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Incidence and epidemiology of hospitalized influenza cases in rural Thailand during the influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 pandemic, 2009-2010Henry C Baggett
International Emerging Infections Program, Thailand Ministry of Public Health MOPH U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
PLoS ONE 7:e48609. 2012..Data on the burden of the 2009 influenza pandemic in Asia are limited. Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 was first reported in Thailand in May 2009. We assessed incidence and epidemiology of influenza-associated hospitalizations during 2009-2010...
Two nosocomial pertussis outbreaks and their associated costs - King County, Washington, 2004Henry C Baggett
Communicable Diseases, Epidemiology, and Immunization Section, Public Health, Seattle and King County, WA, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:537-43. 2007..One outbreak occurred at a 500-bed tertiary care hospital (hospital A), and the other occurred at a 250-bed pediatric hospital (hospital B)...
Pretravel health preparation among US residents traveling to India to VFRs: importance of ethnicity in defining VFRsHenry C Baggett
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Travel Med 16:112-8. 2009..We examined demographic characteristics and pretravel preparation practices among US residents traveling to India to determine factors that may contribute to higher infection rates and that would allow for improved prevention strategies...- Immunologic response to Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine and risk factors for carriage among Hib carriers and noncarriers in Southwestern AlaskaHenry C Baggett
CDC, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, MS E03, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Vaccine Immunol 13:620-6. 2006.... - Endemic iron deficiency associated with Helicobacter pylori infection among school-aged children in AlaskaHenry C Baggett
Alaska Division of Public Health, Anchorage, Alaska
Pediatrics 117:e396-404. 2006..The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of iron deficiency, iron-deficiency anemia, and active H pylori infection among school-aged children in rural Alaska... - No evidence of a mild form of inhalational Bacillus anthracis infection during a bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax outbreak in Washington, D.C., in 2001Henry C Baggett
Arctic Investigations Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, AK, USA
Clin Infect Dis 41:991-7. 2005..anthracis infection. We hypothesized that early antibiotic use could have decreased the sensitivity of diagnostic tests or that bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax may include mild disease... - Incidence of pneumococcal bacteremia requiring hospitalization in rural ThailandHenry C Baggett
International Emerging Infections Program, Thailand Ministry of Public Health US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Sa Kaeo, Thailand
Clin Infect Dis 48:S65-74. 2009..We estimated the incidence of pneumococcal bacteremia cases requiring hospitalization in rural Thailand... - A controlled, household-randomized, open-label trial of the effect that treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection has on iron deficiency in children in rural AlaskaBradford D Gessner
Section of Epidemiology, Alaska Division of Public Health, National Center for Infectious Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, 99524, USA
J Infect Dis 193:537-46. 2006..Previous small or uncontrolled studies have reported that successful treatment of H. pylori infection may resolve iron deficiency or anemia... - Asymptomatic Helicobacter pylori infection and iron deficiency are not associated with decreased growth among Alaska Native children aged 7-11 yearsMarc-Andre R Chimonas
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Alaska Division of Public Health, Anchorage, Alaska 99524, USA
Helicobacter 11:159-67. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: H. pylori infection is not related to growth among Alaska Native children aged 7-11 years. Growth deficiency should not be considered an indication for H. pylori therapy... - Community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with antibiotic use and the cytotoxin Panton-Valentine leukocidin during a furunculosis outbreak in rural AlaskaHenry C Baggett
Arctic Investigations Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA
J Infect Dis 189:1565-73. 2004..001). The majority of MRSA isolates were closely related by PFGE. CONCLUSION: Selective antibiotic pressure for drug-resistant strains carrying PVL may have led to the emergence and spread of CO-MRSA in rural Alaska... - Antibiotic use in Thailand: quantifying impact on blood culture yield and estimates of pneumococcal bacteremia incidenceJulia Rhodes
Thailand Ministry of Public Health United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:301-6. 2010..Our findings highlight the limitations of culture-based detection methods to estimate invasive pneumococcal disease incidence in settings where pre-culture antibiotic use is common... - Bartonella seroprevalence in rural ThailandSaithip Bhengsri
International Emerging Infections Program, Thailand MOPH US CDC Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 42:687-92. 2011..3%) had seropositivity to B. quintana, 51 (9.8%) to B. elizabethae, and 19 (3.6%) to B. vinsonii subsp vinsonii. These results suggest exposure to Bartonella species is more common in rural Thailand than previously suspected... - High prevalence of cryptococcal infection among HIV-infected patients hospitalized with pneumonia in ThailandJulie R Harris
Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 54:e43-50. 2012..We evaluated Cryptococcus species as a cause of acute respiratory infection in hospitalized patients in Thailand and evaluated clinical characteristics associated with CrAg+... - Incidence of bacteremic melioidosis in eastern and northeastern ThailandSaithip Bhengsri
International Emerging Infections Program IEIP, Thailand Ministry of Public Health U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:117-20. 2011.... - The burden of hospitalized lower respiratory tract infection due to respiratory syncytial virus in rural ThailandAlicia M Fry
Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e15098. 2010..We describe the epidemiology of hospitalized RSV infections for all age groups from population-based surveillance in two rural provinces in Thailand... - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage and risk factors for skin infections, Southwestern Alaska, USAA Michal Stevens
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, Alaska 99508 5932, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 16:797-803. 2010..In an area where PVL-containing MRSA is prevalent, skin infection risk was increased among MRSA nasal carriers compared with methicillin-susceptible S. aureus carriers and noncarriers, but risk differential diminished over time... - Human rhinovirus infections in rural Thailand: epidemiological evidence for rhinovirus as both pathogen and bystanderAlicia M Fry
Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e17780. 2011..We describe human rhinovirus (HRV) detections in SaKaeo province, Thailand... - A randomized trial of triple therapy for pediatric Helicobacter pylori infection and risk factors for treatment failure in a population with a high prevalence of infectionBradford D Gessner
Alaska Division of Public Health, National Center for Infectious Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, AK 99524, USA
Clin Infect Dis 41:1261-8. 2005..Few trials of treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection have been conducted in high-prevalence or pediatric populations, and risk factors for treatment failure are poorly understood... - Incidence, seasonality and mortality associated with influenza pneumonia in Thailand: 2005-2008James Mark Simmerman
International Emerging Infections Program, Thailand Ministry of Public Health United States Centers for Disease Control Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
PLoS ONE 4:e7776. 2009..Prospective data from multiple years are needed to develop vaccine policy and treatment guidelines, and improve pandemic preparedness... - A method for estimating vaccine-preventable pediatric influenza pneumonia hospitalizations in developing countries: Thailand as a case studyFatimah S Dawood
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Work Force and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, United States
Vaccine 29:4416-21. 2011..Vaccination of 85% of Thai children aged 7 months-4 years might prevent 30% of all pediatric influenza pneumonia hospitalizations in Thailand... - Indirect effect of conjugate vaccine on adult carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae: an explanation of trends in invasive pneumococcal diseaseLaura L Hammitt
Arctic Investigations Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA
J Infect Dis 193:1487-94. 2006..Vaccine use has also indirectly decreased the rate of invasive disease in adults, presumably through decreased transmission of pneumococci from vaccinated children to adults... - Concurrent influenza virus infection and tuberculosis in patients hospitalized with respiratory illness in ThailandSerena Roth
Thailand MOPH U S CDC Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Influenza Other Respi Viruses 7:244-8. 2013..Only two persons were previously known to have TB suggesting that acute respiratory illness may bring patients to medical attention and lead to TB diagnosis. Influenza/TB was not associated with higher disease severity or mortality... - Mycobacterium bovis (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) bacteremia in immunocompetent neonates following vaccinationSomsak Thamthitiwat
Thailand Ministry of Public Health MOPH U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Collaboration, Nonthaburi 10110, Thailand
Vaccine 29:1727-30. 2011..BCG bacteremia shortly following vaccination among healthy neonates has not been previously described and merits further study to determine its frequency and clinical significance... - Epidemiology of radiographically-confirmed and bacteremic pneumonia in rural ThailandPrabda Prapasiri
Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 39:706-18. 2008..These findings can inform pneumonia clinical management and treatment decisions and guide public health programming, including the development of effective prevention strategies... - Rabies-related knowledge and practices among persons at risk of bat exposures in ThailandKis Robertson
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5:e1054. 2011..The objectives were to identify deficiencies in rabies awareness, describe the occurrence of bat exposures, and explore factors associated with transdermal bat exposures... - An outbreak of community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections in southwestern AlaskaHenry C Baggett
Arctic Investigations Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 24:397-402. 2003..Treatment guidelines were developed recommending that beta-lactam antimicrobial agents not be used as a first-line therapy for suspected S. aureus infections... - Bartonella spp. Infections, ThailandSaithip Bhengsri
Thailand Minstry of Public Health US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand S Bhengsri, H C Baggett, L F Peruski Jr, T L Fisk, S A Maloney Thailand Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi A Sitdhirasdr Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA S F Dowell and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA C Morway, Y Bai, M Kosoy
Emerg Infect Dis 16:743-5. 2010..5% prevalence of past B. henselae infection (7). No studies have systematically assessed the frequency, clinical characteristics, or epidemiology of human Bartonella infections in Thailand... - Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09-Associated Pneumonia Deaths in ThailandCharatdao Bunthi
International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection Regional Center, Thailand Ministry of Public Health US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
PLoS ONE 8:e54946. 2013..We describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09-associated pneumonia deaths in Thailand from May 2009-January 2010... - Evaluation of a newly developed lateral flow immunoassay for the diagnosis of cryptococcosisMark D Lindsley
Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 53:321-5. 2011..This study compares the performance of a recently developed lateral flow immunoassay (LFA) to blood culture and enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for the diagnosis of cryptococcosis...