Publications

• Impact of rotavirus vaccination in Malawi from 2012 to 2022 compared to model predictions.Pitzer VE, Ndeketa L, Asare EO, Hungerford D, Lopman BA, Jere KC, Cunliffe NA. NPJ Vaccines. 2024 Nov 19; 2024 Nov 19. PMID: 39562592.
• 5-year vaccine protection following a single dose of Vi-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine in Bangladeshi children (TyVOID): a cluster randomised trial.Qadri F, Khanam F, Zhang Y, Biswas PK, Voysey M, Mujadidi YF, Kelly S, Bhuiyan AI, Rajib NH, Hossen I, Rahman N, Islam S, Pitzer VE, Kim YC, Clemens JD, Pollard AJ, Liu X. Lancet. 2024 Oct 12. PMID: 39396349.
• Modelling vaccination approaches for mpox containment and mitigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Savinkina A, Kindrachuk J, Bogoch II, Rimoin AW, Hoff NA, Shaw SY, Pitzer VE, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Gonsalves GS. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Oct 8; 2024 Oct 8. PMID: 39393385.
• Celebrating a body of work.Papin JA, Mac Gabhann F, Pitzer VE. PLoS Comput Biol. 2024 Sep; 2024 Sep 26. PMID: 39325699.
• Genome-wide association study between SARS-CoV-2 single nucleotide polymorphisms and virus copies during infections.Li K, Chaguza C, Stamp J, Chew YT, Chen NFG, Ferguson D, Pandya S, Kerantzas N, Schulz W, Hahn AM, Ogbunugafor CB, Pitzer VE, Crawford L, Weinberger DM, Grubaugh ND. PLoS Comput Biol. 2024 Sep; 2024 Sep 17. PMID: 39288189.
• Real-World Effectiveness of Nirsevimab Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A Test-Negative Case-Control Study.Xu H, Aparicio C, Wats A, Araujo BL, Pitzer VE, Warren JL, Shapiro ED, Niccolai LM, Weinberger DM, Oliveira CR. medRxiv. 2024 Sep 12; 2024 Sep 12. PMID: 39314944.
• A low-cost culture- and DNA extraction-free method for the molecular detection of pneumococcal carriage in saliva.Peno C, Lin T-Y, Hislop MS, Yolda-Carr D, Farjado K, York A, Pitzer VE, Weinberger DM, Bei AK, Allicock OM, Wyllie AL. Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Sep 3; 2024 Jul 19. PMID: 39028185.
• Unraveling the Role of Viral Interference in Disrupting Biennial RSV Epidemics in Northern Stockholm.Li K, Hamrin J, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. medRxiv. 2024 Aug 9; 2024 Aug 9. PMID: 39148838.
• Pathogen diversity and antimicrobial resistance transmission of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Malawi: a genomic epidemiological study.Dyson ZA, Ashton PM, Khanam F, Chunga Chirambo A, Shakya M, Meiring JE, Tonks S, Karkey A, Msefula C, Clemens JD, Dunstan SJ, Baker S, Dougan G, Pitzer VE, Basnyat B, Qadri F, Heyderman RS, Gordon MA, Pollard AJ, Holt KE. Lancet Microbe. 2024 Aug; 2024 Jul 9. PMID: 38996496.
• Cost per episode of diarrhea and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in 128 low- and middle-income countries: how well do disease-specific and WHO-CHOICE estimates align?Li X, Bilcke J, Asare EO, Wenger C, Kwon J, Bont L, Beutels P, Pitzer VE. medRxiv. 2024 Jul 17; 2024 Jul 17. PMID: 39072019.
• Impact of dosing schedules on performance of rotavirus vaccines in Ghana.Asare EO, Al-Mamun MA, Armah GE, Lopman BA, Pitzer VE. medRxiv. 2024 Jun 30; 2024 Jun 30. PMID: 38978639.
• Global patterns of rebound to normal RSV dynamics following COVID-19 suppression.Thindwa D, Li K, Cooper-Wootton D, Zheng Z, Pitzer VE, Weinberger DM. BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Jun 25; 2024 Jun 25. PMID: 38918718.
• Impact of rotavirus vaccination in Malawi from 2012 to 2022 compared to model predictions before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.Pitzer VE, Ndeketa L, Asare EO, Hungerford D, Jere KC, Cunliffe NA. medRxiv. 2024 May 31; 2024 May 31. PMID: 38853885.
• Expanded Programme on Immunization at 50 years: its legacy and future.Wahl B, Pitzer VE. Lancet. 2024 May 25. PMID: 38796196.
