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Lee H. Harrison
Researcher at University of Pittsburgh
Publications - 434
Citations - 46417
Lee H. Harrison is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Neisseria meningitidis. The author has an hindex of 97, co-authored 405 publications receiving 43026 citations. Previous affiliations of Lee H. Harrison include Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & Emory University.
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Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the United States
R. Monina Klevens,Melissa Morrison,Joelle Nadle,Ken Gershman,Lee H. Harrison,Ruth Lynfield,Ghinwa Dumyati,John M. Townes,Allen S. Craig,Elizabeth R. Zell,Gregory E. Fosheim,Linda K. McDougal,Roberta B. Carey,Scott K. Fridkin +13 more
TL;DR: Invasive MRSA infection affects certain populations disproportionately and is a major public health problem primarily related to health care but no longer confined to intensive care units, acute care hospitals, or any health care institution.
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Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease after the Introduction of Protein–Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine
Cynthia G. Whitney,Monica M. Farley,James L. Hadler,Lee H. Harrison,Nancy M. Bennett,Ruth Lynfield,Arthur Reingold,Paul R. Cieslak,Tamara Pilishvili,Delois Jackson,Richard R. Facklam,James H. Jorgensen,Anne Schuchat +12 more
TL;DR: The use of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is preventing disease in young children, for whom the vaccine is indicated, and may be reducing the rate of disease in adults.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in three communities.
Scott K. Fridkin,Jeffrey C. Hageman,Melissa Morrison,Laurie Thomson Sanza,Kathryn Como-Sabetti,John A. Jernigan,Kathleen Harriman,Lee H. Harrison,Ruth Lynfield,Monica M. Farley +9 more
TL;DR: Community-associated MRSA infections are now a common and serious problem, especially among children, and hospitalization is common.
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Bacterial Meningitis in the United States in 1995
Anne Schuchat,Katherine Robinson,Jay D. Wenger,Lee H. Harrison,Monica M. Farley,Arthur Reingold,Lewis B. Lefkowitz,Bradley A. Perkins +7 more
TL;DR: Bacterial meningitis in the United States is now a disease predominantly of adults rather than of infants and young children, largely as a result of a 94 percent reduction in the number of cases of H. influenzaeMeningitis due to vaccine-related decline.
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Sustained Reductions in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in the Era of Conjugate Vaccine
Tamara Pilishvili,Catherine Lexau,Monica M. Farley,Monica M. Farley,James L. Hadler,Lee H. Harrison,Nancy M. Bennett,Arthur Reingold,Ann Thomas,William Schaffner,Allen S. Craig,Philip J. Smith,Bernard Beall,Cynthia G. Whitney,Matthew R. Moore +14 more
TL;DR: Dramatic reductions in IPD after PCV7 introduction in the United States remain evident 7 years later, and IPD rates caused by serotype 19A and other non-PCV7 types have increased but remain low relative to decreases in PCV 7-type IPD.