Infectious Diseases

Infectious diseases are one of the main drivers of global mortality and morbidity and are a major factor in health inequities. The Yale School of Public Health has well-established interdisciplinary strengths in HIV/AIDS, vaccine development and disease modeling and is a leader in the international response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the school is known for its etiological research in vector-borne diseases, neglected tropical diseases and global health.

Laboratory Science

The Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases has an established record of public health discovery through laboratory science. In the school’s first century, YSPH led the fight against poliomyelitis, housed the Arbovirus Research Unit which moved from the Rockefeller Foundation to Yale in 1964 (and was home to Nobel prize-winning scientist Max Theiler and other prominent scientists), as well as the WHO serum bank. Today, Yale is home to several modern laboratories that address vector-borne diseases transmitted by tsetse flies, ticks, mosquitoes and sand flies. In addition, our scientists are pursuing solutions to respiratory ailments, antibiotic resistance, diagnostic testing, vaccine development and infections related to STIs and intravenous drug use.

Recent Publications

Structure, conservation and health implications of urban wild meat value chains: A case study of Lagos, Nigeria.Akpan SN, van Hooft P, Happi AN, Buij R, van Langevelde F, Cook EAJ, Hassell JM, Zimmerman DM, Masudi SP, Happi CT, Thomas LF. One Health. 2025 Jun; 2025 Feb 14. PMID: 40040920.
Exploring barriers and potential solutions before implementing a scale-up strategy to expand methadone coverage among people who inject drugs in Tajikistan.O'Hara GL, Madden LM, Burkhonov A, Alaei A, Mohsinzoda G, Bromberg DJ, Abdullozoda J, Yusufi SJ, Altice FL. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 May; 2025 Mar 24. PMID: 40139416.
Implementing a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) promotion intervention among persons who inject drugs: Perspectives from community and research implementation partners.Warnock CA, Mistler C, Viera A, Harsono D, Weiss J, Davidson D, Bailey GL, Buchelli M, Eggert K, Rose R, Montgomery J, Robinson P, Rojas Perez OF, Pickering E, Rash CJ, Edelman EJ. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 May; 2025 Mar 6. PMID: 40057242.
Exploration of the multi-level barriers to scaling up methadone for HIV prevention among people who inject drugs in Kazakhstan.Liberman AR, Rozental Y, Ivasiy R, Kussainova AZ, Primbetova S, Madden LM, Terlikbayeva A, Altice FL. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 May; 2025 Feb 20. PMID: 39986387.
Long-term mortality trends among individuals with tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study of individuals diagnosed with tuberculosis in Brazil.Kim S, Pelissari DM, Harada LO, Sanchez M, Oliveira PB, Johansen FDC, Maciel ELN, Cohen T, Castro MC, Menzies NA. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 18; 2025 Apr 18. PMID: 40249758.
The validity of test-negative design for assessment of typhoid conjugate vaccine protection: comparison of estimates by different study designs using data from a cluster-randomised controlled trial.Feng S, Zhang Y, Khanam F, Voysey M, Pitzer VE, Qadri F, Clemens JD, Pollard AJ, Liu X. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Apr 16; 2025 Apr 16. PMID: 40252689.
Strengthening the US Health Workforce to End the HIV Epidemic: Lessons Learned From 11 Ending the HIV Epidemic Jurisdictions.Marotta PL, Humphries D, Escudero D, Katz DA, Rosen JG, Hill SV, Glick JL, Li DH, Elopre L, Ghadimi F, Beidas RS, Bauermeister J, Bonett S, Cameron DB, Nelson LE, Rajabiun S, Hearld LR, Kermani M, Stoltman S, Payne D, Ibitayo T, Alam F, Williams A, Ott C, Kay E, Chrestman S, Batey S, Smith LR, Lanzi RG, Musgrove K, Malagon M, Bailey-Webb J, Momplaisir F, Gross R, Gross G, Kaser T, Brown T, Carter CR, Mugavero M, Valeriano T, Shaw S, Wagner AD, Atiba B, Brewer RA. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Apr 15. PMID: 40163070.
Generating Evidence for Effective HIV Implementation at Scale: The Value and Feasibility of a Network for Implementation Science in HIV.Schwartz S, Benbow N, Brewer RA, Beres LK, Humphries DL, Elopre LE, Lee SJ, Karris MY, Rosen JG, Kassanits J, Rana A, Blumenthal J, Jones JL, Gaines Lanzi R, Kao U, Valeriano T, Hamilton A, Mustanski B, Vermund SH. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Apr 15. PMID: 40163056.
Community Engagement to Empowerment: Emphasizing Relationships, Process, Resources, and Context to Strengthen Community Engagement in EHE Research Partnerships.Simon CL, Carlisle NA, Kermani M, Cole C, Harris M, Kay E, Musgrove K, Williams E Jr, Ott C, Humphries D, Lanzi RG. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Apr 15. PMID: 40163055.
