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Outbreak of listeriosis among Mexican immigrants as a result of consumption of illicitly produced Mexican-style cheesePia D M MacDonald
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:677-82. 2005..The objectives of the present study were to identify the source of, strains associated with, and risk factors for Listeria monocytogenes infection for patients affected by the outbreak...- Disease intervention specialists as a resource in a public health emergencyPia D M MacDonald
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8165, USA
Biosecur Bioterror 5:239-48. 2007..North Carolina has included DISs in their bioterrorism response plans and currently deploys them on an as-needed basis for nonroutine activities... - Knowledge and practice of foodborne disease clinical specimen testing and reporting in North Carolina, 2004Pia D M MacDonald
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 8165, USA
N C Med J 68:305-11. 2007..Detection of foodborne disease outbreaks relies on health care practitioners (HCPs), infection control practitioners (ICPs), and clinical laboratorians to report notifiable diseases to state or local health departments... 
Filling the gap: providing formal training for epidemiologists through a graduate-level online certificate in field epidemiologyPia D M MacDonald
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-8165, USA
Public Health Rep 123:669-75. 2008- Human and canine pulmonary blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001-2002Pia D M MacDonald
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 12:1242-4. 2006..Delayed diagnosis, difficulty isolating Blastomyces dermatitidis in nature, and lack of a sensitive and specific test to assess exposure make outbreaks of this disease difficult to study... - Review of the UNC Team Epi-Aid graduate student epidemiology response program six years after implementationPia D M MacDonald
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 8165, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8165, USA
Public Health Rep 125:70-7. 2010..In this article, we discuss the programmatic lessons learned around administration, maintaining student interest, program sustainability, and challenges since program implementation... - Team Epi-Aid: graduate student assistance with urgent public health responsePia D M MacDonald
Department of Epidemiology, North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, North Carolina Institute for Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8165, USA
Public Health Rep 120:35-41. 2005..Orientations are conducted each semester and formal training is provided as needed. Team Epi-Aid has been popular, with 58 active student participants contributing 1,465 hours of service during the initiative's first 21 months... - Practices around acute diarrheal illness diagnosis, counseling, and reporting: laboratory and health-care practitioners in North Carolina, 2004Pia D M MacDonald
Department of Epidemiology, North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8165, USA
Foodborne Pathog Dis 4:359-65. 2007.... - Completeness of communicable disease reporting, North Carolina, USA, 1995-1997 and 2000-2006Emily E Sickbert-Bennett
Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 17:23-9. 2011..Disease-specific reporting completeness proportions ranged from 0% to 82%, but were generally low even for diseases with great public health importance and opportunity for interventions... - Regional public health preparedness teams in North Carolina: an analysis of their structural capacity and impact on services providedJennifer A Horney
Department of Epidemiology, North Carolina Institute for Public Health, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Am J Disaster Med 6:107-17. 2011..In the last 10 years, significant variation in structural capacity, particularly in human resources, has been introduced among PHRSTs. These differences explain much of the variation in support and services provided to LHDs by PHRSTs... - Linking public health agencies and hospitals for improved emergency preparedness: North Carolina's public health epidemiologist programMilissa Markiewicz
North Carolina Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, North Carolina Institute for Public Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
BMC Public Health 12:141. 2012.... - An academic/government partnership to provide technical assistance with pandemic influenza planning to local health departments in North CarolinaRichard T Rosselli
North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, North Carolina Institute for Public Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 8165, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8165, USA
Public Health Rep 125:92-9. 2010.... 
The association between oral contraceptives, depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate, and trichomoniasisMichelle R Torok
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Sex Transm Dis 36:336-40. 2009..We explored the effect of hormonal contraceptive use, specifically oral contraception (OC), and depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) on Trichomonas vaginalis infections in women...- Men who have sex with men and women: a unique risk group for HIV transmission on North Carolina College campusesLisa B Hightow
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:585-93. 2006.... - Assessing the roles of brokerage: an evaluation of a hospital-based Public Health epidemiologist program in North CarolinaChristine A Bevc
UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness, North Carolina Institute for Public Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC 27599, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 18:577-84. 2012.... - Identifying people with acute HIV infection: demographic features, risk factors, and use of health care among individuals with AHI in North CarolinaLisa B Hightow-Weidman
Department of Infectious Disease, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
AIDS Behav 13:1075-83. 2009..This study yields important information to assist in identifying populations at risk for or infected with AHI and designing both primary and secondary prevention interventions... - Social support and delays seeking care after HIV diagnosis, North Carolina, 2000-2006Sandra I McCoy
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
AIDS Care 21:1148-56. 2009..The presence of positive social interaction may be an important factor influencing care-seeking behavior after diagnosis... - 10 Guiding principles of a comprehensive Internet-based public health preparedness training and education programLorraine K Alexander
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7435, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Public Health Rep 125:51-60. 2010..In this article, we focus on three representative components of NCCPHP's overall training and education program to illustrate how the principles are implemented and help others in the field plan and develop similar programs... - Support and services provided by public health regional surveillance teams to Local Health Departments in North CarolinaJennifer A Horney
