Dr. Branche is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester. Dr. Branche received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology at the University of Pennsylvania and Doctorate in Medicine at American University of the Caribbean. She completed residency in Internal Medicine at NYU Lango...

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases (SMD)

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Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Infectious Disease, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2012 - 2014

Residency, Internship/Residency, Lutheran Medical Center. 2009 - 2011

Internship, Internal Medicine, Lutheran Medical Center. 2008 - 2009

Education

MD | American University of the Caribbean. 2007

Research

Dr. Branche's focus in research involves the use of viral molecular and immunological diagnostic assays to explore the pathogenesis and host response to acute viral respiratory illnesses in adults. She is currently Co-Principle Investigator for the UR Vaccine Treatment and Evaluation Unit (UR VTEU) one of ten NIH funded network sites in the US. Her current research activities explore clinical disease, pathogenesis, development of therapeutics and vaccine biology related to infection with viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens. Studies include assessment of asymptomatic carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and the impact of pneumococcal vaccination, surveillance of epidemic influenza infections and immunologic mechanisms of protection following natural infection versus vaccination, the development of pandemic influenza vaccines, population-based studies of RSV infection and the development of vaccine and anti-viral agents for RSV. She is actively involved in the NIH and University of Rochester research response to COVID19 and is helping conduct, natural history, therapeutic and vaccine studies. She is a member of the Infectious Disease Society of America and the NIH IDCRC Emerging Infections Expert Working Group. Dr. Branche has published several peer-reviewed articles, reviews and book chapters related to respiratory viral pathogens in adults.

Publications

Journal Articles

Impact of Age and Comorbid Conditions on Incidence Rates of COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations, 2020-2021.

Saiman L, Walsh EE, Branche AR, Barrett A, Alba L, Gollerkeri S, Schillinger JA, Phillips M, Finelli L

Influenza and other respiratory viruses.. 2024 November 18 (11):e70016. Epub 1900 01 01.

Real-world effectiveness studies of the benefit of RSV vaccines.

Branche AR

Lancet.. 2024 October 19404 (10462):1498-1500. Epub 1900 01 01.

Combination seasonal vaccines for influenza, RSV, SARS-CoV-2, and other pathogens.

Dobrzynski D, Branche AR, Falsey AR

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2024 October 15 Epub 10/15/2024.

Neutralizing Antibody Immune Correlates for a Recombinant Protein Vaccine in the COVAIL Trial.

Fong Y, Dang L, Zhang B, Fintzi J, Chen S, Wang J, Rouphael NG, Branche AR, Diemert DJ, Falsey AR, Losada C, Baden LR, Frey SE, Whitaker JA, Little SJ, Kamidani S, Walter EB, Novak RM, Rupp R, Jackson LA, Yu C, Magaret CA, Molitor C, Borate B, Babu TM, Kottkamp AC, Luetkemeyer AF, Immergluck LC, Presti RM, Bäcker M, Winokur PL, Mahgoub SM, Goepfert PA, Fusco DN, Atmar RL, Posavad CM, Mu J, Makowski M, Makhene MK, Nayak SU, Roberts PC, Follmann D, Gilbert PB,

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.. 2024 September 26 Epub 09/26/2024.

Short-Term Immunogenicity of Licensed Subunit RSV Vaccines in Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF) Compared to Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Falsey AR, Branche AR, Peasley M, Cole M, Petrone KK, Obrecht S, Steinmetz K, Smith T, Owen A, Anderson CS, Overby C, Peterson DR, Walsh EE

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.. 2024 September 21 :105281. Epub 09/21/2024.

Residency in Long-Term Care Facilities: An Important Risk Factor for RSV Hospitalization.

Branche AR, Falsey AR, Finelli L, Walsh EE

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2024 August 23 Epub 08/23/2024.

We Have Effective Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines to Prevent Disease in Adults: What Else Do We Need to Know About How to Use Them?

Branche AR

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.. 2024 August 5 Epub 08/05/2024.

SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in the Nasopharynx at Time of First Infection Among Unvaccinated Individuals: A Secondary Cross-Protocol Analysis of 4 Randomized Trials.

