Publications

Reviews, Editorials and Letters in Refereed Journals:

• Osterholm MT. Viral hepatitis - Update. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter 1979; 1:21, 1-3.
• Singer RD, Osterholm MT, Straub CP. Ground water quality in southeastern Minnesota. Water Resources Research Center Bulletin 1980, 114 pp. 72 appendix.
• Osterholm MT. Lack of transmission of Non-A, Non-B hepatitis. N Engl J Med 1 980;302: 1362. (Letter)
• Pettersen GR, Noot AE, Dean AG, Osterholm MT. Health screening of Indochinese refugees. Minn Med 1980;63:91-3.
• Osterholm MT, Mahle SK. Perinatal echovirus infection. N Engl J Med 1981 ;305: 1530. (Letter)
• Osterholm MT, Forfang JC. Surveillance of toxic-shock syndrome in Minnesota: Comments on national surveillance. Ann Intern Med 1982;96:887-90.
• Osterholm MT, Gibson RW, Mandel JS, Davis JP. Tri-state toxic shock syndrome study: Methodologic analysis. Ann Intern Med 1982;96:899-902.
• Davis JP, Osterholm MT, Helms CM, Vergeront JM, Wintermeyer LA, Forfang JC, Judy LA, Rondeau J, Schell WL and the Investigation Team. Tri-state toxic shock syndrome study: Evaluation of case definition and prevention of recurrence. Ann Intern Med 1 982;96:903-5.
• Osterholm MT, Davis JP, Mandel JS, Gibson RW, Wintermeyer LA. Tampons and toxic shock syndrome. JAMA 1983;249: 1004-5. (Letter)
• Kuritsky JN, Osterholm MT. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: Epidemiologic update. Minn Med 1984;67:37-41.
• Murphy TV, Osterholm MT. Does rifampin prophylaxis prevent disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b? JAMA 1 984;25 1:2408-9. (Editorial)
• Goodman RA, Osterholm MT, Granoff DM and Pickering LK. Infectious diseases in child day care. Pediatr 1984;74:134-9.
• Donawa ME, Schmid GR, Osterholm MT. Toxic shock syndrome; Chronology of state and federal epidemiologic studies and regulatory decision-making. Public Health Rep 1984;99:342-50.
• Osterholm MT, Gibson RW, Davis JP, Mandel JS. Diagnostic bias and toxic shock syndrome. Am J Med 1984;77:A-81-2. (Letter)
• Daum RS, Gilsdorf J, Granoff DM, Murphy TV, Osterholm MT. Guidelines for dealing with the guidelines: Rifampin prophylaxis for day care contacts of patients with Haemophilus influenzae type b infections. J Pediatr 1984;105:761-3.
• Murphy TV, Osterholm MT. Prophylaxis of Hemophilus influenzae type b disease. JAMA 1984;252:3250. (Letter)
• Holmberg SD, Cohen ML, Osterholm MT, Senger KA. Drug-resistant Salmonella from animals fed antimicrobials. N Engl J Med 1984;31 1:1699-1700. (Letter)
• Granoff DM, Osterholm MT, Murphy TV. Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine. N Engl J Med 1985;312:53-54. (Letter)
• Osterholm MT, Mandel JS, Davis JP, Gibson RW. The impact of bias in the Tri-State Toxic-Shock Syndrome Study. Arch Int Med 1985;145:763. (Letter)
• Osterholm MT, Bowman RJ, Chopek MW, McCullough JJ, Korlath JA, Polesky HF. Screening donated blood and plasma for HTLV III antibody: Facing more than one crisis? N Engl J Med 1985;312:1 185-9.
• Osterholm MT, Kuritsky JN, Murphy TV, Mead WC. Haemophilus influenzae type b in day care centers. JAMA 1985 ;253 :2647. (Letter)


• MacDonald KL, Osterholm MT. The relationship between human disease and the use of subtherapeutic levels of antimicrobials in animal feeds. Proceedings of the 1985 Eastern Pennsylvania Branch of the ASM Symposium on Clinical Implications of Antimicrobial Resistance: Mechanisms, Testing Problems and Epidemiology; 121-7.