Improving Community-Engaged Implementation Science: Perspectives From "Ending the HIV Epidemic" Supplement Award Cases in the United States.Beres LK, Harkness A, Corcoran J, Datar R, Corneli A, Ross J, Pyra M, Rucinski K, Betancourt G, Marotta P, Serrano P, Kemp CG, Hoffmann CJ, Baral S, Schwartz S, Humphries D. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Apr 15. PMID: 40163054.
Community-Engaged Research in HIV Implementation Science: Characterizing Academic and Community Partnerships in the "Ending the HIV Epidemic" Supplement Awards.Datar R, Schwartz S, Gomez W, Katz DA, Morales G, Humphries D, Pettit A, Harkness A, Serrano PA, Gaines Lanzi R, Sales JM, Archiopoli C, Baral S, Beres LK. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Apr 15. PMID: 40163053.
Building the Road to End the HIV Epidemic Through Coordinating and Capacity-Building Hubs to Enhance the Science of HIV Implementation REsearch (CHESHIRE): Reflections and Directions.Humphries DL, Audet CM, Balasubramanian BA, Benbow N, Kemp CG, Lanzi RG, Lee SJ, Mestel H, Morshed AB, Mustanski B, Pettit A, Rabin BA, Sadler O, Hamilton AB, Millett ME, Schwartz S, Sherr K, Stadnick NA, Li DH. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Apr 15. PMID: 40163052.
Epigenetic Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood of People With Neurosyphilis.Mostaghimi D, Mehta S, Yoon J, Kosana P, Marra CM, Corley MJ, Farhadian SF. J Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 15. PMID: 39356164.
Rural and urban differences in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and acceptability among Black cisgender women living in the U.S. South.Sharma A, Revees J, Heron K, Shangani S. AIDS Care. 2025 Apr 14; 2025 Apr 14. PMID: 40226966.
Reflections on Advocacy as a Foundation of Global Health Law.Gonsalves G. J Law Med Ethics. 2025 Apr 14; 2025 Apr 14. PMID: 40223590.
Integrating genomic and spatial analyses to describe tuberculosis transmission: a scoping review.Lan Y, Rancu I, Chitwood MH, Sobkowiak B, Nyhan K, Lin HH, Wu CY, Mathema B, Brown TS, Colijn C, Warren JL, Cohen T. Lancet Microbe. 2025 Apr 11; 2025 Apr 11. PMID: 40228509.
Attitudes of California school personnel on potential COVID-19 vaccine mandates and state law SB277 to remove nonmedical vaccine exemptions.Dudley MZ, Zapf AJ, Delamater P, Proveaux TM, Schuh HB, Buttenheim AM, Schwartz JL, Klein NP, Goddard K, Patel KM, Omer SB, Salmon DA. Vaccine. 2025 Apr 11; 2025 Feb 21. PMID: 39985971.
Health impact and cost-effectiveness of testing and treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among Asian and Hispanic persons with diagnosed diabetes in the United States.Swartwood NA, Haddad MB, Marks SM, Beeler Asay GR, Horsburgh CR Jr, Cohen T, Menzies NA. Value Health. 2025 Apr 10; 2025 Apr 10. PMID: 40220866.
Target Trial Emulation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Versus No Infection and Risk of Post-Coronavirus Disease 2019 Conditions in the Omicron Variant Versus Prior Eras.Ioannou GN, Berry K, Rajeevan N, Li Y, Yan L, Huang Y, Bui D, Hynes DM, Rowneki M, Hickok A, Niederhausen M, Shahoumian TA, Bohnert A, Boyko EJ, Korpak A, Fox A, Baraff A, Iwashyna TJ, Maciejewski ML, Smith VA, Berkowitz TSZ, Pura JA, Hebert P, Wong ES, O'Hare AM, Osborne TF, Viglianti EM, Aslan M, Bajema KL. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 10; 2025 Apr 10. PMID: 40208261.
Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir versus placebo-ritonavir in individuals with long COVID in the USA (PAX LC): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2, decentralised trial.Sawano M, Bhattacharjee B, Caraballo C, Khera R, Li SX, Herrin J, Christian D, Coppi A, Warner F, Holub J, Henriquez Y, Johnson MA, Goddard TB, Rocco E, Hummel AC, Mouslmani MA, Hooper WB, Putrino DF, Carr KD, Charnas L, De Jesus M, Nepert D, Abreu P, Ziegler FW 3rd, Spertus JA, Iwasaki A, Krumholz HM. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 3; 2025 Apr 3. PMID: 40188838.
A Remote Intervention Based on mHealth and Community Health Workers for Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in People With HIV: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Shourya S, Liu J, McInerney S, Casimir T, Kenniff J, Kershaw T, Batey D, Schnall R. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Apr 2; 2025 Apr 2. PMID: 40173448.
Distribution and transmission of M. tuberculosis in a high-HIV prevalence city in Malawi: A genomic and spatial analysis.Chitwood MH, Corbett EL, Ndhlovu V, Sobkowiak B, Colijn C, Andrews JR, Burke RM, Cudahy PGT, Dodd PJ, Imai-Eaton JW, Engelthaler DM, Folkerts M, Feasey HRA, Lan Y, Lewis J, McNichol J, Menzies NA, Chipungu G, Nliwasa M, Weinberger DM, Warren JL, Salomon JA, MacPherson P, Cohen T. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 2025 Apr 2. PMID: 40173177.
