2020
Coast-to-Coast Spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the Early Epidemic in the United States
Fauver JR, Petrone ME, Hodcroft EB, Shioda K, Ehrlich HY, Watts AG, Vogels CBF, Brito AF, Alpert T, Muyombwe A, Razeq J, Downing R, Cheemarla NR, Wyllie AL, Kalinich CC, Ott IM, Quick J, Loman NJ, Neugebauer KM, Greninger AL, Jerome KR, Roychoudhury P, Xie H, Shrestha L, Huang ML, Pitzer VE, Iwasaki A, Omer SB, Khan K, Bogoch II, Martinello RA, Foxman EF, Landry ML, Neher RA, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND. Coast-to-Coast Spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the Early Epidemic in the United States. Cell 2020, 181: 990-996.e5. PMID: 32386545, PMCID: PMC7204677, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBetacoronavirusConnecticutCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Epidemiological MonitoringHumansLikelihood FunctionsPandemicsPhylogenyPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2TravelUnited StatesWashingtonConceptsSARS-CoV-2Federal travel restrictionsSARS-CoV-2 transmissionCOVID-19 patientsCoronavirus SARS-CoV-2SARS-CoV-2 introductionsEarly SARS-CoV-2 transmissionPattern of spreadSustained transmissionLocal surveillanceEarly epidemicInternational importationCOVID-19 outbreakUnited StatesViral genomeInternational travel patternsPatientsCritical needTravel restrictions
2014
Streptococcus pneumoniae in Saliva of Dutch Primary School Children
Wyllie AL, Chu ML, Schellens MH, van Engelsdorp Gastelaars J, Jansen MD, van der Ende A, Bogaert D, Sanders EA, Trzciński K. Streptococcus pneumoniae in Saliva of Dutch Primary School Children. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e102045. PMID: 25013895, PMCID: PMC4094488, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPneumoniae carriagePneumococcal carriagePneumococcal strainsMultiple pneumococcal strainsStreptococcus pneumoniae carriageS. pneumoniae carriageS. pneumoniae strainsNumber of serotypesDutch primary school childrenNasopharyngeal samplingSchool-aged childrenPneumococcal detectionSurveillance studyS. pneumoniaePneumoniae strainsStreptococcus pneumoniaeSerotype composition