Publications

2024

Estimated population-level impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines against all-cause pneumonia mortality among unvaccinated age groups in five Latin American countries.Prunas O, Shioda K, Toscano CM, Bastias M, Valenzuela-Bravo MT, Diaz Tito J, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, de Oliveira LH. J Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 19; 2024 Mar 19. PMID: 38502711.
Hypertension Control During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Cohort Study Among US Veterans.Korves C, Peixoto AJ, Lucas BP, Davies L, Weinberger DM, Rentsch C, Vashi A, Young-Xu Y, King J Jr, Asch SM, Justice AC. Med Care. 2024 Mar 1; 2024 Jan 17. PMID: 38284412.
Incorporating Efficacy Data from Initial Trials Into Subsequent Evaluations: Application to Vaccines Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus.Warren JL, Sundaram M, Pitzer VE, Omer SB, Weinberger DM. Epidemiology. 2024 Mar 1; 2023 Nov 14. PMID: 37963353.
The role of viral interference in shaping RSV epidemics following the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.Li K, Thindwa D, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. medRxiv. 2024 Feb 27; 2024 Feb 27. PMID: 38464193.
Incorporating Data from Multiple Endpoints in the Analysis of Clinical Trials: Example from RSV Vaccines.Prunas O, Willemsen JE, Bont L, Pitzer VE, Warren JL, Weinberger DM. Epidemiology. 2024 Jan 1; 2023 Nov 27. PMID: 37793120.

2023

Excess mortality in US Veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic: an individual-level cohort study.Weinberger DM, Bhaskaran K, Korves C, Lucas BP, Columbo JA, Vashi A, Davies L, Justice AC, Rentsch CT. Int J Epidemiol. 2023 Dec 25. PMID: 37802889.
Potential Impact of Higher-Valency Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Among Adults in Different Localities in Germany.Ellingson MK, Weinberger DM, van der Linden M, Perniciaro S. J Infect Dis. 2023 Dec 6; 2023 Dec 6. PMID: 38059558.
The full value of immunisation against respiratory syncytial virus for infants younger than 1 year: effects beyond prevention of acute respiratory illness.Feikin DR, Karron RA, Saha SK, Sparrow E, Srikantiah P, Weinberger DM, Zar HJ. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 21; 2023 Nov 21. PMID: 38000374.
Year-Round Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transmission in The Netherlands Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Nationwide Observational and Modeling Study.Löwensteyn YN, Zheng Z, Rave N, Bannier MAGE, Billard MN, Casalegno JS, Pitzer VE, Wildenbeest JG, Weinberger DM, Bont L. J Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 11. PMID: 37477906.
Incorporating efficacy data from initial trials into subsequent evaluations: Application to vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus.Warren JL, Sundaram M, Pitzer VE, Omer SB, Weinberger DM. medRxiv. 2023 Sep 18; 2023 Sep 18. PMID: 37034783.
