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- Elharake JA, Omer SB, Schwartz JL. Country immunization policies for refugees across 20 low-middle income and 20 high-income countries. Vaccine. 2022 Sep 16:S0264-410X(22)01128-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.09.032. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36123257
- Aguolu OG, Malik AA, Ahmed N, Omer SB. Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy for Future COVID-19 and HIV Vaccines: Lessons from Measles and HPV Vaccines. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2022 Sep 17. doi: 10.1007/s11904-022-00622-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36114951
- Mayr FB, Talisa VB, Shaikh OS, Omer SB, Butt AA, Yende S. Comparative COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Over Time in Veterans. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jun 24;9(7):ofac311. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac311. eCollection 2022 Jul. PMID: 35880233
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- Omer SB, O'Leary ST, Bednarczyk RA, Ellingson MK, Spina CI, Dudley MZ, Chamberlain AT, Limaye RJ, Brewer SE, Frew PM, Malik FA, Orenstein W, Halsey N, Ault K, Salmon DA. Multi-tiered intervention to increase maternal immunization coverage: A randomized, controlled trial. Vaccine. 2022 Jul 8:S0264-410X(22)00824-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.055. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35817646
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- Mayr FB, Talisa VB, Castro AD, Shaikh OS, Omer SB, Butt AA. COVID-19 disease severity in US Veterans infected during Omicron and Delta variant predominant periods. Nat Commun. 2022 Jun 25;13(1):3647. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31402-4. PMID: 35752687
- AlKetbi LMB, Elharake JA, Memari SA, Mazrouei SA, Shehhi BA, Malik AA, McFadden SM, Galal B, Yildirim I, Khoshnood K, Omer SB, Memish ZA, AlZarouni AA, AlNeyadi AM, Hosani FA. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers in the United Arab Emirates. IJID Reg. 2021 Dec;1:20-26. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2021.08.003. Epub 2021 Sep 13. PMID: 35721775
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- Frew PM, Gonzalez-Casanova I, Otieno NA, Malik FA, Fenimore VL, Owino D, Adero MO, Atito RO, Bigogod G, Chaves SS, Verani JR, Alain Widdowson M, Omer SB. Development of effective messages to promote maternal immunization in Kenya. Vaccine. 2022 May 19:S0264-410X(22)00585-0. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.05.014. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35599037
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- Butt AA, Talisa VB, Shaikh OS, Omer SB, Mayr FB. Relative Vaccine Effectiveness of a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Booster Dose Against the Omicron Variant. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 May 3:ciac328. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac328. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35511586
- Yap N, Buttery J, Crawford NW, Omer S, Heininger U; AEFI CAN Group. The Impact of Australian Childhood Vaccination Mandates on Immunization Specialists and Their Interactions With Families. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022 Mar 3. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003490. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35333843
- Bokemper SE, Huber GA, James EK, Gerber AS, Omer SB. Testing persuasive messaging to encourage COVID-19 risk reduction. PLoS One. 2022 Mar 23;17(3):e0264782. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264782. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35320285
- Mobarak AM, Miguel E, Abaluck J, Ahuja A, Alsan M, Banerjee A, Breza E, Chandrasekhar AG, Duflo E, Dzansi J, Garrett D, Goldsmith-Pinkham P, Gonsalves GS, Hossain MM, Jakubowski A, Kang G, Kharel A, Kremer M, Meriggi N, Nekesa C, Olken BA, Omer SB, Qadri F, Rees H, Salako B, Voors M, Warren S, Więcek W. End COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries. Science. 2022 Mar 11;375(6585):1105-1110. doi: 10.1126/science.abo4089. Epub 2022 Mar 10. PMID: 35271319
- Jalloh MF, Sengeh P, Ibrahim N, Kulkarni S, Sesay T, Eboh V, Jalloh MB, Abu Pratt S, Webber N, Thomas H, Kaiser R, Singh T, Prybylski D, Omer SB, Brewer NT, Wallace AS. Association of community engagement with vaccination confidence and uptake: A cross-sectional survey in Sierra Leone, 2019. J Glob Health. 2022 Feb 26;12:04006. doi: 10.7189/jogh.12.04006. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35265325
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- Butt AA, Talisa VB, Yan P, Shaikh OS, Omer SB, Mayr FB. Vaccine Effectiveness of Three vs. Two Doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccines in a High Risk National Population. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Mar 4:ciac178. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac178. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35245940
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- Patel KM*, Omer SB, Gilliam WS. Differences in State COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Schoolteachers and Childcare Professionals. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Feb 28. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.6572. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35226092
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- Vijayasingham L, Heidari S, Munro J, Omer S, MacDonald N. Resolving sex and gender bias in COVID-19 vaccines R&D and beyond. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022 Feb 10:1-3. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2035142. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35143380
- Butt AA, Talisa VB, Yan P, Shaikh OS, Omer SB, Mayr FB. Real-world Effectiveness of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccines in Preventing Confirmed Infection in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Feb 9:ciac118. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac118. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35139175
- Pischel L*, Patel KM*, Goshua G, Omer SB. Adenovirus-based vaccines and thrombosis in pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Feb 2:ciac080. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac080. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35134164
- Patel KM*, McFadden SM, Mohanty S, Joyce CM, Delamater PL, Klein NP, Salmon DA, Omer SB, Buttenheim AM. Evaluation of Trends in Homeschooling Rates After Elimination of Nonmedical Exemptions to Childhood Immunizations in California, 2012-2020. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Feb 1;5(2):e2146467. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.46467. PMID: 35107573
- Murray TS, Malik AA*, Shafiq M, Lee A, Harris C, Klotz M, Humphries JE, Patel KM, Wilkinson D, Yildirim I, Elharake JA, Diaz R, Reyes C, Omer SB, Gilliam WS. Association of Child Masking With COVID-19-Related Closures in US Childcare Programs. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jan 4;5(1):e2141227. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.41227. PMID: 35084484
- Nisar MI, Jehan F, Shahid S, Ahmed S, Shakoor S, Kabir F, Hotwani A, Muneer S, Khalid F, Muhammad S, Althouse BM, Hu H, Whitney CG, Ali A, Zaidi AKM, Omer SB, Iqbal N. Serotype-specific effectiveness against pneumococcal carriage and serotype replacement after ten-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV10) introduction in Pakistan. PLoS One. 2022 Jan 21;17(1):e0262466. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262466. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35061793
- Omer SB, Malani PN. Booster Vaccination to Prevent COVID-19 in the Era of Omicron: An Effective Part of a Layered Public Health Approach. JAMA. 2022 Feb 15;327(7):628-629. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.0892. PMID: 35061011
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- Elharake JA*, Akbar F, Malik AA*, Gilliam W, Omer SB. Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 among Children and College Students: A Systematic Review. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2022 Jan 11:1-13. doi: 10.1007/s10578-021-01297-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35013847
- Abu-Raya B, Madhi SA, Omer SB, Amirthalingam G, Giles ML, Flanagan KL, Zimmermann P, O'Ryan M, Safadi MA, Papaevangelou V, Maertens K, Wanlapakorn N, Diaz-Brito V, Tommelein E, Esposito S. Global Perspectives on Immunization Against SARS-CoV-2 During Pregnancy and Priorities for Future Research: An International Consensus Paper From the World Association of Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders. Front Immunol. 2021 Dec 23;12:808064. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.808064. eCollection 2021. PMID: 35003137
- Patel KM*, McFadden SM, Mohanty S, Joyce CM, Delamater PL, Klein NP, Salmon DA, Omer SB, Buttenheim AM. Evaluation of Trends in Homeschooling Rates Following Elimination of Nonmedical Exemptions to Childhood Immunizations, 2012-2020. JAMA Network Open. 2022;5(2):e2146467.doi:10:1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.46467. PMID: 35107573
- Willebrand KS, Pischel L*, Malik AA*, Jenness SM, Omer SB. A review of COVID-19 transmission dynamics and clinical outcomes on cruise ships worldwide, January to October 2020. Euro Surveill. 2022 Jan;27(1). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.1.2002113. PMID: 34991781
- Ozawa S, Laing SK, Higgins CR, Yemeke TT, Park CC, Carlson R, Ko YE, Guterman LB, Omer SB. Educational and economic returns to cognitive ability in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. World Dev. 2022 Jan;149:105668. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105668. PMID: 34980939
- Salmon DA, Elharake JA*, Brewer NT, Carpiano RM, DiResta R, Maldonado YA, Sgaier SK, Omer SB; Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA. Vaccine Verification in the COVID-19 World. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2022 Feb;6:100161. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2021.100161. Epub 2021 Dec 23. PMID: 34961857
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- Del Rio C, Omer SB, Malani PN. Winter of Omicron-The Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA. 2022 Jan 25;327(4):319-320. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.24315. PMID: 34935863
- Nisar MI, Shahid S, Jehan F, Ahmed S, Shakoor S, Kabir F, Hotwani A, Munir S, Khalid F, Muhammad S, Whitney CG, Ali A, Zaidi AKM, Omer SB, Iqbal N. Antimicrobial Resistance in Pneumococcal Carriage Isolates from Children under 2 Years of Age in Rural Pakistan. Microbiol Spectr. 2021 Dec 22;9(3):e0101921. doi: 10.1128/Spectrum.01019-21. Epub 2021 Dec 22. PMID: 34935431
- Butt AA, Yan P, Shaikh OS, Mayr FB, Omer SB. Rate and Risk Factors for Severe/Critical Disease Among Fully Vaccinated Persons with Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a High-risk National Population. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 10:ciab1023. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab1023. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34893812
- Fernandes B, Navin MC, Reiss DR, Omer SB, Attwell K. US State-Level Legal Interventions Related to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates. JAMA. 2022 Jan 11;327(2):178-179. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.22122. PMID: 34854872
- Bokemper SE, Gerber AS, Omer SB, Huber GA. Persuading US White evangelicals to vaccinate for COVID-19: Testing message effectiveness in fall 2020 and spring 2021. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Dec 7;118(49):e2114762118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2114762118. PMID: 34845032
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- James EK, Bokemper SE, Gerber AS, Omer SB, Huber GA. Persuasive messaging to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake intentions. Vaccine. 2021 Dec 3;39(49):7158-7165. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.10.039. Epub 2021 Oct 22. PMID: 34774363
- Brault MA, Vermund SH, Aliyu MH, Omer SB, Clark D, Spiegelman D. Leveraging HIV Care Infrastructures for Integrated Chronic Disease and Pandemic Management in Sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 13;18(20):10751. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182010751. PMID: 34682492
- Lucas C, Vogels CBF, Yildirim I, Rothman JE, Lu P, Monteiro V, Gelhausen JR, Campbell M, Silva J, Tabachikova A, Peña-Hernandez MA, Muenker MC, Breban MI, Fauver JR, Mohanty S, Huang J; Yale SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Surveillance Initiative, Shaw AC, Ko AI, Omer SB, Grubaugh ND, Iwasaki A. Impact of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants on mRNA vaccine-induced immunity. Nature. 2021 Dec;600(7889):523-529. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04085-y. Epub 2021 Oct 11.PMID: 34634791
- Bokemper SE, Cucciniello M, Rotesi T, Pin P, Malik AA*, Willebrand K, Paintsil EE, Omer SB, Huber GA, Melegaro A. Experimental evidence that changing beliefs about mask efficacy and social norms increase mask wearing for COVID-19 risk reduction: Results from the United States and Italy. PLoS One. 2021 Oct 11;16(10):e0258282. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258282. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34634089
- Homaira N, Binks M, Walker G, Larter N, Clark K, Campbell M, McHugh L, Briggs N, Nyiro J, Stelzer-Braid S, Hu N, Macartney K, Snelling T, Omer SB, Rawlinson W, Andrews R, Jaffe A. Transplacental transfer of RSV antibody in Australian First Nations infants. J Med Virol. 2022 Feb;94(2):782-786. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27383. Epub 2021 Oct 16. PMID: 34633091
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- Israelow B, Mao T, Klein J, Song E, Menasche B, Omer SB, Iwasaki A. Adaptive immune determinants of viral clearance and protection in mouse models of SARS-CoV-2. Sci Immunol. 2021 Oct 15;6(64):eabl4509. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abl4509. Epub 2021 Sep 2. PMID: 34623900
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- Rotesi T, Pin P, Cucciniello M, Malik AA*, Paintsil EE*, Bokemper SE, Willebrand K*, Huber GA, Melegaro A, Omer SB. National interest may require distributing COVID-19 vaccines to other countries. Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 14;11(1):18253. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-97544-5. PMID: 34521916
- Mazur NI, Löwensteyn YN, Willemsen JE, Gill CJ, Forman L, Mwananyanda LM, Blau DM, Breiman RF, Madhi SA, Mahtab S, Gurley ES, El Arifeen S, Assefa N, Scott JAG, Onyango D, Tippet Barr BA, Kotloff KL, Sow SO, Mandomando I, Ogbuanu I, Jambai A, Bassat Q; CHAMPS Network the RSV GOLD Study Group, Caballero MT, Polack FP, Omer S, Kazi AM, Simões EAF, Satav A, Bont LJ. Global Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Related Infant Community Deaths. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 2;73(Supplement_3):S229-S237. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab528. PMID: 34472576
- Kazi AM, Aguolu OG*, Mughis W, Ahsan N, Jamal S, Khan A, Qureshi HM, Yildirim I, Malik FA, Omer SB. Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Mortality Among Young Infants in Karachi, Pakistan: A Prospective Postmortem Surveillance Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 2;73(Supplement_3):S203-S209. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab488. PMID: 34472574
- Caballero MT, Satav A, Gill CJ, Omer SB, Pieciak RC, Kazi AM, Simões EA, Polack FP. Challenges of Assessing Community Mortality Due to Respiratory Viruses in Children Aged Less Than 5 Years. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 2;73(Supplement_3):S248-S254. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab487. PMID: 34472573
- Patel KM*, Malik AA*, Lee A, Klotz M, Humphries JE, Murray T, Wilkinson D, Shafiq M, Yildirim I, Elharake JA*, Diaz R, Reyes C, Omer SB, Gilliam WS. COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among US Child Care Providers. Pediatrics. 2021 Nov;148(5):e2021053813. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-053813. Epub 2021 Aug 27. PMID: 34452977
- Jenness SM, Willebrand K*S, Malik AA*, Lopman BA, Omer SB. Dynamic network strategies for SARS-CoV-2 control on a cruise ship. Epidemics. 2021 Dec;37:100488. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2021.100488. Epub 2021 Aug 18. PMID: 34438256
- Nisar MI, Jehan F, Shahid S, Shakoor S, Kabir F, Hotwani A, Muneer S, Ahmed S, Whitney C, Ali A, Zaidi AK, Omer SB, Iqbal N. Methods for estimating the direct and indirect effect of 10 valent pneumococcal vaccine on nasopharyngeal carriage in children under 2 years in Matiari, Pakistan. MethodsX. 2021 Apr 21;8:101357. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2021.101357. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34430258
- Del Rio C, Malani PN, Omer SB. Confronting the Delta Variant of SARS-CoV-2, Summer 2021. JAMA. 2021 Sep 21;326(11):1001-1002. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.14811. PMID: 34406361
- Liu CY, Berlin J, Kiti MC, Del Fava E, Grow A, Zagheni E, Melegaro A, Jenness SM, Omer S, Lopman B, Nelson K. Rapid review of social contact patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Epidemiology. Epidemiology. 2021 Nov 1;32(6):781-791. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001412. PMID: 34392254
- Patel KM, Malik AA, Lee A, Klotz M, Humphries JE, Murray T, Wilkinson D, Shafiq M, Yildirim I, Elharake JA, Diaz R, Reyes C, Omer SB, Gilliam WS. COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among US Child Care Providers. Pediatrics. 2021 Nov 1;148(5):e2021053813. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-053813. PMID: 35981249
- Butt AA, Omer SB, Yan P, Shaikh OS, Mayr FB. SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Effectiveness in a High-Risk National Population in a Real-World Setting. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Oct;174(10):1404-1408. doi: 10.7326/M21-1577. Epub 2021 Jul 20.. PMID: 34280332
- Solís Arce JS, Warren SS, Meriggi NF, Scacco A, McMurry N, Voors M, Syunyaev G, Malik AA*, Aboutajdine S, Adeojo O, Anigo D, Armand A, Asad S, Atyera M, Augsburg B, Awasthi M, Ayesiga GE, Bancalari A, Björkman Nyqvist M, Borisova E, Bosancianu CM, Cabra García MR, Cheema A, Collins E, Cuccaro F, Farooqi AZ, Fatima T, Fracchia M, Galindo Soria ML, Guariso A, Hasanain A, Jaramillo S, Kallon S, Kamwesigye A, Kharel A, Kreps S, Levine M, Littman R, Malik M, Manirabaruta G, Mfura JLH, Momoh F, Mucauque A, Mussa I, Nsabimana JA, Obara I, Otálora MJ, Ouédraogo BW, Pare TB, Platas MR, Polanco L, Qureshi JA, Raheem M, Ramakrishna V, Rendrá I, Shah T, Shaked SE, Shapiro JN, Svensson J, Tariq A, Tchibozo AM, Tiwana HA, Trivedi B, Vernot C, Vicente PC, Weissinger LB, Zafar B, Zhang B, Karlan D, Callen M, Teachout M, Humphreys M, Mobarak AM, Omer SB. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries. Nat Med. 2021 Aug;27(8):1385-1394. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01454-y. Epub 2021 Jul 16. PMID: 34272499
- Elharake JA*, Galal B, Alqahtani SA, Kattan RF, Barry MA, Temsah MH, Malik AA*, McFadden SM*, Yildirim I, Khoshnood K, Omer SB, Memish ZA. COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Health Care Workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Aug;109:286-293. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.07.004. Epub 2021 Jul 7. PMID: 34242765
- Saini J, Ellingson MK, Beigi RH, MacDonald NE, Top KA, Carroll S, Omer SB. Vaccine package inserts and prescribing habits of obstetricians-gynecologists for maternal vaccination. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Oct 3;17(10):3761-3770. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1942714. Epub 2021 Jul 8.
