Linus Bengtsson

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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH GEOGRAPHICS. 2020;19(1):10
Using gridded population and quadtree sampling units to support survey sample design in low-income settings.
Qader SH; Lefebvre V; Tatem AJ; Pape U; Jochem W; Himelein K; Ninneman A; Wolburg P; Nunez-Chaim G; Bengtsson L; Bird T
Article: SCIENTIFIC DATA. 2018;5:180286
On the privacy-conscientious use of mobile phone data.
de Montjoye Y-A; Gambs S; Blondel V; Canright G; de Cordes N; Deletaille S; Engø-Monsen K; Garcia-Herranz M; Kendall J; Kerry C; Krings G; Letouzé E; Luengo-Oroz M; Oliver N; Rocher L; Rutherford A; Smoreda Z; Steele J; Wetter E; Pentland AS; Bengtsson L
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;47(5):1562-1570
Population mobility reductions associated with travel restrictions during the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone: use of mobile phone data
Peak CM; Wesolowski A; zu Erbach-Schoenberg E; Tatem AJ; Wetter E; Lu X; Power D; Weidman-Grunewald E; Ramos S; Moritz S; Buckee CO; Bengtsson L
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2018;115(14):3529-3537
Spatially disaggregated population estimates in the absence of national population and housing census data.
Wardrop NA; Jochem WC; Bird TJ; Chamberlain HR; Clarke D; Kerr D; Bengtsson L; Juran S; Seaman V; Tatem AJ
Article: EPJ DATA SCIENCE. 2017;6:3
Improving official statistics in emerging markets using machine learning and mobile phone data
Jahani E; Sundsoy P; Bjelland J; Bengtsson L; Pentland AS; de Montjoye Y-A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH GEOGRAPHICS. 2017;16(1):42
Mathematical models for predicting human mobility in the context of infectious disease spread: introducing the impedance model
Sallah K; Giorgi R; Bengtsson L; Lu X; Wetter E; Adrien P; Rebaudet S; Piarroux R; Gaudart J
Article: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE. 2017;14(129):20160825
Exploring the high-resolution mapping of gender-disaggregated development indicators
Bosco C; Alegana V; Bird T; Pezzulo C; Bengtsson L; Sorichetta A; Steele J; Hornby G; Ruktanonchai C; Ruktanonchai N; Wetter E; Tatem AJ
Article: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE. 2017;14(127):20160690
Mapping poverty using mobile phone and satellite data
Steele JE; Sundsoy PR; Pezzulo C; Alegana VA; Bird TJ; Blumenstock J; Bjelland J; Engo-Monsen K; de Montjoye Y-A; Iqbal AM; Hadiuzzaman KN; Lu X; Wetter E; Tatem AJ; Bengtsson L
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2016;15(1):273
Census-derived migration data as a tool for informing malaria elimination policy
Ruktanonchai NW; Bhavnani D; Sorichetta A; Bengtsson L; Carter KH; Cordoba RC; Le Menach A; Lu X; Wetter E; Erbach-Schoenberg EZ; Tatem AJ
Article: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS. 2016;38:1-7
Unveiling hidden migration and mobility patterns in climate stressed regions: A longitudinal study of six million anonymous mobile phone users in Bangladesh
Lu X; Wrathall DJ; Sundsoy PR; Nadiruzzaman M; Wetter E; Iqbal A; Qureshi T; Tatem A; Canright G; Engo-Monsen K; Bengtsson L
Article: PLOS CURRENTS. 2016;8:ecurrents.dis.d073fbece32
Rapid and Near Real-Time Assessments of Population Displacement Using Mobile Phone Data Following Disasters: The 2015 Nepal Earthquake.
Wilson R; Zu Erbach-Schoenberg E; Albert M; Power D; Tudge S; Gonzalez M; Guthrie S; Chamberlain H; Brooks C; Hughes C; Pitonakova L; Buckee C; Lu X; Wetter E; Tatem A; Bengtsson L
Article: CLIMATIC CHANGE. 2016;138(3-4):505-519
Detecting climate adaptation with mobile network data in Bangladesh: anomalies in communication, mobility and consumption patterns during cyclone Mahasen
Lu X; Wrathall DJ; Sundsoy PR; Nadiruzzaman M; Wetter E; Iqbal A; Qureshi T; Tatem AJ; Canright GS; Engo-Monsen K; Bengtsson L
Article: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2015;15:522
Tracking social contact networks with online respondent-driven detection: who recruits whom?
Stein ML; van der Heijden PGM; Buskens V; van Steenbergen JE; Bengtsson L; Koppeschaar CE; Thorson A; Kretzschmar MEE
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;105(8):E90-E97
Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance With Online Respondent-Driven Detection
Stein ML; van Steenbergen JE; Buskens V; van der Heijden PGM; Koppeschaar CE; Bengtsson L; Thorson A; Kretzschmar MEE
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2015;5:8923
Using Mobile Phone Data to Predict the Spatial Spread of Cholera
Bengtsson L; Gaudart J; Lu X; Moore S; Wetter E; Sallah K; Rebaudet S; Piarroux R
Article: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH. 2015;7(2):90-98
Remotely measuring populations during a crisis by overlaying two data sources
Bharti N; Lu X; Bengtsson L; Wetter E; Tatem AJ
Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(10):e0138599
Implementation of Web-Based Respondent Driven Sampling among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Sweden
Stromdahl S; Lu X; Bengtsson L; Liljeros F; Thorson A