Comparative pangenomics of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Malawi: uncovering genetic variability and pathogenicity.Iranzadeh A, Alisoltani A, Kiran AM, Breiman RF, Chaguza C, Peno C, Cornick JE, Everett DB, Mulder N. Microb Genom. 2025 Apr. PMID: 40232949.
Environmental and Health Care Personnel Sampling and Unobserved Clostridium difficile Transmission in ICU.Keegan LT, Tanner W, Orleans B, Slayton RB, Jernigan JA, McDonald LC, Noble-Wang J, Leecaster M, Haroldsen C, Khader K, Toth DJA, O'Sullivan T, Samore MH, Brazelton W, Rubin M. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 1; 2025 Apr 1. PMID: 40184069.
Changes in incarceration and tuberculosis notifications from prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the Americas: a time-series analysis of national surveillance data.Zheng A, Faust L, Harries AD, Avedillo P, Akodu M, Galvan M, Barreto-Duarte B, Andrade BB, Ugarte-Gil C, Garcia-Basteiro AL, Espinal M, Warren JL, Martinez L. Lancet Public Health. 2025 Apr. PMID: 40175010.
Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of fractional vs. full booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines: a non-inferiority, randomised, double-blind, phase IV clinical trial in Brazil.Moreira Puga MA, Dias de Oliveira R, Vieira da Silva P, Charu V, Hedlin H, Lu D, Zhang A, Shaw B, Rosser JI, Seidman JC, Carter AS, Qamar FN, Luby SP, Garrett DO, Croda J. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2025 Apr; 2025 Feb 22. PMID: 40083966.
Retention and dropout from sublingual and extended-release buprenorphine treatment: A comparative analysis of data from a nationally representative sample of commercially-insured people with opioid use disorder in the United States.Ivasiy R, Madden LM, Johnson KA, Machavariani E, Ahmad B, Oliveros D, Tan J, Kil N, Altice FL. Int J Drug Policy. 2025 Apr; 2025 Feb 27. PMID: 40020306.
Potential Clinical and Economic Impacts of Cutbacks in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Program in South Africa : A Modeling Analysis.Gandhi AR, Bekker LG, Paltiel AD, Hyle EP, Ciaranello AL, Pillay Y, Freedberg KA, Neilan AM. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Apr; 2025 Feb 11. PMID: 39932732.
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Expanded Targeted Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among the Medicare Population in 2022.Li Y, Marks SM, Beeler Asay GR, Winston CA, Pepin D, McClure S, Swartwood NA, Cohen T, Horsburgh CR Jr, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Apr; 2025 Feb 7. PMID: 39918348.
Urology on a changing planet: links between climate change and urological disease.Cole AP, Qian Z, Gupta N, Leapman M, Zurl H, Trinh QD, Sherman JD, Loeb S, Iyer HS. Nat Rev Urol. 2025 Apr; 2025 Jan 28. PMID: 39875561.
Content Analysis of Austrian Print and Online Newspaper Coverage of Breastfeeding Over Two Decades.Zuckerhut B, Naderer B, Eberl JM, Tolochko P, Lercher L, Jirovsky-Platter E, Winzer E, Hromi-Fiedler A, Pérez-Escamilla R, Wakolbinger M. Matern Child Nutr. 2025 Apr; 2025 Jan 9. PMID: 39783777.
Perspectives on Clinical Pharmacist-Delivered Contingency Management to Promote Smoking Abstinence Among Individuals with HIV: A Qualitative Study.Bavishi P, Harsono D, Mistler C, Ledgerwood DM, Bold KW, Sigel K, Weiss J, Yager JE, Bernstein SL, Edelman EJ. AIDS Behav. 2025 Apr; 2025 Jan 7. PMID: 39776014.
Activity Space Mapping and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Sexual Minority Men in Small Cities and Towns in the United States.Takenaka BP, Barbour R, Kirklewski SJ, Nicholson E, Tengatenga C, Hansen NB, Kershaw T. AIDS Behav. 2025 Apr; 2025 Jan 2. PMID: 39745597.
Long COVID Characteristics and Experience: A Descriptive Study From the Yale LISTEN Research Cohort.Sawano M, Wu Y, Shah RM, Zhou T, Arun AS, Khosla P, Kaleem S, Vashist A, Bhattacharjee B, Ding Q, Lu Y, Caraballo C, Warner F, Huang C, Herrin J, Putrino D, Michelsen T, Fisher L, Adinig C, Iwasaki A, Krumholz HM. Am J Med. 2025 Apr; 2024 Apr 24. PMID: 38663793.