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- Lucas C, Klein J, Sundaram ME, Liu F, Wong P, Silva J, Mao T, Oh JE, Mohanty S, Huang J, Tokuyama M, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Park A, Israelow B, Vogels CBF, Muenker MC, Chang CH, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore AJ, Zell J, Fournier JB; Yale IMPACT Research Team, Wyllie AL, Campbell M, Lee AI, Chun HJ, Grubaugh ND, Schulz WL, Farhadian S, Dela Cruz C, Ring AM, Shaw AC, Wisnewski AV, Yildirim I, Ko AI, Omer SB, Iwasaki A. Author Correction: Delayed production of neutralizing antibodies correlates with fatal COVID-19. Nat Med. 2021 Jun 18:1. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01416-4. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34145437
- Chander S, Gonzalez-Casanova I, Chaves SS, Otieno NA, Widdowson MA, Verani J, Frew P, Wilson A, Omer SB, Malik F. Antenatal care providers' attitudes and beliefs towards maternal vaccination in Kenya. Gates Open Res. 2021 Apr 22;4:19. doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13091.2. eCollection 2020. PMID: 34136751
- Grandhi GR, Mozafarian M, Mszar R, Acquah I, Valero-Elizondo J, Cainzos-Achirica M, Omer SB, Ibrahim HN, Nasir K. Influenza Vaccination Among Adults With CKD in the United States: Regional, Demographic, and Socioeconomic Differences. Kidney Med. 2021 Feb 19;3(3):454-456. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2020.12.012. eCollection 2021 May-Jun. PMID: 34136792
- Patel KM*, Vazquez Guillamet L, Pischel L*, Ellingson MK, Bardají A, Omer SB. Strategies to increase uptake of maternal pertussis vaccination. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2021 Jul;20(7):779-796. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2021.1940146. Epub 2021 Jul 21. PMID: 34129416
- Butt AA, Khan T, Yan P, Shaikh OS, Omer SB, Mayr F. Rate and Risk Factors for Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection After Vaccination. J Infect. 2021 Aug;83(2):237-279. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.05.021. Epub 2021 May 28. PMID: 34052241
- Dodd C, Andrews N, Petousis-Harris H, Sturkenboom M, Omer SB, Black S. Methodological frontiers in vaccine safety: qualifying available evidence for rare events, use of distributed data networks to monitor vaccine safety issues, and monitoring the safety of pregnancy interventions. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 May;6(Suppl 2):e003540. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003540. PMID: 34011501
- Shadab R, Lavery JV, McFadden SM*, Elharake JA*, Malik F, Omer SB. Key ethical considerations to guide the adjudication of a single-dose HPV vaccine schedule. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 May 19:1-6. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1917231. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34010096
- Shapiro GK, Kaufman J, Brewer NT, Wiley K, Menning L, Leask J; BeSD Working Group. A critical review of measures of childhood vaccine confidence. Curr Opin Immunol. 2021 Aug;71:34-45. doi: 10.1016/j.coi.2021.04.002. Epub 2021 May 14. PMID: 34000455
- Limaye RJ, Opel DJ, Dempsey A, Ellingson M, Spina C, Omer SB, Dudley MZ, Salmon DA, Leary SO. Communicating With Vaccine-Hesitant Parents: A Narrative Review. cad Pediatr. 2021 May-Jun;21(4S):S24-S29. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2021.01.018. PMID: 33958087
- Lucas C, Klein J, Sundaram ME, Liu F, Wong P, Silva J, Mao T, Oh JE, Mohanty S, Huang J, Tokuyama M, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Park A, Israelow B, Vogels CBF, Muenker MC, Chang CH, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore AJ, Zell J, Fournier JB; Yale IMPACT Research Team, Wyllie AL, Campbell M, Lee A, Chun HJ, Grubaugh ND, Schulz WL, Farhadian S, Dela Cruz C, Ring AM, Shaw AC, Wisnewski AV, Yildirim I, Ko AI, Omer S, Iwasaki A. Delayed production of neutralizing antibodies correlates with fatal COVID-19. Nat Med. 2021 May 5. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01355-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33953384
- Pischel L*, Yildirim I, Omer SB. Fast development of high quality vaccines in a pandemic. Chest. 2021 Apr 10:S0012-3692(21)00681-4. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.063. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33848535
- Otieno NA, Malik FA, Nganga SW, Wairimu WN, Ouma DO, Bigogo GM, Chaves SS, Verani JR, Widdowson MA, Wilson AD, Bergenfeld I, Gonzalez-Casanova I, Omer SB. Decision-making process for introduction of maternal vaccines in Kenya, 2017-2018. Implement Sci. 2021 Apr 12;16(1):39. doi: 10.1186/s13012-021-01101-7. PMID: 33845842
- Del Rio C, Omer S. In Search of the Best Way to Identify Those Who Would Benefit Most From COVID-19 Vaccination-Who Goes First? JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e214623. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.4623. PMID: 33822074
- Yan Y, Malik AA*, Bayham J, Fenichel EP, Couzens C, Omer SB. Measuring voluntary and policy-induced social distancing behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Apr 20;118(16):e2008814118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2008814118. PMID: 33820846
- Shafiq M, Elharake JA*, Malik AA*, McFadden SM*, Aguolu OG*, Omer SB. COVID-19 Sources of Information, Knowledge, and Preventive Behaviors Among the US Adult Population. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2021 May-Jun 01;27(3):278-284. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001348. PMID: 33762543
- DeDominicis K, Buttenheim AM, Howa AC, Delamater PL, Salmon D, Klein NP, Omer SB. Studying attitudes towards vaccine hesitance and California law SB 277 in online discourse: A dataset and methodology. Data Brief. 2021 Feb 24;35:106841. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106841. eCollection 2021 Apr. PMID: 33748356
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- Elharake JA*, Shafiq M, McFadden SM*, Malik AA*, Omer SB. The Association of COVID-19 Risk Perception, County Death Rates, and Voluntary Health Behaviors among U.S. Adult Population. J Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 10:jiab131. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab131. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33693810
- Commissioners of the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA. Announcing the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA. Lancet. 2021 Mar 27;397(10280):1165-1167. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00372-X. Epub 2021 Feb 24.. PMID: 33639088
- Malik AA*, Gandhi NR, Lash TL, Cranmer LM, Omer SB, Ahmed JF, Siddiqui S, Amanullah F, Khan AJ, Keshavjee S, Hussain H, Becerra MC. Effectiveness of Preventive Therapy for Persons Exposed at Home to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Karachi, Pakistan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Mar;27(3):805-812. doi: 10.3201/eid2703.203916. PMID: 33624580
- Khera R, Clark C, Lu Y, Guo Y, Ren S, Truax B, Spatz ES, Murugiah K, Lin Z, Omer SB, Vojta D, Krumholz HM. Association of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers with the Risk of Hospitalization and Death in Hypertensive Patients with Coronavirus Disease-19. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Feb 24:e018086. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.018086. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33624516
- Nisar MI, Shahid S, Muhammad S, Khalid F, Hussain A, Ahmed S, Shakoor S, Kabir F, Hotwani A, Ali A, Zaidi AK, Omer SB, Jehan F, Iqbal N. Impact of 10-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV10) on nasopharyngeal carriage in children 2 years of age: Data from a four-year time series cross-sectional study from Pakistan. Data Brief. 2021 Feb 3;35:106828. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106828. eCollection 2021 Apr. PMID: 33614873
- Bardají A, Sevene E, Cutland C, Menéndez C, Omer SB, Aguado T, Muñoz FM. The need for a global COVID-19 maternal immunisation research plan. Lancet. 2021 Jan 25:S0140-6736(21)00146-X. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00146-X. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33508228
- Dudley MZ, Limaye RJ, Salmon DA, Omer SB, O'Leary ST, Ellingson MK, Spina CI, Brewer SE, Bednarczyk RA, Malik F, Frew PM, Chamberlain AT. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Vaccine Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intentions. Public Health Rep. 2021 Nov-Dec;136(6):699-709. doi: 10.1177/0033354920974660. Epub 2021 Jan 28. PMID: 33508208
- Holroyd TA, Howa AC, Proveaux TM, Delamater PL, Klein NP, Buttenheim AM, Limaye RJ, Omer SB, Salmon DA. School-level perceptions and enforcement of the elimination of nonmedical exemptions to vaccination in California. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Jan 25:1-8. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1857202. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33493075
- Crane MA, Shermock KM, Omer SB, Romley JA. Change in Reported Adherence to Nonpharmaceutical Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic, April-November 2020. JAMA. 2021 Jan 22:e210286. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.0286. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33480971
- *Nisar MI, Ahmed S, Jehan F, Shahid S, Shakoor S, Kabir F, Hotwani A, Munir S, Muhammad S, Khalid F, Althouse B, Hu H, Whitney C, Rodgers G, Klugman K, Ali A, Zaidi AKM, Omer SB, Iqbal N. Direct and indirect effect of 10 valent pneumococcal vaccine on nasopharyngeal carriage in children under 2 years of age in Matiari, Pakistan. Vaccine. 2021 Jan 6:S0264-410X(20)31662-5. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.066. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33422379
- Bokemper SE, Huber GA, Gerber AS, *James EK*, Omer SB. Timing of COVID-19 vaccine approval and endorsement by public figures. Vaccine. 2020 Dec 16:S0264-410X(20)31616-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.048. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33390295
- Carcelen AC, Vilajeliu A, Malik F, Gilman RH, Omer S. Perceptions and attitudes towards vaccination during pregnancy in a peri urban area of Lima, Peru. Vaccine. 2021 Jul 30;39 Suppl 2:B27-B33. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.031. Epub 2020 Dec 19. PMID: 33349458
- HogenEsch E, De Mucio B, Haddad LB, Vilajeliu A, Ropero AM, Yildirim I, Omer SB. Differences in maternal group B Streptococcus screening rates in Latin American countries. Vaccine. 2021 Jul 30;39 Suppl 2:B3-B11. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.082. Epub 2020 Dec 9. PMID: 33308886
- Holroyd TA, Howa AC, Delamater PL, Klein NP, Buttenheim AM, Limaye RJ, Proveaux TM, Omer SB, Salmon DA. Parental vaccine attitudes, beliefs, and practices: initial evidence in California after a vaccine policy change. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2020 Nov 24:1-6. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1839293. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33232210
- Abu-Raya B, Migliori GB, O'Ryan M, Edwards K, Torres A, Alffenaar JW, Märtson AG, Centis R, D'Ambrosio L, Flanagan K, Hung I, Lauretani F, Leung CC, Leuridan E, Maertens K, Maggio MG, Nadel S, Hens N, Niesters H, Osterhaus A, Pontali E, Principi N, Rossato Silva D, Omer S, Spanevello A, Sverzellati N, Tan T, Torres-Torreti JP, Visca D, Esposito S. Coronavirus Disease-19: An Interim Evidence Synthesis of the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders (Waidid). Front Med (Lausanne). 2020 Oct 30;7:572485. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.572485. eCollection 2020. PMID: 33195319
- Schoch-Spana M, Brunson EK, Long R, Ruth A, Ravi SJ, Trotochaud M, Borio L, Brewer J, Buccina J, Connell N, Hall LL, Kass N, Kirkland A, Koonin L, Larson H, Lu BF, Omer SB, Orenstein WA, Poland GA, Privor-Dumm L, Quinn SC, Salmon D, White A. The public's role in COVID-19 vaccination: Human-centered recommendations to enhance pandemic vaccine awareness, access, and acceptance in the United States. Vaccine. 2020 Oct 29:S0264-410X(20)31368-2. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.059. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33160755
- Mirza FN, Malik AA*, Omer SB, Sethi A. Dermatologic manifestations of COVID-19: a comprehensive systematic review. Int J Dermatol. 2020 Nov 3. doi: 10.1111/ijd.15168. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33141443
- Saeed GJ, Valero-Elizondo J, Mszar R, Grandhi GR, Cainzos-Achirica M, Omer SB, Nasir K. Prevalence and Disparities in Influenza Vaccination Among Patients With COPD in the United States. Chest. 2021 Apr;159(4):1411-1414. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.10.058. Epub 2020 Oct 28. PMID: 33129793
- Malik FA, Alonso JP, Sanclemente LN, Vilajeliu A, Gutierrez M, Gonzalez-Casanova I, Jones D, Omer S, Ropero AM, Belizán M. Health care providers perspectives about maternal immunization in Latin America. Vaccine. 2021 Jul 30;39 Suppl 2:B50-B54. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.09.014. Epub 2020 Oct 28. PMID: 33127187
- DeDominicis K, Buttenheim AM, Howa AC, Delamater PL, Salmon D, Omer SB, Klein NP. Shouting at each other into the void: A linguistic network analysis of vaccine hesitance and support in online discourse regarding California law SB277. Soc Sci Med. 2020 Aug 28;266:113216. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113216. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33126093
- Bhugra P, Mszar R, Valero-Elizondo J, Grandhi GR, Virani SS, Cainzos-Achirica M, Vahidy FS, Omer S, Nasir K. Prevalence of and Sociodemographic Disparities in Influenza Vaccination Among Adults With Diabetes in the United States. J Endocr Soc. 2020 Sep 24;4(11):bvaa139. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa139. eCollection 2020 Nov 1. PMID: 33123656
- Spina CI, Brewer SE, Ellingson MK, Chamberlain AT, Limaye RJ, Orenstein WA, Salmon DA, Omer SB, O'Leary ST. Adapting Center for Disease Control and Prevention's immunization quality improvement program to improve maternal vaccination uptake in obstetrics. Vaccine. 2020 Oct 26:S0264-410X(20)31360-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.051. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33121843
- Halabi S, Heinrich A, Omer SB. No-Fault Compensation for Vaccine Injury - The Other Side of Equitable Access to Covid-19 Vaccines. N Engl J Med. 2020 Oct 28. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2030600. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33113309
- Grajeda LM, Thompson LM, Arriaga W, Canuz E, Omer SB, Sage M, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Bryan JP, McCracken JP. Effectiveness of Gas and Chimney Biomass Stoves for Reducing Household Air Pollution Pregnancy Exposure in Guatemala: Sociodemographic Effect Modifiers. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 22;17(21):E7723. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17217723. PMID: 33105825
- Liu F, Nguyen M, Vijayakumar P, Kaplan A, Meir A, Dai Y, Wang E, Walsh H, Ring AM, Omer SB, Farhadian SF. NEWBORN DRIED BLOOD SPOTS FOR SEROLOGIC SURVEYS OF COVID-19. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Oct 22. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002918. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33105339
- Omer SB, Yildirim I, Forman HP. Herd Immunity and Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Control. AMA. 2020 Oct 19. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.20892. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33074293
- Iwasaki A, Omer SB. Why and How Vaccines Work. Cell. 2020 Oct 15;183(2):290-295. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.09.040. PMID: 33064982
- Gilliam WS, Malik AA*, Shafiq M, Klotz M, Reyes C, Humphries JE, Murray T, Elharake JA*, Wilkinson D, Omer SB. COVID-19 Transmission in US Child Care Programs. Pediatrics. 2020 Oct 14:e2020031971. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-031971. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33055228
- Kudo E, Israelow B, Vogels CBF, Lu P, Wyllie AL, Tokuyama M, Venkataraman A, Brackney DE, Ott IM, Petrone ME, Earnest R, Lapidus S, Muenker MC, Moore AJ, Casanovas-Massana A; Yale IMPACT Research Team, Omer SB, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Iwasaki A. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by multiplex RT-qPCR. PLoS Biol. 2020 Oct 7;18(10):e3000867. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000867. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33027248
