Ryan P. Westergaard
University of Wisconsin-Madison
93 Papers
184 Citations
Ryan P. Westergaard is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 74 publications. Previous affiliations of Ryan P. Westergaard include Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
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Papers
COVID-19 Among Workers in Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities - 19 States, April 2020.
Jonathan W Dyal,Michael P Grant,Kendra Broadwater,Adam Bjork,Michelle A Waltenburg,John D Gibbins,Christa Hale,Maggie Silver,Marc Fischer,Jonathan Steinberg,Colin Basler,Jesica R Jacobs,Erin D. Kennedy,Suzanne Tomasi,Douglas Trout,Jennifer Hornsby-Myers,Nadia L Oussayef,Lisa J. Delaney,Ketki Patel,Varun Shetty,Kelly E. Kline,Betsy Schroeder,Rachel Herlihy,Jennifer House,Rachel H. Jervis,Joshua L Clayton,Dustin Ortbahn,Connie Austin,Erica Berl,Zack Moore,Bryan F. Buss,Derry Stover,Ryan P. Westergaard,Ian W. Pray,Meghan DeBolt,Amy Person,Julie Gabel,Theresa Kittle,Pamela Hendren,Charles Rhea,Caroline Holsinger,John R. Dunn,George Turabelidze,Farah S Ahmed,Siestke deFijter,Caitlin Pedati,Karyl Rattay,Erica E Smith,Carolina Luna-Pinto,Laura A. Cooley,Sharon Saydah,Nykiconia Preacely,Ryan A Maddox,Elizabeth A. Lundeen,Bradley Goodwin,Sandor E Karpathy,Sean M. Griffing,Mary M Jenkins,Garry Lowry,Rachel D Schwarz,Jonathan S. Yoder,Georgina Peacock,Henry Walke,Dale A. Rose,Margaret A. Honein +64 more
TL;DR: Investigation efforts to reduce transmission in the community should also be considered, and public health strategies will help protect workers from COVID-19 in this industry and assist in preserving the critical meat and poultry production infrastructure.
Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Monkeypox Cases — United States, May 17–July 22, 2022
David H. Philpott,Christine M. Hughes,Karen A. Alroy,Janna L. Kerins,Jessica Pavlick,Lenore Asbel,Addie Crawley,Alexandra P. Newman,Hillary Spencer,Amanda Feldpausch,Kelly Cogswell,K. R. Davis,Jinlene Chen,Tiffany Henderson,Katherine R. Murphy,Meghan Barnes,Brandi Hopkins,Mary-Margaret A. Fill,Anil T. Mangla,Dana Perella,Arti Barnes,Scott Hughes,Jayne Griffith,Abby L. Berns,Lauren Milroy,Haley Blake,Maria M. Sievers,Melissa Marzan-Rodriguez,Marco E. Tori,Stephanie R. Black,Erik J. Kopping,Irene Ruberto,Angela M Maxted,Anuj Sharma,Kara D Tarter,Sydney A. Jones,Brooklynn R. White,Ryan Chatelain,M. Russo,Sarah Gillani,Ethan Bornstein,Stephen White,SA Johnson,Emma Ortega,Lori Saathoff-Huber,Anam Syed,Aprielle B. Wills,Bridget J. Anderson,Alexandra M. Oster,Athalia Christie,Jennifer H. McQuiston,Andrea M. McCollum,Agam K Rao,M. Negrón,Isabel Griffin,Mohammed Iqbal Khan,Yasmin P Ogale,Emily Sims,R. Ryan Lash,Jeanette J. Rainey,Kelly Charniga,Michelle A Waltenburg,Patrick Dawson,Laura A S Quilter,Julie Rushmore,Mark Stenger,Rachel Kachur,Florence Whitehill,Kelly A. Jackson,James J. Collins,Kimberly Signs,Gillian Richardson,Julie Hand,Emily Spence-Davizon,Brandi L. Steidley,Matthew Osborne,Susan Soliva,S. S. Cook,Leslie Ayuk-Takor,Christina Willut,Alexandria Snively,Nicholas Lehnertz,Daniela N. Quilliam,M. J. Durham,I. Cardona-Gerena,Linda Bell,Environmental Control,Marina Kuljanin,Suzanne N. Gibbons-Burgener,Ryan P. Westergaard,Lynn E. Sosa,Monica Beddo,Matthew Donahue,Samir Koirala,Courtney M Dewart,Jade Murray-Thompson,L. Peake,Michelle Holshue,Atul Kothari,Jamie Ahlers,Lauren Usagawa,M. Cahill,Erin K Ricketts,Mike Mannell,Farah S Ahmed,Bethany Hodge,Brenton Nesemeier,Katherine Guinther,M. Anand,Jennifer L. White,Joel Ackelsberg,Ellen H. Lee,Devin Charlotte Raman,Carmen Elaine Brown,Nicole Burton,S. Johnson +115 more
TL;DR: Clinicians should test patients with rash consistent with monkeypox,† regardless of whether the rash is disseminated or was preceded by prodrome, and public health efforts should prioritize gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, who are currently disproportionately affected for prevention and testing.