High Levels of Detection of Nonpneumococcal Species of Streptococcus in Saliva from Adults in the United States.Hislop MS, Allicock OM, Thammavongsa DA, Mbodj S, Nelson A, Shaw AC, Weinberger DM, Wyllie AL. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Jun 15; 2023 Apr 17. PMID: 37067447.
Persistence of Pneumococcal Carriage among Older Adults in the Community despite COVID-19 Mitigation Measures.Wyllie AL, Mbodj S, Thammavongsa DA, Hislop MS, Yolda-Carr D, Waghela P, Nakahata M, Stahlfeld AE, Vega NJ, York A, Allicock OM, Wilkins G, Ouyang A, Siqueiros L, Strong Y, Anastasio K, Alexander-Parrish R, Arguedas A, Gessner BD, Weinberger DM. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Jun 15; 2023 Apr 10. PMID: 37036377.
Absolute and relative excess mortality across demographic and clinical subgroups during the COVID-19 pandemic: an individual-level cohort study from a nationwide healthcare system of US Veterans.Weinberger DM, Bhaskaran K, Korves C, Lucas BP, Columbo JA, Vashi A, Davies L, Justice AC, Rentsch CT. medRxiv. 2023 May 16; 2023 May 16. PMID: 37293086.
Excess Mortality Among Patients in the Veterans Affairs Health System Compared With the Overall US Population During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Weinberger DM, Rose L, Rentsch C, Asch SM, Columbo JA, King J Jr, Korves C, Lucas BP, Taub C, Young-Xu Y, Vashi A, Davies L, Justice AC. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 May 1; 2023 May 1. PMID: 37155169.
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 BA, Ben-Shimol S, Greenberg D, Shemer-Avni Y, Weinberger DM, Danino D. EBioMedicine. 2023 Apr; 2023 Feb 28. PMID: 36857965.
Magnetic bead-based separation of pneumococcal serotypes.York A, Huynh E, Mbodj S, Yolda-Carr D, Hislop MS, Echlin H, Rosch JW, Weinberger DM, Wyllie AL. Cell Rep Methods. 2023 Feb 27; 2023 Feb 21. PMID: 36936076.
Direct and indirect mortality impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March 1, 2020 to January 1, 2022.Lee WE, Woo Park S, Weinberger DM, Olson D, Simonsen L, Grenfell BT, Viboud C. Elife. 2023 Feb 22; 2023 Feb 22. PMID: 36811598.
Incorporating data from multiple endpoints in the analysis of clinical trials: example from RSV vaccines.Prunas O, Willemsen JE, Bont L, Pitzer VE, Warren JL, Weinberger DM. medRxiv. 2023 Feb 9; 2023 Feb 9. PMID: 36798386.
Editorial: Thematic issue on bacterial-viral co-infections.Manna S, Weinberger DM, Satzke C. FEMS Microbes. 2023; 2023 Jan 19. PMID: 37333434.
Waning Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 Vaccine Against Infection in Adolescents in Israel.Prunas O, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE, Gazit S, Patalon T. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jan 6. PMID: 36484301.

