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

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.
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.
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.
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 opiod 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 Feb 27; 2025 Feb 27. PMID: 40020306.
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.
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 Feb 21; 2025 Feb 21. PMID: 39985971.
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 Feb 21; 2025 Feb 21. PMID: 39982603.
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 Feb 20; 2025 Feb 20. PMID: 39986387.
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.
Reporting of Fairness Metrics in Clinical Risk Prediction Models: A Call for Change to Ensure Equitable Precision Health Benefits for All.Rountree L, Lin YT, Liu C, Salvatore M, Admon A, Nallamothu BK, Singh K, Basu A, Bu F, Mukherjee B. Online J Public Health Inform. 2025 Feb 17; 2025 Feb 17. PMID: 39962044.
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.
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.
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 Feb 11; 2025 Feb 11. PMID: 39932732.
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.
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 Feb 8; 2025 Feb 8. PMID: 39923270.
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 Feb 7; 2025 Feb 7. PMID: 39918348.
Characterising the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein antibody response.Noble C, McDonald E, Nicholson S, Biering-Sørensen S, Pittet LF, Byrne AL, Croda J, Dalcolmo M, Lacerda M, Lucas M, Lynn DJ, Prat Aymerich C, Richmond PC, Warris A, Curtis N, Messina NL. J Infect. 2025 Feb 6; 2025 Feb 6. PMID: 39922387.
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.
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 Feb 4; 2025 Feb 4. PMID: 39903865.
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.
Empowerment in prevention: a qualitative inquiry into Black girl-centred strategies for reducing HIV/STI and drug misuse risk.Opara I, Asabor E, Rutledge J, Brooks Stephens JR, Cayo S, Duran-Becerra B, Abrams J. Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2025 Jan 29; 2025 Jan 29. PMID: 39876818.
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.
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 Jan 28; 2025 Jan 28. PMID: 39875561.
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.
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 Jan 27; 2025 Jan 27. PMID: 39869355.
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.
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 Jan 9; 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 Jan 7; 2025 Jan 7. PMID: 39776014.
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.
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 Jan 2; 2025 Jan 2. PMID: 39745597.
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.
Improving implementation of needle and syringe programmes to expand, scale up, and sustain evidence-based prevention interventions for HIV and hepatitis C in prisons.Kronfli N, Bromberg DJ, Wolff H, Montanari L, Vasyliev S, Altice FL. Lancet Public Health. 2025 Jan; 2024 Dec 16. PMID: 39701113.
The burden, clinical features and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and co-infections during concurrently out-of-season outbreaks in Brazil.Vieceli T, Croda J, Bastos LSL, Bozza FA, Ranzani OT. Public Health. 2025 Jan; 2024 Dec 5. PMID: 39642533.
Signatures of transmission in within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex variation: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study.Walter KS, Cohen T, Mathema B, Colijn C, Sobkowiak B, Comas I, Goig GA, Croda J, Andrews JR. Lancet Microbe. 2025 Jan; 2024 Nov 28. PMID: 39615498.
Integrated Stepped Alcohol Treatment With Contingency Management for Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among People With HIV: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Edelman EJ, Dziura J, Deng Y, DePhilippis D, Ferguson T, Brown S, Marconi VC, Goetz MB, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Simberkoff MS, Molina PE, Weintrob AC, Maisto SA, Paris M, Justice AC, Bryant KJ, Fiellin DA. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Jan 1. PMID: 39321757.
Long-Acting Injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Perceptions and Preferences Among Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults in the United States.Gordon AR, Haiken S, Murchison GR, Agénor M, Hughto JMW, Nelson KM. Qual Health Res. 2025 Jan; 2024 Aug 2. PMID: 39095331.
Temporal and Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Social Engagement among Older Adults: Evidence from American Time Use Survey 2019 to 2022.Yu J, Huang W, Kahana E. J Appl Gerontol. 2025 Jan; 2024 Jul 18. PMID: 39023779.
Factors influencing adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination.Villanueva P, McDonald E, Croda J, Croda MG, Dalcolmo M, Dos Santos G, Jardim B, Lacerda M, Lynn DJ, Marshall H, Oliveira RD, Rocha J, Sawka A, Val F, Pittet LF, Messina NL, Curtis N. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2024 Dec 31; 2024 Mar 6. PMID: 38445666.
