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| Saad B OmerSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Local public health workers' perceptions toward responding to an influenza pandemicRan D Balicer
Epidemiology Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
BMC Public Health 6:99. 2006....- Support for immunization registries among parents of vaccinated and unvaccinated school-aged children: a case control studyRobert W Linkins
Thailand Ministry of Public Health US CDC Collaboration, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention previously at National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
BMC Public Health 6:236. 2006.... - Climatic, temporal, and geographic characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus disease in a tropical island populationS B Omer
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Epidemiol Infect 136:1319-27. 2008..This study demonstrates statistical association of monsoon-associated weather in equatorial Indonesia with RSV. Moreover, within the island-wide epidemics, localized RSV outbreaks suggest local factors influence RSV disease... 
Geographic clustering of nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements and associations with geographic clustering of pertussisSaad B Omer
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North WolfeStreet, Room E5537, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:1389-96. 2008..7, 95% confidence interval: 2.2, 3.3). Geographic pockets of vaccine exemptors pose a risk to the whole community. In addition to monitoring state-level exemption rates, health authorities should be mindful of within-state heterogeneity...- Exemptions to school immunization requirements: the role of school-level requirements, policies, and proceduresDaniel A Salmon
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Room W5034, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Public Health 95:436-40. 2005..Our goal was to determine whether school-level variability in implementation of immunization requirements is associated with the likelihood of a child having received an exemption to school immunization requirements... 
Vaccine knowledge and practices of primary care providers of exempt vs. vaccinated childrenDaniel A Salmon
Institute for Vaccine Safety and Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Hum Vaccin 4:286-91. 2008..Compare vaccine knowledge, attitudes and practices of primary care providers for fully vaccinated children and children who are exempt from school immunization requirements...- Analysis of HIV tropism in Ugandan infantsJessica D Church
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Curr HIV Res 8:498-503. 2010..3%) infants with R5-tropic HIV (p=0.09). Higher R5-RLU at 6-8 weeks was not associated with decreased survival. Infants with in utero infection had a higher median R5-RLU than infants who were HIV-uninfected at birth (p=0.025)... - Neonatal outcomes after influenza immunization during pregnancy: a randomized controlled trialMark C Steinhoff
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
CMAJ 184:645-53. 2012..We performed a secondary analysis of data from the Mother's Gift project, a randomized study designed to test the effectiveness of inactivated influenza and pneumococcal vaccines during pregnancy... - Parental vaccine refusal in Wisconsin: a case-control studyDaniel A Salmon
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
WMJ 108:17-23. 2009..We explored differences in vaccine attitudes, beliefs, and information sources among parents of exempt and vaccinated children... - Factors associated with refusal of childhood vaccines among parents of school-aged children: a case-control studyDaniel A Salmon
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Rm E5543, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:470-6. 2005..The rate of nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements has been increasing, and children with exemptions have contributed to outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases... - Nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements: secular trends and association of state policies with pertussis incidenceSaad B Omer
Department of International Health, Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
JAMA 296:1757-63. 2006..States should examine their exemption policies to ensure control of pertussis and other vaccine-preventable diseases... - Comparison of laboratory methods for analysis of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance in Ugandan infantsJessica D Church
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 25:657-63. 2009..LigAmp was useful for the detection and quantification of minority variants. PhenoSense HIV provided a direct and quantitative measure of NNRTI susceptibility... - Immunization safety in US print media, 1995-2005Hamidah Hussain
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Pediatrics 127:S100-6. 2011..To identify and describe vaccine safety in US newspaper articles... - Disparities in preschool immunization coverage associated with maternal ageDaniel A Salmon
Institute for Vaccine Safety and Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Hum Vaccin 5:557-61. 2009..Classification tree analysis suggested that maternal age is the most important factor associated with vaccine coverage. More research is needed to determine the reasons for underimmunization of children born to young mothers... - Slower clearance of nevirapine resistant virus in infants failing extended nevirapine prophylaxis for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmissionDeborah Persaud
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 27:823-9. 2011.... - Economic analysis of childhood pneumonia in Northern PakistanHamidah Hussain
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Policy Plan 23:438-42. 2008..Combined with reported costs from the health care provider perspective, an estimate of the overall financial burden of these diseases has been developed for the Northern Areas of Pakistan... - Assessment of local public health workers' willingness to respond to pandemic influenza through application of the extended parallel process modelDaniel J Barnett
Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e6365. 2009..We thus aim to use the EPPM as a lens for examining the influences of perceived threat and efficacy on local public health workers' response willingness to pandemic influenza... - The cost of treatment for child pneumonias and meningitis in the Northern Areas of PakistanHamidah Hussain
