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Vaccines and neurologic diseaseJames J Sejvar
Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Semin Neurol 31:338-55. 2011..Possible neurologic adverse events following vaccinations, and the possible mechanisms of these events, are also discussed. Finally, procedures in place to ensure vaccine safety are reviewed...- Clinical, neurological, and electrophysiological features of nodding syndrome in Kitgum, Uganda: an observational case seriesJames J Sejvar
Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
Lancet Neurol 12:166-74. 2013..We aimed to describe the clinical and neurological diagnostic features of this illness... 
Family and community concerns about post-mortem needle biopsies in a Muslim societyEmily S Gurley
GPO 128, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
BMC Med Ethics 12:10. 2011..The goal of this study was to better understand family and community concerns and decision-making about post-mortem needle biopsies in this low-income, predominantly Muslim country in order to design an informed consent process...
Management of anthrax meningitisJames J Sejvar
Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Lancet Infect Dis 5:287-95. 2005..Such other agents include penicillin, ampicillin, meropenem, vancomycin, and rifampicin...- Primary causes of death in reported cases of fatal West Nile Fever, United States, 2002-2006James J Sejvar
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases NCZVED, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11:161-4. 2011.... - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mortality in the United States, 1979-2001James J Sejvar
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Neuroepidemiology 25:144-52. 2005..This study provides information for further studies to examine the epidemiology and risk factors associated with ALS... - Clinical assessment of self-reported acute flaccid paralysis in a population-based setting in GuatemalaJames 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... - Delayed-onset and recurrent limb weakness associated with West Nile virus infectionJames J Sejvar
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases and Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA30333, USA
J Neurovirol 16:93-100. 2010..Further clinical and pathogenesis studies are needed to better understand the mechanisms for these phenomena. Clinicians should be aware of these clinical patterns in patients with WNV poliomyelitis... - Assessing the risk of laboratory-acquired meningococcal diseaseJames J Sejvar
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 43:4811-4. 2005..meningitidis. Prevention should focus on the implementation of class II biological safety cabinets or additional respiratory protection during manipulation of suspected meningococcal isolates... - Neurologic adverse events associated with smallpox vaccination in the United States, 2002-2004James J Sejvar
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
JAMA 294:2744-50. 2005..The reinstatement of smallpox vaccination in the United States in response to possible bioterrorism renewed concerns about vaccine-related adverse neurologic events... - Long-term neurological and functional outcome in Nipah virus infectionJames J Sejvar
Divisions of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases and Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA 30333, USA
Ann Neurol 62:235-42. 2007..Long-term neurological assessments of survivors are limited. We assessed long-term neurologic and functional outcomes of 22 patients surviving NiV illness in Bangladesh... - The long-term outcomes of human West Nile virus infectionJames J Sejvar
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:1617-24. 2007..Although further assessment is needed, the long-term neurological and functional sequelae of WNV infection are likely to represent a considerable source of morbidity in patients long after their recovery from acute illness... - Manifestations of West Nile neuroinvasive diseaseJames J Sejvar
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases and Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases NCID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Rev Med Virol 16:209-24. 2006..This review summarizes the virology, epidemiology and pathogenesis of human infection with West Nile virus, and details recent advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology and various clinical manifestations of infection... - An outbreak of leptospirosis, Thailand--the importance of the laboratoryJames Sejvar
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA 30333, USA
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 36:289-95. 2005..This surveillance system for leptospirosis highlights difficulties with surveillance of febrile illnesses in general, and the importance of laboratory confirmation for infections that are difficult to diagnose clinically... - Post-infectious encephalomyelitis associated with St. Louis encephalitis virus infectionJames J Sejvar
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS A 39, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Neurology 63:1719-21. 2004..Louis encephalitis virus infection, suggesting that neurologic illness from flaviviruses may also be seen in the post-infectious period following mild clinical illness... - Neurocognitive and functional outcomes in persons recovering from West Nile virus illnessJames J Sejvar
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
J Neuropsychol 2:477-99. 2008..However, a minority displayed subtle neurocognitive deficits more than 18 months following acute disease... - Leptospirosis in "Eco-Challenge" athletes, Malaysian Borneo, 2000James Sejvar
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Mailstop A39, NCID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 9:702-7. 2003..Efforts are needed to inform adventure travel participants of unique infections such as leptospirosis... - The evolving epidemiology of viral encephalitisJames J Sejvar