- Fauzia Malik A, Belizan M, Gutierrez M, Vilajeliu A, Sanclemente LN, Gonzalez Casanova I, Jones D, Omer S, Maria Ropero A, Pedro Alonso J. Pregnant women's perspectives about maternal immunization in Latin America Vaccine. 2021 Jul 30;39 Suppl 2:B44-B49. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.09.009. Epub 2020 Sep 22. PMID: 32972734
- Peccia J, Zulli A, Brackney DE, Grubaugh ND, Kaplan EH, Casanovas-Massana A, Ko AI, Malik AA*, Wang D, Wang M, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, Arnold W, Omer SB. Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater tracks community infection dynamics. Nat Biotechnol. 2020 Sep 18. doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-0684-z. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32948856
- Grandhi GR, Mszar R, Vahidy F, Valero-Elizondo J, Blankstein R, Blaha MJ, Virani SS, Andrieni JD, Omer SB, Nasir K. Sociodemographic Disparities in Influenza Vaccination Among Adults With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the United States. JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Sep 9. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3978. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32902562
- Otieno NA, Nyawanda B, Otiato F, Adero M, Wairimu WN, Atito R, Wilson AD, Gonzalez-Casanova I, Malik FA, Verani JR, Widdowson MA, Omer SB, Chaves SS. Knowledge and attitudes towards influenza and influenza vaccination among pregnant women in Kenya. Vaccine. 2020 Sep 3:S0264-410X(20)31046-X. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.08.015. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32893035
- Mirza FN, Malik AA*, Couzens C, Omer SB. Influenza-Negative Influenza-Like Illness (fnILI) Z-Score as a Proxy for Incidence and Mortality of COVID-19. J Infect. 2020 Sep 1:S0163-4453(20)30581-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.08.046. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32888977
- Amin AB, Nunes MC, Tapia MD, Madhi SA, Cutland CL, Wairagkar N, Omer SB; for BMGF Supported Maternal Influenza Immunization Trials Investigators Group. Immunogenicity of influenza vaccines administered to pregnant women in randomized clinical trials in Mali and South Africa. Vaccine. 2020 Aug 28:S0264-410X(20)30933-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.07.020. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32868130
- Wyllie AL, Fournier J, Casanovas-Massana A, Campbell M, Tokuyama M, Vijayakumar P, Warren JL, Geng B, Muenker MC, Moore AJ, Vogels CBF, Petrone ME, Ott IM, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Lu-Culligan A, Klein J, Earnest R, Simonov M, Datta R, Handoko R, Naushad N, Sewanan LR, Valdez J, White EB, Lapidus S, Kalinich CC, Jiang X, Kim DJ, Kudo E, Linehan M, Mao T, Moriyama M, Oh JE, Park A, Silva J, Song E, Takahashi T, Taura M, Weizman OE, Wong P, Yang Y, Bermejo S, Odio CD, Omer SB, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian S, Martinello RA, Iwasaki A, Grubaugh ND, Ko AI. Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for Detection of SARS-CoV-2. N Engl J Med. 2020 Aug 28. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2016359. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32857487
- Takahashi T, Ellingson MK, Wong P, Israelow B, Lucas C, Klein J, Silva J, Mao T, Oh JE, Tokuyama M, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Park A, Liu F, Meir A, Sun J, Wang EY, Casanovas-Massana A, Wyllie AL, Vogels CBF, Earnest R, Lapidus S, Ott IM, Moore AJ; Yale IMPACT research team, Shaw A, Fournier JB, Odio CD, Farhadian S, Dela Cruz C, Grubaugh ND, Schulz WL, Ring AM, Ko AI, Omer SB, Iwasaki A. Sex differences in immune responses that underlie COVID-19 disease outcomes. Nature. 2020 Aug 26. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2700-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32846427
- Malik AA*, McFadden SM*, Elharake J, Omer SB. Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the US. EClinicalMedicine. 2020 Aug 12:100495. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100495. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32838242
- Majid F, Omer SB, Khwaja AI. Optimising SARS-CoV-2 pooled testing for low-resource settings. Lancet Microbe. 2020 Jul;1(3):e101-e102. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30056-2. Epub 2020 Jun 8. PMID: 32835337
- Phadke VK, Bednarczyk RA, Omer SB. Vaccine Refusal and Measles Outbreaks in the US. JAMA. 2020 Aug 14. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.14828. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32797149
- Ellingson MK, Vaz OM, Omer SB. Authors' Response. Pediatrics. 2020 Aug;146(2):e2020005553B. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-005553B. PMID: 32747594
- Myers TR, McNeil MM, Ng CS, Li R, Marquez PL, Moro PL, Omer SB, Cano MV. Adverse events following quadrivalent meningococcal diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine (Menactra®) reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), 2005-2016. Vaccine. 2020 Sep 11;38(40):6291-6298. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.07.039. Epub 2020 Jul 31. PMID: 32747215
- Zerbo O, Ray T, Zhang L, Goddard K, Fireman B, Adams A, Omer S, Kulldorff M, Klein NP. Individual and Neighborhood Factors Associated with Failure to Vaccinate against Influenza during Pregnancy. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 Jul 31:kwaa165. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaa165. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32735018
- Lucas C, Wong P, Klein J, Castro TBR, Silva J, Sundaram M, Ellingson MK, Mao T, Oh JE, Israelow B, Takahashi T, Tokuyama M, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Park A, Mohanty S, Wang H, Wyllie AL, Vogels CBF, Earnest R, Lapidus S, Ott IM, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Fournier JB, Campbell M, Odio CD, Casanovas-Massana A; Yale IMPACT Team, Herbst R, Shaw AC, Medzhitov R, Schulz WL, Grubaugh ND, Dela Cruz C, Farhadian S, Ko AI, Omer SB, Iwasaki A. Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19. Nature. 2020 Jul 27. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2588-y. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32717743
- Abu-Raya B, Maertens K, Edwards KM, Omer SB, Englund JA, Flanagan KL, Snape MD, Amirthalingam G, Leuridan E, Damme PV, Papaevangelou V, Launay O, Dagan R, Campins M, Cavaliere AF, Frusca T, Guidi S, O'Ryan M, Heininger U, Tan T, Alsuwaidi AR, Safadi MA, Vilca LM, Wanlapakorn N, Madhi SA, Giles ML, Prymula R, Ladhani S, Martinón-Torres F, Tan L, Michelin L, Scambia G, Principi N, Esposito S. Global Perspectives on Immunization During Pregnancy and Priorities for Future Research and Development: An International Consensus Statement. Front Immunol. 2020 Jun 24;11:1282. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01282. eCollection 2020. Review. PMID: 32670282
- Dudley MZ, Limaye RJ, Salmon DA, Omer SB, O'Leary ST, Ellingson MK, Spina CI, Brewer SE, Bednarczyk RA, Malik F, Frew PM, Chamberlain AT. Latent Class Analysis of Maternal Vaccine Attitudes and Beliefs. Health Educ Behav. 2020 Oct;47(5):765-781. doi: 10.1177/1090198120939491. Epub 2020 Jul 8. PMID: 32639167
- Kaufman J, Attwell K, Hauck Y, Leask J, Omer SB, Regan A, Danchin M. Designing a multi-component intervention (P3-MumBubVax) to promote vaccination in antenatal care in Australia. Health Promot J Austr. 2021 Jul;32(3):391-398. doi: 10.1002/hpja.382. Epub 2020 Jul 24. PMID: 32619032
- Mello MM, Silverman RD, Omer SB. Ensuring Uptake of Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jun 26. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2020926. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32589371
- Habersaat KB, Betsch C, Danchin M, Sunstein CR, Böhm R, Falk A, Brewer NT, Omer SB, Scherzer M, Sah S, Fischer EF, Scheel AE, Fancourt D, Kitayama S, Dubé E, Leask J, Dutta M, MacDonald NE, Temkina A, Lieberoth A, Jackson M, Lewandowsky S, Seale H, Fietje N, Schmid P, Gelfand M, Korn L, Eitze S, Felgendreff L, Sprengholz P, Salvi C, Butler R. Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition. Nat Hum Behav. 2020 Jun 24. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0906-x. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PMID: 32581299
- Omer SB, Clark DR, Madhi SA, Tapia MD, Nunes MC, Cutland CL, Simões EAF, Aqil AR, Katz J, Tielsch JM, Steinhoff MC, Wairagkar N; BMGF Supported Maternal Influenza Immunization Trials Investigators Group. Efficacy, duration of protection, birth outcomes, and infant growth associated with influenza vaccination in pregnancy: a pooled analysis of three randomised controlled trials. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Jun;8(6):597-608. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30479-5. PMID: 32526188
- Sobanjo-Ter Meulen A, Liljestrand J, Lawn JE, Hombach J, Smith J, Dickson KE, Munoz FM, Omer SB, Williams BA, Klugman KP. Preparing to introduce new maternal immunizations in low- and lower-middle-income countries: A report from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation convening "Allies in Maternal and Newborn Care"; May 3-4, 2018. Vaccine. 2020 Jun 9;38(28):4355-4361. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.04.075. Epub 2020 May 14.
- Fauver JR, Petrone ME, Hodcroft EB, Shioda K, Ehrlich HY, Watts AG, Vogels CBF, Brito AF, Alpert T, Muyombwe A, Razeq J, Downing R, Cheemarla NR, Wyllie AL, Kalinich CC, Ott IM, Quick J, Loman NJ, Neugebauer KM, Greninger AL, Jerome KR, Roychoudhury P, Xie H, Shrestha L, Huang ML, Pitzer VE, Iwasaki A, Omer SB, Khan K, Bogoch II, Martinello RA, Foxman EF, Landry ML, Neher RA, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND. Coast-to-Coast Spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the Early Epidemic in the United States. Cell. 2020 May 4. pii: S0092-8674(20)30484-0. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.021. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32386545
- Clark DR, Omer SB, Tapia MD, Nunes MC, Cutland CL, Tielsch JM, Wairagkar N, Madhi SA; for BMGF Supported Maternal Influenza Immunization Trials Investigators Group. Influenza or Meningococcal Immunization During Pregnancy and Mortality in Women and Infants: A Pooled Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 May 1. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002629. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32379201
- Kaufman J, Attwell K, Tuckerman J, O'Sullivan J, Omer SB, Leask J, Regan A, Marshall H, Lee KJ, Snelling T, Perrett K, Wiley K, Giles ML, Danchin M. Feasibility and acceptability of the multi-component P3-MumBubVax antenatal intervention to promote maternal and childhood vaccination: A pilot study. Vaccine. 2020 Apr 19. pii: S0264-410X(20)30469-2. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.04.010. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32321684
- Limaye RJ, Malik F, Frew PM, Randall LA, Ellingson MK, O'Leary ST, Bednarczyk RA, Oloko O, Salmon DA, Omer SB. Patient Decision Making Related to Maternal and Childhood Vaccines: Exploring the Role of Trust in Providers Through a Relational Theory of Power Approach. Health Educ Behav. 2020 Jun;47(3):449-456. doi: 10.1177/1090198120915432. Epub 2020 Apr 20. PMID: 32306760
- McFadden SM*, Malik AA*, Aguolu OG*, Willebrand KS, Omer SB. Perceptions of the adult US population regarding the novel coronavirus outbreak. PLoS One. 2020 Apr 17;15(4):e0231808. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231808. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32302370
- Dudley MZ, Halsey NA, Omer SB, Orenstein WA, O'Leary ST, Limaye RJ, Salmon DA. The state of vaccine safety science: systematic reviews of the evidence. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 9. pii: S1473-3099(20)30130-4. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30130-4. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PMID: 32278359
- Malik AA*, Becerra MC, Lash TL, Cranmer LM, Omer SB, Fuad J, Siddiqui S, Amanullah F, Jaswal M, Salahuddin N, Keshavjee S, Hussain H, Gandhi NR. Risk factors for adverse events in household contacts prescribed preventive treatment for drug-resistant TB exposure. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 8. pii: ciaa327. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa327. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32266942
- Garnier R, Nedell ER, Omer SB, Bansal S. Getting Personal: How Childhood Vaccination Policies Shape the Landscape of Vaccine Exemptions. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 14;7(3):ofaa088. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa088. eCollection 2020 Mar. PMID: 32258205
- Omer SB, Malani P, Del Rio C. The COVID-19 Pandemic in the US: A Clinical Update. JAMA. 2020 Apr 6. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.5788. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 32250388
- Otieno NA, Otiato F, Nyawanda B, Adero M, Wairimu WN, Ouma D, Atito R, Wilson A, Gonzalez-Casanova I, Malik FA, Widdowson MA, Omer SB, Chaves SS, Verani JR. Drivers and barriers of vaccine acceptance among pregnant women in Kenya. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2020 Oct 2;16(10):2429-2437. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1723364. Epub 2020 Mar 25. PMID: 32208952
- Hause AM, Hesse EM, Ng C, Marquez P, McNeil MM, Omer SB. Association Between Vaccine Exemption Policy Change in California and Adverse Event Reporting. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Mar 5. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002585. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32176185
- Dudley MZ, Limaye RJ, Omer SB, O'Leary ST, Ellingson MK, Spina CI, Brewer SE, Chamberlain AT, Bednarczyk RA, Malik F, Frew PM, Salmon DA. Factors associated with referring close contacts to an app with individually-tailored vaccine information. Vaccine. 2020 Feb 22. pii: S0264-410X(20)30206-1. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.02.019. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32098739
- Wang X, Li Y, O'Brien KL, Madhi SA, Widdowson MA, Byass P, Omer SB, Abbas Q, Ali A, Amu A, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Bassat Q, Abdullah Brooks W, Chaves SS, Chung A, Cohen C, Echavarria M, Fasce RA, Gentile A, Gordon A, Groome M, Heikkinen T, Hirve S, Jara JH, Katz MA, Khuri-Bulos N, Krishnan A, de Leon O, Lucero MG, McCracken JP, Mira-Iglesias A, Moïsi JC, Munywoki PK, Ourohiré M, Polack FP, Rahi M, Rasmussen ZA, Rath BA, Saha SK, Simões EA, Sotomayor V, Thamthitiwat S, Treurnicht FK, Wamukoya M, Yoshida LM, Zar HJ, Campbell H, Nair H; Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network. Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Feb 20. pii: S2214-109X(19)30545-5. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30545-5. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32087815
- Hargreaves AL, Nowak G, Frew P, Hinman AR, Orenstein WA, Mendel J, Aikin A, Nadeau JA, McNutt LA, Chamberlain AT, Omer SB, Randall LA, Bednarczyk RA. Adherence to Timely Vaccinations in the United States. Pediatrics. 2020 Feb 21. pii: e20190783. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-0783. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32086389
- Holroyd TA, Oloko OK, Salmon DA, Omer SB, Limaye RJ. Communicating Recommendations in Public Health Emergencies: The Role of Public Health Authorities. Health Secur. 2020 Jan/Feb;18(1):21-28. doi: 10.1089/hs.2019.0073. PMID: 32078416
- Dudley MZ, Limaye RJ, Omer SB, O'Leary ST, Ellingson MK, Spina CI, Brewer SE, Chamberlain AT, Bednarczyk RA, Malik F, Frew PM, Salmon DA. Characterizing the vaccine knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and intentions of pregnant women in Georgia and Colorado. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2020 Feb 20:1-9. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1717130. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32078395
- Buttenheim AM, Joyce CM, Ibarra J, Agas J, Feemster K, Handy LK, Amin AB, Omer SB. Vaccine exemption requirements and parental vaccine attitudes: an online experiment. Vaccine. 2020 Feb 11. pii: S0264-410X(20)30050-5. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.01.035. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32057577
- Mina MJ, Guterman LB, Allen KE, Omer SB. Comprehensive Profiling of Zika Virus Risk with Natural and Artificial Mitigating Strategies, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 17;26(4). doi: 10.3201/eid2604.181739. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32043959