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Performance of an Antigen-Based Test for Asymptomatic and Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Testing at Two University Campuses - Wisconsin, September-October 2020.
Ian W Pray,Laura Ford,Devlin Cole,Christine M. Lee,John Paul Bigouette,Glen R. Abedi,Dena Bushman,Miranda J Delahoy,Dustin W Currie,Blake Cherney,Marie K. Kirby,Geroncio C Fajardo,Motria Caudill,Kimberly Langolf,Juliana Kahrs,Patrick Kelly,Collin Pitts,Ailam Lim,Nicole A. Aulik,Azaibi Tamin,Jennifer L Harcourt,Krista Queen,Jing Zhang,Brett Whitaker,Hannah Browne,Magdalena Medrzycki,Patricia L. Shewmaker,Jennifer M Folster,Bettina Bankamp,Michael D. Bowen,Natalie J. Thornburg,Kimberly Goffard,Brandi Limbago,Allen C. Bateman,Jacqueline E. Tate,Douglas Gieryn,Hannah L Kirking,Ryan P. Westergaard,Marie E Killerby +38 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Sofia SARS Antigen Fluorescent Immunoassay (FIA) was compared with real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 detection among asymptomatic and symptomatic persons at two universities in Wisconsin.
Characteristics of Persons Who Died with COVID-19 — United States, February 12–May 18, 2020
Jonathan M. Wortham,James T. Lee,Sandy Althomsons,Julia Latash,Alexander Davidson,Kevin Guerra,Kenya Murray,Emily McGibbon,Carolina Pichardo,Brian Toro,Lan Li,Marc Paladini,Meredith L Eddy,Kathleen H. Reilly,Lisa McHugh,Deepam Thomas,Stella Tsai,Mojisola Ojo,Samantha Jh Rolland,Maya Bhat,Katherine Hutchinson,Jennifer Sabel,Seth Eckel,Jim Collins,Catherine V. Donovan,Anna B. Cope,Breanna Kawasaki,Sarah McLafferty,Nisha B Alden,Rachel Herlihy,Bree Barbeau,Angela Dunn,Charles R. Clark,Pamela Pontones,Meagan L McLafferty,Dean E Sidelinger,Anna Krueger,Leslie Kollmann,Linnea Larson,Stacy Holzbauer,Ruth Lynfield,Ryan P. Westergaard,Richard Crawford,Lin Zhao,Jonathan M Bressler,Jennifer S. Read,John R. Dunn,Adele Lewis,Gillian Richardson,Julie Hand,Theresa Sokol,Susan H Adkins,Brooke Leitgeb,Talia Pindyck,Taniece Eure,Karen Wong,Deblina Datta,Grace D. Appiah,Jessica Brown,Rita Traxler,Emilia H. Koumans,Sarah Reagan-Steiner +61 more
TL;DR: This report describes decedents with laboratory-confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using data from the standardized CDC case-report form and supplementary data obtained through collaboration between CDC and 16 public health jurisdictions (15 states and New York City).
Barriers and facilitators of hepatitis C screening among people who inject drugs: a multi-city, mixed-methods study
Joshua Barocas,Meghan B. Brennan,Shawnika J. Hull,Scott Stokes,John Fangman,Ryan P. Westergaard +5 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that drug-injecting individuals who reside in non-urban settings, who have poor access to primary care, or who have less education may encounter significant barriers to routine HCV screening.