2023
The Estimated Lifetime Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Lost Due to Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomoniasis in the United States in 2018
Li Y, You S, Lee K, Yaesoubi R, Hsu K, Gift T, Chesson H, Berruti A, Salomon J, Rönn M. The Estimated Lifetime Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Lost Due to Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomoniasis in the United States in 2018. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2023, 227: 1007-1018. PMID: 36806950, PMCID: PMC10112678, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLifetime QALYsSubstantial health lossesDuration of infectionCost-effectiveness analysisGenital chlamydiaInfection interventionTotal QALYsIncident infectionsChronic sequelaeInfection helpGonorrheaAge groupsChlamydiaInfectionMultivariate sensitivity analysisHealth lossTrichomoniasisQALYWomenSequelaeUnited StatesPrevention policiesQALYsPopulation levelLifetime quality
2022
Estimation of the Lifetime Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Lost Due to Syphilis Acquired in the United States in 2018
Lee K, You S, Li Y, Chesson H, Gift TL, Berruti AA, Hsu K, Yaesoubi R, Salomon JA, Rönn M. Estimation of the Lifetime Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Lost Due to Syphilis Acquired in the United States in 2018. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 76: e810-e819. PMID: 35684943, PMCID: PMC9907519, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality-adjusted life yearsCongenital syphilisHealth lossLife yearsNumber of QALYsTerms of QALYsLifetime numberBurden of syphilisSubstantial health lossesManagement of syphilisLifetime quality-adjusted life yearsAverage lifetime numberCost-effectiveness analysisPrimary infectionOverall burdenSyphilisNatural historyInfectionHealth impactsMSMChildrenMothersUnited StatesBurdenDecision tree model
2020
Tracking and predicting U.S. influenza activity with a real-time surveillance network
Leuba SI, Yaesoubi R, Antillon M, Cohen T, Zimmer C. Tracking and predicting U.S. influenza activity with a real-time surveillance network. PLOS Computational Biology 2020, 16: e1008180. PMID: 33137088, PMCID: PMC7707518, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza test resultsInfluenza activityU.S. influenza activityPhysician visitsInfluenza trendsInfluenza-like illness activityNational surveillance networkSurveillance networkInfluenza seasonCurrent burdenU.S. CentersIllness activityDisease controlUnited StatesLinear logistic modelVisitsLogistic modelValid estimatesProportion
2018
Prospects for Tuberculosis Elimination in the United States: Results of a Transmission Dynamic Model
Menzies NA, Cohen T, Hill AN, Yaesoubi R, Galer K, Wolf E, Marks SM, Salomon JA. Prospects for Tuberculosis Elimination in the United States: Results of a Transmission Dynamic Model. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2018, 187: 2011-2020. PMID: 29762657, PMCID: PMC6119121, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwy094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTB preventionTB eliminationLatent TB infection (LTBI) screeningTB case detectionHigh-risk populationImportant health benefitsTransmission dynamic modelIncident TBActive TBTuberculosis eliminationInfection testingTB controlTB incidenceEpidemiologic evidenceTB transmissionInfection screeningCase detectionTuberculosis trendsUS populationRisk determinantsHealth benefitsTreatment qualityUnited StatesTreatment activitiesTreatment