shigui Ruan* (2012), A multipatch malaria model with logistic growth populations, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 72: 819-841. SIAM Nuggets: The Math of Malaria.

[51]Jiang Jiang, Daozhou Gao, Donald L. DeAngelis* (2012), Towards a theory of ecotone resilience: Coastal vegetation on a salinity gradient, Theoretical Population Biology, 82: 29-37.

[52]Daozhou Gao, Shigui Ruan* (2011), An SIS patch model with variable transmission coefficients, Mathematical Biosciences, 232: 110-115.

[53]Daozhou Gao, Xing Liang (2007), A competition-diffusion system with a refuge,Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, 8: 435-454.

Book Chapters

[1]Bruce Pell, Javier Baez, Tin Phan, Daozhou Gao, Gerardo Chowell, Yang Kuang* (2016), Patch models of EVD transmission dynamics, in Mathematical and Statistical Modeling for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, G. Chowell, M. Hyman eds., Springer, 147-167.

[2]Daozhou Gao, Shigui Ruan (2014), Malaria models with spatial effects, in Analyzing and Modeling Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Infectious Diseases, D. Chen, B. Moulin, J. Wu, eds., John Wiley & Sons., Chapter 6, 109-136.

Textbook Co-edited

[1]Daozhou Gao, An introduction to ordinary differential equations in Advanced Mathematics for Liberal Arts (in Chinese), Jizhou Zhang, Zhaoxiang Li, Daozhou Gao, Xinsheng Lu, Eds., Shanghai Jiaotong University Press, Chapter 6, 210-242, 2021.

Proceedings Co-edited

[1]Special Issue on Modeling the Biological, Epidemiological, Immunological, Molecular, Virological Aspects of COVID-19, Daozhou Gao and Daihai He, Eds., Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2020.

[2]Special Issue on the Workshop on Current Topics in Mathematical Biology, Daozhou Gao, Shigui Ruan and Jifa Jiang, Eds., Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Vol 14, No 5/6, 2017.

Undergraduate Course: Advanced Mathematics

Graduate Course: Mathematical Biology

2015 Shanghai Oriental Scholar in Applied Mathematics

Editorial Board:

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering

Referee Service:

Acta Biotheoretica, Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Applied Mathematics and Computation, BMC Infectious Diseases, BMC Medicine, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Communications on Applied Mathematics and Computation, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Infectious Disease Modelling, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, International Journal of Biomathematics, Journal of Biological Dynamics, Journal of Biological Systems, Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Journal of Differential Equations, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Journal of Mathematical Biology, Journal of Nonlinear Science, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Mathematical Biosciences, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Mathematical Population Studies, Mathematical Reviews, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Open Mathematics, PeerJ–The Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLoS ONE, Preventive Medicine, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Qualitative Theory of Dynamical Systems, Royal Society Open Science, Scientific Reports, SIAM Journal of Applied Dynamical Systems, SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, Theoretical Population Biology, Transfusion.

Advisory Service:

WHO Research and Development (R&D) Blueprint Diseases Prioritization Methodological Review Meeting, November 17-18, 2016, Geneva, Switzerland

Conferences Co-organized:

1. Minisymposium: Structured Population Models for Disease Transmission Dynamics, SMB 2019 Annual Meeting, University of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 21-26, 2019 (with P. van den Driessche and J. Wu)

2. The Third Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology, Shanghai Normal University,  Shanghai, China, November  3-5, 2017 (with H. Shu and X. Wu)

3. Workshop     on Current Topics in Mathematical Biology, Shanghai Normal    University,  Shanghai, China, December 18-20, 2015 (with   J.  Jiang and S. Ruan).