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Relationship of SARS-CoV-2 Antigen and Reverse Transcription PCR Positivity for Viral Cultures by Currie, Dustin W, Shah, Melisa M, Salvatore, Phillip P, Ford, Laura, Whaley, Melissa J, Meece, Jennifer, Ivacic, Lynn, Thornburg, Natalie J, Tamin, Azaibi, Harcourt, Jennifer L, Folster, Jennifer, Medrzycki, Magdalena, Jain, Shilpi, Wong, Phili, Goffard, Kimberly, Gieryn, Douglas, Kahrs, Juliana, Langolf, Kimberly, Zochert, Tara, Hsu, Christopher H, Kirking, Hannah L, Tate, Jacqueline E

“…We assessed the relationship between antigen and reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) test positivity and successful virus isolation. We found that antigen test…”
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Identification of Large Adenovirus Infection Outbreak at University by Multipathogen Testing, South Carolina, USA, 2022 by Tori, Marco E, Chontos-Komorowski, Judith, Stacy, Jason, Lamson, Daryl M, St George, Kirsten, Lail, Avril T, Stewart-Grant, Heather A, Bell, Linda J, Kirking, Hannah L, Hsu, Christopher H

“…Using multipathogen PCR testing, we identified 195 students with adenovirus type 4 infections on a university campus in South Carolina, USA, during January-May…”
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Quantitative comparison of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification test and antigen testing algorithms: a decision analysis simulation model by Salvatore, Phillip P, Shah, Melisa M, Ford, Laura, Delaney, Augustina, Hsu, Christopher H, Tate, Jacqueline E, Kirking, Hannah L

“…Antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 offer advantages over nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs, such as RT-PCR), including lower cost and rapid return of results,…”
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Sensitivity and Specificity of Suspected Case Definition Used during West Africa Ebola Epidemic by Hsu, Christopher H, Champaloux, Steven W, Keïta, Sakoba, Martel, Lise, Bilivogui, Pepe, Knust, Barbara, McCollum, Andrea M

“…Rapid early detection and control of Ebola virus disease (EVD) is contingent on accurate case definitions. Using an epidemic surveillance dataset from Guinea,…”
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Risk factors for hospitalization of patients with chikungunya virus infection at sentinel hospitals in Puerto Rico by Hsu, Christopher H, Cruz-Lopez, Fabiola, Vargas Torres, Danulka, Perez-Padilla, Janice, Lorenzi, Olga D, Rivera, Aidsa, Staples, J Erin, Lugo, Esteban, Munoz-Jordan, Jorge, Fischer, Marc, Garcia Gubern, Carlos, Rivera Garcia, Brenda, Alvarado, Luisa, Sharp, Tyler M

“…Hospitalization of patients during outbreaks of chikungunya virus has been reported to be uncommon (0.5-8.7%), but more frequent among infants and the elderly…”
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Assessment of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels among university students vaccinated with different COVID-19 primary and booster doses - fall 2021, Wisconsin by DeJonge, Peter M, Lambrou, Anastasia S, Segaloff, Hannah E, Bateman, Allen, Sterkel, Alana, Griggs, Carol, Baggott, Jake, Kelly, Patrick, Thornburg, Natalie, Epperson, Monica, Desamu-Thorpe, Rodel, Abedi, Glen, Hsu, Christopher H, Nakayama, Jasmine Y, Ruffin, Jasmine, Turner-Harper, Darlene, Matanock, Almea, Almendares, Olivia, Whaley, Melissa, Chakrabarti, Ayan, DeGruy, Kyle, Daly, Michele, Westergaard, Ryan, Tate, Jacqueline E, Kirking, Hannah L

“…University students commonly received COVID-19 vaccinations before returning to U.S. campuses in the Fall of 2021. Given likely immunologic variation among…”
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A cohort study measuring SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion and serial viral testing in university students by Lee, Christine C, Segaloff, Hannah E, Cole, Devlin, Rosenblum, Hannah G, Morgan, Clint N, Somers, Tarah, Desamu-Thorpe, Rodel, Foster, Monique A, Currie, Dustin, Ruff, Jeanne, Payne, David, Whyte, Thomas J, Abedi, Glen R, Bigouette, John Paul, Kahrs, Juliana, Langolf, Kimberly, Remington, Patrick, Sterkel, Alana, Kelly, Patrick, Westergaard, Ryan P, Bateman, Allen C, Hsu, Christopher H, Tate, Jacqueline E, Kirking, Hannah L

“…To improve understanding of the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection, we examined seroprevalence, incidence of infection, and seroconversion among a…”
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Spatial analysis of genetic clusters and epidemiologic factors related to wild poliovirus type 1 persistence in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Mendes, Amalia, Whiteman, Ari, Bullard, Kelley, Sharif, Salmaan, Khurshid, Adnan, Alam, Muhammad Masroor, Salman, Muhammad, Ford, Vanessa, Blair, Taisha, Burns, Cara C, Ehrhardt, Derek, Jorba, Jaume, Hsu, Christopher H

