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| Ermias D BelaySummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Chronic wasting disease and potential transmission to humansErmias D Belay
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:977-84. 2004..More epidemiologic and laboratory studies are needed to monitor the possibility of such transmissions..- Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease death, United StatesErmias D Belay
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Disease, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1351-4. 2005..The reports of bloodborne transmission of vCJD in 2 patients, 1 of whom was heterozygous for methionine and valine at polymorphic codon 129, add to the uncertainty about the future of the vCJD outbreak... - The public health impact of prion diseasesErmias D Belay
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 26:191-212. 2005..Recent reports of secondary person-to-person spread of vCJD via blood products and detection of vCJD transmission in a patient heterozygous at codon 129 further illustrate the potential public health impacts of BSE... - Racial/ethnic differences in the incidence of Kawasaki syndrome among children in HawaiiRobert C Holman
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Hawaii Med J 69:194-7. 2010..To describe the occurrence of Kawasaki syndrome (KS) among different racial/ethnic groups in Hawaii... - Kawasaki syndrome in HawaiiRobert C Holman
Office of the Director, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:429-33. 2005..The incidence among Japanese American children in Hawaii was higher than that among other racial groups in the state and when compared with children living in Japan... - Travel history, hunting, and venison consumption related to prion disease exposure, 2006-2007 FoodNet Population SurveyJoseph Y Abrams
Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, all with the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 111:858-63. 2011..6% had obtained all of their meat from the wild. The survey results were useful in determining the prevalence and frequency of behaviors that could be important factors for foodborne prion transmission... - Evaluation of seasonal patterns of Kawasaki syndrome- and rotavirus-associated hospitalizations in California and New York, 2000-2005Adam MacNeil
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, USA
BMC Pediatr 9:65. 2009..Kawasaki Syndrome (KS) is an uncommon childhood disease with unknown etiology. It has been suggested that rotavirus infection may play a causative role in the development of KS... - Kawasaki syndrome and risk factors for coronary artery abnormalities: United States, 1994-2003Ermias D Belay
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:245-9. 2006..The factors contributing to a higher risk of CAA, such as delayed treatment, particularly among Hispanics, need to be investigated... - Monitoring the occurrence of emerging forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United StatesErmias D Belay
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Neurology 60:176-81. 2003 - Hospitalizations for Kawasaki syndrome among children in the United States, 1997-2007Robert C Holman
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U S Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:483-8. 2010..The present study describes the rate and trends of childhood hospitalizations with Kawasaki syndrome (KS) in the United States... - Human prion diseases in the United StatesRobert C Holman
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, U S Department of Health and Human Services USDHHS, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e8521. 2010..This study describes the occurrence and epidemiology of CJD and vCJD in the United States... - Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy deaths in the USA, 1979-2005Krista L Yorita Christensen
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Neuroepidemiology 35:178-84. 2010..The incidence of PML increased with an increasing incidence of HIV/AIDS. We describe recent trends and the epidemiology of PML-associated death in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)... - Kawasaki syndrome hospitalizations and associated costs in the United StatesErmias D Belay
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS. A-39, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Public Health Rep 118:464-9. 2003..The median hospitalization cost for KS was higher than that for respiratory syncytial virus-associated bronchiolitis and diarrheal diseases. Large hospitalization datasets can be used to monitor the occurrence of KS in the United States... - Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in recipients of corneal transplantsRyan A Maddox
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Cornea 27:851-4. 2008..We report 4 cases of CJD with a history of corneal transplantation and assess the frequency of coincidental CJD among corneal transplant recipients... - Kawasaki syndrome in DenmarkThea K Fischer
Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases DVRD, National Center for Infectious Diseases NCID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:411-5. 2007..To describe the epidemiologic characteristics of Kawasaki syndrome (KS) and to estimate national KS incidence rates among children in Denmark... - Lower risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in pituitary growth hormone recipients initiating treatment after 1977Joseph Y Abrams
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96:E1666-9. 2011..Studies of U.S. National Hormone and Pituitary Program (NHPP) hGH recipients have found CJD only in patients treated before 1977, when a new purification procedure with column chromatography was implemented for hGH extraction... - Kawasaki syndrome hospitalizations in the United States, 1997 and 2000Robert C Holman
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 112:495-501. 2003.... - Kawasaki syndrome hospitalizations in Ireland, 1996 through 2000Maureen Lynch
Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Ricksettial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/US DHHS, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 22:959-63. 2003..The hospitalization rate for KS in Ireland is similar to rates in the United States and may be higher than those in other European countries, although the European studies differ in methodologies and time periods... - Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathyErmias D Belay
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop A-39, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Lab Med 22:849-62, v-vi. 2002.... - Investigation of a possible iatrogenic case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after a neurosurgical procedureNatalie Keeler
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:1352-7. 2006..The key elements of this investigation are suggested for use in future investigations into potential cases of iatrogenic CJD... - A case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with a dura mater graft in the United StatesDavid B Blossom
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:1396-7. 2007..Clinicians and infection control personnel should be aware that recipients of Lyodura brand dura mater grafts processed before May 1987 may remain at increased risk for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease throughout their lives... - Analysis of potential risk factors associated with nonresponse to initial intravenous immunoglobulin treatment among Kawasaki disease patients in JapanRitei Uehara
The Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:155-60. 2008..Some Kawasaki disease (KD) patients do not respond to initial treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). The purpose of this study was to determine potential risk factors associated with IVIG nonresponse among KD patients in Japan... - An evaluation of hospitalizations for Kawasaki syndrome in GeorgiaRobert V Gibbons
Division for Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop A-39, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:492-6. 2002..Physicians should exercise their best clinical judgment in identifying and treating patients with KS who may not meet standard case definitions... - An investigation of potential neurosurgical transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: challenges and lessons learnedRachel L Stricof
New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12237, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:302-4. 2006..5 years later. This investigation highlights the difficulties in assessing possible transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease... - Chronic wasting disease of elk and deer and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: comparative analysis of the scrapie prion proteinZhiliang Xie
Institute of Pathology and National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
J Biol Chem 281:4199-206. 2006..These findings underline the importance of detailed PrP(Sc) characterization in trying to detect novel forms of acquired prion disease... - Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance and diagnosisErmias D Belay
Clin Infect Dis 41:834-6. 2005 - Barriers to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease autopsies, CaliforniaJanice K Louie
California Emerging Infections Program, Richmond, California, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:1677-80. 2004..Most neurologists were comfortable diagnosing CJD (83%), but few pathologists felt comfortable diagnosing CJD (35%) or performing autopsy (29%). Addressing obstacles to autopsy is necessary to improve CJD surveillance... - A novel human disease with abnormal prion protein sensitive to proteasePierluigi Gambetti
Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Ann Neurol 63:697-708. 2008.... - Barriers to autopsy: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in New York statePatricia P Lillquist
New York State Department of Health, Albany, 12237, USA
Neuroepidemiology 26:207-11. 2006.... - Investigation of Kawasaki syndrome risk factors in ColoradoTracee A Treadwell
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases National Center for Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:976-8. 2002..3; 95% confidence interval, 1.8 to 29.3) and possibly with an antecedent respiratory illness. The use of humidifiers should be further investigated as part of future studies of KS... - Chronic wasting disease of elk: transmissibility to humans examined by transgenic mouse modelsQingzhong Kong
Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
J Neurosci 25:7944-9. 2005..These data indicate that there is a substantial species barrier for transmission of elk CWD to humans...