Publications

Is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus replacing methicillin-susceptible S. aureus?

Author(s): Mostofsky E, Lipsitch M, Regev-Yochay G|Journal: J Antimicrob Chemother|PMID: 21737459| October 2011

Despite extensive research on the emergence of and treatments for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), prior studies have not rigorously evaluated…

Oseltamivir for treatment and prevention of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus infection in households, Milwaukee, 2009.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Cowling BJ, O'Hagan JJ, Danon L, Fang VJ, Hagy A, Miller JC, Reshef D, Robins J, Biedrzycki P, Lipsitch M|Journal: BMC Infect Dis|PMID: 20642862| July 2010

During an influenza pandemic, a substantial proportion of transmission is thought to occur in households. We used data on influenza…

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…

Reconstructing influenza incidence by deconvolution of daily mortality time series.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Dushoff J, Ma J, Plotkin JB, Earn DJ, Lipsitch M|Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A|PMID: 20080801| December 2009

We propose a mathematically straightforward method to infer the incidence curve of an epidemic from a recorded daily death curve…