Publications

A missing dimension in measures of vaccination impacts.

Author(s): Gomes MG, Lipsitch M, Wargo AR, Kurath G, Rebelo C, Medley GF, Coutinho A|Journal: PLoS Pathog|PMID: 24603721| March 2014

Genomic epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with reduced susceptibility to cefixime in the USA: a retrospective observational study.

Author(s): Grad YH, Kirkcaldy RD, Trees D, Dordel J, Harris SR, Goldstein E, Weinstock H, Parkhill J, Hanage WP, Bentley S, Lipsitch M|Journal: Lancet Infect Dis|PMID: 24462211| March 2014

The emergence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with decreased susceptibility to extended spectrum cephalosporins raises the prospect of untreatable gonorrhoea. In the…

The US 2009 A(H1N1) influenza epidemic: quantifying the impact of school openings on the reproductive number.

Author(s): Huang KE, Lipsitch M, Shaman J, Goldstein E|Journal: Epidemiology|PMID: 24434751| March 2014

There is limited information on differences in the dynamics of influenza transmission during time periods when schools are open compared…

Nuanced risk assessment for emerging infectious diseases.

Author(s): Fisman DN, Leung GM, Lipsitch M|Journal: Lancet|PMID: 24439726| January 2014

Age- and sex-related risk factors for influenza-associated mortality in the United States between 1997-2007.

Author(s): Quandelacy TM, Viboud C, Charu V, Lipsitch M, Goldstein E|Journal: Am J Epidemiol|PMID: 24190951| January 2014

Limited information on age- and sex-specific estimates of influenza-associated death with different underlying causes is currently available. We regressed weekly…

Estimating the per-exposure effect of infectious disease interventions.

Author(s): O'Hagan JJ, Lipsitch M, Hernán MA|Journal: Epidemiology|PMID: 24240656| January 2014

The average effect of an infectious disease intervention (eg, a vaccine) varies across populations with different degrees of exposure to…

Oseltamivir effect on antibiotic-treated lower respiratory tract complications in virologically positive randomized trial participants.

Author(s): Lipsitch M, Hernán MA|Journal: Clin Infect Dis|PMID: 23883518| November 2013

Evolutionary dynamics of Vibrio cholerae O1 following a single-source introduction to Haiti.

Author(s): Katz LS, Petkau A, Beaulaurier J, Tyler S, Antonova ES, Turnsek MA, Guo Y, Wang S, Paxinos EE, Orata F, Gladney LM, Stroika S, Folster JP, Rowe L, Freeman MM, Knox N, Frace M, Boncy J, Graham M, Hammer BK, Boucher Y, Bashir A, Hanage WP, Van Domselaar G, Tarr CL|Journal: MBio|PMID: 23820394| July 2013

Prior to the epidemic that emerged in Haiti in October of 2010, cholera had not been documented in this country.…

Cocirculation of infectious diseases on networks.

Author(s): Miller JC|Journal: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys|PMID: 23848616| June 2013

We consider multiple diseases spreading in a static configuration model network. We make standard assumptions that infection transmits from neighbor…

How does sex trafficking increase the risk of HIV Infection? An observational study from Southern India.

Author(s): Wirth KE, Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ, Silverman JG, Murray MB|Journal: Am J Epidemiol|PMID: 23324332| February 2013

Studies have documented the substantial risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection endured by sex-trafficked women, but it remains unclear…