Scientific literature

2017

• ​The Revised Declaration of Geneva – A Modern-Day Physician’s Pledge
  Parsa-Parsi RW. Jama. 2017 Oct 14. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.16230 
   
• Influenzanet:  Citizens Among 10 Countries Collaborating to Monitor Influenza in Europe
  Koppeschaar CE, Colizza V, Guerrisi C, Turbelin C, Duggan J, Edmunds WJ, et al. MIR Public Health Surveill. 2017 Sep 19;3(3):e58. doi:10.2196/publichealth.7429.
  Europe, influenza, influenzanet, surveillance, vaccination
   
• ​​​​​Stopping emerging influenza viruses at their origin 
  Krammer F. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Aug;17(8):784-786. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30297-9.
  Influenza, pandemic, influenza virus vaccine
   
• ​Safety and immunogenicity of a live attenuated influenza H5 candidate vaccine strain A/17/turkey/Turkey/05/133 H5N2 and its priming effects for potential pre-pandemic use: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
  Pitisuttithum P, Boonnak K, Chamnanchanunt S, Puthavathana P, Luvira V, Lerdsamran H, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Aug;17(8):833-842. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30240-2.
  Influenza, pandemic, influenza virus vaccine
   
• The benefit of the doubt or doubts over benefits? A systematic literature review of perceived risks of vaccines in European populations
  Karafillakis E, Larson HJ; ADVANCE consortium. Vaccine. 2017 Jul 28. pii: S0264-410X(17)30969-6. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.061.
  Vaccine, vaccine hesitancy, ​risk perception, health communication, vaccination campaigns
   
• ​Debunking in a world of tribes
  Zollo F, Bessi A, Del Vicario M, Scala A, Caldarelli G, Shekhtman L, et al. PLoS One. 2017 Jul 24;12(7):e0181821. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181821. 
  Social media, misinformation spreading, communication strategies, debunking campaigns, confirmation bias, echo chambers
   
• ​Misinformation lingers in memory: Failure of three pro-vaccination strategies
  Pluviano S, Watt C, Della Sala S. PLoS One. 2017 Jul 27;12(7):e0181640. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181640.
  Vaccines misinformation, memory, vaccination campaigns, vaccine hesitancy, health communication
   
• Vaccination communication strategies: What have we learned, and lost, in 200 years?
  McKinnon M, Orthia LA.  JCOM. 2017;16(03),A08.
  Health communication, science communication, vaccination campaigns, vaccine hesitancy
   
• Medical response to Trump requires truth seeking and respect for patients 
  Doshi P. BMJ. 2017 Feb 7;356:j661. doi:10.1136/bmj.j661.
  Media, medical journalists, communication

2016

• ​Vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers in Europe: A qualitative study. 
  Karafillakis E, Dinca I, Apfel F, Cecconi S, Wűrz A, Takacs J, et al. Vaccine. 2016 Sep 22;34(41):5013-5020. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.029. 
  Vaccine hesitancy, HCWs
   
• Determinants of adherence to seasonal influenza vaccination among healthcare workers from an Italian region: results from a cross-sectional study
  Durando P, Alicino C, Dini G, Barberis I, Bagnasco AM, Iudici R, et al. BMJ Open. 2016 May 17;6(5):e010779. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010779.
  Vaccine, influenza
   
• ​The lure of rationality: Why does the deficit model persist in science communication?
  Simis MJ, Madden H, Cacciatore MA, Yeo SK. Public Underst Sci. 2016 May;25(4):400-14. doi:10.1177/0963662516629749.
  Science communication, deficit model
   
• The Emerging Zika Pandemic. Enhancing Preparedness
  Lucey DR, Gostin LO. JAMA. 2016 Mar 1;315(9):865-6. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.0904.
  ​Zika, preparedness
   
• When Debunking Scientific Myths Fails (and When It Does Not): The Backfire Effect in the Context of Journalistic Coverage and Immediate Judgments as Prevention Strategy
  Peter C, Koch T. Science Communication. 2016 Feb 1;38(1):3-25.
  Debunking campaigns, myths, misinformation, science communication, backfire effect, immediate judgments
   
• The spreading of misinformation online
  Del Vicario M, Bessi A, Zollo F, Petroni F, Scala A, Caldarelli G, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jan 19;113(3):554-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1517441113.
  Social media, misinformation, rumor spreading, echo chambers

2015

• ​Countering antivaccination attitudes
  Horne Z, Powell D, Hummel JE, Holyoak KJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Aug 18;112(33):10321-4. doi:10.1073/pnas.1504019112.
  Vaccination, antivaccination attitudes, myths, science education
   
