Taylor, A.M., Kirsten, L., Sedda, L., and Wessels, Q. (2025). The anatomical knowledge of Namibian school children. Anat Sci Educ. 2025; 00: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.70164
Tamari, N., Brown, H.E., Sedda, L., Riehle, M.A., Ellingson, K.D., Walker, K.R., Christopherson, G.L., Atieli, H., Munga, S., and Ernst, K.C. (2025). Structural features of outdoor latrines influence the abundance of Anopheles gambiae s.l. and Culex quinquefasciatus in a village in Kisumu County, western Kenya. Parasites Vectors 18, 364 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-07011-7
Widlake, E., Wilson, R., Pilgrim, J., Vaux, A.G.C., Tanianis-Hughes, J., Haziqah-Rashid, A., Sherlock, K., Delnicka, A., Simpson, A., Abbott, A.J., Johnston, C.J., Martin, J., Barlow, K., Aliski, E., Shiels, S., Gandy, S., Biddlecombe, S.M., Klerk, J. de, Sedda, L., Medlock, J.M., Baylis, M., and Blagrove, M.S.C., (2025). Spatial distribution of Culex mosquitoes across England and Wales, July 2023. Parasites Vectors 18, 337. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-06975-w
Sedda, L., Wrench, E., Moore, T.C., Wolfe, K., Tangena, J.A., and Brown, H.E. (2025). Challenges in the surveillance and control of mosquito-borne diseases in Europe and United States. The perspective from public health experts. One Health, 21, 101133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101133
Mendes, J.A., Keegan, T., Jones, L., Atkinson, P.M.A., and Sedda, L. (2025) Systematic mapping review of statistical methods applied to the relationships between cancer diagnosis and geographical level factors in UK. BMJ Open 2025;15:e098379. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098379
Abbas, I., Ahmed, F., Muqaddas, H., Alberti, A., Varcasia, A., and Sedda, L. (2025). Epidemiology and surveillance of West Nile virus in the Mediterranean Basin during 2010-2023: A systematic review. Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases: 100208, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2025.100277
Monteiro, G.M., Sonounameto, R.C., Djogbenou, L.S., and Sedda, L. (2025). Spatial and spatio-temporal analysis for malaria hotspot identification: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 2025;15:e101375. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101375
Brown, H.E., Wrench, E., Wolfe, K., Moore, T.C., Tangena, J.A., and Sedda, L. (2025). Collaborative engagement with vector control stakeholders is key to enhance the utility of vector-borne disease models. Parasites Vectors 18, 143 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-06751-w
Martínez-Planas, A., Baquero-Artigao, F., Méndez-Echevarría, A., Del Rosal, T., Rodríguez-Molino, P., Toro-Rueda, Bustillo-Alonso, M., Lafuente, M., Canet, A., Manzanares, Á., Tagarro, A., Sanz-Santaeufemia, F.J., Guillén-Martín, S., Cilleruelo, M.J., Falcón-Neyra, L., Santiago, B., Rincón, E., Lillo, M., Soriano-Arandes, A., Sedda, L., Fortuny, C., Monsonís, M., González-Martín, J., Tebruegge, M., Spanish Pediatric Tb Research Network, The European Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis In Children Study2C, and Noguera-Julian, A. (2025). A 28-Year Multicenter Cohort Study of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis in Children, Spain. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31(3), 536-546. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3103.241254 .
