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Sonja J Olsen
Researcher at National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Publications - 15
Citations - 3006
Sonja J Olsen is an academic researcher from National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pandemic & Human mortality from H5N1. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 15 publications receiving 2222 citations. Previous affiliations of Sonja J Olsen include Thailand Ministry of Public Health.
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H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection during pregnancy in the USA
Denise J. Jamieson,Margaret A. Honein,Sonja A. Rasmussen,Jennifer Williams,David L. Swerdlow,Matthew Biggerstaff,Stephen Lindstrom,Janice K. Louie,Cara M. Christ,Susan Bohm,Vincent P. Fonseca,Kathleen A. Ritger,Daniel J Kuhles,Paula Eggers,Hollianne Bruce,Heidi A Davidson,Emily Lutterloh,Meghan L. Harris,Colleen Burke,Noelle M. Cocoros,Lyn Finelli,Kitty MacFarlane,Bo Shu,Sonja J Olsen +23 more
TL;DR: Cases and deaths associated with pandemic H1N1 virus in pregnant women identified in the USA during the first month of the present outbreak lend support to the present recommendation to promptly treat pregnant women with H 1N1 influenza virus infection with anti-influenza drugs.
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Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines.
Lisa A. Grohskopf,Leslie Z. Sokolow,Karen R. Broder,Sonja J Olsen,Ruth A. Karron,Daniel B. Jernigan,Joseph S. Bresee +6 more
TL;DR: In light of concerns regarding low effectiveness against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in the United States during the 2013-14 and 2015-16 seasons, ACIP makes the interim recommendation that live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV4) should not be used.
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Decreased Influenza Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, Australia, Chile, and South Africa, 2020.
Sonja J Olsen,Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner,Alicia P Budd,Lynnette Brammer,Sheena G. Sullivan,Rodrigo Fasce Pineda,Cheryl Cohen,Alicia M Fry +7 more
TL;DR: The use of community mitigation measures for the COVID-19 pandemic, plus influenza vaccination, are likely to be effective in reducing the incidence and impact of influenza, and some of these mitigation measures could have a role in preventing influenza in future seasons.
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Changes in Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, 2020-2021.
Sonja J Olsen,Amber K Winn,Alicia P Budd,Mila M. Prill,John Steel,Claire M Midgley,Krista Kniss,Erin Burns,Thomas Rowe,Angela Foust,Gabriela Jasso,Angiezel Merced-Morales,C. Todd Davis,Yunho Jang,Joyce Jones,Peter Daly,Larisa V. Gubareva,John R. Barnes,Rebecca Kondor,Wendy Sessions,Catherine B. Smith,David E. Wentworth,Shikha Garg,Fiona Havers,Alicia M Fry,Aron J. Hall,Lynnette Brammer,Benjamin J Silk +27 more
TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent implementation of nonpharmaceutical interventions (e.g., cessation of global travel, mask use, physical distancing, and staying home) reduced transmission of some viral respiratory pathogens as discussed by the authors.
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Annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States: A tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness
Melissa A Rolfes,Ivo M. Foppa,Ivo M. Foppa,Shikha Garg,Brendan Flannery,Lynnette Brammer,James A. Singleton,Erin Burns,Daniel B. Jernigan,Sonja J Olsen,Joseph S. Bresee,Carrie Reed +11 more
TL;DR: The burden of seasonal influenza in the United States, focused mainly on influenza‐related mortality and hospitalization, was generated every few years and expanded to include estimates of influenza‐ related outpatient medical visits and symptomatic illness in the community.