Fisher LH, Kee JJ, Liu A, Espinosa CM, Randhawa AK, Ludwig J, Magaret CA, Robinson ST, Gilbert PB, Hyrien O, Kublin JG, Rouphael N, Falsey AR, Sobieszczyk ME, El Sahly HM, Grinsztejn B, Gray GE, Kotloff KL, Gay CL, Leav B, Hirsch I, Struyf F, Dunkle LM, Neuzil KM, Corey L, Huang Y, Goepfert PA, Walsh SR, Baden LR, Janes H

JAMA network open.. 2024 May 17 (5):e2412835. Epub 05/01/2024.

SARS-CoV-2 RNA and nucleocapsid antigen are blood biomarkers associated with severe disease outcomes that improve in response to remdesivir.

Singh K, Rubenstein K, Callier V, Shaw-Saliba K, Rupert A, Dewar R, Laverdure S, Highbarger H, Lallemand P, Huang ML, Jerome KR, Sampoleo R, Mills MG, Greninger AL, Juneja K, Porter D, Benson CA, Dempsey W, El Sahly HM, Focht C, Jilg N, Paules CI, Rapaka RR, Uyeki TM, Lane HC, Beigel J, Dodd LE,

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2024 April 24 Epub 04/24/2024.

Real-life Assessment of BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia Panel in Adults Hospitalized With Respiratory Illness.

Falsey AR, Branche AR, Croft DP, Formica MA, Peasley MR, Walsh EE

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2024 January 12229 (1):214-222. Epub 1900 01 01.

Immunogenicity of a 2-Dose Regimen of Moderna mRNA Beta/Omicron BA.1 Bivalent Variant Vaccine Boost in a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Rouphael NG, Branche AR, Diemert DJ, Falsey AR, Losada C, Baden LR, Frey SE, Whitaker JA, Little SJ, Kamidani S, Walter EB, Novak RM, Rupp R, Jackson LA, Babu TM, Kottkamp AC, Luetkemeyer AF, Immergluck LC, Presti RM, Bäcker M, Winokur PL, Mahgoub SM, Goepfert PA, Fusco DN, Atmar RL, Posavad CM, Netzl A, Smith DJ, Telu K, Mu J, McQuarrie LJ, Makowski M, Makhene MK, Crandon S, Montefiori DC, Roberts PC, Beigel JH

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2023 December 20228 (12):1662-1666. Epub 1900 01 01.

Risk of COVID-19 after natural infection or vaccination.

Rick AM, Laurens MB, Huang Y, Yu C, Martin TCS, Rodriguez CA, Rostad CA, Maboa RM, Baden LR, El Sahly HM, Grinsztejn B, Gray GE, Gay CL, Gilbert PB, Janes HE, Kublin JG, Huang Y, Leav B, Hirsch I, Struyf F, Dunkle LM, Neuzil KM, Corey L, Goepfert PA, Walsh SR, Follmann D, Kotloff KL,

EBioMedicine.. 2023 October 96 :104799. Epub 09/20/2023.

Comparison of bivalent and monovalent SARS-CoV-2 variant vaccines: the phase 2 randomized open-label COVAIL trial.

Branche AR, Rouphael NG, Diemert DJ, Falsey AR, Losada C, Baden LR, Frey SE, Whitaker JA, Little SJ, Anderson EJ, Walter EB, Novak RM, Rupp R, Jackson LA, Babu TM, Kottkamp AC, Luetkemeyer AF, Immergluck LC, Presti RM, Bäcker M, Winokur PL, Mahgoub SM, Goepfert PA, Fusco DN, Malkin E, Bethony JM, Walsh EE, Graciaa DS, Samaha H, Sherman AC, Walsh SR, Abate G, Oikonomopoulou Z, El Sahly HM, Martin TCS, Kamidani S, Smith MJ, Ladner BG, Porterfield L, Dunstan M, Wald A, Davis T, Atmar RL, Mulligan MJ, Lyke KE, Posavad CM, Meagher MA, Stephens DS, Neuzil KM, Abebe K, Hill H, Albert J, Telu K, Mu J, Lewis TC, Giebeig LA, Eaton A, Netzl A, Wilks SH, Türeli S, Makhene M, Crandon S, Montefiori DC, Makowski M, Smith DJ, Nayak SU, Roberts PC, Beigel JH,

Nature medicine.. 2023 September 29 (9):2334-2346. Epub 08/28/2023.

