2024
Interactions 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 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
Direct and indirect mortality impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March 1, 2020 to January 1, 2022
Lee W, Park S, Weinberger D, Olson D, Simonsen L, Grenfell B, Viboud C. Direct and indirect mortality impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March 1, 2020 to January 1, 2022. ELife 2023, 12: e77562. PMID: 36811598, PMCID: PMC9946455, DOI: 10.7554/elife.77562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionCause mortalityExcess mortalitySARS-CoV-2 serologyException of cancerYounger age groupsCause excess mortalityCOVID-19 pandemicExternal causesOfficial COVID-19 statisticsExcess death estimatesCause deathHeart diseaseHealth burdenMortality studyStrict interventionsExcess deathsAge groupsMortalityInfectionMortality dataGreater riseMortality impactStudy periodMortality consequences