• Hand hygiene perceptions, preferences, and practices among hospital staff in the Dominican Republic in the context of COVID-19: a qualitative study 

      Craig, Christina E; Schnorr, Charles D.; Then Paulino, Cecilia J.; Payano, Eulogia Cristina; Guzmán, Paloma Martínez; Ripkey, Carrie; de St Aubin, Michael; Dumas, Devan; Roberts, Kathryn W; Duke, William; Skewes-Ramm, Ronald; Lozier, Matthew J.; Nilles, Eric J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2024-06)
      Proper hand hygiene (HH), which includes sanitizing with alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) (or handwashing with soap and water if ABHR is unavailable), is key for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HCAI), including ...
    • Monitoring temporal changes in SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody levels and variant-specific risk for infection, Dominican Republic, March 2021–August 2022 

      Nilles, Eric J.; de St. Aubin, Michael; Dumas, Devan; Duke, William; Etienne, Marie Caroline; Abdalla, Gabriela; Jarolim, Petr; Oasan, Timothy; Garnier, Salome; Iihoshi, Naomi; Lopez, Beatriz; de la Cruz, Lucia; Cornelio Puello, Yosanly; Baldwin, Margaret; Roberts, Kathryn W.; Peña, Farah; Durski, Kara; Sanchez, Isaac Miguel; Gunter, Sarah M.; Kneubehl, Alexander R.; Murray, Kristy O.; Lino, Allison; Strobel, Sarah; Baez, Amado Alejandro; Lau, Colleen L.; Kucharski, Adam; Kucharski, Adam; Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily; Skewes-Ramm, Ronald; Vasquez, Marietta; Then Paulino, Cecilia (RESEARCH, 2023)
      To assess changes in SARS-CoV-2 spike binding antibody prevalence in the Dominican Republic and implications for immunologic protection against variants of concern, we prospectively enrolled 2,300 patients with undif ...
    • SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, cumulative infections, and immunity to symptomatic infection – A multistage national household survey and modelling study, Dominican Republic, June–October 2021 

      Nilles, Eric J.; Then Paulino, Cecilia; St. Aubin, Michael de; Cadavid Restrepo, Angela; Mayfield, Helen; Dumas, Devan; Finch, Emilie; Garnier, Salome; Etienne, Marie Caroline; Iselin, Louisa; Duke, William; Jarolim, Petr; Oasan, Timothy; Yu, Jingyou; Wan, Huahua; Peña, Farah; Iihoshi, Naomi; Abdalla, Gabriela; Lopez, Beatriz; Cruz, Lucia de la; Henríquez, Bernarda; Espinosa-Bode, Andres; Cornelio Puello, Yosanly; Durski, Kara; Baldwin, Margaret; Baez, Amado Alejandro; Merchant, Roland C; Barouch, Dan H.; Skewes-Ramm, Ronald; Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily; Kucharski, Adam; Laue, Colleen L. (Elsevier Ltd., 2022-11-08)
      Background Population-level SARS-CoV-2 immunological protection is poorly understood but can guide vaccination and non-pharmaceutical intervention priorities. Our objective was to characterise cumulative infections and ...