- Mohanty S, Joyce CM, Delamater PL, Klein NP, Salmon D, Omer SB, Buttenheim AM. Homeschooling parents in California: Attitudes, beliefs and behaviors associated with child's vaccination status. Vaccine. 2020 Jan 22. pii: S0264-410X(20)30041-4. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.01.026. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31982257
- Vaz OM, Ellingson MK, Weiss P, Jenness SM, Bardají A, Bednarczyk RA, Omer SB. Mandatory Vaccination in Europe. Pediatrics. 2020 Jan 13. pii: e20190620. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-0620. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31932361
- Pomares TD, Buttenheim AM, Amin AB, Joyce CM, Porter RM, Bednarczyk RA, Omer SB. Association of cognitive biases with human papillomavirus vaccine hesitancy: a cross-sectional study. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019 Dec 20:1-6. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1698243. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31859593
- Zaidi S, Riaz A, Hussain SS, Omer SB, Ali A. Applying a governance barometer to vaccine delivery systems: Lessons from a rural district of Pakistan. Vaccine. 2019 Nov 4. pii: S0264-410X(19)31432-X. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.10.052. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31699503
- Delamater PL, Buttenheim AM, Klein NP, Mohanty S, Salmon DA, Omer SB. Assessment of Exemptions From Vaccination in California, 2015 to 2027. Ann Intern Med. 2019 Nov 5. doi: 10.7326/M19-1933. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 31683313
- Nganga SW, Otieno NA, Adero M, Ouma D, Chaves SS, Verani JR, Widdowson MA, Wilson A, Bergenfeld I, Andrews C, Fenimore VL, Gonzalez-Casanova I, Frew PM, Omer SB, Malik FA. Patient and provider perspectives on how trust influences maternal vaccine acceptance among pregnant women in Kenya. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Oct 24;19(1):747. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4537-8. PMID: 31651307
- Delamater PL, Omer SB. Legislative and administrative actions to increase vaccination coverage in Washington schools. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019 Oct 21. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1678358. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31634042
- Lalani K, Yildirim I, Phadke VK, Bednarczyk RA, Omer SB. Assessment and Validation of Syndromic Case Definitions for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Young Infants: A Latent Class Analysis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 Sep 16. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002468. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31568250
- Wallace AS, Peetosutan K, Untung A, Ricardo M, Yosephine P, Wannemuehler K, Brown DW, McFarland DA, Orenstein WA, Rosenberg ES, Omer SB, Daniels D. Home-based records and vaccination appointment stickers as parental reminders to reduce vaccination dropout in Indonesia: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. Vaccine. 2019 Sep 26. pii: S0264-410X(19)31249-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.040. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31564451
- Salmon DA, Limaye RJ, Dudley MZ, Oloko OK, Church-Balin C, Ellingson MK, Spina CI, Brewer SE, Orenstein WA, Halsey NA, Chamberlain AT, Bednarczyk RA, Malik FA, Frew PM, O'Leary ST, Omer SB. MomsTalkShots: An individually tailored educational application for maternal and infant vaccines. Vaccine. 2019 Oct 8;37(43):6478-6485. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.08.080. Epub 2019 Sep 7. PMID: 31506192
- Cherian T, Morales KF, Mantel C, Lambach P; Independent Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) for Health Worker Influenza Vaccination. Factors and considerations for establishing and improving seasonal influenza vaccination of health workers: Report from a WHO meeting, January 16-17, Berlin, Germany. Vaccine. 2019 Oct 8;37(43):6255-6261. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.07.079. Epub 2019 Sep 6. PMID: 31500965
- O'Leary ST, Narwaney KJ, Wagner NM, Kraus CR, Omer SB, Glanz JM. Efficacy of a Web-Based Intervention to Increase Uptake of Maternal Vaccines: An RCT. Am J Prev Med. 2019 Aug 27. pii: S0749-3797(19)30275-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.05.018. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31471001
- Omer SB, Betsch C, Leask J. Mandate vaccination with care. Nature. 2019 Jul;571(7766):469-472. doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-02232-0. PMID: 31332351.
- Pingali SC, Delamater PL, Buttenheim AM, Salmon DA, Klein NP, Omer SB. Associations of Statewide Legislative and Administrative Interventions with Vaccination Status among Kindergartners in California. JAMA. 2019 Jul 2;322(1):49-56. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.7924. PMID: 31265099
- Myers TR, McCarthy NL, Panagiotakopoulos L, Omer SB. Estimation of the Incidence of Guillain-Barré Syndrome During Pregnancy in the United States. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Mar 15;6(3):ofz071. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz071. eCollection 2019 Mar. PubMed PMID: 31312665; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6419988.
- Ratzan SC, Bloom BR, El-Mohandes A, Fielding J, Gostin LO, Hodge JG, Hoetz P, Kurth A, Larson HJ, Nurse J, Omer SB, Orenstein WA, Salmon D, Rabin K. The Salzburg Statement on Vaccination Acceptance. J Health Commun. 2019 Jul 2:1-3. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2019.1622611. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31262227
- Sarna M, Andrews R, Moore H, Binks MJ, McHugh L, Pereira GF, Blyth CC, Van Buynder P, Lust K. Effer P, Lambert SB, Omer SB, Mak SB, Snelling T, D’Antoine HA, McIntyre P, de Klerk N, Foo D, Regan AK. ‘Links2HealthierBubs’ cohort study: protocol for a record linkage study on the safety, uptake and effectiveness of influenza and pertussis vaccines among pregnant Australian women. BMJ Open. 2019 Jun 20; 9(6):e030277. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030277. PMID: 31227542
- Yousafzai MT, Riaz A, Omer SB, Husain S, Nisar I, Mahesar W, Omer Imam D, Wallae A, Ali A. Development and Validation of Parental Vaccine Attitudes Scale for Use in Low-Income Settings. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 Jul; 38(7):e 143.-e148. doi: 10.1097/INF0000000000002362. PMID: 31192979
- Silverman RD, Opel DJ, Omer SB. Vaccination over Parental Objection – Should Adolescents Be Allowed to Consent to Receiving Vaccines? New England Journal of Medicine. 2019 June 5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1905814. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 311677045
- Kaufman J, Attwell K, Hauck Y, Omer SB, Danchin M. Vaccine discussions in pregnancy: interviews with midwives to inform design of an intervention to promote uptake of maternal and childhood vaccines. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019 May 24:1-10. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1607131. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31124728
- Delamater PL, Pingali SC, Buttenheim AM, Salmon DA, Klein NP, Omer SB. Elimination of Nonmedical Immunization Exemptions in California and School-Entry Vaccine Status. Pediatrics. 2019 May 21. pii:e20183301. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-3301. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31113831
- Bardaji A, MacDonald NE, Omer SB, Aguado T. Maternal Immunzation: A call to accelerate progress. Vaccine. 2019 Apr 20. pii: S0264-410X(19)30482-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.04.031.[Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31014962
- Fell DB, Omer SB, Edwards KM. Influenza immunization during pregnancy: toward a balanced assessment of safety evidence. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019 Apr 22:1-3. doi:10.1080/21645515.2019.1599679. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 310093001
- Mazur NI, Bont LJ, van Delden JJM, Omer SB. N ethics framework and practical guidance for post-trial access to an RSV maternal vaccine. Lancet Respir Med. 2019 Apr 16. pii: S2213-2600(19)30080-3. doi: 101016/S2213-2600(19)30080-3. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31003966
- Chamberlain AT, Limaye RJ, O’Leary ST, Frew PM, Brewer SE, Spina CI, Ellingson MK, Dudley MZ, Orenstein WA, Donnelly MA, Riley LE, Ault KA, Salmon DA, Omer SB. Development and acceptability of a video-based vaccine promotion tutorial for obstetric care providers. Vaccine. 2019 May 1; 37(19):2532-2536. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.03.005. Epub 2019 Apr 5. PMID: 30962093
- Sobanjo-Ter Meulen A, Munoz FM, Kaslow DC, Klugman KP, Omer SB, Vora P, Stergachis A. Vaccine. 2019 Apr4. pii: S0264-410X(19)30406-2.doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.03.060. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30955981
- Grant GB, Maresha BG, Moss WJ, Mulders MN, Rota PA, Omer SB, Shefer A, Kriss JL, Durrheim DN, Linkins R, Goodson JL. Accelerating measles and rubella elimination through research and innovation – Findings from the Measles & Rubella Initiative research prioritization process, 2016. Vaccine. 2019 Mar 20. Pii: S0264-410X(19)30167-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.01.081. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30904317
- Kriss JL. Grant GB, Moss WJ, Durrheim DN, Shefer A, Rota PA, Omer SB, Masresha BG, Mulders MN, Hanson M, Linkins RW, Goodson JL. Research priorities for accelerating progress toward measles and rubella elimination identified by a cross-sectional web-based survey. Vaccine. 2019 Mar 18. pii: S0264-410X(19)30265-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.02.058. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30898393
- Sundaram ME*, Guterman LB, Omer SB. The True Cost of Measles Outbreaks During the Postelimination Era. JAMA. 2019 Mar 7. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.1506. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30844023
- Omer SB, Yildirim I. Further Evidence of MMR Vaccine Safety: Scientific and Communications Considerations. Ann Intern Med. 2019 Mar 5. doi: 10.7326/M19-0596. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30831577
- Landazabal CS*, Moro PL, Lewis P, Omer SB. Safety of 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine administration among pregnant women: Adverse event reports in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), 2014-2017. Vaccine. 2019 Feb 21; 37(9): 1229-1234. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.11.077. Epub 2019 Jan 16. PMID: 30660400.
- Bednarczyk RA, Ellingson MK, Omer SB. Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Before 13 and 15 Years of Age: Analysis of National Immunization Survey Teen Data. J Infect Dis. 2019 Jan 17. Doi:10.1093/infdis/jiy882. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30657920.
- Wallace AS, Wannemuehler K, Bonsu G, Wardle M, Nyaku M, Amponsah-Achiano K, Dadzie JF, Sarpong FO, Orenstein WA, Rosenberg ES, Omer SB. Development of a valid and reliable scale to assess parents’ beliefs and attitudes about childhood vaccine and their association with vaccination uptake and delay in Ghana. Vaccine. 2019 Jan 11. pii: S0264-410X(19)30024-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.12.055. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30642731
- McDonald P, Limaye RJ, Omer SB, Buttenheim AM, Mohanty S, Klein NP, Salmon DA. Exploring California’s new law eliminating personal belief exemptions to childhood vaccines and vaccine decision-making among homeschooling mothers in California. Vaccine. 2019 Jan 6. pii: S0264-410X(18)31678-5. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine. 2018.12.018. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30626531
- Attwell K, Dube E, Gagneur A, Omer SB, Suggs LS, Thomson A. Vaccine acceptance: Science, policy, and practice in a ‘post-fact’ world. Vaccine. 2019 Jan 4. pii: S0264-410X(18)31678-5. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.12.018. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30616955
- Pham MA*, Bednarczyk RA, Becker ER, Orenstein WA, Omer SB. Trends in U.S. Community hospitalizations due to herpes zoster: 2001-2015. Vaccine. 2019 Jan 4. pii: S0264-410X(18)31678-5. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.12.055. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30616954
- Ellingson MK, Dudley MZ, Limaye RJ, Salmon DA, O’Leary ST, Omer SB. Enhancing uptake of influenza maternal vaccine. Expert Res Vaccines. 2018 Dec 27. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2019.1562907. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30587042
- Riaz A, Mohiuddin S, Husain S, Yousafzai MT, Muhammad S, Kabir F, Ur Rehmna N, Mirza W, Salam B, Nadeem N, Pardhan K, Khan KMA, Raza SJ, Arif F, Iqbal K, Zuberi HK, Whitney CG, Omer SB, Zaidi AKM, Ali A; Pakistan Pneumococcal Vaccine Study Group. Effectiveness of ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against vaccine type invasive pneumococcal disease in Pakistan. Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Dec 18. pii: S1201-9712(18)34958-0. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2018.12.007. {Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30576865
- Bednarczyk RA, King AR, Lahijani A, Omer SB. Current landscape of nonmedical vaccination exemptions in the United States: impact of policy changes. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2018 Dec 20. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2019.1562344 [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30572729
- Bergenfeld I, Nganga SW, Andrews CA, Fenimore VL, Otieno NA, Wilson AD, Chaves SS, Verani JR, Widdowson MA, Wairimu WN, Wandera SN, Attio RO, Adero MO, Frew PM, Omer SB, Malik FA. Provider perspectives on demand creation for maternal vaccines in Kenya. Gates Open Res. 2018 Jul 19; 2:34. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.09.043. Epub 2018 Nov 30. PMID:30503657
- Frew PM, Murden R, Mehta CC, Chamberlain AT, Hinman AR, Nowak G, Mendel J, Aikin A, Randall LA, Hargreaves AL , Omer SB, Orenstein WA, Bednarczyk RA. Development of a US trust measure to assess and monitor parental confidence in the vaccine system. Vaccine. 2018 Nov 29. pii: S0264-410X(18)31312-4. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.09.043. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30503657.
- Homaira N, Briggs N, Oei JL, Hilder L, Bajuk B, Jaffe A, Omer SB. Association of age at first severe RSV disease with subsequent risk of severe asthma: a population-based cohort study. J Infect Dis. 2018 Dec 4. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy671. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30517699
- Mohanty S, Buttenheim AM, Joyce CM, Howa AC, Salmon D, Omer. SB. California’s Senate Bill 277: Local Health Jurisdictions’ Experiences with the Elimination of Nonmedical Vaccine Exemptions. Am J Public Health. 2018 Nov 29. e1-e6. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304768. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30495995
- Mohanty S, Buttenheim AM, Joyce CM, Howa AC, Salmon D, Omer SB. Experiences with Medical Exemptions After a Change in Vaccine Exemption Policy in California. Pediatrics. 2018 Nov;142(5). pii: e20181051. doi:10.1542/peds.2018-1051. PMID: 30373910.
- Attwell K, Navin MC, Lopalco PL, Jestin C, Reiter S, Omer SB. Recent vaccine mandates in the United States, Europe, and Australia: A comparative study. Vaccine. 2018 Oct 15. pii: S0264-410X(18)31371-9. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.10.019. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30337171.
- Ibrahim R, Ali SA, Kazi AM, Rizvi A, Guterman LB, Bednarczyk RA, Kim E, Park S, Paulos S, Jeyachandran A, Patel D, Gorantla Y, Wong E, Rajam G, Schiffer J, Omer SB. Impact of maternally derived pertussis antibody titers on infant whole-cell pertussis vaccine response in a low income setting. Vaccine. 2018 Oct 5. pii: S0264-410x(18)31314-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.09.045. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30297122.
- Kriss JL. Albert AP, Carter VM, Jiles AJ, Liang JL, Mullen J, Rodriguez L, Howards PP, Orenstein WA, Omer SB, Fisher A. Disparities in Tdap Vaccination and Vaccine Information Needs Among Pregnant Women in the United States. Matern Child Health J. 2018 Oct 4. doi: 10.007/s10995-018-2633-8. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30288661.
