JeromeIrvingTokarsMD

Family Medicine • Atlanta, GA

Preventive Medicine

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Office
1600 Clifton Rd Ne
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone+1 404-639-3311
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Education & Training

University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1976

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 1986 - 2019
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

11 citations
Influenza Antiviral Treatment and Length of Stay.
Angela P Campbell, Jerome I. Tokars, Sue Reynolds, Shikha Garg, Pam Daily Kirley, Lisa Miller, Kimberly Yousey-Hindes, Evan J. Anderson, Oluwakemi Oni, Maya Monroe, Su...> ;Pediatrics. 2021 Oct 1
10 citations
Waning of Measured Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Over Time: The Potential Contribution of Leaky Vaccine Effect.
Jerome I. Tokars, Manish M. Patel, Ivo M. Foppa, Carrie Reed, Alicia M. Fry, Jill M. Ferdinands> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020 Dec 17
19 citations
An evaluation and update of methods for estimating the number of influenza cases averted by vaccination in the United States.
Jerome I. Tokars, Melissa A Rolfes, Ivo M. Foppa, Carrie Reed> ;Vaccine. 2018 Nov 19
143 citations
Seasonal Incidence of Symptomatic Influenza in the United States
Jerome I. Tokars, Sonja J. Olsen, Carrie Reed> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2018 May 2
40 citations
Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome at Tertiary Care Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2014
Deborah L. Hastings, Jerome I. Tokars, Inas Zakaria A.M. Abdel Aziz, Khulud Z. Alkhaldi, Areej T. Bensadek, Basem Alraddadi, Hani A Jokhdar, John A. Jernigan, Mohammed...> ;Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016 May 1
52 citations
Multifacility Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah M. Assiri, Glen R. Abedi, Abdulaziz Bin Saeed, Mutwakil A. Abdalla, Malak al-Masry, Abdul Jamil Choudhry, Xiaoyan Lu, Dean D. Erdman, Kathleen M. Tatti, Aliso...> ;Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016 Jan 1
37 citations
Cumulative Risk of Guillain–Barré Syndrome Among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Populations During the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic
Claudia Vellozzi, Shahed Iqbal, Brock Stewart, Jerome I. Tokars, Frank DeStefano> ;American Journal of Public Health. 2014 Mar 12
33 citations
Health care worker contact with MERS patient, Saudi Arabia.
Aron J. Hall, Jerome I. Tokars, Samar A. Badreddine, Ziad Bin Saad, Elaine Furukawa, Malak al Masri, Lia M. Haynes, Susan I. Gerber, David T. Kuhar, Congrong Miao, Suv...> ;Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014 Jan 1
61 citations
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H7N3) virus in poultry workers, Mexico, 2012.
Irma López-Martínez, Amanda Balish, Gisela Barrera-Badillo, Joyce Jones, Tatiana Ernestina Nuñez-García, Yunho Jang, Rodrigo Aparicio-Antonio, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartne...> ;Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2013 Jan 1
11 citations
Success Of Program Linking Data Sources To Monitor H1N1 Vaccine Safety Points To Potential For Even Broader Safety Surveillance
Daniel A. Salmon, W. Katherine Yih, Grace M. Lee, Robert Rosofsky, Jeffrey S. Brown, Kirsten S. Vannice, Jerome I. Tokars, James Roddy, Robert Ball, Bruce G. Gellin, N...> ;Health Affairs. 2012 Nov 1
3 citations
Health-related quality of life in the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed Human Clinical Trial.
Brock Stewart, Charles E. Rose, Jerome I. Tokars, Stacey W. Martin, Wendy A. Keitel, Harry L. Keyserling, Janiine Babcock, Scott D. Parker, Robert M. Jacobson, Gregory...> ;Vaccine. 2012 Aug 31
2 citations
Two programs focused on mentoring and training in vaccine safety.
Jane Gidudu, Jerome I. Tokars, Frank DeStefano> ;Vaccine. 2012 Aug 17
82 citations
Adverse event reports after tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccines in pregnant women
