2024
Global patterns of rebound to normal RSV dynamics following COVID-19 suppression
Thindwa D, Li K, Cooper-Wootton D, Zheng Z, Pitzer V, Weinberger D. Global patterns of rebound to normal RSV dynamics following COVID-19 suppression. BMC Infectious Diseases 2024, 24: 635. PMID: 38918718, PMCID: PMC11201371, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-09509-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Year-Round Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transmission in The Netherlands Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Nationwide Observational and Modeling Study
Löwensteyn Y, Zheng Z, Rave N, Bannier M, Billard M, Casalegno J, Pitzer V, Wildenbeest J, Weinberger D, Bont L, Putten M, Smit-Kleinlugtenbeld E, Peetsold M, van der Kuip M, van Goudoever H, van Keulen B, Boot A, Kloos R, van Gool S, Snepvangers Y, Kuijpers A, Menelik N, de Crom S, Miedema C, Tusscher G, van Giessen J, de Moor R, Faber M, Breukels M, Jaddoe V, Duijts L, Lutterman C, Vink I, Tramper-Stranders G, Oudshoorn A, Ritman A, Dubbink-Verheij G, Bolt J, Cakir C, Rietveld E, Bekhof J, Rings E, de Swart J, Driessen G, Doedens R, Nijssen L, van Onzenoort-Bokken L, Meijneke R, van Scherpenzeel M, Faber T, de Groof F, Schouten S, van de Zande J, de Coul M, Henriet S, Stol K, van Rossem M, Jacobs M, van Houten M, Zuurbier R, Plötz F, de Vries A, van der Heide R, van Boekholt A, de Jong G, Rashid A, Roelofs M, Illy K, Reijmerink N, van Dorth S, Schipper S, Rosias P, Teirlinck A. Year-Round Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transmission in The Netherlands Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Nationwide Observational and Modeling Study. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2023, 228: 1394-1399. PMID: 37477906, PMCID: PMC10640768, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad282.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Decline in Pneumococcal Disease in Young Children During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Israel Associated With Suppression of Seasonal Respiratory Viruses, Despite Persistent Pneumococcal Carriage: A Prospective Cohort Study
Danino D, Ben-Shimol S, Van Der Beek BA, Givon-Lavi N, Avni YS, Greenberg D, Weinberger DM, Dagan R. Decline in Pneumococcal Disease in Young Children During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Israel Associated With Suppression of Seasonal Respiratory Viruses, Despite Persistent Pneumococcal Carriage: A Prospective Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021, 75: e1154-e1164. PMID: 34904635, PMCID: PMC8754767, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab1014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-acquired alveolar pneumoniaInvasive pneumococcal diseasePneumococcal carriagePneumococcal diseaseRespiratory virusesSurveillance projectCOVID-19 pandemicBacteremic pneumococcal pneumoniaNasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriageSpecific respiratory virusesSARS-CoV-2 casesFirst SARS-CoV-2 caseLower respiratory infectionsProspective cohort studyPneumococcal carriage prevalencePneumococcal serotype distributionRespiratory syncytial virusSeasonal respiratory virusesRespiratory virus detectionChest X-rayDensity of colonizationAlveolar pneumoniaPneumococcal pneumoniaCohort studyRespiratory infectionsEstimation 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. Estimation of the Timing and Intensity of Reemergence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Following the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2141779. PMID: 34913973, PMCID: PMC8678706, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.41779.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory syncytial virusRSV epidemicsMathematical modelRSV hospitalizationRSV seasonSyncytial virusSummer epidemicsRSV lower respiratory tract infectionLower respiratory tract infectionsCOVID-19 pandemicLarge RSV outbreaksMaternal-derived immunityRespiratory tract infectionsChildren 1 yearYears of ageSARS-CoV-2Simulation modeling studyProphylaxis administrationRSV circulationRSV infectionRSV outbreaksSecondary outcomesTract infectionsPrimary outcomeLeading cause
2015
Association between Respiratory Syncytial Virus Activity and Pneumococcal Disease in Infants: A Time Series Analysis of US Hospitalization Data
Weinberger DM, Klugman KP, Steiner CA, Simonsen L, Viboud C. Association between Respiratory Syncytial Virus Activity and Pneumococcal Disease in Infants: A Time Series Analysis of US Hospitalization Data. PLOS Medicine 2015, 12: e1001776. PMID: 25562317, PMCID: PMC4285401, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001776.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory syncytial virusPneumococcal pneumoniaRate of hospitalizationPneumococcal diseaseHospitalization dataSeven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccineBacterial infectionsRespiratory syncytial virus activityLaboratory-confirmed dataPneumococcal pneumonia hospitalizationsPneumococcal conjugate vaccineIntroduction of PCV7Secondary bacterial infectionState Inpatient DatabasesPoisson regression modelsRSV hospitalizationPCV7 introductionPneumonia hospitalizationsConjugate vaccineInpatient DatabaseSyncytial virusPneumococcal septicemiaPneumonia casesEpidemic timingHospitalization