Article: PLOS CURRENTS. 2014;6:ecurrents.outbreaks.0177e
Commentary: containing the ebola outbreak - the potential and challenge of mobile network data.
Wesolowski A; Buckee CO; Bengtsson L; Wetter E; Lu X; Tatem AJ
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2014;4(1):e003526
Strong propensity for HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in Vietnam: behavioural data and sexual network modelling
Bengtsson L; Lu X; Liljeros F; Hoang HT; Thorson A
Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(1):e85256
Online Respondent-Driven Sampling for Studying Contact Patterns Relevant for the Spread of Close-Contact Pathogens: A Pilot Study in Thailand
Stein ML; van Steenbergen JE; Chanyasanha C; Tipayamongkholgul M; Buskens V; van der Heijden PGM; Sabaiwan W; Bengtsson L; Lu X; Thorson AE; Kretzschmar MEE
Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(11):e113711
Comparison of Contact Patterns Relevant for Transmission of Respiratory Pathogens in Thailand and the Netherlands Using Respondent-Driven Sampling
Stein ML; van Steenbergen JE; Buskens V; van der Heijden PGM; Chanyasanha C; Tipayamongkholgul M; Thorson AE; Bengtsson L; Lu X; Kretzschmar MEE
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2013;3:2923
Approaching the Limit of Predictability in Human Mobility
Lu X; Wetter E; Bharti N; Tatem AJ; Bengtsson L
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2013;13:108
Sexual relationships among men who have sex with men in Hanoi, Vietnam: a qualitative interview study
Bengtsson L; Thorson A; Vu PNT; Allebeck P; Popenoe R
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2012;109(29):11576-11581
Predictability of population displacement after the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Lu X; Bengtsson L; Holme P
Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(11):e49417
Implementation of Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Vietnam
Bengtsson L; Lu X; Quoc CN; Camitz M; Nguyen LH; Tuan AN; Liljeros F; Thorson A
Article: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES A-STATISTICS IN SOCIETY. 2012;175:191-216
The sensitivity of respondent-driven sampling
Lu X; Bengtsson L; Britton T; Camitz M; Kim BJ; Thorson A; Liljeros F
Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2011;8(8):e1001083
Improved Response to Disasters and Outbreaks by Tracking Population Movements with Mobile Phone Network Data: A Post-Earthquake Geospatial Study in Haiti
Bengtsson L; Lu X; Thorson A; Garfield R; von Schreeb J
Article: AIDS. 2010;24(15):2301-2303
Global HIV surveillance among MSM: is risk behavior seriously underestimated?
Bengtsson L; Thorson A
Article: JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE, ABBOTTABAD : JAMC. 2003;15(1):3-9
Childhood stunting in relation to adolescent living environment and resilience: a follow up study in Lahore, Pakistan.
Ekvall N; Bengtsson L; Kelly KB; Mellander L; Zaman S
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Editorial comment: NATURE MEDICINE. 2020;26(1):17-18
The promise and perils of big gender data.
Vaitla B; Verhulst S; Bengtsson L; González MC; Furst-Nichols R; Pryor EC
Corrigendum: NATURE MICROBIOLOGY. 2019;4(5):901
Publisher Correction: Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.
Kraemer MUG; Reiner RC; Brady OJ; Messina JP; Gilbert M; Pigott DM; Yi D; Johnson K; Earl L; Marczak LB; Shirude S; Weaver ND; Bisanzio D; Perkins TA; Lai S; Lu X; Jones P; Coelho GE; Carvalho RG; Van Bortel W; Marsboom C; Hendrickx G; Schaffner F; Moore CG; Nax HH; Bengtsson L; Wetter E; Tatem AJ; Brownstein JS; Smith DL; Lambrechts L; Cauchemez S; Linard C; Faria NR; Pybus OG; Scott TW; Liu Q; Yu H; Wint GRW; Hay SI; Golding N
Corrigendum: NATURE MICROBIOLOGY. 2019;4(5):900
Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (vol 4, pg 854, 2019)
Kraemer MUG; Reiner RCJ; Brady OJ; Messina JP; Gilbert M; Pigott DM; Yi D; Johnson K; Earl L; Marczak LB; Shirude S; Weaver ND; Bisanzio D; Perkins TA; Lai S; Lu X; Jones P; Coelho GE; Carvalho RG; Van Bortel W; Marsboom C; Hendrickx G; Schaffner F; Moore CG; Nax HH; Bengtsson L; Wetter E; Tatem AJ; Brownstein JS; Smith DL; Lambrechts L; Cauchemez S; Linard C; Faria NR; Pybus OG; Scott TW; Liu Q; Yu H; Wint GRW; Hay SI; Golding N
Corrigendum: EPJ DATA SCIENCE. 2017;6:8
Improving official statistics in emerging markets using machine learning and mobile phone data
Jahani E; Sundsoy P; Bjelland J; Bengtsson L; Pentland AS; de Montjoye Y-A
Thesis / dissertation: 2012
Assessing sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men in Vietnam : development and use of a new Internet-based sampling method
Bengtsson, Linus
Review: PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY. 2012;8(7):e1002616
Digital Epidemiology
Salathe M; Bengtsson L; Bodnar TJ; Brewer DD; Brownstein JS; Buckee C; Campbell EM; Cattuto C; Khandelwal S; Mabry PL; Vespignani A

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2025

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Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2013

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