2022

Impact of Temporary Storage Conditions on the Viability of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Saliva.Allicock OM, York A, Waghela P, Yolda-Carr D, Weinberger DM, Wyllie AL. mSphere. 2022 Dec 21; 2022 Nov 21. PMID: 36409104.
Predicting vaccine effectiveness against invasive pneumococcal disease in children using immunogenicity data.Ryman J, Weaver J, Hu T, Weinberger DM, Yee KL, Sachs JR. NPJ Vaccines. 2022 Nov 7; 2022 Nov 7. PMID: 36344529.
Trends in Precancerous Cervical Lesions by Area-Based Measures of Poverty, Race, and Ethnicity, Connecticut, 2008-2018.Brackney MM, Weinberger DM, Higgins K, Meek J, Niccolai LM. Public Health Rep. 2022 Nov-Dec; 2021 Nov 2. PMID: 34727517.
Predicted effectiveness of vaccines and extended half-life monoclonal antibodies against RSV hospitalizations in children.Zheng Z, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. NPJ Vaccines. 2022 Oct 27; 2022 Oct 27. PMID: 36302926.
Estimated incidence of respiratory hospitalizations attributable to RSV infections across age and socioeconomic groups.Zheng Z, Warren JL, Shapiro ED, Pitzer VE, Weinberger DM. Pneumonia (Nathan). 2022 Oct 25; 2022 Oct 25. PMID: 36280891.
Bayesian Model Averaging to Account for Model Uncertainty in Estimates of a Vaccine's Effectiveness.Oliveira CR, Shapiro ED, Weinberger DM. Clin Epidemiol. 2022; 2022 Oct 18. PMID: 36281232.
Detection of pneumococcus during hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2.Stahlfeld A, Glick LR, Ott IM, Craft SB, Yolda-Carr D, Harden CA, Nakahata M, Farhadian SF, Grant LR, Alexander-Parrish R, Arguedas A, Gessner BD, Weinberger DM, Wyllie AL. FEMS Microbes. 2022; 2022 Oct 16. PMID: 37332510.
Trends in non-COVID-19 hospitalizations prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic period, United States, 2017-2021.Cassell K, Zipfel CM, Bansal S, Weinberger DM. Nat Commun. 2022 Oct 8; 2022 Oct 8. PMID: 36209210.
Reemergence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Germany During the Spring and Summer of 2021.Perniciaro S, van der Linden M, Weinberger DM. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Sep 30. PMID: 35136983.
Reconstructing the course of the COVID-19 epidemic over 2020 for US states and counties: Results of a Bayesian evidence synthesis model.Chitwood MH, Russi M, Gunasekera K, Havumaki J, Klaassen F, Pitzer VE, Salomon JA, Swartwood NA, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, Cohen T, Menzies NA. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 Aug; 2022 Aug 30. PMID: 36040963.
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. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24. PMID: 34904635.
Relative timing of respiratory syncytial virus epidemics in summer 2021 across the United States was similar to a typical winter season.Zheng Z, Warren JL, Artin I, Pitzer VE, Weinberger DM. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2022 Jul; 2022 Feb 8. PMID: 35137538.
The Pneumococcus-Respiratory Virus Connection-Unexpected Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic.Dagan R, Danino D, Weinberger DM. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jun 1; 2022 Jun 1. PMID: 35763301.
Rapid emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is associated with an infection advantage over Delta in vaccinated persons.Chaguza C, Coppi A, Earnest R, Ferguson D, Kerantzas N, Warner F, Young HP, Breban MI, Billig K, Koch RT, Pham K, Kalinich CC, Ott IM, Fauver JR, Hahn AM, Tikhonova IR, Castaldi C, De Kumar B, Pettker CM, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, Landry ML, Peaper DR, Schulz W, Vogels CBF, Grubaugh ND. Med. 2022 May 13; 2022 Apr 6. PMID: 35399324.
Trends in non-COVID-19 hospitalizations prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic period, United States, 2017 â€" 2021.Cassell K, Zipfel CM, Bansal S, Weinberger DM. medRxiv. 2022 Apr 28; 2022 Apr 28. PMID: 35547844.
Evaluating the Impact of Meningococcal Vaccines With Synthetic Controls.Prunas O, Weinberger DM, Medini D, Tizzoni M, Argante L. Am J Epidemiol. 2022 Mar 24. PMID: 34753175.
Vaccination with BNT162b2 reduces transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to household contacts in Israel.Prunas O, Warren JL, Crawford FW, Gazit S, Patalon T, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. Science. 2022 Mar 11; 2022 Jan 27. PMID: 35084937.
Direct and indirect mortality impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, March 2020-April 2021.Lee WE, Park SW, Weinberger DM, Olson D, Simonsen L, Grenfell BT, Viboud C. medRxiv. 2022 Feb 15; 2022 Feb 15. PMID: 35194617.
Odds of Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 Following Receipt of 3 vs 2 Doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine.Patalon T, Gazit S, Pitzer VE, Prunas O, Warren JL, Weinberger DM. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Feb 1. PMID: 34846533.
Waning Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 Vaccine Against Infection in Adolescents.Prunas O, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE, Gazit S, Patalon T. medRxiv. 2022 Jan 5; 2022 Jan 5. PMID: 35018389.