Immunogenicity of the BA.1 and BA.4/BA.5 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Bivalent Boosts: Preliminary Results From the COVAIL Randomized Clinical Trial.

Branche AR, Rouphael NG, Losada C, Baden LR, Anderson EJ, Luetkemeyer AF, Diemert DJ, Winokur PL, Presti RM, Kottkamp AC, Falsey AR, Frey SE, Rupp R, Bäcker M, Novak RM, Walter EB, Jackson LA, Little SJ, Immergluck LC, Mahgoub SM, Whitaker JA, Babu TM, Goepfert PA, Fusco DN, Atmar RL, Posavad CM, Netzl A, Smith DJ, Telu K, Mu J, Makowski M, Makhene MK, Crandon S, Montefiori DC, Roberts PC, Beigel JH

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.. 2023 August 2277 (4):560-564. Epub 1900 01 01.

Immunogenicity of NVX-CoV2373 heterologous boost against SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Lyke KE, Atmar RL, Dominguez Islas C, Posavad CM, Deming ME, Branche AR, Johnston C, El Sahly HM, Edupuganti S, Mulligan MJ, Jackson LA, Rupp RE, Rostad CA, Coler RN, Bäcker M, Kottkamp AC, Babu TM, Dobrzynski D, Martin JM, Brady RC, Frenck RW, Rajakumar K, Kotloff K, Rouphael N, Szydlo D, PaulChoudhury R, Archer JI, Crandon S, Ingersoll B, Eaton A, Brown ER, McElrath MJ, Neuzil KM, Stephens DS, Post DJ, Lin BC, Serebryannyy L, Beigel JH, Montefiori DC, Roberts PC,

NPJ vaccines.. 2023 July 118 (1):98. Epub 07/11/2023.

Clinical and Demographic Factors Associated With COVID-19, Severe COVID-19, and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Adults: A Secondary Cross-Protocol Analysis of 4 Randomized Clinical Trials.

Theodore DA, Branche AR, Zhang L, Graciaa DS, Choudhary M, Hatlen TJ, Osman R, Babu TM, Robinson ST, Gilbert PB, Follmann D, Janes H, Kublin JG, Baden LR, Goepfert P, Gray GE, Grinsztejn B, Kotloff KL, Gay CL, Leav B, Miller J, Hirsch I, Sadoff J, Dunkle LM, Neuzil KM, Corey L, Falsey AR, El Sahly HM, Sobieszczyk ME, Huang Y,

JAMA network open.. 2023 July 36 (7):e2323349. Epub 07/03/2023.

Immunogenicity of a Two Dose Regimen of Moderna mRNA Beta/Omicron BA.1 Bivalent Variant Vaccine Boost in a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Rouphael NG, Branche AR, Diemert DJ, Falsey AR, Losada C, Baden LR, Frey SE, Whitaker JA, Little SJ, Kamidani S, Walter EB, Novak RM, Rupp R, Jackson LA, Babu TM, Kottkamp AC, Luetkemeyer AF, Immergluck LC, Presti RM, Bäcker M, Winokur PL, Mahgoub SM, Goepfert PA, Fusco DN, Atmar RL, Posavad CM, Netzl A, Smith DJ, Telu K, Mu J, Makowski M, Makhene MK, Crandon S, Montefiori DC, Roberts PC, Beigel JH

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences.. 2023 June 10 Epub 06/10/2023.

Evaluating Demographic Representation in Clinical Trials: Use of the Adaptive Coronavirus Disease 2019 Treatment Trial (ACTT) as a Test Case.