A scoping review of active, participant centred, digital adverse events following immunization (AEFI) surveillance of WHO approved COVID-19 vaccines: A Canadian immunization Research Network study.Serhan M, Psihogios A, Kabir N, Bota AB, Mithani SS, Smith DP, Zhu DT, Greyson D, Wilson S, Fell D, Top KA, Bettinger JA, Wilson K. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2024 Dec 31; 2024 Feb 19. PMID: 38374618.
A Phase 1 randomized trial of homologous and heterologous filovirus vaccines with a late booster dose.Rostad CA, Yildirim I, Kao C, Yi J, Kamidani S, Peters E, Stephens K, Gibson T, Hsiao HM, Singh K, Spearman P, McCracken C, Agbakoba V, Tomashek KM, Goll JB, Gelber CE, Johnson RA, Lee S, Maner-Smith K, Bosinger S, Ortlund EA, Chen X, Anderson LJ, Wrammert J, Suthar M, Rouphael N, Anderson EJ. NPJ Vaccines. 2024 Dec 23; 2024 Dec 23. PMID: 39715748.
Surveillance for TB drug resistance using routine rapid diagnostic testing data: Methodological development and application in Brazil.Baum SE, Pelissari DM, Dockhorn Costa F, Harada LO, Sanchez M, Bartholomay P, Cohen T, Castro MC, Menzies NA. PLoS Comput Biol. 2024 Dec; 2024 Dec 23. PMID: 39715258.
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. 2024 Dec 22; 2024 Dec 22. PMID: 39731897.
Tiled Amplicon Sequencing Enables Culture-free Whole-Genome Sequencing of Pathogenic Bacteria From Clinical Specimens.Kalinich CC, Gonzalez FL, Osmaston A, Breban MI, Distefano I, Leon C, Sheen P, Zimic M, Coronel J, Tan G, Crudu V, Ciobanu N, Codreanu A, Solano W, Ráez J, Allicock OM, Chaguza C, Wyllie AL, Brandt M, Weinberger DM, Sobkowiak B, Cohen T, Grandjean L, Grubaugh ND, Redmond SN. bioRxiv. 2024 Dec 20; 2024 Dec 20. PMID: 39763738.
Impact of a Web-Based Curriculum on Internal Medicine Resident Use of Stigmatizing Language for Substance Use Disorder.Samberg D, Spinella S, Rothenberger S, Tetrault JM, Childers J. Subst Use Addctn J. 2024 Dec 17; 2024 Dec 17. PMID: 39690470.
Projecting the Potential Clinical and Economic Impact of HIV Prevention Resource Reallocation in Tennessee.Borre ED, Ahonkhai AA, Chi KK, Osman A, Thayer K, Person AK, Weddle A, Flanagan CF, Pettit AC, Closs D, Cotton M, Agwu AL, Cespedes MS, Ciaranello AL, Gonsalves G, Hyle EP, Paltiel AD, Freedberg KA, Neilan AM. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 17. PMID: 38913762.
On modes of disease transmission and the hidden shape of pandemics: A review of Asymptomatic by Joshua Weitz.Ogbunugafor CB. Virus Evol. 2024; 2024 Dec 12. PMID: 39722684.
A meta-analysis highlights the idiosyncratic nature of tradeoffs in laboratory models of virus evolution.Kabengele K, Turner WC, Turner PE, Ogbunugafor CB. Virus Evol. 2024; 2024 Dec 6. PMID: 39717708.
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. 2024 Dec 5; 2024 Dec 5. PMID: 39636513.
The anomalous effect of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on the duration of untreated psychosis.Nicholls-Mindlin J, Hazan H, Zhou B, Li F, Ferrara M, Levine N, Riley S, Karmani S, Mathis WS, Keshavan MS, Srihari VH. BJPsych Open. 2024 Dec 4; 2024 Dec 4. PMID: 39628123.
Epidemiology and pathogen characteristics of infections following solid organ transplantation.Meng F, Zhu C, Zhu C, Sun J, Chen D, Ding R, Cui L. J Appl Microbiol. 2024 Dec 2. PMID: 39567858.
