Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Chest Radiograph Screening for Detecting Subclinical Tuberculosis in Asymptomatic Household Contacts, Peru.

Author(s): Tan Q, Huang CC, Becerra MC, Calderon R, Contreras C, Lecca L, Jimenez J, Yataco R, Galea JT, Feng JY, Pan SW, Tseng YH, Huang JR, Zhang Z, Murray MBJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 38781680 June 2024

The World Health Organization's end TB strategy promotes the use of symptom and chest radiograph screening for tuberculosis (TB) disease.…

Comprehensive Profiling of Zika Virus Risk with Natural and Artificial Mitigating Strategies, United States.

Author(s): Mina MJ, Guterman LB, Allen KE, Omer SBJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 32043959 April 2020

Zika virus is transitioning to become a long-term public health challenge, and countries should remain informed of the risk for…

Identifying Locations with Possible Undetected Imported Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Cases by Using Importation Predictions.

Author(s): De Salazar PM, Niehus R, Taylor A, Buckee CO, Lipsitch MJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 32207679 March 2020

Cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection exported from mainland China could lead to self-sustained outbreaks in…

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Lineage and Risk for Tuberculosis in Child Household Contacts, Peru.

Author(s): Huang CC, Chu AL, Becerra MC, Galea JT, Calderon R, Contreras C, Yataco R, Zhang Z, Lecca L, Murray MBJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 32091363 March 2020

Few studies have prospectively compared the relative transmissibility and propensity to cause disease of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains with other…

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Antimicrobial Drug Use, United States, 2014-2015.

Author(s): Olesen SW, Grad YHJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 30334733 November 2018

Using a US nationwide survey, we measured disparities in antimicrobial drug acquisition by race/ethnicity for 2014-2015. White persons reported twice…

Use of Genome Sequencing to Define Institutional Influenza Outbreaks, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2014-15.

Author(s): MacFadden DR, McGeer A, Athey T, Perusini S, Olsha R, Li A, Eshaghi A, Gubbay JB, Hanage WPJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 29460729 March 2018

Adequacy of the current clinical definition of institutional influenza outbreaks is unclear. We performed a retrospective genome sequencing and epidemiologic…

Polyclonal Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infections and Risk for Multidrug Resistance, Lima, Peru.

Author(s): Nathavitharana RR, Shi CX, Chindelevitch L, Calderon R, Zhang Z, Galea JT, Contreras C, Yataco R, Lecca L, Becerra MC, Murray MB, Cohen TJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 29048297 November 2017

Because within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis diversity complicates diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB), we measured diversity prevalence and associated factors among…

Penicillin Resistance of Nonvaccine Type Pneumococcus before and after PCV13 Introduction, United States.

Author(s): Andam CP, Worby CJ, Gierke R, McGee L, Pilishvili T, Hanage WPJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 28518018 June 2017

Introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the United States was not associated with a significant change in prevalence of…

Factors related to increasing prevalence of resistance to ciprofloxacin and other antimicrobial drugs in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, United States.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Kirkcaldy RD, Reshef D, Berman S, Weinstock H, Sabeti P, Del Rio C, Hall G, Hook EW, Lipsitch MJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 22840274 August 2012

Using data from the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project, we studied changes in ciprofloxacin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in the…

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 MJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 20735942 September 2010