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Mark G. Thompson is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. Their work also involves Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Modeling and Simulation.

The scientist's research topics cover several areas related to viral infections and vaccines, including:

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

Mark G. Thompson has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in specific venues such as:

  • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Vaccine
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent notable papers authored by Thompson 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
  • 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
  • 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 (2022), MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Allison L. Naleway
  • Manjusha Gaglani
  • Meredith G. Wesley
  • Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner
  • Kempapura Murthy

Best Publications

  • Estimates of deaths associated with seasonal influenza - United States, 1976-2007.

    M. G. Thompson;D. K. Shay;H. Zhou;C. B. Bridges

  • 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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  • 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

  • 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 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

  • 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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  • 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

  • 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 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

  • Effectiveness of influenza vaccines in preventing severe influenza illness among adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of test-negative design case-control studies.

    Marc Rondy;Nathalie El Omeiri;Mark M.G. Thompson;Alain Levêque

  • Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in the Community and the Household

    Suzanne E. Ohmit;Joshua G. Petrie;Ryan E. Malosh;Benjamin J. Cowling

  • Effectiveness of 2, 3, and 4 COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Doses Among Immunocompetent Adults During Periods when SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2/BA.2.12.1 Sublineages Predominated — VISION Network, 10 States, December 2021–June 2022

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  • Effectiveness of Seasonal Trivalent Influenza Vaccine for Preventing Influenza Virus Illness Among Pregnant Women: A Population-Based Case-Control Study During the 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 Influenza Seasons

    Mark G. Thompson;De-Kun Li;Pat Shifflett;Leslie Z. Sokolow;Leslie Z. Sokolow

  • Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Preventing Influenza-associated Hospitalizations During Pregnancy: A Multi-country Retrospective Test Negative Design Study, 2010-2016

    Mark G Thompson;Jeffrey C Kwong;Annette K Regan;Annette K Regan;Mark A Katz;Mark A Katz;Mark A Katz

  • Effectiveness of 2-Dose Vaccination with mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Against COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations Among Immunocompromised Adults - Nine States, January-September 2021.

    Peter J Embi;Matthew E Levy;Allison L Naleway;Palak Patel

  • Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccine Against Life-threatening RT-PCR-confirmed Influenza Illness in US Children, 2010–2012

    Jill M. Ferdinands;Jill M. Ferdinands;Lauren E. W. Olsho;Anna A. Agan;Niranjan Bhat

  • Interim Estimates of COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against COVID-19-Associated Emergency Department or Urgent Care Clinic Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Adults During SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Predominance - Nine States, June-August 2021.

    Shaun J. Grannis;Elizabeth A. Rowley;Toan C. Ong;Edward Stenehjem

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

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

  • Effects of Repeated Annual Inactivated Influenza Vaccination among Healthcare Personnel on Serum Hemagglutinin Inhibition Antibody Response to A/Perth/16/2009 (H3N2)-like virus during 2010–11

    Mark G. Thompson;Allison Naleway;Alicia M. Fry;Sarah Ball

  • Seasonal Effectiveness of Live Attenuated and Inactivated Influenza Vaccine.

    Jessie R. Chung;Brendan Flannery;Mark G. Thompson;Manjusha Gaglani

  • Frequency of Acute Respiratory Illnesses and Circulation of Respiratory Viruses in Households With Children Over 3 Surveillance Seasons

    Arnold S. Monto;Ryan E. Malosh;Joshua G. Petrie;Mark G. Thompson

  • Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccine for Preventing Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Hospitalizations in Adults, 2011–2012 Influenza Season

    H. Keipp Talbot;Yuwei Zhu;Qingxia Chen;John V. Williams

  • Early estimates of seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness - United States, January 2013

    Lisa Jackson;Michael L. Jackson;C. Hallie Phillips;Joyce Benoit

Frequent Co-Authors

Allison L. Naleway
Allison L. Naleway Kaiser Permanente
Manjusha Gaglani
Manjusha Gaglani Baylor College of Medicine
Alicia M. Fry
Alicia M. Fry Emory University
Arnold S. Monto
Arnold S. Monto University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David K. Shay
David K. Shay Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jennifer K. Meece
Jennifer K. Meece Marshfield Clinic
Edward A. Belongia
Edward A. Belongia Marshfield Clinic
Richard K. Zimmerman
Richard K. Zimmerman University of Pittsburgh
Brendan Flannery
Brendan Flannery Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Benjamin J. Cowling
Benjamin J. Cowling University of Hong Kong

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