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Tick-borne Diseases
Fungal Diseases
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Respiratory Infectious Diseases:

  • Spencer S, Chung J, Thompson M, Piedra PA, Jewell A, Avadhanula V, Mei M, Jackson ML, Meece J, Sundaram M, Belongia EA, Cross R, Johnson E, Bullotta A, Rinaldo C, Gaglani M, Murthy K, Clipper L, Berman L, Flannery B. Factors associated with real-time RT-PCR cycle threshold values among medically attended influenza episodes. J. Med. Virol.. 2016 Apr 3;88(4):716-23..
    PubMed ID: 26334765
  • Dinis JM, Florek NW, Fatola OO, Moncla LH, Mutschler JP, Charlier OK, Meece JK, Belongia EA, Friedrich TC. Deep sequencing reveals potential antigenic variants at low frequency in influenza A-infected humans. J Virol. 2016 Jan 6;
    PubMed ID: 26739054
  • Randolph AG, Agan AA, Flanagan RF, Meece JK, Fitzgerald JC, Loftis LL, Truemper EJ, Li S, Ferdinands JM. Optimizing Virus Identification in Critically Ill Children Suspected of Having an Acute Severe Viral Infection. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Apr;17(4):279-86.
    PubMed ID: 26895562
  • Simpson MD, Kieke BA, Sundaram ME, McClure DL, Meece JK, Sifakis F, Gasser RA, Belongia EA. Incidence of Medically Attended Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Influenza Illnesses in Children 6-59 Months Old During Four Seasons. Open Forum Infect Dis.. 2016 Apr;3(2):ofw081.
    PubMed ID: 27419158
  • Dinis JM, Florek NW, Fatola OO, Moncla LH, Mutschler JP, Charlier OK, Meece JK, Belongia EA, Friedrich TC. Correction for Dinis et al., Deep Sequencing Reveals Potential Antigenic Variants at Low Frequencies in Influenza A Virus-Infected Humans. J Virol. 2016 Sep 1;90(17):8029.
    PubMed ID: 27520946
  • Thompson MG, Ferber JR, Odouli R, David D, Shifflett P, Meece JK, Naleway A, Bozeman S, Spencer SM, Fry A, Li DK. Results of a pilot study using self-collected mid-turbinate nasal swabs for detection of influenza virus infection among pregnant women. Influenza Other Respir Viruses.. 2015 May;9(3):155-60.
    PubMed ID: 25711978
  • McLean (Nguyen) HQ, Thompson MG, Sundaram ME, Kieke BA, Gaglani M, Murthy K, Piedra PA, Zimmerman R, Nowalk M, Raviotta JM, Jackson ML, Jackson L, Ohmit SE, Petrie JG, Monto A, Meece JK, Thaker S, Thaker S, Clippard J, Spencer SM, Fry A, Belongia EA. Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in the United States During 2012-13: Variable Protection by Age and Virus Type. JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2015 May;211(10):1529-40.
    PubMed ID: 25406334
  • Belongia EA, Sundaram ME, McClure DL, Meece JK, Ferdinands J, VanWormer JJ. Waning vaccine protection against influenza A (H3N2) illness in children and older adults during a single season. VACCINE. 2015 Jan;33(1):246-51.
    PubMed ID: 24962752

Tick-borne Diseases:

