2024
Quadrivalent Conjugate Vaccine and Invasive Meningococcal Disease in US Adolescents and Young Adults
Shin T, Wells C, Shoukat A, Potter-Schwartz L, Langevin E, Langley J, Galvani A, Moghadas S. Quadrivalent Conjugate Vaccine and Invasive Meningococcal Disease in US Adolescents and Young Adults. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2443551. PMID: 39504021, PMCID: PMC11541638, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.43551.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive meningococcal diseaseInvasive meningococcal disease casesCases of invasive meningococcal diseaseQuadrivalent conjugate vaccineUS adolescentsMeningococcal diseaseConjugate vaccineMenACWY vaccineIncidence rates of invasive meningococcal diseasePrevention of invasive meningococcal diseaseIncidence rateBurden of meningococcal diseaseUS adolescent populationUS populationYoung adultsImmunization of adolescentsIncidence of invasive meningococcal diseaseBayesian hierarchical Poisson regression modelsDecision analytical studyRate of invasive meningococcal diseaseMenACWY vaccination programUnvaccinated individualsDecision analytic modelHierarchical Poisson regression modelYears of age
2015
The Impact of Enhanced Screening and Treatment on Hepatitis C in the United States
Durham DP, Skrip LA, Bruce RD, Vilarinho S, Elbasha EH, Galvani AP, Townsend JP. The Impact of Enhanced Screening and Treatment on Hepatitis C in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015, 62: 298-304. PMID: 26628566, PMCID: PMC4706637, DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ894.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C virusInterferon-free DAAsHCV incidenceTreatment ratesChronic hepatitis C virusCases of cirrhosisInjection drug useImpact of administrationAnnual treatment ratesEnhanced screeningHCV prevalenceHCV screeningDecompensated cirrhosisHCV infectionHCV transmissionHepatitis CLiver transplantActing antiviralsLevels of screeningPatients 4C virusHepatocellular carcinomaEpidemiological dataUniversal screeningDrug use