Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Hospitalizations associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza in children, including children diagnosed with asthma.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Finelli L, O'Halloran A, Liu P, Karaca Z, Steiner CA, Viboud C, Lipsitch MJournal: EpidemiologyPMID: 31469696 November 2019

There is uncertainty about the burden of hospitalization associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza in children, including those…

Levels of outpatient prescribing for four major antibiotic classes and rates of septicemia hospitalization in adults in different US states – a statistical analysis.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Olesen SW, Karaca Z, Steiner CA, Viboud C, Lipsitch MJournal: BMC Public HealthPMID: 31426780 August 2019

Rates of sepsis/septicemia hospitalization in the US have risen significantly during recent years. Antibiotic resistance and use may contribute to…

Antimicrobial resistance prevalence, rates of hospitalization with septicemia and rates of mortality with sepsis in adults in different US states.

Author(s): Goldstein E, MacFadden DR, Karaca Z, Steiner CA, Viboud C, Lipsitch MJournal: Int J Antimicrob AgentsPMID: 30851403 May 2019

Rates of hospitalization with sepsis/septicemia and associated mortality in the US have risen significantly during the last two decades. Antibiotic…

On the Relative Role of Different Age Groups During Epidemics Associated With Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Nguyen HH, Liu P, Viboud C, Steiner CA, Worby CJ, Lipsitch MJournal: J Infect DisPMID: 29112722 January 2018

While circulation of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) results in high rates of hospitalization, particularly among young children and elderly individuals,…

Modelling seasonal variations in the age and incidence of Kawasaki disease to explore possible infectious aetiologies.

Author(s): Pitzer VE, Burgner D, Viboud C, Simonsen L, Andreasen V, Steiner CA, Lipsitch MJournal: Proc Biol SciPMID: 22398170 July 2012

The average age of infection is expected to vary during seasonal epidemics in a way that is predictable from the…