  • Frost HM, Anderson J, Ivacic L, Meece J. Blastomycosis in Children: An Analysis of Clinical, Epidemiologic, and Genetic Features. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Dec 24;
    PubMed ID: 26703241
  • Anderson JL, Dieckman JL, Reed KD, Meece JK. Canine blastomycosis in wisconsin: a survey of small-animal veterinary practices. Med Mycol. 2014 Oct;52(7):774-9.
    PubMed ID: 25187628
  • Imai DM, McGreevey N, Anderson JL, Meece JK. Disseminated Blastomyces dermatitidis, genetic group 2, infection in an alpaca (Vicugna pacos). J Vet Diagn Invest.. 2014 Mar;26(3):442-7.
    PubMed ID: 24621845
  • McLean (Nguyen) HQ, Thompson MG, Sundaram ME, Meece JK, McClure DL, Friedrich T, Belongia EA. Impact of Repeated Vaccination on Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza A(H3N2) and B During 8 Seasons. Clin Infect Dis.. 2014 Nov;59(10):1375-85.
    PubMed ID: 25270645
  • Ohmit SE, Thompson MG, Petrie JG, Thaker S, Jackson ML, Belongia EA, Zimmerman R, Gaglani M, Lamerato L, Spencer SM, Jackson L, Meece JK, Nowalk M, Song J, Zervos MJ, Cheng P, Rinaldo CR, Clipper L, Shay DK, Piedra PA, Monto A. Influenza vaccine effectiveness in the 2011-2012 season: protection against each circulating virus and the effect of prior vaccination on estimates. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;58(3):319-27.
    PubMed ID: 24235265
  • Donahue JG, Kieke BA, Szilagy PG, Blumkin AK, Hilgemann DJ, Flanders WD, Shay DK, Meece JK, Treanor JJ, Belongia EA. Can the rolling cross-sectional survey design be used to estimate the effectiveness of influenza vaccines? VACCINE. 2014 Oct;32(48):6440-4.
    PubMed ID: 25284810
  • Schotthoefer AM, Meece JK, Fritsche TR. A clinical, diagnostic, and ecologic perspective on human anaplasmosis in the Upper Midwest. WMJ. 2014 Jun;113(3):107-14; quiz 115.
    PubMed ID: 25118439
  • VanWormer JJ, Sundaram ME, Meece JK, Belongia EA. A cross-sectional analysis of symptom severity in adults with influenza and other acute respiratory illness in the outpatient setting. BMC Infect Dis. 2014 May;14(1):231.
    PubMed ID: 24884932
  • Sundaram ME, Meece JK, Sifakis F, Gasser R, Belongia EA. Medically attended respiratory syncytial virus infections in adults aged >=50 years: clinical characteristics and outcomes. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2014 Feb;58(3):342-9.
    PubMed ID: 24265361
  • McLean (Nguyen) HQ, Meece JK, Belongia EA. Influenza vaccination and risk of hospitalization among adults with laboratory confirmed influenza illness. VACCINE. 2014 Jan;32(4):453-7.
    PubMed ID: 24291201
  • McClure DL, Kieke BA, Sundaram ME, Simpson M, Meece JK, Sifakis F, Gasser R, Belongia EA. Seasonal incidence of medically attended respiratory syncytial virus infection in a community cohort of adults =50 years old. PLoS One. 2014 Jul;9(7):e102586.
    PubMed ID: 25025344

Fungal Diseases:

  • Spencer S, Gaglani M, Naleway A, Reynolds SJ, Ball S, Bozeman S, Henkle E, Meece JK, Vandermause MF, Clipper L, Thompson M. Consistency of influenza A virus detection test results across respiratory specimen collection methods using real-time reverse transcription-PCR. J Clin Microbiol.. 2013 Nov;51(11):3880-2.
    PubMed ID: 24108606
  • Hanincova K, Mukherjee P, Ogden NH, Margos G, Wormser GP, Reed KD, Meece JK, Vandermause MF, Schwartz I. Multilocus sequence typing of Borrelia burgdorferi suggests existence of lineages with differential pathogenic properties in humans. PLoS One. 2013 Sep;8(9):e73066.