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Rm W5504 Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Int J Health Plann Manage 21:229-38. 2006..These costs provide important background information for the potential introduction of the conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccines in Pakistan... - Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy assessed by pharmacy claims predicts survival in HIV-infected South African adultsJean B Nachega
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 43:78-84. 2006..42-7.72, for CD4+ T-cell count<or=50 cells/microL vs >200 cells/microL). Pharmacy-based records may be a simple and effective population-level tool for monitoring adherence as HAART programs in Africa are scaled up... - High incidence of childhood pneumonia at high altitudes in Pakistan: a longitudinal cohort studyAamir J Khan
Department of International Health, School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
Bull World Health Organ 87:193-9. 2009..To determine the incidence of pneumonia and severe pneumonia among children living at high altitudes in Pakistan... - Priority setting for pandemic influenza: an analysis of national preparedness plansLori Uscher-Pines
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS Med 3:e436. 2006 - A systematic analytic approach to pandemic influenza preparedness planningDaniel J Barnett
Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS Med 2:e359. 2005 - Applying risk perception theory to public health workforce preparedness trainingDaniel J Barnett
Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Rm WB030, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract . 2005..Here, we apply risk perception factors to explore the potential barriers and remedies to effective public health workforce emergency response... - Attitudes and beliefs of parents concerned about vaccines: impact of timing of immunization informationKirsten S Vannice
National Vaccine Program Office, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, USA
Pediatrics 127:S120-6. 2011..To determine if giving vaccine-information materials before the 2-month vaccination visit to mothers with concerns about vaccine safety positively changed their attitudes and beliefs about vaccine safety... - Endemic measles in Karachi, Pakistan and validation of IMCI criteria for measlesHamidah Hussain
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Acta Paediatr 98:720-4. 2009..To estimate the incidence of measles in Karachi, Pakistan and to determine the proportion of children with measles based on the WHO integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) criteria with a positive IgM for measles or dengue... - Influenza infection and vaccination in pregnant womenPranita D Tamma
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, David M Rubinstein Building, 200 North Wolfe Street Suite 3150, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Expert Rev Respir Med 4:321-8. 2010..Despite the potential benefit of this vaccine during pregnancy, low vaccination rates in both the USA and in other industrialized countries have been disconcerting... - Incidence of influenza virus infection in early infancy: a prospective study in South AsiaEmily Henkle
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:170-3. 2011..Combined with 10 additional rapid test-proven influenza cases, the minimal estimated incidence was 31 of 100 infants (95% CI: 24-41). These data suggest a high burden of influenza in young infants in tropical South Asia... - Safety of influenza vaccination during pregnancyPranita D Tamma
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 201:547-52. 2009..In this article, we review the evidentiary basis for the recommendation of vaccination of all women who will be pregnant during the influenza season and safety data of influenza vaccination during pregnancy... - Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of school nurses and personnel and associations with nonmedical immunization exemptionsDaniel A Salmon
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Pediatrics 113:e552-9. 2004.... - Monitoring adverse events following yellow fever vaccination using an integrated telephone and Internet-based systemAnna P Durbin
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
Vaccine 27:6143-7. 2009..Participation rates were higher among females and persons older than 60 years of age. TeleWatch can be expanded for use in large campaigns involving influenza or other vaccines... - In utero HIV infection is associated with an increased risk of nevirapine resistance in ugandan infants who were exposed to perinatal single dose nevirapineJessica D Church
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 25:673-7. 2009..NVP resistance was still detected in some infants 6-12 months after sdNVP exposure. In this study, in utero HIV infection was the only factor associated with detection of NVP resistance in infants 6-8 weeks after sdNVP exposure... - Randomized trial of inactivated and live polio vaccine schedules in Guatemalan infantsEdwin J Asturias
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Infect Dis 196:692-8. 2007..The immunogenicity of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) in developing countries is not well documented. This study compared the immune response to IPV with that to oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) in Guatemalan infants... - The costs associated with adverse event procedures for an international HIV clinical trial determined by activity-based costingVictoria B Chou
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:426-32. 2007..To determine costs for adverse event (AE) procedures for a large HIV perinatal trial by analyzing actual resource consumption using activity-based costing (ABC) in an international research setting... - A meta-analysis of studies comparing the respiratory route with the subcutaneous route of measles vaccine administrationGirish S Hiremath
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Hum Vaccin 1:30-6. 2005..However, more research is required on standardization of dosage, administration equipments, efficacy, and safety of respiratory (aerosol) route of administration of measles vaccine... - Analysis of nevirapine (NVP) resistance in Ugandan infants who were HIV infected despite receiving single-Dose (SD) NVP versus SD NVP plus daily NVP up to 6 weeks of age to prevent HIV vertical transmissionJessica D Church
School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Infect Dis 198:1075-82. 2008..We analyzed NVP resistance in HIV-infected Ugandan infants who received either SD NVP or extended NVP prophylaxis... - Impact of Homeland Security Alert level on calls to a law enforcement peer support hotlineSaad B Omer
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Int J Emerg Ment Health 9:253-7. 2007..This investigation, in the context of New Jersey law enforcement personnel, does not support the concern that elevating the alert status places undue stress upon alert recipients...