- Jones M, Buttenheim AM, Salmon D, Omer SB. Mandatory Health Care Provider Counseling For Parents Led To A Decline In Vaccine Exemptions In California. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 Sep; 37(9): 1494-1502. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0437. PMID: 30179562.
- Omer SB, Bednarczyk R, Kazi M, Guterman LB, Aziz F, Allen KE, Yildirim I, Ali SA. Assessment and Validation of Syndromic Case definitions for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Testing in a Low Resource Population. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Aug 2. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002159. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30074977.
- Riaz A, Husain S, Yousafzai MT, Nisar I, Shaheen F, Mahesar W, Dal SM, Omer SB, Zaidi S, Ali A. Reasons for non-vaccination and incomplete vaccinations among children in Pakistan. Vaccine. 2018 Jul 24. pii: S0264-410X(18)30993-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.024. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30054162
- Bednarczyk RA, Chamberlain A, Mathewson K, Salmon DA, Omer SB. Practice-, Provider-, and Patient-level interventions to improve preventative care: Development of the P3 Model. Prev Med Rep. 2018 Jun 18; 11:131-138. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.06.009. ecollection 2018 Sep PMID: 30003011
- Buttenheim AM, Jones M, Mckown C, Salmon D, Omer SB. Conditional admission, religious exemption type, and nonmedical vaccine exemptions in California before and after state policy change. Vaccine. 2018 May 16. pii: S0264-410X(18)30670-4. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.05.050. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29778514
- Porter RM*, Amin AA*, Bednarczyk RA*, Omer SB. Cancer-salient messaging for Human Papillomavirus vaccine uptake: A randomized controlled trial. Vaccine. 2018 Mar 26. pii: S0264-410X (18)30076-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine. 2018.01.040. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29599089.
- Weinstein JR, Thompson LM, Diaz Artiga A, Bryan JP, Arriaga WE, Omer SB, McCracken JP. Determining gestational age and preterm birth in rural Guatemala: A comparison of methods. PLoS One. 2018 Mar 19; 13(3): e0193666. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193666. eCollection 2018. PMID: 29554145
- Beigi RH, Omer SB, Thompson KM. Key steps forward for maternal immunization: Policy making in action. Vaccine. 2018 Feb 15. pii: S0264-410X(18)30215-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.02.041. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 29456018.
- Omer SB, Clark DR*, Aqil AR, Tapia MD, Nunes MC, Kozuki N, Steinhoff MC, Madhi SA, Wairagkar, BMGF Supported Maternal Influenza Immunization Trials Investigators Group. Maternal Influenza Immunization and Prevention of Severe Clinical Pneumonia in Young Infants: Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Conducted in Nepal, Mali, and South Africa. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Feb 13. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001914. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 29443825.
- Omer SB, Porter RM*, Allen K*, Salmon D, Bednarczyk RA*. Trends in Kindergarten Rates of Vaccine Exemption and State-Level Policy, 2011-2016. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 15; 5(2):ofx244. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx244. eCollection 2018 Feb. PMCID: PMC5798011
- Frew PM, Randall LA, Malik F, Lamaye R, Wilson A, O’Leary ST, Salmon D, Donnelly M. Ault K, Dudley MZ, Fenimore VL, Omer SB. Clinician Perspectives on Strategies to Improve Patient Maternal Immunization Acceptability in Obstetrics and Gynecology Practice Settings. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2018 Jan 9:0. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1425116 [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 29313458
- Omer SB, Allen K, Chang DH*, Guterman LB, Bednarczyk RA*, Jordan A, Buttenheim A, Jones M, Hannan C, deHart MP, Salmon DA. Exemptions From Mandatory Immunization After Legally Mandated Parental Counseling. Pediatrics. 2018 Jan; 141(1). pii: e20172364. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-2364. PMID: 29255080
- Amin AB*, Bednarczyk RA, Ray C, Melchiori K, Graham J, Huntsinger J, Omer SB. Association of moral values with vaccine hesitancy. Nature Human Behaviour. 2017 Dec 4. doi: 10.1038/s41562-017-0256-5 [Epub ahead of print]
- Glanz JM, Wagner NM, Narwaney KJ, Kraus CR, Shoup JA, Xu S, O’Leary ST, Omer SB, Gleason KS, Daley MF. Web-based Social Media Intervention to Increase Vaccine Acceptance: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics. 2017 Nov 6. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-117. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29109107
- Chamberlain AT, Lavery JV, White A, Omer SB. Ethics of maternal vaccination. Science. 26 October 2017; 358(6362):452-453. doi: 10.1126/science.aao4219. PMID: 29074757
- Phadke VK*, McCracken JP, Kriss JL, Lopez MR, Lindblade KA, Bryan JP, Garcia ME, Funes CE, Omer, SB. Clinical Characteristics of Hospitalized Infants with Laboratory-Confirmed Pertussis in Guatemala. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Oct 13. doi: 10.1093/jpids/pix081. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 2904590
- Kriss JL*, Ramakrishnan U, Beauregard JL, Phadke VK, Stein AD, Rivera JA, Omer SB. Yogurt consumption during pregnancy and preterm delivery in Mexican women: A prospective analysis of interaction with maternal overweight status. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Oct 3. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12522. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28971601
- Duffy J, Hambridge SJ, Jackson LA, Kharbanda EO, Klein NP, Naleway A, Omer SB, Weintraub E; Vaccine Safety Datalink. Pediatr Neurol. 2017 Aug 23. pii: S0887-8994(17)30692-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol. 2017.08.005. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28958404
- Siddiqui M, Khan AA*, Varan AK* , Esteves-Jaramillo A, Sultana S, Ali AS, Zaidi AK, Omer SB. Intention to accept pertussis vaccine among pregnant women in Karachi, Pakistan. Vaccine. 2017 Aug 29. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.08.033. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28863869
- Omer SB, Amin AB*, Limaye RJ. Communicating about Vaccines in a Fact-Resistant World. JAMA Pediatrics. 2017 Aug 14. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.2219. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28806442
- Ragan KR*, Bednarczyk RA*, Butler SM, Omer SB. Missed opportunities for catch-up human papillomavirus vaccination among university undergraduates: Identifying health decision-making behaviors and uptake barriers. Vaccine. 2017 Jul 26. Pii: S0264-410X(17)30949-0. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.041. PMID: 28755837
- Ward EM, Flowers CR, Gansler T, Omer SB, Bednarczyk RA*. The importance of immunization in cancer prevention, treatment, and survivorship. CA Cancer J Clin. 2017 Jul 28. doi: 10.3322/caac.21407. Epub 2017 Jul 28. Review. PMID: 28753241
- Opel DJ, Schwartz JL, Omer SB, Silverman R, Duchin J, Kodish E, Diekema DS, Marcuse EK, Orenstein W. Achieving an Optimal Childhood Vaccination Policy. JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Jul 3. doi: 10.1001/jamapediactrics.2017.1868. PMID: 28672396
- Omer SB. Maternal Immunization. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jun 22;376(25):2497. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1705482. PMID: 28636853
- Halabi SF, Omer SB. Legal Complexities of Global Vaccine Compensation Systems-Reply. JAMA. 2017 May 9; 317(18):1912. Doi:10.1001/jama.2017.4432. PMID: 28492896
- Bednarczyk RA*, Tate T, Opel DJ, Omer SB. The Church, the State and Vaccine Policy. Am J Bioethics. 2017 Apr;17(4):50-52. PMID: 28328365
- Omer SB. Maternal Immunization. New England Journal of Medicine. 2017 Mar 30;376(13):1256-1267. PMID: 28355514
- Kriss JL*, Frew PM, Cortes M, Malik FA, Chamberlain AT*, Seib K, Flowers L, Howards PP, Orenstein WA, Omer SB. Evaluation of two vaccine education interventions to improve pertussis vaccination among pregnant African American women: a randomized controlled trial. Vaccine. 2017 Feb 16. pii: S0264-410X(17)30086-5.
- Regan AK, Moore HC, de Klerk N, Omer SB, Mak DB, Effler PV. Reply to Levi et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Apr 15;64(8):1143-1144. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix108. PMID: 28199487
- Halabi SF, Omer SB. A Global Vaccine Injury Compensation System. JAMA. 2017 Jan 23. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.19492.
- Charara R, Forouzanfar M, Naghavi N,,,Omer SB,,,Yonemoto N Murray CJ, Mokdad AH. The Burden of Mental Disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990-2013. PLoS One. 2017 Jan 17;12(1).
- Bednarczyk RA*, Frew PM, Salmon DA, Whitney E, Omer SB. ReadyVax: A new mobile vaccine information app. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2017 Jan 6.
- Omer SB, Kazi AM, Bednarczyk RA*, Allen KE*, Quinn CP, Aziz F, Phadke VK*, Tondella ML, Williams, MM, Orenstein WA, Ali SA. Epidemiology of Pertussis Among Young Pakistani Infants: A Community-Based Prospective Surveillance Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 1. 63 (suppl 4):S148-S153.
- Brennan JM, Bednarczyk RA*, Richards JL, Allen KE*, Warraich GJ, Omer SB. Trends in Personal Belief Exemption Rates Among Alternative Private Schools; Waldorf, Montessori, and Holistic Kindergartens in California, 2000-2014. Am J Public Health. 2017 Jan;107(1):108-112. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303498. Epub 2016 Nov 17. PMID: 27854520
- Phadke VK*, Steinhoff MC, Omer SB, MacDonald NE. Maternal Influenza Immunization and Adverse Birth Outcomes; Using Data and Practice to inform Theory and Research Design. Am J Epidemiol. 2016 Dec 1;184(11):789-792. doi: 10.1093/aje/kww110. Epub 2016 Oct 26. PMID: 27784657
- Phadke VK*, Omer SB. Maternal vaccination for the prevention of influenza: current status and hopes for the future. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2016 Oct;15(10):1255-80.
- Regan AK, Moore HC, de Klerk N, Omer SB, Shellam G, Mak DB, Effler PV.
Seasonal Trivalent Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy and the Incidence of Stillbirth: Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 May 15;62(10):1221-7. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw082. Epub 2016 Mar 30. PMID: 27033634 - Frew PM, Fisher AK, Basket MM, Chung Y, Schamel J, Weiner JL, Mullen J, Omer SB, Orenstein WA. Changes in childhood immunization decisions in the United States: Results from 2012 & 2014 National Parent Surveys. Vaccine. 2016 Oct 6. pii: S0264-410X(16)30658-2. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.001.
- Omer SB, Yildirim I*. Editorial Commentary: Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness: A Glass Both Half Full and Half Empty. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 15;63(12):1574-1576. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw637. Epub 2016 Oct 4. PMID: 27702767
- Nunes MC, Aqil AP, Omer SB, Madhi SA. The Effects of Influenza Vaccination during Pregnancy on Birth Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Am J Perinatol. 2016 Sep;33(11):1104-14. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1586101. Epub 2016 Sep 7.
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- Oladejo O*, Allen K*, Amin A*, Frew PM, Bednarczyk RA*, Omer SB. Comparative analysis of the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) short scale and the five categories of vaccine acceptance identified by Gust et al. Vaccine. 2016 Aug 23. pii: S0264-410X(16)30731-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.046. [Epub ahead of print]
- Nair H, Watts AT, Williams LJ, Omer SB, Simpson CR, Willocks LJ, Cameron JC, Campbell H. Pneumonia hospitalisations in Scotland following the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in young children. BMC Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 9;16:390. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1693-x.
- Olsen SJ, Mirza SA, Vonglokham P, Khanthamaly V, Chitry B, Pholsena V, Chitranonh V, Omer SB, Moen A, Bresee JS, Corwin A, Xeuatvongsa A. The Effect of Influenza Vaccination on Birth Outcomes in a Cohort of Pregnant Women in Lao PDR, 2014-2015. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 15;63(4):487-94. PMID: 27143672
- Vazquez-Benitez G, Kharbanda EO, Naleway AL, Lipkind H, Sukumaran L, McCarthy NL, Omer SB, Qian L, Xu S, Jackson ML, Vijayadev V, Klein NP, Nordin JD. Risk of Preterm or Small-for-Gestational-Age Birth After Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy: Caveats When Conducting Retrospective Observational Studies. Am J Epidemiol. 2016 Aug 1;184(3):176-86. doi: 10.1093/aje/kww043. Epub 2016 Jul 22.
- Lee C, Whetten K, Omer S, Pan W, Salmon D. Hurdles to herd immunity: Distrust of government and vaccine refusal in the US, 2002-2003. Vaccine. 2016 Jul 25;34(34):3972-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.06.048. Epub 2016 Jun 22.
- Bednarczyk RA*, Orenstein WA, Omer SB. Estimating the Number of Measles-Susceptible Children and Adolescents in the United States Using Data From the National Immunization Survey-Teen (NIS-Teen). Am J Epidemiol. 2016 Jul 15;184(2):148-56. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwv320. Epub 2016 Jun 23.
- Husain S, Omer SB. Routine immunization services in Pakistan: seeing beyond the numbers. East Mediterr Health J. 2016 Jun 15;22(3):201-11. Review.
- Regan AK, de Klerk N, Moore HC, Omer SB, Shellam G, Effler PV. Effect of Maternal Influenza Vaccination on Hospitalization for Respiratory Infections in Newborns: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Jun 16. [Epub ahead of print]
- Duffy J, Weintraub E, Hambidge SJ, Jackson LA, Kharbanda EO, Klein NP, Lee GM, Marcy SM, Nakasato CC, Naleway A, Omer SB, Vellozzi C, DeStanfano F; Vaccine Safety Datalink. Febril Seizure Risk After Vaccination in Children 6 to 23 months. Pediatrics. 2016 Jul;138)1). pii:e20160320. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-0320.
- Beeler JA, Lambach P, Fulton TR, Narayanan D, Ortiz JR, Omer SB. A systematic Review of Ethical Issues in Vaccine Studies Involving Pregnant Women. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2016 May 31:1-8.
- Frew PM, Kriss JL, Chamberlain AT, Malik F, Chung Y, Cortés M, Omer SB. A Randomized Trial of Maternal Influenza Immunization Decision-Making: A Test of Persuasive Messaging Models. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2016 Aug 2;12(8):1989-1996. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1199309. PMID: 27322154
- Chamberlain AT*, Seib K, Ault, KA, Rosenberg ES, Frew PM, Cortes M, Whitney EA, Berkelman RL, Orenstein WA, Omer SB. Impact of a Multi-Component Antenatal Vaccine Promotion Package on Improving Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs About Influenza and Tdap Vaccination During Pregnancy. Hum Vaccine Immunother. 2016 Apr 15:1-8. PMID: 27082036
- Chamberlain AT*, Berkelman RL, Ault KA, Rosenberg ES, Orenstein WA, Omer SB. Trends In Reasons for Non-Receipt of Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy in Georgia, 2004-2011. Vaccine. 2016 Mar 18:34(13):1597-603. Doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.01.058.
- Phadke VK*, Bednarczyk R, Salmon DA, Omer SB. Association Between Vaccine Refusal and Vaccine Preventable Diseases in the United States: A Review of Measles and Pertussis. Journal of American Medical Association –JAMA. 2016 Mar 15;315(11):1149-58.
- Bednarczyk RA, Rebolledo PA, Omer SB. Assessment of the role of international travel and unauthorized immigration on measles importation to the United States. J Travel Med. 2016 Mar 30;23(3):taw019. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taw019. Print 2016 Mar. PMID: 27029908
- Sukumaran L, Omer SB. Repeat Tdap Vaccination and Adverse Birth Outcomes--Reply. JAMA. 2016 Mar 22-29;315(12):1286. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.19087. PMID: 27002457
- Regan AK, Klerk Nd, Moore HC, Omer SB, Shellam G, Effler PV. Effectiveness of seasonal trivalent influenza vaccination against hospital-attended acute respiratory infections in pregnant women: A retrospective cohort study. Vaccine. 2016 Jul 12;34(32):3649-56. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.05.032. Epub 2016 May 20. PMID: 27216758
- Malewezi B, Omer SB, Mwagomba B, Araru T. Protecting Health workers from nonsocomial Hepatitis B infections: A review of strategies and challenges for implementation of Hepatitis B vaccination among health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa. J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2016 Dec;6(4):229-241. PMID: 27154428
- Omer SB, Beigi RH. Pregnancy in the Time of Zika: Addressing Barriers for Developing Vaccines and other Countermeasures for Pregnant Women. Journal of American Medical Association –JAMA. 2016 Feb 24. 2016 Mar 22-29;315(12):1227-8.