  • Meece JK, Anderson JL, Gruszka S, Sloss BL, Sullivan BJ, Reed KD. Variation in clinical phenotype of human infection among genetic groups of Blastomyces dermatitidis. J Infect Dis. 2013 Mar;207(5):814-22.
    PubMed ID: 23230057
  • Kjos SA, Irving SA, Meece JK, Belongia EA. Elementary school-based influenza vaccination: evaluating impact on respiratory illness absenteeism and laboratory-confirmed influenza. PLoS One. 2013 Aug;8(8):e72243.
    PubMed ID: 23991071
  • Anderson JL, Sloss BL, Meece JK. Clinical and molecular epidemiology of veterinary blastomycosis in Wisconsin. BMC Vet Res. 2013 Apr;9(1):84.
    PubMed ID: 23607640
  • Roy M, Benedict K, Deak E, Kirby M, McNiel J, Sickler C, Eckardt E, Marx R, Heffernan R, Meece JK, Klein BS, Archer JR, Theurer J, Davis J, Park B. A Large Community Outbreak of Blastomycosis in Wisconsin With Geographic and Ethnic Clustering. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2013 Sep;57(5):655-62.
    PubMed ID: 23735332
  • Sundaram ME, McClure DL, VanWormer JJ, Friedrich TC, Meece JK, Belongia EA. Influenza Vaccination is Not Associated with Detection of Non-Influenza Respiratory Viruses in Seasonal Studies of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2013 Sep;57(6):789-93.
    PubMed ID: 23748138
  • Schotthoefer AM, Meece JK, Ivacic LC, Bertz PD, Zhang KQi, Weiler T, Uphoff TS, Fritsche TR. Comparison of a real-time PCR Method with serology and blood smear analysis for diagnosis of human anaplasmosis:importance of Infection time course for optimal test utilization. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2013 Jul;51(7):2147-53.
    PubMed ID: 23637292
  • Bateman A, Kieke BA, Irving SA, Meece JK, Shay DK, Belongia EA. Effectiveness of monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza A virus subtype H1N1 and 2010-2011 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccines in Wisconsin during the 2010-2011 influenza season. JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2013 Apr;207(8):1262-9.
    PubMed ID: 23341536
  • Meece JK, Anderson JL, Gruszka S, Sloss BL, Sullivan BJ, Reed KD. Variation in clinical phenotype of human infection among genetic groups of Blastomyces dermatitidis. JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2013 Mar;207(5):814-22.
    PubMed ID: 23230057
  • Dharan N, Fry A, Kieke BA, Coleman LA, Meece JK, Vandermause MF, Gubareva L, Klimov AI, Belongia EA. Clinical and virologic outcomes in patients with oseltamivir-resistant seasonal influenza A (H1N1) infections: results from a clinical trial. Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2012 May;6(3):153-8.
    PubMed ID: 22118629
  • Treanor JJ, Talbot HK, Ohmit SE, Coleman LA, Thompson M, Cheng P, Petrie JG, Lofthus G, Meece JK, Williams JV, Berman L, Breese Hall C, Monto A, Griffin MR, Belongia EA, Shay DK, US Flu-VE Network. Effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccines in the United States during a season with circulation of all three vaccine strains. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2012 Oct;55(7):951-9.
    PubMed ID: 22843783
  • Talbot HK, Coleman LA, Crimin K, Zhu Y, Rock M, Meece JK, Shay DK, Belongia EA, Griffin MR. Association between obesity and vulnerability and serologic response to influenza vaccination in older adults. VACCINE. 2012 Jun;30(26):3937-43.
    PubMed ID: 22484350

