2022
Influenza Antiviral Use in Patients Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza in the United States, FluSurv-NET, 2015–2019
Tenforde M, Cummings C, O’Halloran A, Rothrock G, Kirley P, Alden N, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Openo K, Anderson E, Monroe M, Kim S, Nunez V, McMahon M, McMullen C, Khanlian S, Spina N, Muse A, Gaitán M, Felsen C, Lung K, Shiltz E, Sutton M, Thomas A, Talbot H, Schaffner W, Price A, Chatelain R, Reed C, Garg S. Influenza Antiviral Use in Patients Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza in the United States, FluSurv-NET, 2015–2019. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 10: ofac681. PMID: 36686630, PMCID: PMC9846184, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac681.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Spatial and temporal clustering of patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza in the United States
Sloan C, Chandrasekhar R, Mitchel E, Ndi D, Miller L, Thomas A, Bennett NM, Chai S, Spencer M, Eckel S, Spina N, Monroe M, Anderson EJ, Lynfield R, Yousey-Hindes K, Bargsten M, Zansky S, Lung K, Schroeder M, N Cummings C, Garg S, Schaffner W, Lindegren ML. Spatial and temporal clustering of patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza in the United States. Epidemics 2020, 31: 100387. PMID: 32371346, DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2020.100387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelative riskHospitalization burdenInfluenza Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkSocioeconomic factorsLaboratory-confirmed influenzaTiming of influenzaScan statistics analysisInfluenza seasonDisease burdenEpidemic timingSurveillance dataInfluenzaPandemic yearSpatial scan statisticSurveillance networkBurdenLocal socioeconomic factorsUnited StatesEpidemic intensityYearsPhase synchronyNational patternsPatientsSocioeconomicsFactors
2013
Patients Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza During the 2010–2011 Influenza Season: Exploring Disease Severity by Virus Type and Subtype
Chaves SS, Aragon D, Bennett N, Cooper T, D'Mello T, Farley M, Fowler B, Hancock E, Kirley PD, Lynfield R, Ryan P, Schaffner W, Sharangpani R, Tengelsen L, Thomas A, Thurston D, Williams J, Yousey-Hindes K, Zansky S, Finelli L. Patients Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza During the 2010–2011 Influenza Season: Exploring Disease Severity by Virus Type and Subtype. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2013, 208: 1305-1314. PMID: 23863950, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVirus type/subtypeAntiviral treatmentTypes/subtypesInfluenza seasonMedical conditionsNeuromuscular disordersOdds of severityPrompt antiviral treatmentChronic lung diseaseChronic metabolic diseaseHospitalized patientsIndependent predictorsMultivariable analysisInfluenza preventionLung diseasePopulation immunityB virusSevere diseaseHealthcare seekingMetabolic diseasesDisease severityVirus typeSurveillance dataVirus strainsPatients
2011
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Influenza Hospitalizations Among Children: New Haven County, Connecticut, 2003–2010
Yousey-Hindes KM, Hadler JL. Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Influenza Hospitalizations Among Children: New Haven County, Connecticut, 2003–2010. American Journal Of Public Health 2011, 101: 1785-1789. PMID: 21778498, PMCID: PMC3154248, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2011.300224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsPublic Health Disparities Geocoding ProjectNew Haven CountySurveillance dataMean annual incidenceIndividual case characteristicsAge 17 yearsNeighborhood socioeconomic statusInfluenza hospitalizationsInfluenza vaccinationInfluenza seasonAnnual incidenceHospitalization incidenceHospitalizationSocioeconomic status measuresStatus measuresSocioeconomic statusSES dataIncidenceSES measuresOngoing monitoringSES variablesChildrenTractCensus tractsRabid Foxes, Rabid Raccoons, and the Odds of a Human Bite Exposure, New York State, 19992007
Yousey-Hindes K, Newman A, Eidson M, Rudd R, Trimarchi C, Cherry B. Rabid Foxes, Rabid Raccoons, and the Odds of a Human Bite Exposure, New York State, 19992007. Journal Of Wildlife Diseases 2011, 47: 228-232. PMID: 21270014, DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.1.228.Peer-Reviewed Original Research