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Public knowledge and attitudes regarding public health inspections of restaurantsTimothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:510-3. 2008..S. each year, and almost half of all money spent on food is spent in restaurants. Restaurant inspections are a critical public health intervention for the prevention of foodborne disease...- Restaurant inspection scores and foodborne diseaseTimothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:688-92. 2004..A variety of factors influence the uniformity of restaurant inspections. The restaurant inspection system should be examined to identify ways to ensure food safety... - Limitations to successful investigation and reporting of foodborne outbreaks: an analysis of foodborne disease outbreaks in FoodNet catchment areas, 1998-1999Timothy F Jones
Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN 37247, USA
Clin Infect Dis 38:S297-302. 2004.... - FoodNet: overview of a decade of achievementTimothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN 37247, USA
Foodborne Pathog Dis 4:60-6. 2007..FoodNet helps build capacity for foodborne disease surveillance in participating sites and through close collaborations with PulseNet, EHS-Net, Global SalmSurv, and other partners... - A population-based estimate of the substantial burden of diarrhoeal disease in the United States; FoodNet, 1996-2003T F Jones
Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN 37247, USA
Epidemiol Infect 135:293-301. 2007..5% (95% CI+/-2.1%) visited a medical provider, and 7.8% (95% CI+/-1.4%) took antibiotics. Rates of ADI were remarkably consistent over time, and demonstrate the substantial burden placed on the health-care system... - Epidemiologic investigation of a restaurant-associated outbreak of Pontiac feverTimothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN 37247, USA
Clin Infect Dis 37:1292-7. 2003..Pontiac fever should be considered as a diagnosis during acute outbreaks of influenza-like illness with a high attack rate and no other identified etiology... - From pig to pacifier: chitterling-associated yersiniosis outbreak among black infantsTimothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee 37247, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 9:1007-9. 2003..001). Of 13 samples of chitterlings tested, 2 were positive for Yersinia intermedia and 5 for Salmonella. Decontamination of chitterlings before sale with methods such as irradiation should be strongly considered... - Use of stool collection kits delivered to patients can improve confirmation of etiology in foodborne disease outbreaksTimothy F Jones
Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN 37247, USA
Clin Infect Dis 39:1454-9. 2004..In 68% of foodborne disease outbreaks, no etiologic pathogen is identified. In two-thirds of outbreaks with no identified etiology, no stool specimens are submitted for testing... - Determinants of influenza vaccination, 2003-2004: shortages, fallacies and disparitiesTimothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville 37247, USA
Clin Infect Dis 39:1824-8. 2004..Understanding the determinants of vaccine receipt is important for guiding immunization policies... - A case-control study of the epidemiology of sporadic Salmonella infection in infantsTimothy F Jones
Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Tennessee Department of Health, 4th Floor, Cordell Hull Building, 425 5th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37247, USA
Pediatrics 118:2380-7. 2006..We performed a case-control study to identify dietary and environmental risk factors for sporadic salmonellosis among infants... - Eating in restaurants: a risk factor for foodborne disease?Timothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN 37247, USA
Clin Infect Dis 43:1324-8. 2006..Clinicians should report all suspected foodborne disease to public health authorities to ensure appropriate epidemiologic investigation... - Risk factors for tick exposure and suboptimal adherence to preventive recommendationsTimothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville 37247, USA
Am J Prev Med 23:47-50. 2002..Tickborne diseases are the most common vectorborne illnesses in the United States. Understanding risk factors for tick bites and adherence to preventive measures are important in preventing morbidity associated with tickborne disease... - Family outbreaks of invasive community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infectionTimothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN 37247, USA
Clin Infect Dis 42:e76-8. 2006..Although surveillance via culture of family contacts of patients with invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection is not currently recommended, such clusters should stimulate reevaluation of preventive measures... - Salmonellosis outcomes differ substantially by serotypeTimothy F Jones
Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Tennessee Department of Health, 1st Floor, Cordell Hull Bldg, 425 5th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37243, USA
J Infect Dis 198:109-14. 2008..Most human infections are caused by closely related serotypes within 1 species of Salmonella. Few data are available on differences in severity of disease among common serotypes... - Infection prevalences of common tick-borne pathogens in adult lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) and American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) in KentuckyCharissa M Fritzen
Tennessee Department of Health, Vector Borne Diseases Section, Communicable and Environmental Diseases, Nashville, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:718-23. 2011..americanum (1.4%) were positive for E. ewingii. One (0.4%) A. americanum was positive for Borrelia lonestari. Although Rocky Mountain spotted fever is diagnosed in Kentucky, no R. rickettsii was found in ticks in this study... - Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi in raccoons from TennesseeJenny Maloney