Tick feeding or vaccination with tick antigens elicits immunity to the Ixodes scapularis exoproteome in guinea pigs and humans.Hart TM, Cui Y, Telford SR, Marín-López A, Calloway K, Dai Y, Matias J, DePonte K, Jaycox J, DeBlasio M, Hoornstra D, Belperron AA, Cibichakravarthy B, Johnson EE, Alameh MG, Dwivedi G, Hovius JWR, Bockenstedt LK, Weissman D, Ring AM, Fikrig E. Sci Transl Med. 2025 Mar 26; 2025 Mar 26. PMID: 40138454.
Vaccination for prevention of hearing loss: a scoping review.Johri M, Téhinian S, Pérez Osorio MC, Barış E, Wahl B. Commun Med (Lond). 2025 Mar 24; 2025 Mar 24. PMID: 40128310.
Reporting of Fairness Metrics in Clinical Risk Prediction Models Used for Precision Health: Scoping Review.Rountree L, Lin YT, Liu C, Salvatore M, Admon A, Nallamothu B, Singh K, Basu A, Bu F, Mukherjee B. Online J Public Health Inform. 2025 Mar 19; 2025 Mar 19. PMID: 39962044.
Wild Florida mottled ducks demonstrate strong heterogeneity in their humoral innate immune response.Ayala AJ, Cheng M, Hellinger TA, McBride KM, Webb J, Fanning A, Snyder P, Ferragamo M, Garcia SC, Sterner N, Bischoff KL, Almagro-Moreno S, Ogbunugafor CB. PLoS One. 2025; 2025 Mar 17. PMID: 40096078.
Controversy in Hypertension: Pro-Side of the Argument Using Artificial Intelligence for Hypertension Diagnosis and Management.Armoundas AA, Ahmad FS, Attia ZI, Doudesis D, Khera R, Kyriakoulis KG, Stergiou GS, Tang WHW. Hypertension. 2025 Mar 17; 2025 Mar 17. PMID: 40091745.
Debunking COVID-19 vaccine misinformation with an audio drama in Ghana, a randomized control trial.Winters M, Christie S, Melchinger H, Iddrisu I, Al Hassan H, Ewart E, Mosley L, Alhassan R, Shani N, Nyamuame D, Lepage C, Thomson A, Atif AN, Omer SB. Sci Rep. 2025 Mar 15; 2025 Mar 15. PMID: 40089600.
Relating in vivo RSV infection kinetics to host infectiousness in different age groups.Li K, Bont LJ, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. J Infect Dis. 2025 Mar 14; 2025 Mar 14. PMID: 40085821.
Corruption risks in COVID-19 vaccine deployment: lessons learned for future pandemic preparedness.Saeed G, Kohler JC. Global Health. 2025 Mar 7; 2025 Mar 7. PMID: 40055685.
This is fine: Using memes to examine resilience, coping, and community for sexual minority men and nonbinary individuals during COVID-19.Griffith FJ, Kirklewski S, Takenaka BP, Nicholson E, Lauckner CK, Gibbs JJ, Hansen NB, Kershaw T. Am J Community Psychol. 2025 Mar 7; 2025 Mar 7. PMID: 40053866.
Global estimates of rotavirus vaccine efficacy and effectiveness: a rapid review and meta-regression analysis.Prunas O, Asare EO, Sajewski E, Li Y, Pithawala Z, Weinberger DM, Warren JL, Armah GE, Cunliffe NA, Iturriza-Gómara M, Lopman BA, Pitzer VE. EClinicalMedicine. 2025 Mar; 2025 Mar 4. PMID: 40115174.
A Streamlined Point-of-Care CRISPR Test for Tuberculosis Detection Directly from Sputum.Dunkley ORS, Bell AG, Modi NH, Huang Y, Tseng S, Reiss R, Daivaa N, Davis JL, Vargas DA, Banada P, Xie YL, Myhrvold C. medRxiv. 2025 Mar 4; 2025 Mar 4. PMID: 40034782.
Digital Marketing Claims and Their Association With the Perceptions of Parents of Children Under 2 Years Old of Commercial Milk Formulas in Mexico.Aureoles-García V, Unar-Munguía M, Santos-Guzmán A, Tolentino-Mayo L, Pérez-Escamilla R. Matern Child Nutr. 2025 Mar 2; 2025 Mar 2. PMID: 40023779.
Adaptation and validation of perceived HIV and TB stigma scales among persons with TB.Ponticiello MN, Nanziri LM, Hennein R, Ochom E, Gupta AJ, Turimumahoro P, White MA, Armstrong-Hough M, Katamba A, Davis JL. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2025 Mar 1. PMID: 40052658.
Long COVID has variable incidence and clinical presentations: our 6-country collaborative study.Szabo S, Muzyka I, Muller V, Szabo AJ, Szijártó A, Gyires K, Doczi T, Janszky J, Stengel A, Göpel S, Trichopoulou A, Diaz R, Camacho N, Malatinszky G, Lambrecht N, Zayachkivska O. Inflammopharmacology. 2025 Mar; 2025 Feb 21. PMID: 39982603.
Association between city-level sociodemographic and health factors and the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea in the US, 2000-2019: a spatial-temporal modeling study.Li J, Murray-Watson RE, St Cyr SB, Grad YH, Warren JL, Yaesoubi R. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2025 Mar; 2025 Jan 31. PMID: 39968293.
