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Acute Myocardial Infarction after Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Infection by Kwong, Jeffrey C, Schwartz, Kevin L, Campitelli, Michael A, Chung, Hannah, Crowcroft, Natasha S, Karnauchow, Timothy, Katz, Kevin, Ko, Dennis T, McGeer, Allison J, McNally, Dayre, Richardson, David C, Rosella, Laura C, Simor, Andrew, Smieja, Marek, Zahariadis, George, Gubbay, Jonathan B

“…Patients who had a positive laboratory test for influenza were six times as likely to be hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction during the 7 days after…”
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Sensitivity of Nasopharyngeal Swabs and Saliva for the Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 by Jamal, Alainna J, Mozafarihashjin, Mohammad, Coomes, Eric, Powis, Jeff, Li, Angel X, Paterson, Aimee, Anceva-Sami, Sofia, Barati, Shiva, Crowl, Gloria, Faheem, Amna, Farooqi, Lubna, Khan, Saman, Prost, Karren, Poutanen, Susan, Taylor, Maureen, Yip, Lily, Zhong, Xi Zoe, McGeer, Allison J, Mubareka, Samira

“…Abstract We enrolled 91 consecutive inpatients with COVID-19 at 6 hospitals in Toronto, Canada, and tested 1 nasopharyngeal swab/saliva sample pair from each…”
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Isolation, Sequence, Infectivity, and Replication Kinetics of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 by Banerjee, Arinjay, Nasir, Jalees A, Budylowski, Patrick, Yip, Lily, Aftanas, Patryk, Christie, Natasha, Ghalami, Ayoob, Baid, Kaushal, Raphenya, Amogelang R, Hirota, Jeremy A, Miller, Matthew S, McGeer, Allison J, Ostrowski, Mario, Kozak, Robert A, McArthur, Andrew G, Mossman, Karen, Mubareka, Samira

“…Since its emergence in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected ≈6 million persons worldwide…”
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Serotype Distribution, Population Structure, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Group B Streptococcus Strains Recovered from Colonized Pregnant Women by Teatero, Sarah, Ferrieri, Patricia, Martin, Irene, Demczuk, Walter, McGeer, Allison, Fittipaldi, Nahuel

“…Using serotyping, multilocus sequence typing, and whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of selected strains, we studied the population structure of 102 group B…”
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Finding the Right Balance: An Evidence-Informed Guidance Document to Support the Re-Opening of Canadian Nursing Homes to Family Caregivers and Visitors during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic by Stall, Nathan M., Johnstone, Jennie, McGeer, Allison J., Dhuper, Misha, Dunning, Julie, Sinha, Samir K.

“…During the first few months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Canadian nursing homes implemented strict no-visitor policies to reduce the…”
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Rapid antigen screening of asymptomatic people as a public health tool to combat COVID-19 by Schwartz, Kevin L, McGeer, Allison J, Bogoch, Isaac I

“…Jurisdictions across Canada have been trying to combat a second wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic without using all the available tools…”
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Influenza and rhinovirus viral load and disease severity in upper respiratory tract infections by Granados, Andrea, Peci, Adriana, McGeer, Allison, Gubbay, Jonathan B

“…Highlights • We propose that increased viral loads are associated with hospitalization. • Influenza A/H3N2 had the highest viral load of the three viruses. •…”
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Hospital Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus by Assiri, Abdullah, McGeer, Allison, Perl, Trish M, Price, Connie S, Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A, Cummings, Derek A.T, Alabdullatif, Zaki N, Assad, Maher, Almulhim, Abdulmohsen, Makhdoom, Hatem, Madani, Hossam, Alhakeem, Rafat, Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A, Cotten, Matthew, Watson, Simon J, Kellam, Paul, Zumla, Alimuddin I, Memish, Ziad A

“…A novel coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is causing severe disease in the Middle East. In this report on a hospital outbreak of MERS-CoV infection, 23 confirmed cases…”
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Seasonal Influenza in Adults and Children—Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemoprophylaxis, and Institutional Outbreak Management: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America by Harper, Scott A., Bradley, John S., Englund, Janet A., File, Thomas M., Gravenstein, Stefan, Hayden, Frederick G., McGeer, Allison J., Neuzil, Kathleen M., Pavia, Andrew T., Tapper, Michael L., Uyeki, Timothy M., Zimmerman, Richard K.

