Publications

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 M|Journal: Proc Biol Sci|PMID: 22398170| July 2012

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

Quantifying interhospital patient sharing as a mechanism for infectious disease spread.

Author(s): Huang SS, Avery TR, Song Y, Elkins KR, Nguyen CC, Nutter SK, Nafday AA, Condon CJ, Chang MT, Chrest D, Boos J, Bobashev G, Wheaton W, Frank SA, Platt R, Lipsitch M, Bush RM, Eubank S, Burke DS, Lee BY|Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol|PMID: 20874503| November 2010

Assessments of infectious disease spread in hospitals seldom account for interfacility patient sharing. This is particularly important for pathogens with…

Mobile messaging as surveillance tool during pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Mexico.

Author(s): Lajous M, Danon L, López-Ridaura R, Astley CM, Miller JC, Dowell SF, O'Hagan JJ, Goldstein E, Lipsitch M|Journal: Emerg Infect Dis|PMID: 20735942| September 2010

What is the mechanism for persistent coexistence of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae?

Author(s): Colijn C, Cohen T, Fraser C, Hanage W, Goldstein E, Givon-Lavi N, Dagan R, Lipsitch M|Journal: J R Soc Interface|PMID: 19940002| June 2010

The rise of antimicrobial resistance in many pathogens presents a major challenge to the treatment and control of infectious diseases.…

Distribution of vaccine/antivirals and the ‘least spread line’ in a stratified population.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Apolloni A, Lewis B, Miller JC, Macauley M, Eubank S, Lipsitch M, Wallinga J|Journal: J R Soc Interface|PMID: 19828505| May 2010

We describe a prioritization scheme for an allocation of a sizeable quantity of vaccine or antivirals in a stratified population.…

Student behavior during a school closure caused by pandemic influenza A/H1N1.

Author(s): Miller JC, Danon L, O'Hagan JJ, Goldstein E, Lajous M, Lipsitch M|Journal: PLoS One|PMID: 20463960| May 2010

Many schools were temporarily closed in response to outbreaks of the recently emerged pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus. The effectiveness of…

Negative controls: a tool for detecting confounding and bias in observational studies.

Author(s): Lipsitch M, Tchetgen Tchetgen E, Cohen T|Journal: Epidemiology|PMID: 20335814| May 2010

Noncausal associations between exposures and outcomes are a threat to validity of causal inference in observational studies. Many techniques have…

Pre-dispensing of antivirals to high-risk individuals in an influenza pandemic.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Miller JC, O'Hagan JJ, Lipsitch M|Journal: Influenza Other Respir Viruses|PMID: 20167050| March 2010

We consider the net benefits of pre-dispensing antivirals to high-risk individuals during an influenza pandemic, where the measure of the…

Absolute humidity and the seasonal onset of influenza in the continental United States.

Author(s): Shaman J, Pitzer VE, Viboud C, Grenfell BT, Lipsitch M|Journal: PLoS Biol|PMID: 20186267| February 2010

Much of the observed wintertime increase of mortality in temperate regions is attributed to seasonal influenza. A recent reanalysis of…

Optimizing infectious disease interventions during an emerging epidemic.

Author(s): Wallinga J, van Boven M, Lipsitch M|Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A|PMID: 20080777| January 2010

The emergence and global impact of the novel influenza A(H1N1)v highlights the continuous threat to public health posed by a…