• Daum, RS, Granoff DM, Gilsdorf J, Murphy TV, Osterholm, MT. Haemophilus influenzae type b infections in day care attendees: Implications for management. Rev Inf Dis 1 986;8:558-67.
• MacDonald KL, Danila RN, Osterholm MT. Infection with human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type III/Lymphadenopathy-associated virus: Considerations for transmission in the child day care setting. Rev Inf Dis 1986;8:606-12.
• Osterholm MT, Klein JO, Aronson SA, Pickering LK. Infectious diseases in child day care: Management and prevention - Introduction. Rev Inf Dis 1 986;8:5 13.
• Aronson SA, Osterholm MT. Symposium on infectious diseases in child day care: Management and prevention - Summary and recommendations. Rev Inf Dis 1986;8:672-9.
• Henry K, Brown RJ, Polesky HF, Osterholm MT. Nondonor HIV antibody testing in Minnesota. N Engl J Med 1986;315:581-2. (Letter)
• Osterholm MT, MacDonald, KL, Wells JG, Potter ME. The investigation of Brainerd diarrhea. JAMA 1986;256:2963. (Letter)
• MacDonald KL, Osterholm MT. Chronic hepatitis B surface antigen carriers in day care centers. Pediatr Infect Dis 1987;6:304-5.
• Osterholm MT, MacDonald KL, Danila RN, Henry K. Sexually transmitted disease in victims of sexual assault. N Engl J Med 1987;316:1024. (Letter)
• Shultz, JM, Danila RN, MacDonald KL, Osterholm MT. The predicted disease impact of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Minnesota: five-year projection models for a low-incidence state. Minn Med 1987;70:203-209.
• MacDonald KL, Osterholm MT. Toxic shock syndrome, Staphylococcus aureus and influenza. JAMA 1987;257:3071. (Letter)
• Daum RS, Osterholm MT, Granoff DM. Failure of vaccination with Haemophilus influenzae vaccine. N Engl J Med 1987;317:115. (Letter)
• Osterholm MT. Haemophilus influenzae infections following licensure of the Hib vaccine. N Engl J Med 1987;317:167-8. (Letter)
• Granoff DM, Osterholm MT. Safety and efficacy of Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine. Pediatr 1987;80:590-2.
• Osterholm MT, MacDonald KL. Facing the complex issues of pediatric AIDS: A public health perspective. JAMA 1 987;258:2736-7. (Editorial)


• Osterholm MT, Murphy TV. More on rifampin prophylaxis against Haemophilus influenzae b in day-care facilities. N Engl J Med 1 988;3 18:49. (Letter)
• Osterholm MT, MacDonald KL. HIV transmission and childhood sexual abuse. JAMA 1988;259:2235-6. (Letter)
• Henry K, Osterholm MT, MacDonald KL. Reduction of HIV transmission by use of condoms. Am J Public Health 1988;78:1244. (Letter)
• Hedberg CW, Osterholm MT. Serologic tests for antibody to Borrelia burgdorferi: Another Pandora's box for medicine? Arch Int Med 1990; 150:732-33. (Editorial)
• Osterholm MT. Invasive bacterial disease in children in day care. Sem Pediatr Infect Dis 1990; 1:222-33.
• Hedberg K, MacDonald KL, Osterholm M, Hedberg C, White K. Nitrogen dioxide-induced respiratory illness in ice hockey players. JAMA 1990;263:3024-25. (Letter)
• Martin DL, MacDonald KL, Osterholm MT. Epidemiology of the hemolytic uremic syndrome. N Engl J Med 1991;324:1066. (Letter)
• Osterholm MT. HIV infection in the health care setting; Putting risk into perspective (Editorial) Minn Med 1999;74(4):9-12.
• Belongia EA, Goodman JL, Osterholm MT. Herpes gladiatorum. N Engl J Med 1992;326:647-8. (Letter)
• Osterholm MT, Reves RR, Murph JR, Pickering LK. Infectious diseases and child day care. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1992;11:531-41.
