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Molly Leecaster
Researcher at University of Utah
Publications - 27
Citations - 468
Molly Leecaster is an academic researcher from University of Utah. The author has contributed to research in topics: Veterans Affairs & Intensive care. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 27 publications receiving 395 citations. Previous affiliations of Molly Leecaster include United States Department of Veterans Affairs & Veterans Health Administration.
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The role of heterogeneity in contact timing and duration in network models of influenza spread in schools
Damon J.A. Toth,Molly Leecaster,Warren B. P. Pettey,Adi V. Gundlapalli,Hongjiang Gao,Jeanette J. Rainey,Amra Uzicanin,Matthew H. Samore +7 more
TL;DR: The effect of ignoring details about contact timing and duration in school contact networks on outbreak size modelling can vary across different schools.
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An Economic Analysis of Strategies to Control Clostridium Difficile Transmission and Infection Using an Agent-Based Simulation Model.
Richard E. Nelson,Richard E. Nelson,Makoto Jones,Makoto Jones,Molly Leecaster,Molly Leecaster,Matthew H. Samore,Matthew H. Samore,William R. Ray,William R. Ray,Angela Huttner,Benedikt Huttner,Karim Khader,Karim Khader,Vanessa Stevens,Vanessa Stevens,Dale N. Gerding,Marin L. Schweizer,Marin L. Schweizer,Michael Rubin,Michael Rubin +20 more
TL;DR: A combination of available interventions to prevent CDI is likely to be cost-effective but the cost-effectiveness varies for different levels of intensity of the interventions depending on epidemiological conditions such as C. difficile importation prevalence and transmissibility.
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A simulation-based assessment of strategies to control Clostridium difficile transmission and infection
Michael Rubin,Makoto Jones,Molly Leecaster,Molly Leecaster,Karim Khader,Willy Ray,Angela Huttner,Benedikt Huttner,Damon J.A. Toth,Theodore Sablay,Theodore Sablay,Robert Borotkanics,Dale N. Gerding,Matthew H. Samore,Matthew H. Samore +14 more
TL;DR: Real-world implementation of the "bundle" should focus on those components of the intervention that are likely to produce the greatest impact on C. difficile infection rates, such as hand hygiene and empiric isolation and treatment of suspected cases.
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Estimates of Social Contact in a Middle School Based on Self-Report and Wireless Sensor Data.
Molly Leecaster,Damon J.A. Toth,Damon J.A. Toth,Warren B. P. Pettey,Warren B. P. Pettey,Jeanette J. Rainey,Hongjiang Gao,Amra Uzicanin,Matthew H. Samore,Matthew H. Samore +9 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that the use of wireless sensors and self-report logs provide complementary insight on in-school mixing patterns and contact frequency.
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Modeling the variations in pediatric respiratory syncytial virus seasonal epidemics
Molly Leecaster,Per H. Gesteland,Tom Greene,Nephi Walton,Adi V. Gundlapalli,Robert T. Rolfs,Carrie L. Byington,Matthew H. Samore +7 more
TL;DR: Examination of empirical relationships among early exponential growth rate, total epidemic size, and timing, and the utility of specific parameters in compartmental models of transmission in accounting for variation among seasonal RSV epidemic curves concluded that exponential growth was somewhat empirically related to seasonal epidemic characteristics.