Ortega-Villa AM, Hynes NA, Levine CB, Yang K, Wiley Z, Jilg N, Wang J, Whitaker JA, Colombo CJ, Nayak SU, Kim HJ, Iovine NM, Ince D, Cohen SH, Langer AJ, Wortham JM, Atmar RL, El Sahly HM, Jain MK, Mehta AK, Wolfe CR, Gomez CA, Beresnev T, Mularski RA, Paules CI, Kalil AC, Branche AR, Luetkemeyer A, Zingman BS, Voell J, Whitaker M, Harkins MS, Davey RT, Grossberg R, George SL, Tapson V, Short WR, Ghazaryan V, Benson CA, Dodd LE, Sweeney DA, Tomashek KM

Open forum infectious diseases.. 2023 June 10 (6):ofad290. Epub 05/27/2023.

Clinical impact of healthcare-associated respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized adults.

Hill-Ricciuti A, Walsh EE, Greendyke WG, Choi Y, Barrett A, Alba L, Branche AR, Falsey AR, Phillips M, Finelli L, Saiman L

Infection control and hospital epidemiology.. 2023 March 44 (3):433-439. Epub 11/14/2022.

Gene Expression Risk Scores for COVID-19 Illness Severity.

Peterson DR, Baran AM, Bhattacharya S, Branche AR, Croft DP, Corbett AM, Walsh EE, Falsey AR, Mariani TJ

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2023 February 1227 (3):322-331. Epub 1900 01 01.

Perturbations in Respiratory Syncytial Virus Activity During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.

Falsey AR, Cameron A, Branche AR, Walsh EE

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2022 December 28227 (1):83-86. Epub 1900 01 01.

Change in functional status associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection in hospitalized older adults.

Branche AR, Saiman L, Walsh EE, Falsey AR, Jia H, Barrett A, Alba L, Phillips M, Finelli L

Influenza and other respiratory viruses.. 2022 November 16 (6):1151-1160. Epub 09/07/2022.

Effect of Oral Streptococci Expressing Pneumococcus-like Cross-Reactive Capsule Types on World Health Organization Recommended Pneumococcal Carriage Detection Procedure.

Ganaie F, Branche AR, Peasley M, Rosch JW, Nahm MH

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.. 2022 September 1075 (4):647-656. Epub 1900 01 01.

Baricitinib versus dexamethasone for adults hospitalised with COVID-19 (ACTT-4): a randomised, double-blind, double placebo-controlled trial.

Wolfe CR, Tomashek KM, Patterson TF, Gomez CA, Marconi VC, Jain MK, Yang OO, Paules CI, Palacios GMR, Grossberg R, Harkins MS, Mularski RA, Erdmann N, Sandkovsky U, Almasri E, Pineda JR, Dretler AW, de Castilla DL, Branche AR, Park PK, Mehta AK, Short WR, McLellan SLF, Kline S, Iovine NM, El Sahly HM, Doernberg SB, Oh MD, Huprikar N, Hohmann E, Kelley CF, Holodniy M, Kim ES, Sweeney DA, Finberg RW, Grimes KA, Maves RC, Ko ER, Engemann JJ, Taylor BS, Ponce PO, Larson L, Melendez DP, Seibert AM, Rouphael NG, Strebe J, Clark JL, Julian KG, de Leon AP, Cardoso A, de Bono S, Atmar RL, Ganesan A, Ferreira JL, Green M, Makowski M, Bonnett T, Beresnev T, Ghazaryan V, Dempsey W, Nayak SU, Dodd LE, Beigel JH, Kalil AC,

The Lancet. Respiratory medicine.. 2022 September 10 (9):888-899. Epub 05/23/2022.

Rapid decline in vaccine-boosted neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

Lyke KE, Atmar RL, Islas CD, Posavad CM, Szydlo D, Paul Chourdhury R, Deming ME, Eaton A, Jackson LA, Branche AR, El Sahly HM, Rostad CA, Martin JM, Johnston C, Rupp RE, Mulligan MJ, Brady RC, Frenck RW, Bäcker M, Kottkamp AC, Babu TM, Rajakumar K, Edupuganti S, Dobrzynski D, Coler RN, Archer JI, Crandon S, Zemanek JA, Brown ER, Neuzil KM, Stephens DS, Post DJ, Nayak SU, Suthar MS, Roberts PC, Beigel JH, Montefiori DC,

Cell reports. Medicine.. 2022 July 193 (7):100679. Epub 06/20/2022.