Jalilian, A., Ayana, G.M., Ashine, E., Hailemeskel, Ebstie, A.Y., Molla, E., Esayas, E., Negash, N., Kochora, A., Assefa, M., Teferi, N., Teshome, D., Reynolds, A.M., Weetman, D., Wilson, A.L., Kenate, B., Donnelly, M.J., Sedda, L., and Gadisa, E. (2024). Waning success: a 2013–2022 spatial and temporal trend analysis of malaria in Ethiopia. Infect Dis Poverty 13, 93. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-024-01259-4
Ayana, G.M., Jalilian, A., Ashine, T., Molla, E., Hailemeskel, E., Yemane D.H., Yirgu, H., Negash, N., Teferi, N., Teshome, D., Reynolds, A.M., Weetman, D., Wilson, A.L., Kenate, B., Donnelly, M.J., Sedda, L., and Gadisa, E. (2024). Larval source management in Ethiopia: modelling to assess its effectiveness in curbing malaria surge in dire Dawa and Batu Towns. Malar J 23, 366 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-024-05189-2
Jones, C., Keegan, T., Knox, A., Birtle, A., Mendes, J.A., Heys, K., Atkinson, P., and Sedda, L. (2024). Syndemic Geographic Patterns of Cancer Risk in a Health-Deprived Area of England. Public Health In Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100552
Filigheddu, M.R., Cillara, M., Deplano, G., Molgora, J.E., Lai, L., Muru, D., Schirru, M., Sedda, L., & Dettori, S. (2024). Analysis of land-use change in Mandrolisai 1860 to 2016: a case study from Sardinia (Italy). Landscape History, 45(2), 81-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/01433768.2024.2407193
Chidiac, C., Sedda, L., Walshe, C., Feuer, D., Flatley, M., Rodgerson, A., and Preston, N. (2024). Improving hospital palliative care between COVID-19 waves: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.09.015
Jalilian, A., Mateu, J., and Sedda, L. (2024). A brief review and guidance on the spatiotemporal sampling designs for disease vector surveillance. Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases: 100208, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2024.100208
Ashine, T., Eyasu, A., Asmamaw, Y., Simma, E., Zemene, E., Epstein, A., Brown, R., Negash, N., Kochora, A., Reynolds, A.M., Bulto, M.G., Tafesse, T., Dagne, A., Lukus, B., Esayas, E., Behaksra, S.W., Woldekidan, K., Kassa, F.A., Deressa, J.D, Assefa, M., Dillu, D., Assefa, G., Solomon, H., Zeynudin, A., Massebo, F., Sedda, L., Donnelly, M.J., Wilson, A.L., Weetman, D., Gadisa, E., and Yewhalaw, D. 2023. Spatiotemporal distribution of Anopheles stephensi in different eco-epidemiological settings in Ethiopia. Parasites Vectors 17, 166 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06243-3
Hitchings, L., Fleet, B., Smith, D.T., Read, J.M., Melville, C., and Sedda, L. (2024). Determining the distance patterns in the movements of future doctors in UK between 2002 and 2015: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open 2024;14:e077635. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077635
Jalilian, A., Sedda, L., Unsworth, A., and Farrier, M. (2024). Length of stay and economic sustainability of virtual ward care in a medium-sized hospital of the UK: a retrospective longitudinal study. BMJ Open,14:e081378. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081378(sixth most read article in BMJ Open in January 2024)
Monteiro, G. M., Djogbénou, L. S., Donnelly, M. J., and Sedda, L. (2024). Development and deployment of an improved Anopheles gambiae s.l. field surveillance by adaptive spatial sampling design. Front. Ecol. Evol., 11:1241617. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1241617
Kouame, R. M. A., Edi, A. V. C., Cain, R. J., Weetman, D., Donnelly, M. J., and Sedda, L. (2023). Joint spatial modelling of malaria incidence and vector’s abundance shows heterogeneity in malaria-vector geographical relationships. Journal of Applied Ecology, 00, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14565
Emiru, T., Getachew, D., Murphy, M., Sedda, L., Ejigu, L.A., Bulto, M.G., Byrne, I., Demisse, M., Abdo, M., Chali, W., Elliott, A., Neubauer, V., Aranda-Díaz, A., Alemayehu, L., Behaksera, S.W., Jebessa, G., Dinka, H., Tsegaye, T., Teka, H., Chibsa, S., Mumba, P., Girma, S., Hwang, J., Yoshimizu, M., Sutcliffe, A., Taffese, H.S., Bayissa, G.A., Zohdy, S., Tongren, J.E., Drakeley, C., Greenhouse, B., Bousema T., and Tadesse F.G. (2023). Evidence for a role of Anopheles stephensi in the spread of drug and diagnosis-resistant malaria in Africa. Nat Med (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02641-9These authors contributed equally: Tadele Emiru, Dejene Getachew, Maxwell Murphy, Luigi Sedda
