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Community factors associated with local epidemic timing of respiratory syncytial virus: A spatiotemporal modeling study
Zheng Z, Pitzer VE, Warren JL, Weinberger DM. Community factors associated with local epidemic timing of respiratory syncytial virus: A spatiotemporal modeling study. Science Advances 2021, 7: eabd6421. PMID: 34162556, PMCID: PMC8221622, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd6421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRespiratory syncytial virusEpidemic timingSyncytial virusRSV epidemicsBayesian meta-regression modelTiming of deliveryMaternal vaccinesMeta-regression modelsHospitalization dataLarge burdenEarly epidemicLarger household sizeYoung childrenTransmission dynamicsZip code levelEpidemicCommunity factorsEpidemic spreadFuture studiesVirusProphylaxisMorbidityVaccineFactors
2023
2618. Four Respiratory Viruses are Involved in the Majority of Community-Acquired Alveolar Pneumonia (CAAP) Episodes in Children < 5 Years
Dagan R, van der Beek B, Greenberg D, Ben-Shimol S, Keren-Naos A, Weinberger D, Danino D. 2618. Four Respiratory Viruses are Involved in the Majority of Community-Acquired Alveolar Pneumonia (CAAP) Episodes in Children < 5 Years. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.2231. PMCID: PMC10679033, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.2231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlveolar pneumoniaRespiratory virusesBacterial-viral coinfectionsOnly medical centerProspective active surveillanceYoung childrenGrant/research supportParainfluenza virusActive surveillanceMedical CenterNasal samplesHospitalizationPositive specimensEpidemiological activityViral detectionStudy periodViral activityMonthly incidenceMultiple studiesVirusPneumoniaChildrenEpisodesMain virusesRSV