2025
Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in five US jurisdictions: Comparison of Delta and Omicron variants
Baker J, Nakayama J, O’Hegarty M, McGowan A, Teran R, Bart S, Sosa L, Brockmeyer J, English K, Mosack K, Bhattacharyya S, Khubbar M, Yerkes N, Campos B, Paegle A, McGee J, Herrera R, Pearlowitz M, Williams T, Kirking H, Tate J. Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in five US jurisdictions: Comparison of Delta and Omicron variants. PLOS ONE 2025, 20: e0313680. PMID: 39787187, PMCID: PMC11717262, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313680.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPublic health jurisdictionsTransmission riskGeneralized estimating equationsHealth jurisdictionsSARS-CoV-2 transmissionSARS-CoV-2Household contactsIndex casePrevention strategiesRisk estimatesImpact SARS-CoV-2 transmissionConfidence intervalsSymptom statusMultivariate modelUS jurisdictionsSARS-CoV-2 DeltaEstimate differencesHousehold transmission rateOmicron variantSocial factorsSource of SARS-CoV-2 transmissionCOVID-19 vaccine dosesSARS-CoV-2 variantsRiskSymptomatic index cases
2023
Estimated Effectiveness of JYNNEOS Vaccine in Preventing Mpox: A Multijurisdictional Case-Control Study — United States, August 19, 2022–March 31, 2023
Dalton A, Diallo A, Chard A, Moulia D, Deputy N, Fothergill A, Kracalik I, Wegner C, Markus T, Pathela P, Still W, Hawkins S, Mangla A, Ravi N, Licherdell E, Britton A, Lynfield R, Sutton M, Hansen A, Betancourt G, Rowlands J, Chai S, Fisher R, Danza P, Farley M, Zipprich J, Prahl G, Wendel K, Niccolai L, Castilho J, Payne D, Cohn A, Feldstein L, Group C, Group C, Saadeh K, Snyder R, Anderson M, Anguiano V, Nadle J, Rothrock G, Jones S, Duval L, Herlihy R, Stringer G, Weber R, Phan Q, Sosa L, Meek J, Lee M, Morrow A, Willut C, Carlson J, Kamis K, Nishiyama M, Simien G, Colasanti J, van der Woude T, Archer R, Finn L, Lam J, Moulton B, Peterson E, Bolan R, Garcia-Lopez G, Como-Sabetti K, Ruff A, Schneider D, Robinson T, Anderson B, Engesser K, McGuire S, Rowe A, Pride C, Mitchell J, Tourkina Y, Cieslak P, Fill M, Wiedeman C, Dumyati G, Felsen C, Lewnard J, Akoko B, Mansilla-Dubon K, Ndi D, Talbot H, Tiwari S, Wyatt D. Estimated Effectiveness of JYNNEOS Vaccine in Preventing Mpox: A Multijurisdictional Case-Control Study — United States, August 19, 2022–March 31, 2023. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2023, 72: 553-558. PMID: 37200229, PMCID: PMC10205167, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7220a3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdjusted vaccine effectivenessVaccine effectivenessCase-control studyFull vaccinationEmerging Infections Program sitesEmergency use authorizationDuration of protectionPrevention of smallpoxImmunocompetent participantsImmunocompromised participantsControl patientsImmunization PracticesPartial vaccinationIntradermal injectionSubcutaneous injectionVaccinationMonkeypox casesAdministration routeDrug AdministrationVaccine accessLaboratory capacityTransgender adultsVaccineTransgender personsAdvisory Committee
2022
Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years with Monkeypox — United States, May 17–September 24, 2022
Hennessee I, Shelus V, McArdle C, Wolf M, Schatzman S, Carpenter A, Minhaj F, Petras J, Cash-Goldwasser S, Maloney M, Sosa L, Jones S, Mangla A, Harold R, Beverley J, Saunders K, Adams J, Stanek D, Feldpausch A, Pavlick J, Cahill M, O’Dell V, Kim M, Alarcón J, Finn L, Goss M, Duwell M, Crum D, Williams T, Hansen K, Heddy M, Mallory K, McDermott D, Cuadera M, Adler E, Lee E, Shinall A, Thomas C, Ricketts E, Koonce T, Rynk D, Cogswell K, McLafferty M, Perella D, Stockdale C, Dell B, Roskosky M, White S, Davis K, Milleron R, Mackey S, Barringer L, Bruce H, Barrett D, D’Angeli M, Kocharian A, Klos R, Dawson P, Ellington S, Mayer O, Godfred-Cato S, Labuda S, McCormick D, McCollum A, Rao A, Salzer J, Kimball A, Gold J, Group C, Group C, Group C, Berumen R, Cosentino G, Getabecha S, Glaser C, Grosgebauer K, Harriman K, Haw M, Kamali A, Kath C, Kim E, Lewis L, Sachdev D, Salas M, Stainken C, Wadford D, Peters P, Vaidya A, Group C, Adkins S, Baird ;, Barrios L, Beeson A, Blackburn D, Borah B, Click E, Davidson W, Galang R, Hufstetler K, Hutchins H, Kourtis A, Miller M, Morris S, Olsen E, Roth N, Sims E, Chatham-Stephens K. Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years with Monkeypox — United States, May 17–September 24, 2022. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2022, 71: 1407-1411. PMID: 36331124, PMCID: PMC9639439, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7144a4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMale-to-male sexual contactPublic health priorityLt;18 yearsJurisdictional health departmentsSkin-to-skin contactChildren aged 0Adolescents aged <Intensive care unit (ICU)-level careUnited StatesHealth priorityNon-HispanicHealth departmentsPrevention informationMonkeypox virusAged 0Prevent additional infectionsRisk factorsCareAdolescentsClinical featuresMonkeypox vaccineChildrenLt;18Monkeypox casesSexual contactSARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant Transmission Within Households — Four U.S. Jurisdictions, November 2021–February 2022
Baker J, Nakayama J, O’Hegarty M, McGowan A, Teran R, Bart S, Mosack K, Roberts N, Campos B, Paegle A, McGee J, Herrera R, English K, Barrios C, Davis A, Roloff C, Sosa L, Brockmeyer J, Page L, Bauer A, Weiner J, Khubbar M, Bhattacharyya S, Kirking H, Tate J. SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant Transmission Within Households — Four U.S. Jurisdictions, November 2021–February 2022. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2022, 71: 341-346. PMID: 35238860, PMCID: PMC8893332, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7109e1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousehold contactsIndex patientCOVID-19 primary seriesSARS-CoV-2Prevention strategiesCOVID-19 booster doseEffectiveness of prevention strategiesBooster dosePrimary seriesOmicron infectionPatientsOmicron transmissionHousehold transmissionVariant transmissionInfected personsHousehold settingsCOVID-19Cases of COVID-19InfectionOmicron
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