Riddell, J., Noureen, S.R., Sedda, L., Glover, J.D., Ho, W.K.W., Bain, C.A., Bergeglia, A., Brown, H., Anderson, C., Chen, Y., Crichton, M.L., Yates, C.A., Mort, R.L., and Headon, D.J. (2023) Rapid mechanosensitive migration and dispersal of newly divided mesenchymal cells aid their recruitment into dermal condensates. PLOS Biology 21(9): e3002316. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002316
Sedda, L., Taylor, B.M., Cain, R., Vajda, E.A., Tatarsky, A., and Lobo, N.F. (2023) TIMESS a power analysis tool to estimate the number of locations and repeated measurements for seasonally and clustered mosquito surveys. Ann Oper Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05491-3
Fleet, B.G., Elliott, A., Orwin, M., Spencer, M., and Sedda, L. (2023) Autism trends in a medium size coastal town of England. PLOS ONE 18(6): e0287808. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287808
Cain, R., French, M., and Sedda, L. (2023) Food insecurity, mental health and in-hospital mortality following the COVID-19 pandemic in a socially deprived UK coastal town. BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health 2023; e000561. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2022-000561
Tangena, JA.A., Mategula, D., Sedda, L., and Atkinson P.M.A. (2023) Unravelling the impact of insecticide-treated bed nets on childhood malaria in Malawi. Malar J 22, 16 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04448-y
Olmo, R. P., Todjro, Y. M. H., Aguiar, E. R. G. R., de Almeida, J. P. P., Ferreira, F. V., Armache, J. N., de Faria, I. J. S., Ferreira, A. G. A., Amadou, S. C. G., Silva, A. T. S., de Souza, K. P. R., Vilela, A. P. P., Babarit, A., Tan, C. H., Diallo, M., Gaye, A., Paupy, C., Obame-Nkoghe, J., Visser, T. M., Koenraadt, C. J. M., Wongsokarijo, M. A., Cruz, A. L. C., Prieto, M. T., Parra, M. C. P., Nogueira, M. L., Avelino-Silva, V., Mota, R. N., Borges, M. A. Z., Drumond, B. P., Kroon, E. G., Recker, M., Sedda, L., Marois, E., Imler, J-L., and Marques, J. T., (2023) Mosquito vector competence for dengue is modulated by insect-specific viruses. Nature Microbiology. 8, 1, p. 135-149. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01289-4
Kouamé, R.M.A., Guglielmo, F., Abo, K., Ouattara, A.F., Chabi, J., Sedda, L., Donnelly, M.J., and Constant, E. (2022) Education and Socio-economic status are key factors influencing use of insecticides and malaria knowledge in rural farmers in Southern Côte d’Ivoire. BMC Public Health 22, 2443. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14446-5
Sedda, L., Ashish, A., Unsworth, A., Martindale, J., Sundar, R., and Ferrier, M. (2022) Comparison of COVID-19 survival in relation to CPAP length of treatment and by comorbidity and transmission setting (community or hospital acquired) in a medium-sized UK hospital in 2020: a retrospective study. BMJ Open: 12: e060994. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060994.
Sedda, L., McCann, R.S., Kabaghe, A.N., Gowelo. S,, Mburu, M.M., Tizifa, T.A., Chipeta, M.G., van den Berg, H., Takken, W., van Vugt, M., Phiri, K.S., Cain, R., Tangena, J-A., and Jones, C.M. (2022) Hotspots and super-spreaders: Modelling fine-scale malaria parasite transmission using mosquito flight behaviour. PLoS Pathog 18(7): e1010622. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010622
Molgora, J.M.E., Sedda, L., Diggle, P.J., and Atkinson, P.M.A. (2022) A joint distribution framework to improve presence-only species distribution models by exploiting opportunistic surveys. Journal of Biogeography. http://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14365
Molgora, J.M.E., Sedda, L., Diggle, P.J., and Atkinson, P.M.A. (2022) A taxonomic-based joint species distribution model for presence-only data. J. R. Soc. Interface. 19: 20210681.20210681 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0681
Egid, B.R, Coulibaly, M., Dadzie, S.K., Kamgang, B., McCall, P.J., Sedda, L., Toe, K.H. and Wilson, A.L.(2022). Review of the ecology and behaviour of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Western Africa and implications for vector control, Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases: 100074, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2021.100074
