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Altered drug susceptibility during host adaptation of a Plasmodium falciparum strain in a non-human primate model.

Author(s): Obaldía N 3rd, Dow GS, Gerena L, Kyle D, Otero W, Mantel PY, Baro N, Daniels R, Mukherjee A, Childs LM, Buckee C, Duraisingh MT, Volkman SK, Wirth DF, Marti M|Journal: Sci Rep|PMID: 26880111| February 2016
Infections with Plasmodium falciparum, the most pathogenic of the Plasmodium species affecting man, have been reduced in part due to…

Identifying the effect of patient sharing on between-hospital genetic differentiation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Author(s): Chang HH, Dordel J, Donker T, Worby CJ, Feil EJ, Hanage WP, Bentley SD, Huang SS, Lipsitch M|Journal: Genome Med|PMID: 26873713| February 2016
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common healthcare-associated pathogens. To examine the role of inter-hospital patient sharing…

Impact of Host Heterogeneity on the Efficacy of Interventions to Reduce Staphylococcus aureus Carriage.

Author(s): Chang Q, Lipsitch M, Hanage WP|Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol|PMID: 26598029| February 2016
Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of bacterial infections worldwide. It is most commonly carried in and transmitted from the…

The ethics of biosafety considerations in gain-of-function research resulting in the creation of potential pandemic pathogens.

Author(s): Evans NG, Lipsitch M, Levinson M|Journal: J Med Ethics|PMID: 26320212| November 2015
This paper proposes an ethical framework for evaluating biosafety risks of gain-of-function (GOF) experiments that create novel strains of influenza…

The potential impact of coinfection on antimicrobial chemotherapy and drug resistance.

Author(s): Birger RB, Kouyos RD, Cohen T, Griffiths EC, Huijben S, Mina MJ, Volkova V, Grenfell B, Metcalf CJE|Journal: Trends Microbiol|PMID: 26028590| September 2015
Across a range of pathogens, resistance to chemotherapy is a growing problem in both public health and animal health. Despite…

Estimating the hospitalization burden associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in New York City, 2003-2011.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Greene SK, Olson DR, Hanage WP, Lipsitch M|Journal: Influenza Other Respir Viruses|PMID: 25980600| September 2015
Hospitalization burden associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is uncertain due to ambiguity in the inference methodologies employed…

Examining the role of different age groups, and of vaccination during the 2012 Minnesota pertussis outbreak.

Author(s): Worby CJ, Kenyon C, Lynfield R, Lipsitch M, Goldstein E|Journal: Sci Rep|PMID: 26278132| August 2015
There is limited information on the roles of different age groups during pertussis outbreaks. Little is known about vaccine effectiveness…

Whole-genome sequencing for national surveillance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157.

Author(s): Dallman TJ, Byrne L, Ashton PM, Cowley LA, Perry NT, Adak G, Petrovska L, Ellis RJ, Elson R, Underwood A, Green J, Hanage WP, Jenkins C, Grant K, Wain J|Journal: Clin Infect Dis|PMID: 25888672| August 2015
National surveillance of gastrointestinal pathogens, such as Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 (STEC O157), is key to rapidly identifying linked…

Vaccination Drives Changes in Metabolic and Virulence Profiles of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Author(s): Watkins ER, Penman BS, Lourenço J, Buckee CO, Maiden MC, Gupta S|Journal: PLoS Pathog|PMID: 26181911| July 2015
The bacterial pathogen, Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus), is a leading cause of life-threatening illness and death worldwide. Available conjugate vaccines…

Potential Biases in Estimating Absolute and Relative Case-Fatality Risks during Outbreaks.

Author(s): Lipsitch M, Donnelly CA, Fraser C, Blake IM, Cori A, Dorigatti I, Ferguson NM, Garske T, Mills HL, Riley S, Van Kerkhove MD, Hernán MA|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 26181387| July 2015
Estimating the case-fatality risk (CFR)-the probability that a person dies from an infection given that they are a case-is a…

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