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| Susan P MontgomerySummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Transfusion-associated transmission of West Nile virus, United States 2003 through 2005Susan P Montgomery
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Transfusion 46:2038-46. 2006..National blood donation screening for West Nile virus (WNV) started in June 2003, after the documentation of WNV transfusion-associated transmission (TAT) in 2002...- Rhabdomyolysis in patients with west nile encephalitis and meningitisSusan P Montgomery
Arbovirus Diseases Branch, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 5:252-7. 2005..The spectrum of WNV disease requires further investigation to describe this and other clinical conditions associated with WNV infection... - West Nile virus blood transfusion-related infection despite nucleic acid testingAlexandre Macedo de Oliveira
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transfusion 44:1695-9. 2004..WNV NAT assays might vary in sensitivity and pooling donations could further impact test performance. Understanding MP NAT limitations can improve strategies to maintain safety of the blood supply in the United States... 
Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of West Nile virus diseaseEdward B Hayes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80526, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1167-73. 2005..This review highlights new information regarding the epidemiology and dynamics of WNV transmission, providing a new platform for further research into preventing and controlling WNV disease...- Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas' Disease in the United StatesCaryn Bern
Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Microbiol Rev 24:655-81. 2011.... 
An estimate of the burden of Chagas disease in the United StatesCaryn Bern
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 49:e52-4. 2009..T. cruzi causes a substantial disease burden in the United States...- Evaluation and treatment of chagas disease in the United States: a systematic reviewCaryn Bern
Parasitic Diseases Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
JAMA 298:2171-81. 2007..Because of population migration from endemic areas and newly instituted blood bank screening, US clinicians are likely to see an increasing number of patients with suspected or confirmed chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection (Chagas disease)... - Schistosomiasis among recreational users of Upper Nile River, Uganda, 2007Oliver W Morgan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 16:866-8. 2010..Eighteen percent self-medicated with praziquantel prophylaxis immediately after exposure, which was not appropriate. Travelers to schistosomiasis-endemic areas should consult a travel medicine physician... - The epidemic of West Nile virus in the United States, 2002Daniel R O'Leary
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U S Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 4:61-70. 2004..Non-human surveillance can warn of early West Nile virus activity and needs continued emphasis, along with control of Culex mosquitoes... - Chagas disease and the US blood supplyCaryn Bern
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Curr Opin Infect Dis 21:476-82. 2008..To describe new developments in blood-bank screening and management of patients with chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the United States... - West Nile virus in the United States: an update on an emerging infectious diseaseGregory D Huhn
Division of Applied Public Health Training, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am Fam Physician 68:653-60. 2003..Treatment is supportive. Prevention relies on comprehensive mosquito-control programs and measures to avoid mosquito bites, including the use of mosquito repellents containing N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide... - Ocular toxocariasis: epidemiologic, anatomic, and therapeutic variations based on a survey of ophthalmic subspecialistsDana Woodhall
Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Ophthalmology 119:1211-7. 2012..To assess the current burden of ocular toxocariasis (OT) and to gain knowledge regarding the diagnostic and treatment practices used in the ophthalmologic community in the United States... - Survey of obstetrician-gynecologists in the United States about Chagas diseaseJennifer R Verani
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:891-5. 2010..quot; Knowledge of Chagas disease among obstetricians-gynecologists in the United States is limited. Greater awareness may help to detect treatable congenital Chagas cases... - Schistosomiasis among young children in Usoma, KenyaJennifer R Verani
Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 84:787-91. 2011..Schistosomiasis poses a threat to PSAC in endemic areas, and stool exam may underestimate the prevalence of infection. Control programs in such areas should consider PSAC in addition to SAC...