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Comparison of demographic and behavioral characteristics of men who have sex with men by enrollment venue type in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance SystemAndrew C Voetsch
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 39:229-35. 2012..Our goal was to examine whether limiting NHBS enrollment venues to gay bars and dance clubs could increase efficiency without changing the overall results and conclusions...
Reduction in the incidence of invasive listeriosis in foodborne diseases active surveillance network sites, 1996-2003Andrew C Voetsch
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:513-20. 2007..Listeriosis is a leading cause of death among patients with foodborne diseases in the United States. Monitoring disease incidence is an important element of listeriosis surveillance and control...
Risk factors for sporadic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 infections in FoodNet sites, 1999-2000A C Voetsch
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Epidemiol Infect 135:993-1000. 2007..Eating produce was inversely associated with infection. Direct or indirect contact with cattle waste continues to be a leading identified source of sporadic STEC O157 infections...- Analysis of the FoodNet case-control study of sporadic Salmonella serotype Enteritidis infections using persons infected with other Salmonella serotypes as the comparison groupA C Voetsch
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Epidemiol Infect 137:408-16. 2009..SE phage type 4 was associated with international travel and consumption of undercooked eggs prepared outside the home. The use of ill controls can be a useful tool in identifying risk factors for sporadic cases of Salmonella... - HIV risk behaviors and testing history in historically black college and university settingsPeter E Thomas
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E46, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Public Health Rep 123:115-25. 2008..We compared the demographic and behavioral characteristics of people who have been previously tested for HIV with those of people tested for the first time in this demonstration project to increase HIV testing at HBCUs... - Effectiveness of recall notification: community response to a nationwide recall of hot dogs and deli meatsMary E Patrick
Enteric Disease Epidemiology Branch, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Food Prot 70:2373-6. 2007..These policies, coupled with broader distribution through the television and print media, may help increase the proportion of the persons who receive the information they need from future product recalls... - Sex with bisexual men among black female students at historically black colleges and universitiesAndrew C Voetsch
National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Disease, and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mailstop E46, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 102:1198-205. 2010..The greatest HIV transmission risk among black women is sexual intercourse with a man, although the role of bisexual men is not clear... - Pandemic influenza: implications for programs controlling for HIV infection, tuberculosis, and chronic viral hepatitisJames D Heffelfinger
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop E 46, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 99:S333-9. 2009..These populations also face social and structural barriers that will be exacerbated by a pandemic. Existing infrastructure should be expanded and pandemic planning should include preparations to reduce the risks for these populations... - Willingness of men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States to be circumcised as adults to reduce the risk of HIV infectionElin B Begley
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 3:e2731. 2008.... - Nonadherence to primary prophylaxis against Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumoniaJames D Heffelfinger
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e5002. 2009..We describe factors associated with nonadherence to primary PCP prophylaxis... - Sporadic Salmonella enterica serotype Javiana infections in Georgia and Tennessee: a hypothesis-generating studyL S Clarkson
Georgia Division of Public Health, Epidemiology Branch, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Epidemiol Infect 138:340-6. 2010..Consumption of tomatoes (aOR 0.5, 95% CI 0.3-0.9) and poultry (aOR 0.5, 95% CI 0.2-1.0) were protective. Our study suggests that environmental factors are associated with S. Javiana infections in Georgia and Tennessee... - Highly resistant Salmonella Newport-MDRAmpC transmitted through the domestic US food supply: a FoodNet case-control study of sporadic Salmonella Newport infections, 2002-2003Jay K Varma
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 194:222-30. 2006..9 [95% CI, 1.1-7.7]). CONCLUSIONS: Newport-MDRAmpC infection is acquired through the US food supply, most likely from bovine and, perhaps, poultry sources, particularly among persons already taking antimicrobial agents... - FoodNet estimate of the burden of illness caused by nontyphoidal Salmonella infections in the United StatesAndrew C Voetsch
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 38:S127-34. 2004..These estimates indicate that salmonellosis presents a major ongoing burden to public health... - Laboratory practices for stool-specimen culture for bacterial pathogens, including Escherichia coli O157:H7, in the FoodNet sites, 1995-2000Andrew C Voetsch
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 38:S190-7. 2004..coli O157:H7 increased from 59% in 1995 to 68% in 2000; however, the proportion of stool specimens tested decreased from 53% to 46%. E. coli O157:H7 should be routinely sought in stool specimens submitted for microbiologic culture... - Knowledge and use of preexposure and postexposure prophylaxis among attendees of Minority Gay Pride events, 2005 through 2006Andrew C Voetsch
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:378-80. 2007 - Sexual risk behaviors for HIV/AIDS in Chuuk State, Micronesia: the case for HIV prevention in vulnerable remote populationsToya V Russell
Office of Research, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS ONE 2:e1283. 2007..The purpose of the response was to assess the need for HIV education and prevention services, to develop recommendations for controlling further spread of HIV in Chuuk, and to initiate some of the prevention measures...