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Patterns of pneumococcal vaccination and revaccination in elderly and non-elderly adults: a Vaccine Safety Datalink studyLisa A Jackson
Group Health Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, USA
BMC Infect Dis 9:37. 2009..To assess contemporary patterns of pneumococcal vaccination and revaccination of adults, we conducted a cross-sectional study of adults enrolled in medical care organizations (MCOs) participating in the Vaccine Safety Datalink project...
Influenza vaccine effectiveness in Wisconsin during the 2007-08 season: comparison of interim and final resultsEdward A Belongia
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
Vaccine 29:6558-63. 2011..In this analysis we report results for the entire season and compare them with the interim estimate...- Clinical characteristics and 30-day outcomes for influenza A 2009 (H1N1), 2008-2009 (H1N1), and 2007-2008 (H3N2) infectionsEdward A Belongia
Epidemiology Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449, USA
JAMA 304:1091-8. 2010..The clinical characteristics of pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infections have not been compared directly with illnesses caused by other influenza A strains... - Real-time surveillance to assess risk of intussusception and other adverse events after pentavalent, bovine-derived rotavirus vaccineEdward A Belongia
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Epidemiology Research Center ML2, 1000 North Oak Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:1-5. 2010..We prospectively evaluated the risk of intussusception and other pre-specified adverse events among RotaTeq recipients in the Vaccine Safety Datalink... - Effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccines varied substantially with antigenic match from the 2004-2005 season to the 2006-2007 seasonEdward A Belongia
Epidemiology Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449, USA
J Infect Dis 199:159-67. 2009..We estimated the effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccines for the prevention of laboratory-confirmed, medically attended influenza during 3 seasons with variable antigenic match between vaccine and patient strains... 
Influenza vaccine for community-acquired pneumoniaEdward A Belongia
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
Lancet 372:352-4. 2008- Impact of statewide program to promote appropriate antimicrobial drug useEdward A Belongia
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:912-20. 2005.... - Evaluation of self-reported and registry-based influenza vaccination status in a Wisconsin cohortStephanie A Irving
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, 1000 North Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
Vaccine 27:6546-9. 2009..In our study population, self-reported influenza vaccine status was a sensitive and fairly specific indicator of actual vaccine status. Misclassification was more common among young children... - Performance of Directigen flu A+B enzyme immunoassay and direct fluorescent assay for detection of influenza infection during the 2004-2005 seasonMahbubur Rahman
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 58:413-8. 2007..Compared with culture, specificity of both EIA and DFA was 96%. During the 2004-2005 influenza season, both the EIA and DFA had low sensitivity and failed to detect influenza in many patients... - Antibiotic use and upper respiratory infections: a survey of knowledge, attitudes, and experience in Wisconsin and MinnesotaEdward A Belongia
Marshfield Medical Research Foundation and Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449, USA
Prev Med 34:346-52. 2002..Public attitudes and expectations contribute to inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance. This study assessed knowledge, attitudes, and experiences regarding antibiotic use for respiratory infection or illness... - Adamantane-resistant influenza infection during the 2004-05 seasonMahbubur Rahman
Epidemiology Research Center ML2, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, 1000 N Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:173-6. 2008..Resistant and susceptible viruses caused similar symptoms and illness duration. The prevalence of resistance was highest in children... - Herpes zoster and exposure to the varicella zoster virus in an era of varicella vaccinationJames G Donahue
Epidemiology Research Center, ML 2, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, 1000 N Oak Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
Am J Public Health 100:1116-22. 2010..quot;.. - Lyme disease incidence in Wisconsin: a comparison of state-reported rates and rates from a population-based cohortAllison L Naleway
Epidemiology Research Center, Marshfield Medical Research and Education Foundation, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:1120-7. 2002..These findings suggest that the passive surveillance system monitored trends in Lyme disease incidence reasonably well despite underreporting of cases... - Septic system density and infectious diarrhea in a defined population of childrenMark A Borchardt
Marshfield Medical Research Foundation, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA
Environ Health Perspect 111:742-8. 2003..The association should be investigated in other regions, and standards for septic systems should be evaluated to ensure that the public health is protected... - Validation of a screening instrument to identify persons for exclusion from smallpox vaccinationEdward A Belongia