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 17:E7-13. 2011..However, further research is needed to identify whether regional variation is the result of varying capacity or priorities of the PHRSTs or LHDs and to determine how much variation is acceptable... - Integration of syndromic surveillance data into public health practice at state and local levels in North CarolinaErika Samoff
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Institute for Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Public Health Rep 127:310-7. 2012.... - Academic public health community responds to hurricanes: a history of the University of North Carolina School of Public Health response and new infrastructure, 1999-2006Jennifer A Horney
North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, NC Institute for Public Health, USA
Public Health Rep 122:270-6. 2007 - Evaluation of public health response to hurricanes finds North Carolina better prepared for public health emergenciesMary V Davis
North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, North Carolina Institute for Public Health, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Public Health Rep 122:17-26. 2007..Measuring and implementing functional capabilities during exercises or real events facilitates achievement of preparedness performance standards, goals, and objectives... - Individual actual or perceived property flood risk: did it predict evacuation from Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina, 2003?Jennifer A Horney
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Campus Box 8165, 400 Roberson Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Risk Anal 30:501-11. 2010..These findings provide important opportunities for education and intervention by policymakers and authorities to improve hurricane evacuation rates and raise flood risk awareness... - A pilot hybrid Internet/classroom-based communicable disease continuing education course for public health nurses in North Carolina: lessons learnedLorraine K Alexander
Department of Epidemiology, North Carolina Institute for Public Health, School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract . 2005 - What predicts local public health agency performance improvement? A pilot study in North CarolinaAnjum Hajat
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 15:E22-33. 2009..This study provides insight into what is needed to better address LPHA performance improvement. More importantly, study findings indicate which workforce characteristics can be targeted to enhance LPHA performance improvement over time... - Development and implementation of a public health workforce training needs assessment survey in North CarolinaLisa Macon Harrison
North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, North Carolina Institute for Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8165, USA
Public Health Rep 120:28-34. 2005.... - Barriers and facilitators to HIV testing and linkage to primary care: narratives of people with advanced HIV in the SoutheastSandra I McCoy
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
AIDS Care 21:1313-20. 2009..Implications for the implementation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV routine screening guidelines are discussed... - Molecular epidemiology of foodborne hepatitis a outbreaks in the United States, 2003Joseph J Amon
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office and Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 192:1323-30. 2005..Incorporation of molecular epidemiologic methods into routine hepatitis A surveillance would improve the detection of hepatitis A outbreaks and increase our understanding of hepatitis A epidemiology in the United States... - The association between Trichomonas vaginalis infection and level of vaginal lactobacilli, in nonpregnant womenMichelle R Torok
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Infect Dis 196:1102-7. 2007..6 [95% CI, 2.2-9.5]) but not in women with a lower educational level (OR, 1.6 [95% CI, 0.7-3.4]). Vaginal lactobacilli may be associated with trichomoniasis in women with higher levels of education or a related behavioral factor... - Public officials' perspectives on tracking and investigating symptoms reported near sewage sludge land application sitesAmy Lowman
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Environ Health 73:14-20. 2011..Additional opinions and innovative solutions expressed in this article will assist interested users in the implementation of the investigation protocol... - Ethical decision making in a crisis: a case study of ethics in public health emergenciesJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 15:E16-21. 2009..The recommendations are likely relevant to many state, city, and county public health departments throughout the United States... - The unexpected movement of the HIV epidemic in the Southeastern United States: transmission among college studentsLisa B Hightow
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 38:531-7. 2005..In early 2003, acute HIV infection was diagnosed in 2 men attending college in North Carolina. We describe an epidemiologic investigation of newly diagnosed HIV infection in men attending college in North Carolina... - Developing a predictive model to prioritize human immunodeficiency virus partner notification in North CarolinaBrooke E Hoots
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Sex Transm Dis 39:65-71. 2012..We developed a model to predict undiagnosed HIV infection in sexual partners to prioritize DIS interviews... - Utility of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes for communicable disease surveillanceEmily E Sickbert-Bennett
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
Am J Epidemiol 172:1299-305. 2010..6% (95% uncertainty interval: 15.6, 46.5)... - Erythema and conjunctivitis: investigation of an outbreak in a school gymnasium caused by unintentional exposure to ultraviolet radiation from metal halide lampsPia D M MacDonald
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 4:D46-9. 2007 - Local surveillance practice evaluation in North Carolina and value of new national accreditation measuresErika Samoff
North Carolina Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Institute for Public Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 19:146-52. 2013..Traditional surveillance evaluation does not generally assess local surveillance practice. However, new accreditation measures capture many aspects of local surveillance practice and may be useful for assessing this practice... - Recurrent Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in Kenyan children diminish T-cell immunity to Epstein Barr virus lytic but not latent antigensCynthia J Snider
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e31753. 2012.... - Intent to receive pandemic influenza A (H1N1) vaccine, compliance with social distancing and sources of information in NC, 2009Jennifer A Horney
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e11226. 2010..This report measures knowledge of and intention to receive pandemic vaccine in a population-based setting, including target groups for seasonal and H1N1 influenza...