Kim A Lindblade

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Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Local topographic wetness indices predict household malaria risk better than land-use and land-cover in the western Kenya highlands
    Justin M Cohen
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    Malar J 9:328. 2010
  2. ncbi A census-weighted, spatially-stratified household sampling strategy for urban malaria epidemiology
    Jose G Siri
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    Malar J 7:39. 2008
  3. ncbi Topography-derived wetness indices are associated with household-level malaria risk in two communities in the western Kenyan highlands
    Justin M Cohen
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    Malar J 7:40. 2008
  4. ncbi Quantitative urban classification for malaria epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa
    Jose G Siri
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    Malar J 7:34. 2008
  5. ncbi Evaluation of long-lasting insecticidal nets after 2 years of household use
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 10:1141-50. 2005
  6. ncbi A comparison of the epidemiology and clinical presentation of seasonal influenza A and 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in Guatemala
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 5:e15826. 2010
  7. ncbi Exposure of seasonal migrant workers to Onchocerca volvulus on coffee plantations in Guatemala
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:438-42. 2009
  8. ncbi Low usage of government healthcare facilities for acute respiratory infections in guatemala: implications for influenza surveillance
    Kim A Lindblade
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta GA, 30333 USA
    BMC Public Health 11:885. 2011
  9. ncbi Mortality of sick children after outpatient treatment at first-level health facilities in rural western Kenya
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 12:1258-68. 2007
  10. ncbi Elimination of Onchocercia volvulus transmission in the Santa Rosa focus of Guatemala
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:334-41. 2007

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Publications20

  1. ncbi Local topographic wetness indices predict household malaria risk better than land-use and land-cover in the western Kenya highlands
    Justin M Cohen
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    Malar J 9:328. 2010
    ..This study examined whether environmental factors like land-cover, land-use, and urban density improved malaria risk prediction based solely on the topographically-determined context, as measured by the topographic wetness index...
  2. ncbi A census-weighted, spatially-stratified household sampling strategy for urban malaria epidemiology
    Jose G Siri
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    Malar J 7:39. 2008
    ..Such a strategy should facilitate analysis of important epidemiological relationships in this ecological context...
  3. ncbi Topography-derived wetness indices are associated with household-level malaria risk in two communities in the western Kenyan highlands
    Justin M Cohen
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    Malar J 7:40. 2008
    ..Understanding these local topographic effects may permit prediction of regions at high risk of malaria within the highlands at small spatial scales...
  4. ncbi Quantitative urban classification for malaria epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa
    Jose G Siri
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    Malar J 7:34. 2008
    ..Accordingly, clustering techniques were applied to a set of urbanization- and malaria-related variables in Kisumu, Kenya, to produce a quantitative classification of the urban environment for malaria research...
  5. ncbi Evaluation of long-lasting insecticidal nets after 2 years of household use
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 10:1141-50. 2005
    ..32-1.18; cyclodextrin: HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.40-1.1) were not significantly different from that of a conventional net. PermaNet 1.0 performed significantly better than conventional nets and should be recommended to malaria control programs...
  6. ncbi A comparison of the epidemiology and clinical presentation of seasonal influenza A and 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in Guatemala
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 5:e15826. 2010
    ..We compare the epidemiology and clinical presentation of seasonal influenza A (H1N1 and H3N2) and 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (pH1N1) using a prospective surveillance system for acute respiratory disease in Guatemala...
  7. ncbi Exposure of seasonal migrant workers to Onchocerca volvulus on coffee plantations in Guatemala
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:438-42. 2009
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  8. ncbi Low usage of government healthcare facilities for acute respiratory infections in guatemala: implications for influenza surveillance
    Kim A Lindblade
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta GA, 30333 USA
    BMC Public Health 11:885. 2011
    ..The objective of this study was to measure healthcare utilization patterns in Guatemala to inform the establishment of a sentinel surveillance system for influenza and other respiratory infections, and allow estimation of disease burden...
  9. ncbi Mortality of sick children after outpatient treatment at first-level health facilities in rural western Kenya
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 12:1258-68. 2007
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  10. ncbi Elimination of Onchocercia volvulus transmission in the Santa Rosa focus of Guatemala
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:334-41. 2007
    ..08%). Our interpretation of these data, together with historical information, suggest that transmission of O. volvulus is permanently interrupted in Santa Rosa and that ivermectin treatments there can be halted...
  11. ncbi Evaluation of the WHO Haemoglobin Colour Scale for diagnosis of anaemia in children and pregnant women as used by primary health care nurses and community health workers in western Kenya
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 11:1679-87. 2006
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  12. ncbi Sustainability of reductions in malaria transmission and infant mortality in western Kenya with use of insecticide-treated bednets: 4 to 6 years of follow-up
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    JAMA 291:2571-80. 2004
    ..Previous investigators have suggested that bednet use might paradoxically increase mortality in older children through delayed acquisition of immunity to malaria...
  13. ncbi Laboratory wash resistance of long-lasting insecticidal nets
    John E Gimnig
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 10:1022-9. 2005
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  14. ncbi Evaluating the completeness of demographic surveillance of children less than five years old in western Kenya: a capture-recapture approach
    Thomas P Eisele
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:92-7. 2003
    ..Assuming limitations of current methods are sufficiently addressed, capture-recapture appears to be a useful tool in evaluating DSS completeness and differential ascertainment of vital events...
  15. ncbi Clinical assessment of self-reported acute flaccid paralysis in a population-based setting in Guatemala
    James J Sejvar
    Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic and Vector Borne Diseases NCZVED, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:712-6. 2010
    ..Usual surveillance methods for AFP, particularly in developing countries, may underestimate the true burden of non-poliovirus AFP...
  16. ncbi Spatial and temporal variation in the kdr allele L1014S in Anopheles gambiae s.s. and phenotypic variability in susceptibility to insecticides in Western Kenya
    Derrick K Mathias
    Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, PO Box 1578, Kisumu, Kenya
    Malar J 10:10. 2011
    ..Temporal and spatial variation in the frequency of a knock down resistance (kdr) allele in A. gambiae s.s. was quantified, as was variation in phenotypic resistance among geographic populations of A. gambiae s.l...
  17. ncbi Rotavirus disease burden among children <5 years of age--Santa Rosa, Guatemala, 2007-2009
    Jennifer Cortes
    Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 17:254-9. 2012
    ..To assess the burden of rotavirus disease in Guatemala, in view of the recent introduction of a national rotavirus vaccination programme...
  18. ncbi Investigation of an outbreak of rickettsial febrile illness in Guatemala, 2007
    Marina E Eremeeva
    Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Int J Infect Dis 17:e304-11. 2013
    ..We identified 17 cases of an acute febrile illness, among which 10, including two fatalities, were confirmed or probable cases of rickettsial disease (case-fatality proportion 12%)...
  19. ncbi Norovirus outbreak of probable waterborne transmission with high attack rate in a Guatemalan resort
    Wences Arvelo
    US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Regional Office for Central America and Panama, International Emerging Infections Program, Guatemala City, Guatemala
    J Clin Virol 55:8-11. 2012
    ..In February 2009, a group of Guatemalan school children developed acute gastroenteritis (AGE) after participating in a school excursion...
  20. ncbi Health and nutritional status of orphans <6 years old cared for by relatives in western Kenya
    Kim A Lindblade
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 8:67-72. 2003
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