2025
Evaluating the association between routine pneumococcal vaccination and COVID-19 severity among older adults in the United States: A case control study
Prunas O, Tiu A, Shioda K, Bansal S, Weinberger D. Evaluating the association between routine pneumococcal vaccination and COVID-19 severity among older adults in the United States: A case control study. Vaccine X 2025, 24: 100622. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2025.100622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 patientsCase-control studyIntensive care unitSevere respiratory symptomsPneumococcal vaccineSevere outcomesRespiratory symptomsOdds of progressionReceipt of pneumococcal vaccinationCOVID-19 severitySevere COVID-19 outcomesLogistic regression modelsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Streptococcus pneumoniaeAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Non-severeRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Care unitControlled studiesPatientsSyndrome coronavirus 2COVID-19 outcomesSARS-CoV-2VaccineCoronavirus 2
2024
A low-cost culture- and DNA extraction-free method for the molecular detection of pneumococcal carriage in saliva
Peno C, Lin T, Hislop M, Yolda-Carr D, Farjado K, York A, Pitzer V, Weinberger D, Bei A, Allicock O, Wyllie A. A low-cost culture- and DNA extraction-free method for the molecular detection of pneumococcal carriage in saliva. Microbiology Spectrum 2024, 12: e00591-24. PMID: 39028185, PMCID: PMC11370248, DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00591-24.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDetection of pneumococciDetection of pneumococcal carriagePneumococcal carriageCarriage surveillanceLow-resource settingsChildren attending childcare centersCarriage of pneumococciDNA extractionSaliva samplesMolecular methodsCultural enrichmentImprove surveillance effortsQPCR-based protocolPneumococcal vaccineExtraction-free methodMolecular detectionNucleic acid extractionVaccination strategiesPneumococciCulture-enrichment methodExtraction-free protocolPurified DNASalivaPaired samplesCarriageInteractions between respiratory syncytial virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in the pathogenesis of childhood respiratory infections: a systematic review
Besteman S, Bogaert D, Bont L, Mejias A, Ramilo O, Weinberger D, Dagan R. Interactions between respiratory syncytial virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in the pathogenesis of childhood respiratory infections: a systematic review. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2024, 12: 915-932. PMID: 38991585, DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(24)00148-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRespiratory syncytial virusChildhood respiratory infectionsRespiratory infectionsSyncytial virusStreptococcus pneumoniaeRespiratory syncytial virus vaccineLower respiratory tract infectionsRespiratory tract infectionsSystematic reviewGlobal health burdenYears of ageRSV hospitalisationTract infectionsPneumococcal vaccineSevere diseaseGlobal morbidityEpidemiological associationMonoclonal antibodiesPathogen-pathogen interactionsPneumococciInfectionHealth burdenPathogenesisHost modulationApproaches to disease prevention
2023
Worldwide Index of Serotype-Specific Pneumococcal Antibody Responses (WISSPAR): A curated database of clinical trial data
Perniciaro S, Cooper-Wooton D, Knoll M, Weinberger D. Worldwide Index of Serotype-Specific Pneumococcal Antibody Responses (WISSPAR): A curated database of clinical trial data. Gates Open Research 2023, 7: 109. PMID: 37564746, PMCID: PMC10409981, DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.14768.1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Estimating the power to detect a change caused by a vaccine from time series data
Weinberger D, Warren J. Estimating the power to detect a change caused by a vaccine from time series data. Gates Open Research 2020, 4: 27. DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13116.1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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