Ruth Lynfield

Biographic Data

ID6074267
NAMERuth Lynfield
GIVEN NAMESRuth
FAMILY NAMELynfield
SIGNATURELYNFIELD R
AFFILIATIONSMinnesota Department of Health
ORCID0000-0002-7741-1284
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Infectious disease surveillance needs for the United States

    Open AccessMarc Lipsitch, Mary T Bassett et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to upgrade systems for infectious disease surveillance and forecasting and modeling of the spread of infection, both of which inform evidence-based public health guidance and policies. Here, we discuss requirements for an effective surveillance system to support decision making during a pandemic, drawing on the lessons of COVID-19 in the U.S., while looking to jurisdictions in the U.S. and beyond to …

  • Vaccine Effectiveness Against Sars-CoV-2 Related Hospitalizations in People who had Experienced Homelessness or Incarceration – Findings from the Minnesota EHR Consortium

    Open AccessMalini B DeSilva, Gregory Knowlton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2024

    COVID-19 disproportionately affects people experiencing homelessness or incarceration. While homelessness or incarceration alone may not impact vaccine effectiveness, medical comorbidities along with social conditions associated with homelessness or incarceration may impact estimated vaccine effectiveness. COVID-19 vaccines reduce rates of hospitalization and death; vaccine effectiveness (VE) against severe outcomes in people experiencing homeles…

  • Using a web platform for equitable distribution of Covid-19 monoclonal antibodies

    Open AccessJonathon P Leider, Sarah Lim et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    While medical countermeasures in COVID-19 have largely focused on vaccinations, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were early outpatient treatment options for COVID-positive patients. In Minnesota, a centralized access platform was developed to offer access to mAbs that linked over 31,000 patients to care during its operation. The website allowed patients, their representative, or providers to screen the patient for mAbs against Emergency Use Authoriza…

  • Hospitalization Rates and Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 — Covid-NET, 14 States, March 1–30, 2020

    Open AccessShikha Garg, Lindsay Kim et al.ARTICLEMMWR. Surveillance Summaries2020

    Since SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 , was first detected in December 2019 (1), approximately 1.3 million cases have been reported worldwide (2), including approximately 330,000 in the United States (3). To conduct population-based surveillance for laboratory-confirmed COVID-19-associated hospitalizations in the United States, the COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET) was crea…

  • Seasonal Influenza Morbidity Estimates Obtained From Telephone Surveys, 2007

    Laurie Kamimoto, Gary L Euler et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2013References: 18

    Objectives. We assessed telephone surveys as a novel surveillance method, comparing data obtained by telephone with existing national influenza surveillance systems, and evaluated the utility of telephone surveys. Methods. We used the 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the 2007 National Immunization Survey–Adult (NIS–Adult) to estimate the incidence of influenza-like illness (ILI), medically attended ILI, provider-diagnos…

  • Evaluation of New Biomarker Genes for Differentiating Haemophilus influenzae from Haemophilus haemolyticus

    Open AccessPascal Denécheau, M Jordan Theodore et al.ARTICLEJournal of Clinical Microbiology2012

    PCR detecting the protein D ( hpd ) and fuculose kinase ( fucK ) genes showed high sensitivity and specificity for identifying Haemophilus influenzae and differentiating it from H. haemolyticus . Phylogenetic analysis using the 16S rRNA gene demonstrated two distinct groups for H. influenzae and H. haemolyticus .

  • Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Incidence of Bacteremic Pneumonia Among US Adults

    Deron C Burton, Brendan Flannery et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2010Cited by: 5References: 29

    Objectives. We examined associations between the socioeconomic characteristics of census tracts and racial/ethnic disparities in the incidence of bacteremic community-acquired pneumonia among US adults. Methods. We analyzed data on 4870 adults aged 18 years or older with community-acquired bacteremic pneumonia identified through active, population-based surveillance in 9 states and geocoded to census tract of residence. We used data from the 2000…

  • Pandemic Influenza

    James D Heffelfinger, Pragna Patel et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2009Cited by: 1References: 61

    Among vulnerable populations during an influenza pandemic are persons with or at risk for HIV infection, tuberculosis, or chronic viral hepatitis. HIV-infected persons have higher rates of hospitalization, prolonged illness, and increased mortality from influenza compared with the general population. Persons with tuberculosis and chronic viral hepatitis may also be at increased risk of morbidity and mortality from influenza because of altered imm…