On campus dormitories as viral transmission sinks: Phylodynamic insights into student housing networks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Juan Bolanos; Alex Dornburg; April Harris; Samuel Kunkleman; Jannatul Ferdous; William Taylor; Jessica Schlueter; Cynthia Gibas

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1013666

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On campus dormitories as viral transmission sinks: Phylodynamic insights into student housing networks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Juan Bolanos,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
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Alex Dornburg,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
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April Harris,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
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Samuel Kunkleman,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
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Jannatul Ferdous,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
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William Taylor,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
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Jessica Schlueter,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
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Cynthia Gibas

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cgibas@charlotte.edu

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-9543

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On campus dormitories as viral transmission sinks: Phylodynamic insights into student housing networks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Juan Bolanos,
Alex Dornburg,
April Harris,
Samuel Kunkleman,
Jannatul Ferdous,
William Taylor,
Jessica Schlueter,
Cynthia Gibas

Published: November 3, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013666

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