2021
Provincial trends in Legionnaires’ disease are not explained by population structure in Denmark, 2015 to 2018
Cassell K, Thomas-Lopez D, Kjelsø C, Uldum S. Provincial trends in Legionnaires’ disease are not explained by population structure in Denmark, 2015 to 2018. Eurosurveillance 2021, 26: 2000036. PMID: 34169817, PMCID: PMC8229376, DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2021.26.25.2000036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of LDAge groupsSex distributionHigh incidenceIncidence of diseaseHighest annual incidenceRoutine surveillance dataUnexplained high incidencePoisson regression modelsAnnual incidenceIncidenceLD casesSurveillance dataDiseaseDisease incidenceDanish provinceLD incidenceHomogenous populationRegression modelsAgeProvincial trendsRiskYearly trendsPopulationGroup
2019
Estimating the True Burden of Legionnaires’ Disease
Cassell K, Gacek P, Rabatsky-Ehr T, Petit S, Cartter M, Weinberger DM. Estimating the True Burden of Legionnaires’ Disease. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2019, 188: 1686-1694. PMID: 31225857, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwz142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory syncytial virusTrue burdenLegionnaires' diseaseAge groupsLD casesCommunity-acquired pneumoniaObserved incidence ratesPercentage of casesInfluenza hospitalizationsSyncytial virusIncidence rateHospitalizationClinical settingEtiological studiesStudy periodMixed effects modelsDiseasePneumoniaEstimates of numbersInfluenzaBurdenTotalPopulationLegionellaUnderdiagnosis
2017
Association Between Sporadic Legionellosis and River Systems in Connecticut
Cassell K, Gacek P, Warren JL, Raymond PA, Cartter M, Weinberger DM. Association Between Sporadic Legionellosis and River Systems in Connecticut. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2017, 217: 179-187. PMID: 29211873, PMCID: PMC6279145, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix531.Peer-Reviewed Original Research