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List of works by Mark Loeb

1468. PCV13 Serotype Trends Over Time in Pneumococcal Community Acquired Pneumonia: Which Method(s) Work Best?

2714. Streptococcus pneumoniae Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Canadian Adults Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia from 2010 to 2017

2715. Pneumococcal Community-Acquired Pneumonia Attributed to PCV13 Serotypes in Hospitalized Adults: Comparison of the 50–64 and 65+ Age Groups

992. 2016–2017 Influenza Burden of Disease and End-of-Season Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness (VE) Estimates for Preventing Influenza-Related Hospitalization Among Canadian Adults: An Analysis From the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) S

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A multifaceted intervention to reduce antimicrobial prescribing in care homes: a non-randomised feasibility study and process evaluation

scientific article published in 2020

A retrospective cohort study to predict severe dengue in Honduran patients.

scientific article published on 11 October 2017

Adverse effects of amantadine and oseltamivir used during respiratory outbreaks in a center for developmentally disabled adults

scientific article published in November 2004

Age-stratified burden of pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia in hospitalised Canadian adults from 2010 to 2015

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Alterations to the frequency and function of peripheral blood monocytes and associations with chronic disease in the advanced-age, frail elderly

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Anti-pneumococcal deficits of monocyte-derived macrophages from the advanced-age, frail elderly and related impairments in PI3K-AKT signaling

scientific article published on 13 October 2014

Antimicrobial susceptibilities of health care-associated and community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from hospitalized patients in Canada, 1995 to 2008

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Assessing impact of MALDI mass spectroscopy on reducing directed antibiotic coverage time for Gram-negative organisms

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Assessing the reporting quality of influenza outbreaks in the community

scientific article published on 20 October 2017

Blood CD33(+)HLA-DR(-) myeloid-derived suppressor cells are increased with age and a history of cancer

scientific article published on 22 January 2013

Burden of vaccine-preventable pneumococcal disease in hospitalized adults: A Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) network study

scientific article published on 26 May 2017

Circulating TNF and mitochondrial DNA are major determinants of neutrophil phenotype in the advanced-age, frail elderly

scientific article published on 5 February 2015

Circulating muramyl dipeptide is negatively associated with interleukin-10 in the frail elderly.

scientific article published on February 2015

Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Group A Streptococcal Pneumonia in Ontario, Canada

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Clinical and epidemiologic features of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in elderly hospitalized patients

scientific article published in October 2005

Cluster of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome among Toronto healthcare workers after implementation of infection control precautions: a case series.

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Detection and characterization of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Canada: results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, 1995-2006.

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Does Duration of Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Matter in Cardiac Surgery? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Effect of Vitamin D supplementation to reduce respiratory infections in children and adolescents in Vietnam: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 04 January 2019

Effect of a multifaceted intervention on number of antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected urinary tract infections in residents of nursing homes: cluster randomised controlled trial

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Effect of seasonal influenza vaccination on influenza symptom severity among children in Hutterite communities: Follow-up study of a randomized trial

scientific article published on 08 November 2019

Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination on Hospitalizations and Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With COPD

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Epidemiology of Influenza Viruses in Canada over the 2011–2012 to 2013–2014 Seasons: A Study from the Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN).

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Facility-level correlates of antimicrobial use in nursing homes

scientific article published on February 2004

Factors associated with influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in acute care hospitals in Canada.

scientific article published on 11 February 2018

Frailty Hinders Recovery From Acute Respiratory Illness in Older Adults

Frailty Hinders Recovery From Influenza and Acute Respiratory Illness in Older Adults

scientific article published on 09 March 2020

Frailty Is Associated With Increased Hemagglutination-Inhibition Titers in a 4-Year Randomized Trial Comparing Standard- and High-Dose Influenza Vaccination

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

Herd effect from influenza vaccination in non-healthcare settings: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials and observational studies

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Immune biomarkers predictive of respiratory viral infection in elderly nursing home residents.

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Immunosenescence in the nursing home elderly

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Impact of Antivirals in the Prevention of Serious Outcomes Associated with Influenza in Hospitalized Canadian Adults: A Pooled Analysis from the Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN).

