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Health-related quality of life among older adults with and without functional limitationsWilliam W Thompson
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Public Health 102:496-502. 2012..We examined factors that influence health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among individuals aged 50 years and older with and without functional limitations...
Estimating influenza-associated deaths in the United StatesWilliam W Thompson
Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS A32, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 99:S225-30. 2009..We also believe that secondary bacterial infections will likely result in substantial morbidity and mortality during a future influenza pandemic, despite medical progress...
Early thimerosal exposure and neuropsychological outcomes at 7 to 10 yearsWilliam W Thompson
National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
N Engl J Med 357:1281-92. 2007..It has been hypothesized that early exposure to thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative used in vaccines and immune globulin preparations, is associated with neuropsychological deficits in children...- Epidemiology of seasonal influenza: use of surveillance data and statistical models to estimate the burden of diseaseWilliam W Thompson
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 194:S82-91. 2006..Further improvements in national influenza surveillance systems will be needed to collect and analyze data in a timely manner during the next pandemic... - Influenza-associated hospitalizations in the United StatesWilliam W Thompson
Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
JAMA 292:1333-40. 2004..Respiratory viral infections are responsible for a large number of hospitalizations in the United States each year... - Mortality associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in the United StatesWilliam W Thompson
Influenza Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
JAMA 289:179-86. 2003..Influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cause substantial morbidity and mortality. Statistical methods used to estimate deaths in the United States attributable to influenza have not accounted for RSV circulation... - Values for preventing influenza-related morbidity and vaccine adverse events in childrenLisa A Prosser
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:18. 2005.... - Reconciling disparate prevalence rates of PTSD in large samples of US male Vietnam veterans and their controlsWilliam W Thompson
Immunization Safety Office, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
BMC Psychiatry 6:19. 2006..2%. We compared alternative criteria for estimating the prevalence of PTSD using the NVVRS and VES public use data sets collected more than 10 years after the United States withdrew troops from Vietnam... - Estimates of US influenza-associated deaths made using four different methodsWilliam W Thompson
Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Influenza Other Respi Viruses 3:37-49. 2009..A wide range of methods have been used for estimating influenza-associated deaths in temperate countries. Direct comparisons of estimates produced by using different models with US mortality data have not been published... - The annual impact of seasonal influenza in the US: measuring disease burden and costsNoelle Angelique M Molinari
Immunization Service Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop E 88, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Vaccine 25:5086-96. 2007..However, no previous studies have systematically estimated the annual economic burden of influenza epidemics, an estimate necessary to guide policy makers effectively... - Challenging the conclusion that lower preinduction cognitive ability increases risk for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder in 2,375 combat-exposed, Vietnam War veteransWilliam W Thompson
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Mil Med 173:576-82. 2008..Among U.S. Vietnam War veterans, we assessed whether preinduction cognitive abilities were associated with the risk of developing combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)... - Hospitalizations associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in the United States, 1993-2008Hong Zhou
Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 54:1427-36. 2012..Previous US studies have not estimated jointly the burden of these viruses using similar data sources and over many seasons... - Effectiveness of interventions to reduce contact rates during a simulated influenza pandemicMichael J Haber
Department of Biostatistics, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 13:581-9. 2007..Restricting the activities of infected persons early in a pandemic could decrease the pandemic's health effects... - Influenza circulation and the burden of invasive pneumococcal pneumonia during a non-pandemic period in the United StatesNicholas D Walter
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 50:175-83. 2010..With use of United States surveillance data during 1995-2006, we estimated the association between influenza circulation and invasive pneumococcal pneumonia rates... - MMR vaccine and autism: an update of the scientific evidenceFrank Destefano
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E61, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Expert Rev Vaccines 3:19-22. 2004..The evidence now is convincing that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine does not cause autism or any particular subtypes of autistic spectrum disorder... - Age at first measles-mumps-rubella vaccination in children with autism and school-matched control subjects: a population-based study in metropolitan atlantaFrank Destefano
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 113:259-66. 2004..To compare ages at first measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination between children with autism and children who did not have autism in the total population and in selected subgroups, including children with regression in development... - Risk of influenza A (H5N1) infection among poultry workers, Hong Kong, 1997-1998Carolyn Buxton Bridges
Influenza Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, MS A 32, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 185:1005-10. 2002..More-intensive poultry exposure, such as butchering and exposure to ill poultry, was associated with having anti-H5 antibody. These findings suggest an increased risk for avian influenza infection from occupational exposure... - Influenza vaccination and risk of incident myocardial infarctionJames D Heffelfinger
Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Hum Vaccin 2:161-6. 2006..We examined the association between influenza vaccination and risk of incident myocardial infarction (MI) in persons at least 65 years of age in a population-based case-control study... - Binge drinking intensity and health-related quality of life among US adult binge drinkersXiao Jun Wen
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS K 67, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E86. 2012..The frequency of binge drinking is associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL), but the association between binge drinking intensity and HRQOL is unknown. Our objective was to examine this association... - Utility of composite reference standards and latent class analysis in evaluating the clinical accuracy of diagnostic tests for pertussisAndrew L Baughman
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
Clin Vaccine Immunol 15:106-14. 2008..LCA requires statistical modeling but incorporates more indicators of disease than CRS. When three or more indicators of pertussis are available, these approaches should be used in evaluations of pertussis diagnostic tests...