2021

Vaccination with BNT162b2 reduces transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to household contacts in Israel.Prunas O, Warren JL, Crawford FW, Gazit S, Patalon T, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. medRxiv. 2021 Dec 20; 2021 Dec 20. PMID: 34981074.
Estimation 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. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Dec 1; 2021 Dec 1. PMID: 34913973.
Excess Deaths in Mexico City and New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March to August 2020.Lajous M, Huerta-Gutiérrez R, Kennedy J, Olson DR, Weinberger DM. Am J Public Health. 2021 Oct; 2021 Sep 9. PMID: 34499539.
The Impact of Changes in Diagnostic Testing Practices on Estimates of COVID-19 Transmission in the United States.Pitzer VE, Chitwood M, Havumaki J, Menzies NA, Perniciaro S, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, Cohen T. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Sep 1. PMID: 33831148.
Reconstructing the course of the COVID-19 epidemic over 2020 for US states and counties: results of a Bayesian evidence synthesis model.Chitwood MH, Russi M, Gunasekera K, Havumaki J, Klaassen F, Pitzer VE, Salomon JA, Swartwood NA, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, Cohen T, Menzies NA. medRxiv. 2021 Jul 22; 2021 Jul 22. PMID: 33851183.
Mapping partner drug resistance to guide antimalarial combination therapy policies in sub-Saharan Africa.Ehrlich HY, Bei AK, Weinberger DM, Warren JL, Parikh S. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jul 20. PMID: 34261791.
Declines in Pneumonia Mortality Following the Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in Latin American and Caribbean Countries.de Oliveira LH, Shioda K, Valenzuela MT, Janusz CB, Rearte A, Sbarra AN, Warren JL, Toscano CM, Weinberger DM. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jul 15. PMID: 32448889.
Community factors associated with local epidemic timing of respiratory syncytial virus: A spatiotemporal modeling study.Zheng Z, Pitzer VE, Warren JL, Weinberger DM. Sci Adv. 2021 Jun; 2021 Jun 23. PMID: 34162556.
Serotype Patterns of Pneumococcal Disease in Adults Are Correlated With Carriage Patterns in Older Children.Wyllie AL, Warren JL, Regev-Yochay G, Givon-Lavi N, Dagan R, Weinberger DM. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 1. PMID: 32989457.
Assessment and optimization of respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis in Connecticut, 1996-2013.Artin B, Pitzer VE, Weinberger DM. Sci Rep. 2021 May 21; 2021 May 21. PMID: 34021214.
SARS-CoV-2 in Nursing Homes after 3 Months of Serial, Facilitywide Point Prevalence Testing, Connecticut, USA.Ehrlich HY, Harizaj A, Campbell L, Colt M, Yuan K, Rabatsky-Ehr T, Weinberger DM, Leung V, Niccolai LM, Parikh S. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 May. PMID: 33900171.
Incorporating Information on Control Diseases Across Space and Time to Improve Estimation of the Population-level Impact of Vaccines.Shioda K, Cai J, Warren JL, Weinberger DM. Epidemiology. 2021 May 1. PMID: 33783394.
Increased SARS-CoV-2 Testing Capacity with Pooled Saliva Samples.Watkins AE, Fenichel EP, Weinberger DM, Vogels CBF, Brackney DE, Casanovas-Massana A, Campbell M, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Datta R, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Iwasaki A, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Wyllie AL. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Apr. PMID: 33755009.
50 policies, 1 pandemic, 500,000 deaths: Associations between state-level COVID-19 testing recommendations, tests per capita, undercounted deaths, vaccination policies, and doses per capita in the United States.Perniciaro SR, Weinberger DM. medRxiv. 2021 Feb 26; 2021 Feb 26. PMID: 33200142.
Estimated impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumonia mortality in South Africa, 1999 through 2016: An ecological modelling study.Kleynhans J, Tempia S, Shioda K, von Gottberg A, Weinberger DM, Cohen C. PLoS Med. 2021 Feb; 2021 Feb 16. PMID: 33591995.
Differences and Temporal Changes in Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Adults with Hematological Malignancies: Results from a Nationwide 16-Year Cohort Study.Andersen MA, Niemann CU, Rostgaard K, Dalby T, Sørrig R, Weinberger DM, Hjalgrim H, Harboe ZB. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 1. PMID: 32463435.
Evidence for multiple cases of recurrent Legionella infection: a Danish national surveillance study.Cassell K, Kjelsø C, Weinberger DM, Uldum SA. Thorax. 2021 Jan 27; 2021 Jan 27. PMID: 33504567.
Excess Cerebrovascular Mortality in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Sharma R, Kuohn LR, Weinberger DM, Warren JL, Sansing LH, Jasne A, Falcone G, Dhand A, Sheth KN. Stroke. 2021 Jan; 2021 Jan 12. PMID: 33430638.
Determining the serotype composition of mixed samples of pneumococcus using whole-genome sequencing.Knight JR, Dunne EM, Mulholland EK, Saha S, Satzke C, Tothpal A, Weinberger DM. Microb Genom. 2021 Jan. PMID: 33355528.
Effect of ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction on pneumonia hospital admissions in Fiji: a time-series analysis.Reyburn R, Tuivaga E, Nguyen CD, Ratu FT, Nand D, Kado J, Tikoduadua L, Jenkins K, de Campo M, Kama M, Devi R, Rafai E, Weinberger DM, Mulholland EK, Russell FM. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Jan; 2020 Nov 20. PMID: 33227258.

