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Carolyn B. Bridges is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Medicine with a focus on subfields including Health, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, and Modeling and Simulation.

The research conducted by Carolyn B. Bridges covers various topics, with an emphasis on vaccine coverage and hesitancy, cystic fibrosis research advances, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, geriatric care and nursing homes, COVID-19 and mental health, and pneumonia and respiratory infections.

Frequent coauthors of Carolyn B. Bridges include:

  • J. Duckers
  • James T. Lee
  • Cassandra Pingali
  • Amy Parker Fiebelkorn
  • James A. Singleton

Major publication venues where Carolyn B. Bridges has contributed include:

  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Vaccine
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
  • UNC Libraries

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Carolyn B. Bridges are:

  • Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel Working in Long-Term Care Facilities, by Job Category, National Healthcare Safety Network - United States, March 2021 (2021, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
  • Demographic and Social Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccination Initiation Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years - United States, December 14, 2020-April 10, 2021 (2021, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
  • Implementation of the Standards for adult immunization practice: A survey of U.S. Health care providers (2020, Vaccine)
  • U.S. COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategies, systems, performance, and lessons learned, December 2020 - May 2023 (2024, Vaccine)
  • Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2023 (2023, Annals of Internal Medicine)

Best Publications

  • Prevention and control of influenza : recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

    Scott A. Harper;Keiji Fukuda;Timothy M. Uyeki;Nancy J. Cox

  • Emergence of a novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus in humans.

    Seema Jain;Lyn Finelli;Michael W. Shaw;Stephen Lindstrom

  • Antigenic and Genetic Characteristics of Swine-Origin 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Viruses Circulating in Humans

    Rebecca J. Garten;C. Todd Davis;Colin A. Russell;Colin A. Russell;Bo Shu

  • Influenza-associated hospitalizations in the United States.

    William W. Thompson;David K. Shay;Eric Weintraub;Lynnette Brammer

  • Hospitalized patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza in the United States, April-June 2009.

    Seema Jain;Laurie Kamimoto;Anna M Bramley;Ann M. Schmitz

  • The annual impact of seasonal influenza in the US: Measuring disease burden and costs

    Noelle-Angelique M. Molinari;Ismael R. Ortega-Sanchez;Mark L. Messonnier;William W. Thompson

  • Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care-- Associated Pneumonia, 2003 Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

    Ofelia C. Tablan;Larry J. Anderson;Richard E. Besser;Carolyn B. Bridges

  • The Underrecognized Burden of Influenza in Young Children

    Katherine A. Poehling;Kathryn M. Edwards;Geoffrey A. Weinberg;Peter Szilagyi

  • EFFECTIVENESS AND COST-BENEFIT OF INFLUENZA VACCINATION OF HEALTHY WORKING ADULTS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

    Carolyn Buxton Bridges;William W. Thompson;Martin I. Meltzer;Gordon R. Reeve

  • Triple-Reassortant Swine Influenza A (H1) in Humans in the United States, 2005–2009

    Vivek Shinde;Carolyn B Bridges;Timothy M Uyeki;Bo Shu

  • Influenza vaccination of health-care personnel; recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

    Michele L. Pearson;Carolyn B. Bridges;Scott A. Harper

  • Transmission of Influenza: Implications for Control in Health Care Settings

    Carolyn Buxton Bridges;Matthew J Kuehnert;Caroline B Hall

  • Surveillance of Vaccination Coverage Among Adult Populations - United States, 2014.

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  • Recent Resurgence of Mumps in the United States

    Gustavo H. Dayan;M. Patricia Quinlisk;Amy A. Parker;Albert E. Barskey

  • Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia Due to Staphylococcus aureus, 2003–04 Influenza Season

    Jeffrey C. Hageman;Timothy M. Uyeki;John S. Francis;Daniel B. Jernigan

  • Case-Control Study of Risk Factors for Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Disease, Hong Kong, 1997

    Anthony W. Mounts;Heston Kwong;Hector S. Izurieta;Yuk Yin Ho

  • Risk of Influenza A (H5N1) Infection among Poultry Workers, Hong Kong, 1997–1998

    Carolyn Buxton Bridges;Wilina Lim;Jean Hu-Primmer;Les Sims

  • Risk of Influenza A (H5N1) Infection among Health Care Workers Exposed to Patients with Influenza A (H5N1), Hong Kong

    Carolyn Buxton Bridges;Jacqueline M. Katz;Wing Hong Seto;Paul K. S. Chan

  • Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older — United States, 2016

    David K. Kim;Carolyn B. Bridges;Kathleen H. Harriman

  • Seasonal influenza vaccines.

    Anthony E. Fiore;Carolyn B. Bridges;Nancy J. Cox

  • Impact of maternal immunization on influenza hospitalizations in infants

    Katherine A. Poehling;Peter G. Szilagyi;Mary A. Staat;Beverly M. Snively

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy J. Cox
Nancy J. Cox Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peng-jun Lu
Peng-jun Lu National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Alexander Klimov
Alexander Klimov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
William W. Thompson
William W. Thompson Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jacqueline M. Katz
Jacqueline M. Katz Emory University
Timothy M. Uyeki
Timothy M. Uyeki Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Marie R. Griffin
Marie R. Griffin Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kathryn M. Edwards
Kathryn M. Edwards Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Caroline B. Hall
Caroline B. Hall University of Rochester
Peter G. Szilagyi
Peter G. Szilagyi University of California, Los Angeles

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