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Problem solved? West Nile virus and transfusion safetyLyle R Petersen
N Engl J Med 353:516-7. 2005
Developing national epidemiologic capacity to meet the challenges of emerging infections in GermanyL R Petersen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 6:576-84. 2000..The German experience indicates that, with a concerted effort, considerable progress in building a national applied infectious disease program can be achieved in a short time frame...- Coccidioidomycosis among workers at an archeological site, northeastern UtahLyle R Petersen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ft Collins, Colorado, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:637-42. 2004..This outbreak documents a new endemic focus of coccidioidomycosis, which extends northward its known geographic distribution in Utah by approximately 200 miles... - West Nile virusLyle R Petersen
Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Fort Collins, Colo, USA
JAMA 290:524-8. 2003 - Transmission of West Nile virus from an organ donor to four transplant recipientsMartha Iwamoto
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta 30333, USA
N Engl J Med 348:2196-203. 2003..Organ recipients receiving immunosuppressive drugs may be at high risk for severe disease after West Nile virus infection. Blood transfusion was the probable source of the West Nile virus viremia in the organ donor... - West Nile virus: a primer for the clinicianLyle R Petersen
U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PO Box 2087 (Foothills Campus, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA
Ann Intern Med 137:173-9. 2002..Prevention rests on elimination of mosquito breeding sites; judicious use of pesticides; and avoidance of mosquito bites, including mosquito repellent use... - West Nile virus encephalitisLyle R Petersen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA
N Engl J Med 347:1225-6. 2002 - Widespread West Nile virus activity, eastern United States, 2000A A Marfin
Division of Vector Borne Infections Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, P O Box 2087, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 7:730-5. 2001..This report summarizes 2000 surveillance data, documents widespread virus activity in 2000, and demonstrates the utility of monitoring virus activity in animals to identify human risk for infection... 
Chikungunya virus: possible impact on transfusion medicineLyle R Petersen
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Transfus Med Rev 24:15-21. 2010..Assays suitable for testing donations for CHIKV RNA are not yet available, and given the highly geographically and temporally sporadic nature of CHIKV outbreaks, there may be considerable reluctance to develop and implement them...- West Nile virus economic impact, Louisiana, 2002Armineh Zohrabian
Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:1736-44. 2004..4 million dollars medical and US 6.5 million dollars nonmedical costs) and a US 9.2 million dollars cost of public health response. These data indicate a substantial short-term cost of the WNV disease epidemic in Louisiana... - Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm using immunoglobulin M enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to differentiate human West Nile Virus and St. Louis Encephalitis virus infections during the 2002 West Nile Virus epidemic in the United StatesDenise A Martin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rampart Rd, Foothills Campus, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 11:1130-3. 2004..Use of the W/S ratio as part of the testing algorithm to interpret MAC-ELISA results generates reportable probable cases quickly, alleviating the need for PRNT in most instances... - West Nile virus-associated flaccid paralysisJames J Sejvar
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1021-7. 2005..A poliomyelitislike syndrome likely involving spinal anterior horn cells is the most common mechanism of WNV-associated paralysis and is associated with significant short- and long-term illness and death... - Cost-effectiveness of West Nile virus vaccinationArmineh Zohrabian
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 12:375-80. 2006..Analysis indicated that universal vaccination against WNV disease would be unlikely to result in societal monetary savings unless disease incidence increases substantially over what has been seen in the past 6 years... - West Nile Virus-associated flaccid paralysis outcomeJames J Sejvar
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 12:514-6. 2006..As in the 4-month follow-up, a variety of recovery patterns were observed, but persistent weakness was frequent. Respiratory involvement was associated with considerable illness and death... - Bartonella tamiae sp. nov., a newly recognized pathogen isolated from three human patients from ThailandMichael Kosoy
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
J Clin Microbiol 46:772-5. 2008.... - West Nile virus in the AmericasLyle R Petersen
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1350 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Med Clin North Am 92:1307-22, ix. 2008.... - A modeling framework for evaluation and comparison of trigger strategies for switching from minipool to individual-donation testing for West Nile virusBrad J Biggerstaff
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Transfusion 49:1151-9. 2009..The effectiveness of strategies to trigger or discontinue ID-NAT screening is largely unknown... - Transmission of West Nile virus through blood transfusion in the United States in 2002Lisa N Pealer
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
N Engl J Med 349:1236-45. 2003..During the 2002 West Nile virus epidemic in the United States, patients were identified whose West Nile virus illness was temporally associated with the receipt of transfused blood and blood components... - Acute flaccid paralysis and West Nile virus infectionJames J Sejvar
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 9:788-93. 2003..In areas in which transmission is occurring, WNV infection should be considered in patients with acute flaccid paralysis. Recognition that such weakness may be of spinal origin may prevent inappropriate treatment and diagnostic testing... - Tularemia on Martha's Vineyard: seroprevalence and occupational riskKatherine A Feldman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 9:350-4. 2003..Health-care workers in tularemia-endemic areas should consider tularemia as a diagnosis for landscapers with a febrile illness... - Neurologic manifestations and outcome of West Nile virus infectionJames J Sejvar