Parent Perspectives on Nirsevimab for Their Newborn.Hinderstein S, Aragona E, Loyal J. Pediatrics. 2024 Dec 1. PMID: 39587878.
Tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for Trypanosoma brucei.Beaver AK, Keneskhanova Z, Cosentino RO, Weiss BL, Awuoche EO, Smallenberger GM, Buenconsejo GY, Crilly NP, Smith JE, Hakim JMC, Zhang B, Bobb B, Rijo-Ferreira F, Figueiredo LM, Aksoy S, Siegel TN, Mugnier MR. Nature. 2024 Dec; 2024 Oct 30. PMID: 39478231.
A Scoping Review of Factors Associated with HIV Acquisition in the Context of Humanitarian Crises.Harsono D, Atre S, Peterson H, Nyhan K, Garmroudi D, Davis JL, Ho W, Khoshnood K. AIDS Behav. 2024 Dec; 2024 Sep 18. PMID: 39292318.
The Association of Anemia With Survival Among People With HIV Following Antiretroviral Initiation in the NA-ACCORD 2007-2016.Lang R, Coburn SB, Gill MJ, Grossman J, Gebo KA, Horberg MA, Mayor AM, Justice AC, Bosch RJ, Silverberg MJ, Rabkin CS, Sterling TR, Thorne JE, Moore RD, Althoff KN. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 Dec 1. PMID: 39118208.
Barriers and Facilitators to Vaccine Equity Amidst the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in the United States.Piltch-Loeb R, Nuñez Sahr J, Nelson LE, Vlahov D, Gershon RR. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Nov 28; 2024 Nov 28. PMID: 39767429.
Impact of rotavirus vaccination in Malawi from 2012 to 2022 compared to model predictions.Pitzer VE, Ndeketa L, Asare EO, Hungerford D, Lopman BA, Jere KC, Cunliffe NA. NPJ Vaccines. 2024 Nov 19; 2024 Nov 19. PMID: 39562592.
Chronic Viral Reactivation and Associated Host Immune Response and Clinical Outcomes in Acute COVID-19 and Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19.Maguire C, Chen J, Rouphael N, Pickering H, Phan HV, Glascock A, Chu V, Dandekar R, Corry D, Kheradmand F, Baden LR, Selaky R, McComsey GA, Haddad EK, Cairns CB, Pulendran B, Fernandez-Sesma A, Simon V, Metcalf JP, Higuita NIA, Messer WB, David MM, Nadeau KC, Kraft M, Bime C, Schaenman J, Erle D, Calfee CS, Atkinson MA, Brackenridge SC, Ehrlich LIR, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Hough CL, Geng LN, Hafler DA, Augustine AD, Becker PM, Peters B, Ozonoff A, Kim-Schulze SH, Krammer F, Bosinger S, Eckalbar W, Altman MC, Wilson M, Guan L, Kleinstein SH, Smolen KK, Reed EF, Levy O, Maecker H, Hunt P, Steen H, Diray-Arce J, Langelier CR, Melamed E. bioRxiv. 2024 Nov 16; 2024 Nov 16. PMID: 39605478.
Barriers and Facilitators to Patient Utilization of Non-Communicable Disease Services in Primary Healthcare Facilities in Nepal: A Qualitative Study.Mali S, Rhodes EC, Nakarmi CS, Shrestha S, Dhakal A, Bharati A, Bishwokarma A, Adhikari A, Poudel B, Rai BK, Manandhar S, Kc S, Timalsena D, Silwal S, Dhimal M, Baral PP, Teufel F, Bhattarai S, Spiegelman D, Shrestha A. Res Sq. 2024 Nov 15; 2024 Nov 15. PMID: 39606468.
Relating in vivo RSV infection kinetics to host infectiousness in different age groups.Li K, Bont LJ, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. medRxiv. 2024 Nov 15; 2024 Nov 15. PMID: 39606407.
Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment for Pregnant People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in South Africa: A Modeling Analysis of Clinical Benefits and Risks.Rosen LV, Thielking AM, Dugdale CM, Montepiedra G, Kalk E, Kim S, LaCourse SM, Mathad JS, Freedberg KA, Horsburgh CR, Paltiel AD, Wood R, Ciaranello AL, Reddy KP. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Nov 15; 2024 Nov 15. PMID: 39544107.
Early prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission clusters using supervised learning models.Gharamaleki OG, Colijn C, Sekirov I, Johnston JC, Sobkowiak B. Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 12; 2024 Nov 12. PMID: 39532933.
Temporal Trends of Early COVID-19 Infections in New York City Transit Workers and Residents: March 01, 2020-May 02, 2020.Cziner M, Hawkins D, Rosen J, Hagen D, Merdjanoff A, Vlahov D, Gershon R. J Urban Health. 2024 Nov 11; 2024 Nov 11. PMID: 39527356.
The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action.Romanello M, Walawender M, Hsu SC, Moskeland A, Palmeiro-Silva Y, Scamman D, Ali Z, Ameli N, Angelova D, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Basart S, Beagley J, Beggs PJ, Blanco-Villafuerte L, Cai W, Callaghan M, Campbell-Lendrum D, Chambers JD, Chicmana-Zapata V, Chu L, Cross TJ, van Daalen KR, Dalin C, Dasandi N, Dasgupta S, Davies M, Dubrow R, Eckelman MJ, Ford JD, Freyberg C, Gasparyan O, Gordon-Strachan G, Grubb M, Gunther SH, Hamilton I, Hang Y, Hänninen R, Hartinger S, He K, Heidecke J, Hess JJ, Jamart L, Jankin S, Jatkar H, Jay O, Kelman I, Kennard H, Kiesewetter G, Kinney P, Kniveton D, Kouznetsov R, Lampard P, Lee JKW, Lemke B, Li B, Liu Y, Liu Z, Llabrés-Brustenga A, Lott M, Lowe R, Martinez-Urtaza J, Maslin M, McAllister L, McMichael C, Mi Z, Milner J, Minor K, Minx J, Mohajeri N, Momen NC, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morrisey K, Munzert S, Murray KA, Obradovich N, O'Hare MB, Oliveira C, Oreszczyn T, Otto M, Owfi F, Pearman OL, Pega F, Perishing AJ, Pinho-Gomes AC, Ponmattam J, Rabbaniha M, Rickman J, Robinson E, Rocklöv J, Rojas-Rueda D, Salas RN, Semenza JC, Sherman JD, Shumake-Guillemot J, Singh P, Sjödin H, Slater J, Sofiev M, Sorensen C, Springmann M, Stalhandske Z, Stowell JD, Tabatabaei M, Taylor J, Tong D, Tonne C, Treskova M, Trinanes JA, Uppstu A, Wagner F, Warnecke L, Whitcombe H, Xian P, Zavaleta-Cortijo C, Zhang C, Zhang R, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhu Q, Gong P, Montgomery H, Costello A. Lancet. 2024 Nov 9; 2024 Oct 30. PMID: 39488222.
Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Hospitalizations in US Adults, October 2016 to September 2023.Havers FP, Whitaker M, Melgar M, Pham H, Chai SJ, Austin E, Meek J, Openo KP, Ryan PA, Brown C, Como-Sabetti K, Sosin DM, Barney G, Tesini BL, Sutton M, Talbot HK, Chatelain R, Daily Kirley P, Armistead I, Yousey-Hindes K, Monroe ML, Tellez Nunez V, Lynfield R, Esquibel CL, Engesser K, Popham K, Novak A, Schaffner W, Markus TM, Swain A, Patton ME, Kim L. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 4; 2024 Nov 4. PMID: 39535791.
Achieving Chronic Care Equity by Leveraging the Telehealth Ecosystem (ACCTIVATE): A Multilevel Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.Omomukuyo A, Ramirez A, Davis A, Velasquez A, Najmabadi AL, Kong M, Willard-Grace R, Brown W 3rd, Broderick A, Suomala K, McCulloch CE, Franco N, Sarkar U, Lyles C, Tran AS, Sharma AE, Tuot DS. Med Res Arch. 2024 Nov. PMID: 39679006.