SARS-CoV-2 Variant Vaccine Boosters Trial: Preliminary Analyses.

Branche AR, Rouphael NG, Diemert DJ, Falsey AR, Losada C, Baden LR, Frey SE, Whitaker JA, Little SJ, Anderson EJ, Walter EB, Novak RM, Rupp R, Jackson LA, Babu TM, Kottkamp AC, Luetkemeyer AF, Immergluck LC, Presti RM, Bäcker M, Winokur PL, Mahgoub SM, Goepfert PA, Fusco DN, Malkin E, Bethony JM, Walsh EE, Graciaa DS, Samaha H, Sherman AC, Walsh SR, Abate G, Oikonomopoulou Z, El Sahly HM, Martin TCS, Rostad CA, Smith MJ, Ladner BG, Porterfield L, Dunstan M, Wald A, Davis T, Atmar RL, Mulligan MJ, Lyke KE, Posavad CM, Meagher MA, Stephens DS, Neuzil KM, Abebe K, Hill H, Albert J, Lewis TC, Giebeig LA, Eaton A, Netzl A, Wilks SH, Türeli S, Makhene M, Crandon S, Lee M, Nayak SU, Montefiori DC, Makowski M, Smith DJ, Roberts PC, Beigel JH,

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences.. 2022 July 15 Epub 07/15/2022.

Incidence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Among Hospitalized Adults, 2017-2020.

Branche AR, Saiman L, Walsh EE, Falsey AR, Sieling WD, Greendyke W, Peterson DR, Vargas CY, Phillips M, Finelli L

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.. 2022 March 2374 (6):1004-1011. Epub 1900 01 01.

Homologous and Heterologous Covid-19 Booster Vaccinations.

Atmar RL, Lyke KE, Deming ME, Jackson LA, Branche AR, El Sahly HM, Rostad CA, Martin JM, Johnston C, Rupp RE, Mulligan MJ, Brady RC, Frenck RW, Bäcker M, Kottkamp AC, Babu TM, Rajakumar K, Edupuganti S, Dobrzynski D, Coler RN, Posavad CM, Archer JI, Crandon S, Nayak SU, Szydlo D, Zemanek JA, Dominguez Islas CP, Brown ER, Suthar MS, McElrath MJ, McDermott AB, O'Connell SE, Montefiori DC, Eaton A, Neuzil KM, Stephens DS, Roberts PC, Beigel JH,

The New England journal of medicine.. 2022 March 17386 (11):1046-1057. Epub 01/26/2022.

Formation and Expansion of Memory B Cells against Coronavirus in Acutely Infected COVID-19 Individuals.

Embong AK, Nguyen-Contant P, Wang J, Kanagaiah P, Chaves FA, Fitzgerald TF, Zhou Q, Kosoy G, Branche AR, Miller BL, Zand MS, Sangster MY, Topham DJ

Pathogens.. 2022 January 2911 (2)Epub 01/29/2022.

Cost determinants among adults hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus in the United States, 2017-2019.

Choi Y, Hill-Ricciuti A, Branche AR, Sieling WD, Saiman L, Walsh EE, Phillips M, Falsey AR, Finelli L

Influenza and other respiratory viruses.. 2022 January 16 (1):151-158. Epub 10/03/2021.

Phase 3 Safety and Efficacy of AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) Covid-19 Vaccine.

Falsey AR, Sobieszczyk ME, Hirsch I, Sproule S, Robb ML, Corey L, Neuzil KM, Hahn W, Hunt J, Mulligan MJ, McEvoy C, DeJesus E, Hassman M, Little SJ, Pahud BA, Durbin A, Pickrell P, Daar ES, Bush L, Solis J, Carr QO, Oyedele T, Buchbinder S, Cowden J, Vargas SL, Benavides AG, Call R, Keefer MC, Kirkpatrick BD, Pullman J, Tong T, Isaacs MB, Benkeser D, Janes HE, Nason MC, Green JA, Kelly EJ, Maaske J, Mueller N, Shoemaker K, Takas T, Marshall RP, Pangalos MN, Villafana T, Gonzalez-Lopez A,

The New England journal of medicine.. 2021 December 16385 (25):2348-2360. Epub 09/29/2021.