Research Support Publications:

  • Meece JK, Anderson JL, Fisher MC, Henk DA, Sloss BL, Reed KD. Population genetic structure of clinical and environmental isolates of blastomyces dermatitidis based on 27 polymorphic microsatellite markers. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Aug;77(15):5123-31.
    PubMed ID: 21705544
  • Griffin MR, Monto A, Belongia EA, Treanor JJ, Chen Q, Talbot HK, Ohmit SE, Coleman LA, Lofthus G, Petrie JG, Meece JK, Hall CB, Williams JV, Garguillo P, Berman L, Shay DK, for the U.S. Flu-VE Network. Effectiveness of Non-Adjuvanted Pandemic Influenza A Vaccines for Preventing Pandemic Influenza Acute Respiratory Illness Visits in 4 U.S. Communities. PLoS One. 2011 Aug;6(8):e23085.
    PubMed ID: 21857999
  • Pfister JR, Archer JR, Hersil S, Boers T, Reed KD, Meece JK, Anderson JL, Burgess JW, Sullivan TD, Klein BS, Wheat LJ, Davis JP. Non-rural point source blastomycosis outbreak near a yard waste collection site. Clinical Medicine & Research. 2011 Jun;9(2):57-65.
  • Belongia EA, Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Coleman LA, Irving SA, Meece JK, Vandermause MF, Lindstrom S, Garguillo P, Shay DK. Influenza vaccine effectiveness in Wisconsin during the 2007-08 season: Comparison of interim and final results. VACCINE. 2011 Jul;29(38):6558-63.
    PubMed ID: 21767593
  • Belongia EA, Irving SA, Waring SC, Coleman LA, Meece JK, Vandermause MF, Lindstrom S, Kempf DL, Shay DK. Clinical Characteristics and 30-Day Outcomes for Influenza A 2009 (H1N1), 2008-2009 (H1N1), and 2007-2008 (H3N2) Infections. JAMA. 2010 Sep;304(10):1091-8.
    PubMed ID: 20823435
  • Brisson D, Vandermause MF, Meece JK, Reed K, Dykhuizen D. Evolution of northeastern and midwestern Borrelia burgdorferi, United States. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2010 Jun;16(6):911-7.
    PubMed ID: 20507740
  • Mackay A, Kramer W, Meece JK, Brumfield R, Foil L. Host feeding patterns of Culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. 2010 Mar;47(2):238-48.
    PubMed ID: 20380306
  • Meece JK, Anderson JL, Klein BS, Sullivan TD, Foley SL, Baumgardner DJ, Brummitt CF, Reed KD. Genetic diversity in Blastomyces dermatitidis: implications for PCR detection in clinical and environmental samples. MEDICAL MYCOLOGY. 2009 Jul;22 :1-7.
    PubMed ID: 19626547
  • Belongia EA, Kieke BA, Coleman LA, Donahue JG, Irving SA, Meece JK, Vandermause MF, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Interim within-season estimate of the effectiveness of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine--Marshfield, Wisconsin, 2007-08 influenza season. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2008 Apr;57(15):393-8.
    PubMed ID: 18418344
  • Reed KD, Meece JK, Archer JR, Peterson AT. Ecologic niche modeling of Blastomyces dermatitidis in Wisconsin. PLoS ONE.. 2008 Apr;3(4):e2034.
    PubMed ID: 18446224
  • Anderson JL, Meece JK, Koziczkowski JJ, Clark DL, Radcliff RP, Nolden CA., Samuel MD., Ellingson JL. Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Scavenging Mammals in Wisconsin. J Wildl Dis. 2007 Apr;43(2):302-308.
    PubMed ID: 17495318
  • Chambers E, Meece JK, McGowan J, Lovin DD, Hemme R, Chadee D, McAbee K, Brown S, Knudson D, Severson DW. Microsatellite isolation and linkage group identification in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY. 2007 May;98(3):202-10.
    PubMed ID: 17420178
  • Stockwell PJ, Wessell NM, Reed DR, Kronenwetter-Koepel TA, Reed KD, Turchi TR, Meece JK. A field evaluation of four larval mosquito control methods in urban catch basins. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2006 Dec;22(4):666-671.
    PubMed ID: 17304935
  • Meece JK, Kronenwetter-Koepel TA, Vandermause MF, Reed KD. West Nile virus infection in commercial waterfowl operation, Wisconsin. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;12(9):1451-1453.
    PubMed ID: 17073102
  • Meece JK, Reynolds CE, Stockwell PJ, Jenson TA, Christensen JE, Reed KD. Identification of mosquito bloodmeal source by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism profile analysis of the cytochrome B gene. J Med Entomol. 2005 Jul;42(4):657-667.
    PubMed ID: 16119557
  • Stout WE, Cassini AG, Meece JK, Papp JM, Rosenfield RN, Reed KD. Serologic evidence of West Nile Virus infection in three wild raptor populations. Avian Dis. 2005 Sep;49(3):371-375.
  • Kronenwetter-Koepel TA, Meece JK, Miller CA, Reed KD. Surveillance of above- and below-ground mosquito breeding habitats in a rural midwestern community: baseline data for larvicidal control measures against West Nile vectors. Clin Med Res. 2005 Feb;3(1):3-12.
    PubMed ID: 15962015
  • Meece JK, Henkel JS, Glaser L, Reed KD. Mosquito surveillance for West Nile virus in southeastern Wisconsin -- 2002. Clin Med Res. 2003 Jan;1(1):37-42.
    PubMed ID: 15931283
  • Reed KD, Meece JK, Henkel JS, Shukla SK. Birds, migration and emerging zoonoses: West Nile virus, Lyme disease, influenza A, and enteropathogens. Clin Med Res. 2003 Jan;1(1):5-12.
    PubMed ID: 15931279
  • Severson DW, Meece JK, Lovin DD, Saha G, Morlais I. Linkage map organization of expressed sequence tags and sequence tagged sites in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Mol Biol. 2002 Aug;11(4):371-378.
    PubMed ID: 12144703
  • Meece JK, Nollen PM. A comparison of the adult and miracidial stages of Echinostoma paraensei and E. caproni. Int J Parasitol. 1996 Jan;26(1):37-43.
    PubMed ID: 9198594
  • Sloss BJ, Meece JK, Romano M, Nollen PM. The genetic relationships between Echinostoma caproni, E. paraensei, and E. trivolvis as determined by electrophoresis. J Helminth. 1995;69 :243-246.
  • Frost HM, Anderson JL, Ivacic L, Sloss BL, Embil J, Meece JK. Development and validation of a novel single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) panel for genetic analysis of Blastomyces spp. and association analysis. BMC Infect Dis. 16(1):509.
    PubMed ID: 27663837