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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. Estimation of Excess Deaths Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020. JAMA Internal Medicine 2020, 180: 1336-1344. PMID: 32609310, PMCID: PMC7330834, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19Excess deathsOfficial COVID-19 deathsCoronavirus disease 2019Entire US populationPublic health impactCOVID-19 diagnostic testsCOVID-19 burdenCOVID-19 deathsCause deathReported deathsMortality burdenObservational studyDisease 2019Influenza activityMAIN OUTCOMEDeath AssociatedWeekly deathsTotal deathsUS deathsMore deathsDeath recordsUS populationHealth StatisticsTest availability
2010
Association of Serotype with Risk of Death Due to Pneumococcal Pneumonia: A Meta-Analysis
Weinberger DM, Harboe ZB, Sanders EA, Ndiritu M, Klugman KP, Rückinger S, Dagan R, Adegbola R, Cutts F, Johnson HL, O'Brien KL, Scott JA, Lipsitch M. Association of Serotype with Risk of Death Due to Pneumococcal Pneumonia: A Meta-Analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010, 51: 692-699. PMID: 20715907, PMCID: PMC2927802, DOI: 10.1086/655828.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseaseRisk of deathCarriage prevalenceHost factorsAssociation of serotypesLower comorbidity scorePooled effect estimatesStudy-specific estimatesNasopharyngeal carriage prevalenceCase fatality ratioSerotype-specific dataHigher carriage prevalenceRandom-effects methodBacteremic pneumoniaPooled RRComorbidity scorePneumococcal pneumoniaPneumococcal diseaseMeningitis patientsDisease outcomePotential confoundingPneumoniaSerotype 14Epidemiologic measuresMeta-Analysis