- Fulton TR*, Phadke VK*, Orenstein WO, Hinman AR, Johnson WD, Omer SB. Protective Effect of Contemporary Pertussis Vaccines: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2016 Feb 7. pii: ciw051. [Epub ahead of print].
- Pearce BD, Nguyen PH, Gonzalez-Casanova I, Qian Y, Omer SB, Martorell R, Ramakrishnan U. Pre-pregnancy Maternal Plasma Cytokine Levels and Risks of Small-for-Gestational-Age at Birth. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Feb 23:1-18. [Epub ahead of print]
- Smith PJ, Stokley S, Bednarczyk RA, Orenstein WA, Omer SB. HPV vaccination coverage of teen girls: The influence of health care providers. Vaccine. 2016 Feb 4. pii: S0264-410X(16)00124-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.01.061. [Epub ahead of print]
- Glasser JW, Feng Z, Omer SB, Smith PJ, Rodewald LE. The effect of heterogeneity in uptake of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine on the potential for outbreaks of measles: a modelling study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Feb 4. pii: S1473-3099(16)00004-9. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00004-9. [Epub ahead of print]
- Glanz JM, NewcOmer SR, Jackson ML, Omer SB, Bednarczyk RA, Shoup JA, DeStefano F, Daley MF. White Paper on studying the safety of the childhood immunization schedule in the Vaccine Safety Datalink. Vaccine. 2016 Feb 15;34 Suppl 1:A1-A29. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.10.082.
- Kharbanda EO, Vazquez-Benitez G, Lipkind HS, Klein NP, Cheetham TC, Naleway AL, Lee GM, Hambidge S, Jackson ML, Omer SB, McCarthy N, Nordin JD. Maternal Tdap vaccination: Coverage and acute safety outcomes in the vaccine safety datalink, 2007-2013. Vaccine. 2016 Feb 10;34(7):968-73. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.12.046. Epub 2016 Jan 4
- Chang DH*, Bednarczyk RA, Becker ER, Hockenberry JM, Weiss PS, Orenstein WA, Omer SB. Trends in U.S. hospitalizations and inpatient deaths from pneumonia and influenza, 1996-2011. Vaccine. 2016 Jan 20;34(4):486-94. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.12.003. Epub 2015 Dec 17.
- Billington JK, Omer SB. Use of Fees to Discourage Nonmedical Exemptions to School Immunization Laws in US States. Am J Public Health. 2016 Feb;106(2):269-70. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302967. Epub 2015 Dec 21. PubMed PMID: 26691132
- Chamberlain AT, Koram AL, Whitney EA, Berkelman RL, Omer SB. Lack of Availability of Antenatal Vaccination Information on Obstetric Care Practice Web Sites. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jan;127(1):119-26. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001183.
- Global Burden of Disease 2013 Risk Factor Collaborators. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2015 Dec 5;386(10010):2287-323.
- Salmon DA, Dudley MZ, Glanz JM, Omer SB. Vaccine hesitancy: Causes, consequences, and a call to action. Vaccine. 2015 Nov 27;33 Suppl 4:D66-71.
- Buttenheim AM, Sethuraman K, Omer SB, Hanlon AL, Levy MZ, Salmon D. MMR Vaccination Status of Children Exempted from School-Immunization Mandates. Vaccine. 2015 Nov 17;33(46):6250-6. Doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.075.
- Vannice KS, Keita M, Sow SO, Durbin AP, Omer SB, Moulton LH, Yaméogo TM, Zuber PL, Onwuchekwa U, Sacko M, Diomandé FV, Halsey NA. Active Surveillance for Adverse Events After a Mass Vaccination Campaign With a Group A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PsA-TT) in Mali. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Nov 15;61 Suppl 5:S493-500. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ497.
- Sukumaran L*, McCarthy NL, Kharbanda EO, Weintraub ES, Vazquez-Benitez G, McNeil MM, Li R, Klein NP, Hambidge SJ, Naleway AL, Lugg MM, Jackson ML, King JP, DeStefano F, Omer SB, Orenstein WA. Safety of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid, and Acellular Pertussis and Influenza Vaccinations in Pregnancy. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2015 Nov;126(5):1069-74.
- Omer SB, Phadke VK*, Bednarczyk RA, Chamberlain AT*, Brosseau JL, Orenstein WA. Impact of Statins on Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Medically Attended Acute Respiratory Illness. J Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 28. pii: jiv457. [Epub ahead of print]
- Sukumaran L*, McCarthy, NL, Kharbanda, EO, McNeil MM, Naleway AL, Klein NP, Jackson ML, Hambidge SJ, Lugg MM, Li R, Weintraub ES, Bednarczyk RA, King JP, DeStefano F, Orenstein WA, Omer SB. Association of Tdap vaccination with acute events and adverse birth outcomes among pregnant women with prior tetanus-containing immunizations. Journal of American Medical Association –JAMA. 2015 Oct 20;314(15):1581-7.
- Fulton TR*, Narayanan D*, Bonhoeffer J, Ortiz JR, Lambach P, Omer SB. A systematic review of adverse events following immunization during pregnancy and the newborn period. Vaccine. 2015 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print].
- Grosholz JM, Blake S, Daugherty JD, Ayers E, Omer SB, Polivka-West L, Howard DH. Accuracy of influenza vaccination rate estimates in United States nursing home residents. Epidemiol Infect. 2015 Sep;143(12):2588-95.
- Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2015 Aug 22;386(9995):743-800.
- Khan AA*, Varan AK*, Esteves-Jaramillo A, Siddiqui M, Sultana S, Ali AS, Zaidi AK, Omer SB. Influenza vaccine acceptance among pregnant women in urban slum areas, Karachi, Pakistan. Vaccine. 2015 Aug 18. pii: S0264-410X(15)01128-7.
- Salmon DA, Dudley MZ, Glanz JM, Omer SB. Vaccine Hesitancy: Causes, Consequences, and a Call to Action. Am J Prev Med. 2015 Aug 31.
- Bednarczyk RA, Orenstein WA, Omer SB. Impact of Gender-Specific Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Recommendations on Uptake of Other Adolescent Vaccines: Analysis of the NIS-Teen (2008-2012). J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Aug 14.
- Salmon DA, MacIntyre CR, Omer SB. Making mandatory vaccination truly compulsory: well-intentioned but ill conceived. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2015 Aug;15(8):872-3.
- Omer SB; Richards JL*; Madhi SA; Tapia MD; Steinhoff MC; *Aqil, AR; Wairagkar N. Three randomized trials of maternal influenza immunization in Mali, Nepal, and South Africa: Methods and expectations. Vaccine. 2015 July 31. 33(32) 3801-3812.
- Chamberlain AT,*Seib K, Ault KA, Rosenberg ES, Frew PM, Cortés M, Whitney EA, Berkelman RL, Orenstein WA, Omer SB. Improving influenza and Tdap vaccination during pregnancy: A cluster-randomized trial of a multi-component antenatal vaccine promotion package in late influenza season. Vaccine. 2015 Jul 9;33(30):3571-9.
- Frew, PM; Omer, SB; Parker, K; Bolton, M; Schamel, J; Shapiro, E; Owens, L; Saint-Victor, D; Boggavarapu, S; Braxton, N; Archibald, M; Kalokhe, AS; Horton, T; Root, CM; Fenimore, VL; Anderson, AM. Delivering a "dose of hope": a faith-based program to increase older African Americans’ participation in clinical trials. JMIR Res Protoc, 2015 vol. 4(2) pp. e64
- Chamberlain AT,* Seib K, Ault KA, Orenstein WA, Frew PM, Malik F, Cortés M, Cota P, Whitney EA, Flowers LC, Berkelman RL, Omer SB. Factors Associated with Intention to Receive Influenza and Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccines during Pregnancy: A Focus on Vaccine Hesitancy and Perceptions of Disease Severity and Vaccine Safety. PLoS Curr. 2015 Feb 25;7.
- Cohen MA, Gargano LM, Thacker N, Choudhury P, Weiss PS, Arora M, Orenstein WA, Omer SB, Hughes JM. Assessing providers' vaccination behaviors during routine immunization in India. J Trop Pediatr. 2015 Mar 31.
- Gargano LM,* Tate JE, Parashar UD, Omer SB, Cookson ST. Comparison of impact and cost-effectiveness of rotavirus supplementary and routine immunization in a complex humanitarian emergency, Somali case study. Confl Health. 2015 Feb 9;9:5.
- Opel DJ, Omer SB. Measles, Mandates, and Making Vaccination the Default Option. JAMA Pediatrics. 2015 Feb 11. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0291. [Epub ahead of print]
- Daugherty JD, Blake SC, Grosholz JM, Omer SB, Polivka-West L, Howard DH. Influenza vaccination rates and beliefs about vaccination among nursing home employees. Am J Infect Control. 2015 Feb;43(2):100-6.
- Global Burden of Disease 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2015 Jan 10;385(9963):117-71.
- Kharbanda EO, Vazquez-Benitez G, Lipkind HS, Klein NP, Cheetham TC, Naleway A, Omer SB, Hambidge SJ, Lee GM, Jackson ML, McCarthy NL, DeStefano F, Nordin JD. Evaluation of the Association of Maternal Pertussis Vaccination with Obstetric Events and Birth Outcomes. Journal of American Medical Association –JAMA. 2014 Nov 12;312(18):1897-1904.
- Bratton KN,* Wardle MT,* Orenstein WA, Omer SB. Maternal Influenza Immunization and Birth Outcomes of Stillbirth and Spontaneous Abortion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014 Nov 18. pii: ciu915
- Seib K, Chamberlain A,* Wells K, Curran E,* Whitney EA, Orenstein WA, Hinman AR, Omer SB. Challenges and changes: Immunization program managers share perspectives in a 2012 national survey about the U.S. immunization system since the H1N1pandemic response. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014 Oct 1:0. [Epub ahead of print]
- Murray CJ, Ortblad KF, Guinovart C,…Omer SB…, Zou XN, Lopez AD, Vos T. Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2014 Sep 13;384(9947):1005-70.
- Frew PM, Owens L, Saint-Victor DS, Benedict S, Zhang S, Omer SB (2014). Factors Associated with Maternal Influenza Immunization Decision-Making: Evidence of Immunization History and Message Framing Effects. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics. 2014 Sep 2;10(9):2576-83.
- Moriarty LF,* Omer SB, Seib K, Chamberlain A, Wells K, Whitney E, Berkelman R, Bednarczyk RA. Changes in Immunization Program Managers' Perceptions of Programs' Functional Capabilities During and After Vaccine Shortages and pH1N1. Public Health Rep. 2014;129 Suppl 4:42-8.
- McNeil MM, Gee J, Weintraub ES, Belongia EA, Lee GM, Glanz JM, Nordin JD, Klein NP, Baxter R, Naleway AL, Jackson LA, Omer SB, Jacobsen SJ, DeStefano F. The Vaccine Safety Datalink: Successes and challenges monitoring vaccine safety. Vaccine. 2014 Aug 6. pii: S0264-410X(14)01025-1.
- Moriarty LF,* Omer SB. Infants and the seasonal influenza vaccine: A global perspective on safety, effectiveness, and alternate forms of protection. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014 Jul 3;10(9). [Epub ahead of print] Review.
- Van Otterloo J,* Seib K, Ault KA, Omer SB. Women's health providers as vaccine providers in public health emergencies. J Reprod Med. 2014 Jul-Aug;59(7-8):401-8.
- Lee A, Berendes D, Seib K, Whitney EAS, Chavez S, Berkelman R, Omer SB, Spaulding A. Distribution of A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza vaccine: Greater consideration of smaller jails. Journal of Correctional Health Care. J Reprod Med. 2014 Jul-Aug;59(7-8):401-8..
- Kassebaum NJ, Bertozzi-Villa A, Coggeshall MS, Shackelford KA, Steiner C, Heuton KR, Gonzalez-Medina D, Barber R, Huynh C, Dicker D, Templin T, Wolock TM, Ozgoren AA…Omer SB…Lopez AD, Naghavi M, Murray CJ, Lozano R. Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2014 May 2. pii: S0140-6736(14)60696-6.
- Wang H, Liddell CA, Coates MM, Mooney MD, Levitz CE, Schumacher AE, Apfel H, Iannarone M, Phillips B, Lofgren KT, Sandar L, Dorrington RE, Rakovac I, Jacobs TA, Liang X, Zhou M, Zhu J, Yang G, Wang Y, Liu S, Li Y, Ozgoren AA…Omer SB…Lopez AD, Murray CJ. Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2014 May 2. pii: S0140-6736(14)60497-9.
- Omer SB, Peterson D, Curran E*, Hinman A, Orenstein WA. Legislative Challenges to School Immunization Mandates, 2009 – 2012. Journal of American Medical Association –JAMA. 2014 Feb 12;311(6):620-1.
- Opel D, Feemster K, Omer SB, Orenstein WA, Richter M, Lantos J. Ethics Rounds: A six-month old with vaccine-hesitant parents. Pediatrics. 2014 Mar 133(3):526-30.
- Varan AK,* Esteves-Jaramillo A, Richardson V, Esparza-Aguilar M, Cervantes-Powell P, Omer SB. Intention to accept Bordetella pertussis booster vaccine during pregnancy in Mexico City. Vaccine. 2014 Feb 7;32(7):785-92.
- Frew PM, Owens L, Saint-Victor D,* Omer SB. Socioecological and Message Framing Factors Influencing Maternal Influenza Immunization among Minority Women. Vaccine. 2014 Mar 26;32(15):1736-44.
- Marsh HA,* Shapiro E, Malik F, Omer SB, Frew P. Message framing strategies to increase influenza immunization uptake among pregnant African American women. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2013 Dec 12 [Epub ahead of print]
- Curran EA,* Seib KG, Wells K, Hannan C, Bednarczyk RA, Hinman AR, Omer SB. A national survey of immunization programs regarding immunization information systems data sharing and use. 2013. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2013 Dec 27. [Epub ahead of print]
- Omer SB, Orenstein WA. Editorial Commentary: Vaccine Refusal among Pediatric Travelers. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal. 2013 Dec;2(4):335-6. doi: 10.1093/jpids/pit070. Epub 2013 Dec 10. PMID: 26619496
- Adedinsewo DA,* Noory L, Bednarczyk RA, Steinhoff MC, Davis RL, Ogbuanu C, Omer SB. Impact of Maternal Characteristics on the Effect of Maternal Influenza Vaccination on Fetal Outcomes. Vaccine. 2013 Dec 2;31(49):5827-33.
- Frew PM, Zhang S, Saint-Victor DS,* Schade AC, Benedict S, Banan M, Ren X, Omer SB. Influenza vaccination acceptance among diverse pregnant women and its impact on infant immunization. Hum Vaccine and Immunother. 2013 Dec; 9(12):2591-602.
- Bednarczyk RA, Curran EA,* Orenstein WA, Omer SB. Health disparities in human papillomavirus vaccine coverage: Trends analysis from NIS-Teen, 2008-2011. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014 Jan; 58(2):238-41.
- Siddiqui M, Salmon DA, Omer SB. Epidemiology of Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States. Human Vaccine and Immunother. 2013 Dec; 9(12):2643-264.
- van Santen KL*, Bednarczyk, RA, Adjaye-Gbewonyo D*, Orenstein WA, Davis RL, Omer SB. Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Infants by Maternal Influenza Vaccination. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Nov;32(11):1180-4.
- Atwell JE, Van Otterloo J*, Zipprich, J, Winter K, Harriman K, Salmon, DA, Halsey NA, Omer SB. Non-medical Vaccine Exemptions and Pertussis in California, 2010. Pediatrics. 2013 Oct;132(4):624-30. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-0878. Epub 2013 Sep 30. PMID: 24082000
- Sadaf A*, Richards JL*, Glanz J, Salmon DA, Omer SB. A systematic review of interventions for reducing parental vaccine refusal and vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine. 2013 Sep 23;31(41):4591-5.