Prescribing methadone in prison predicts linkage to HIV care after release from prison: A randomized and patient preference trial.Mobley AM, Wegman MP, Bazazi AR, Shenoi SV, Bromberg DJ, Ahmad A, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. Int J Drug Policy. 2025 Mar; 2025 Feb 8. PMID: 39923270.
Characterising the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein antibody response.Noble CCA, McDonald E, Nicholson S, Biering-Sørensen S, Pittet LF, Byrne AL, Croda J, Dalcolmo M, Lacerda MVG, Lucas M, Lynn DJ, Prat Aymerich C, Richmond PC, Warris A, Curtis N, Messina NL. J Infect. 2025 Mar; 2025 Feb 6. PMID: 39922387.
Effectiveness of the 2023-to-2024 XBB.1.5 COVID-19 Vaccines Over Long-Term Follow-up : A Target Trial Emulation.Ioannou GN, Berry K, Rajeevan N, Li Y, Yan L, Huang Y, Lin HM, Bui D, Hynes DM, Rowneki M, Bohnert A, Boyko EJ, Iwashyna TJ, Maciejewski ML, Smith VA, Berkowitz TSZ, O'Hare AM, Viglianti EM, Aslan M, Bajema KL. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Mar; 2025 Feb 4. PMID: 39903865.
Severity and Long-Term Mortality of COVID-19, Influenza, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus.Bajema KL, Bui DP, Yan L, Li Y, Rajeevan N, Vergun R, Berry K, Huang Y, Lin HM, Aslan M, Ioannou GN. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Mar 1. PMID: 39869355.
Pre-to-post COVID-19 pandemic trends in time from emergency department arrival to inpatient floor arrival: Door to floor time.Loza AJ, Sangal RB, Gielissen KA, Melnick ER, Sankey C, Ostfeld-Johns S. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Mar; 2024 Dec 22. PMID: 39731897.
Health-related quality of life among extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients and inequalities by disease manifestations: a longitudinal study analysing the impact of TB treatment.Hassan S, Purohit MR, Kanthali M, Yaesoubi R, Jain S, Mustafa T. Qual Life Res. 2025 Mar; 2024 Dec 5. PMID: 39636513.
Transformation of the HIV treatment cascade for people who inject drugs in Ukraine.Bromberg DJ, Rhoades D, Madden LM, Ivasiy R, Meteliuk A, Pykalo I, Filippovych M, Nikitin BM, Farnum SO, Fomenko T, Dvoriak S, Altice FL. AIDS. 2025 Mar 1; 2024 Dec 13. PMID: 39589135.
Individual and System-level Factors Contributing to Guideline Nonadherent Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis at a Tertiary Healthcare System: A Qualitative Analysis.Bardia A, Melnick ER, McCall T, Zhao X, Lin HM, Fisher C, Burg MM, Schonberger RB. Anesthesiology. 2025 Mar 1; 2024 Nov 18. PMID: 39556527.
Effects of Buprenorphine, Methadone, and Substance Use on COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality.Christian NJ, Zhou X, Radhakrishnan R. J Addict Med. 2025 Mar-Apr 01; 2024 Oct 30. PMID: 39475125.
Clinician and Practice Characteristics Associated With Support of Office-based Methadone: Findings From a National Survey.Sung ML, Black AC, Blevins D, Henry BF, Cates-Wessel K, Dawes MA, Hagle H, Joudrey PJ, Molfenter T, Levin FR, Fiellin DA, Edelman EJ. J Addict Med. 2025 Mar-Apr 01; 2024 Oct 30. PMID: 39475119.
HIV Symptom Clusters Among Sexual Minority Men in Ghana, West Africa: A Cross-sectional Study.Akyirem S, Tong G, Aidoo-Frimpong G, Abwoye DN, López DJ, Wilton L, Nelson LE. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2025 Mar-Apr 01; 2024 Aug 29. PMID: 39208416.
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB outcomes in the United States: a Bayesian analysis.Swartwood NA, Cohen T, Marks SM, Hill AN, Beeler Asay GR, Self J, Feng PI, Horsburgh CR Jr, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 27; 2025 Feb 27. PMID: 40036593.
Racism-related stress, health outcomes, substance use, and PrEP attitudes among Asian sexual minority men.Chin LL, Kershaw T, Hernandez-Ramirez RU, Ramos SR. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 27; 2025 Feb 27. PMID: 40016341.
Optimal Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Boosting Dates Following Previous Booster Vaccination or Breakthrough Infection.Townsend JP, Hassler HB, Dornburg A. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 24. PMID: 39589144.
The role of viral interference in shaping RSV epidemics following the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.Li K, Thindwa D, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. medRxiv. 2025 Feb 19; 2025 Feb 19. PMID: 38464193.
The Pathogenetic Link Between Ozone Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease.Schneider A, Chen K, Breitner S. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Feb 18; 2025 Jan 22. PMID: 39846937.
