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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Surveillance

Purpose

The University of Rochester Medical Center, part of the CDC's New York State Emerging Infections Program (EIP), was awarded a $1.7 million grant to extend EIP surveillance to COVID-19 and conduct several additional related studies. The surveillance team, based out of the Center for Community Health & Prevention, collects extensive data on all COVID-19 hospitalized cases to better understand risk factors, underlying conditions, clinical course and treatment.

The collected data is reported weekly on COVID-NET, a laboratory- and population-based surveillance system, initiated and funded by the CDC.

Publications

Hamid S, Woodworth K, Pham H, Milucky J, Chai SJ, Kawasaki B, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson EJ, Henderson J, Lynfield R, Pacheco F, Barney G, Bennett NM, Shiltz E, Sutton M, Talbot HK, Price A, Havers FP, Taylor CA; COVID-NET Surveillance Team. COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations Among U.S. Infants Aged <6 Months - COVID-NET, 13 States, June 2021-August 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Nov 11;71(45):1442-1448. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7145a3.PMID: 36355608
Sekkarie A, Woodruff R, Whitaker M, Kramer MR, Zapata LB, Ellington SR, Meaney-Delman DM, Pham H, Patel K, Taylor CA, Chai SJ, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Openo KP, Weigel A, Leegwater L, Como-Sabetti K, Ropp SL, Muse A, Bennett NM, Billing LM, Sutton M, Talbot HK, Hill M, Havers FP. Characteristics and treatment of hospitalized pregnant women with Coronavirus Disease 2019, COVID-19. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2022 Aug 12:100715. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2022.100715. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35970493; PMCID: PMC9371979.
Taylor CA, Whitaker M, Anglin O, Bennett NM; COVID-NET Surveillance Team, et al. COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations Among Adults During SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron Variant Predominance, by Race/Ethnicity and Vaccination Status - COVID-NET, 14 States, July 2021-January 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Mar 25;71(12):466-473. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7112e2. PMID: 35324880; PMCID: PMC8956338.
Taylor CA, Whitaker M, Anglin O, Bennett NM, COVID-NET Surveillance Team, et al. COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations Among Adults During SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron Variant Predominance, by Race/Ethnicity and Vaccination Status — COVID-NET, 14 States, July 2021–January 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2022;71:466–473. DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7112e2
Marks KJ, Whitaker M, Bennett NM, COVID-NET Surveillance Team, et al. Hospitalization of Infants and Children Aged 0–4 Years with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 14 States, March 2020–February 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 15 March 2022. DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7111e2
Marks KJ, Whitaker M, Anglin O, Bennett NM, Bushey S, COVID-NET Surveillance Team, et al. Hospitalizations of Children and Adolescents with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 14 States, July 2021–January 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Feb 18;71(7):271-278. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7107e4. PMID: 35176003.
Woodruff RC, Campbell AP, Taylor CA, Chai SJ, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Anderson EJ, Weigel A, Monroe ML, Reeg L, Bye E, Sosin DM, Muse A, Bennett NM, Billing LM, Sutton M, Talbot HK, McCaffrey K, Pham H, Patel K, Whitaker M, L McMorrow M, P Havers F. Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 in Children. Pediatrics. 2021 Dec 22:e2021053418. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-053418. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34935038.
Taylor CA, Patel K, Pham H, Whitaker M, Anglin O, Kambhampati AK, Milucky J, Chai SJ, Kirley PD, Alden NB, Armistead I, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Teno K, Weigel A, Monroe ML, Ryan PA, Henderson J, Nunez VT, Bye E, Lynfield R, Poblete M, Smelser C, Barney GR, Spina NL, Bennett NM, Popham K, Billing LM, Shiltz E, Abdullah N, Sutton M, Schaffner W, Talbot HK, Ortega J, Price A, Garg S, Havers FP; COVID-NET Surveillance Team. Severity of Disease Among Adults Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Before and During the Period of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Predominance - COVID-NET, 14 States, January-August 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Oct 29;70(43):1513-1519. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7043e1. PMID: 34710076.
Woodruff RC, Campbell AP, Taylor CA, Chai SJ, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Anderson EJ, Weigel A, Monroe ML, Reeg L, Bye E, Sosin DM, Muse A, Bennett NM, Billing LM, Sutton M, Talbot HK, McCaffrey K, Pham H, Patel K, Whitaker M, McMorrow M, Havers F; COVID-NET surveillance team. Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 in Children. Pediatrics. 2021 Oct 22:e2021053418. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-053418. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34686570.
Acosta AM, Garg S, Pham H, Whitaker M, Anglin O, O'Halloran A, Milucky J, Patel K, Taylor C, Wortham J, Chai SJ, Kirley PD, Alden NB, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Weigel A, Monroe ML, Ryan P, Reeg L, Kohrman A, Lynfield R, Bye E, Torres S, Salazar-Sanchez Y, Muse A, Barney G, Bennett NM, Bushey S, et al. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rates of COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, and In-Hospital Death in the United States From March 2020 to February 2021. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 1;4(10):e2130479. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30479. PMID: 34673962.
Acosta AM, Bennett N, Bushey S, Garg S, Pham H, et al. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rates of COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, and In-Hospital Death in the United States From March 2020 to February 2021. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(10):e2130479. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30479
Wortham JM, Meador SA, Hadler JL, Yousey-Hindes K, See I, Whitaker M, O'Halloran A, Milucky J, Chai SJ, Reingold A, Alden NB, Kawasaki B, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Weigel A, Monroe ML, Ryan PA, Kim S, Reeg L, Lynfield R, McMahon M, Sosin DM, Eisenberg N, Rowe A, Barney G, Bennett NM, Bushey S, ... COVID-NET Surveillance Team. Census tract socioeconomic indicators and COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates-COVID-NET surveillance areas in 14 states, March 1-April 30, 2020. PLoS One. 2021 Sep 24;16(9):e0257622. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257622. PMID: 34559838; PMCID: PMC8462704.