Utility of the PICOTS framework to assess clinical trial disruptions: monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in the Pain Management Collaboratory.Peduzzi P, Brandt C, Dearth CL, Dziura J, Farrokhi S, George SZ, Kyriakides TC, Long CR, Mascha EJ, Patterson CG, Rhon DI, Kerns RD. Pain Med. 2024 Nov 1. PMID: 39514876.
Trends in COVID-19-Attributable Hospitalizations Among Adults With Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2-COVID-NET, June 2020 to September 2023.Taylor CA, Whitaker M, Patton ME, Melgar M, Kirley PD, Kawasaki B, Yousey-Hindes K, Openo KP, Ryan PA, Kim S, Como-Sabetti K, Solhtalab D, Barney G, Tesini BL, Moran NE, Sutton M, Talbot HK, Olsen K, Havers FP. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2024 Nov. PMID: 39496579.
Leptospira Leptolysin Contributes to Serum Resistance but Is Not Essential for Acute Infection.Dos Santos Courrol D, Santos CM, Chura-Chambi RM, Morganti L, Avelar KES, de Moraes Maia F, Rodrigues-da-Silva RN, Wunder EA Jr, Barbosa AS. Mol Microbiol. 2024 Nov; 2024 Nov 1. PMID: 39484742.
Quantifying constraint in the human mitochondrial genome.Lake NJ, Ma K, Liu W, Battle SL, Laricchia KM, Tiao G, Puiu D, Ng KK, Cohen J, Compton AG, Cowie S, Christodoulou J, Thorburn DR, Zhao H, Arking DE, Sunyaev SR, Lek M. Nature. 2024 Nov; 2024 Oct 16. PMID: 39415008.
Communication Technology Improves Staff, Resident, and Family Interactions in Skilled Nursing Homes Post COVID-19 Restrictions.Vu T, Frye N, Wallhagen M, Marottoli RA, Monin JK. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 Nov; 2024 Sep 11. PMID: 39276798.
Design and implementation of a Type-2 hybrid, prospective randomized trial of opioid agonist therapies integration into primary care clinics in Ukraine.Machavariani E, Dumchev K, Pykalo I, Filippovych M, Ivasiy R, Esserman D, Madden LM, Bromberg DJ, Haddad M, Morozova O, Ahmad B, Gómez DO, Farnum SO, Dvoriak S, Altice FL. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Nov; 2024 Sep 14. PMID: 39265780.
Antecedent and persistent symptoms in COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses: Insights from prospectively collected data in the BRACE trial.McDonald E, Pittet LF, Barry SE, Bonten M, Campbell J, Croda J, Croda MG, Dalcolmo MP, Davidson A, de Almeida E Val FF, Dos Santos G, Gardiner K, Gell G, Gwee A, Krastev A, Lacerda MVG, Lucas M, Lynn DJ, Manning L, McPhate N, Perrett KP, Post JJ, Prat-Aymerich C, Quinn LE, Richmond PC, Wood NJ, Messina NL, Curtis N. J Infect. 2024 Nov; 2024 Sep 6. PMID: 39245151.
WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health.Bertagnolio S, Dobreva Z, Centner CM, Olaru ID, Donà D, Burzo S, Huttner BD, Chaillon A, Gebreselassie N, Wi T, Hasso-Agopsowicz M, Allegranzi B, Sati H, Ivanovska V, Kothari KU, Balkhy HH, Cassini A, Hamers RL, Weezenbeek KV. Lancet Microbe. 2024 Nov; 2024 Aug 13. PMID: 39146948.
COVID-19 Breakthrough Infection after Vaccination and Substance Use Disorders: A Longitudinal Cohort of People with and without HIV Receiving Care in the United States Veterans Health Administration.Soyer EM, McGinnis KA, Justice AC, Hsieh E, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Williams EC, Park LS. AIDS Behav. 2024 Nov; 2024 Jul 24. PMID: 39046612.
Interactions between respiratory syncytial virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in the pathogenesis of childhood respiratory infections: a systematic review.Besteman SB, Bogaert D, Bont L, Mejias A, Ramilo O, Weinberger DM, Dagan R. Lancet Respir Med. 2024 Nov; 2024 Jul 8. PMID: 38991585.

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