“…Following the certification of the World Health Organization Region of Africa as free of serotype 1 wild poliovirus (WPV1) in 2020, Afghanistan and Pakistan…”
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Behaviors Associated With Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in California and Colorado, January 2021–April 2021 by Namageyo-Funa, Apophia, Ruffin, Jasmine D., Killerby, Marie E., Jalloh, Mohamed F., Scott, Colleen, Lindell, Kristine, Silver, Margaret, Matanock, Almea, Soto, Raymond A., Donnelly, Marisa A.P., Schwartz, Noah G., Chuey, Meagan R., Chu, Victoria T., Beatty, Mark E., Totten, Sarah Elizabeth, Hudziec, Meghan M., Tate, Jacqueline E., Kirking, Hannah L., Hsu, Christopher H.

“…•Household contact remains a major source of transmission of COVID-19.•Sleeping in the same bedroom as the primary case increases the odds of SARS-CoV-2…”
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Pakistan, January 2018–September 2019 by Hsu, Christopher H., Kader, Milhia, Mahamud, Abdirahman, Bullard, Kelley, Jorba, Jaume, Agbor, John, Safi, Malik Muhammad, Jafari, Hamid S., Ehrhardt, Derek

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Performance of Repeat BinaxNOW Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Antigen Testing in a Community Setting, Wisconsin, November 2020–December 2020 by Shah, Melisa M, Salvatore, Phillip P, Ford, Laura, Kamitani, Emiko, Whaley, Melissa J, Mitchell, Kaitlin, Currie, Dustin W, Morgan, Clint N, Segaloff, Hannah E, Lecher, Shirley, Somers, Tarah, Van Dyke, Miriam E, Bigouette, John Paul, Delaney, Augustina, DaSilva, Juliana, O’Hegarty, Michelle, Boyle-Estheimer, Lauren, Abdirizak, Fatima, Karpathy, Sandor E, Meece, Jennifer, Ivanic, Lynn, Goffard, Kimberly, Gieryn, Doug, Sterkel, Alana, Bateman, Allen, Kahrs, Juliana, Langolf, Kimberly, Zochert, Tara, Knight, Nancy W, Hsu, Christopher H, Kirking, Hannah L, Tate, Jacqueline E

“…Abstract Repeating the BinaxNOW antigen test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 using 2 groups of readers within 30 minutes resulted in high…”
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Behaviors and attitudes of college students during an academic semester at two Wisconsin universities during the COVID-19 pandemic by Rosenblum, Hannah G., Segaloff, Hannah E., Cole, Devlin, Lee, Christine C., Currie, Dustin W., Abedi, Glen R., Remington, Patrick L., Kelly, G. Patrick, Pitts, Collin, Langolf, Kimberly, Kahrs, Juliana, Leibold, Kurt, Westergaard, Ryan P., Hsu, Christopher H., Kirking, Hannah L., Tate, Jacqueline E.

“…Characterize college student COVID-19 behaviors and attitudes during the early pandemic. Participants: Students on two university campuses in Wisconsin…”
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Assessment of in-country capacity to maintain communicable disease surveillance and response services after polio eradication—Somalia by Hsu, Christopher H., Harvey, Bonnie, Mohamed, Abdinoor, Elfakki, Eltayeb, Ehrhardt, Derek, Farag, Noha H.

“…One objective of the 2013–2018 Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Strategic Plan was the transition of GPEI polio essential functions to other public…”
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Planning and implementing a targeted polio vaccination campaign for Somali mobile populations in Northeastern Kenya based on migration and settlement patterns by Harvey, Bonnie, Dalal, Warren, Amin, Farah, McIntyre, Elvira, Ward, Sarah, Merrill, Rebecca D., Mohamed, Abdinoor, Hsu, Christopher H.

“…Supporting the global eradication of wildpoliovrisu (WPV), this project aimed to provide polio and measles vaccines to a population frequenty missed by…”
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Household characteristics associated with surface contamination of SARS-CoV-2 and frequency of RT-PCR and viral culture positivity-California and Colorado, 2021 by Shragai, Talya, Pratt, Caroline, Castro Georgi, Joaudimir, Donnelly, Marisa A P, Schwartz, Noah G, Soto, Raymond, Chuey, Meagan, Chu, Victoria T, Marcenac, Perrine, Park, Geun Woo, Ahmad, Ausaf, Albanese, Bernadette, Totten, Sarah Elizabeth, Austin, Brett, Bunkley, Paige, Cherney, Blake, Dietrich, Elizabeth A, Figueroa, Erica, Folster, Jennifer M, Godino, Claire, Herzegh, Owen, Lindell, Kristine, Relja, Boris, Sheldon, Sarah W, Tong, Suxiang, Vinjé, Jan, Thornburg, Natalie J, Matanock, Almea M, Hughes, Laura J, Stringer, Ginger, Hudziec, Meghan, Beatty, Mark E, Tate, Jacqueline E, Kirking, Hannah L, Hsu, Christopher H

