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| Roger GlassSummaryAffiliation: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Country: USA Publications
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Mysterious outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness associated with burritos supplied through school lunch programsEllen B Steinberg
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Food Prot 69:1690-8. 2006..A network of laboratories that can rapidly identify known and screen for unknown agents in food is a critical part of protecting the food supply against natural and intentional contamination...
Prevalence of infection with waterborne pathogens: a seroepidemiologic study in children 6-36 months old in San Juan Sacatepequez, GuatemalaEllen B Steinberg
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 70:83-8. 2004..Such an approach may provide a suitable, sensitive, and economical alternative to the cumbersome stool collection methods that have previously been used for evaluation of water and sanitation projects...
Typhoid fever in travelers: who should be targeted for prevention?E B Steinberg
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 39:186-91. 2004..Reports of serious adverse events due to typhoid vaccination were very rare. Vaccination should be considered even for persons planning short-term travel to high-risk areas...
Outbreak of norovirus infection among river rafters associated with packaged delicatessen meat, Grand Canyon, 2005Mark Malek
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 48:31-7. 2009..In September 2005, we investigated reports of gastroenteritis among rafters who went on unrelated trips on the Colorado River...
Probable transmission of norovirus on an airplaneMarc-Alain Widdowson
JAMA 293:1859-60. 2005
First report from the Asian Rotavirus Surveillance NetworkJoseph Bresee
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:988-95. 2004..Such a network should provide increased visibility and advocacy, enable more efficient data collection, facilitate training, and serve as the paradigm for rotavirus surveillance activities in other regions...
Incidence of severe rotavirus diarrhea in New Delhi, India, and G and P types of the infecting rotavirus strainsRajiv Bahl
Center for Diarrheal Disease and Nutrition Research, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
J Infect Dis 192:S114-9. 2005..Children infected with G1 strains had a greater risk of developing more-severe cases of diarrhea than did children infected with other rotavirus strains (odds ratio, 2.95; 95% confidence interval, 1.3-6.67)...
Prevalence and characterization of astroviruses in Argentinean children with acute gastroenteritisCarlos Espul
Virology Laboratory, Central Hospital, Mendoza, Argentina
J Med Virol 72:75-82. 2004..HastV-4 caused 25% of HastV infections in Mendoza, although it has been detected commonly elsewhere. Distinct genetic lineages were apparent but their epidemiological significance remains to be demonstrated...
Novel human rotavirus of genotype G5P[6] identified in a stool specimen from a Chinese girl with diarrheaZhao Jun Duan
National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
J Clin Microbiol 45:1614-7. 2007..5% homologous to those of the porcine P[6] strains 134/04-10, 134/04-11, 221/04-7, and 221/04-13. Our findings indicate a dynamic interaction between human and porcine rotaviruses...
Hospitalizations and deaths from diarrhea and rotavirus among children <5 years of age in the United States, 1993-2003Thea Kølsen Fischer
Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Infect Dis 195:1117-25. 2007..The HCUP database serves as a sensitive and robust data source for monitoring the impact of a rotavirus-immunization program in the United States...
Managing acute gastroenteritis among children: oral rehydration, maintenance, and nutritional therapyCaleb K King
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 52:1-16. 2003..In the United States, adoption of these updated recommendations could substantially reduce medical costs and childhood hospitalizations and deaths caused by diarrhea...
