2020
Asymptomatic Transmission and the Infection Fatality Risk for COVID-19: Implications for School Reopening
Vermund SH, Pitzer VE. Asymptomatic Transmission and the Infection Fatality Risk for COVID-19: Implications for School Reopening. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 72: 1493-1496. PMID: 32584967, PMCID: PMC7337644, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa855.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Frequent HTLV-1 infection in the offspring of Peruvian women with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis or strongyloidiasis.
Gotuzzo E, Moody J, Verdonck K, Cabada MM, González E, Van Dooren S, Vandamme AM, Terashima A, Vermund SH. Frequent HTLV-1 infection in the offspring of Peruvian women with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis or strongyloidiasis. BULL PAN AM HEALTH ORGAN 2007, 22: 223-30. PMID: 18078583, DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892007000900001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHAM/TSPHTLV-1 infectionOffspring of mothersHTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesisMyelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesisTropical spastic paraparesisSpastic paraparesisAsymptomatic motherHTLV-1Asymptomatic HTLV-1 infectionHTLV-1-positive womenMultiple logistic regression analysisHTLV-1 transmissionLogistic regression analysisDaughters of womenTransfusion historyAsymptomatic infectionMean ageHTLV infectionTime of testingRisk factorsClinical conditionsStrongyloidiasisPeruvian womenInfection
1988
Human Cryptosporidiosis
Crawford F, Vermund S, Katz M. Human Cryptosporidiosis. Critical Reviews In Microbiology 1988, 16: 113-159. PMID: 3067976, DOI: 10.3109/10408418809104469.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus-infected individualsSpectrum of illnessVirus-infected individualsNew diagnostic techniquesGastrointestinal symptomsImmunosuppressed adultsImmunocompetent individualsImmunodeficiency syndromeAsymptomatic infectionPerson transmissionClinical trialsEffective treatmentTrue prevalenceSevere dehydrationCoccidial protozoanOutbreak investigationEnteric pathogensHuman cryptosporidiosisLow infectivitySexual behaviorWarm climate countriesInfectionCryptosporidiosisDiagnostic techniquesPopulation survey