• Estimating the health effects of COVID-19-related immunisation disruptions in 112 countries during 2020-30: a modelling study.Hartner AM, Li X, Echeverria-Londono S, Roth J, Abbas K, Auzenbergs M, de Villiers MJ, Ferrari MJ, Fraser K, Fu H, Hallett T, Hinsley W, Jit M, Karachaliou A, Moore SM, Nayagam S, Papadopoulos T, Perkins TA, Portnoy A, Minh QT, Vynnycky E, Winter AK, Burrows H, Chen C, Clapham HE, Deshpande A, Hauryski S, Huber J, Jean K, Kim C, Kim JH, Koh J, Lopman BA, Pitzer VE, Tam Y, Lambach P, Sim SY, Woodruff K, Ferguson NM, Trotter CL, Gaythorpe KAM. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Apr. PMID: 38485425.
• Report from the World Health Organization's immunization and vaccines related implementation research advisory committee (IVIR-AC) meeting, Geneva, 11-13 September 2023.Lambach P, Orenstein W, Silal S, Sbarra AN, Koh M, Aggarwal R, Hasan Farooqui H, Flasche S, Hogan A, Kim SY, Leask J, Luz PM, Lyimo DC, Moss WJ, Pitzer VE, Wang XY, Wu J. Vaccine. 2024 Mar 7; 2024 Feb 6. PMID: 38326131.
• Incorporating Efficacy Data from Initial Trials Into Subsequent Evaluations: Application to Vaccines Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus.Warren JL, Sundaram M, Pitzer VE, Omer SB, Weinberger DM. Epidemiology. 2024 Mar 1; 2023 Nov 14. PMID: 37963353.
• The role of viral interference in shaping RSV epidemics following the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.Li K, Thindwa D, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. medRxiv. 2024 Feb 27; 2024 Feb 27. PMID: 38464193.
• Mapping the incidence rate of typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa.Kim JH, Choi J, Kim C, Pak GD, Parajulee P, Haselbeck A, Park SE, Mogasale V, Jeon HJ, Browne AJ, Owusu-Dabo E, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Bassiahi AS, Teferi M, Lunguya-Metila O, Dolecek C, Pitzer VE, Crump JA, Hay SI, Marks F. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024 Feb; 2024 Feb 26. PMID: 38408128.
• Incorporating Data from Multiple Endpoints in the Analysis of Clinical Trials: Example from RSV Vaccines.Prunas O, Willemsen JE, Bont L, Pitzer VE, Warren JL, Weinberger DM. Epidemiology. 2024 Jan 1; 2023 Nov 27. PMID: 37793120.
• Typhoid fever.Meiring JE, Khanam F, Basnyat B, Charles RC, Crump JA, Debellut F, Holt KE, Kariuki S, Mugisha E, Neuzil KM, Parry CM, Pitzer VE, Pollard AJ, Qadri F, Gordon MA. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2023 Dec 14; 2023 Dec 14. PMID: 38097589.
• Year-Round Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transmission in The Netherlands Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Nationwide Observational and Modeling Study.Löwensteyn YN, Zheng Z, Rave N, Bannier MAGE, Billard MN, Casalegno JS, Pitzer VE, Wildenbeest JG, Weinberger DM, Bont L. J Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 11. PMID: 37477906.
• Floods and Diarrhea Risk in Young Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Wang P, Asare EO, Pitzer VE, Dubrow R, Chen K. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Nov 1. PMID: 37782513.
• Assessing the global risk of typhoid outbreaks caused by extensively drug resistant Salmonella Typhi.Walker J, Chaguza C, Grubaugh ND, Carey M, Baker S, Khan K, Bogoch II, Pitzer VE. Nat Commun. 2023 Oct 16; 2023 Oct 16. PMID: 37845201.
• Survey of white-footed mice in Connecticut, USA reveals low SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and infection with divergent betacoronaviruses.Earnest R, Hahn AM, Feriancek NM, Brandt M, Filler RB, Zhao Z, Breban MI, Vogels CBF, Chen NFG, Koch RT, Porzucek AJ, Sodeinde A, Garbiel A, Keanna C, Litwak H, Stuber HR, Cantoni JL, Pitzer VE, Olarte Castillo XA, Goodman LB, Wilen CB, Linske MA, Williams SC, Grubaugh ND. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 27; 2023 Sep 27. PMID: 37808797.
• Incorporating efficacy data from initial trials into subsequent evaluations: Application to vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus.Warren JL, Sundaram M, Pitzer VE, Omer SB, Weinberger DM. medRxiv. 2023 Sep 18; 2023 Sep 18. PMID: 37034783.
