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Walter A. Orenstein

Walter A. Orenstein

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Microbiology

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13039
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4846
National Ranking
1869

Overview

Walter A. Orenstein is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, with a concentration on Health, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science, and General Health Professions.

Their main research topics include:

  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Orenstein has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with notable publication venues including:

  • Vaccine
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Orenstein include:

  • "The public's role in COVID-19 vaccination: Human-centered recommendations to enhance pandemic vaccine awareness, access, and acceptance in the United States" (2020), published in Vaccine
  • "Evaluation of post-introduction COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness: Summary of interim guidance of the World Health Organization" (2021), published in Vaccine
  • "Adherence to Timely Vaccinations in the United States" (2020), published in PEDIATRICS
  • "The state of vaccine safety science: systematic reviews of the evidence" (2020), published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • ""When Will We Have a Vaccine?" - Understanding Questions and Answers about Covid-19 Vaccination" (2020), published in New England Journal of Medicine

The scientist frequently collaborates with several colleagues, with the most frequent co-authors being:

  • Daniel A. Salmon
  • Robert A. Bednarczyk
  • Saad B. Omer
  • Matthew Z. Dudley
  • Heather Platt

Best Publications

  • Legionnaires' Disease: Description of an Epidemic of Pneumonia

    D W Fraser;T R Tsai;W Orenstein;W E Parkin

  • Vaccine refusal, mandatory immunization, and the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases

    Saad B Omer;Daniel A Salmon;Walter A Orenstein;M Patricia deHart

  • Measles Antibody: Reevaluation of Protective Titers

    Robert T. Chen;Lauri E. Markowitz;Paul Albrecht;John A. Stewart

  • Field evaluation of vaccine efficacy.

    Orenstein Wa;Bernier Rh;Dondero Tj;Hinman Ar

  • ASSESSING VACCINE EFFICACY IN THE FIELD FURTHER OBSERVATIONS

    Walter A. Orenstein;Roger H. Bernier;Alan R. Hinman

  • Prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections: Indications for the use of palivizumab and update on the use of RSV-IGIV

    Neal A. Halsey;Jon S. Abramson;P. Joan Chesney;Margaret C. Fisher

  • Epidemiology of Poliomyelitis in the United States One Decade after the Last Reported Case of Indigenous Wild Virus-Associated Disease

    Peter M. Strebel;Roland W. Sutter;Stephen L. Cochi;Robin J. Biellik

  • Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis. United States: 1973 through 1984.

    Benjamin M. Nkowane;Steven G. F. Wassilak;Walter A. Orenstein;Kenneth J. Bart

  • The Yellow Fever Virus Vaccine Induces a Broad and Polyfunctional Human Memory CD8+ T Cell Response

    Rama S. Akondy;Nathan D. Monson;Joseph D. Miller;Srilatha Edupuganti

  • The immunization system in the United States - the role of school immunization laws.

    Walter A Orenstein;Alan R Hinman

  • Duration of live measles vaccine-induced immunity

    Lauri E. Markowitz;Stephen R. Preblud;Paul E. M. Fine;Walter A. Orenstein

  • Guidelines for immunizations in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

    Bruce E. Sands;Carmen Cuffari;Jeffry Katz;Subra Kugathasan

  • Immunization Programs for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Larry K. Pickering;Carol J. Baker;Gary L. Freed;Stanley A. Gall

  • Epidemiologic Methods in Immunization Programs

    Robert T. Chen;Walter A. Orenstein

  • Measles Elimination in the United States

    Walter A. Orenstein;Mark J. Papania;Melinda E. Wharton

  • Barriers to Vaccinating Preschool Children

    Walter A. Orenstein;William Atkinson;Dean Mason;Roger H. Bernier

  • RISK FACTORS FOR OUTBREAKS OF INFLUENZA IN NURSING HOMES A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

    Peter A. Patriarca;Judith A. Weber;Robert A. Parker;Walter A. Orenstein

  • The resurgence of measles in the United States, 1989-1990.

    William L. Atkinson;Walter A. Orenstein;Saul Krugman

  • Measles Vaccines and the Potential for Worldwide Eradication of Measles

    H Cody Meissner;Peter M Strebel;Walter A Orenstein

  • Measles outbreak in a vaccinated school population: epidemiology, chains of transmission and the role of vaccine failures

    B M Nkowane;S W Bart;W A Orenstein;M Baltier

Frequent Co-Authors

Lauri E. Markowitz
Lauri E. Markowitz Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert T. Chen
Robert T. Chen City Of Hope National Medical Center
Saad B. Omer
Saad B. Omer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Neal A. Halsey
Neal A. Halsey Johns Hopkins University
Roland W. Sutter
Roland W. Sutter World Health Organization
Peter M. Strebel
Peter M. Strebel World Health Organization
Olen M. Kew
Olen M. Kew Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Larry K. Pickering
Larry K. Pickering Emory University
Daniel A. Salmon
Daniel A. Salmon Johns Hopkins University
Allison L. Naleway
Allison L. Naleway Kaiser Permanente

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