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Thomas W. Hennessy is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Epidemiology. Additional subfields include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Periodontics, Emergency Medicine, and Emergency Medical Services.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Respiratory Viral Infections Research, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Air Quality and Health Impacts, and Dental Health and Care Utilization.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas W. Hennessy include:

  • Increasing non-susceptibility to antibiotics within carried pneumococcal serotypes - Alaska, 2008-2015, 2020, Vaccine
  • A comparison of individual-level vs. hypothetically pooled mercury biomonitoring data from the Maternal Organics Monitoring Study (MOMS), Alaska, 1999-2012, 2020, International Journal of Circumpolar Health
  • Using electronic dental records to establish a surveillance system for dental decay in rural Western Alaska, 2020, Journal of Public Health Dentistry
  • Presence of Antibodies Against Haemophilus influenzae Serotype a in Alaska Before and After the Emergence of Invasive Infections, 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • An Investigation of Pediatric Case-patients With Invasive Haemophilus influenzae in Alaska, 2005-2011, 2024, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Thomas W. Hennessy has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Dana Bruden, Karen Rudolph, Michael G. Bruce, Lisa Bulkow, and Rosalyn Singleton.

The scientist's research has been published in various venues which include:

  • Vaccine
  • International Journal of Circumpolar Health
  • Journal of Public Health Dentistry
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Best Publications

  • Practice Guidelines for the Management of Infectious Diarrhea

    Richard L. Guerrant;Thomas Van Gilder;Ted S. Steiner;Nathan M. Thielman

  • Invasive pneumococcal disease caused by nonvaccine serotypes among alaska native children with high levels of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage.

    Rosalyn J. Singleton;Thomas W. Hennessy;Lisa R. Bulkow;Laura L. Hammitt;Laura L. Hammitt

  • A National Outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis Infections from Ice Cream

    Thomas W. Hennessy;Craig W. Hedberg;Laurence Slutsker;Karen E. White

  • Community-Onset Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Associated with Antibiotic Use and the Cytotoxin Panton-Valentine Leukocidin during a Furunculosis Outbreak in Rural Alaska

    Henry C. Baggett;Thomas W. Hennessy;Karen Rudolph;Dana Bruden

  • Antibody Levels and Protection After Hepatitis B Vaccine: Results of a 30-Year Follow-up Study and Response to a Booster Dose.

    Michael G. Bruce;Dana Bruden;Debby Hurlburt;Carolyn Zanis

  • Antibody Levels and Protection after Hepatitis B Vaccine: Results of a 22-Year Follow-Up Study and Response to a Booster Dose

    Brian J. McMahon;Brian J. McMahon;Catherine M. Dentinger;Dana Bruden;Carolyn Zanis

  • Indirect effect of conjugate vaccine on adult carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae: an explanation of trends in invasive pneumococcal disease.

    Laura L. Hammitt;Dana L. Bruden;Jay C. Butler;Henry C. Baggett

  • The relationship among previous antimicrobial use, antimicrobial resistance, and treatment outcomes for Helicobacter pylori infections.

    Brian J. McMahon;Thomas W. Hennessy;J. Michael Bensler;Dana L. Bruden

  • The relationship between in-home water service and the risk of respiratory tract, skin, and gastrointestinal tract infections among rural Alaska natives.

    Thomas W. Hennessy;Troy Ritter;Robert C. Holman;Dana L. Bruden

  • Viral respiratory infections in hospitalized and community control children in Alaska

    Rosalyn J. Singleton;Lisa R. Bulkow;Karen Miernyk;Karen Miernyk;Carolynn DeByle

  • Pneumococcal vaccination in developing countries.

    Orin S Levine;Katherine L O'Brien;Maria Knoll;Richard A Adegbola

  • Hepatitis B immunity in children vaccinated with recombinant hepatitis B vaccine beginning at birth: A follow-up study at 15 years ☆

    Laura L. Hammitt;Thomas W. Hennessy;Anthony E. Fiore;Carolyn Zanis

  • An outbreak of community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections in southwestern Alaska.

    Henry C Baggett;Thomas W Hennessy;Richard Leman;Cindy Hamlin

  • Impact of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive disease, antimicrobial resistance and colonization in Alaska Natives: progress towards elimination of a health disparity.

    Thomas W. Hennessy;Rosalyn J. Singleton;Lisa R. Bulkow;Dana L. Bruden

  • Impact of a Conjugate Vaccine on Community-Wide Carriage of Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Alaska

    Matthew R. Moore;Terri B. Hyde;Thomas W. Hennessy;Debra J. Parks

  • Egg consumption is the principal risk factor for sporadic Salmonella serotype Heidelberg infections: a case-control study in FoodNet sites.

    Thomas W. Hennessy;Lay Har Cheng;Heidi Kassenborg;Shama D. Ahuja

  • Persistence of antibody to hepatitis B and protection from disease among Alaska Natives immunized at birth

    Catherine M Dentinger;Brian J McMahon;Jay C Butler;Charlotte E Dunaway

  • Changes in Antibiotic-Prescribing Practices and Carriage of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Controlled Intervention Trial in Rural Alaska

    Thomas W. Hennessy;Kenneth M. Petersen;Dana Bruden;Alan J. Parkinson

  • Invasive pneumococcal disease in Alaskan children: impact of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and the role of water supply.

    Jay D. Wenger;Tammy Zulz;Dana Bruden;Rosalyn Singleton

  • The Alaska Haemophilus influenzae type b experience: lessons in controlling a vaccine-preventable disease.

    Rosalyn Singleton;Laura Hammitt;Laura Hammitt;Thomas Hennessy;Lisa Bulkow

  • Influenza surveillance using electronic health records in the American Indian and Alaska Native population

    James W Keck;John T Redd;James E Cheek;Larry J Layne

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa R. Bulkow
Lisa R. Bulkow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Brian J. McMahon
Brian J. McMahon Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alan J. Parkinson
Alan J. Parkinson Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jay C. Butler
Jay C. Butler Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jay D. Wenger
Jay D. Wenger Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert C. Holman
Robert C. Holman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
David R. Gretch
David R. Gretch University of Washington
Katherine L. O’Brien
Katherine L. O’Brien Johns Hopkins University
Elizabeth R. Unger
Elizabeth R. Unger Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lauri E. Markowitz
Lauri E. Markowitz Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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