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Edward A. Belongia

Edward A. Belongia

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Immunology

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84
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29933
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1348
National Ranking
694

Medicine

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Citations
29935
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Overview

Edward A. Belongia is affiliated with Marshfield Clinic in the United States and has an extensive research profile primarily in the field of Medicine. Their scholarly activity focuses on epidemiology and infectious diseases, with notable work in health, modeling and simulation, and neurology as subfields.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Belongia's recent publications illustrate a focus on viral infections and vaccine effectiveness. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Transmission of SARS-COV-2 Infections in Households - Tennessee and Wisconsin, April-September 2020" (2020), published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • "Interim Estimates of 2019-20 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness - United States, February 2020" (2020), published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • "Effect of Antigenic Drift on Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in the United States-2019-2020" (2020), published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Effects of Influenza Vaccination in the United States During the 2018-2019 Influenza Season" (2020), published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Interim Estimates of 2021-22 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness - United States, February 2022" (2022), published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Huong Q. McLean
  • Brendan Flannery
  • Manjusha Gaglani
  • Emily T. Martin
  • Jessie R. Chung

Belongia's research has been published widely in several venues, with most frequent publications in:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Vaccine
  • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Efficacy and effectiveness of influenza vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Michael T Osterholm;Nicholas S Kelley;Alfred Sommer;Edward A Belongia

  • National Institutes of Health consensus development conference statement: management of hepatitis B.

    Michael Floyd Sorrell;Edward A. Belongia;Jose Costa;Ilana F. Gareen

  • Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Use of Herpes Zoster Vaccines

    Kathleen L Dooling;Angela Guo;Manisha Patel;Grace M Lee

  • Transmission of SARS-COV-2 infections in households - Tennessee and Wisconsin, April-September 2020

    Carlos G Grijalva;Melissa A Rolfes;Yuwei Zhu;Huong Q McLean

  • Variable influenza vaccine effectiveness by subtype: a systematic review and meta-analysis of test-negative design studies

    Edward A Belongia;Melissa D Simpson;Jennifer P King;Maria E Sundaram

  • Coinfections Acquired from Ixodes Ticks

    Stephen J. Swanson;David Neitzel;Kurt D. Reed;Edward A. Belongia

  • An Investigation of the Cause of the Eosinophilia–Myalgia Syndrome Associated with Tryptophan Use

    Edward A. Belongia;Craig W. Hedberg;Gerald J. Gleich;Karen E. White

  • Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in the 2011–2012 Season: Protection Against Each Circulating Virus and the Effect of Prior Vaccination on Estimates

    Suzanne E. Ohmit;Mark G. Thompson;Joshua G. Petrie;Swathi N. Thaker

  • Measles-Mumps-Rubella-Varicella Combination Vaccine and the Risk of Febrile Seizures

    Nicola P. Klein;Bruce Fireman;W. Katherine Yih;Edwin Lewis

  • Effectiveness of Inactivated Influenza Vaccines Varied Substantially with Antigenic Match from the 2004–2005 Season to the 2006–2007 Season

    Edward A. Belongia;Burney A. Kieke;James G. Donahue;Robert T. Greenlee

  • Transmission of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Infection in Minnesota Child Day-care Facilities

    Edward A. Belongia;Michael T. Osterholm;John T. Soler;David A. Ammend

  • Antimicrobial drug-resistant Escherichia coli from humans and poultry products, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 2002-2004.

    James R. Johnson;Mark R. Sannes;Cynthia Croy;Brian Johnston

  • Influenza vaccine effectiveness in the United States during the 2015-2016 season.

    Michael L. Jackson;Jessie R. Chung;Lisa A. Jackson;C. Hallie Phillips

  • The Vaccine Safety Datalink: A Model for Monitoring Immunization Safety

    James Baggs;Julianne Gee;Edwin Lewis;Gabrielle Fowler

  • Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in the United States During 2012–2013: Variable Protection by Age and Virus Type

    Huong Q. McLean;Mark G. Thompson;Maria E. Sundaram;Burney A. Kieke

  • Effects of Influenza Vaccination in the United States During the 2017-2018 Influenza Season.

    Melissa A Rolfes;Brendan Flannery;Jessie R Chung;Alissa O'Halloran

  • Impact of Repeated Vaccination on Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza A(H3N2) and B During 8 Seasons

    Huong Q. McLean;Mark G. Thompson;Maria E. Sundaram;Jennifer K. Meece

  • Effectiveness of Seasonal Influenza Vaccines in the United States During a Season With Circulation of All Three Vaccine Strains

    John J. Treanor;H. Keipp Talbot;Suzanne E. Ohmit;Laura A. Coleman

  • 2014-2015 Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in the United States by Vaccine Type.

    Richard K Zimmerman;Mary Patricia Nowalk;Jessie Chung;Michael L Jackson

  • Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in the United States During the 2016–2017 Season

    Brendan Flannery;Jessie R Chung;Arnold S Monto;Emily T Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Huong Q. McLean
Huong Q. McLean Marshfield Clinic
Lisa A. Jackson
Lisa A. Jackson Kaiser Permanente
Manjusha Gaglani
Manjusha Gaglani Baylor College of Medicine
Brendan Flannery
Brendan Flannery Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Richard K. Zimmerman
Richard K. Zimmerman University of Pittsburgh
Alicia M. Fry
Alicia M. Fry Emory University
Arnold S. Monto
Arnold S. Monto University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mary Patricia Nowalk
Mary Patricia Nowalk University of Pittsburgh
Jennifer K. Meece
Jennifer K. Meece Marshfield Clinic
Allison L. Naleway
Allison L. Naleway Kaiser Permanente

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