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
2021
Trends in Precancerous Cervical Lesions by Area-Based Measures of Poverty, Race, and Ethnicity, Connecticut, 2008-2018
Brackney MM, Weinberger DM, Higgins K, Meek J, Niccolai LM. Trends in Precancerous Cervical Lesions by Area-Based Measures of Poverty, Race, and Ethnicity, Connecticut, 2008-2018. Public Health Reports 2021, 137: 1146-1152. PMID: 34727517, PMCID: PMC9574305, DOI: 10.1177/00333549211056300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrecancerous cervical lesionsAverage annual percentage changeCervical lesionsArea-based measuresPublic Health Disparities Geocoding ProjectAge groupsHuman papillomavirus vaccinationJoinpoint regression softwareAnnual percentage changeActive surveillance systemHPV vaccinationPapillomavirus vaccinationBody of evidenceIncidence rateSociodemographic characteristicsLesionsYoung womenAnnual declineIncidence dataPercentage changeCut pointsWomenVaccinationCensus tract levelSurveillance system
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
2001
Retrospective validation of a surveillance system for unexplained illness and death: New Haven County, Connecticut.
Kluger M, Sofair A, Heye C, Meek J, Sodhi R, Hadler J. Retrospective validation of a surveillance system for unexplained illness and death: New Haven County, Connecticut. American Journal Of Public Health 2001, 91: 1214-9. PMID: 11499106, PMCID: PMC1446748, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.91.8.1214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActive prospective surveillanceInfectious causesUnexplained illnessProspective surveillanceRetrospective surveillanceRetrospective validationProspective surveillance systemHospital discharge dataSurveillance systemSuch patientsAnnual incidenceStudy criteriaMedical recordsNew Haven CountyComputerized searchIllnessLess labor-intensive alternativeDeathLabor-intensive alternativePatientsReference populationSurveillanceCauseDischarge dataStudy counties
1996
Underreporting of Lyme Disease by Connecticut Physicians, 1992
Meek J, Roberts C, Smith E, Cartter M. Underreporting of Lyme Disease by Connecticut Physicians, 1992. Journal Of Public Health Management And Practice 1996, 2: 61-65. PMID: 10186700, DOI: 10.1097/00124784-199623000-00017.Peer-Reviewed Original Research