• Intensive care unit surveillance of influenza infection in France: the 2009/10 pandemic and the three subsequent seasons
  Bonmarin I, Belchior E, Bergounioux J, Brun-Buisson C, Mégarbane B, Chappert JL, et al. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(46). doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.46.30066.
  Influenza, pandemic, ICU, surveillance, vaccination
   
• Engaging patients across the spectrum of medical products development
  Hunter NL, O'Callaghan KM, Califf RM. JAMA. 2015 Dec 15;314(23):2499-500. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.15818.
  FDA, engagement, medicine
   
• Immune history profoundly affects broadly protective B cell responses to influenza
  Andrews SF, Huang Y, Kaur K, Popova LI, Ho IY, Pauli NT, et al. Sci Transl Med. 2015 Dec 2;7(316):316ra192. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aad0522.
  Vaccine, media
   
• Set It and Forget It: The One-Way Use of Social Media by Government Agencies Communicating Science (2015)
  Lee NM, VanDyke MS. Science Communication. 2015 Aug 1;37(4):533-41. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547015588600
  Media, communication
   
• PLOS Current Outbreak - Factors Associated with Intention to Receive Influenza and Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccines during Pregnancy
  Chamberlain AT, Seib K, Ault KA, Orenstein WA, Frew PM, Malik F, et al. PLoS Curr. 2015 Feb 25;7. doi:10.1371/currents.outbreaks.d37b61bceebae5a7a06d40a301cfa819.
  Vaccine, vaccine hesitancy, pregnancy, tetanus, diphteria, acellular pertussis, risk perception
   
• PLOS Current Outbreak - Measuring Vaccine Confidence: Introducing a Global Vaccine Confidence Index
  Larson HJ, Schulz WS, Tucker JD, Smith DM. PLoS Curr. 2015 Feb 25;7. doi:10.1371/currents.outbreaks.ce0f6177bc97332602a8e3fe7d7f7cc4.
  Vaccine, vaccine safety
   
• PLOS Current Outbreak - Vaccine Narratives and Public Health: Investigating Criticisms of H1N1 Pandemic Vaccination
  Abeysinghe S. PLoS Curr. 2015 Feb 25;7. doi:10.1371/currents.outbreaks.17b6007099e92486483872ff39ede178.
  Vaccine, vaccine hesitancy, H1N1, flu, influenza
   
• Science vs. fear: the Ebola quarantine debate as a case study that reveals how the public perceives risk
  Gesser-Edelsburga A, Shir-Razb Y. Journal of Risk Research, 2015. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2015.1100659
  Risk, media
   
• 'By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail': lessons from the 2009 H1N1 ‘swine flu’ pandemic.
  Crosier A, McVey D, French J. Eur J Public Health. 2015 Feb;25(1):135-9. doi:10.1093/eurpub/cku131.
  Pandemic, swine flu, H1N1, influenza

2014

• ​Effective messages in vaccine promotion: a randomized trial.
  Nyhan B, Reifler J, Richey S, Freed GL. Pediatrics. 2014 Apr;133(4):e835-42. doi:10.1542/peds.2013-2365.
  Vaccines, MMR, autism, misperceptions, misinformation, public health communication
   
• Pandemic Preparedness and Response - Lessons from the H1N1 Influenza of 2009
  Fineberg HV. N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 3;370(14):1335-42. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1208802.
  Pandemic, influenza, H1N1
   
• Safety of Vaccines Used for Routine Immunization of US Children: A Systematic Review
  Maglione MA, Das L, Raaen L, Smith A, Chari R, Newberry S. Pediatrics. 2014 Aug;134(2):325-337. doi:10.1542/peds.2014-1079.
  Vaccine, vaccine safety
   
• Academics and competing interests in H1N1 influenza media reporting
  Mandeville KL, O'Neill S, Brighouse A, Walker A, Yarrow K, Chan K. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2014 Mar;68(3):197-203. doi:10.1136/jech-2013-203128.
  Influenza, H1N1

2013

• ​Origin and diversity of novel avian influenza A H7N9 viruses causing human infection: phylogenetic, structural, and coalescent analyses 
  Liu D, Shi W, Shi Y, Wang D, Xiao H, Li W, et al. Lancet. 2013 Jun 1;381(9881):1926-32. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60938-1.
  Influenza, H7N9, research
   
• Origins and evolutionary genomics of the novel 2013 avian-origin H7N9 influenza A virus in China: Early findings
  Jiankui He, Ning L, Tong Y. Department of Biology, South University of Science and Technology of China.
  Influenza, H7N9, research
   
• Major challenges in providing an effective and timely pandemic vaccine for influenza A(H7N9)
  Osterholm MT, Ballering KS, Kelley NS. JAMA. 2013 Jun 26;309(24):2557-8. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.6589.
  Influenza, H7N9, pandemic, vaccine
   
