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Seropositivity to cytomegalovirus, inflammation, all-cause and cardiovascular disease-related mortality in the United States by Simanek, Amanda M, Dowd, Jennifer Beam, Pawelec, Graham, Melzer, David, Dutta, Ambarish, Aiello, Allison E

“…Studies have suggested that CMV infection may influence cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and mortality. However, there have been no large-scale examinations…”
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Dear Pandemic: A topic modeling analysis of COVID-19 information needs among readers of an online science communication campaign by Golos, Aleksandra M, Guntuku, Sharath Chandra, Piltch-Loeb, Rachael, Leininger, Lindsey J, Simanek, Amanda M, Kumar, Aparna, Albrecht, Sandra S, Dowd, Jennifer Beam, Jones, Malia, Buttenheim, Alison M

“…The COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by an "infodemic"-an overwhelming excess of accurate, inaccurate, and uncertain information. The social media-based…”
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Socio-economic status, cortisol and allostatic load: a review of the literature by Dowd, Jennifer B, Simanek, Amanda M, Aiello, Allison E

“…Background The notion that chronic stress contributes to health inequalities by socio-economic status (SES) through physiological wear and tear has received…”
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Differences in the association between persistent pathogens and mood disorders among young- to middle-aged women and men in the U.S by Simanek, Amanda M., Parry, Amy, Dowd, Jennifer B.

“…•H. pylori was associated with 2.5 times greater odds of dysthymia in women.•CMV and H. pylori were associated with decreased odds of mood disorders in…”
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A Longitudinal Study of the Association Between Persistent Pathogens and Incident Depression Among Older U.S. Latinos by Simanek, Amanda M, Zheng, Cheng, Yolken, Robert, Haan, Mary, Aiello, Allison E

“…Abstract Depression is estimated to affect more than 6.5 million Americans 65 years of age and older and compared with non-Latino whites older U.S. Latinos…”
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Association Between Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Infection and Offspring Mood Disorders: A Review of the Literature by Simanek, Amanda M., PhD, MPH, Meier, Helen C.S., PhD, MPH

“…The purpose of this article is to provide a systematic review of studies that have examined the association between prenatal exposure to maternal infection and…”
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Herpesviruses, inflammatory markers and incident depression in a longitudinal study of Detroit residents by Simanek, Amanda M, Cheng, Caroline, Yolken, Robert, Uddin, Monica, Galea, Sandro, Aiello, Allison E

“…Summary Background Depression is predicted to become the leading cause of disability worldwide by 2030 and moreover, socioeconomic inequalities in depression…”
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Persistent Viral Pathogens and Cognitive Impairment Across the Life Course in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Tarter, Kara D., Simanek, Amanda M., Dowd, Jennifer B., Aiello, Allison E.

“…Background. Herpesviruses have been linked to cognitive impairment in older individuals but little is known about the association in the general US population…”
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Vaccination Against Pneumonia May Provide Genotype-Specific Protection Against Alzheimer's Disease by Ukraintseva, Svetlana, Duan, Matt, Simanek, Amanda M, Holmes, Rachel, Bagley, Olivia, Rajendrakumar, Aravind L, Yashkin, Arseniy P, Akushevich, Igor, Tropsha, Alexander, Whitson, Heather, Yashin, Anatoliy, Arbeev, Konstantin

“…Vaccine repurposing that considers individual genotype may aid personalized prevention of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this retrospective cohort study, we used…”
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Asthma as a Risk Factor for Hospitalization in Children and Youth With COVID-19: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Lara, Shana T, Rein, Lisa E, Simanek, Amanda M, Totoraitis, Michael F, Rausch, Darren J, Weston, Benjamin W, Ahn, Kwang Woo, Meurer, John R, Beyer, Kirsten M M

“…Studies examining the association between asthma and hospitalization among children and youth with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have yielded mixed…”
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Prenatal Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Epigenetic Alterations at Birth Among Children Born to White British and Pakistani Mothers in the Born in Bradford Study by Simanek, Amanda M., Manansala, Regina, Woo, Jennifer M.P., Meier, Helen C. S., Needham, Belinda L., Auer, Paul L.

“…Prenatal socioeconomic disadvantage (SD) has been linked to DNA methylation (DNAm) in adulthood, but whether such epigenetic alterations are present at birth…”
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Early life trauma and adult leucocyte telomere length by Woo, Jennifer M.P., Parks, Christine G., Hyde, Emily E., Auer, Paul L., Simanek, Amanda M., Konkel, Rebecca H., Taylor, Jack, Sandler, Dale P., Meier, Helen C.S.

