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20. Low antibody levels associated with significantly increased rate of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in a highly vaccinated population from the US National Basketball Association.

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Tai, Caroline G., Haviland, Miriam J., Kissler, Steven M., Lucia, Rachel M., Merson, Michael, Maragakis, Lisa L., Ho, David D., Anderson, Deverick J., DiFiori, John, Grubaugh, Nathan D., Grad, Yonatan H., and Mack, Christina DeFilippo

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BASKETBALL, VACCINATION, PROPORTIONAL hazards models, SARS-CoV-2, ANTIBODY titer
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SARS‐CoV‐2 antibody levels may serve as a correlate for immunity and could inform optimal booster timing. The relationship between antibody levels and protection from infection was evaluated in vaccinated individuals from the US National Basketball Association who had antibody levels measured at a single time point from September 12, 2021, to December 31, 2021. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the risk of infection within 90 days of serologic testing by antibody level (<250, 250–800, and >800 AU/mL1), adjusting for age, time since last vaccine dose, and history of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Individuals were censored on date of booster receipt. The analytic cohort comprised 2323 individuals and was 78.2% male, 68.1% aged ≤40 years, and 56.4% vaccinated (primary series) with the Pfizer‐BioNTech mRNA vaccine. Among the 2248 (96.8%) individuals not yet boosted at antibody testing, 77% completed their primary vaccine series 4–6 months before testing and the median (interquartile range) antibody level was 293.5 (interquartile range: 121.0–740.5) AU/mL. Those with levels <250 AU/mL (adj hazard ratio [HR]: 2.4; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.5–3.7) and 250–800 AU/mL (adj HR: 1.5; 95% CI: 0.98–2.4) had greater infection risk compared to those with levels >800 AU/mL. Antibody levels could inform individual COVID‐19 risk and booster scheduling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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22. Strategies Used in the Detection of Acute/Early HIV Infections. The NIMH Multisite Acute HIV Infection Study: I

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Kerndt, Peter R., Dubrow, Robert, Aynalem, Getahun, Mayer, Kenneth H., Beckwith, Curt, Remien, Robert H., Truong, Hong-Ha M., Uniyal, Apurva, Chien, Michael, Brooks, Ronald A., Vigil, Ofilio R., Steward, Wayne T., Merson, Michael, Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane, and Morin, Stephen F.

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Medicine & Public Health, Health Psychology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health/Gesundheitswesen, Acute HIV infection, Nucleic acid amplification tests, HIV RNA testing, Early detection of acute HIV infection
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Acute/early HIV infection plays a critical role in onward HIV transmission. Detection of HIV infections during this period provides an important early opportunity to offer interventions which may prevent further transmission. In six US cities, persons with acute/early HIV infection were identified using either HIV RNA testing of pooled sera from persons screened HIV antibody negative or through clinical referral of persons with acute or early infections. Fifty-one cases were identified and 34 (68%) were enrolled into the study; 28 (82%) were acute infections and 6 (18%) were early infections. Of those enrolled, 13 (38%) were identified through HIV pooled testing of 7,633 HIV antibody negative sera and 21 (62%) through referral. Both strategies identified cases that would have been missed under current HIV testing and counseling protocols. Efforts to identify newly infected persons should target specific populations and geographic areas based on knowledge of the local epidemiology of incident infections.

Published
2009

24. The "Bubble": What Can Be Learned from the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2019–20 Season Restart in Orlando during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Mack, Christina D, Merson, Michael H, Sims, Leroy, Maragakis, Lisa L, Davis, Rachel, Tai, Caroline G, Meisel, Peter, Grad, Yonatan H, Ho, David D, Anderson, Deverick J, LeMay, Chris, and DiFiori, John

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COVID-19 pandemic, BASKETBALL, MENTAL health services, REVERSE transcriptase, HAND care & hygiene
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Background: The National Basketball Association (NBA) suspended operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. To safely complete the 2019–20 season, the NBA created a closed campus in Orlando, Florida, known as the NBA "Bubble." More than 5000 individuals lived, worked, and played basketball at a time of high local prevalence of SARS-CoV-2. Methods: Stringent protocols governed campus life to protect NBA and support personnel from contracting COVID-19. Participants quarantined before departure and upon arrival. Medical and social protocols required that participants remain on campus, test regularly, physically distance, mask, use hand hygiene, and more. Cleaning, disinfection, and air filtration was enhanced. Campus residents were screened daily and confirmed cases of COVID-19 were investigated. Results: In the Bubble population, 148 043 COVID-19 reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) tests were performed across approximately 5000 individuals; Orlando had a 4% to 15% test positivity rate in this timeframe. There were 44 COVID-19 cases diagnosed either among persons during arrival quarantine or in non-team personnel while working on campus after testing but before receipt of a positive result. No cases of COVID-19 were identified among NBA players or NBA team staff living in the Bubble once cleared from quarantine. Conclusions: Drivers of success included the requirement for players and team staff to reside and remain on campus, well-trained compliance monitors, unified communication, layers of protection between teams and the outside, activation of high-quality laboratory diagnostics, and available mental health services. An emphasis on data management, evidence-based decision-making, and the willingness to evolve protocols were instrumental to successful operations. These lessons hold broad applicability for future pandemic preparedness efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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25. Low Antibody Titers Demonstrate Significantly Increased Rate of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Highly Vaccinated Population from the National Basketball Association

