2022
Vital Signs: Influenza Hospitalizations and Vaccination Coverage by Race and Ethnicity—United States, 2009–10 Through 2021–22 Influenza Seasons
Black C, O’Halloran A, Hung M, Srivastav A, Lu P, Garg S, Jhung M, Fry A, Jatlaoui T, Davenport E, Burns E, Network I, Network I, Reingold A, Alden N, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson E, Ryan P, Kim S, McMahon M, Bleecker M, Spina N, Bennett N, Lung K, Sutton M, Schaffner W, Talbot H, Crossland M, Reed C, Holstein R, Ujamaa D, Cummings C. Vital Signs: Influenza Hospitalizations and Vaccination Coverage by Race and Ethnicity—United States, 2009–10 Through 2021–22 Influenza Seasons. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2022, 71: 1366-1373. PMID: 36302226, PMCID: PMC9620569, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7143e1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza vaccination coverageBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemVaccination coverageHealth care providersInfluenza seasonInfluenza hospitalizationsInfluenza vaccinationAsian adultsCare providersHispanic adultsLaboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizationsDisease severityLow influenza vaccination coverageNon-Hispanic Asian adultsPersonal health care providerHealth care access barriersNon-Hispanic white personsRisk Factor Surveillance SystemInfluenza disease severityInfluenza hospitalization ratesPatient vaccination statusInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsPopulation-based surveillanceRoutine medical checkupVaccination coverage dataEpidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes of Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in US Children Over 9 Seasons Following the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic
Kamidani S, Garg S, Rolfes MA, Campbell AP, Cummings CN, Haston JC, Openo KP, Fawcett E, Chai SJ, Herlihy R, Yousey-Hindes K, Monroe ML, Kim S, Lynfield R, Smelser C, Muse A, Felsen CB, Billing L, Thomas A, Talbot HK, Schaffner W, Risk I, Anderson EJ. Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes of Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in US Children Over 9 Seasons Following the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 75: 1930-1939. PMID: 35438769, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac296.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkHospital mortality rateMechanical ventilationMortality rateIntensive care unit admissionRecent population-based dataCare unit admissionInfluenza vaccination ratesLaboratory-confirmed influenzaInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsMultivariable logistic regressionPopulation-based dataHospitalization incidence ratesMonths of ageUnit admissionAntiviral treatmentVaccination ratesRisk factorsIncidence rateHigher oddsUS childrenHospitalizationDisease controlLogistic regressionPneumonia
2020
Spatial and temporal clustering of patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza in the United States
Sloan C, Chandrasekhar R, Mitchel E, Ndi D, Miller L, Thomas A, Bennett NM, Chai S, Spencer M, Eckel S, Spina N, Monroe M, Anderson EJ, Lynfield R, Yousey-Hindes K, Bargsten M, Zansky S, Lung K, Schroeder M, N Cummings C, Garg S, Schaffner W, Lindegren ML. Spatial and temporal clustering of patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza in the United States. Epidemics 2020, 31: 100387. PMID: 32371346, DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2020.100387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelative riskHospitalization burdenInfluenza Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkSocioeconomic factorsLaboratory-confirmed influenzaTiming of influenzaScan statistics analysisInfluenza seasonDisease burdenEpidemic timingSurveillance dataInfluenzaPandemic yearSpatial scan statisticSurveillance networkBurdenLocal socioeconomic factorsUnited StatesEpidemic intensityYearsPhase synchronyNational patternsPatientsSocioeconomicsFactors
2014
Impact of requiring influenza vaccination for children in licensed child care or preschool programs--Connecticut, 2012-13 influenza season.
Hadler JL, Yousey-Hindes K, Kudish K, Kennedy ED, Sacco V, Cartter ML. Impact of requiring influenza vaccination for children in licensed child care or preschool programs--Connecticut, 2012-13 influenza season. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2014, 63: 181-5. PMID: 24598593, PMCID: PMC4584725.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza-associated hospitalization ratesEmerging Infections ProgramInfluenza seasonHospitalization ratesVaccination ratesInfluenza transmissionSevere influenza-related illnessInfluenza-related illnessInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsLicensed child care programsOverall population rateGreater percentage decreaseCare admissionInfluenza vaccinationInfluenza vaccineSerious morbiditySusceptible childrenVaccination levelsInfections ProgramVaccination dataCare settingsEIP sitesCare programConnecticut childrenSurveillance sites
2013
Effect of the 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic on Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia
Fleming-Dutra KE, Taylor T, Link-Gelles R, Garg S, Jhung MA, Finelli L, Jain S, Shay D, Chaves SS, Baumbach J, Hancock EB, Beall B, Bennett N, Zansky S, Petit S, Yousey-Hindes K, Farley MM, Gershman K, Harrison LH, Ryan P, Lexau C, Lynfield R, Reingold A, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Moore MR. Effect of the 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic on Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2013, 207: 1135-1143. PMID: 23303809, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolConfidence IntervalsDatabases, FactualFemaleHospitalizationHumansInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioPandemicsPneumonia, PneumococcalPoisson DistributionPopulation SurveillanceRisk FactorsSeasonsSeverity of Illness IndexStreptococcus pneumoniaeUnited StatesYoung Adult