Publications

BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting.

Author(s): Dagan N, Barda N, Kepten E, Miron O, Perchik S, Katz MA, Hernán MA, Lipsitch M, Reis B, Balicer RD|Journal: N Engl J Med|PMID: 33626250| February 2021

As mass vaccination campaigns against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) commence worldwide, vaccine effectiveness needs to be assessed for a range…

Persistence and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an Immunocompromised Host.

Author(s): Choi B, Choudhary MC, Regan J, Sparks JA, Padera RF, Qiu X, Solomon IH, Kuo HH, Boucau J, Bowman K, Adhikari UD, Winkler ML, Mueller AA, Hsu TY, Desjardins M, Baden LR, Chan BT, Walker BD, Lichterfeld M, Brigl M, Kwon DS, Kanjilal S, Richardson ET, Jonsson AH, Alter G, Barczak AK, Hanage WP, Yu XG, Gaiha GD, Seaman MS, Cernadas M, Li JZ|Journal: N Engl J Med|PMID: 33176080| December 2020

A 45-year-old man with severe antiphospholipid syndrome complicated by diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, who was receiving anticoagulation therapy, glucocorticoids, cyclophosphamide, and…

Macrolide and Nonmacrolide Resistance with Mass Azithromycin Distribution.

Author(s): Doan T, Worden L, Hinterwirth A, Arzika AM, Maliki R, Abdou A, Zhong L, Chen C, Cook C, Lebas E, O'Brien KS, Oldenburg CE, Chow ED, Porco TC, Lipsitch M, Keenan JD, Lietman TM|Journal: N Engl J Med|PMID: 33176084| November 2020

Mass distribution of azithromycin to preschool children twice yearly for 2 years has been shown to reduce childhood mortality in…

Rethinking Covid-19 Test Sensitivity – A Strategy for Containment.

Author(s): Mina MJ, Parker R, Larremore DB|Journal: N Engl J Med|PMID: 32997903| September 2020

It’s time to change how we think about the sensitivity of testing for Covid-19. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

Reopening Primary Schools during the Pandemic.

Author(s): Levinson M, Lipsitch M|Journal: N Engl J Med|PMID: 32726550| July 2020

For the past 6 months, policymakers and the U.S. public have weighed economic against public health considerations in debating what…

Wrong but Useful — What Covid-19 Epidemiologic Models Can and Cannot Tell Us

Author(s): Holmdahl IE, Buckee CO|Journal: N Engl J Med|PMID: 32412711| May 2020

Amid enormous uncertainty about the future of the Covid-19 pandemic, epidemiologic models are critical planning tools for policymakers, clinicians, and…

Epidemiology of Covid-19. Reply.

Author(s): Swerdlow DL, Finelli L, Lipsitch M|Journal: N Engl J Med|PMID: 32220201| March 2020

With regard to the Perspective article by Lipsitch et al. (published Feb. 19 at NEJM.org), cases of Covid-19 (the illness…

Defining the Epidemiology of Covid-19 – Studies Needed.

Author(s): Lipsitch M, Swerdlow DL, Finelli L|Journal: N Engl J Med|PMID: 32074416| March 2020

The epidemic of 2019 novel coronavirus (now called SARS-CoV-2, causing the disease Covid-19) has expanded from Wuhan throughout China and…

Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

Author(s): Kishore N, Marqués D, Mahmud A, Kiang MV, Rodriguez I, Fuller A, Ebner P, Sorensen C, Racy F, Lemery J, Maas L, Leaning J, Irizarry RA, Balsari S, Buckee CO|Journal: N Engl J Med|PMID: 29809109| July 2018

Quantifying the effect of natural disasters on society is critical for recovery of public health services and infrastructure. The death…