- Mergler MJ, Omer SB, Pan WKY, Navar-Boggan AM, Orenstein W, Marcuse EK, Taylor J, DeHart MP, Carter TC, Damico A, Halsey N, Salmon DA. Association of Vaccine-Related Attitudes and Beliefs Between Parents and Health Care Providers. Vaccine. 2013 Sep 23;31(41):4591-5.
- Omer SB. Applying Kass’s Public Health Ethics Framework to Mandatory Health Care Worker Immunization: The Devil is in the Details. American Journal of Bioethics. Am J Bioeth. 2013 Sep;13(9):55-7.
- Silvaggio JL,* Van Otterloo J*, Curran EA*, Whitney EAS, Weiss PS, Seib K, Omer SB. Vaccine Providers' Perspectives on Impact, Challenges, and Response during the California 2010 Pertussis Outbreak. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics. 2013; 2013 Sep 17;10(1)
- Gargano LM*, Thacker N, Choudhury P, Weiss PS, Russ RM, Pazol K, Arora M, Orenstein WA, Omer SB, Hughes JM. Pediatricians' Perceptions of Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety are Significant Predictors of Vaccine Administration in India. International Health. 2013 Sep 17;10(1).
- Thacker N, Choudhury P, Gargano LM*, Weiss PS, Pazol K, Bahl S, Jafari HS, Arora M, Dubey AP, Vashishtha VM, Agarwal R, Kumar A, Orenstein WA, Omer SB, Hughes JM. Attitudes and Practices of Auxiliary Nurse Midwives and Accredited Social Health Activists in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar regarding Polio Immunization in India. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 2013 Aug;59(4):266-73
- Schlaudecker EP, Steinhoff MC, Omer SB, McNeal MM, Roy E, Arifeen SE, Dodd CN, Raqib R, Breiman RF, Zaman K. IgA and neutralizing antibodies to influenza a virus in human milk: a randomized trial of antenatal influenza immunization. PLoS One. 2013 Aug 14;8(8):e70867.
- Murray CJ, Abraham J, Ali MK, …Omer SB,… Wilkinson JD, Wulf S, Zabetian A, Lopez AD; US Burden of Disease Collaborators. The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors. JAMA –The Journal of American Medical Association. 2013 Aug 14;310(6):591-608.
- Adjaye-Gbewonyo D*, Bednarczyk RA, Davis RL, Omer SB. Using the Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding Method (BISG) to create a working classification of race and ethnicity in a diverse managed care population: a validation study. Health Services Research. Health Serv Res. 2013 Jul 16.
- Greene SK, Rett MD, Vellozzi C, Li L, Kulldorff M, Marcy SM, Daley MF, Belongia EA, Baxter R, Fireman BH, Jackson ML, Omer SB, Nordin JD, Jin R, Weintraub ES, Vijayadeva V, Lee GM. Guillain-Barré Syndrome, influenza vaccination, and antecedent respiratory and gastrointestinal infections: a case-centered analysis in the Vaccine Safety Datalink, 2009-2011. PLoS One. 2013 Jun 26;8(6):e67185. Print 2013.
- Richards JL*, Wagenaar BH*, Van Otterloo J*, Gondalia R, Atwell JE, Kleinbaum DG, Salmon DA, Omer SB. Nonmedical exemptions to immunization requirements in California: a 16-year longitudinal analysis of trends and associated community factors. Vaccine. 2013 Jun 24;31(29):3009-13.
- Seib K*, Gleason C, Richards JL*, Chamberlain A*, Andrews T, Watson L, Whitney E, Hinman AR, Omer SB. Partners in Immunization: 2010 Survey Examining Provider Differences among H1N1 Vaccine Providers in Washington State. Public Health Reports. Public Health Rep. 2013 May-Jun;128(3):198-211.
- McCarthy NL, Weintraub E, Vellozi C, Duffy J, Gee J, Donahue JG, Jackson M, Lee G, Glanz J, Baxter R, Lugg MM, Naleway A, Omer SB, Nakasato C, Destefano F. Describing Mortality Rates and Cause of Death Patterns in the Vaccine Safety Datalink. Am J Prev Med. 2013 Jul;45(1):91-7.
- Saint-Victor DS*, Omer SB. Vaccine refusal and the endgame: Walking the last mile first. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.. 2013 Jun 24;368(1623):20120148.
- Curran EA*, Bednarczyk RA, Omer SB. Evaluation of the frequency of Immunization Information System use for public health research. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2013 Jun;9(6):1346-50.
- Henkle E, Steinhoff MC, Omer SB, Roy E, Arifeen SE, Raqib R, Breiman RF, Caulfield L, Moss WJ, Zaman K. The effect of exclusive breastfeeding on respiratory illness in young infants in a maternal immunization trial in Bangladesh. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 May;32(5):431-5.
- Omer SB, Orenstein WA, Koplan JP. Go Big and Go Fast — Vaccine Refusal and Disease Eradication. New England Journal of Medicine. 2013 Apr 11;368(15):1374-6. doi: 10.1056.
- Richards JL*, Hansen C, Bredfeldt C, Bednarczyk RA, Steinhoff MC, Adjaye-Gbewonyo D, Ault K, Gallagher M, Orenstein W, Davis RL, Omer SB. Neonatal outcomes after antenatal influenza immunization during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic: impact on preterm birth, birth weight, and small for gestational age birth. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 May;56(9):1216-22.
- Mergler MJ*, Omer SB, Pan WK, Navar-Boggan AM, Orenstein W, Marcuse EK, Taylor J, DeHart MP, Carter TC, Damico A, Halsey N, Salmon DA. Are Recent Medical Graduates More Skeptical of Vaccines? Vaccine. 2013; 1(2):154-166.
- Omer SB, Zaman K, Roy E, Arifeen SE, Raqib R, Noory L, Seib K, Breiman RF, Steinhoff MC. Combined Effects of Antenatal Influenza Vaccine and Infant Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: Results from a Randomized, Blinded, Controlled Trial. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2013 Apr;207(7):1144-7.
- Randall LH*, Curran EA*, Omer SB. Legal Considerations Surrounding Mandatory Influenza Vaccination for Healthcare Workers in the United States. Vaccine. 2013 Apr 3;31(14):1771-6
- Smith KC, Rimal R, Sandberg H, Storey JD, Lagasse L, Maulsby C, Rhoades E, Barnett DJ, Omer SB, Links JM. Understanding newsworthiness of an emerging pandemic: International newspaper coverage of the H1N1 outbreak. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2013 Sep;7(5):847-53.
- Lim SS, Vos T, Flaxman AD, Danaei G, Shibuya K…Omer SB… Lopez AD, Murray CJ, Ezzati M. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet. 2012 Dec 15;380(9859):2224-60.
- Murray CJ, Vos T, Lozano R, Naghavi M, Flaxman AD, Michaud C, Ezzati M, Shibuya K, Salomon JA…Omer SB… Lopez AD. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet. 2012 Dec 15;380(9859):2197-223.
- Vos T, Flaxman AD, Naghavi M, Lozano R, Michaud C, Ezzati M, Shibuya K, Salomon JA…Omer SB…Lopez AD, Murray CJ. Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet. 2012 Dec 15;380(9859):2163-96.
- Salomon JA, Vos T, Hogan DR, Gagnon M, Naghavi M, Mokdad A, Begum N, Shah R, Karyana M, Kosen S, Farje MR, Moncada G, Dutta A, Sazawal S, Dyer A, Seiler J…Omer SB…Murray CJ. Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet. 2012 Dec 15;380(9859):2129-43.
- Lozano R, Naghavi M, Foreman K, Lim S, Shibuya K…Omer SB…Lopez AD, Murray CJ. Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet. 2012 Dec 15;380(9859):2095-128.
- Seib K*, Barnett D, Weiss P, Omer SB. Vaccine-related standard of care and willingness to respond to public health emergencies: a cross-sectional survey of California vaccine providers. Vaccine. 2012 Dec 17;31(1):196-201.
- Khowaja AR, Khan SA, Nizam N, Omer SB, Zaidi AKM. Parental perceptions and self-reported non-participation in Polio Supplementary Immunization Activities in Karachi, Pakistan. Bull World Health Organ. 2012 Nov 1;90(11):822-30. doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.106260. Epub 2012 Sep 14.
- Jones AM*, Omer SB, Bednarczyk R, Halsey NA, Moulton LH, Salmon DA. Parents’ Source of Vaccine Information and Impact on Vaccine Attitudes, Beliefs and Non-Medical Exemptions. Adv Prev Med. 2012;2012:932741. doi: 10.1155/2012/932741.
- Bednarczyk RA, Davis RL, Ault K, Orenstein WA, Omer SB. Sexual activity-related outcomes following human papillomavirus vaccination of 11- to 12-year olds. Pediatrics. 2012 Nov;130(5):798-805.
- Omer SB, Richards JL*, Ward M*, Bednarczyk RA. Vaccination Exemption Policies and Rates of Non-Immunization, 2005-2011. New England Journal of Medicine. 2012 Sep 20;367(12):1170-1.
- Hudgens ME, Taha TE, Omer SB, Jamieson DJ, Lee H, Mofenson LM, Chasela C, Kourtis AP, Kumwenda N, Ruff A, Bedri A, Jackson JB, Musoke P, Bollinger R, Gupte N, Thigpen MC, Taylor A, van der Horst C. Pooled Individual Data Analysis of Five Randomized Trials of Infant Nevirapine Prophylaxis to Prevent Breast-Milk HIV-1 Transmission. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print].
- Steinhoff MC and Omer SB. A Review of Fetal and Infant Protection Associated with Antenatal Influenza Immunization. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Sep;207(3 Suppl):S21-27.
- Bednarczyk RA, Adjaye-Gbewonyo D, Omer SB. Safety of Influenza Immunization during Pregnancy for the Fetus and the Neonate. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Sep;207(3 Suppl):S38-46
- Stadlin S*, Bednarczyk RA, Omer SB. Medical Exemptions to School Immunization Requirements in the United States -Association of State Policies with Medical Exemption Rates (2004-2011). Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2012 Oct;206(7):989-92. Epub 2012 Aug 29.
- Wells KB and Omer SB. The Financial Impact of a State Adopting a Personal/Philosophical Belief Exemption Policy: Cost of Pertussis Disease in Infants, Children and Adolescents. Vaccine. 2012 Sep 7;30(41):5901-4. Epub 2012 Aug 1.
- Schlaudecker EP, Steinhoff MC, Omer SB, Roy E, Arifeen SE, Dodd CN, Altaye M, Raqib R, Breiman RF, Zaman K. Antibody persistence in mothers one year after pneumococcal immunization in pregnancy. Vaccine. 2012 Jun 15. [Epub ahead of print]
- Frew PM, Painter JE, Hixson B, Moore K, Kulb C, del Rio C, Esteves-Jaramillo A*, Omer SB. Factors Mediating Seasonal and Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccine Acceptance among Ethnically Diverse Populations in the Urban South. Vaccine. 2012 June 13; 30(28); 4200-4208.
- Chamberlain AT, Wells K, Kudis A, Hannan C, Orenstein WA, Whitney EA, Hinman AR, Buehler JW, Omer SB, Berkelman RL. Lessons Learned From the 2007 to 2009 Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Vaccine Shortage: Implications for Future Vaccine Shortages and Public Health Preparedness. J Public Health Manag. Pract. 2012 May-Jun;18(3):E9-E16. Doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31821dce27.
- Gargano LM*, Thacker N, Choudhury P, Weiss PS, Pazol K, Bahl S, Jafari HS, Arora M, Orenstein WA, Hughes JM, Omer SB. Predictors of administration and attitudes about pneumococcal, Haemophilus influenzae type b and rotavirus vaccines among pediatricians in India: A national survey. Vaccine. 2012 May 21; 30 (24); 3541-3545.
- Steinhoff MC, Omer SB, Roy E, Arifeen SE, Raqib R, Dodd C, Breiman RF, Zaman K. Neonatal outcomes after influenza immunization in pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial. CMAJ. Apr 3;184(6):645-53. Epub 2012 Feb 21.
- Thacker N, Choudhury P, Gargano LM*, Weiss PS, Pazol K, Bahl S, Jafari HS, Arora M, Dubey AP, Vashishtha VM, Agarwal R, Kumar A, Orenstein WA, Omer SB, Hughes JM. Comparison of attitudes about polio, polio immunization, and barriers to polio eradication between primary health center physicians and private pediatricians in India. Int J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar 29. [Epub ahead of print]
- Lee AS, Berendes DM, Seib KG, Whitney AS, Chavez RS, Meyer PL, Berkelman RL, Omer SB, Spaulding AC. Distribution of A(H1N1)pdm09 Influenza Vaccine: Need for Greater Consideration of Smaller Jails. J Correct Health Care. 2014 Jul;20(3):228-239. doi: 10.1177/1078345814532223. Epub 2014 Jun 16. PMID: 24934841
- Link-Gelles R*, Chamberlain AT, Schulkin J, Ault K, Whitney E, Seib K, Omer SB. Missed opportunities: A National Survey of Obstetricians about Attitudes on Maternal and Infant Immunization. Maternal Child Health Journal. 2011 Dec 24. [Epub ahead of print]
- Gargano LM*, Thacker N, Choudhury P, Weiss PS, Pazol K, Bahl S, Jafari HS, Arora M, Orenstein WA, Hughes JM, Omer SB .Attitudes of Pediatricians and Primary Health Center Physicians in India Concerning Routine Immunization, Barriers to Vaccination, and Missed Opportunities to Vaccinate. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Feb;31(2):e37-42.
- Omer SB, Bednarczyk RA, Madhi SA, Klugman KP. Benefits to Mother and Child of Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy. Human Vaccines. 2012 Jan 1;8(1). [Epub ahead of print]
- Chamberlain AT*, Seib K, Wells K, Hannan C, Orenstein W, Whitney E, Hinman A, Berkelman R, Omer SB. Perspectives of Immunization Program Managers during the 2009 – 2010 H1N1 Vaccination Campaign: a National Survey. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science. 2012 Mar;10(1):142-150. Epub 2012 Feb 23.
- Omer SB. Safety of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine. Journal of Internal Medicine. 2011 Nov 11. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02481.x. [Epub ahead of print].
- Van Otterloo J*, Richards JL*, Seib K, Weiss P, Omer SB. Gift Card Incentives and Response Bias in a Survey of Vaccine Providers: The Role of Geographic and Demographic Factors. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e28108. Epub 2011 Nov 23.
- Lagassé LP, Rimal RN, Smith KC, Storey JD, Rhoades E, Barnett DJ, Omer SB, Links J. How Accessible Was Information about H1N1 Flu? Literacy Assessments of CDC Guidance Documents for Different Audiences. PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e23583. Epub 2011 Oct 25.
- Choudhury P, Thacker N, Gargano LM*, Weiss PS, Vashishtha VM, Amladi T, Pazol K, Orenstein WA, Omer SB, Hughes JM. Attitudes and perceptions of private pediatricians regarding polio immunization in India. Vaccine. 2011 Oct 26;29(46):8317-22. Epub 2011 Sep 3.
- Onyango-Makumbi C, Omer SB, Mubiru M, Moulton LH, Nakabiito C, Musoke P, Mmiro F, Zwerski S, Wigzell H, Falksveden L, Wahren B, Antelman G, Fowler MG, Guay L, Jackson JB. Safety and Efficacy of HIV Hyperimmune Globulin (HIVIGLOB) for Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in HIV-1 infected Pregnant Women and their Infants in Kampala, Uganda (HIVIGLOB/NVP STUDY). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Aug 4. [Epub ahead of print]
- Omer SB, Goodman D, Steinhoff MC, Rochat R, Klugman KP, Stoll BJ, Ramakrishnan U. Maternal Influenza Immunization and Reduced Likelihood of Prematurity and Small for Gestational Age Births: A Retrospective Cohort Study. PLoS Medicine. 2011 May; 8(5): e1000441.