“…While risk of fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is considered low, there is limited environmental data within households. This January-April 2021 investigation…”
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Novel Orthopoxvirus Infection in an Alaska Resident by Springer, Yuri P., Hsu, Christopher H., Werle, Zachary R., Olson, Link E., Cooper, Michael P., Castrodale, Louisa J., Fowler, Nisha, McCollum, Andrea M., Goldsmith, Cynthia S., Emerson, Ginny L., Wilkins, Kimberly, Doty, Jeffrey B., Burgado, Jillybeth, Gao, JinXin, Patel, Nishi, Mauldin, Matthew R., Reynolds, Mary G., Satheshkumar, Panayampalli S., Davidson, Whitni, Li, Yu, McLaughlin, Joseph B.

“…Background. Human infection by orthopoxviruses is being reported with increasing frequency, attributed in part to the cessation of smallpox vaccination and…”
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Household Transmission and Symptomology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Alpha Variant among Children—California and Colorado, 2021 by Waltenburg, Michelle A., Whaley, Melissa J., Chancey, Rebecca J., Donnelly, Marisa A.P., Chuey, Meagan R., Soto, Raymond, Schwartz, Noah G., Chu, Victoria T., Sleweon, Sadia, McCormick, David W., Uehara, Anna, Retchless, Adam C., Tong, Suxiang, Folster, Jennifer M., Petway, Marla, Thornburg, Natalie J., Drobeniuc, Jan, Austin, Brett, Hudziec, Meghan M., Stringer, Ginger, Albanese, Bernadette A., Totten, Sarah E., Matzinger, Shannon R., Staples, J. Erin, Killerby, Marie E., Hughes, Laura J., Matanock, Almea, Beatty, Mark, Tate, Jacqueline E., Kirking, Hannah L., Hsu, Christopher H., Alford, Alexis, Baird, Samuel, Bankers, Laura, Bello, Jazmin, Bolcen, Shanna, Browning, Peter, Cook, Peter W., David, Ebenezer, Harcourt, Jennifer L., Hareland, Geir, Hetherington-Rauth, Molly C., Ir, Diana, Jain, Shilpi, Jia, Tao Lily, Johnson, Ralen, Kelleher, Anna, Kim, Gimin, Li, Yan, Lynch, Brian, Mallal, Daniel, Maniatis, Panagiotis, Marine, Rachel, Medrzycki, Magdalena, Metz, John M., Montmayeur, Anna Maria, Moss, Kimberly M., Justin Ng, Han Jia, Nyugen, Van, Ortiz, Kristina, Paden, Clinton R., Park, So Hee, Queen, Krista, Rossheim, Alexandria E.B., Semenova, Vera, Shepard, Samuel S., Tamin, Azaibi, Tao, Ying, Tejada-Strop, Alexandra, Wong, Phili, Zellner, Briana, Zhang, Jing

“…To assess the household secondary infection risk (SIR) of B.1.1.7 (Alpha) and non-Alpha lineages of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…”
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Progress Toward Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2022 by Minta, Anna A, Ferrari, Matt, Antoni, Sebastien, Portnoy, Allison, Sbarra, Alyssa, Lambert, Brian, Hatcher, Cynthia, Hsu, Christopher H, Ho, Lee Lee, Steulet, Claudia, Gacic-Dobo, Marta, Rota, Paul A, Mulders, Mick N, Bose, Anindya Sekhar, Caro, William Perea, O'Connor, Patrick, Crowcroft, Natasha S

“…Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease that requires high population immunity for transmission to be interrupted. All six World Health…”
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Poliovirus immunity among children under five years-old in accessible areas of Afghanistan, 2013 by Hsu, Christopher H., Wannemuehler, Kathleen A., Soofi, Sajid, Mashal, Mohd, Hussain, Imtiaz, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., McDuffie, Larin, Weldon, William, Farag, Noha H.

“…Afghanistan remains among the three countries with endemic wild poliovirus transmission, and high population immunity levels are required to interrupt…”
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Unique Presentation of Orf Virus Infection in a Thermal-Burn Patient After Receiving an Autologous Skin Graft by Hsu, Christopher H., Rokni, Ghasem Rahmatpour, Aghazadeh, Nessa, Brinster, Nooshin, Li, Yu, Muehlenbachs, Atis, Goldsmith, Cynthia S., Zhao, Hui, Petersen, Brett, McCollum, Andrea M., Reynolds, Mary G.

“…We describe a burn patient who developed skin lesions on her skin-graft harvest and skin-graft recipient (burn) sites. Orf virus infection was confirmed by a…”
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