2018
Direct and possible indirect effects of vaccination on rotavirus hospitalisations among children in Malawi four years after programmatic introduction
Bennett A, Pollock L, Jere K, Pitzer V, Parashar U, Tate J, Heyderman R, Mwansambo C, French N, Nakagomi O, Iturriza-Gomara M, Everett D, Cunliffe N, Bar-Zeev N, Consortium F. Direct and possible indirect effects of vaccination on rotavirus hospitalisations among children in Malawi four years after programmatic introduction. Vaccine 2018, 36: 7142-7148. PMID: 29887320, PMCID: PMC6238204, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.04.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-vaccine introductionPrevalence of rotavirusVaccine effectivenessRotavirus prevalenceAcute gastroenteritisVaccine introductionRotavirus hospitalisationsVaccine coverageEfficacy estimatesAdjusted vaccine effectivenessRotavirus vaccine introductionYears of ageUse of vaccinesUnvaccinated infantsRotavirus diarrheaRotavirus diseaseUnvaccinated childrenReferral hospitalRoutine immunisationMalawian childrenSevere diarrheaStool samplesImportant causePoisson regressionHospitalisation
2015
Environmental Drivers of the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the United States
Pitzer VE, Viboud C, Alonso WJ, Wilcox T, Metcalf CJ, Steiner CA, Haynes AK, Grenfell BT. Environmental Drivers of the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the United States. PLOS Pathogens 2015, 11: e1004591. PMID: 25569275, PMCID: PMC4287610, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004591.Peer-Reviewed Original Research