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases and Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Curr Opin Neurol 19:350-7. 2006.... - 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... - 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... - Population incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysisJames J Sejvar
Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology and Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Neuroepidemiology 36:123-33. 2011..Our findings provide a robust estimate of background GBS incidence in Western countries. Our regression model may be used in comparable populations to estimate the background age-specific rate of GBS incidence for future studies... - Guillain-barré syndrome following influenza vaccination: causal or coincidental?James J Sejvar
Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop A 39, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
Curr Infect Dis Rep 13:387-98. 2011..This article reviews the evidence for and against the association of the 1976 influenza vaccines and subsequent seasonal influenza vaccines with the development of Guillain-Barré syndrome... - West Nile virus and "poliomyelitis"James J Sejvar
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS A 39, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Neurology 63:206-7. 2004.... - Human monkeypox infection: a family cluster in the midwestern United StatesJames J Sejvar
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30033, USA
J Infect Dis 190:1833-40. 2004..We describe a cluster of monkeypox in a family with a spectrum of clinical illness, including encephalitis, and outline the laboratory confirmation of monkeypox... - 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... - Infectious disease hospitalizations among older adults in the United States from 1990 through 2002Aaron T Curns
Office of the Director, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:2514-20. 2005.... - Eosinophilic meningitis attributable to Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in Hawaii: clinical characteristics and potential exposuresNatasha S Hochberg
Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:685-90. 2011..001) and to see snails/slugs on produce (56% versus 0%, P = 0.03). Residents and travelers should be aware of the potential risks of eating uncooked produce in Hawaii, especially if it is from the island of Hawaii and locally grown... - Infectious disease hospitalizations among infants in the United StatesKrista L Yorita
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop A 39, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatrics 121:244-52. 2008..This study describes the burden and epidemiologic features of infectious disease hospitalizations among infants in the United States... - 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... - Infectious disease hospitalizations in the United StatesKrista L Yorita Christensen
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U S Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Clin Infect Dis 49:1025-35. 2009..Infectious diseases (IDs) cause widespread morbidity and mortality. We describe the epidemiology of ID hospitalizations in the United States with use of a nationally representative database... - Human prion diseases in the United StatesRobert C Holman
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, U S Department of Health and Human Services USDHHS, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e8521. 2010..This study describes the occurrence and epidemiology of CJD and vCJD in the United States... - Adverse event reports following Japanese encephalitis vaccination in the United States, 1999-2009Nicole P Lindsey
Arboviral Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, United States
Vaccine 29:58-64. 2010..There were no reports of encephalitis, meningitis, or Guillain-Barré syndrome. As reported previously, hypersensitivity reactions were common among persons receiving inactivated mouse brain-derived JE vaccine... - Evaluation of human-to-human transmission of monkeypox from infected patients to health care workersAaron T Fleischauer
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:689-94. 2005..The outbreak was associated with exposure to infected prairie dogs, but the potential for person-to-person transmission was a concern. This study examines health care worker (HCW) exposure to 3 patients with confirmed monkeypox... - First case of bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax in the United States, Palm Beach County, Florida, 2001Marc S Traeger
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1029-34. 2002..Environmental and nasal swab cultures were useful epidemiologic tools that helped direct the investigation towards the infection source and transmission vehicle. We identified 1,114 persons at risk and offered antimicrobial prophylaxis... - West nile virus RNA not detected in urine of 40 people tested 6 years after acute West Nile virus diseaseKatherine B Gibney
Arboviral Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
J Infect Dis 203:344-7. 2011..Prospective studies are needed to determine if and for how long WNV persists in urine following WNV disease... - Infectious disease hospitalizations among older American Indian and Alaska Native adultsRobert C Holman
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Public Health Rep 121:674-83. 2006..S. general population. Prevention measures should focus on ways to reduce ID hospitalizations among older AI/AN adults, particularly those living in the Southwest and Alaska regions... - Hospital charges attributable to a primary diagnosis of infectious diseases in older adults in the United States, 1998 to 2004Aaron T Curns