• The blossoming of methods and software in computational biology.Mac Gabhann F, Pitzer VE, Papin JA. PLoS Comput Biol. 2023 Aug; 2023 Aug 17. PMID: 37590323.
• Changes in Population Immunity Against Infection and Severe Disease From Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Omicron Variants in the United States Between December 2021 and November 2022.Klaassen F, Chitwood MH, Cohen T, Pitzer VE, Russi M, Swartwood NA, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 14. PMID: 37074868.
• Assessment of vaccine herd protection in a cluster-randomised trial of Vi conjugate vaccine against typhoid fever: results of further analysis.Khanam F, Kim DR, Liu X, Voysey M, Pitzer VE, Zaman K, Pollard AJ, Qadri F, Clemens JD. EClinicalMedicine. 2023 Apr; 2023 Apr 4. PMID: 37090439.
• Cost-effectiveness analysis of typhoid conjugate vaccines in an outbreak setting: a modeling study.Phillips MT, Antillon M, Bilcke J, Bar-Zeev N, Limani F, Debellut F, Pecenka C, Neuzil KM, Gordon MA, Thindwa D, Paltiel AD, Yaesoubi R, Pitzer VE. BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Mar 8; 2023 Mar 8. PMID: 36890448.
• Planning for Mpox on a College Campus: A Model-Based Decision-Support Tool.Savinkina A, Chitwood M, Kwon J, Pitzer VE, Gonsalves G, Paltiel AD. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Mar; 2023 Jan 31. PMID: 36716454.
• Incorporating data from multiple endpoints in the analysis of clinical trials: example from RSV vaccines.Prunas O, Willemsen JE, Bont L, Pitzer VE, Warren JL, Weinberger DM. medRxiv. 2023 Feb 9; 2023 Feb 9. PMID: 36798386.
• Population Immunity to Pre-Omicron and Omicron Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Variants in US States and Counties Through 1 December 2021.Klaassen F, Chitwood MH, Cohen T, Pitzer VE, Russi M, Swartwood NA, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 8. PMID: 35717642.
• Comparison of model predictions of typhoid conjugate vaccine public health impact and cost-effectiveness.Burrows H, Antillón M, Gauld JS, Kim JH, Mogasale V, Ryckman T, Andrews JR, Lo NC, Pitzer VE. Vaccine. 2023 Jan 23; 2022 Dec 29. PMID: 36586741.
• Waning Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 Vaccine Against Infection in Adolescents in Israel.Prunas O, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE, Gazit S, Patalon T. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jan 6. PMID: 36484301.
• Changes in population immunity against infection and severe disease from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants in the United States between December 2021 and November 2022.Klaassen F, Chitwood MH, Cohen T, Pitzer VE, Russi M, Swartwood NA, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. medRxiv. 2022 Nov 23; 2022 Nov 23. PMID: 36451882.
• Predicted effectiveness of vaccines and extended half-life monoclonal antibodies against RSV hospitalizations in children.Zheng Z, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. NPJ Vaccines. 2022 Oct 27; 2022 Oct 27. PMID: 36302926.
• Estimated incidence of respiratory hospitalizations attributable to RSV infections across age and socioeconomic groups.Zheng Z, Warren JL, Shapiro ED, Pitzer VE, Weinberger DM. Pneumonia (Nathan). 2022 Oct 25; 2022 Oct 25. PMID: 36280891.
• Case fatality risk of diarrhoeal pathogens: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Asare EO, Hergott D, Seiler J, Morgan B, Archer H, Wiyeh AB, Guo B, Driver M, Giersing B, Hasso-Agopsowicz M, Lingappa J, Lopman BA, Pitzer VE. Int J Epidemiol. 2022 Oct 13. PMID: 35578827.
• Reconstructing the course of the COVID-19 epidemic over 2020 for US states and counties: Results of a Bayesian evidence synthesis model.Chitwood MH, Russi M, Gunasekera K, Havumaki J, Klaassen F, Pitzer VE, Salomon JA, Swartwood NA, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, Cohen T, Menzies NA. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 Aug; 2022 Aug 30. PMID: 36040963.
• Relative timing of respiratory syncytial virus epidemics in summer 2021 across the United States was similar to a typical winter season.Zheng Z, Warren JL, Artin I, Pitzer VE, Weinberger DM. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2022 Jul; 2022 Feb 8. PMID: 35137538.
• Associations between long-term drought and diarrhea among children under five in low- and middle-income countries.Wang P, Asare E, Pitzer VE, Dubrow R, Chen K. Nat Commun. 2022 Jun 30; 2022 Jun 30. PMID: 35773263.
