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Dog-associated risk factors for human plagueL Hannah Gould
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Zoonoses Public Health 55:448-54. 2008..046). Our findings suggest that dogs may facilitate the transfer of fleas into the home and that activities with close extended contacts with dogs may increase the risk of plague infection...- An outbreak of yellow fever with concurrent chikungunya virus transmission in South Kordofan, Sudan, 2005L Hannah Gould
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102:1247-54. 2008..IgM antibodies to chikungunya virus were detected in five (27%) ill persons and three (19%) asymptomatic persons. These results indicate that both chikungunya and YF occurred during the outbreak... - Clostridium difficile in food and domestic animals: a new foodborne pathogen?L Hannah Gould
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 51:577-82. 2010..This review summarizes the available data on C. difficile in animals and food and discusses the potential for foodborne transmission of this pathogen... - Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding Lyme disease prevention among Connecticut residents, 1999-2004L Hannah Gould
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 8:769-76. 2008..These results provide guidance for the development of effective Lyme disease prevention programs by identifying measures most likely to be adopted by residents of Lyme disease endemic communities... - Recordkeeping practices of beef grinding activities at retail establishmentsL Hannah Gould
Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road N E, M S D63, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Food Prot 74:1022-4. 2011..To facilitate effective and efficient traceback investigations by regulatory agencies, retail establishments should maintain records more detailed and complete of all grinding activities... - Hemolytic uremic syndrome and death in persons with Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection, foodborne diseases active surveillance network sites, 2000-2006L Hannah Gould
Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 49:1480-5. 2009..We evaluated the age-specific rate of HUS and death among persons with STEC O157 infection and the risk factors associated with developing HUS... 
Recommendations for diagnosis of shiga toxin--producing Escherichia coli infections by clinical laboratoriesL Hannah Gould
Division of Foodborne, Bacterial, and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 58:1-14. 2009..Improving the diagnostic accuracy of STEC infection by clinical laboratories should ensure prompt diagnosis and treatment of these infections in patients and increase detection of STEC outbreaks in the community...
Strategies for surveillance of pediatric hemolytic uremic syndrome: Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 2000-2007Kanyin L Ong
Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 54:S424-31. 2012....- Ground beef consumption patterns in the United States, FoodNet, 2006 through 2007Ethel V Taylor
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Food Prot 75:341-6. 2012.... - Non-pharmaceutical interventions during an outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection at a large public university, April-May 2009Tarissa Mitchell
Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
Clin Infect Dis 52:S138-45. 2011..Nearly one-half (46%) of student respondents, including 44.7% of those with ARI, attended social events. Results indicate a need for efforts to increase compliance with home isolation and social distancing measures... - Development of a consensus method for culture of Clostridium difficile from meat and its use in a survey of U.S. retail meatsBrandi Limbago
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, 1600 Clifton Rd N E, MS C16, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Food Microbiol 32:448-51. 2012..Retail meat products (N = 1755) were cultured for C. difficile over 12 months during 2010-2011 at 9 U.S. FoodNet sites. No C. difficile was recovered, although other clostridia were isolated... - Household-based sero-epidemiologic survey after a yellow fever epidemic, Sudan, 2005Eileen C Farnon
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:1146-52. 2010..These results indicate that YF virus and chikungunya virus contributed to the outbreak. The high prevalence of YF antibody among vaccinees indicates that vaccination was effectively implemented in this remotely located population... - Epidemiology of foodborne norovirus outbreaks, United States, 2001-2008Aron J Hall
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 18:1566-73. 2012..Interventions to reduce the frequency of foodborne norovirus outbreaks should focus on food workers and production of produce and shellfish... - Changing epidemiology of Yersinia enterocolitica infections: markedly decreased rates in young black children, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 1996-2009Kanyin L Ong
Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, C09, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 54:S385-90. 2012..Yersinia enterocolitica causes an estimated 116,716 illnesses annually in the United States. Black children have historically had the highest rates of infection, with incidence peaking in the winter... - 2008 outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul infections associated with raw produceCasey Barton Behravesh
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
N Engl J Med 364:918-27. 2011..Raw produce is an increasingly recognized vehicle for salmonellosis. We investigated a nationwide outbreak that occurred in the United States in 2008... - Pathologic studies on suspect animal and human cases of Rift Valley fever from an outbreak in Eastern Africa, 2006-2007Wun Ju Shieh
Infectious Disease Pathology Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:38-42. 2010..Pathologic studies on postmortem tissue samples can help establish the diagnosis of RVF, differentiating from endemic diseases with clinical manifestations similar to RVF, such as malaria, leptospirosis, or yellow fever... - Notes from the field: outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus at a large public university in Delaware, April-May 2009A Danielle Iuliano
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 49:1811-20. 2009..We characterized illness, determined the impact of this outbreak, and examined factors associated with transmission... - Skin disorders among construction workers following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita: an outbreak investigation in New Orleans, LouisianaRebecca Noe
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Arch Dermatol 143:1393-8. 2007.... - Increased Recognition of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infections in the United States During 2000-2010: Epidemiologic Features and Comparison with E. coli O157 InfectionsL Hannah Gould
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Foodborne Pathog Dis 10:453-60. 2013.... - Salmonella infections associated with international travel: a Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) studyLaura R Johnson
Emory University School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Foodborne Pathog Dis 8:1031-7. 2011..A high index of clinical suspicion for Salmonella infection is appropriate when evaluating recent travelers, especially those who visited Africa, Asia, or Latin America... - A review of death certificates listing Lyme disease as a cause of death in the United StatesKiersten J Kugeler
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, and the location is Fort Collins, CO, USA
Clin Infect Dis 52:364-7. 2011..Upon review, only 1 record was consistent with clinical manifestations of Lyme disease. This analysis indicates that Lyme disease is rare as a cause of death in the United States... - Clostridium difficile strains from community-associated infectionsBrandi M Limbago
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS C 16, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 47:3004-7. 2009..Nine toxinotypes (TOX) and 31 PFGE patterns were identified. TOX 0 (48, 52%), TOX III (18, 20%), and TOX V (9, 10%) were the most common; three isolates were nontoxigenic... - Epidemiology of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks Caused by Clostridium perfringens, United States, 1998-2010Julian E Grass
1 Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia
Foodborne Pathog Dis 10:131-6. 2013.... - Transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) at a Public University--Delaware, April-May 2009Alice Guh
Epidemic Intelligence Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 52:S131-7. 2011..38; CI, 1.04-1.83). Close contact or prolonged exposures to ill persons were likely associated with experiencing ILI. Self-protective measures should be promoted in university populations to mitigate transmission...