Efficacy of interferon beta-1a plus remdesivir compared with remdesivir alone in hospitalised adults with COVID-19: a double-bind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.

Kalil AC, Mehta AK, Patterson TF, Erdmann N, Gomez CA, Jain MK, Wolfe CR, Ruiz-Palacios GM, Kline S, Regalado Pineda J, Luetkemeyer AF, Harkins MS, Jackson PEH, Iovine NM, Tapson VF, Oh MD, Whitaker JA, Mularski RA, Paules CI, Ince D, Takasaki J, Sweeney DA, Sandkovsky U, Wyles DL, Hohmann E, Grimes KA, Grossberg R, Laguio-Vila M, Lambert AA, Lopez de Castilla D, Kim E, Larson L, Wan CR, Traenkner JJ, Ponce PO, Patterson JE, Goepfert PA, Sofarelli TA, Mocherla S, Ko ER, Ponce de Leon A, Doernberg SB, Atmar RL, Maves RC, Dangond F, Ferreira J, Green M, Makowski M, Bonnett T, Beresnev T, Ghazaryan V, Dempsey W, Nayak SU, Dodd L, Tomashek KM, Beigel JH,

The Lancet. Respiratory medicine.. 2021 December 9 (12):1365-1376. Epub 10/18/2021.

Heterologous SARS-CoV-2 Booster Vaccinations - Preliminary Report.

Atmar RL, Lyke KE, Deming ME, Jackson LA, Branche AR, El Sahly HM, Rostad CA, Martin JM, Johnston C, Rupp RE, Mulligan MJ, Brady RC, Frenck RW, Bäcker M, Kottkamp AC, Babu TM, Rajakumar K, Edupuganti S, Dobryzynski D, Posavad CM, Archer JI, Crandon S, Nayak SU, Szydlo D, Zemanek J, Islas CPD, Brown ER, Suthar MS, McElrath MJ, McDermott AB, O'Connell SE, Montefiori DC, Eaton A, Neuzil KM, Stephens DS, Roberts PC, Beigel JH,

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences.. 2021 October 15 Epub 10/15/2021.

Duration of antibiotic treatment using procalcitonin-guided treatment algorithms in older patients: a patient-level meta-analysis from randomized controlled trials.

Heilmann E, Gregoriano C, Annane D, Reinhart K, Bouadma L, Wolff M, Chastre J, Luyt CE, Tubach F, Branche AR, Briel M, Christ-Crain M, Welte T, Corti C, de Jong E, Nijsten M, Lange DW, van Oers JAH, Beishuizen A, Girbes ARJ, Deliberato RO, Schroeder S, Kristoffersen KB, Layios N, Damas P, Lima SSS, Nobre V, Wei L, Oliveira CF, Shehabi Y, Stolz D, Tamm M, Verduri A, Wang JX, Drevet S, Gavazzi G, Mueller B, Schuetz P

Age and ageing.. 2021 September 1150 (5):1546-1556. Epub 1900 01 01.

Performance Analysis of the National Early Warning Score and Modified Early Warning Score in the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial Cohort.

Colombo CJ, Colombo RE, Maves RC, Branche AR, Cohen SH, Elie MC, George SL, Jang HJ, Kalil AC, Lindholm DA, Mularski RA, Ortiz JR, Tapson V, Liang CJ

Critical care explorations.. 2021 July 3 (7):e0474. Epub 07/13/2021.

Baricitinib plus Remdesivir for Hospitalized Adults with Covid-19.