• Global concerns regarding novel influenza A (H7N9) virus infections
  Uyeki TM, Cox NJ. N Engl J Med. 2013 May 16;368(20):1862-4. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1304661. 
  Influenza, H7N9, pandemic risk assessment
   
• Human infection with a novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus
  Gao R, Cao B, Hu Y, Feng Z, Wang D, Hu W, et al. N Engl J Med. 2013 May 16;368(20):1888-97. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1304459. 
  Influenza, H7N9
   
• Designing tomorrow's vaccines
  Nabel GJ. N Engl J Med. 2013 Feb 7;368(6):551-60. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1204186.
  Vaccines, research
   
• Human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China: preliminary assessments of the age and sex distribution
  Arima Y, Vong S; World Health Organization Outbreak Response Team. Western Pac Surveill Response J. 2013 Apr 20;4(2):1-3. doi:10.5365/WPSAR.2013.4.2.005
  Influenza, H7N9, China
   
• Risk Communication practice and perspective in contrast to WHO outbreak communication guidelines
  Abraham T. Eur J Public Health. 2013 Oct 1;23(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckt126.276
  Outbreak, communication
   
• Dramatic change in public attitudes towards vaccination during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in France
  Peretti-Watel P, Verger P, Raude J, Constant A, Gautier A, Jestin C. Euro Surveill. 2013 Oct 31;18(44). doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.44.20623.
  Vaccine, vaccine hesitancy, influenza, pandemic, H1N1
   
• Social media in crisis events: Open networks and collaboration supporting disaster response and recovery
  Akhgar B, Fortune D, Hayes RE, Guerra B, Manso M. IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security. 2013 Nov. doi:10.1109/THS.2013.6699099.
  Social media
   
• Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A/H7N9 and H5N1 viruses in China: a population-based study of laboratory-confirmed cases
  Cowling BJ, Jin L, Lau EH, Liao Q, Wu P, Jiang H, et al. Lancet. 2013 Jul 13;382(9887):129-37. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61171-X.
  Influenza, H7N9, H5N1, China

2012

• Airborne Transmission of Influenza A/H5N1 Virus Between Ferrets
  Herfst S, Schrauwen EJ, Linster M, Chutinimitkul S, de Wit E, Munster VJ, et al. Science. 2012 Jun 22;336(6088):1534-41. doi:10.1126/science.1213362.
  Influenza, A/H5N1 
   
• Health workers in British Columbia must be vaccinated against flu or wear a mask, new policy says
  Santry C. BMJ. 2012 Nov 20;345:e7860. doi:10.1136/bmj.e7860.
  Influenza, vaccine

• Increased Incidence and Clinical Picture of Childhood Narcolepsy following the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Vaccination Campaign in Finland
  Partinen M, Saarenpää-Heikkilä O, Ilveskoski I, Hublin C, Linna M, Olsén P, et al. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e33723. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033723.
  H1N1, vaccine, flu, influenza
   
• Influenza: marketing vaccine by marketing disease
  Doshi P. BMJ. 2013 May 16;346:f3037. doi:10.1136/bmj.f3037. 
  Marketing, vaccine, flu, influenza

2011

•  Lessons from the pandemic: the need for new tools for risk and outbreak communication
  Abraham T. Emerg Health Threats J. 2011 Oct 17;4:7160. doi: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.7160.
  Risk communication, pandemic, outbreaks
   
• Target the fence-sitters
  Leask J. Nature. 2011 May 26;473(7348):443-5. doi:10.1038/473443a.
  ​Vaccine, vaccine hesitancy

2009

• Seasonal Influenza in Adults and Children ‒ Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemoprophylaxis, and Institutional Outbreak Management: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
  Harper SA, Bradley JS, Englund JA, File TM, Gravenstein S, Hayden FG, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Apr 15;48(8):1003-32. doi:10.1086/598513.
  ISDA, CDC,  influenza
   
• The economy-wide impact of pandemic influenza on the UK: a computable general equilibrium modelling experiment
  Smith RD, Keogh-Brown MR, Barnett T, Tait J. BMJ. 2009 Nov 19;339:b4571. doi:10.1136/bmj.b4571.
  Influenza, pandemic, economic impact

2007

• Ethical and Legal Considerations in Mitigating Pandemic Disease: Workshop Summary 
  National Academy of Sciences. 2007.
  Ethic, workshop

2006

• 1918 Influenza: the Mother of All Pandemics
  Taubenberger JK, Morens DM. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jan;12(1):15-22. doi:10.3201/eid1201.050979
  Influenza, history, flu, pathogenesis, pandemic

1998

• RETRACTED: Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children
  Wakefield AJ, Murch SH, Anthony A, Linnell J, Casson DM, Malik M, et al. Lancet. 1998 Feb 28. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11096-0.
  Vaccine, autism, vaccine safety, Andrew Wakefield