Tang, X., Sedda, L. and Brown, H.E. (2021) Predicting eastern equine encephalitis spread in North America: an ecological study. Current Research in Parasitology and VBD: 100064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2021.100064
Brown, H.E., Sedda, L., Sumner, C., Stefanakos, E., Ruberto, I., and Roach, M. (2021) Understanding Mosquito Surveillance Data for Analytic Efforts: A Case Study. Journal of Medical Entomology: tjab018. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab018
Ashish, A., Unsworth, A., Martindale, J., Sundar, R., Kavuri, K., Sedda, L., and Ferrier, M. (2020) CPAP management of COVID-19 respiratory failure: a first quantitative analysis from an inpatient service evaluation. BMJ Open Respiratory Research: e000692. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000692 (Ferrier and Sedda are joint senior authors)
Sedda, L., Taylor, B.M., Eiras A.E., Marques, J.T., Dillon, R.J. (2020) Using the intrinsic growth rate of the mosquito population improves spatio-temporal dengue risk estimation. Acta Tropica (208):105519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105519
Staniek, M.E., Sedda, L., Gibson, T.D., de Souza, C.F., Costa, E.M., Dillon, R.J., and Hamilton, J.G.C. (2019) eNose analysis of volatile chemicals from dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum in Brazil. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13(8): e0007599. https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0007599(Staniek and Sedda contributed equally to this work)
Richardson, H., Rhodes, G., Henrys, P., Sedda, L., Weightman, A.J., and Pickup, R.W. (2019) Presence of Mycobacterium avioum subspecies paratuberculosis monitored over varying temporal and spatial scales in river catchments: persistent routes for human exposure. Microorganisms, 7: 136. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/7/5/136
Sedda, L., Lucas, E.R., Djogbénou, L.S.,Edi, A.V.C., Egyir-Yawson, A., Kabula, B.I., Midega, J., Ochomo, E., Weetman, D., and Donnelly, Martin, J. (2019) Improved spatial ecological sampling using open data and standardization: an example from malaria mosquito surveillance. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 16: 20180941. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2018.0941
Chanda, M., Carpenter, S., Prasad, G., Sedda, L., Henrys, P. A., Gajendragad, M.R., and Purse, B.V. (2019) Livestock host composition rather than land use or climate explains spatial patterns in bluetongue disease in South India. Scientific Reports, 9: 4229.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-40450-8
Bell, M.J., Sedda, L., Gonzalez, M.A., de Souza C.F., Dilger E., Brazil, R.P., Courtenay, O., and Hamilton, J.G.C. (2018) Attraction of Lutzomyia longipalpis to synthetic sex-aggregation pheromone: Effect of release rate and proximity of adjacent pheromone sources. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12(12): e0007007. https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0007007(Bell and Sedda contributed equally to this work)
Dettori, S., Filigheddu, M. R., Deplano, G., Molgora, J. E., Ruiu, M., and Sedda, L. (2018). Employing a spatio-temporal contingency table for the analysis of cork oak cover change in the Sa Serra region of Sardinia. Scientific reports, 8:16946. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35319-1
Sedda, L., Pessoa Vilela, A.P., Guimarães Rocha Aguiar, E.R., Pessoa Gaspar, C.H., Aquime Gonçalves, A.N., Proveti Olmo, R., Saraiva Silva, A.T., de Cássia da Silveira, L., Eiras, A.E., Paiva Drumond, B., Geessien Kroon, E., and Trindade Marques, J. (2018) The spatial and temporal scales of local dengue virus transmission in natural settings: a retrospective analysis. Parasites & Vectors 11, 1: 79. http://rdcu.be/Gb1I
Nevatte, T.M., Ward, R.D., Sedda, L., and Hamilton, J.G.C. (2017) After infection with Leishmania infantum, Golden Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) become more attractive to female sand flies (Lutzomyia longipalpis). Scientific Reports, 7:6104. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06313-w
Sorichetta, A., Bird, T.J., Ruktanonchai, N.W., zu Erbach-Schoenberg, E., Pezzulo, C., Tejedor, N., Waldock, I.C., Sadler, J.D., Garcia, A.J., Sedda, L., and Tatem, A.J. (2016) Mapping internal connectivity through internal migration in malaria endemic countries. Scientific Data, 3, 160066. http://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201666(winner of the 2016 IPUMS International Research Award)