Delahoy MJ, Ujamaa D, Whitaker M, O'Halloran A, Anglin O, Burns E, Cummings C, Holstein R, Kambhampati AK, Milucky J, Patel K, Pham H, Taylor CA, Chai SJ, Reingold A, Alden NB, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Teno K, Weigel A, Kim S, Leegwater L, Bye E, Como-Sabetti K, Ropp S, Rudin D, Muse A, Spina N, Bennett NM, Popham K, ..., COVID-NET Surveillance Team; Hospitalizations Associated with COVID-19 Among Children and Adolescents - COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1, 2020-August 14, 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Sep 10;70(36):1255-1260. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7036e2. PMID: 34499627.
Moline HL, Whitaker M, Deng L, Bennett NM, Bushney S, ..., COVID-NET Surveillance Team. Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing Hospitalization Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years — COVID-NET, 13 States, February–April 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;70:1088-1093. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7032e3external icon.
Garg S, Patel K, Pham H, Whitaker M, O'Halloran A, Milucky J, Anglin O, Kirley PD, Reingold A, Kawasaki B, Herlihy R, Yousey-Hindes K, Maslar A, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Weigel A, Teno K, Ryan PA, Monroe ML, Reeg L, Kim S, Como-Sabetti K, Bye E, Shrum Davis S, Eisenberg N, Muse A, Barney G, Bennett NM, Felsen CB, Billing L, Shiltz J, Sutton M, Abdullah N, Talbot HK, Schaffner W, Hill M, Chatelain R, Wortham J, Taylor C, Hall A, Fry AM, Kim L, Havers FP. Clinical Trends Among U.S. Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19, March to December 2020 : A Cross-Sectional Study. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Aug 10. doi: 10.7326/M21-1991. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34370517.
Havers FP, Whitaker M, Self JL,..., Bennett NM, Gaitán M,...; COVID-NET Surveillance Team. Hospitalization of Adolescents Aged 12-17 Years with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 - COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1, 2020-April 24, 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Jun 11;70(23):851-857. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7023e1.
Owusu D, Kim L, O'Halloran A, Whitaker M, Piasecki AM, Reingold A, Alden NB, Maslar A, Anderson EJ, Ryan PA, Kim S, Como-Sabetti K, Hancock EB, Muse A, Bennett NM, Billing LM, Sutton M, Talbot K, Ortega J, Brammer L, Fry AM, Hall AJ, Garg S; COVID-NET Surveillance Team. Characteristics of Adults aged 18-49 Years without Underlying Conditions Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 in the United States, COVID-NET - March-August 2020. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 3:ciaa1806. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1806. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33270136.
Acosta AM, Mathis AL, Budnitz DS, Geller AI, Chai SJ, Alden NB, Meek J, Anderson EJ, Ryan P, Kim S, Como-Sabetti K, Torres S, Dufort E, Bennett NM, Billing LM, Sutton M, Keipp Talbot H, George A, Pham H, Hall AJ, Fry A, Garg S, Kim L. COVID-19 Investigational Treatments in Use Among Hospitalized Patients Identified Through the US Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network, March 1-June 30, 2020. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 9;7(11):ofaa528. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa528. PMID: 33274249; PMCID: PMC7686662.
Kambhampati AK, O'Halloran, AC, Whitaker M, Felsen CB, Bennett NB, et al. COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations Among Health Care Personnel -- COVID-NET, 13 States, March 1-May 31, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(43):1576-1583. doiI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6943e3external icon
Delahoy MJ, Whitaker M, O'Halloran A, Chai SJ, Kirley PD, Alden N, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Monroe ML, Ryan PA, Fox K, Kim S, Lynfield R, Siebman S, Davis SS, Sosin DM, Barney G, Muse A, Bennett NM, Felsen CB, Billing LM, Shiltz J, Sutton M, West N, Schaffner W, Talbot HK, George A, Spencer M, Ellington S, Galang RR, Gilboa SM, Tong VT, Piasecki A, Brammer L, Fry AM, Hall AJ, Wortham JM, Kim L, Garg S; COVID-NET Surveillance Team. Characteristics and Maternal and Birth Outcomes of Hospitalized Pregnant Women with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 - COVID-NET, 13 States, March 1-August 22, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Sep 25;69(38):1347-1354. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6938e1
Ko JY, Danielson ML, Town M, Derado G, Greenlund KJ, Daily Kirley P, Alden NB, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson EJ, Ryan PA, Kim S, Lynfield R, Torres SM, Barney GR, Bennett NM, Sutton M, Talbot HK, Hill M, Hall AJ, Fry AM, Garg S, Kim L; COVID-NET Surveillance Team. Risk Factors for COVID-19-associated hospitalization: COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 18:ciaa1419. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1419. Epub ahead of print.
Kim L, Whitaker M, O'Halloran A, Kambhampati A, Chai SJ, Reingold A, Armistead I, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Weigel A, Ryan P, Monroe ML, Fox K, Kim S, Lynfield R, Bye E, Davis SS, Smelser C, Barney G, Spina NL, Bennett NM, et al. Hospitalization Rates and Characteristics of Children Aged <18 Years Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 - COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1 - July 25, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Aug 7; 69.
Kim L, Garg S, O'Halloran A, Whitaker M, Pham H, Anderson EJ, Armistead I, Bennett NM, Billing L, Como-Sabetti K, et al. Risk Factors for Intensive Care Unit Admission and In-hospital Mortality among Hospitalized Adults Identified through the U.S. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET). Clin. Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 16. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1012. [Epub ahead of print]
Garg S, Kim L, Whitaker M, O’Halloran A, Cummings C, Holstein R, Prill M, Chai SJ, Kirley PD, Alden NB, Kawasaki B, Yousey-Hindes K, Niccolai L, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Weigel A, Monroe ML, Ryan P, Hendeson J, Kim S, Como-Sabetti K, Lynfield R, Sosin D, Torres S, Muse A, Bennett NM, et al. Hospitalization Rates and Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 — COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1–30, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 8 April 2020. DOI:10.15585/mmwr.mm6915e3