• Rotavirus Genotypes in Hospitalized Children With Acute Gastroenteritis Before and After Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in Blantyre, Malawi, 1997-2019.Mhango C, Mandolo JJ, Chinyama E, Wachepa R, Kanjerwa O, Malamba-Banda C, Matambo PB, Barnes KG, Chaguza C, Shawa IT, Nyaga MM, Hungerford D, Parashar UD, Pitzer VE, Kamng'ona AW, Iturriza-Gomara M, Cunliffe NA, Jere KC. J Infect Dis. 2022 Jun 15. PMID: 33033832.
• The influence of demographic and meteorological factors on temporal patterns of rotavirus infection in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Asare EO, Al-Mamun MA, Sarmin M, Faruque ASG, Ahmed T, Pitzer VE. Proc Biol Sci. 2022 Jun 8; 2022 Jun 8. PMID: 35673869.
• Advancing code sharing in the computational biology community.Cadwallader L, Mac Gabhann F, Papin J, Pitzer VE. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 Jun; 2022 Jun 2. PMID: 35653366.
• Short term, relative effectiveness of four doses versus three doses of BNT162b2 vaccine in people aged 60 years and older in Israel: retrospective, test negative, case-control study.Gazit S, Saciuk Y, Perez G, Peretz A, Pitzer VE, Patalon T. BMJ. 2022 May 24; 2022 May 24. PMID: 35609888.
• Combining genomic and epidemiological data to compare the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants Alpha and Iota.Petrone ME, Rothman JE, Breban MI, Ott IM, Russell A, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Badr H, Kelly K, Omerza G, Renzette N, Watkins AE, Kalinich CC, Alpert T, Brito AF, Earnest R, Tikhonova IR, Castaldi C, Kelly JP, Shudt M, Plitnick J, Schneider E, Murphy S, Neal C, Laszlo E, Altajar A, Pearson C, Muyombwe A, Downing R, Razeq J, Niccolai L, Wilson MS, Anderson ML, Wang J, Liu C, Hui P, Mane S, Taylor BP, Hanage WP, Landry ML, Peaper DR, Bilguvar K, Fauver JR, Vogels CBF, Gardner LM, Pitzer VE, St George K, Adams MD, Grubaugh ND. Commun Biol. 2022 May 11; 2022 May 11. PMID: 35545661.
• Estimating the effect of vaccination on antimicrobial-resistant typhoid fever in 73 countries supported by Gavi: a mathematical modelling study.Birger R, Antillón M, Bilcke J, Dolecek C, Dougan G, Pollard AJ, Neuzil KM, Frost I, Laxminarayan R, Pitzer VE. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 May; 2022 Feb 3. PMID: 35123673.
• Comparative transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants Delta and Alpha in New England, USA.Earnest R, Uddin R, Matluk N, Renzette N, Turbett SE, Siddle KJ, Loreth C, Adams G, Tomkins-Tinch CH, Petrone ME, Rothman JE, Breban MI, Koch RT, Billig K, Fauver JR, Vogels CBF, Bilguvar K, De Kumar B, Landry ML, Peaper DR, Kelly K, Omerza G, Grieser H, Meak S, Martha J, Dewey HB, Kales S, Berenzy D, Carpenter-Azevedo K, King E, Huard RC, Novitsky V, Howison M, Darpolor J, Manne A, Kantor R, Smole SC, Brown CM, Fink T, Lang AS, Gallagher GR, Pitzer VE, Sabeti PC, Gabriel S, MacInnis BL, Tewhey R, Adams MD, Park DJ, Lemieux JE, Grubaugh ND. Cell Rep Med. 2022 Apr 19; 2022 Mar 11. PMID: 35480627.
• Vaccination with BNT162b2 reduces transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to household contacts in Israel.Prunas O, Warren JL, Crawford FW, Gazit S, Patalon T, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. Science. 2022 Mar 11; 2022 Jan 27. PMID: 35084937.
• Population immunity to pre-Omicron and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants in US states and counties through December 1, 2021.Klaassen F, Chitwood MH, Cohen T, Pitzer VE, Russi M, Swartwood NA, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. medRxiv. 2022 Mar 1; 2022 Mar 1. PMID: 34981078.
• Odds of Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 Following Receipt of 3 vs 2 Doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine.Patalon T, Gazit S, Pitzer VE, Prunas O, Warren JL, Weinberger DM. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Feb 1. PMID: 34846533.
