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Personal hygiene and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infectionGeorge Turabelidze
Office of Epidemiology, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Eastern District Health Office, Jefferson City, Missouri 63103, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 12:422-7. 2006..Improving hygiene practices and environmental conditions may help prevent and interrupt future MRSA outbreaks in prison settings...
Communitywide outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in rural Missouri associated with attendance at child care centersGeorge Turabelidze
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Eastern District Office, St Louis, MO 63103, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:878-83. 2007..To determine risk factors for infection during a cryptosporidiosis outbreak in a rural Missouri community...- An epidemiologic investigation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Jefferson County, Missouri, 1998-2002George Turabelidze
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO 63103, USA
Neurotoxicology 29:81-6. 2008..Etiologic studies are needed to assess whether living in proximity to a lead smelter is associated with the development of ALS... 
Multiple sclerosis prevalence and possible lead exposureGeorge Turabelidze
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO, USA
J Neurol Sci 269:158-62. 2008..The MS cases did not appear to cluster around the lead smelter...- Convalescent cultures for control of shigellosis outbreaksGeorge Turabelidze
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:728-30. 2010..A shigellosis outbreak in the St Louis, Missouri metropolitan area... - Outbreak of rash in children associated with recreational mud exposureGeorge Turabelidze
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Eastern District Office, 220 S Jefferson Street, St Louis, MO 63103, USA
Pediatr Dermatol 25:643-4. 2008..3 days. Time spent in mud was associated with the extent of rash in a dose-response fashion. The cultures from lesions of two unrelated cases yielded Enterobacter cloacae... - First human rabies case in Missouri in 50 years causes death in outdoorsmanGeorge Turabelidze
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO, USA
Mo Med 106:417-9. 2009..Current rabies epidemiology, treatment and management of exposures, and the signs and symptoms and treatment of human rabies is discussed... - Outbreak of echovirus 18 meningitis in a rural Missouri communityGeorge Turabelidze
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO, USA
Mo Med 106:420-4. 2009..The main risk factor for meningitis was association with childcare. In patients with signs of meningitis, but normal routine CSF analysis, molecular testing of the CSF is helpful for conclusive diagnosis... - Labor dystocia and its association with interpregnancy intervalBao Ping Zhu
Office of Epidemiology, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO 65102, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:121-8. 2006..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of labor dystocia and its association with interpregnancy interval... - Prevalence and determinants of recent HIV testing among sexually active men who have sex with men in the St. Louis metropolitan area, Missouri, 2008Yi Chun Lo
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO 63103, USA
Sex Transm Dis 39:306-11. 2012..The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends HIV testing at least annually for sexually active MSM. We examined prevalence and factors associated with recent HIV testing among MSM in the St. Louis area... - Gadolinium-containing magnetic resonance imaging contrast and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: a case-control studyAlexander J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 51:966-75. 2008..A cluster of patients with NSF was investigated to identify risk factors. Limited preliminary findings from this investigation were presented in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...