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…
Author(s): Li Y, Thompson CM, Trzciński K, Lipsitch M|Journal: Infect Immun|PMID:24082074| December 2013
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a significant pathogen that frequently colonizes the human nasopharynx. Environmental factors, including antimicrobial use and host…
Author(s): Li Y, Weinberger DM, Thompson CM, Trzciński K, Lipsitch M|Journal: Infect Immun|PMID:24082068| December 2013
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) frequently colonizes the human nasopharynx and is an important cause of pneumonia, meningitis, sinusitis, and otitis media.…
Author(s): Weinberger DM, Bruden DT, Grant LR, Lipsitch M, O'Brien KL, Pelton SI, Sanders EA, Feikin DR|Journal: Am J Epidemiol|PMID:24013204| November 2013
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have been introduced worldwide. However, few developing countries have high-quality surveillance systems available for monitoring vaccine…
Author(s): Link-Gelles R, Thomas A, Lynfield R, Petit S, Schaffner W, Harrison L, Farley MM, Aragon D, Nicols M, Kirley PD, Zansky S, Jorgensen J, Juni BA, Jackson D, Moore MR, Lipsitch M|Journal: J Infect Dis|PMID:23852588| October 2013
We examined whether observed increases in antibiotic nonsusceptible nonvaccine serotypes after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the United States…