Yenlik Zheteyeva, Pedro L. Moro, Naomi K. Tepper, Sonja A. Rasmussen, Faith Barash, Natalia Revzina, Dmitry M. Kissin, Paige Lewis, Xin Yue, Penina Haber, Jerome I. To...> ;American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2012 Jul 1
52 citations
The risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine and 2009-2010 seasonal influenza vaccines: results from self-controlled ...
Jerome I. Tokars, Paige Lewis, Frank DeStefano, Matthew E. Wise, Melissa Viray, Oliver Morgan, Paul Gargiullo, Claudia Vellozzi> ;Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2012 May 1
9 citations
A cluster of nonspecific adverse events in a military reserve unit following pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccination-possible stimulated reporting?
Michael M. McNeil, Jorge Arana, Brock Stewart, Mary Hartshorn, David Hrncir, Henry Wang, Mark J. Lamias, Michael Locke, John Stamper, Jerome I. Tokars, Renata J.M. Engler> ;Vaccine. 2012 Mar 23
16 citations
Vaccination and risk of type 1 diabetes mellitus in active component U.S. Military, 2002-2008.
Susan Duderstadt, Charles E. Rose, Theresa M. Real, Jennifer Sabatier, Brock Stewart, Guihua Ma, Uma D. Yerubandi, Angelia Eick, Jerome I. Tokars, Michael M. McNeil> ;Vaccine. 2012 Jan 17
2 citations
Health-related quality of life in the Anthrax Vaccination Program for workers in the Laboratory Response Network.
Brock Stewart, Yujia Zhang, Charles E. Rose, Jerome I. Tokars, Stacey W. Martin, Laura Franzke, Michael M. McNeil> ;Vaccine. 2012 Feb 27
18 citations
Method selection and adaptation for distributed monitoring of infectious diseases for syndromic surveillance
Jian Xing, Howard Burkom, Jerome I. Tokars> ;Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 2011 Dec 1
3 citations
Developing the next generation of vaccinologists.
Nicola P. Klein, Jane Gidudu, Yandong Qiang, Barbara A. Pahud, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Roger Baxter, Cornelia L. Dekker, Kathryn M. Edwards, Neal A. Halsey, Philip LaRussa...> ;Vaccine. 2011 Nov 21
53 citations
Causality assessment of serious neurologic adverse events following 2009 H1N1 vaccination.
S. Elizabeth Williams, Barbara A. Pahud, Claudia Vellozzi, Peter D. Donofrio, Cornelia L. Dekker, Neal A. Halsey, Nicola P. Klein, Roger Baxter, Colin D. Marchant, Phi...> ;Vaccine. 2011 Oct 26
28 citations
Overview of the Clinical Consult Case Review of adverse events following immunization: Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) network 2004-2009.
S. Elizabeth Williams, Nicola P. Klein, Neal A. Halsey, Cornelia L. Dekker, Roger Baxter, Colin D. Marchant, Philip LaRussa, Robert Sparks, Jerome I. Tokars, Barbara A...> ;Vaccine. 2011 Sep 16
20 citations
Automated Surveillance of Clostridium difficile Infections Using BioSense
Stephen R. Benoit, L. Clifford McDonald, Roseanne English, Jerome I. Tokars> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2011 Jan 1
9 citations
Detection of pneumonia using free-text radiology reports in the BioSense system.
Armenak Asatryan, Stephen R. Benoit, Haobo Ma, Roseanne English, Peter L. Elkin, Jerome I. Tokars> ;International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2011 Jan 1
13 citations
Summary of data reported to CDC's national automated biosurveillance system, 2008
Jerome I. Tokars, Roseanne English, Paul McMurray, Barry Rhodes> ;BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2010 May 25
7 citations
Automated monitoring of clusters of falls associated with severe winter weather using the BioSense system
Achintya N. Dey, Peter Hicks, Stephen R. Benoit, Jerome I. Tokars> ;Injury Prevention. 2010 Jan 1
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Press Mentions

Laboratory Evaluation of Two Point-of-Care Detection Systems for Early and Accurate Detectaion of Influenza in the Lao People's Democratic RepublicDecember 23rd, 2020
Genomic Insights of International Clones of Haemophilus Influenzae Causing Invasive Infections in Vaccinated and Unvaccinated InfantsNovember 28th, 2020
Predictors for Influenza Vaccination Among Thai Pregnant Woman: The Role of Physicians in Increasing Vaccine UptakeAugust 16th, 2019
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