Anna B Bowen

Summary

Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi A cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a handwashing-promotion program in Chinese primary schools
    Anna Bowen
    National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:1166-73. 2007
  2. ncbi Sustained improvements in handwashing indicators more than 5 years after a cluster-randomised, community-based trial of handwashing promotion in Karachi, Pakistan
    Anna Bowen
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 18:259-67. 2013
  3. ncbi Association between intensive handwashing promotion and child development in Karachi, Pakistan: a cluster randomized controlled trial
    Anna Bowen
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:1037-44. 2012
  4. ncbi Infections associated with cantaloupe consumption: a public health concern
    A Bowen
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Disease, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Epidemiol Infect 134:675-85. 2006
  5. ncbi Invasive Enterobacter sakazakii disease in infants
    Anna B Bowen
    Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 12:1185-9. 2006
  6. ncbi Outbreaks of short-incubation ocular and respiratory illness following exposure to indoor swimming pools
    Anna B Bowen
    Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector borne and Enteric Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
    Environ Health Perspect 115:267-71. 2007
  7. ncbi A waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis with multiple etiologies among resort island visitors and residents: Ohio, 2004
    Ciara E O'Reilly
    Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 44:506-12. 2007

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Publications7

  1. ncbi A cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a handwashing-promotion program in Chinese primary schools
    Anna Bowen
    National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:1166-73. 2007
    ..2 days (P = 0.03) of absence per 100 student-weeks. Provision of a large-scale handwashing promotion program and soap was associated with significantly reduced absenteeism. Similar programs could improve the health of children worldwide...
  2. ncbi Sustained improvements in handwashing indicators more than 5 years after a cluster-randomised, community-based trial of handwashing promotion in Karachi, Pakistan
    Anna Bowen
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 18:259-67. 2013
    ..To evaluate handwashing behaviour 5 years after a handwashing intervention in Karachi, Pakistan...
  3. ncbi Association between intensive handwashing promotion and child development in Karachi, Pakistan: a cluster randomized controlled trial
    Anna Bowen
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:1037-44. 2012
    ..To evaluate associations between handwashing promotion and child growth and development...
  4. ncbi Infections associated with cantaloupe consumption: a public health concern
    A Bowen
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Disease, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Epidemiol Infect 134:675-85. 2006
    ....
  5. ncbi Invasive Enterobacter sakazakii disease in infants
    Anna B Bowen
    Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 12:1185-9. 2006
    ..Formula samples associated with 15 (68%) of 22 cases yielded E. sakazakii; in 13 cases, clinical and formula strains were indistinguishable. Further clarification of clinical risk factors and improved powdered formula safety is needed...
  6. ncbi Outbreaks of short-incubation ocular and respiratory illness following exposure to indoor swimming pools
    Anna B Bowen
    Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector borne and Enteric Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
    Environ Health Perspect 115:267-71. 2007
    ..Chlorination destroys pathogens in swimming pool water, but by-products of chlorination can cause human illness. We investigated outbreaks of ocular and respiratory symptoms associated with chlorinated indoor swimming pools at two hotels...
  7. ncbi A waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis with multiple etiologies among resort island visitors and residents: Ohio, 2004
    Ciara E O'Reilly
    Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 44:506-12. 2007
    ..In August 2004, we investigated an outbreak of gastroenteritis on South Bass Island, Ohio, an island of 900 residents that is visited by >500,000 persons each year...