• Waning Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 Vaccine Against Infection in Adolescents.Prunas O, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE, Gazit S, Patalon T. medRxiv. 2022 Jan 5; 2022 Jan 5. PMID: 35018389.
• Spatiotemporal patterns of diarrhea incidence in Ghana and the impact of meteorological and socio-demographic factors.Asare EO, Warren JL, Pitzer VE. Front Epidemiol. 2022; 2022 Apr 8. PMID: 35822109.
• Vaccination with BNT162b2 reduces transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to household contacts in Israel.Prunas O, Warren JL, Crawford FW, Gazit S, Patalon T, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. medRxiv. 2021 Dec 20; 2021 Dec 20. PMID: 34981074.
• World Health Organization Expert Working Group: Recommendations for assessing morbidity associated with enteric pathogens.Hasso-Agopsowicz M, Lopman BA, Lanata CF, Rogawski McQuade ET, Kang G, Prudden HJ, Khalil I, Platts-Mills JA, Kotloff K, Jit M, Riddle MS, Pavlinac PB, Luz PM, Pitzer VE, Breiman RF, Giersing BK. Vaccine. 2021 Dec 20; 2021 Nov 24. PMID: 34838322.
• Estimation of the Timing and Intensity of Reemergence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Following the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US.Zheng Z, Pitzer VE, Shapiro ED, Bont LJ, Weinberger DM. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Dec 1; 2021 Dec 1. PMID: 34913973.
• Burden of enteric fever at three urban sites in Africa and Asia: a multicentre population-based study.Meiring JE, Shakya M, Khanam F, Voysey M, Phillips MT, Tonks S, Thindwa D, Darton TC, Dongol S, Karkey A, Zaman K, Baker S, Dolecek C, Dunstan SJ, Dougan G, Holt KE, Heyderman RS, Qadri F, Pitzer VE, Basnyat B, Gordon MA, Clemens J, Pollard AJ. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Dec. PMID: 34798028.
• A Bayesian approach for estimating typhoid fever incidence from large-scale facility-based passive surveillance data.Phillips MT, Meiring JE, Voysey M, Warren JL, Baker S, Basnyat B, Clemens JD, Dolecek C, Dunstan SJ, Dougan G, Gordon MA, Thindwa D, Heyderman RS, Holt KE, Qadri F, Pollard AJ, Pitzer VE. Stat Med. 2021 Nov 20; 2021 Aug 24. PMID: 34428309.
• Efficacy of typhoid conjugate vaccine in Nepal: final results of a phase 3, randomised, controlled trial.Shakya M, Voysey M, Theiss-Nyland K, Colin-Jones R, Pant D, Adhikari A, Tonks S, Mujadidi YF, O'Reilly P, Mazur O, Kelly S, Liu X, Maharjan A, Dahal A, Haque N, Pradhan A, Shrestha S, Joshi M, Smith N, Hill J, Clarke J, Stockdale L, Jones E, Lubinda T, Bajracharya B, Dongol S, Karkey A, Baker S, Dougan G, Pitzer VE, Neuzil KM, Shrestha S, Basnyat B, Pollard AJ. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Nov. PMID: 34678198.
• Association of enteropathogen detection with diarrhoea by age and high versus low child mortality settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Baker JM, Hasso-Agopsowicz M, Pitzer VE, Platts-Mills JA, Peralta-Santos A, Troja C, Archer H, Guo B, Sheahan W, Lingappa J, Jit M, Lopman BA. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Oct. PMID: 34534487.
• The Impact of Changes in Diagnostic Testing Practices on Estimates of COVID-19 Transmission in the United States.Pitzer VE, Chitwood M, Havumaki J, Menzies NA, Perniciaro S, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, Cohen T. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Sep 1. PMID: 33831148.
• Protection by vaccination of children against typhoid fever with a Vi-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine in urban Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised trial.Qadri F, Khanam F, Liu X, Theiss-Nyland K, Biswas PK, Bhuiyan AI, Ahmmed F, Colin-Jones R, Smith N, Tonks S, Voysey M, Mujadidi YF, Mazur O, Rajib NH, Hossen MI, Ahmed SU, Khan A, Rahman N, Babu G, Greenland M, Kelly S, Ireen M, Islam K, O'Reilly P, Scherrer KS, Pitzer VE, Neuzil KM, Zaman K, Pollard AJ, Clemens JD. Lancet. 2021 Aug 21; 2021 Aug 9. PMID: 34384540.