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Tai, Caroline G., primary, Haviland, Miriam J., additional, Kissler, Steven M., additional, Lucia, Rachel M., additional, Merson, Michael, additional, Maragakis, Lisa L., additional, Ho, David D., additional, Anderson, Deverick J., additional, DiFiori, John, additional, Grubaugh, Nathan D., additional, Grad, Yonatan H., additional, and Mack, Christina DeFilippo, additional

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2023
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26. Tackling NCD in LMIC: Achievements and Lessons Learned From the NHLBI–UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence Program

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Rubinstein, Adolfo, He, Jiang, Alam, Dewan S., Peters, David H., Wu, Yangfeng, Yan, Lijing L., Merson, Michael, Ramirez, Manuel, Caballero, Benjamin, Xavier, Denis, Yusuf, Salim, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Narayan, K.M. Venkat, Kimaiyo, Sylvester, Velazquez, Eric, Denman, Catalina A., Cornejo, Elsa, de Zapien, Jill, Rosales, Cecilia, Miranda, J. Jaime, Gilman, Robert H., Levitt, Naomi, Gaziano, Thomas A., Ghannem, Hassen, Laatikainen, Tiina, Rabadan-Diehl, Cristina, Engelgau, Michael M., Belis, Deshiree, Sampson, Uchechukwu, Smith, Richard, Dianis, Nancy L., Wolbach, Tracy L., Matta, Gabriela, Gutierrez, Laura, Elorriaga, Natalia, Poggio, Rosana, Irazola, Vilma, Bazzano, Lydia, Bhuiya, Abbas, Wazed, Abdul, Khan, Alfazal, Siddiquee, Ali T., Islam, Anwar, Khan, Jahangir A.M., Uddin, Jasim, Hasan, Khaled, Khanam, Masuma A., Yunus, Mohammad, Chowdhury, Muhammad A.H., Monalisa, Nazratun N., Alam, Nurul, Streatfield, Peter K., Ahmed, Shyfuddin, Parvin, Sonia, Ali, Taslim, Niessen, Louis W., Hossain, Mohammad D., Koehlmoos, Tracey L.P., Standing, Hilary, Lucas, Henry, Bleich, Sara N., Anderson, Gerard F., Trujillo, Antonio J., Mirelman, Andrew J., Hao, Jesse, Zhang, Jing, Tian, Maoyi, Huang, Polly, Luo, Rong, Fang, Weigang, Li, Xian, Feng, Xiangxian, Li, Zhifang, Deal, Kelly, Peterson, Eric, DeLong, Elizabeth, Zhou, Bo, Shi, Jingpu, Neal, Bruce, Jan, Stephen, Li, Nicole, McMahon, Stephen, Zhang, Jianxin, Sun, Jixin, Elliot, Paul, Zhao, Yi, Zhang, Yuhong, Yao, Chen, Sun, Ningling Huang, Han, Qide, Shen, Ruqun, Niu, Wenyi, Wang, Yanfang, Ke, Yang, Huang, Yining, Leeder, Stephen, Lopez, Alan, Zhang, Ruijuan, Yu, Yan, Roman, Ana V., Mendoza, Carlos, Roche, Dina, Mejicano, Gabriela, Cordova, Maria A., Kroker, Maria F., Fort, Meredith, Letona, Paola, Kanter, Rebecca, Garcia, Regina, Murillo, Sandra, Chacon, Violeta, Montero, Rafael, Lopez, Erika J., Peña, Liz, Castro, Maricruz, Dengo, Ana L., Ulate, Emilce, Alvarado, Nadia, Sibrian, Josefina, Alegria, Astarte, Gutierrez, Ana M., Fontes, Flavia, Sigamani, Alben, Kamath, Deepak, Xavier, Freeda, Deepthi, K.B., Anupama, M., Mathu, Nandini, George, Nisha, Rahul, Pranjali, Pais, Prem, Girish, Preeti, Thomas, Seena, Usha, T., Thomas, Tinku, Joshi, Rajnish, Chidambaram, N., Gupta, Rajeev, Chow, Clara, Pogue, Janice, O'Donnell, Martin, Devereaux, P.J., Misquith, Dominic, Agrawal, Twinkle, Fathima, Farah N., Reddy, Kolli Srinath, Shivashankar, Roopa, Ajay, Vamadevan S., Khan, Hassan M., Kadir, M. Masood, Masood, Muhammad Q., Fatmi, Zafar, Krishnan, Anand, Singh, Kavita, Tandon, Nikhil, Khadgawat, Rajesh, Menon, V. Usha, Sethi, Bipin Kumar, Unnikrishnan, A.G., Hutcheson, Mark L., Ali, Mohammed K., Cunningham, Solveig A., Patel, Shivani A., Gujral, Unjali, Desai, Ankush, Mohan, Deepa, Pradeepa, R. Guha, Mohan, V., Viswanathan, Vijay, Sahay, Rakesh, Shah, Seema, Bantwal, Ganapathi, Varthakavi, Premlata K., Nair, Manisha, Akwanalo, Constantine, Lagat, David, Barasa, Felix, Koech, Myra, Sugut, Wilson, Korir, Belinda, Mosol, Priscah, Ali, Shamim, Sherman, Charles B., Carter, Jane, Bloomfield, Gerald, Binanay, Cynthia, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Bernabé-Ortiz, A., León-Velarde, F., Smith, George D., Málaga, Germán, García, Héctor H., Casas, Juan P., Sacksteder, Katherine, Smeeth, Liam, Huicho, Luis, Rivera, María, Gamboa, Raúl, Ebrahim, Shah, Montori, Víctor M., Wise, Robert A., Checkley, William, Diette, Gregory B., Nojilana, Beatrice, Majikela-Dlangamandla, Buyelwa, Sylvester, Carmelita, Malan, Johanna, Murphy, Katherine, Steyn, Krisela, van Niekerk, Lindi, Mash, Robert, Puoane, Thandi, Kim, Grace, Pandya, Ankur, Abrahams-Gessel, Shafika, Rhode, Hilary, Pather, Michael, Andrade, Alvaro R., Garcia, Beatriz, Velasco, Carlos, Medina, David, Bravo, Delia, Munguia, Diana, Bateman, Eric, Castro, Francisco, Schneider, Helen, Ibarra, Ilse, Zulu, Jabulisiwe, Felix, Joel, Tribe, Karla, Bobrow, Kirsten, Fairall, Lara, Folb, Naomi, Murillo, Norma, Pacheco, Norma, Rodriguez, Paloma, Navarro, Paola, Flores, Reyna, Van Zyl Smit, Richard, Meddoza, Rosario, Surka, Sameer, Van Haght, Serena, Hernandez, Yanira, Tsolekile, Lungiswa, Jeridi, Gouider, Harrabi, Imed, Maatoug, Jihen, Boughammoura, Lamia, Chaieb, Larbi, Mrizek, Nejib, Gaha, Rafika, Limam, Khalifa, Amimi, Souad, Gaha, Karima, Gamra, Habib, Al'Absi, Mustafa, Vartiainen, Erkki, Moore, Cornelius, Spillan, Debi, Cooper, Kristiane, Mitchell, Megan, Kirby, Ruth, Gao, Yunling, Aluko, Emmanuel, Sampson, Uchechukwu K., Miranda, Jaime, and Bloomfield, Gerald S.