“…Guidelines for the treatment of persons with influenza virus infection were prepared by an Expert Panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. The…”
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A simple protein-based surrogate neutralization assay for SARS-CoV-2 by Abe, Kento T, Li, Zhijie, Samson, Reuben, Samavarchi-Tehrani, Payman, Valcourt, Emelissa J, Wood, Heidi, Budylowski, Patrick, Dupuis, 2nd, Alan P, Girardin, Roxie C, Rathod, Bhavisha, Wang, Jenny H, Barrios-Rodiles, Miriam, Colwill, Karen, McGeer, Allison J, Mubareka, Samira, Gommerman, Jennifer L, Durocher, Yves, Ostrowski, Mario, McDonough, Kathleen A, Drebot, Michael A, Drews, Steven J, Rini, James M, Gingras, Anne-Claude

“…Most of the patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mount a humoral immune response to the virus within a few weeks…”
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Risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome after seasonal influenza vaccination and influenza health-care encounters: a self-controlled study by Kwong, Jeffrey C, Dr, Vasa, Priya P, MD, Campitelli, Michael A, MPH, Hawken, Steven, MSc, Wilson, Kumanan, MD, Rosella, Laura C, PhD, Stukel, Therese A, Prof, Crowcroft, Natasha S, MD(Cantab), McGeer, Allison J, Prof, Zinman, Lorne, MD, Deeks, Shelley L, MD

“…Summary Background The possible risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome from influenza vaccines remains a potential obstacle to achieving high vaccination coverage…”
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The Importance of Frailty in the Assessment of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza-Related Hospitalization in Elderly People by Andrew, Melissa K., Shinde, Vivek, Ye, Lingyun, Hatchette, Todd, Haguinet, François, Santos, Gael Dos, McElhaney, Janet E., Ambrose, Ardith, Boivin, Guy, Bowie, William, Chit, Ayman, ElSherif, May, Green, Karen, Halperin, Scott, Ibarguchi, Barbara, Johnstone, Jennie, Katz, Kevin, Langley, Joanne, Leblanc, Jason, Loeb, Mark, MacKinnon-Cameron, Donna, McCarthy, Anne, McGeer, Allison, Powis, Jeff, Richardson, David, Semret, Makeda, Stiver, Grant, Trottier, Sylvie, Valiquette, Louis, Webster, Duncan, McNeil, Shelly A.

“…Background. Influenza is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults. Even so, effectiveness of influenza vaccine for older adults has…”
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Vaccine effectiveness against laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizations among young children during the 2010-11 to 2013-14 influenza seasons in Ontario, Canada by Buchan, Sarah A, Chung, Hannah, Campitelli, Michael A, Crowcroft, Natasha S, Gubbay, Jonathan B, Karnauchow, Timothy, Katz, Kevin, McGeer, Allison J, McNally, J Dayre, Richardson, David, Richardson, Susan E, Rosella, Laura C, Simor, Andrew, Smieja, Marek, Tran, Dat, Zahariadis, George, Kwong, Jeffrey C

“…Uncertainty remains regarding the magnitude of effectiveness of influenza vaccines for preventing serious outcomes, especially among young children. We…”
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Divergent SARS-CoV-2 variant emerges in white-tailed deer with deer-to-human transmission by Pickering, Bradley, Lung, Oliver, Maguire, Finlay, Kruczkiewicz, Peter, Kotwa, Jonathon D., Buchanan, Tore, Gagnier, Marianne, Guthrie, Jennifer L., Jardine, Claire M., Marchand-Austin, Alex, Massé, Ariane, McClinchey, Heather, Nirmalarajah, Kuganya, Aftanas, Patryk, Blais-Savoie, Juliette, Chee, Hsien-Yao, Chien, Emily, Yim, Winfield, Banete, Andra, Griffin, Bryan D., Yip, Lily, Goolia, Melissa, Suderman, Matthew, Pinette, Mathieu, Smith, Greg, Sullivan, Daniel, Rudar, Josip, Vernygora, Oksana, Adey, Elizabeth, Nebroski, Michelle, Goyette, Guillaume, Finzi, Andrés, Laroche, Geneviève, Ariana, Ardeshir, Vahkal, Brett, Côté, Marceline, McGeer, Allison J., Nituch, Larissa, Mubareka, Samira, Bowman, Jeff

