2023
Declines in Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel in Acute Care Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2017–2023
Lymon H, Meng L, Reses H, Barbre K, Dubendris H, Shafi S, Wiegand R, Reddy G, Woods A, Kuhar D, Stuckey M, Lindley M, Haas L, Qureshi I, Wong E, Benin A, Bell J. Declines in Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel in Acute Care Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2017–2023. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2023, 72: 1244-1247. PMID: 37943698, PMCID: PMC10651322, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7245a6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkHealth care personnelInfluenza vaccination coverageAcute care hospitalsVaccination coverageCare hospitalInfluenza vaccinationCare personnelCDC's National Healthcare Safety NetworkCOVID-19 pandemicInfluenza-related morbidityEvidence-based strategiesNHSN dataAnnual vaccinationPrepandemic periodVaccinationHospitalInfluenzaPandemicSafety NetworkMorbidityMortality
2002
Trends in Legionnaires Disease, 1980–1998: Declining Mortality and New Patterns of Diagnosis
Benin A, Benson R, Besser R. Trends in Legionnaires Disease, 1980–1998: Declining Mortality and New Patterns of Diagnosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2002, 35: 1039-1046. PMID: 12384836, DOI: 10.1086/342903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLegionella pneumophila serogroup 1Legionnaires' diseaseUrine antigen testingCases of LDCommunity-acquired casesCase fatality rateCulture-based diagnosisNew diagnostic testsPassive surveillance systemDirect fluorescent antibodyAntigen testingEmpirical therapyNosocomial casesPneumophila serogroup 1Serologic testingOutbreak investigationDisease controlDiagnostic testsDiagnosisSerogroup 1Fluorescent antibodyLegionella isolatesMortalityDiseaseSurveillance system