2020

Navigating Through Health Care Data Disrupted by the COVID-19 Pandemic.Shioda K, Weinberger DM, Mori M. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Dec 1. PMID: 33044501.
Evaluating post-vaccine expansion patterns of pneumococcal serotypes.Phillips MT, Warren JL, Givon-Lavi N, Tothpal A, Regev-Yochay G, Dagan R, Weinberger DM. Vaccine. 2020 Nov 17; 2020 Oct 22. PMID: 33164799.
Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumonia hospitalization and mortality in children and elderly in Ecuador: Time series analyses.Jimbo Sotomayor R, Toscano CM, Sánchez Choez X, Vilema Ortíz M, Rivas Condo J, Ghisays G, Haneuse S, Weinberger DM, McGee G, de Oliveira LH. Vaccine. 2020 Oct 21; 2020 Sep 25. PMID: 32981782.
Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-July 2020.Woolf SH, Chapman DA, Sabo RT, Weinberger DM, Hill L, Taylor DDH. JAMA. 2020 Oct 20. PMID: 33044483.
Estimating the power to detect a change caused by a vaccine from time series data.Weinberger DM, Warren JL. Gates Open Res. 2020; 2020 Oct 19. PMID: 33117962.
Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater tracks community infection dynamics.Peccia J, Zulli A, Brackney DE, Grubaugh ND, Kaplan EH, Casanovas-Massana A, Ko AI, Malik AA, Wang D, Wang M, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, Arnold W, Omer SB. Nat Biotechnol. 2020 Oct; 2020 Sep 18. PMID: 32948856.
Estimation 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. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Oct 1. PMID: 32609310.
Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine uptake on childhood pneumonia mortality across income levels in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.Shioda K, Toscano CM, Valenzuela MT, Huarcaya WV, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, de Oliveira LH. Gates Open Res. 2020; 2020 Sep 22. PMID: 33447734.
Pooling saliva to increase SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity.Watkins AE, Fenichel EP, Weinberger DM, Vogels CBF, Brackney DE, Casanovas-Massana A, Campbell M, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Datta R, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Iwasaki A, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Wyllie AL. medRxiv. 2020 Sep 3; 2020 Sep 3. PMID: 32909003.
Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-April 2020.Woolf SH, Chapman DA, Sabo RT, Weinberger DM, Hill L. JAMA. 2020 Aug 4. PMID: 32609307.
Pneumococcal Vaccines for Adults: What's Next?Weinberger DM, Shapiro ED. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 10. PMID: 31402388.
Estimating the early death toll of COVID-19 in the United States.Weinberger DM, Cohen T, Crawford FW, Mostashari F, Olson D, Pitzer VE, Reich NG, Russi M, Simonsen L, Watkins A, Viboud C. medRxiv. 2020 Apr 29; 2020 Apr 29. PMID: 32511293.
Correlates of Nonrandom Patterns of Serotype Switching in Pneumococcus.Joshi SS, Al-Mamun MA, Weinberger DM. J Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 27. PMID: 31875229.
The impact of changes in diagnostic testing practices on estimates of COVID-19 transmission in the United States.Pitzer VE, Chitwood M, Havumaki J, Menzies NA, Perniciaro S, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, Cohen T. medRxiv. 2020 Apr 24; 2020 Apr 24. PMID: 32511624.
Estimating Serotype-specific Efficacy of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Using Hierarchical Models.Warren JL, Weinberger DM. Epidemiology. 2020 Mar. PMID: 31913908.
Prevalence of Infection and Co-Infection and Presence of Rickettsial Endosymbionts in Ixodes Scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Connecticut, USA.Pokutnaya D, Molaei G, Weinberger DM, Vossbrinck CR, Diaz AJ. J Parasitol. 2020 Feb. PMID: 31971489.
Identifying signatures of the impact of rotavirus vaccines on hospitalizations using sentinel surveillance data from Latin American countries.Shioda K, de Oliveira LH, Sanwogou J, Rey-Benito G, Nuñez Azzad D, Castillo RE, Gamarra Ramírez ML, Von Horoch MR, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. Vaccine. 2020 Jan 10; 2019 Oct 28. PMID: 31672333.