- Rasmussen SA, Kissin DM, Yeung LF, MacFarlane K, Chu SY, Turcios-Ruiz RM, Mitchell EW, Williams J, Fry AM, Hageman J, Uyeki TM, Jamieson DJ; Pandemic Influenza and Pregnancy Working Group. Preparing for influenza after 2009 H1N1: special considerations for pregnant women and newborns. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jun;204(6 Suppl 1):S13-20.
- Berger BE*, Navar-Boggan AM, Omer SB. Congenital rubella syndrome and autism spectrum disorder prevented by rubella vaccination - United States, 2001-2010. BMC Public Health. 2011 May 19;11(1):340. [Epub ahead of print].
- Hussain H, Omer SB, , Manganello JA, Kromm EE, Carter T, Kan L, Stokley S, Halsey N, Salmon DA. Immunization Safety in United States Print Media. Pediatrics. 2011 May;127 Suppl 1:S100-6. Epub 2011 Apr 18.
- Frew PM, Hixon B, del Rio C, Esteves-Jaramillo A*, Omer SB. Acceptance of Pandemic 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccine in a Minority Population: Determinants and Potential Points of Intervention. Pediatrics. 2011 May;127 Suppl 1:S113-9. Epub 2011 Apr 18.
- Vannice KS*, Salmon DA, Omer SB, Kissner J, Edwards KM, Sparks R, Dekker CL, Klein NP, Gust DA. Attitudes and Beliefs of Parents with Concern about Vaccines: Impact of Timing of Immunization Information. Pediatrics. 2011 May;127 Suppl 1:S120-6. Epub 2011 Apr 18.
- Higginson D, Theodoratou E, Nair H, Huda T, Zgaga L, Jadhav SS, Omer SB, Rudan I, Campbell H. An evaluation of respiratory administration of measles vaccine for prevention of acute lower respiratory infections in children. BMC Public Health. 2011 Apr 13;11 Suppl 3:S31.
- Omer SB for Six Week Extended Dose Nevirapine (SWEN) Study Team. Twelve-month follow-up of Six Week Extended Dose Nevirapine randomized controlled trials: differential impact of extended-dose nevirapine on mother-to-child transmission and infant death by maternal CD4 cell count. AIDS. 2011 Mar 27;25(6):767-76.
- Hixson BA, Omer SB, Del Rio C, Frew PM. Spatial Clustering of HIV Prevalence in Atlanta, Georgia and Population Characteristics Associated with Case Concentrations. J Urban Health. 2011 Feb; 88 (1): 129-41.
- Persaud D, Bedri A, Ziemniak C, Moorthy A, Gudetta B, Abashawl A, Mengistu Y, Omer SB, Isehak A, Kumbi S, Adamu R, Lulseged S, Roxann R, Hassen E, Ruff A. Slower Clearance of Nevirapine Resistant Virus in Infants Failing Extended Nevirapine Prophylaxis for Prevention of Mother-to Child HIV-Transmission. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2011 Feb 25. [Epub ahead of print]
- Berger B*, Omer SB. Could the United States Experience Rubella Outbreaks As a Result of Vaccine Refusal and Disease Importation? Hum Vaccin .2010 Dec 1;6(12):1016-20. Epub 2010 Dec 1.
- Church JD, Huang W, Mwatha A, Musoke P, Jackson JB, Bagenda D, Omer SB, Donnell D, Nakabiito C, Eure C, Guay LA, Taylor A, Bakaki PM, Matovu F, McConnell M, Fowler MG, Eshleman SH. Analysis of HIV tropism in Ugandan infants. Curr HIV Res. 2010 Oct 1;8(7):498-503.
- Henkle E, Steinhoff MC, Omer SB, Roy E, Arifeen SE, Raqib R, McNeal M. Incidence of influenza virus infection in early infancy: a prospective study in South Asia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Feb; 30(2): 170-3.
- Tamma PD, Steinhoff MC, Omer SB. Influenza Infection and Vaccination in Pregnant Women. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine. 2010 Jun;4(3):321-8.
- Steinhoff MC, Omer SB, Roy E, Arifeen SE, Altaye M, Raqib R, Breiman RF, Zaman K. Influenza Immunization in Pregnancy: Antibody Responses in Mothers and Infants. New England Journal of Medicine. 2010 Apr 29;362(17):1644-6.
- Chandir S*, Khan AJ, Hussain H, Usman HR, Khowaja S, Halsey NA, Omer SB. Effect of food coupon incentives on timely completion of DTP immunization series in children from a low-income area in Karachi, Pakistan: A longitudinal intervention study. Vaccine. 2010 Apr 26;28(19):3473-8.
- Omer SB, Hiremath GS, Halsey NA. Respiratory Administration of Measles Vaccine. Lancet. 2010 Feb 27;375(9716):706-8.
- Tamma PD, Ault KA, del Rio C, Steinhoff MC, Halsey NA, Omer SB. Safety of Influenza Vaccination during Pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Dec; 201(6):547-52.
- Esteves-Jaramillo A*, Omer SB, Gonzalez-Diaz E, Salmon DA, Hixson B, Navarro F, Kawa-Karasik S, Frew P, Morfin-Otero R, Rodriguez-Noriega E, Ramirez Y, Rosas A, Acosta E, Varela-Badillo V, Del Rio C. Acceptance of a vaccine against novel influenza A (H1N1) virus among health care workers in two major cities in Mexico. Arch Med Res. 2009 Nov;40(8):705-11.
- Alsallaq RA, Cashb B, Weissc HA, Longini IM, Omer SB, Wawer MJ, Gray RH Abu-Raddad LJ. Quantitative assessment of the role of male circumcision in HIV epidemiology at the population level. Epidemics. September 2009, 1(3): 139-152
- Onyango-Makumbi C, Bagenda D, Mwatha A, Omer SB, Musoke P, Mmiro F, Zwerski SL, Kateera BA, Musisi M, Fowler MG, Jackson JB, Guay LA. Early Weaning of HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants and Risk of Serious Gastroenteritis: Findings from Two Perinatal HIV Prevention Trials in Kampala, Uganda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print]
- Durbin AP, Setse R, Omer SB, Palmer JG, Spaeder JA, Baker J, Lessans F, Halsey NA. Monitoring adverse events following yellow fever vaccination using an integrated telephone and Internet-based system. Vaccine. Oct 19;27(44):6143-7.
- Salmon DA, Smith PJ, Pan WK, Navar AM, Omer SB, Halsey NA. Disparities in preschool immunization coverage associated with maternal age. Hum Vaccin. 2009 Aug;5(8):557-61. Epub 2009 Aug 14.
- Barnett DJ, Balicer RD, Thompson CB, Storey JD, Omer SB, Semon NL, Bayer S, Cheek LV, Gateley KW, Lanza KM, Norbin JA, Slemp CC, Links JM. Assessment of local public health workers' willingness to respond to pandemic influenza through application of the extended parallel process model. PLoS One. 2009 Jul 24;4(7):e6365.
- Church JD, Huang W, Parkin N, Marlowe N, Guay LA, Omer SB, Musoke P, Jackson JB, Eshleman SH. Comparison of laboratory methods for analysis of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance in Ugandan infants. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 Jul;25(7):657-63.
- Church JD, Mwatha A, Bagenda D, Omer SB, Donnell D, Musoke P, Nakabiito C, Eure C, Bakaki P, Matovu F, Thigpen MC, Guay LA, McConnell M, Fowler MG, Jackson JB, Eshleman SH. In utero HIV infection is associated with an increased risk of nevirapine resistance in Ugandan infants who were exposed to perinatal single dose nevirapine. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 Jul;25(7):673-7.
- Omer SB, Salmon DA, Orenstein WA, DeHart MP, Halsey NA. Vaccine Refusal, Mandatory Immunization, and Risk of Vaccine Preventable Diseases. New England Journal of Medicine. 2009 May 7;360(19):1981-88.
- Hussain H, Omer SB, Khan AJ, Bhurgri A, Memon A, Halsey NA. Endemic measles in Karachi, Pakistan and validation of IMCI criteria for measles. Acta Paediatr. 2009 Apr;98(4):720-4.
- Khan AJ, Hussain H, Omer SB, Chaudry S, Ali S, Khan A, Yasin Z, Khan IJ, Mistry R, Baig IY, Moulton LH, Halsey N. High incidence of child pneumonia at high altitudes in Pakistan: a longitudinal cohort study. Bull World Health Organ. 2009 Mar;87(3):193-9.
- Salmon DA, Sotir MJ, Pan WK, Berg JL, Omer SB, Stokley S, Hopfensperger DJ, Davis JP, Halsey NA. Parental vaccine refusal in Wisconsin: a case-control study. WMJ. 2009 Feb;108(1):17-23.
- Zaman K, Roy E, Arifeen SE, Rahman M, Raqib R, Wilson E, Omer SB, Shahid NS, Breiman RE, Steinhoff MC. Effectiveness of Maternal Influenza Immunization in Mothers and Infants. New England Journal of Medicine. 2009 Feb 5 360(6):648.
- Omer SB, Enger KS, Moulton LH, Halsey NA, Stokley S, Salmon DA. Geographical Clustering of Nonmedical Exemptions to School Immunization Requirements and its Associations with Geographical Clustering of Pertussis Cases. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2008 Dec 15;168(12):1389-96.
- Omer SB, Sutanto A, Linehan M, Djelantik IG, Fletcher T, Mercer D, Moniaga V, Moulton LH, Widjaya A, Endang, Gessner BD, Steinhoff MC. Climatic, temporal, and geographic characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus disease in a tropical island population. Epidemiol Infect. 2008 Oct;136(10):1319-27.
- Hussain H, Waters H, Khan AJ, Omer SB, Halsey NA. Economic Analysis of Childhood Pneumonia in Northern Pakistan. Health Policy Plan. 2008 Nov;23(6):438-42.
- Church JD, Omer SB, Guay LA, Huang W, Lidstrom J, Musoke P, Mmiro F, Jackson JB, and Eshleman SH. Analysis of nevirapine (NVP) resistance in Ugandan infants who were HIV infected despite receiving single-Dose (SD) NVP versus SD NVP plus daily NVP up to 6 weeks of age to prevent HIV vertical transmission. J Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 1; 198(7):1075-82.
- Malm H, Hood R, Francis L, May T, Omer SB, Salmon DA. Ethics, Pandemics and the Duty to Treat. Am J Bioeth. 2008 Aug;8(8):4-19.
- Six Week Extended-Dose Nevirapine (SWEN) Study Team. Extended-dose nevirapine to 6 weeks of age for infants to prevent HIV transmission via breastfeeding in Ethiopia, India, and Uganda: an analysis of three randomised controlled trials. The Lancet. 2008 July 26; 372(9635): 300-313.
- Salmon DA, Pan WK, Omer SB, Navar AM, Orenstein W, Marcuse EK, Taylor J, DeHart MP, Stokley S, Carter T, Halsey N. Vaccine knowledge and practices of primary care providers of exempt vs. vaccinated children. Hum Vaccin. 2008 Jul-Aug;4(4):286-91.
- Omer SB, Barnett DJ, Castellano C, Wierzba RK, Hiremath GS, Balicer RD, Everly GS. Impact of Homeland Security Alert Level on Calls to a Law Enforcement Peer Support Hotline. Int J Emerg Ment Health. 2007 Fall;9(4):253-7.
- Balicer RD, Omer SB, Barnett DJ, Everly GS Jr. Survey of local public health workers' perceptions toward responding to an influenza pandemic. J Healthc Prot Manage. 2006;22(2):1-14. PMID: 17849832
- Chou VB, Omer SB, Hussain H, Mugasha C, Musisi M, Mmiro F, Musoke P, Jackson JB, Guay LA. The Costs Associated With Adverse Event Procedures for an International HIV Clinical Trial Determined by Activity-Based Costing. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Dec 1;46(4):426-432.
- Asturias EJ, Dueger EL, Omer SB, Melville A, Nates SV, Laassri M, Chumakov K, Halsey NA. Randomized Trial of Inactivated and Live Polio Vaccine Schedules in Guatemalan Infants. Journal of Infectious Diseases. J Infect Dis. 2007 Sep1;196(5):692-8.
- Barnett DJ, Omer SB, Fidler DP, Balicer RD, Hodge Jr. JG,. Global Triage of Global Resources Needed. British Medical Journal -BMJ. 2007; 334; 1071.
- Omer SB, Pan WKY, Halsey NA, Stokley S, Moulton LH, Navar AM, Pierce M, Salmon DA. Non-Medical Exemptions to School Immunization Requirements: Secular Trends and Association of State Policies with Pertussis Incidence. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2006 Oct 11;296(14):1757-63.
- Uscher-Pines L, Omer SB, Barnett DJ, Balicer RD. Priority Setting for Pandemic Influenza: A Systematic Analysis of National Preparedness Plans. PLoS Medicine. 2006 Oct 17;3(10).
- Nachega JB, Hislop M, Dowdy DW, Lo M, Omer SB, Regensberg L, Chaisson RE, Maartens G. Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Assessed by Pharmacy Claims Predicts Survival in HIV-infected South African Adults. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (JAIDS). 2006 Sep;43(1):78-84.
- Salmon DA, Omer SB. Individual freedoms versus collective responsibility: immunization decision-making in the face of occasionally competing values. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology. 2006 Sep 27;3:13.
- Linkins RW, Salmon DA, Omer SB, Pan WK, Stokley S, Halsey NA. Support for immunization registries among parents of vaccinated and unvaccinated school-aged children: a case control study. BMC Public Health. 2006 Sep 22;6:236.
- Hussain H, Waters H, Omer SB, Khan A, Baig IY, Mistry R, Halsey N. The cost of treatment for child pneumonias and meningitis in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Int J Health Plann Mgmt 2006; 21: 229–238.
- Balicer RD, Omer SB, Barnett DJ, Everly GS Jr. Local public health workers' perceptions toward responding to an influenza pandemic. BMC Public Health. 2006 Apr 18;6:99.
- Salmon DA, Smith PJ, Navar AM, Pan WKY, Omer SB, Singleton JA, Halsey NA. Measuring Immunization Coverage among Pre-School Children: Past, Present and Future Opportunities. Epidemiol Rev. 2006;28:27-40.
- Barnett DJ, Balicer RD, Lucey DR, Everly GS, Omer SB, Steinhoff MC, Grotto I,. A Systematic Analytic Approach to Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Planning. PLoS Med. 2005 Nov 1;2(12):e359.
- Barnett DJ, Balicer RD, Blodgett DW, Everly GS Jr, Omer SB, Parker CL, Links JM. Applying Risk Perception Theory to Public Health Workforce Preparedness Training. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2005 Nov;11(6 Suppl):S33-S37.
- Salmon DA, Moulton L, Omer SB, DeHart P, Stokley S, Halsey N. Factors Associated with Refusal of Childhood Vaccines Among Parents of School-Aged Children: A Case-Control Study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 May;159(5):470-6.
- Salmon DA, Omer SB, Moulton L, Stokley S, DeHart P, Lett S, Norman B, Teret S, Halsey N. Exemptions to School Immunization Requirements: the Role of School-Level Requirements, Policies and Procedures. Am J Public Health. 2005 Mar;95(3):436-40.
- Hiremath GB and Omer SB. A Meta-Analysis of Studies Comparing the Respiratory Route with the Subcutaneous Route of Measles Vaccine Administration. Human Vaccines. 2005; 1(1):30-36.
- Salmon DA, Moulton LH, Omer SB, Chace LM, Klassen A, Talebian P, Halsey NA. Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of school nurses and personnel and associations with nonmedical immunization exemptions. Pediatrics. 2004 Jun; 113(6):e552-9.
- Haider AH, Risucci DA, Omer SB, Sullivan T, DiRusso SM, Savino JA, Paidas CN. Injury prevention priority score: a new method for trauma centers to prioritize injury prevention initiatives. J Am Coll Surg. 2004 Jun;198(6):906-13.
- Haider AH, Risucci D, Omer S, Sullivan T, DiRusso S, Slim M, Paidas C. Determination of national pediatric injury prevention priorities using the Injury Prevention Priority Score. J Pediatr Surg. 2004 Jun;39(6):976-8.