• Global diarrhoea-associated mortality estimates and models in children: Recommendations for dataset and study selection.Butkeviciute E, Prudden HJ, Jit M, Smith PG, Kang G, Riddle MS, Lopman BA, Pitzer VE, Lanata CF, Platts-Mills JA, Breiman RF, Giersing BK, Hasso-Agopsowicz M. Vaccine. 2021 Jul 22; 2021 Jun 13. PMID: 34134905.
• Reconstructing the course of the COVID-19 epidemic over 2020 for US states and counties: results of a Bayesian evidence synthesis model.Chitwood MH, Russi M, Gunasekera K, Havumaki J, Klaassen F, Pitzer VE, Salomon JA, Swartwood NA, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, Cohen T, Menzies NA. medRxiv. 2021 Jul 22; 2021 Jul 22. PMID: 33851183.
• Combining genomic and epidemiological data to compare the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineages.Petrone ME, Rothman JE, Breban MI, Ott IM, Russell A, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Kelly K, Omerza G, Renzette N, Watkins AE, Kalinich CC, Alpert T, Brito AF, Earnest R, Tikhonova IR, Castaldi C, Kelly JP, Shudt M, Plitnick J, Schneider E, Murphy S, Neal C, Laszlo E, Altajar A, Pearson C, Muyombwe A, Downing R, Razeq J, Niccolai L, Wilson MS, Anderson ML, Wang J, Liu C, Hui P, Mane S, Taylor BP, Hanage WP, Landry ML, Peaper DR, Bilguvar K, Fauver JR, Vogels CBF, Gardner LM, Pitzer VE, St George K, Adams MD, Grubaugh ND. medRxiv. 2021 Jul 2; 2021 Jul 2. PMID: 34230938.
• Community factors associated with local epidemic timing of respiratory syncytial virus: A spatiotemporal modeling study.Zheng Z, Pitzer VE, Warren JL, Weinberger DM. Sci Adv. 2021 Jun; 2021 Jun 23. PMID: 34162556.
• Assessment and optimization of respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis in Connecticut, 1996-2013.Artin B, Pitzer VE, Weinberger DM. Sci Rep. 2021 May 21; 2021 May 21. PMID: 34021214.
• Asymptomatic Transmission and the Infection Fatality Risk for COVID-19: Implications for School Reopening.Vermund SH, Pitzer VE. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 May 4. PMID: 32584967.
• Community transmission of rotavirus infection in a vaccinated population in Blantyre, Malawi: a prospective household cohort study.Bennett A, Pollock L, Bar-Zeev N, Lewnard JA, Jere KC, Lopman B, Iturriza-Gomara M, Pitzer VE, Cunliffe NA. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 May; 2020 Dec 24. PMID: 33357507.
• Correction: Changes in historical typhoid transmission across 16 U.S. cities, 1889-1931: Quantifying the impact of investments in water and sewer infrastructures.Phillips MT, Owers KA, Grenfell BT, Pitzer VE. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Apr; 2021 Apr 13. PMID: 33848294.
• Strategies for typhoid conjugate vaccines in endemic nations - Authors' reply.Pitzer VE, Pollard AJ, Bilcke J. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Mar. PMID: 33639123.
• Duration and Density of Fecal Rotavirus Shedding in Vaccinated Malawian Children With Rotavirus Gastroenteritis.Bennett A, Pollock L, Jere KC, Pitzer VE, Lopman B, Bar-Zeev N, Iturriza-Gomara M, Cunliffe NA. J Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 13. PMID: 31834930.
• Estimation of Excess Deaths Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020.Weinberger DM, Chen J, Cohen T, Crawford FW, Mostashari F, Olson D, Pitzer VE, Reich NG, Russi M, Simonsen L, Watkins A, Viboud C. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Oct 1. PMID: 32609310.
• Household studies provide key insights on the transmission of, and susceptibility to, SARS-CoV-2.Pitzer VE, Cohen T. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Oct; 2020 Jun 17. PMID: 32562602.
• The Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project (SEAP), Severe Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa (SETA), Surveillance of Enteric Fever in India (SEFI), and Strategic Typhoid Alliance Across Africa and Asia (STRATAA) Population-based Enteric Fever Studies: A Review of Methodological Similarities and Differences.Carey ME, MacWright WR, Im J, Meiring JE, Gibani MM, Park SE, Longley A, Jeon HJ, Hemlock C, Yu AT, Soura A, Aiemjoy K, Owusu-Dabo E, Terferi M, Islam S, Lunguya O, Jacobs J, Gordon M, Dolecek C, Baker S, Pitzer VE, Yousafzai MT, Tonks S, Clemens JD, Date K, Qadri F, Heyderman RS, Saha SK, Basnyat B, Okeke IN, Qamar FN, Voysey M, Luby S, Kang G, Andrews J, Pollard AJ, John J, Garrett D, Marks F. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 29. PMID: 32725221.