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:620-3. 2005..Further assessment of screening procedures is needed if the administration of smallpox vaccine becomes more widespread in the future... - Demand for prophylaxis after bioterrorism-related anthrax cases, 2001Edward A Belongia
Epidemiology Research Center ML2, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, 1000 North Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:42-8. 2005..3% of all fluoroquinolone prescriptions. Most physicians in Minnesota and Wisconsin managed anthrax-related requests without dispensing antimicrobial agents... - Eczematous skin disease and recall of past diagnoses: implications for smallpox vaccinationAllison L Naleway
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449, USA
Ann Intern Med 139:1-7. 2003.... - Smallpox vaccine: the good, the bad, and the uglyEdward A Belongia
Epidemiology Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449, USA
Clin Med Res 1:87-92. 2003.... - Diarrhea incidence and farm-related risk factors for Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter jejuni antibodies among rural childrenEdward A Belongia
Epidemiology Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449, USA
J Infect Dis 187:1460-8. 2003..jejuni and O157 LPS, but the clinic visit rate for diarrhea was 46% lower among farm-resident children. These results are consistent with reduced occurrence of clinical illness from repeated antigenic stimulation in a farm environment... - Varicella vaccination and ischemic stroke in children: is there an association?James G Donahue
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Epidemiology Research Center, ML 2, 1000 N Oak Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
Pediatrics 123:e228-34. 2009..OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this work was to determine whether varicella vaccination is associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke and encephalitis in children within 12 months after vaccination... - Clinician knowledge and beliefs after statewide program to promote appropriate antimicrobial drug useKaren M Kiang
Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:904-11. 2005..For the comparable pediatric case scenarios, only Wisconsin clinicians improved significantly from 1999 to 2002. Although clinicians in both states improved on several survey responses, greater overall improvement occurred in Wisconsin... - Predictors of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli in the feces of vegetarians and newly hospitalized adults in Minnesota and WisconsinMark R Sannes
Infectious Diseases Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
J Infect Dis 197:430-4. 2008..coli did not prove to be such. Other exposures, including household-, community-, and population-level effects, may be more important... - Impact of a child care educational intervention on parent knowledge about appropriate antibiotic useDonita R Croft
Epidemic Intelligence, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
WMJ 106:78-84. 2007..Parent education is an integral component to promoting judicious antibiotic use. Opportunities to educate parents directly are limited. Child care providers are in a position to relay information to parents... - Performance of Binax NOW Flu A and B and direct fluorescent assay in comparison with a composite of viral culture or reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for detection of influenza infection during the 2006 to 2007 seasonMahbubur Rahman
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women s Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555 0587, USA
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 62:162-6. 2008..During the 2006 to 2007 influenza season, DFA and Binax NOW demonstrated high specificity but failed to identify a substantial proportion of influenza infections... - Importance of primer specificity for PCR detection of Anaplasma phagocytophila among Ixodes scapularis ticks from WisconsinSanjay K Shukla
J Clin Microbiol 41:4006. 2003 - Pneumonia, mortality, and vaccines: piecing together the puzzleEdward A Belongia
WMJ 105:21-3. 2006 - Effectiveness of influenza vaccinationEdward A Belongia
N Engl J Med 357:2728; author reply 2730-1. 2007 - Antimicrobial drug-resistant Escherichia coli from humans and poultry products, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 2002-2004James R Johnson
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 13:838-46. 2007..Many drug-resistant human fecal E. coli isolates may originate from poultry, whereas drug-resistant poultry source E. coli isolates likely originate from susceptible poultry-source precursors... - Outcomes of treated human granulocytic ehrlichiosis casesAlan H Ramsey
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:398-401. 2002..HGE may cause a postinfectious syndrome characterized by constitutional symptoms without functional disability or serologic evidence of persistent infection... - Appropriateness of Lyme disease serologic testingAlan H Ramsey
Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
Ann Fam Med 2:341-4. 2004..3-3.9). CONCLUSIONS: Many LDSTs are ordered inappropriately, often influenced by patient demand. Education of clinicians and patients about testing indications and contraindications is needed to reduce the number of inappropriate LDSTs...
Research Grants
- Rapid Analysis of Influenza Vaccine EffectivenessEdward Belongia; Fiscal Year: 2007..Interim and annual estimates of VE with 95% confidence intervals will be provided to CDC, including overall VE and VE for each of the priority age groups. ..