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
2016
In-season and out-of-season variation of rotavirus genotype distribution and age of infection across 12 European countries before the introduction of routine vaccination, 2007/08 to 2012/13.
Hungerford D, Vivancos R, Read J, Pitzer V, Cunliffe N, French N, Iturriza-Gómara M. In-season and out-of-season variation of rotavirus genotype distribution and age of infection across 12 European countries before the introduction of routine vaccination, 2007/08 to 2012/13. Eurosurveillance 2016, 21 PMID: 26794258, DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2016.21.2.30106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenotype distributionMultinomial multivariate logistic regressionRotavirus gastroenteritis casesRotavirus genotype distributionRoutine rotavirus vaccinationRotavirus vaccination programRotavirus-positive specimensMultivariate logistic regressionOdds of infectionAge of infectionRVGE casesUntypable genotypesRotavirus vaccinationRoutine vaccinationVaccine introductionVaccination programGastroenteritis casesEpidemiological changesGenotype surveillanceLogistic regressionCommon genotypeMicrobiological dataVaccinationSurveillance networkAge
2015
Environmental Drivers of the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the United States
Pitzer VE, Viboud C, Alonso WJ, Wilcox T, Metcalf CJ, Steiner CA, Haynes AK, Grenfell BT. Environmental Drivers of the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the United States. PLOS Pathogens 2015, 11: e1004591. PMID: 25569275, PMCID: PMC4287610, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004591.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Absolute Humidity and the Seasonal Onset of Influenza in the Continental United States
Shaman J, Pitzer VE, Viboud C, Grenfell BT, Lipsitch M. Absolute Humidity and the Seasonal Onset of Influenza in the Continental United States. PLOS Biology 2010, 8: e1000316. PMID: 20186267, PMCID: PMC2826374, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza-related mortalityInfluenza transmission rateSeasonal influenzaEpidemiological supportInfluenza transmissionInfluenza virusInfluenza transmissibilityPrior weekMortalityInfluenzaUnited StatesPopulation levelOnsetEpidemiological modelAirborne survivalAbsolute humidity levelsDirect modulationFindings
2009
Demographic Variability, Vaccination, and the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Rotavirus Epidemics
Pitzer VE, Viboud C, Simonsen L, Steiner C, Panozzo CA, Alonso WJ, Miller MA, Glass RI, Glasser JW, Parashar UD, Grenfell BT. Demographic Variability, Vaccination, and the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Rotavirus Epidemics. Science 2009, 325: 290-294. PMID: 19608910, PMCID: PMC3010406, DOI: 10.1126/science.1172330.Peer-Reviewed Original Research