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H1N1 vaccination and adults with underlying health conditions in the US.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Lipsitch MJournal: PLoS CurrPMID: 20029669 November 2009

65% of fatalities from pH1N1 infections in a large US case series occur in adults with underlying health conditions other…

Estimation of the reproductive number and the serial interval in early phase of the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in the USA.

Author(s): White LF, Wallinga J, Finelli L, Reed C, Riley S, Lipsitch M, Pagano MJournal: Influenza Other Respir VirusesPMID: 19903209 November 2009

The United States was the second country to have a major outbreak of novel influenza A/H1N1 in what has become…

Antiviral usage for H1N1 treatment: pros, cons and an argument for broader prescribing guidelines in the United States.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Lipsitch MJournal: PLoS CurrPMID: 20029660 October 2009

Current CDC guidelines for antiviral treatment of people with influenza like illness (ILI) effectively discourage treatment of people with no…

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 GMJournal: LancetPMID: 19679345 October 2009

The severity of pandemic H1N1 influenza in the United States, April – July 2009.

Author(s): Presanis AM, Lipsitch M, Daniela De Angelis, Swine Flu Investigation Team, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene., Hagy A, Reed C, Riley S, Cooper B, Biedrzycki P, Finelli L, B JJournal: PLoS CurrPMID: 20029614 September 2009

BackgroundAccurate measures of the severity of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 (pH1N1) are needed to assess the likely impact of an anticipated…

Exploring the relationship between incidence and the average age of infection during seasonal epidemics.

Author(s): Pitzer VE, Lipsitch MJournal: J Theor BiolPMID: 19527734 September 2009

The inverse relationship between the incidence and the average age of first infection for immunizing agents has become a basic…

Use of cumulative incidence of novel influenza A/H1N1 in foreign travelers to estimate lower bounds on cumulative incidence in Mexico.

Author(s): Lipsitch M, Lajous M, O'Hagan JJ, Cohen T, Miller JC, Goldstein E, Danon L, Wallinga J, Riley S, Dowell SF, Reed C, McCarron MJournal: PLoS OnePMID: 19742302 September 2009

An accurate estimate of the total number of cases and severity of illness of an emerging infectious disease is required…

Reproductive numbers, epidemic spread and control in a community of households.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Paur K, Fraser C, Kenah E, Wallinga J, Lipsitch MJournal: Math BiosciPMID: 19559715 September 2009

Many of the studies on emerging epidemics (such as SARS and pandemic flu) use mass action models to estimate reproductive…