2023
Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Pre-pandemic Among Adults Hospitalized With Congestive Heart Failure or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Older Adults
Tippett A, Ess G, Hussaini L, Reese O, Salazar L, Kelly M, Taylor M, Ciric C, Keane A, Cheng A, Gibson T, Li W, Hsiao H, Bristow L, Hellmeister K, Al-Husein Z, Hubler R, Begier E, Liu Q, Gessner B, Swerdlow D, Kamidani S, Kao C, Yildirim I, Rouphael N, Rostad C, Anderson E. Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Pre-pandemic Among Adults Hospitalized With Congestive Heart Failure or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Older Adults. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2023, 78: 1065-1072. PMID: 37946601, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad679.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfluenza-related hospitalizationsAcute respiratory illnessCongestive heart failureInfluenza vaccination historyInfluenza vaccine effectivenessVaccine effectivenessYears of ageCOPD exacerbationsHeart failureVaccination historyChronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbationsTest-negative case-control studyObstructive pulmonary disease exacerbationsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseAdjusted vaccine effectivenessHigh-risk comorbiditiesPulmonary disease exacerbationsObstructive pulmonary diseaseEligible study populationMultivariable logistic regressionConfidence intervalsCase-control studyRace/ethnicityVaccine registryDisease exacerbation
2021
Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Mortality Among Young Infants in Karachi, Pakistan: A Prospective Postmortem Surveillance Study
Kazi AM, Aguolu OG, Mughis W, Ahsan N, Jamal S, Khan A, Qureshi HM, Yildirim I, Malik FA, Omer SB. Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Mortality Among Young Infants in Karachi, Pakistan: A Prospective Postmortem Surveillance Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021, 73: s203-s209. PMID: 34472574, PMCID: PMC8411247, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory syncytial virusRespiratory symptomsInfant deathRSV seasonalityRole of RSVYoung infantsPresence of RSVMultivariable logistic regression analysisMaternal immunization strategiesSignificant mortality burdenVaccine-hesitant populationYoung infant deathsMultivariable logistic regressionCold-like symptomsSignificant predictorsLogistic regression analysisPostneonatal ageRSV mortalityRSV seasonMaternal immunizationInfant morbidityNasopharyngeal specimensNasopharyngeal swabsSyncytial virusRespiratory illness