Kalil AC, Patterson TF, Mehta AK, Tomashek KM, Wolfe CR, Ghazaryan V, Marconi VC, Ruiz-Palacios GM, Hsieh L, Kline S, Tapson V, Iovine NM, Jain MK, Sweeney DA, El Sahly HM, Branche AR, Regalado Pineda J, Lye DC, Sandkovsky U, Luetkemeyer AF, Cohen SH, Finberg RW, Jackson PEH, Taiwo B, Paules CI, Arguinchona H, Goepfert P, Ahuja N, Frank M, Oh MD, Kim ES, Tan SY, Mularski RA, Nielsen H, Ponce PO, Taylor BS, Larson L, Rouphael NG, Saklawi Y, Cantos VD, Ko ER, Engemann JJ, Amin AN, Watanabe M, Billings J, Elie MC, Davey RT, Burgess TH, Ferreira J, Green M, Makowski M, Cardoso A, de Bono S, Bonnett T, Proschan M, Deye GA, Dempsey W, Nayak SU, Dodd LE, Beigel JH

The New England journal of medicine.. 2021 March 4384 (9):795-807. Epub 12/11/2020.

Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19 - Final Report.

Beigel JH, Tomashek KM, Dodd LE, Mehta AK, Zingman BS, Kalil AC, Hohmann E, Chu HY, Luetkemeyer A, Kline S, Lopez de Castilla D, Finberg RW, Dierberg K, Tapson V, Hsieh L, Patterson TF, Paredes R, Sweeney DA, Short WR, Touloumi G, Lye DC, Ohmagari N, Oh MD, Ruiz-Palacios GM, Benfield T, Fätkenheuer G, Kortepeter MG, Atmar RL, Creech CB, Lundgren J, Babiker AG, Pett S, Neaton JD, Burgess TH, Bonnett T, Green M, Makowski M, Osinusi A, Nayak S, Lane HC

The New England journal of medicine.. 2020 November 5383 (19):1813-1826. Epub 10/08/2020.

S Protein-Reactive IgG and Memory B Cell Production after Human SARS-CoV-2 Infection Includes Broad Reactivity to the S2 Subunit.

Nguyen-Contant P, Embong AK, Kanagaiah P, Chaves FA, Yang H, Branche AR, Topham DJ, Sangster MY

mBio.. 2020 September 2511 (5)Epub 09/25/2020.

Comparison of Human H3N2 Antibody Responses Elicited by Egg-Based, Cell-Based, and Recombinant Protein-Based Influenza Vaccines During the 2017-2018 Season.

Gouma S, Zost SJ, Parkhouse K, Branche A, Topham DJ, Cobey S, Hensley SE

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.. 2020 September 1271 (6):1447-1453. Epub 1900 01 01.

Recombinant HA-based vaccine outperforms split and subunit vaccines in elicitation of influenza-specific CD4 T cells and CD4 T cell-dependent antibody responses in humans.

Richards KA, Moritzky S, Shannon I, Fitzgerald T, Yang H, Branche A, Topham DJ, Treanor JJ, Nayak J, Sant AJ

NPJ vaccines.. 2020 5 :77. Epub 08/26/2020.

How to: implement procalcitonin testing in my practice.

Neeser O, Branche A, Mueller B, Schuetz P

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.. 2019 October 25 (10):1226-1230. Epub 01/04/2019.

What is the role of rapid molecular testing for seniors and other at-risk adults with respiratory syncytial virus infections?

Drews SJ, Branche AR, Falsey AR, Lee N

Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology.. 2019 August 117 :27-32. Epub 05/25/2019.

Procalcitonin-guided Antibiotic Treatment in Patients With Positive Blood Cultures: A Patient-level Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials.

Meier MA, Branche A, Neeser OL, Wirz Y, Haubitz S, Bouadma L, Wolff M, Luyt CE, Chastre J, Tubach F, Christ-Crain M, Corti C, Jensen JS, Deliberato RO, Kristoffersen KB, Damas P, Nobre V, Oliveira CF, Shehabi Y, Stolz D, Tamm M, Mueller B, Schuetz P

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.. 2019 July 1869 (3):388-396. Epub 1900 01 01.

Why Making a Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Should Matter to Clinicians.

Branche AR

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.. 2019 July 269 (2):204-206. Epub 1900 01 01.

Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic decision making.

Branche A, Neeser O, Mueller B, Schuetz P

Current opinion in infectious diseases.. 2019 April 32 (2):130-135. Epub 1900 01 01.

