Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Drivers of Geographic Patterns in Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing in the United States.

Author(s): Kissler SM, Oliveira Roster KI, Petherbridge R, Mehrotra A, Barnett ML, Grad YHJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 38509670 March 2024

In a retrospective, ecological analysis of US medical claims, visit rates explained more of the geographic variation in outpatient antibiotic…

Spatiotemporal Trends in Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis in the United States.

Author(s): Kline MC, Kissler SM, Whittles LK, Barnett ML, Grad YHJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 38373257 February 2024

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes an estimated 5.2 million outpatient visits for pharyngitis annually in the United States (U.S.) with…

A genomic perspective on the near-term impact of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis on Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance.

Author(s): Mortimer TD, Grad YHJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 37138444 May 2023

Pre-existing tetracycline resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae limits the effectiveness of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with doxycycline against gonorrhea, and selection for…

Leveraging Serosurveillance and Postmortem Surveillance to Quantify the Impact of COVID-19 in Africa.

Author(s): Kogan NE, Gantt S, Swerdlow D, Viboud C, Semakula M, Lipsitch M, Santillana MJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 36196586 October 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on global health, the magnitude of which appears to differ intercontinentally: for…

Impact of respiratory infection and chronic comorbidities on early pediatric antibiotic dispensing in the United States.

Author(s): Kissler SM, Wang B, Mehrotra A, Barnett M, Grad YHJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 36196577 October 2022

In the United States, children under age 5 receive high volumes of antibiotics, which may contribute to antibiotic resistance. It…

Early introduction and rise of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in highly vaccinated university populations.

Author(s): Petros BA, Turcinovic J, Welch NL, White LF, Kolaczyk ED, Bauer MR, Cleary M, Dobbins ST, Doucette-Stamm L, Gore M, Nair P, Nguyen TG, Rose S, Taylor BP, Tsang D, Wendlandt E, Hope M, Platt JT, Jacobson KR, Bouton T, Yune S, Auclair JR, Landaverde L, Klapperich CM, Hamer DH, Hanage WP, MacInnis BL, Sabeti PC, Connor JH, Springer MJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 35616119 May 2022

The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is highly transmissible in vaccinated and unvaccinated populations. The dynamics governing its establishment and propensity…

The Impact of Vitamin A Deficiency on Tuberculosis Progression.

Author(s): Podell BK, Aibana O, Huang CC, DiLisio JE, Harris MC, Ackart DF, Armann K, Grover A, Severe P, Juste MAJ, Dupnik K, Basaraba RJ, Murray MBJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 35486953 April 2022

Although previous studies show that vitamin A deficiency is associated with incident tuberculosis disease, the direction of the association has…

Trends in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Massachusetts estimated from newborn screening specimens.

Author(s): Ma KC, Hale JE, Grad YH, Alter G, Luzuriaga K, Eaton RB, Fischinger S, Kaur D, Brody R, Siddiqui SM, Leach D, Brown CM, Klevens RM, Madoff L, Comeau AMJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 35213690 February 2022

Estimating the cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 is essential for setting public health policies. We leveraged de-identified Massachusetts newborn screening specimens…

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Sequence Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Persistence and Reinfection.

Author(s): Choudhary MC, Crain CR, Qiu X, Hanage W, Li JZJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 33906227 January 2022

Both severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reinfection and persistent infection have been reported, but sequence characteristics in these…

SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection: A Case Series from a 12-Month Longitudinal Occupational Cohort.

Author(s): Mack CD, Tai C, Sikka R, Grad YH, Maragakis LL, Grubaugh ND, Anderson DJ, Ho D, Merson M, Samant RM, Fauver JR, Barrett J, Sims L, DiFiori JJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 34453431 August 2021

Seven cases of COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 reinfection from the NBA 2020-2021 occupational testing cohort are described including clinical details, antibody test…