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2016
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49. World Health Organization and knowledge translation in maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition

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STAGE (Strategic Technical Advisory Group of Experts), Duke, Trevor, AlBuhairan, Fadia S, Agarwal, Koki, Arora, Narendra K, Arulkumaran, Sabaratnam, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Binka, Fred, Castro, Arachu, Claeson, Mariam, Dao, Blami, Darmstadt, Gary L, English, Mike, Jardali, Fadi, Merson, Michael, Ferrand, Rashida A, Golden, Alma, Golden, Michael H, Homer, Caroline, Jehan, Fyezah, Kabiru, Caroline W, Kirkwood, Betty, Lawn, Joy E, Li, Song, Patton, George C, Ruel, Marie, Sandall, Jane, Sachdev, Harshpal Singh, Tomlinson, Mark, Waiswa, Peter, Walker, Dilys, and Zlotkin, Stanley

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1103 Clinical Sciences, 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, Pediatrics
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has a mandate to promote maternal and child health and welfare through support to governments in the form of technical assistance, standards, epidemiological and statistical services, promoting teaching and training of healthcare professionals and providing direct aid in emergencies. The Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition (MNCAHN) was established in 2020 to advise the Director-General of WHO on issues relating to MNCAHN. STAGE comprises individuals from multiple low-income and middle-income and high-income countries, has representatives from many professional disciplines and with diverse experience and interests.Progress in MNCAHN requires improvements in quality of services, equity of access and the evolution of services as technical guidance, community needs and epidemiology changes. Knowledge translation of WHO guidance and other guidelines is an important part of this. Countries need effective and responsive structures for adaptation and implementation of evidence-based interventions, strategies to improve guideline uptake, education and training and mechanisms to monitor quality and safety. This paper summarises STAGE's recommendations on how to improve knowledge translation in MNCAHN. They include support for national and regional technical advisory groups and subnational committees that coordinate maternal and child health; support for national plans for MNCAHN and their implementation and monitoring; the production of a small number of consolidated MNCAHN guidelines to promote integrated and holistic care; education and quality improvement strategies to support guidelines uptake; monitoring of gaps in knowledge translation and operational research in MNCAHN.

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2022

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