• Belongia EA, Mayenor AN, Osterholm MT. The eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome and tryptophan. Am Rev Nutr 1992;12:235-56.
• Beekman SE, Osterholm MT, Henderson DK. Tuberculosis in the healthcare setting in the 1990's: from Bird Island to the Bronx. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1993;14:228-32.
• MacDonald KL, Osterholm MT. The emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in the United States: the changing epidemiology of foodborne disease. JAMA 1993;269:2264-6. (Editorial)
• Hedberg CW, MacDonald KL, Osterholm MT. Foodborne illness in the 1990s. JAMA 1993;269:2737-8.
• McFarland J, Hickman C, Osterholm MT, MacDonald KL. Exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis during air travel. Lancet 1993:342:112-3. (Letter)
• Hedberg CW, Osterholm MT. Food safety for the 1990's. Minn Med 1993;76:33-6.


• Hedberg CW, Osterholm MT. Outbreaks of food-borne and waterborne viral gastroenteritis. Clin Microbiol Rev 1993;6:199-210.
• Mintz ED, Parsonnet J, Osterholm MT. Chronic idiopathic diarrhea. N Engl J Med 1993;328:1713-14. (Letter)
• Osterholm MT, Hedberg CW, MacDonald KL. Prevention and treatment of traveler's diarrhea. N Engl J Med 1993;329:1584. (Letter)
• Hedberg CW, MacDonald KL, Osterholm MT. The changing epidemiology of foodborne disease: a Minnesota perspective. Clin Infect Dis 1994; 18:671-682.
• Goodman RA, Thacker SB, Solomon SL, Osterholm MT, Hughes JM. Infectious diseases in competitive sports. JAMA 1994;271:862-67
• Berkelman RL, Bryan RT, Osterholm MT, LeDuc JW, Hughes JM. Infectious disease surveillance: A crumbling foundation. Science 1994;264:368-370.
• Danila RN, MacDonald KL, Osterholm MT. Look-back investigation follow-up. J Infect Dis 1994;170:254. (Letter)
• Osterholm MT. Infectious disease in child day care: An overview. Pediatrics 1994;94:987-90.
• Goodman RA, Sacks JJ, Aronson SS, Addiss DG, Kendrick AS, Osterholm M. Child day-care health: themes, issues, and future directions. Pediatrics 1994 Dec;94(6 Pt 2): 1118-20.
• Osterholm MT, MacDonald KL. Antibiotic-resistant bugs: When, where, and why? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1995; 16:382-4. (Editorial)
• MacDonald KL, Osterholm MT. Emerging infectious diseases: Controversies, causes, and control. Minn Med 1995;78:41-44.
• Osterholm MT. Emerging infectious diseases. A real public health crisis? Postgrad Med 1996; 100(5)15-6. (Editorial)
• Osterholm MT. Cyclosporiasis and raspberries–lessons for the future. N Engl J Med 1997;336:1597-8. (Editorial)
• Osterholm MT. Cyclorporiasis and raspberries. N Engl J Med 1997; 337:1172. (Letter)
• Osterholm MT, Potter ME. Irradiation pasteurization of solid foods: taking food safety to the next level. Emerg Infect Dis 1997;4:575-7. (Editorial)
• Moore KA, Osterholm MT. Meningococcal disease and public health practice, a complicated road map. JAMA 1998;279:472-3. (Editorial)


• Osterholm M. Bioterrorism: media hype or real potential nightmare? Am J Infect Control 1999;27(6):461-2. (Editorial)
• Osterholm MT. Lessons learned again: cyclosporiasis and raspberries. Ann Intern Med 1999;130(3):233-4. (Editorial)
• Osterholm MT. Emerging infections—another warning. N Engl J Med 2000;342: 1280-1. (Editorial)
• Hedberg CW, Smith KE, Besser JM, Boxrud DJ, Hennessy TW, Bender JB, Anderson FA, Osterholm MT. Limitations of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for the routine surveillance of Campylobacter infections. J Infect Dis 2001; 184:242-3 (Letter)
• Bender JB, Hueston W, Osterholm M. Recent animal disease outbreaks and their impact on human populations. J Agromedicine 2006; 1 1(1):5-15
• Osterholm MT, Norgan A. The Role of Irradiation in Food Safety. N Engl J Med 2004;350(28): 1898-1901 (Perspectives)
• Osterholm MT. Foodborne Disease: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same. Clin Infect Dis 2004;39:8-10 (Editorial)
• Klein E, Neill M, Besser J, Osterholm M, Tarr P. Shiga Toxin Antigen Detection Should Not Replace Sorbitol MacConkey Agar Screening of Stool Specimens. Letter to the Editor. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2004 Sept:42 (9): 4416-4417.