Experiences of gender-affirming practices in healthcare settings and HIV testing among transgender and nonbinary young adults in the United States.Mehta N, Noh M, Agénor M, Murchison GR, Hughto JMW, Nelson KM, Gordon AR. AIDS Care. 2025 Feb 16; 2025 Feb 16. PMID: 39955619.
Machine learning models predict long COVID outcomes based on baseline clinical and immunologic factors.Jayavelu ND, Samaha H, Wimalasena ST, Hoch A, Gygi JP, Gabernet G, Ozonoff A, Liu S, Milliren CE, Levy O, Baden LR, Melamed E, Ehrlich LIR, McComsey GA, Sekaly RP, Cairns CB, Haddad EK, Schaenman J, Shaw AC, Hafler DA, Montgomery RR, Corry DB, Kheradmand F, Atkinson MA, Brakenridge SC, Higuita NIA, Metcalf JP, Hough CL, Messer WB, Pulendran B, Nadeau KC, Davis MM, Geng LN, Sesma AF, Simon V, Krammer F, Kraft M, Bime C, Calfee CS, Erle DJ, Langelier CR, Guan L, Maecker HT, Peters B, Kleinstein SH, Reed EF, Diray-Arce J, Rouphael N, Altman MC. medRxiv. 2025 Feb 13; 2025 Feb 13. PMID: 39990570.
Impact of disease severity, age, sex, comorbidity, and vaccination on secondary attack rates of SARS-CoV-2: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.Sumsuzzman DM, Ye Y, Wang Z, Pandey A, Langley JM, Galvani AP, Moghadas SM. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 13; 2025 Feb 13. PMID: 39948450.
Characterising the asynchronous resurgence of common respiratory viruses following the COVID-19 pandemic.Zhao C, Zhang T, Guo L, Sun S, Miao Y, Yung CF, Tomlinson J, Stolyarov K, Shchomak Z, Poovorawan Y, Nokes DJ, Muñoz-Almagro C, Mandelboim M, Keck JW, Langley JM, Heikkinen T, Deng J, Colson P, Chakhunashvili G, Caballero MT, Bont L, Feikin DR, Nair H, Wang X, Li Y. Nat Commun. 2025 Feb 13; 2025 Feb 13. PMID: 39948338.
Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in long COVID.Proal AD, Aleman S, Bomsel M, Brodin P, Buggert M, Cherry S, Chertow DS, Davies HE, Dupont CL, Deeks SG, Ely EW, Fasano A, Freire M, Geng LN, Griffin DE, Henrich TJ, Hewitt SM, Iwasaki A, Krumholz HM, Locci M, Marconi VC, Mehandru S, Muller-Trutwin M, Painter MM, Pretorius E, Price DA, Putrino D, Qian Y, Roan NR, Salmon D, Tan GS, VanElzakker MB, Wherry EJ, Van Weyenbergh J, Yonker LM, Peluso MJ. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 10; 2025 Feb 10. PMID: 39947217.
Contribution of Post-TB Sequelae to Life-Years Lost from TB Disease in the United States, 2015-2019.Menzies NA, Marks SM, Hsieh YL, Swartwood NA, Beeler Asay GR, Skarbinski J, Horsburgh CR, Cohen T. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Feb 10; 2025 Feb 10. PMID: 39928299.
Safety and efficacy of repeat ivermectin mass drug administrations for malaria control (RIMDAMAL II): a phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cluster-randomised, parallel-group trial.Somé AF, Somé A, Sougué E, Ouédraogo COW, Da O, Dah SR, Nikièma F, Magalhaes T, Gray LI, Finical W, Pugh G, Lado P, Randall JC, Burton TA, Ring ME, Leon AS, Colt M, Li F, Wang K, Wade M, Lier AJ, Richards K, Sproch H, Zhang E, Ellman J, Achebe I, Jackson CL, Xiao M, Wu EJ, Bousema T, Slater HC, Foy BD, Parikh S, Dabiré RK. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 4; 2025 Feb 4. PMID: 39919778.
Real-world Rollout of Injectable Antiretrovirals for HIV Prevention and Treatment: Correlates of Early Adoption.Koshy L, Payne E, Barakat L, Hao R, Sureshanand S, Cedillo Ornelas A, Dewan A, Meyer JP. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Feb; 2025 Jan 20. PMID: 40207202.
Detection of Pneumococcal Carriage in Asymptomatic Healthcare Workers.Waghela P, Davis R, Campbell M, Datta R, Hislop MS, Vega NJ, Wurst L, Yolda-Carr D, Couch L, Hernandez M, Grant LR, Alexander-Parrish R, Arguedas A, Gessner BD, Martinello RA, Weinberger DM, Wyllie AL. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Feb; 2025 Jan 15. PMID: 39917332.
Decarceration and COVID-19 infections in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities: a simulation modeling study.Weyant C, Meyer JP, Bromberg D, Beyrer C, Altice FL, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2025 Feb; 2024 Dec 27. PMID: 39830893.
