2021
Morbidity and Mortality Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness Hospitalized With COVID-19
Cha S, Henry A, Montgomery M, Laws R, Pham H, Wortham J, Garg S, Kim L, Mosites E, Chai S, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Anderson E, Weigel A, Ryan P, Kim S, Como-Sabetti K, Torres S, Muse A, Bennett N, Billing L, Sutton M, Talbot H, Risk I. Morbidity and Mortality Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness Hospitalized With COVID-19. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2021, 224: 425-430. PMID: 33993309, PMCID: PMC8194564, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMechanical ventilationCOVID-19-associated hospitalizationNon-Hispanic black personsCOVID-19Population-based surveillance dataHealth conditionsChronic health conditionsCoronavirus disease 2019ICU admissionClinical characteristicsRespiratory supportClinical outcomesSevere illnessDisease 2019High riskSurveillance dataAdults Experiencing HomelessnessAnalytic sampleEthnic minority groupsHousing statusBlack personsVentilationDeathOutcomesHospitalization
2016
Increased Antiviral Treatment Among Hospitalized Children and Adults With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza, 2010–2015
Appiah GD, Chaves SS, Kirley PD, Miller L, Meek J, Anderson E, Oni O, Ryan P, Eckel S, Lynfield R, Bargsten M, Zansky SM, Bennett N, Lung K, McDonald-Hamm C, Thomas A, Brady D, Lindegren ML, Schaffner W, Hill M, Garg S, Fry AM, Campbell AP. Increased Antiviral Treatment Among Hospitalized Children and Adults With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza, 2010–2015. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2016, 64: 364-367. PMID: 28013261, PMCID: PMC5480237, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw745.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAntiviral AgentsChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanLength of StayLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedOseltamivirPandemicsProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesSeasonsUnited StatesYoung Adult
2015
Statin Treatment and Mortality: Propensity Score-Matched Analyses of 2007–2008 and 2009–2010 Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Hospitalizations
Laidler M, Thomas A, Baumbach J, Kirley P, Meek J, Aragon D, Morin C, Ryan P, Schaffner W, Zansky S, Chaves S. Statin Treatment and Mortality: Propensity Score-Matched Analyses of 2007–2008 and 2009–2010 Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Hospitalizations. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2015, 2: ofv028. PMID: 26034777, PMCID: PMC4438907, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPropensity score-matched analysisStatin treatmentAdjunct treatmentInfluenza virus infectionHost inflammatory responseAnnual influenza epidemicsInfluenza hospitalizationsInfluenza seasonSubstantial morbidityHospitalized cohortCox regressionImmunomodulatory agentsInflammatory responseVirus infectionProtective effectInfluenza epidemicsSurveillance dataMortalityUnmeasured confoundersStatinsDeathTreatmentVaccine productionInfluenzaPandemic
2012
Geographic poverty and racial/ethnic disparities in cervical cancer precursor rates in Connecticut, 2008-2009.
Niccolai LM, Julian PJ, Bilinski A, Mehta NR, Meek JI, Zelterman D, Hadler JL, Sosa L. Geographic poverty and racial/ethnic disparities in cervical cancer precursor rates in Connecticut, 2008-2009. American Journal Of Public Health 2012, 103: 156-63. PMID: 22515856, PMCID: PMC3518345, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2011.300447.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine impactStatewide surveillance dataCervical cancer precursorsAge-specific ratesVaccine impactCervical cancerCancer precursorsInverse associationVaccination strategiesGeographic measuresGrade 2Poisson regressionEthnic disparitiesSurveillance dataWomen