Tracking and predicting U.S. influenza activity with a real-time surveillance network
Leuba SI, Yaesoubi R, Antillon M, Cohen T, Zimmer C. Tracking and predicting U.S. influenza activity with a real-time surveillance network. PLOS Computational Biology 2020, 16: e1008180. PMID: 33137088, PMCID: PMC7707518, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza test resultsInfluenza activityU.S. influenza activityPhysician visitsInfluenza trendsInfluenza-like illness activityNational surveillance networkSurveillance networkInfluenza seasonCurrent burdenU.S. CentersIllness activityDisease controlUnited StatesLinear logistic modelVisitsLogistic modelValid estimatesProportionEstimation 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. Estimation of Excess Deaths Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020. JAMA Internal Medicine 2020, 180: 1336-1344. PMID: 32609310, PMCID: PMC7330834, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19Excess deathsOfficial COVID-19 deathsCoronavirus disease 2019Entire US populationPublic health impactCOVID-19 diagnostic testsCOVID-19 burdenCOVID-19 deathsCause deathReported deathsMortality burdenObservational studyDisease 2019Influenza activityMAIN OUTCOMEDeath AssociatedWeekly deathsTotal deathsUS deathsMore deathsDeath recordsUS populationHealth StatisticsTest availability