• A Computationally Efficient Method for Probabilistic Parameter Threshold Analysis for Health Economic Evaluations.Pieters Z, Strong M, Pitzer VE, Beutels P, Bilcke J. Med Decis Making. 2020 Jul; 2020 Jul 5. PMID: 32627657.
• Postvaccination Serum Antirotavirus Immunoglobulin A as a Correlate of Protection Against Rotavirus Gastroenteritis Across Settings.Baker JM, Tate JE, Leon J, Haber MJ, Pitzer VE, Lopman BA. J Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 29. PMID: 32060525.
• Modeling of rotavirus transmission dynamics and impact of vaccination in Ghana.Asare EO, Al-Mamun MA, Armah GE, Lopman BA, Parashar UD, Binka F, Pitzer VE. Vaccine. 2020 Jun 26; 2020 Jun 5. PMID: 32513513.
• Coast-to-Coast Spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the Early Epidemic in the United States.Fauver JR, Petrone ME, Hodcroft EB, Shioda K, Ehrlich HY, Watts AG, Vogels CBF, Brito AF, Alpert T, Muyombwe A, Razeq J, Downing R, Cheemarla NR, Wyllie AL, Kalinich CC, Ott IM, Quick J, Loman NJ, Neugebauer KM, Greninger AL, Jerome KR, Roychoudhury P, Xie H, Shrestha L, Huang ML, Pitzer VE, Iwasaki A, Omer SB, Khan K, Bogoch II, Martinello RA, Foxman EF, Landry ML, Neher RA, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND. Cell. 2020 May 28; 2020 May 7. PMID: 32386545.
• Estimating the early death toll of COVID-19 in the United States.Weinberger DM, Cohen T, Crawford FW, Mostashari F, Olson D, Pitzer VE, Reich NG, Russi M, Simonsen L, Watkins A, Viboud C. medRxiv. 2020 Apr 29; 2020 Apr 29. PMID: 32511293.
• The impact of changes in diagnostic testing practices on estimates of COVID-19 transmission in the United States.Pitzer VE, Chitwood M, Havumaki J, Menzies NA, Perniciaro S, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, Cohen T. medRxiv. 2020 Apr 24; 2020 Apr 24. PMID: 32511624.
• Coast-to-coast spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States revealed by genomic epidemiology.Fauver JR, Petrone ME, Hodcroft EB, Shioda K, Ehrlich HY, Watts AG, Vogels CBF, Brito AF, Alpert T, Muyombwe A, Razeq J, Downing R, Cheemarla NR, Wyllie AL, Kalinich CC, Ott I, Quick J, Loman NJ, Neugebauer KM, Greninger AL, Jerome KR, Roychoudhury P, Xie H, Shrestha L, Huang ML, Pitzer VE, Iwasaki A, Omer SB, Khan K, Bogoch II, Martinello RA, Foxman EF, Landry ML, Neher RA, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND. medRxiv. 2020 Mar 26; 2020 Mar 26. PMID: 32511630.
• Changes in historical typhoid transmission across 16 U.S. cities, 1889-1931: Quantifying the impact of investments in water and sewer infrastructures.Phillips MT, Owers KA, Grenfell BT, Pitzer VE. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Mar; 2020 Mar 18. PMID: 32187188.
• Surveillance data confirm multiyear predictions of rotavirus dynamics in New York City.Olson DR, Lopman BA, Konty KJ, Mathes RW, Papadouka V, Ternier A, Zucker JR, Simonsen L, Grenfell BT, Pitzer VE. Sci Adv. 2020 Feb; 2020 Feb 26. PMID: 32133392.
• Successive blood meals enhance virus dissemination within mosquitoes and increase transmission potential.Armstrong PM, Ehrlich HY, Magalhaes T, Miller MR, Conway PJ, Bransfield A, Misencik MJ, Gloria-Soria A, Warren JL, Andreadis TG, Shepard JJ, Foy BD, Pitzer VE, Brackney DE. Nat Microbiol. 2020 Feb; 2019 Dec 9. PMID: 31819213.
• Under-detection of blood culture-positive enteric fever cases: The impact of missing data and methods for adjusting incidence estimates.Voysey M, Pant D, Shakya M, Liu X, Colin-Jones R, Theiss-Nyland K, Smith N, Shrestha S, Basnyat B, Pollard AJ, Pitzer VE. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Jan; 2020 Jan 16. PMID: 31945052.
