Publications – Page 2 – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Hospitalizations associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza in children, including children diagnosed with asthma.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Finelli L, O'Halloran A, Liu P, Karaca Z, Steiner CA, Viboud C, Lipsitch MJournal: EpidemiologyPMID: 31469696 November 2019

There is uncertainty about the burden of hospitalization associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza in children, including those…

Mapping imported malaria in Bangladesh using parasite genetic and human mobility data.

Author(s): Chang HH, Wesolowski A, Sinha I, Jacob CG, Mahmud A, Uddin D, Zaman SI, Hossain MA, Faiz MA, Ghose A, Sayeed AA, Rahman MR, Islam A, Karim MJ, Rezwan MK, Shamsuzzaman AKM, Jhora ST, Aktaruzzaman MM, Drury E, Gonçalves S, Kekre M, Dhorda M, Vongpromek R, Miotto O, Engø-Monsen K, Kwiatkowski D, Maude RJ, Buckee CJournal: ElifePMID: 30938289 August 2019

For countries aiming for malaria elimination, travel of infected individuals between endemic areas undermines local interventions. Quantifying parasite importation has…

Influenza A Hemagglutinin Passage Bias Sites and Host Specificity Mutations.

Author(s): Lee RTC, Chang HH, Russell CA, Lipsitch M, Maurer-Stroh SJournal: CellsPMID: 31443542 August 2019

Animal studies aimed at understanding influenza virus mutations that change host specificity to adapt to replication in mammalian hosts are…

Antimicrobial resistance prevalence, rates of hospitalization with septicemia and rates of mortality with sepsis in adults in different US states.

Author(s): Goldstein E, MacFadden DR, Karaca Z, Steiner CA, Viboud C, Lipsitch MJournal: Int J Antimicrob AgentsPMID: 30851403 May 2019

Rates of hospitalization with sepsis/septicemia and associated mortality in the US have risen significantly during the last two decades. Antibiotic…

The distribution of antibiotic use and its association with antibiotic resistance.

Author(s): Olesen SW, Barnett ML, MacFadden DR, Brownstein JS, Hernández-Díaz S, Lipsitch M, Grad YHJournal: ElifePMID: 30560781 December 2018

Antibiotic use is a primary driver of antibiotic resistance. However, antibiotic use can be distributed in different ways in a…

Estimating the proportion of bystander selection for antibiotic resistance among potentially pathogenic bacterial flora.

Author(s): Tedijanto C, Olesen SW, Grad YH, Lipsitch MJournal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S APMID: 30559213 December 2018

Bystander selection-the selective pressure for resistance exerted by antibiotics on microbes that are not the target pathogen of treatment-is critical…

Measurement of Vaccine Direct Effects Under the Test-Negative Design.

Author(s): Lewnard JA, Tedijanto C, Cowling BJ, Lipsitch MJournal: Am J EpidemiolPMID: 30099505 December 2018

Test-negative designs are commonplace in assessments of influenza vaccination effectiveness, estimating this value from the exposure odds ratio of vaccination…

Nonannual seasonality of influenza-like illness in a tropical urban setting.

Author(s): Lam HM, Wesolowski A, Hung NT, Nguyen TD, Nhat NTD, Todd S, Vinh DN, Vy NHT, Thao TTN, Thanh NTL, Tin PT, Minh NNQ, Bryant JE, Buckee CO, Ngoc TV, Chau NVV, Thwaites GE, Farrar J, Tam DTH, Vinh H, Boni MFJournal: Influenza Other Respir VirusesPMID: 30044029 November 2018

In temperate and subtropical climates, respiratory diseases exhibit seasonal peaks in winter. In the tropics, with no winter, peak timings…

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…

Mapping malaria by combining parasite genomic and epidemiologic data.

Author(s): Wesolowski A, Taylor AR, Chang HH, Verity R, Tessema S, Bailey JA, Alex Perkins T, Neafsey DE, Greenhouse B, Buckee COJournal: BMC MedPMID: 30333020 October 2018

Recent global progress in scaling up malaria control interventions has revived the goal of complete elimination in many countries. Decreasing…