Vector Borne Diseases Section, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee 37216, USA
J Parasitol 96:353-8. 2010..cruzi exposure within raccoon populations in Tennessee. The importance of habitat (rural vs. suburban) and microhabitat (dens) in risk of exposure to these populations is also discussed... - Host feeding patterns of potential vectors of eastern equine encephalitis virus at an epizootic focus in TennesseeSara B Cohen
Vector Borne Diseases Section, Communicable and Environmental Diseases, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee 37216, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:452-6. 2009..By incorporating this study with flight range, vector competence, and virus field isolation data, we assessed certain aspects of the enzootic and epizootic vectorial capacity of the mosquito species present at this outbreak site... - Absence of Rickettsia rickettsii and occurrence of other spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks from TennesseeAbelardo C Moncayo
Vector Borne Diseases Section, Communicable and Environmental Diseases Section, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:653-7. 2010..Rickettsia rickettsii was not detected. This study suggests that some RMSF cases reported in Tennessee may be caused by cross-reactivity with other SFGR antigenically related to R. rickettsii... - Response to emerging infection leading to outbreak of linezolid-resistant enterococciMarion A Kainer
Tennessee Department of Health, Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Nashville, Tennessee 37243, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1024-30. 2007..1 per day), and duration of preceding linezolid therapy (AOR 1.1 per day). Linezolid exposure and patient-to-patient transmission appear to be responsible for LRE infections, an important emeraina hospital problem... - An outbreak of community-acquired foodborne illness caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusTimothy F Jones
Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Tennessee Department of Health, 4th Floor, Cordell Hull Building, 425 5th Avenue N, Nashville, TN 37247, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:82-4. 2002..This is the first report of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by community-acquired MRSA... - Prevalence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii in ticks from TennesseeSara B Cohen
Vector Borne Diseases Section, Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN 37216, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 10:435-40. 2010..Targeted vector control interventions in these areas may help decrease human ehrlichiosis transmission... - Antimicrobial use and outcomes in patients with multidrug-resistant and pansusceptible Salmonella Newport infections, 2002-2003Rose A Devasia
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Microb Drug Resist 11:371-7. 2005.... - Compliance with azithromycin versus erythromycin in the setting of a pertussis outbreakRose A Devasia
Infectious Diseases Division, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Am J Med Sci 337:176-8. 2009..We evaluated treatment adherence between exposed persons giving erythromycin or azithromycin during a community-wide pertussis outbreak... - Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma americanum ticks, Tennessee and Georgia, USASara B Cohen
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 15:1471-3. 2009..Using PCR and sequence analysis, we identified R. parkeri in 2 Amblyomma americanum ticks. This rickettsiosis may be underdiagnosed in the eastern United States... - Outbreak of joint and soft-tissue infections associated with injections from a multiple-dose medication vialDavid L Kirschke
Epidemiology Program Office, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA and Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN, USA
Clin Infect Dis 36:1369-73. 2003..aureus in MDVs of lidocaine revealed prolonged survival at refrigerator temperatures. This outbreak highlights the importance of strict attention to aseptic procedures and carefully following manufacturers' instructions when using MDVs... - Endemically acquired foodborne outbreak of enterotoxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O169:H41Rose A Devasia
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tenn 37247, USA
Am J Med 119:168.e7-10. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: This outbreak illustrates the changing epidemiology of enterotoxigenic E. coli and the importance for healthcare practitioners to consider ETEC as a potential cause of domestically acquired gastroenteritis... - Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in Tennessee: surveillance and current clinical laboratory practicesSamir S Hanna
Tennessee Department of Health, Communicable and Environmental Disease Section, USA
Tenn Med 103:39-42. 2010..Adoption of CDC recommendations coupled with timely and complete reporting will enhance public health surveillance, outbreak investigations and interventions to prevent STEC infection... - Factors associated with Trypanosoma cruzi exposure among domestic canines in TennesseeMeghan E Rowland
Vector Borne Diseases Section, Tennessee Department of Health, 630 Hart Lane, Nashville, Tennessee 37243, USA
J Parasitol 96:547-51. 2010..Greater attention should be given to possible T. cruzi transmission in Tennessee and veterinarians should consider Chagas' disease as a differential diagnosis with compatible signs... - Increased incidence of the outbreak strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the surrounding community after an outbreak in a jailTimothy F Jones
Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Tennessee Department of Health and Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37247, USA
