2021
Prevention of Lyme and other tickborne diseases using a rodent‐targeted approach: A randomized controlled trial in Connecticut
Hinckley A, Niesobecki S, Connally N, Hook S, Biggerstaff B, Horiuchi K, Hojgaard A, Mead P, Meek J. Prevention of Lyme and other tickborne diseases using a rodent‐targeted approach: A randomized controlled trial in Connecticut. Zoonoses And Public Health 2021, 68: 578-587. PMID: 34050628, PMCID: PMC10898493, DOI: 10.1111/zph.12844.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTickborne diseasesTreatment groupsInfection ratePlacebo-controlled trialPublic health problemTick encountersIxodes scapularis ticksTick exposureHousehold membersHealth problemsPathogen infection ratesDiseaseScapularis ticksSignificant differencesNymphal ticksTransmission cycleTrialsEnzootic cycleInterventionPathogen transmission cyclesBait boxesBiannual surveysGroupTicksYears
2015
Improving Accuracy of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization Rate Estimates - Volume 21, Number 9—September 2015 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Millman A, Reed C, Kirley P, Aragon D, Meek J, Farley M, Ryan P, Collins J, Lynfield R, Baumbach J, Zansky S, Bennett N, Fowler B, Thomas A, Lindegren M, Atkinson A, Finelli L, Chaves S. Improving Accuracy of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization Rate Estimates - Volume 21, Number 9—September 2015 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2015, 21: 1595-1601. PMID: 26292017, PMCID: PMC4550134, DOI: 10.3201/eid2109.141665.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYears of ageHospitalization ratesAdults 18Test sensitivityLaboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizationsNational population-based surveillance systemLaboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizationsPopulation-based surveillance systemInfectious Diseases journal - CDCInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsDiagnostic test typeFluSurv-NETInfluenza hospitalizationsInfluenza seasonPatient ageAge groupsTranscription-PCRAgeHospitalizationDiagnostic test sensitivitySensitive testAdultsSurveillance systemChildrenYears