2022
2209. RSV-associated Hospitalizations in Adults Aged ≥18 Years and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, October 2018 – February 2022
Havers F, Whitaker M, Pham H, Anglin O, Milucky J, Patel K, Kirley P, Austin E, Meek J, Anderson E, Monroe M, Brown C, Bye E, Pacheco F, Barney G, Cafferky V, Sutton M, Talbot K, Chatelain R, Gerber S, Langley G, Kim L, Taylor C. 2209. RSV-associated Hospitalizations in Adults Aged ≥18 Years and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, October 2018 – February 2022. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac492.1828. PMCID: PMC9752662, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.1828.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRespiratory syncytial virusLaboratory-confirmed respiratory syncytial virusPre-pandemic seasonsNonpharmaceutical interventionsRSV circulationCDC's Emerging Infections ProgramPopulation-based surveillance systemCOVID-19 pandemicGrant/research supportAdults AgedSyncytial virusClinical trialsInfections ProgramHospitalizationRSV seasonalitySignificant causeOlder adultsAdultsCase countsCOVID-19Safety monitoringSurveillance networkSurveillance systemContinued monitoringUnited States
2015
Testing practices and volume of non-Lyme tickborne diseases in the United States
Connally N, Hinckley A, Feldman K, Kemperman M, Neitzel D, Wee S, White J, Mead P, Meek J. Testing practices and volume of non-Lyme tickborne diseases in the United States. Ticks And Tick-borne Diseases 2015, 7: 193-198. PMID: 26565931, PMCID: PMC4659751, DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBurden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States
Lessa F, Mu Y, Bamberg W, Beldavs Z, Dumyati G, Dunn J, Farley M, Holzbauer S, Meek J, Phipps E, Wilson L, Winston L, Cohen J, Limbago B, Fridkin S, Gerding D, McDonald L. Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States. New England Journal Of Medicine 2015, 372: 825-834. PMID: 25714160, PMCID: PMC10966662, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1408913.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClostridium difficile infectionDifficile infectionFirst recurrenceHealth care-associated infectionsCommunity-associated infectionsC. difficile infectionCare-associated infectionsPersons 65 yearsLaboratory-based surveillanceType 1 strainsNumber of deathsNational incidenceMolecular typingC. difficileInfectionIncidenceDeathUnited StatesRecurrenceGeographic areasSample of casesEstimated numberRegression modelsActive populationHealth
2014
Lyme Disease Testing by Large Commercial Laboratories in the United States
Hinckley A, Connally N, Meek J, Johnson B, Kemperman M, Feldman K, White J, Mead P. Lyme Disease Testing by Large Commercial Laboratories in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2014, 59: 676-681. PMID: 24879782, PMCID: PMC4646413, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNumber of infectionsLarge commercial laboratoriesSource patientsLyme diseaseLyme disease testingFrequency of infectionTotal direct costsTwo-tiered testingCommercial laboratoriesPositive testPatientsDisease testingDiagnostic recommendationsVolume of testingLD testingInfectionDirect costsExposure historyLD testLaboratory resultsLaboratory testingUnited StatesAlternative testingTotal number