Author(s): De Salazar PM, Niehus R, Taylor A, Buckee CO, Lipsitch M|Journal: Emerg Infect Dis|PMID: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…
Few studies have prospectively compared the relative transmissibility and propensity to cause disease of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains with other…
Author(s): Li Y, Chang Z, Wu P, Liao Q, Liu F, Zheng Y, Luo L, Zhou Y, Chen Q, Yu S, Guo C, Chen Z, Long L, Zhao S, Yang B, Yu H, Cowling BJ|Journal: Emerg Infect Dis|PMID:30226172| October 2018
Coxsackievirus A6 emerged as one of the predominant causative agents of hand, foot and mouth disease epidemics in many provinces…
Author(s): Gordon A, Tsang TK, Cowling BJ, Kuan G, Ojeda S, Sanchez N, Gresh L, Lopez R, Balmaseda A, Harris E|Journal: Emerg Infect Dis|PMID:30226161| October 2018
During August 2012-November 2014, we conducted a case ascertainment study to investigate household transmission of influenza virus in Managua, Nicaragua.…
Author(s): Yang J, Lau YC, Wu P, Feng L, Wang X, Chen T, Ali ST, Peng Z, Fang VJ, Zhang J, He Y, Lau EHY, Qin Y, Zheng J, Jiang H, Yu H, Cowling BJ|Journal: Emerg Infect Dis|PMID:30015611| August 2018
We used national sentinel surveillance data in China for 2005-2016 to examine the lineage-specific epidemiology of influenza B. Influenza B…
Author(s): MacFadden DR, McGeer A, Athey T, Perusini S, Olsha R, Li A, Eshaghi A, Gubbay JB, Hanage WP|Journal: Emerg Infect Dis|PMID:29460729| March 2018
Adequacy of the current clinical definition of institutional influenza outbreaks is unclear. We performed a retrospective genome sequencing and epidemiologic…