Effect of prior vaccination on carriage rates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in older adults: A longitudinal surveillance study.

Branche AR, Yang H, Java J, Wiltse-Holden J, Topham DJ, Peasley M, Frost MR, Nahm MH, Falsey AR

Vaccine.. 2018 July 536 (29):4304-4310. Epub 06/02/2018.

Effect of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment on mortality in acute respiratory infections: a patient level meta-analysis.

Schuetz P, Wirz Y, Sager R, Christ-Crain M, Stolz D, Tamm M, Bouadma L, Luyt CE, Wolff M, Chastre J, Tubach F, Kristoffersen KB, Burkhardt O, Welte T, Schroeder S, Nobre V, Wei L, Bucher HC, Annane D, Reinhart K, Falsey AR, Branche A, Damas P, Nijsten M, de Lange DW, Deliberato RO, Oliveira CF, Maravi?-Stojkovi? V, Verduri A, Beghé B, Cao B, Shehabi Y, Jensen JS, Corti C, van Oers JAH, Beishuizen A, Girbes ARJ, de Jong E, Briel M, Mueller B

The Lancet. Infectious diseases.. 2018 January 18 (1):95-107. Epub 10/13/2017.

Management of Respiratory Infections with Use of Procalcitonin: Moving toward More Personalized Antibiotic Treatment Decisions.

Wirz Y, Branche A, Wolff M, Welte T, Nobre V, Reinhart K, Falsey AR, Damas P, Beishuizen A, Deliberato RO, Shehabi Y, Jensen JS, Mueller B, Schuetz P

ACS infectious diseases.. 2017 December 83 (12):875-879. Epub 11/09/2017.

Viral Diagnostics: Only Half the Battle.

Branche AR, Falsey AR

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2017 November 15216 (8):923-925. Epub 1900 01 01.

Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections.

Schuetz P, Wirz Y, Sager R, Christ-Crain M, Stolz D, Tamm M, Bouadma L, Luyt CE, Wolff M, Chastre J, Tubach F, Kristoffersen KB, Burkhardt O, Welte T, Schroeder S, Nobre V, Wei L, Bucher HC, Bhatnagar N, Annane D, Reinhart K, Branche A, Damas P, Nijsten M, de Lange DW, Deliberato RO, Lima SS, Maravi?-Stojkovi? V, Verduri A, Cao B, Shehabi Y, Beishuizen A, Jensen JS, Corti C, Van Oers JA, Falsey AR, de Jong E, Oliveira CF, Beghe B, Briel M, Mueller B

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.. 2017 October 1210 (10):CD007498. Epub 10/12/2017.

Parainfluenza Virus Infection.

Branche AR, Falsey AR

Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine.. 2016 August 37 (4):538-54. Epub 08/03/2016.

Provider Decisions to Treat Respiratory Illnesses with Antibiotics: Insights from a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Branche AR, Walsh EE, Jadhav N, Karmally R, Baran A, Peterson DR, Falsey AR

PloS one.. 2016 11 (4):e0152986. Epub 04/04/2016.

Serum Procalcitonin Measurement and Viral Testing to Guide Antibiotic Use for Respiratory Infections in Hospitalized Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Branche AR, Walsh EE, Vargas R, Hulbert B, Formica MA, Baran A, Peterson DR, Falsey AR

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2015 December 1212 (11):1692-700. Epub 04/24/2015.

Respiratory syncytial virus infection in older adults: an under-recognized problem.

Branche AR, Falsey AR

Drugs & aging.. 2015 April 32 (4):261-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Detection of respiratory viruses in sputum from adults by use of automated multiplex PCR.

Branche AR, Walsh EE, Formica MA, Falsey AR

Journal of clinical microbiology.. 2014 October 52 (10):3590-6. Epub 07/23/2014.

Preventing the inappropriate treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria at a community teaching hospital.

Chowdhury F, Sarkar K, Branche A, Kim J, Dwek P, Nangit A, Tompkins D, Visconti E

Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives.. 2012 2 (2)Epub 07/16/2012.

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