Selected Publications
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\emph{Lessler, J.}, Metcalf, C.J.E., Grais, R.F., Luquero, F.J.,
Cummings, D.A.T., Grenfell, B.T. 2011. Measuring the performance of
vaccination programs using cross-sectional surveys. PLoS
Medicine. 8(10):e1001110.
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Reich, N.G., \emph{Lessler, J.}, Cummings, D.A.T., Brookmeyer,
R. 2011. Estimating absolute and relative case fatality ratios from
infectious disease surveillance data. Biometrics. (\emph{In Press})
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Kucirka, L.M., Grams, M.E., \emph{Lessler, J.}, Hall, E.C., James,
N., Massie, A.B., Montgomery, R.A., Segev, D.L. 2011. Age and Racial
Dispatities in Dialysis Survival. JAMA. 306(6):620-6.
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\emph{Lessler, J.}, Cummings, D.A.T., Read, J.M., Wang, S., Zhu, H.,
Smith, G.J.D., Guan, Y., Jiang, C.Q., Riley,
S. 2011. Location-specific patterns of exposure to recent
pre-pandemic strains of influenza A in southern China. Nature
Communications. 2:423.
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Edlund, S., Kaufman, K., \emph{Lessler, J.}, Douglas, J., Bromberg,
M., Kaufman, Z., Bassal, R., Chodick, G., Marom, R., Shalev, V.,
Mesika, Y., Ram, R., Levanthal, A. 2011. Comparing three basic
models for seasonal influenza. Epidemics. 3(3):135-142.
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Reich, N.G., Perl, T.M., Cummnigs, D.A.T.,
\emph{Lessler, J.} 2011.
Visualizing clinical evidence: citation networks for the
incubation periods of respiratory viral infections. PLoS ONE
6(4): e19496.
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Reich, N.G., \emph{Lessler, J.}, Haitao, C., Cole, S. 2011. Commentary:
Identification of the asymptomatic ratio. Epidemiology 22(3):333-335.
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Lee, B.K., \emph{Lessler, J.}, Stuart, E.A. 2011. Weight Trimming
and Propensity Score Weighting. PLoS ONE 6(3): e18174.
Lessler, J., Metcalf, C.J.E., Grais, R.F., Luquero, F.J., Cummings, D.A.T., Grenfell, B.T. 2011. Measuring the performance of vaccination programs using cross-sectional surveys. PLoS Medicine. 8(10):e1001110.
Reich, N.G., Lessler, J., Cummings, D.A.T., Brookmeyer, R. 2011. Estimating absolute and relative case fatality ratios from infectious disease surveillance data. Biometrics. (In Press)
Kucirka, L.M., Grams, M.E., Lessler, J., Hall, E.C., James, N., Massie, A.B., Montgomery, R.A., Segev, D.L. 2011. Age and Racial Dispatities in Dialysis Survival. JAMA. 306(6):620-6.
Lessler, J., Cummings, D.A.T., Read, J.M., Wang, S., Zhu, H., Smith, G.J.D., Guan, Y., Jiang, C.Q., Riley, S. 2011. Location-specific patterns of exposure to recent pre-pandemic strains of influenza A in southern China. Nature Communications. 2:423.
Edlund, S., Kaufman, K., Lessler, J., Douglas, J., Bromberg, M., Kaufman, Z., Bassal, R., Chodick, G., Marom, R., Shalev, V., Mesika, Y., Ram, R., Levanthal, A. 2011. Comparing three basic models for seasonal influenza. Epidemics. 3(3):135-142.
Reich, N.G., Perl, T.M., Cummnigs, D.A.T., Lessler, J. 2011. Visualizing clinical evidence: citation networks for the incubation periods of respiratory viral infections. PLoS ONE 6(4): e19496.
Reich, N.G., Lessler, J., Haitao, C., Cole, S. 2011. Commentary: Identification of the asymptomatic ratio. Epidemiology 22(3):333-335.
Lee, B.K., Lessler, J., Stuart, E.A. 2011. Weight Trimming and Propensity Score Weighting. PLoS ONE 6(3): e18174.
Lessler, J., Lowther, S. A., Moss, W. J., Cummings, D. A. T. 2010. Maintaining High Rates of Measles Immunization in Africa. Epidemiology and Infection. 139: 1039-1049
Lessler, J., dos Santos, T., Aguilera, X., Brookmeyer, R. PAHO Influenza Technical Working Group, Cummings, D.A.T. 2010. H1N1pdm in the Americas. Epidemics. 2(3):132-138.
Lessler, J., Brookmeyer, R., Reich, N. G., Nelson, K. E., Cummings, D. A. T. Perl, T. M. 2010. Identifying the Probable Timing and Setting of Respiratory Virus Infections. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 31(8):809-815.
Lee, B. K., Lessler, J., Stuart, E.A. 2009. Improving propensity score weighting using machine learning Statistics in Medicine. 29(3):337-346.
Lessler, J., Reich, N. G. Cummings D.A.T, NYC DOHMH Swine Influenza Investigation. 2009. Outbreak of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza A 2009 at a New York City School. New England Journal of Medicine. 361(27):2628-2636.
Cummings, D.A.T., Iamsirithaworn, S., Lessler, J.McDermott, A., Prasanthong, R., Nisalak, A., Jarman, R.G., Burke, D.S., Gibbons, R.V. 2009. The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Dengue Incidence in Thailand. PLoS Medicine. 6(9):e1000139.
Reich, N. G., Lessler, J., Cummings, D. A. T., Brookmeyer, R. 2009. Estimating incubation period distributions with coarse data. Statistics in Medicine. 28(22):2769-2784.
Lessler, J., Reich, N.G., Brookmeyer, R., Perl, T. M., Nelson, K. E., Cummings, D.A. 2009. The Incubation Periods of Acute Respiratory Infections. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 9(5):291-300.
Lessler, J., Kaufman, K., Ford, D., Douglas, J. 2009. The Cost of Simplifying Air Travel When Modeling Disease Spread. PLoS ONE 4(2):e4403.
Lessler, J., Brookmeyer, R., Perl, T. 2007. An Evaluation of Classification Rules Based on Date of Symptom Onset to Identify Healthcare Associated Infections. American Journal of Epidemiology. 166(10):1220-1229.
Lessler, J., Cummings, D.A., Fishman, S., Vora, A., Burke, D. 2007. Transmissibility of Swine Flu at Fort Dix, 1976. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface. 4(15):755-762.
Lessler, J., Edlund, S., Ruvolo, J., Krishna, V., 2004. Dynamic Interest Profiles: Tracking User Interests Using Personal Information. Proceedings of ICIES2004 - 6th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. p218-299.