2019

Variation of growth characteristics of pneumococcus with environmental conditions.Tóthpál A, Desobry K, Joshi SS, Wyllie AL, Weinberger DM. BMC Microbiol. 2019 Dec 26; 2019 Dec 26. PMID: 31878880.
Using pneumococcal carriage studies to monitor vaccine impact in low- and middle-income countries.Chan J, Nguyen CD, Dunne EM, Kim Mulholland E, Mungun T, Pomat WS, Rafai E, Satzke C, Weinberger DM, Russell FM. Vaccine. 2019 Oct 8; 2019 Sep 6. PMID: 31500968.
Seroprevalence, Risk Factors, and Rodent Reservoirs of Leptospirosis in an Urban Community of Puerto Rico, 2015.Briskin EA, Casanovas-Massana A, Ryff KR, Morales-Estrada S, Hamond C, Perez-Rodriguez NM, Benavidez KM, Weinberger DM, Castro-Arellano I, Wunder EA, Sharp TM, Rivera-Garcia B, Ko AI. J Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 26. PMID: 31342075.
Estimating the True Burden of Legionnaires' Disease.Cassell K, Gacek P, Rabatsky-Ehr T, Petit S, Cartter M, Weinberger DM. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 Sep 1. PMID: 31225857.
Differences in the Impact of Pneumococcal Serotype Replacement in Individuals With and Without Underlying Medical Conditions.Weinberger DM, Warren JL, Dalby T, Shapiro ED, Valentiner-Branth P, Slotved HC, Harboe ZB. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Jun 18. PMID: 30321313.
Prevention of Pneumococcal Infections in Adults Using Conjugate Vaccines: No Easy Answers.Weinberger DM, Shapiro ED. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Jun 18. PMID: 30312380.
Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction on childhood pneumonia mortality in Brazil: a retrospective observational study.Schuck-Paim C, Taylor RJ, Alonso WJ, Weinberger DM, Simonsen L. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Feb. PMID: 30683242.
Association Between the Decline in Pneumococcal Disease in Unimmunized Adults and Vaccine-Derived Protection Against Colonization in Toddlers and Preschool-Aged Children.Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE, Regev-Yochay G, Givon-Lavi N, Dagan R. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 Jan 1. PMID: 30462150.
Challenges in Estimating the Impact of Vaccination with Sparse Data.Shioda K, Schuck-Paim C, Taylor RJ, Lustig R, Simonsen L, Warren JL, Weinberger DM. Epidemiology. 2019 Jan. PMID: 30334918.

2018

Reply to Rucinski et al.Cassell K, Gacek P, Warren JL, Raymond PA, Cartter M, Weinberger DM. J Infect Dis. 2018 Jul 13. PMID: 29659899.
Association Between Sporadic Legionellosis and River Systems in Connecticut.Cassell K, Gacek P, Warren JL, Raymond PA, Cartter M, Weinberger DM. J Infect Dis. 2018 Jan 4. PMID: 29211873.