• Osterholm MT. Preparing for the Next Pandemic. N Engl J Med 2005;352(18):1839-42 (Perspectives)
• Osterholm MT. Preparing for the Next Pandemic. Foreign Affairs 2005:84(4)24-37
• Osterholm MT. A Weapon the World Needs. Nature 2005;435:417-418
• Osterholm MT. Unprepared for a Pandemic. Foreign Affairs 2007:86(2)47-57
• Osterholm MT. Pandemic Influenza Vaccine: The United States Government is Not Doing Enough. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2007:82(6), 635 – 637
• Palumbo MS, Gorny, JR, Gombas DE, Beucha LR, Bruhn CM, Cassens B, Delaquis P, Farber JM, Harris LJ, Ito K, Osterholm MT, Smith M, Swanson KMJ. Recommendations for Handling Fresh-cut Leafy Green Salads by Consumers and Retail Foodservice Operators. Food Protection Trends, November 2007:27(11), 892-98
• Osterholm MT, Kelley, NS. Energy and the Public’s Health: Making the Connection. Public Health Reports Editorial, January/February 2009:124(1), 20-21
• Osterholm M, Ostroswsky J, Farrar J, Gravani R, Tauxe R, Buchanan R, Hedberg C. A Novel Approach to Enhance Food Safety: Industry-Academia-Government Partnership for Applied Research. Journal of Food Protection, 2009:72(7), 1509-1512
• Berns K, Casadevall A, Cohen M, Ehrlich S, Enquist L, Fitch J, Franz D, Fraser-Liggett C, Grant C, Imperiale M, Kanabrocki J, Keim P, Lemon S, Levy S, Lumpkin J, Miller J, Murch R, Nance M, Osterholm M, Relman D, Roth J, Vidaver A. Policy Forum: Adaptations of avian flu virus are a cause for concern. Science, February 2012:335:660-661
• Berns K, Casadevall A, Cohen M, Ehrlich S, Enquist L, Fitch J, Franz D, Fraser-Liggett C, Grant C, Imperiale M, Kanabrocki J, Keim P, Lemon S, Levy S, Lumpkin J, Miller J, Murch R, Nance M, Osterholm M, Relman D, Roth J, Vidaver A. Policy Forum: Adaptations of avian flu virus are a cause for concern. Nature, 2012:482, 153-154
• Osterholm MT, Henderson DA, Life science at a crossroads: respiratory transmissible H5N1. Science 2012:335,801-802
• Osterholm MT, Kelley NS. Mammalian-Transmissible H5N1 Influenza: Facts and Perspective. mBio 2012:3(2) 1-4
• Osterholm MT, Relman DA. Creating a mammalian-transmissible A/H5N1 influenza virus: social contracts, prudence, and alternative perspectives. J Infect Dis. 2012;205(1 1): 1636-8.
• Osterholm, MT, Ballering, KS, Kelley, NS. Major Challenges in Providing an Effective and Timely Pandemic Vaccine for Influenza A(H7N9). JAMA 2013:309(24):2557-2558
• Casadevall A, Enquist L, Imperiale M, Keim P, Osterholm M, Relman, D. Redaction of Sensitive Data in the Publication of Dual Use Research of Concern. mBio 2014; 5 e00991-13
• Osterholm, MT, Kelley, NS. The Second Wave of Influenza A(H7N9): Navigating Uncharted Territory. JAMA 2014 (in press)