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Impact of Prior Season Influenza Vaccination on Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness: An Analysis over Four Consecutive Seasons from the Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN).

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Influenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza-related hospitalization during a season with mixed outbreaks of four influenza viruses: a test-negative case-control study in adults in Canada

scientific article published on 29 December 2017

Influenza vaccine effectiveness to prevent influenza-related hospitalizations and serious outcomes in Canadian adults over the 2011/12 through 2013/14 influenza seasons: A pooled analysis from the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Seriou

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Interpretation of diagnostic laboratory tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome: the Toronto experience.

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Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of older adults about pneumococcal immunization, a Public Health Agency of Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Influenza Research Network (PCIRN) investigation

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Lyme neuroborreliosis presenting as spinal myoclonus

scientific article published on 29 December 2019

Medical Masks vs N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 in Health Care Workers A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

scientific article published on 04 April 2020

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization or infection in Canada: National Surveillance and Changing Epidemiology, 1995-2007.

scientific article published on April 2010

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian aboriginal people

scientific article published on 8 February 2006

Modeling transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among patients admitted to a hospital

scientific article published in July 2005

Mupirocin-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in Canadian hospitals

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Nursing home residents and Enterobacteriaceae resistant to third-generation cephalosporins

scientific article published in June 2004

Optimizing antibiotics in residents of nursing homes: protocol of a randomized trial

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Patterns of handwashing behavior and visits to patients on a general medical ward of healthcare workers

scientific article published in March 2004

Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Populations at risk for severe or complicated Avian Influenza H5N1: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Populations at risk for severe or complicated influenza illness: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Predictors of influenza a molecular viral shedding in Hutterite communities.

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Pregnancy as a risk factor for severe influenza infection: an individual participant data meta-analysis

scientific article published on 02 August 2019

Randomized Controlled Trial of Chlorhexidine Gluconate for Washing, Intranasal Mupirocin, and Rifampin and Doxycycline Versus No Treatment for the Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization

scientific article published on 14 December 2006

Reliability of nonlocalizing signs and symptoms as indicators of the presence of infection in nursing-home residents

scientific article published on 09 December 2020

Reporting quality of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa: A systematic analysis

scientific article published on 25 June 2019

Resource utilization and cost of influenza requiring hospitalization in Canadian adults: A study from the serious outcomes surveillance network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network

scientific article published on 10 November 2017

Risk Factors for Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents among Nursing Home Residents

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Risk factors for SARS transmission from patients requiring intubation: a multicentre investigation in Toronto, Canada

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Risk factors for influenza among health care workers during 2009 pandemic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Safe management of bodies of deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19: a rapid systematic review

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Safety, immunogenicity, and tolerability of three influenza vaccines in older adults: results of a randomized, controlled comparison

scientific article published on 09 July 2013

Single radial haemolysis compared to haemagglutinin inhibition and microneutralization as a correlate of protection against influenza A H3N2 in children and adolescents.

scientific article published on 20 February 2017

Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 is masking PCV13-mediated herd immunity in Canadian adults hospitalized with community acquired pneumonia: A study from the Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network of the Canadian immunization research Network

scientific article published on 23 July 2019

T-Cell Phenotypes Predictive of Frailty and Mortality in Elderly Nursing Home Residents

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

The Importance of Frailty in the Assessment of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza-Related Hospitalization in Elderly People

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The burden of influenza in older adults: meeting the challenge

scientific article published on 26 July 2019

The loss of topography in the microbial communities of the upper respiratory tract in the elderly.

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Use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

Use of oseltamivir during influenza outbreaks in Ontario nursing homes, 1999-2000.

scientific article published in April 2002

Vaccine herd effect

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Ventilation Techniques and Risk for Transmission of Coronavirus Disease, Including COVID-19

scientific article published on 22 May 2020

Which healthcare workers work with acute respiratory illness? Evidence from Canadian acute-care hospitals during 4 influenza seasons: 2010-2011 to 2013-2014

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Zinc for the treatment of the common cold: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on May 7, 2012