“…Wildlife reservoirs of broad-host-range viruses have the potential to enable evolution of viral variants that can emerge to infect humans. In North America,…”
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Frailty Hinders Recovery From Influenza and Acute Respiratory Illness in Older Adults by Lees, Caitlin, Godin, Judith, McElhaney, Janet E, McNeil, Shelly A, Loeb, Mark, Hatchette, Todd F, LeBlanc, Jason, Bowie, William, Boivin, Guy, McGeer, Allison, Poirier, André, Powis, Jeff, Semret, Makeda, Webster, Duncan, Andrew, Melissa K

“…Abstract Background We examined frailty as a predictor of recovery in older adults hospitalized with influenza and acute respiratory illness. Methods A total…”
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The impact of thermal pasteurization on viral load and detectable live viruses in human milk and other matrices: a rapid review by Pitino, Michael A, O'Connor, Deborah L, McGeer, Allison J, Unger, Sharon

“…Holder pasteurization (62.5 °C, 30 min) of human milk is thought to reduce the risk of transmitting viruses to an infant. Some viruses may be secreted into…”
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Longitudinal Assessment of SARS-CoV-2-Specific T Cell Cytokine-Producing Responses for 1 Year Reveals Persistence of Multicytokine Proliferative Responses, with Greater Immunity Associated with Disease Severity by Lin, Jonah, Law, Ryan, Korosec, Chapin S, Zhou, Christine, Koh, Wan Hon, Ghaemi, Mohammad Sajjad, Samaan, Philip, Ooi, Hsu Kiang, Matveev, Vitaliy, Yue, FengYun, Gingras, Anne-Claude, Estacio, Antonio, Buchholz, Megan, Cheatley, Patti Lou, Mohammadi, Avid, Kaul, Rupert, Pavinski, Katerina, Mubareka, Samira, McGeer, Allison J, Leis, Jerome A, Heffernan, Jane M, Ostrowski, Mario

“…Cell-mediated immunity is critical for long-term protection against most viral infections, including coronaviruses. We studied 23 severe acute respiratory…”
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What Is the Appropriate Meropenem MIC for Screening of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Low-Prevalence Settings? by Fattouh, Ramzi, Tijet, Nathalie, McGeer, Allison, Poutanen, Susan M, Melano, Roberto G, Patel, Samir N

“…Infection with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) has been shown to cause significant illness among hospitalized patients. Given the paucity of…”
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Epidemiology and outcome of pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Canadian hospitals by Tadros, Manal, Williams, Victoria, Coleman, Brenda L, McGeer, Allison J, Haider, Shariq, Lee, Christine, Iacovides, Harris, Rubinstein, Ethan, John, Michael, Johnston, Lynn, McNeil, Shelly, Katz, Kevin, Laffin, Nancy, Suh, Kathryn N, Powis, Jeff, Smith, Stephanie, Taylor, Geoff, Watt, Christine, Simor, Andrew E

“…MRSA remains a leading cause of hospital-acquired (HAP) and healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP). We describe the epidemiology and outcome of MRSA pneumonia…”
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Incidence of influenza in healthy adults and healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kuster, Stefan P, Shah, Prakesh S, Coleman, Brenda L, Lam, Po-Po, Tong, Agnes, Wormsbecker, Anne, McGeer, Allison

“…Working in healthcare is often considered a risk factor for influenza; however, this risk has not been quantified. We aimed to systematically review evidence…”
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