• Identifying signatures of the impact of rotavirus vaccines on hospitalizations using sentinel surveillance data from Latin American countries.Shioda K, de Oliveira LH, Sanwogou J, Rey-Benito G, Nuñez Azzad D, Castillo RE, Gamarra Ramírez ML, Von Horoch MR, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. Vaccine. 2020 Jan 10; 2019 Oct 28. PMID: 31672333.
• Epidemic dynamics of respiratory syncytial virus in current and future climates.Baker RE, Mahmud AS, Wagner CE, Yang W, Pitzer VE, Viboud C, Vecchi GA, Metcalf CJE, Grenfell BT. Nat Commun. 2019 Dec 4; 2019 Dec 4. PMID: 31797866.
• Water and Filth: Reevaluating the First Era of Sanitary Typhoid Intervention (1840-1940).Vanderslott S, Phillips MT, Pitzer VE, Kirchhelle C. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 15. PMID: 31612942.
• Generating the Evidence for Typhoid Vaccine Introduction: Considerations for Global Disease Burden Estimates and Vaccine Testing Through Human Challenge.Meiring JE, Giubilini A, Savulescu J, Pitzer VE, Pollard AJ. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 15. PMID: 31612941.
• The Invisible Burden: Diagnosing and Combatting Typhoid Fever in Asia and Africa.Pitzer VE, Meiring J, Martineau FP, Watson CH, Kang G, Basnyat B, Baker S. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 15. PMID: 31612938.
• Diarrhea Patterns and Climate: A Spatiotemporal Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of Diarrheal Disease in Afghanistan.Anwar MY, Warren JL, Pitzer VE. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Sep. PMID: 31392940.
• Guidelines for multi-model comparisons of the impact of infectious disease interventions.den Boon S, Jit M, Brisson M, Medley G, Beutels P, White R, Flasche S, Hollingsworth TD, Garske T, Pitzer VE, Hoogendoorn M, Geffen O, Clark A, Kim J, Hutubessy R. BMC Med. 2019 Aug 19; 2019 Aug 19. PMID: 31422772.
• Evaluating strategies to improve rotavirus vaccine impact during the second year of life in Malawi.Pitzer VE, Bennett A, Bar-Zeev N, Jere KC, Lopman BA, Lewnard JA, Parashar UD, Cunliffe NA. Sci Transl Med. 2019 Aug 14. PMID: 31413144.
• Heterogeneous susceptibility to rotavirus infection and gastroenteritis in two birth cohort studies: Parameter estimation and epidemiological implications.Lewnard JA, Lopman BA, Parashar UD, Bennett A, Bar-Zeev N, Cunliffe NA, Samuel P, Guerrero ML, Ruiz-Palacios G, Kang G, Pitzer VE. PLoS Comput Biol. 2019 Jul; 2019 Jul 26. PMID: 31348775.
• Cost-effectiveness of routine and campaign use of typhoid Vi-conjugate vaccine in Gavi-eligible countries: a modelling study.Bilcke J, Antillón M, Pieters Z, Kuylen E, Abboud L, Neuzil KM, Pollard AJ, Paltiel AD, Pitzer VE. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Jul; 2019 May 23. PMID: 31130329.
• Etiology of Diarrhea Among Hospitalized Children in Blantyre, Malawi, Following Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction: A Case-Control Study.Iturriza-Gómara M, Jere KC, Hungerford D, Bar-Zeev N, Shioda K, Kanjerwa O, Houpt ER, Operario DJ, Wachepa R, Pollock L, Bennett A, Pitzer VE, Cunliffe NA. J Infect Dis. 2019 Jun 19. PMID: 30816414.
• Infrequent Transmission of Monovalent Human Rotavirus Vaccine Virus to Household Contacts of Vaccinated Infants in Malawi.Bennett A, Pollock L, Jere KC, Pitzer VE, Lopman B, Parashar U, Everett D, Heyderman RS, Bar-Zeev N, Cunliffe NA, Iturriza-Gomara M. J Infect Dis. 2019 May 5. PMID: 30689911.
• The Impact of Vaccination and Prior Exposure on Stool Shedding of Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi in 6 Controlled Human Infection Studies.Gibani MM, Voysey M, Jin C, Jones C, Thomaides-Brears H, Jones E, Baker P, Morgan M, Simmons A, Gordon MA, Cerundolo V, Pitzer VE, Angus B, Levine MM, Darton TC, Pollard AJ. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Apr 8. PMID: 30252031.