South Med J 96:155-7. 2003..Between 1995 and 1997, a tuberculosis outbreak occurred in a large, urban jail. We investigated whether the outbreak strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) was circulating in the surrounding community after that outbreak... - Outbreak of aseptic meningitis associated with echovirus 13David L Kirschke
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nashville, TN, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:1034-8. 2002..In this outbreak echovirus 13 meningitis appeared to be clinically indistinguishable from aseptic meningitis caused by other enteroviruses... - Neurologic complications including paralysis after a medication error involving implanted intrathecal cathetersTimothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee 37247, USA
Am J Med 112:31-6. 2002..Medical errors in an outpatient pharmacy led to this outbreak... - La Crosse encephalitis in Eastern Tennessee: clinical, environmental, and entomological characteristics from a blinded cohort studyPaul C Erwin
East Tennessee Regional Office, Tennessee Department of Health, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:1060-5. 2002..013). Evidence is accumulating that the newly introduced mosquito species Ae. albopictus may be involved in the emergence of La Crosse virus infection in eastern Tennessee... - Epidemiology of bacterial enteric infections under active surveillance in Tennessee and Georgia, 2000-2002Timothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, USA
Tenn Med 97:319-21. 2004 - Mass distribution of free, intranasally administered influenza vaccine in a public school systemL Rand Carpenter
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 120:e172-8. 2007..School-based influenza vaccination programs are a potentially important method of protecting the community against influenza. We evaluated the feasibility and success of a large, school-based influenza vaccination campaign... - Stool cultures and antimicrobial prescriptions related to infectious diarrheaL Rand Carpenter
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Infect Dis 197:1709-12. 2008..Frequent use of antimicrobials for diarrhea without stool culture may indicate inappropriate antimicrobial use and has critical implications for public health... - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and skin infections among personnel at a pediatric clinicL Rand Carpenter
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Infect Control 36:665-7. 2008..Health care workers in outpatient settings are increasingly exposed to substantial numbers of persons with MRSA, and infection control practices in the ambulatory care setting deserve reemphasis... - Photokeratitis and UV-radiation burns associated with damaged metal halide lampsDavid L Kirschke
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office and the National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:372-6. 2004..We investigated 3 outbreaks of photokeratitis and UV-radiation burns in gymnasiums associated with failure to heed these recommendations... - Comparative effectiveness of antibiotic treatment strategies for pediatric skin and soft-tissue infectionsDerek J Williams
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Monroe Carell Jr Children s Hospital, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 2573, USA
Pediatrics 128:e479-87. 2011..To compare the effectiveness of clindamycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and ?-lactams for the treatment of pediatric skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs)... - Pertussis: challenges and new opportunities for preventionTimothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, USA
Tenn Med 98:498-9. 2005 - Appropriate rabies postexposure prophylaxisTracy McCauley
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, USA
Tenn Med 96:135-7. 2003 - The changing epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in TennesseeBenjamin S Heavrin
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Tenn Med 97:357-60. 2004..21%, P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Intervention efforts should include targeting to blacks, females, heterosexual exposure, and persons in non-urban communities... - Use of hamster-baited no. 17 Trinidad mosquito traps at an eastern equine encephalomyelitis focus in TennesseeAbelardo C Moncayo
Vector Borne Diseases Section, Communicable and Environmental Diseases Services, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN 37216, USA
J Med Entomol 46:862-5. 2009..17 Trinidad traps compared with CO2-baited CDC light traps to capture Cx. erraticus mosquitoes are discussed. Further understanding of the feeding behavior and ecology of this potential vector is warranted... - Two community hepatitis B outbreaks: an argument for vaccinating incarcerated personsRose A Devasia
Tennessee Department of Health, Communicable and Environmental Services, North Nashville, TN 37247, USA
Vaccine 24:1354-8. 2006..Priority should be given to developing and supporting practical programs to vaccinate the high-risk populations in correctional facilities against hepatitis B... - Public knowledge and beliefs about diarrheal diseaseTimothy F Jones
Tennessee Department of Health, Communicable and Environmental Disease Services CEDS, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Foodborne Pathog Dis 8:165-7. 2011..These results have implications for medical providers, regulators, and public health in the management and prevention of diarrheal disease... - Risk behaviors for disease transmission among petting zoo attendeesMarcy McMillian
Tennessee Department of Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 231:1036-8. 2007..To evaluate risk behaviors for transmission of zoonotic diseases at petting zoos during a period without a recognized disease outbreak... - Tennessee Shigella updateTimothy F Jones