HIV Trends in Metropolitan US Cities From 2014 to 2021: Baseline Data for the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative.Gupta R, Vermund SH. Am J Public Health. 2025 Feb. PMID: 39778137.
Decrease in provider stigma is associated with improved quality health indicators among individuals receiving methadone in primary care centers in Ukraine.Machavariani E, Bromberg DJ, Dumchev K, Esserman D, Earnshaw VA, Pykalo I, Filippovich M, Ivasiy R, Ahmad B, Long J, Haddad MS, Madden LM, Oliveros D, Dvoriak S, Altice FL. Int J Drug Policy. 2025 Feb; 2024 Dec 19. PMID: 39705875.
Examining the Role of Posttraumatic Stress and Depressive Symptoms in HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Motivation Among Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.Phillips KA, Kernshaw T, Alexander KA, Sharpless L, Katague M, Willie TC. AIDS Behav. 2025 Feb; 2024 Nov 25. PMID: 39581904.
The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Clinical Pharmacist-delivered Intervention to Reduce Bothersome Health Symptoms from Polypharmacy and Alcohol Use and Communicate Risk among People with HIV: Pilot Study Protocol.Womack JA, Leblanc MM, Sager AS, Zaets LN, Maisto SA, Garcia A, Aoun-Barakat L, Brown SE, Edelman EJ, Fiellin DA, Fisher J, Fraenkel L, Kidwai-Khan F, Marconi VC, Martino S, Pulk R, Satre DD, Virata M, Justice AC, Hsieh E. AIDS Behav. 2025 Feb; 2024 Oct 28. PMID: 39465468.
Spiroplasma endosymbiont reduction of host lipid synthesis and Stomoxyn-like peptide contribute to trypanosome resistance in the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes.Awuoche EO, Smallenberger G, Bruzzese DL, Orfano A, Weiss BL, Aksoy S. PLoS Pathog. 2025 Jan; 2025 Jan 31. PMID: 39888974.
Deep mutational scanning of the Trypanosoma brucei developmental regulator RBP6 reveals an essential disordered region influenced by positive residues.Rojas-Sánchez S, Kolev NG, Tschudi C. Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 30; 2025 Jan 30. PMID: 39885181.
Associations between colonization with Helicobacter pylori and risk of gastrointestinal tract cancers: An umbrella review of meta-analyses.Paiva Prudente T, Mezaiko E, Nunes Pereira Oliva H, Yamamoto-Silva FP, Santos de Freitas Silva B, Oliveira Oliva I, Risch H. Eur J Clin Invest. 2025 Jan 29; 2025 Jan 29. PMID: 39878420.
Perspectives and experiences regarding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in a community sample of Veterans with unhealthy alcohol use: overall and across sexual orientation and gender identity.Fletcher OV, Beaver K, Austin EJ, van Draanen J, Edelman EJ, Williams EC. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Jan 28; 2025 Jan 28. PMID: 39876005.
A new method for detecting mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and reconstructing constituent strains provides insights into transmission.Sobkowiak B, Cudahy P, Chitwood MH, Clark TG, Colijn C, Grandjean L, Walter KS, Crudu V, Cohen T. Genome Med. 2025 Jan 27; 2025 Jan 27. PMID: 39871355.
Effect of Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination on immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 vaccination.Messina NL, Germano S, Chung AW, van de Sandt CE, Stevens NE, Allen LF, Bonnici R, Croda J, Counoupas C, Grubor-Bauk B, Haycroft ER, Kedzierska K, McDonald E, McElroy R, Netea MG, Novakovic B, Perrett KP, Pittet LF, Purcell RA, Subbarao K, Triccas JA, Lynn DJ, Curtis N. Clin Transl Immunology. 2025; 2025 Jan 25. PMID: 39872402.
DMEM and EMEM are suitable surrogate media to mimic host environment and expand leptospiral pathogenesis studies using in vitro tools.Garcia LE, Lin Z, Culos S, Catherine Muenker M, Johnson EE, Wang Z, Lopez-Giraldez F, Giraud-Gatineau A, Jackson A, Picardeau M, Goodlett DR, Townsend JP, Pětrošová H, Wunder EA Jr. bioRxiv. 2025 Jan 24; 2025 Jan 24. PMID: 39896660.
Extended Treatment Duration of Artemether-Lumefantrine in Ugandan Children with HIV on Efavirenz-Based Antiretroviral Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Trial.Whalen ME, Kajubi R, Goodwin J, Orukan F, Colt M, Huang L, Richards K, Hoffmann TJ, Aweeka FT, Parikh S, Mwebaza N. J Clin Pharmacol. 2025 Jan 24; 2025 Jan 24. PMID: 39853752.
Leptospirosis, melioidosis, and rickettsioses in the vicious circle of neglect.Tshokey T, Ko AI, Currie BJ, Munoz-Zanzi C, Goarant C, Paris DH, Dance DAB, Limmathurotsakul D, Birnie E, Bertherat E, Gongal G, Benschop J, Savelkoel J, Stenos J, Saraswati K, Robinson MT, Day NPJ, Graves SR, Belmain SR, Blacksell SD, Wiersinga WJ. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Jan; 2025 Jan 23. PMID: 39847571.
Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial of integrated eHealth for PrEP and medications for opioid use disorders for women in the criminal legal system. The Athena study.Meyer JP, Brunson S, Price CR, Mulrain M, Nguyen J, Altice FL, Kyriakides TC, Cropsey K, Eaton E. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Jan 17; 2025 Jan 17. PMID: 39825419.
Time series data on typhoid fever incidence during outbreaks from 2000 to 2022.Koh DH, Duong M, Kipshidze N, Pitzer VE, Kim JH. Sci Data. 2025 Jan 16; 2025 Jan 16. PMID: 39821093.
Differentiated HIV Service Delivery vs Conventional Care: Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy Outcomes for People Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa.Johnson A, Chimoyi L, Charalambous S, Kawaza N, Hoffmann CJ, Davis JL, Chihota V. medRxiv. 2025 Jan 15; 2025 Jan 15. PMID: 39867372.
Factors associated with tuberculosis treatment initiation among bacteriologically negative individuals evaluated for tuberculosis: An individual patient data meta-analysis.Kim S, Can MH, Agizew TB, Auld AF, Balcells ME, Bjerrum S, Dheda K, Dorman SE, Esmail A, Fielding K, Garcia-Basteiro AL, Hanrahan CF, Kebede W, Kohli M, Luetkemeyer AF, Mita C, Reeve BWP, Silva DR, Sweeney S, Theron G, Trajman A, Vassall A, Warren JL, Yotebieng M, Cohen T, Menzies NA. PLoS Med. 2025 Jan; 2025 Jan 13. PMID: 39804959.
Estimating the burden of RSV- and influenza-associated hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and deaths across age and socioeconomic groups in New York State, 2005-2019.Xu H, Pitzer VE, Warren JL, Shapiro ED, Weinberger DM. medRxiv. 2025 Jan 12; 2025 Jan 12. PMID: 39830274.
Integrating artificial intelligence with mechanistic epidemiological modeling: a scoping review of opportunities and challenges.Ye Y, Pandey A, Bawden C, Sumsuzzman DM, Rajput R, Shoukat A, Singer BH, Moghadas SM, Galvani AP. Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 10; 2025 Jan 10. PMID: 39794317.
Factors associated with the delay in diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis at the patient and health system level: A study from a rural setting in India.Hassan S, Yaesoubi R, Magnus OBH, Kanthali M, Purohit MR, Mustafa T. PLoS One. 2025; 2025 Jan 7. PMID: 39775521.
Global Prevalence of Long COVID, its Subtypes and Risk factors: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Hou Y, Gu T, Ni Z, Shi X, Ranney ML, Mukherjee B. medRxiv. 2025 Jan 6; 2025 Jan 6. PMID: 39830235.
Building a growing genomic repository for maternal and fetal health through the PING Consortium.Abdelmalek CM, Singh S, Fasil B, Horvath AR, Mulkey SB, Curé C, Campos M, Cavalcanti DP, Tong VT, Mercado M, Daza M, Benavides MM, Acosta J, Gilboa S, Valencia D, Sancken CL, Newton S, Scalabrin DMF, Mussi-Pinhata MM, Vasconcelos Z, Chakhtoura N, Moye J, Leslie EJ, Bulas D, Vezina G, Marques FJP, Leyser M, Del Campo M, Vilain E, DeBiasi RL, Wang T, Nath A, Haydar T, Muenke M, Mansour TA, du Plessis AJ, Murray JC, Cordero JF, Kousa YA. Pediatr Res. 2025 Jan 3; 2025 Jan 3. PMID: 39753885.
A framework for ecologically and socially informed risk reduction before and after outbreaks of wildlife-borne zoonoses.Hassell JM, Angwenyi S, VanAcker MC, Adan A, Bargoiyet N, Bundotich G, Edebe J, Fèvre EM, Gichecha P, Kamau J, Lekenit E, Lekopien A, Leseeto JL, Lupempe KG, Mathenge J, Manini D, Muasa B, Muturi M, Ndanyi R, Ndia M, Ndung'u K, Nyaga N, Rono B, Murray S, Worsley-Tonks KEL, Gakuya F, Lekolool I, Kahariri S, Chege S. Lancet Planet Health. 2025 Jan. PMID: 39855232.
Molecular epidemiology, evolution, and transmission dynamics of raccoon rabies virus in Connecticut.Veytsel G, Desiato J, Chung H, Tan S, Risatti GR, Helal ZH, Jang S, Lee DH, Bahl J. Virus Evol. 2025; 2024 Dec 24. PMID: 39802825.
Impact of strategic public health interventions to reduce tuberculosis incidence in Brazil: a Bayesian structural time-series scenario analysis.Villalva-Serra K, Barreto-Duarte B, Rodrigues MM, Queiroz ATL, Martinez L, Croda J, Rolla VC, Kritski AL, Cordeiro-Santos M, Sterling TR, Araújo-Pereira M, Andrade BB. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2025 Jan; 2024 Dec 11. PMID: 39759249.

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