Author(s): Yin X, Li Y, Rönn MM, Li S, Yuan Y, Gift TL, Hsu K, Salomon JA, Grad YH, Yaesoubi R|Journal: PLoS Med|PMID:38976754| July 2024
Since common diagnostic tests for gonorrhea do not provide information about susceptibility to antibiotics, treatment of gonorrhea remains empiric. Antibiotics…
Author(s): Oliveira Roster KI, Mittelstaedt R, Reyes J, Aatresh AV, Grad YH|Journal: medRxiv|PMID:38765970| June 2024
Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP) reduces bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) but may select for tetracycline resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and…
Author(s): Ofori SK, Dankwa EA, Ngwakongnwi E, Amberbir A, Bekele A, Murray MB, Grad YH, Buckee CO, Hedt-Gauthier BL|Journal: Ann. Glob. Health|PMID:38523847| March 2024
Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases is an important decision-making tool for outbreak control. However, in Africa, limited expertise reduces the…
Author(s): Olejarz JW, Roster KIO, Kissler SM, Lipsitch M, Grad YH|Journal: Epidemics|PMID:38394927| March 2024
Public health surveillance for pathogens presents an optimization problem: we require enough sampling to identify intervention-triggering shifts in pathogen epidemiology,…
Author(s): Tai CG, Haviland MJ, Kissler SM, Lucia RM, Merson M, Maragakis LL, Ho DD, Anderson DJ, DiFiori J, Grubaugh ND, Grad YH, Mack CD|Journal: J Med Virol|PMID:38465748| March 2024
SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels may serve as a correlate for immunity and could inform optimal booster timing. The relationship between antibody…
Author(s): Yaesoubi R, Xi Q, Hsu K, Gift TL, St Cyr SB, Rönn MM, Salomon JA, Grad YH|Journal: Am J Epidemiol|PMID:37625444| January 2024
Rapid point-of-care tests that diagnose gonococcal infections and identify susceptibility to antibiotics enable individualized treatment. This could improve patient outcomes…