Estimating incidence curves of several infections using symptom surveillance data. Author(s): Goldstein E, Cowling BJ, Aiello AE, Takahashi S, King G, Lu Y, Lipsitch M|Journal: PLoS One|PMID: 21887246| January 2011 We introduce a method for estimating incidence curves of several co-circulating infectious pathogens, where each infection has its own probabilities…
Oseltamivir for treatment and prevention of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus infection in households, Milwaukee, 2009. Author(s): Goldstein E, Cowling BJ, O'Hagan JJ, Danon L, Fang VJ, Hagy A, Miller JC, Reshef D, Robins J, Biedrzycki P, Lipsitch M|Journal: BMC Infect Dis|PMID: 20642862| July 2010 During an influenza pandemic, a substantial proportion of transmission is thought to occur in households. We used data on influenza…
Viral shedding and clinical illness in naturally acquired influenza virus infections. Author(s): Lau LL, Cowling BJ, Fang VJ, Chan KH, Lau EH, Lipsitch M, Cheng CK, Houck PM, Uyeki TM, Peiris JS, Leung GM|Journal: J Infect Dis|PMID: 20377412| May 2010 Volunteer challenge studies have provided detailed data on viral shedding from the respiratory tract before and through the course of…
How to maintain surveillance for novel influenza A H1N1 when there are too many cases to count. Author(s): Lipsitch M, Hayden FG, Cowling BJ, Leung GM|Journal: Lancet|PMID: 19679345| October 2009