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…
Estimation of the reproductive number and the serial interval in early phase of the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in the USA. Author(s): White LF, Wallinga J, Finelli L, Reed C, Riley S, Lipsitch M, Pagano M|Journal: Influenza Other Respir Viruses|PMID: 19903209| November 2009 The United States was the second country to have a major outbreak of novel influenza A/H1N1 in what has become…
Reproductive numbers, epidemic spread and control in a community of households. Author(s): Goldstein E, Paur K, Fraser C, Kenah E, Wallinga J, Lipsitch M|Journal: Math Biosci|PMID: 19559715| September 2009 Many of the studies on emerging epidemics (such as SARS and pandemic flu) use mass action models to estimate reproductive…