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, and Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
JAMA 290:511-5. 2003..The neurologic manifestations, laboratory findings, and outcome of patients with West Nile virus (WNV) infection have not been prospectively characterized... - West Nile virus infection transmitted by blood transfusionTheresa Harrington
Epidemic Intelligence Service Branch, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transfusion 43:1018-22. 2003..An investigation was initiated to determine a possible association between transfusion and WNV infection... - Estimated risk of transmission of the West Nile virus through blood transfusion in the US, 2002Brad J Biggerstaff
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Transfusion 43:1007-17. 2003..The first documented cases of transfusion transmission of WNV through voluntary blood donation also occurred... - Investigation of bioterrorism-related anthrax, United States, 2001: epidemiologic findingsDaniel B Jernigan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1019-28. 2002..Continued vigilance for cases is needed among health-care providers and members of the public health and law enforcement communities... - Estimated risk of West Nile virus transmission through blood transfusion during an epidemic in Queens, New York CityBrad J Biggerstaff
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, Fort Collins, CO 80522 2087, USA
Transfusion 42:1019-26. 2002..Epidemics of WNV encephalitis and meningitis raise concern that transmission of WNV may occur through voluntary blood donations... - West Nile virus serosurvey and assessment of personal prevention efforts in an area with intense epizootic activity: Connecticut, 2000T A McCarthy
Epidemic Intelligence Service, assigned to the Connecticut Department of Public Health, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 951:307-16. 2001.... - Shifting epidemiology of FlaviviridaeLyle R Petersen
Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA
J Travel Med 12:S3-11. 2005..Nevertheless, the substantial reductions in Japanese encephalitis virus incidence resulting from vaccination programs and economic development in some Asian countries provide some encouragement within this overall guarded outlook... - Westward ho?--The spread of West Nile virusLyle R Petersen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colo, USA
N Engl J Med 351:2257-9. 2004 - Fatal West Nile virus encephalitis in a renal transplant recipientMelissa M Cushing
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 121:26-31. 2004..Immunosuppression of the transplant recipient might have been responsible for the fulminant viral effects. The pathologic diagnosis helped guide subsequent epidemiologic and laboratory studies... - Early season crow mortality as a sentinel for West Nile virus disease in humans, northeastern United StatesKathleen G Julian
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2:145-55. 2002..6). An assessment of this model using 2001 surveillance data from 61 counties yielded similar findings. With emphasis on early season WN activity, crow surveillance may allow timely targeting of interventions to protect the public health... - Transfusion-transmitted arbovirusesL R Petersen
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Vox Sang 98:495-503. 2010..Because of the increasing emergence of arboviral disease globally, it is prudent to prepare for both endemic and exotic arboviruses capable of producing large epidemics and subsequent transfusion transmission risk... - An outbreak of primary pneumonic tularemia on Martha's VineyardK A Feldman
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colo, USA
N Engl J Med 345:1601-6. 2001..In the summer of 2000, an outbreak of primary pneumonic tularemia occurred on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The only previously reported outbreak of pneumonic tularemia in the United States also occurred on the island in 1978... - West Nile virus infection and serologic response among persons previously vaccinated against yellow fever and Japanese encephalitis virusesB W Johnson
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases DVBID, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 5:137-45. 2005..We conclude that previous flaviviral vaccination does not markedly affect the development of WNV fever and that the IgM antibody response in patients without neuroinvasive WNV disease is transient... - Characteristics of the rash associated with West Nile virus feverDayna D Ferguson
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 41:1204-7. 2005..Because the rash was nonspecific and serologic test results were often negative for WNV at presentation, convalescent-phase testing was frequently required to diagnose WNV fever... - Emerging flaviviruses: the spread and resurgence of Japanese encephalitis, West Nile and dengue virusesJohn S Mackenzie
Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Nat Med 10:S98-109. 2004.... - Human immunoglobulin as a treatment for West Nile virus infectionAmy Guillet Agrawal
J Infect Dis 188:1-4. 2003 - The cost-effectiveness of screening the U.S. blood supply for West Nile virusBrian Custer
Blood Systems Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118 4417, USA
Ann Intern Med 143:486-92. 2005..The spread of West Nile virus across North America and evidence of transmission by transfusion prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to encourage the development of methods to screen the blood supply... - West Nile virus infections projected from blood donor screening data, United States, 2003Michael P Busch
Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California 94118, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 12:395-402. 2006..In addition to preventing transfusion-transmitted WNV infection, donor screening can serve as a tool to monitor seasonal incidence in the general population... - Cross-sectional study on influenza vaccination, Germany, 1999-2000Sybille Rehmet
Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1442-7. 2002..The fact that >71% (850/1,190) of participants belonged to at least one of the vaccination target groups recommended by the German Standing Commission on Immunization emphasizes the need to focus the definition of target groups... - Flavivirus DNA vaccines--good science, uncertain futureLyle R Petersen
J Infect Dis 196:1721-3. 2007