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:969-75. 2008.... - Virology, pathology, and clinical manifestations of West Nile virus diseaseEdward B Hayes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80526, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1174-9. 2005.... - Guillain-Barre syndrome during the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza vaccination campaign: population-based surveillance among 45 million AmericansMatthew E Wise
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Epidemiol 175:1110-9. 2012..04, 1.56). This excess risk was much smaller than that observed during the 1976 vaccine campaign and was comparable to some previous seasonal influenza vaccine risk assessments... - Delayed mortality in a cohort of persons hospitalized with West Nile virus disease in Colorado in 2003Nicole P Lindsey
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 12:230-5. 2012.... - West Nile virus disease: a descriptive study of 228 patients hospitalized in a 4-county region of Colorado in 2003Amy V Bode
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Clin Infect Dis 42:1234-40. 2006..Risk factors for complications of West Nile virus disease and prognosis in hospitalized patients are incompletely understood... - Encephalitis, myelitis, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM): case definitions and guidelines for collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety dataJames J Sejvar
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases and Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Vaccine 25:5771-92. 2007 - Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease death, United StatesErmias D Belay
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Disease, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1351-4. 2005..The reports of bloodborne transmission of vCJD in 2 patients, 1 of whom was heterozygous for methionine and valine at polymorphic codon 129, add to the uncertainty about the future of the vCJD outbreak... - Investigation of a possible iatrogenic case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after a neurosurgical procedureNatalie Keeler
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:1352-7. 2006..The key elements of this investigation are suggested for use in future investigations into potential cases of iatrogenic CJD... - Community outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: school-based cluster of neurologic disease associated with household transmission of respiratory illnessNicholas D Walter
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Infect Dis 198:1365-74. 2008..We investigated an outbreak of severe neurologic disease and pneumonia that occurred among students at 4 schools in Rhode Island... - Distribution of eosinophilic meningitis cases attributable to Angiostrongylus cantonensis, HawaiiNatasha S Hochberg
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1675-80. 2007..3 vs. 2.1), the Big Island of Hawaii (1.1 vs. 7.4), and Maui County (0.4 vs. 4.3). These findings underscore the need to consider the diagnosis of A. cantonensis infection, especially in the state of Hawaii... - Influenza-associated deaths among children in the United States, 2003-2004Niranjan Bhat
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Career Development Division, Office of Workforce and Career Development National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
N Engl J Med 353:2559-67. 2005..Although influenza is common among children, pediatric mortality related to laboratory-confirmed influenza has not been assessed nationally... - 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... - Evaluation and validation of a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for rapid identification of Bacillus anthracisAlex R Hoffmaster
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1178-82. 2002 - Cause-specific mortality after first cerebral infarction: a population-based studySteven Vernino
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA
Stroke 34:1828-32. 2003..Later mortality remained high because of respiratory and cardiovascular causes. To improve long-term survival after CI, aggressive management of pulmonary and cardiac disease is as important as secondary stroke prevention... - Neurologic disease associated with 17D-204 yellow fever vaccination: a report of 15 casesAnn W McMahon
1401 Rockville Pike, HFM 220, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Vaccine 25:1727-34. 2007..Laboratory and epidemiological evidence suggests that YEL caused encephalitis. Additional studies will be required to confirm whether YEL can rarely result in GBS and/or ADEM... - Persistent neuroinvasive West Nile virus infection in an immunocompromised patientRobert G Penn
Department of Epidemiology, Methodist Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Clin Infect Dis 42:680-3. 2006..This patient's case raises important issues related to the diagnosis, pathogenesis, and possible treatment of persistent WNV infection... - The need for a West Nile virus MRI registryHugh J Robertson
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 24:1741-2. 2003 - Severe disease manifestations associated with acute chikungunya virus infectionEileen C Farnon
Crit Care Med 36:2682-3. 2008 - Rapidly progressive dementiaMichael D Geschwind
University of California San Francisco Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, San Francisco, CA 94143 1207, USA
Ann Neurol 64:97-108. 2008.... - Leptospirosis, water sports, and chemoprophylaxisDavid A Haake
Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, and Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
Clin Infect Dis 34:e40-3. 2002..Physicians caring for patients who participate in adventure travel involving water sports should be familiar with the risk factors for and diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of leptospirosis... - The management of encephalitis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of AmericaAllan R Tunkel
Dept of Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey 07740, USA
Clin Infect Dis 47:303-27. 2008....