2017

Pan-serotype Reduction in Progression of Streptococcus pneumoniae to Otitis Media After Rollout of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines.Lewnard JA, Givon-Lavi N, Weinberger DM, Lipsitch M, Dagan R. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 13. PMID: 29020218.
Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Pneumonia Hospitalizations in High- and Low-Income Subpopulations in Brazil.Warren JL, Shioda K, Kürüm E, Schuck-Paim C, Lustig R, Taylor RJ, Simonsen L, Weinberger DM. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 13. PMID: 29020195.
Bayesian Model Averaging with Change Points to Assess the Impact of Vaccination and Public Health Interventions.Kürüm E, Warren JL, Schuck-Paim C, Lustig R, Lewnard JA, Fuentes R, Bruhn CAW, Taylor RJ, Simonsen L, Weinberger DM. Epidemiology. 2017 Nov. PMID: 28767518.
Trends and correlates of cystic echinococcosis in Chile: 2001-2012.Colombe S, Togami E, Gelaw F, Antillon M, Fuentes R, Weinberger DM. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Sep; 2017 Sep 15. PMID: 28915247.
Declines in Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-Associated High-Grade Cervical Lesions After Introduction of HPV Vaccines in Connecticut, United States, 2008-2015.Niccolai LM, Meek JI, Brackney M, Hadler JL, Sosa LE, Weinberger DM. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Sep 15. PMID: 28520854.
Filling evidence gaps on the impact of pneumococcal vaccines.Weinberger DM. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Sep; 2017 Jun 7. PMID: 28601420.
Identifying climate drivers of infectious disease dynamics: recent advances and challenges ahead.Metcalf CJE, Walter KS, Wesolowski A, Buckee CO, Shevliakova E, Tatem AJ, Boos WR, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. Proc Biol Sci. 2017 Aug 16. PMID: 28814655.
Recurrent Potent Human Neutralizing Antibodies to Zika Virus in Brazil and Mexico.Robbiani DF, Bozzacco L, Keeffe JR, Khouri R, Olsen PC, Gazumyan A, Schaefer-Babajew D, Avila-Rios S, Nogueira L, Patel R, Azzopardi SA, Uhl LFK, Saeed M, Sevilla-Reyes EE, Agudelo M, Yao KH, Golijanin J, Gristick HB, Lee YE, Hurley A, Caskey M, Pai J, Oliveira T, Wunder EA Jr, Sacramento G, Nery N Jr, Orge C, Costa F, Reis MG, Thomas NM, Eisenreich T, Weinberger DM, de Almeida ARP, West AP Jr, Rice CM, Bjorkman PJ, Reyes-Teran G, Ko AI, MacDonald MR, Nussenzweig MC. Cell. 2017 May 4. PMID: 28475892.
Developing Better Pneumococcal Vaccines for Adults.Weinberger DM, Harboe ZB, Shapiro ED. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Mar 1. PMID: 28099668.
Improving Assessments of Population-level Vaccine Impact.Bruhn CA, Schuck-Paim C, Kürüm E, Taylor RJ, Simonsen L, Weinberger DM. Epidemiology. 2017 Mar. PMID: 27922531.
The burden of typhoid fever in low- and middle-income countries: A meta-regression approach.Antillón M, Warren JL, Crawford FW, Weinberger DM, Kürüm E, Pak GD, Marks F, Pitzer VE. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Feb; 2017 Feb 27. PMID: 28241011.
Estimating the population-level impact of vaccines using synthetic controls.Bruhn CA, Hetterich S, Schuck-Paim C, Kürüm E, Taylor RJ, Lustig R, Shapiro ED, Warren JL, Simonsen L, Weinberger DM. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Feb 14; 2017 Feb 1. PMID: 28154145.

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