TN Department of Health, Nashville, USA
Tenn Med 99:645-6. 2006 - Salmonella in imported mangos: shoeleather and contemporary epidemiologic techniques together meet the challengeTimothy F Jones
Clin Infect Dis 37:1591-2. 2003 - Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission from human to caninePaul C Erwin
Emerg Infect Dis 10:2258-10. 2004 - West Nile virus in TennesseeTimothy F Jones
Tenn Med 96:37-9. 2003..Common-sense personal protective measures to avoid mosquito bites can substantially reduce an individuals' risk of acquiring WNV... - Multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infection linked to delicatessen turkey meatSonja J Olsen
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:962-7. 2005..In September 2000, the New York City Department of Health identified a cluster of infections caused by Listeria monocytogenes isolates with identical molecular subtypes by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and ribotyping... - Beliefs about meals eaten outside the home as sources of gastrointestinal illnessLaura R Green
RTI International, 4770 Buford Highway, MS F 28, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Food Prot 68:2184-9. 2005..Results suggest that education efforts should focus on the nature and timing of foodborne illness symptoms and the importance of reporting suspected foodborne illnesses... - Risk factors for meningococcal disease in students in grades 9-12Lee H Harrison
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:193-9. 2008..Universal immunization of adolescents with meningococcal conjugate vaccine was recently recommended. We studied risk factors for meningococcal disease in students in grades 9-12... - New perspectives on the persistent scourge of foodborne diseaseTimothy F Jones
J Infect Dis 191:1029-31. 2005 - Listeria monocytogenes infection from foods prepared in a commercial establishment: a case-control study of potential sources of sporadic illness in the United StatesJay K Varma
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:521-8. 2007..Efforts to reduce foodborne listeriosis have focused on foods frequently implicated in outbreaks. Potential sources for L. monocytogenes infection not associated with outbreaks remain poorly understood... - Reduction in the incidence of invasive listeriosis in foodborne diseases active surveillance network sites, 1996-2003Andrew C Voetsch
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:513-20. 2007..Listeriosis is a leading cause of death among patients with foodborne diseases in the United States. Monitoring disease incidence is an important element of listeriosis surveillance and control... - Antimicrobial resistance among Campylobacter strains, United States, 1997-2001Amita Gupta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:1102-9. 2004..Ciprofloxacin resistance has emerged among Campylobacter since 1990 and has increased in prevalence since 1997... - Antimicrobial-resistant nontyphoidal Salmonella is associated with excess bloodstream infections and hospitalizationsJay K Varma
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 191:554-61. 2005..Nontyphoidal Salmonella is a leading cause of foodborne illness. Few studies have explored the health consequences of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella... - Factors associated with seeking medical care and submitting a stool sample in estimating the burden of foodborne illnessElaine Scallan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Foodborne Pathog Dis 3:432-8. 2006..Cases of acute diarrheal illness ascertained through laboratory-based public health surveillance are likely to differ systematically from unreported cases and likely over-represent those with bloody diarrhea and longer diarrhea duration... - Sporadic campylobacter infection in infants: a population-based surveillance case-control studyKathleen E Fullerton
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:19-24. 2007..Campylobacter is an important cause of foodborne illness in infants (younger than 1 year of age), but little is known about the sources of infection in this age group... - Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Serratia marcescens contamination associated with a manufacturing defect in bronchoscopesDavid L Kirschke
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
N Engl J Med 348:214-20. 2003..aeruginosa and S. marcescens and possible infection of patients at a community hospital as a result of the inadequate disinfection of bronchoscopes because of a manufacturing defect... - Laboratory practices for stool-specimen culture for bacterial pathogens, including Escherichia coli O157:H7, in the FoodNet sites, 1995-2000Andrew C Voetsch
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 38:S190-7. 2004..coli O157:H7 increased from 59% in 1995 to 68% in 2000; however, the proportion of stool specimens tested decreased from 53% to 46%. E. coli O157:H7 should be routinely sought in stool specimens submitted for microbiologic culture... - Case series: outbreak of conversion disorder among amish adolescent girlsJoslyn D Cassady
Epidemiology Program Office, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 44:291-7. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians should be aware of the potential for outbreaks of psychogenic illness and work to address the challenges of developing effective intervention strategies, particularly in the cross-cultural context... - Pharmacy data for tuberculosis surveillance and assessment of patient managementDeborah S Yokoe
Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:1426-31. 2004..Pharmacy data can help public health officials to find TB cases and assess their management in populations that receive care in the private sector...
Research Grants
- Food Safety Task Force ConferenceTimothy Jones; Fiscal Year: 2005..Abstract Not Provided ..