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West Nile virus infection in the pediatric populationRachel Civen
County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services, Public Health, Acute Communicable Diseases Control Program, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:75-8. 2006..Clinicians should be aware of the risk of WNV illness, confirm this diagnosis and report suspected WNV cases to their local health department...
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding varicella vaccination among health care providers participating in the varicella active surveillance project, Antelope Valley, California, 2005Tina Carbajal
Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Infect Dis 197:S66-70. 2008....
The incidence and clinical characteristics of herpes zoster among children and adolescents after implementation of varicella vaccinationRachel Civen
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90011, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:954-9. 2009..We examine incidence trends, risk and epidemiologic and clinical features of herpes zoster disease among children and adolescents by vaccination status...
Varicella outbreak epidemiology in an active surveillance site, 1995-2005Rachel Civen
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California 90012, USA
J Infect Dis 197:S114-9. 2008....
Babesiosis acquired through blood transfusion, California, USAVan Ngo
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, CA 90012, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 15:785-7. 2009..Babesiosis should be considered year-round in the diagnosis of febrile and afebrile patients with abnormal blood cell counts who have received blood products from disease-endemic areas...
Murine typhus: an unrecognized suburban vectorborne diseaseRachel Civen
Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Public Health Department, Los Angeles, California 90012, USA
Clin Infect Dis 46:913-8. 2008..Serologic testing with the indirect immunofluorescence assay is the preferred diagnostic method. Doxycycline is the antibiotic of choice and has been shown to shorten the course of illness...
Varicella disease among vaccinated persons: clinical and epidemiological characteristics, 1997-2005Sandra S Chaves
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
J Infect Dis 197:S127-31. 2008..Continued surveillance of the risk and characteristics of breakthrough disease will be needed, to monitor the effect of the new 2-dose vaccine recommendation for children...
Changing varicella epidemiology in active surveillance sites--United States, 1995-2005Dalya Guris
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Infect Dis 197:S71-5. 2008..Continued surveillance will be important to monitor the impact that the 2-dose vaccine policy in children has on varicella epidemiology...
Varicella among adults: data from an active surveillance project, 1995-2005Mona Marin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 197:S94-S100. 2008....
