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Association between World Trade Center exposure and excess cancer riskJiehui Li
NewYorkCityDepartmentof Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York 11101, USA
JAMA 308:2479-88. 2012..The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, resulted in the release of known and suspected carcinogens into the environment. There is public concern that exposures may have resulted in increased cancers...
Gastroesophageal reflux symptoms and comorbid asthma and posttraumatic stress disorder following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on World Trade Center in New York CityJiehui Li
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York 11101, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 106:1933-41. 2011....
Adherence to treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in a clinical population in New York CityJiehui Li
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYCDOHMH, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10279 2600, USA
Int J Infect Dis 14:e292-7. 2010..Low adherence to treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (TLTBI) diminishes TB prevention efforts. This study examined the treatment completion rate among those who started TLTBI and factors associated with adherence to TLTBI...
Prevalence of tuberculin skin test positivity in clinical population in New York CityJiehui Li
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY 10279 2600, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 12:816-22. 2010..3, 95%CI = 1.2, 1.4). These findings provide insight into current prevalence of TST positivity in many immigrant populations and will help both clinicians and health departments to target patients for LTBI treatment...
Active case finding and prevention of tuberculosis among a cohort of contacts exposed to infectious tuberculosis cases in New York CityHolly A Anger
Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York 11101, USA
Clin Infect Dis 54:1287-95. 2012..Contacts with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) are offered chemoprophylaxis to prevent active disease; however, the effectiveness of this intervention is unclear as treatment completion is generally low...
Mortality among survivors of the Sept 11, 2001, World Trade Center disaster: results from the World Trade Center Health Registry cohortHannah T Jordan
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA
Lancet 378:879-87. 2011..We tested whether excess mortality has occurred in people exposed to the WTC disaster...
Relapse and acquired rifampin resistance in HIV-infected patients with tuberculosis treated with rifampin- or rifabutin-based regimens in New York City, 1997-2000Jiehui Li
Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY 10007, USA
Clin Infect Dis 41:83-91. 2005..The relationship between rifamycin use and either relapse or treatment failure with acquired rifampin resistance (ARR) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with tuberculosis (TB) is not well understood...
Trends in drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in New York City, 1991-2003Sonal S Munsiff
Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY 10007, USA
Clin Infect Dis 42:1702-10. 2006..Two drug-resistance surveys showed a very high prevalence of drug resistance among isolates obtained from patients with tuberculosis in 1991 and 1994 in New York, New York...
Human immunodeficiency virus counseling, testing, and referral of close contacts to patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: feasibility and costsJiehui Li
Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY 1007, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 13:252-62. 2007....
Molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, New York City, 1995-1997Sonal S Munsiff
New York City Department of Health, New York, New York 10013, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1230-8. 2002..8%) patients; most had been exposed to patients diagnosed before the study period. These strains were likely transmitted in the early 1990 s when MDRTB outbreaks and tuberculosis transmission were widespread in New York...
Changing sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients, New York City, 1992-2005Tiffany G Harris
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA
Clin Infect Dis 50:1524-31. 2010..Although highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has decreased human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related morbidity, tuberculosis remains an important disease among HIV-infected individuals...
Distinct clinical and epidemiological features of tuberculosis in New York City caused by the RD(Rio) Mycobacterium tuberculosis sublineageScott A Weisenberg
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
Infect Genet Evol 12:664-70. 2012..tuberculosis phylogenetic structure, (2) determine its prevalence, and (3) define transmission, demographic, and clinical characteristics associated with RD(Rio) TB...
Tuberculosis rates among HIV-infected persons in New York City, 2001-2005Lisa Trieu
Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, CN 72B, New York, NY 10007, USA
Am J Public Health 100:1031-4. 2010..001) but not among the foreign-born HIV-infected population (P (trend) = .355). Such disparities must be addressed if further declines are to be achieved...
Multidrug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis treatment regimens and patient outcomes: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 9,153 patientsShama D Ahuja
Bureau of Tuberculosis, New York, New York, United States of America
PLoS Med 9:e1001300. 2012..We undertook an individual patient data meta-analysis to assess the impact on outcomes of the type, number, and duration of drugs used to treat MDR-TB...
Use of therapeutic drug monitoring for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patientsJiehui Li
Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 225 Broadway, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10007, USA
Chest 126:1770-6. 2004....
Changes in the transmission of tuberculosis in New York City from 1990 to 1999Elvin Geng
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
N Engl J Med 346:1453-8. 2002..S.-born persons, many cases result from recent transmission. Strategies for the control and elimination of tuberculosis among foreign-born persons at high risk should be directed toward the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection...