Tubruegge, M., Pantazidou, A., MacGregor, D., Gonis, G., Leslie, D., Sedda, L., Ritz, N., Connell, T., and Curtis, N. (2016) Nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in children – Epidemiology, diagnosis & management at a tertiary center. PlosOne, 11, 1, e0147513. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0147513
Sedda, L., Qiuyin, Q., and Tatem, A.J. (2015) A geostatistical analysis of the association between armed conflicts and Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa, 1997-2010. Malaria Journal, 14:500. http://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-015-1024-5(one of the ten most influential articles from Malaria Journal in 2015 according to altimetric.com)
Sedda, L., Tatem, A.J., Morley, D.W., Atkinson, P.M., Wardrop, N.A., Pezzulo, C., Sorichetta, A., Kuleszo, J., and Rogers, D.J. (2015) Poverty, health and satellite-derived vegetation indices: their inter-spatial relationship in West Africa. International Health, 7: 99-106. http://inthealth.oxfordjournals.org/content/7/2/99.full?keytype=ref&ijkey=pfzitBAJ3c5TDzQ
Sedda, L., Morley, D.W., and Brown, H.E. (2014) Characteristics of wind-infective farms of the 2006 Bluetongue Serotype 8 Epidemic in Northern Europe. EcoHealth DOI 10.1007/s10393-014-1008-x http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10393-014-1008-x
Braks, M., van Ginkel, R., Wint, W., Sedda, L. and Sprong, H. (2014) Climate change and public health policy: translating the science. International Journal of Environmental research and Public Health, 11: 13-29. http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/11/1/13/htm
Sedda, L., Morley, D.W., Benz, D.M., Wint, W.G.R., Wan, Z. and Rogers, D.J. (2013) FraRI: An algorithm to account for the discontinuity at 60°N in MODIS temperature products. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34: 1220-1233. PDF
Sedda, L., Brown, H.E., Purse, B.V., Burgin, L., Gloster, J. and Rogers, D.J. (2012) A new algorithm quantifies the roles of wind and midge flight activity in the bluetongue epizootic in northwest Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279 (1737), 2354-2362. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/279/1737/2354.short
Sedda, L., Atkinson, P.M., Barca, E. and Passarella G. (2012) Imputing censored data with desirable spatial covariance function properties using simulated annealing. Journal of Geographical Systems, 14: 265-282. PDF
Sedda, L., Atkinson, P.M., Filigheddu, M.R., Cotzia, G. and Dettori, S. (2011) Spatio-temporal analysis of tree height in a young cork oak plantation. International Journal of Geographical Information Science,25: 1083-1096. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13658816.2010.517534
Sedda, L., Delogu, G. and Dettori S. (2011) Forty-four years of land use changes in a Sardinian cork oak agrosilvopastoral system: a qualitative analysis. The Open Forest Science Journal, 4: 57-66. PDF
Sedda, L., Guerrini, L., Bouyer, J., Koné, N. and Rogers, D. J. (2010) Spatio-temporal modelling of Glossina palpalis gambiensis and Glossina tachinoides apparent densities in fragmented ecosystems of Burkina Faso. Ecography, 33: 772–783. PDF
(BOOK) Poddine, A. and Sedda, L. (2007), Suherete e filiera del sughero in Provincia di Nuoro (Cork oak forests and cork industry in Nuoro county). Provincia di Nuoro, Italy. pp. 148. Chapter 2
Sedda, L. and Dettori, S. (2006) Analisi variografica del diametro in un impianto di quercia da sughero. Un esempio di studio della corregionalizzazione in ambito forestale (Variography analysis of the cork oak trees diameter in a re-forestation. An example of co-regionalization in forestry). L’Italia Forestale e Montana, 6: 533-544. PDF
Dettori, S., Falqui, A., Filigheddu, M.R. and Sedda, L. (2006) Performance dei recenti imboschimenti con quercia da sughero in ex coltivi (Performance of cork oak re-forestation in agricultural areas). Forest@, 3 (3): 327-338. http://www.sisef.it/forest@/contents/?id=efor0395-0030327
(BOOK) Agnoletti et al. (2004) Standard per la buona gestione forestale dei boschi Appenninici e Mediterranei (Forest standards for mediterranean and apennines woodlands). Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali, Florence, Italy. pp. 23. PDF
Sedda, L. (2002) Il verde urbano della città di Nuoro. Risultati di un’analisi campionaria (The urban forest in Nuoro. Inventory results). Monti e Boschi, 6: 12-16. PDF
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