“…Telomere length, a biomarker of cell division and cellular aging, has been associated with multiple chronic disease endpoints. Experienced trauma over the life…”
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Toxoplasma gondii and anxiety disorders in a community-based sample by Markovitz, Adam A, Simanek, Amanda M, Yolken, Robert H, Galea, Sandro, Koenen, Karestan C, Chen, Shu, Aiello, Allison E

“…Abstract A growing body of literature suggests that exposure to the neurotropic parasite Toxoplasma gondii ( T. gondii ) is associated with increased risk of…”
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Lessons Learned From Dear Pandemic, a Social Media–Based Science Communication Project Targeting the COVID-19 Infodemic by Albrecht, Sandra S., Aronowitz, Shoshana V., Buttenheim, Alison M., Coles, Sarah, Dowd, Jennifer Beam, Hale, Lauren, Kumar, Aparna, Leininger, Lindsey, Ritter, Ashley Z., Simanek, Amanda M., Whelan, Christine B., Jones, Malia

“…The World Health Organization has identified excessive COVID-19 pandemic–related information as a public health crisis, calling it an “infodemic.” Social media…”
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Association between prenatal socioeconomic disadvantage, adverse birth outcomes, and inflammatory response at birth by Simanek, Amanda M., Xiong, Meng, Woo, Jennifer M.P., Zheng, Cheng, Zhang, Yuan S., Meier, Helen C.S., Aiello, Allison E.

“…Prenatal socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with inflammation in mid- to late-life, yet whether a pro-inflammatory phenotype is present at birth and the…”
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Income and Markers of Immunological Cellular Aging by Aiello, Allison E, Feinstein, Lydia, Dowd, Jennifer B, Pawelec, Graham, Derhovanessian, Evelyna, Galea, Sandro, Uddin, Monica, Wildman, Derek E, Simanek, Amanda M

“…Socioeconomic disadvantage may contribute to poor health through immune-related biological mechanisms. We examined the associations between socioeconomic…”
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New advances in CMV and immunosenescence by Sansoni, Paolo, Vescovini, Rosanna, Fagnoni, Francesco F., Akbar, Arne, Arens, Ramon, Chiu, Yen-Ling, Čičin-Šain, Luka, Dechanet-Merville, Julie, Derhovanessian, Evelyna, Ferrando-Martinez, Sara, Franceschi, Claudio, Frasca, Daniela, Fulöp, Tamas, Furman, David, Gkrania-Klotsas, Effrossyni, Goodrum, Felicia, Grubeck-Loebenstein, Beatrix, Hurme, Mikko, Kern, Florian, Lilleri, Daniele, López-Botet, Miguel, Maier, Andrea B., Marandu, Thomas, Marchant, Arnaud, Matheï, Catharina, Moss, Paul, Muntasell, Aura, Remmerswaal, Ester B.M., Riddell, Natalie E., Rothe, Kathrin, Sauce, Delphine, Shin, Eui-Cheol, Simanek, Amanda M., Smithey, Megan J., Söderberg-Nauclér, Cecilia, Solana, Rafael, Thomas, Paul G., van Lier, Rene, Pawelec, Graham, Nikolich-Zugich, Janko

“…Immunosenescence, defined as the age-associated dysregulation and dysfunction of the immune system, is characterized by impaired protective immunity and…”
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Dear Pandemic: Nurses as key partners in fighting the COVID‐19 infodemic by Ritter, Ashley Z., Aronowitz, Shoshana, Leininger, Lindsey, Jones, Malia, Dowd, Jennifer Beam, Albrecht, Sandra, Buttenheim, Alison M., Simanek, Amanda M., Hale, Lauren, Kumar, Aparna

“…The COVID‐19 pandemic and subsequent proliferation of misinformation have created parallel public health crises. Social media offers a novel platform to…”
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Fight Like a Nerdy Girl: The Dear Pandemic Playbook for Combating Health Misinformation by Leininger, Lindsey J., Albrecht, Sandra S., Buttenheim, Alison, Dowd, Jennifer Beam, Ritter, Ashley Z., Simanek, Amanda M., Valentino, Mary-Jo, Jones, Malia

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Does cytomegalovirus infection contribute to socioeconomic disparities in all-cause mortality? by Feinstein, Lydia, Douglas, Christian E, Stebbins, Rebecca C, Pawelec, Graham, Simanek, Amanda M., Aiello, Allison E

“…•Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with increased mortality in the US.•CMV seropositivity is associated with increased mortality in older age.•Low…”
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