COVID-19 among Healthcare Personnel

The EIP team is working with the CDC on gathering information from healthcare personnel who have been tested for COVID-19 to evaluate how well COVID-19 vaccines prevent laboratory-confirmed, symptomatic COVID-19 in healthcare workers in the “real world,” outside of a clinical trial. Learn more.

Chea N; Brown CJ; Eure T; Ramirez RA; Blazek G; Penna AR; Li R; Czaja CA; Johnston H; Barter D; Miller BF; Angell K; Marshall KE; Fell A; Lovett S; Lim S; Lynfield R; Davis SS; Phipps EC; Sievers M; Dumyati G; Concannon C; McCullough K; Woods A; Seshadri S; Myers C; Pierce R; Ocampo VLS; Guzman-Cottrill JA; Escutia G; Samper M; Thompson ND; Magill SS; Grigg CT "Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among US Healthcare Personnel, May-December 2020." Emerging infectious diseases. 2021; 28(1):. Epub 2021 Dec 02.
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Chea N; Eure T; Penna AR; Brown CJ; Nadle J; Godine D; Frank L; Czaja CA; Johnston H; Barter D; Miller BF; Angell K; Marshall K; Meek J; Brackney M; Carswell S; Thomas S; Wilson LE; Perlmutter R; Marceaux-Galli K; Fell A; Lim S; Lynfield R; Davis SS; Phipps EC; Sievers M; Dumyati G; Concannon C; McCullough K; Woods A; Seshadri S; Myers C; et al. "Practices and Activities Among Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection Working in Different Healthcare Settings-10 Emerging Infections Program Sites, April-November 2020." Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2021; Epub 2021 Jun 02.
- Listen to the Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE) podcast, where Editor-in-Chief David Calfee talks to three of the authors, including our own Ghinwa Dumyati, MD, about the systemic factors that have contributed to disparities in COVID-19 outcomes and burden in long-term care settings.
Pilishvili T, Fleming-Dutra KE, Farrar JL, ..., Dumyati G., Vaccine Effectiveness Among Healthcare Personnel Study Team. Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Among Health Care Personnel — 33 U.S. Sites, January–March 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 14 May 2021. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7020e2
Seshadri S, Concannon C, Woods JA, McCullough KM, Dumyati GK. "It's like fighting a war with rocks": Nursing home healthcare workers' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Aug;42(8):1020-1021. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.393. Epub 2020 Aug 5. PMID: 32753072; PMCID: PMC7443555.