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Manjusha Gaglani is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant number of publications in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Health. Additional subfields include Modeling and Simulation as well as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work covers a range of main topics, emphasizing SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, and influenza virus research studies. Other notable research interests include respiratory viral infections, COVID-19 clinical research studies, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Gaglani's recent scientific papers include:

  • Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers - Eight U.S. Locations, December 2020-March 2021 (2021, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
  • Association Between mRNA Vaccination and COVID-19 Hospitalization and Disease Severity (2021, JAMA)
  • Clinical severity of, and effectiveness of mRNA vaccines against, covid-19 from omicron, delta, and alpha SARS-CoV-2 variants in the United States: prospective observational study (2022, BMJ)
  • Prevention and Attenuation of Covid-19 with the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines (2021, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccines in Ambulatory and Inpatient Care Settings (2021, New England Journal of Medicine)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gaglani include:

  • Emily T. Martin
  • Allison L. Naleway
  • Arnold S. Monto
  • Brendan Flannery
  • Kempapura Murthy

Common venues for publishing their research are diverse and include Clinical Infectious Diseases, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Infectious Diseases, and Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Best Publications

  • Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers - Eight U.S. Locations, December 2020-March 2021.

    Mark G. Thompson;Jefferey L. Burgess;Allison L. Naleway;Harmony L. Tyner

  • Waning 2-Dose and 3-Dose Effectiveness of mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Adults During Periods of Delta and Omicron Variant Predominance — VISION Network, 10 States, August 2021–January 2022

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  • Effectiveness of a Third Dose of mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Adults During Periods of Delta and Omicron Variant Predominance — VISION Network, 10 States, August 2021–January 2022

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  • Clinical severity of, and effectiveness of mRNA vaccines against, covid-19 from omicron, delta, and alpha SARS-CoV-2 variants in the United States: prospective observational study

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  • Association Between mRNA Vaccination and COVID-19 Hospitalization and Disease Severity.

    Mark W Tenforde;Wesley H Self;Katherine Adams;Manjusha Gaglani

  • Prevention and Attenuation of Covid-19 with the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines.

    Mark G Thompson;Jefferey L Burgess;Allison L Naleway;Harmony Tyner

  • Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccines in Ambulatory and Inpatient Care Settings.

    Mark G Thompson;Edward Stenehjem;Shaun Grannis;Sarah W Ball

  • Comparative Effectiveness of Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) Vaccines in Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalizations Among Adults Without Immunocompromising Conditions - United States, March-August 2021.

    Wesley H. Self;Mark W. Tenforde;Jillian P. Rhoads;Manjusha Gaglani;Manjusha Gaglani

  • 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

  • Effectiveness of school-based influenza vaccination.

    James C. King;Jeffrey J. Stoddard;Manjusha J. Gaglani;Kristine A. Moore

  • Herd immunity in adults against influenza-related illnesses with use of the trivalent-live attenuated influenza vaccine (CAIV-T) in children.

    Pedro A. Piedra;Manjusha J. Gaglani;Claudia A. Kozinetz;Gayla Herschler

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

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

  • Effectiveness of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccination in Preventing COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Nonimmunocompromised Children and Adolescents Aged 5–17 Years — VISION Network, 10 States, April 2021–January 2022

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  • 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

  • Effectiveness of 2-Dose BNT162b2 (Pfizer BioNTech) mRNA Vaccine in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children Aged 5–11 Years and Adolescents Aged 12–15 Years — PROTECT Cohort, July 2021–February 2022

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  • Waning of vaccine effectiveness against moderate and severe covid-19 among adults in the US from the VISION network: test negative, case-control study

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  • Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Frontline Workers Before and During B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Predominance - Eight U.S. Locations, December 2020-August 2021.

    Ashley Fowlkes;Manjusha Gaglani;Kimberly Groover;Matthew S Thiese

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

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

  • Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines Against COVID-19 Among Hospitalized Adults Aged ≥65 Years - United States, January-March 2021.

    Mark W. Tenforde;Samantha M. Olson;Wesley H. Self;H. Keipp Talbot

  • Early Estimates of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness — United States, January 2015

    Brendan Flannery;Jessie Clippard;Richard K. Zimmerman;Mary Patricia Nowalk

  • Sustained Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines Against COVID-19 Associated Hospitalizations Among Adults - United States, March-July 2021.

    Mark W. Tenforde;Wesley H. Self;Eric A. Naioti;Adit A. Ginde

  • Interim Estimates of 2017-18 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness - United States, February 2018.

    Brendan Flannery;Jessie R. Chung;Edward A. Belongia;Huong Q. McLean

  • Spread of Antigenically Drifted Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses and Vaccine Effectiveness in the United States During the 2018-2019 Season.

    Brendan Flannery;Rebecca J Garten Kondor;Jessie R Chung;Manjusha Gaglani

  • Prevention and Attenuation of COVID-19 by BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines

    Mark G Thompson;Jefferey L Burgess;Allison Naleway;Harmony Tyner

  • 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

Richard K. Zimmerman
Richard K. Zimmerman University of Pittsburgh
Arnold S. Monto
Arnold S. Monto University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Edward A. Belongia
Edward A. Belongia Marshfield Clinic
Huong Q. McLean
Huong Q. McLean Marshfield Clinic
Brendan Flannery
Brendan Flannery Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lisa A. Jackson
Lisa A. Jackson Kaiser Permanente
Mary Patricia Nowalk
Mary Patricia Nowalk University of Pittsburgh
Emily T. Martin
Emily T. Martin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alicia M. Fry
Alicia M. Fry Emory University
Manish M. Patel
Manish M. Patel Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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