2023
The COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for unravelling the causative association between respiratory viruses and pneumococcus-associated disease in young children: a prospective study
Dagan R, van der Beek B, Ben-Shimol S, Greenberg D, Shemer-Avni Y, Weinberger D, Danino D. The COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for unravelling the causative association between respiratory viruses and pneumococcus-associated disease in young children: a prospective study. EBioMedicine 2023, 90: 104493. PMID: 36857965, PMCID: PMC9970381, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104493.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-acquired alveolar pneumoniaLower respiratory infectionsRespiratory syncytial virusInvasive pneumococcal diseaseHuman metapneumovirusDisease endpointsPneumococcal diseaseRespiratory virusesProspective studyNasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriagePneumococcal bacteremic pneumoniaProspective surveillance programRespiratory virus activityCommon respiratory virusesPneumococcal carriage prevalenceBurden of diseaseDifferent clinical endpointsYoung childrenCOVID-19 pandemicProportion of testsAlveolar pneumoniaBacteremic pneumoniaPneumococcal carriageRespiratory infectionsCarriage prevalence
2017
Transmission Dynamics of Respiratory Viruses in a Congregated Military Population: Prospective Cohort Study
Lewnard J, Chen W, Milzman J, Grigorenko E, Robinson S, Jones C, Moreno N, Malone L, Weinberger D, Burgess T, Coles C. Transmission Dynamics of Respiratory Viruses in a Congregated Military Population: Prospective Cohort Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2017, 4: s238-s238. PMCID: PMC7107105, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx163.503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-polio enterovirusesRespiratory virusesHCoV-229EHCoV-OC43Military recruitsAcute respiratory infectionsProspective cohort studyCommon respiratory virusesSource of transmissionCohort studyRespiratory infectionsViral sheddingAsymptomatic sheddingImmune protectionImmune responseHuman coronavirusesNasal samplesEconomic burdenRhinovirusMilitary populationSecond monthBasic trainingFirst weekPrevious exposureWidespread transmission