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View article: Differences in influenza testing and treatment in micropolitan versus metropolitan areas in the U.S. using medicare claims data from 2010 to 2016
Differences in influenza testing and treatment in micropolitan versus metropolitan areas in the U.S. using medicare claims data from 2010 to 2016 Open
Background To improve understanding of influenza and rurality, we investigated differences in influenza testing and anti-viral treatment rates between micropolitan (muSAs) and metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) using national medical cl…
View article: Inverse eigenvalue and related problems for hollow matrices described by graphs
Inverse eigenvalue and related problems for hollow matrices described by graphs Open
A hollow matrix described by a graph $G$ is a real symmetric matrix having all diagonal entries equal to zero and with the off-diagonal entries governed by the adjacencies in $G$. For a given graph $G$, the determination of all possible sp…
View article: Inverse eigenvalue and related problems for hollow matrices described by graphs
Inverse eigenvalue and related problems for hollow matrices described by graphs Open
A hollow matrix described by a graph $G$ is a real symmetric matrix having all diagonal entries equal to zero and with the off-diagonal entries governed by the adjacencies in $G$. For a given graph $G$, the determination of all possible sp…
View article: Severity of the COVID‐19 pandemic assessed with all‐cause mortality in the United States during 2020
Severity of the COVID‐19 pandemic assessed with all‐cause mortality in the United States during 2020 Open
Background In the United States, infection with SARS‐CoV‐2 caused 380,000 reported deaths from March to December 2020. Methods We adapted the Moving Epidemic Method to all‐cause mortality data from the United States to assess the severity …
View article: Household transmission of influenza A and B within a prospective cohort during the 2013‐2014 and 2014‐2015 seasons
Household transmission of influenza A and B within a prospective cohort during the 2013‐2014 and 2014‐2015 seasons Open
People living within the same household as someone ill with influenza are at increased risk of infection. Here, we use Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to partition the hazard of influenza illness within a cohort into the hazard from the c…
View article: Severity of the COVID-19 pandemic assessed with all-cause mortality in the United States during 2020.
Severity of the COVID-19 pandemic assessed with all-cause mortality in the United States during 2020. Open
Background. In the United States, infection with SARS-CoV-2 caused 380,000 reported deaths from March to December 2020. Methods. We adapted the Moving Epidemic Method to all-cause mortality data from the United States to assess the severit…
View article: Incidence of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among US Persons Infected With SARS-CoV-2
Incidence of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among US Persons Infected With SARS-CoV-2 Open
In this cohort study, MIS-C was a rare complication associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Estimates for population-based incidence and incidence among persons with infection were higher among Black, Hispanic or Latino, and Asian or Pacific…
View article: Revisiting Bias in Odds Ratios
Revisiting Bias in Odds Ratios Open
Ratio measures of effect, such as the odds ratio (OR), are consistent, but the presumption of their unbiasedness is founded on a false premise: The equality of the expected value of a ratio and the ratio of expected values. We show that th…
View article: Comparison of Estimated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seroprevalence Through Commercial Laboratory Residual Sera Testing and a Community Survey
Comparison of Estimated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seroprevalence Through Commercial Laboratory Residual Sera Testing and a Community Survey Open
We compared severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 seroprevalence estimated from commercial laboratory residual sera and a community household survey in metropolitan Atlanta during April and May 2020 and found these 2 estimates to…
View article: Estimated Community Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies — Two Georgia Counties, April 28–May 3, 2020
Estimated Community Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies — Two Georgia Counties, April 28–May 3, 2020 Open
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is ongoing in many communities throughout the United States. Although case-based and syndromic surveillance are critical for monitoring the pandemic, th…
View article: Issue Information
Issue Information Open
Aim and ScopeInfluenza and other respiratory viruses is the Official Journal of the International Society of Influenza and other respiratory virus diseases -an independent scientific professional society -dedicated to promoting the prevent…
View article: Coordinating the real‐time use of global influenza activity data for better public health planning
Coordinating the real‐time use of global influenza activity data for better public health planning Open
Health planners from global to local levels must anticipate year‐to‐year and week‐to‐week variation in seasonal influenza activity when planning for and responding to epidemics to mitigate their impact. To help with this, countries routine…
View article: Evaluating oseltamivir prescriptions in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services medical claims records as an indicator of seasonal influenza in the United States
Evaluating oseltamivir prescriptions in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services medical claims records as an indicator of seasonal influenza in the United States Open
Background Over 34 million residents of the United States aged 65 years and older are also Medicare prescription drug beneficiaries. Medical claims records for this age group potentially provide a wealth of data for better understanding in…
View article: Surveillance for Q Fever Endocarditis in the United States, 1999–2015
Surveillance for Q Fever Endocarditis in the United States, 1999–2015 Open
These data summarize a limited set of clinical and epidemiological features of Q fever endocarditis collected through passive surveillance in the United States. Some cases of apparent Q fever endocarditis could not be classified by CSTE la…
View article: Summary of Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Conditions — United States, 2014
Summary of Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Conditions — United States, 2014 Open
The Summary of Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Conditions-United States, 2014 (hereafter referred to as the summary) contains the official statistics, in tabular and graphic form, for the reported occurrence of nationally notifiable inf…
View article: Diagnosis and Management of Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis — United States
Diagnosis and Management of Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis — United States Open
Tickborne rickettsial diseases continue to cause severe illness and death in otherwise healthy adults and children, despite the availability of low-cost, effective antibacterial therapy. Recognition early in the clinical course is critical…