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Severe and fatal central nervous system disease in humans caused by Baylisascaris procyonis, the common roundworm of raccoons: a review of current literatureMatthew E Wise
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, Center for Health Sciences, Room 41 297, 650 Charles E Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Microbes Infect 7:317-23. 2005..Prevention efforts are critical due to the lack of effective treatment...
Thermal death point of Baylisascaris procyonis eggsShira C Shafir
Emerg Infect Dis 13:172-3. 2007- Deaths from cysticercosis, United StatesFrank J Sorvillo
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 13:230-5. 2007..Although uncommon, cysticercosis is a cause of premature death in the United States. Fatal cysticercosis affected mainly immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries; however, US-born persons were also affected... - Baylisascaris procyonis: an emerging helminthic zoonosisFrank Sorvillo
University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:355-9. 2002..These eggs can survive in the environment for extended periods of time, and the infectious dose of B. procyonis is relatively low. Therefore, the risk for human exposure and infection may be greater than is currently recognized... - Public health implications of cysticercosis acquired in the United StatesFrank Sorvillo
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 17:1-6. 2011.... - Cysticercosis-related deaths, CaliforniaFrank J Sorvillo
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:465-9. 2004..0/106). Cysticercosis is a preventable cause of premature death, particularly among young Latino persons in California and may be a more common cause of death in the United States than previously recognized... - Prognostic factors associated with hepatitis C disease: a case-control study utilizing U.S. multiple-cause-of-death dataMatthew Wise
Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Public Health Rep 125:414-22. 2010..The severity of disease is strongly affected by a number of other medical conditions and health behaviors. We sought to estimate the association of several exposures with hepatitis C on death certificates... 
Decreasing listeriosis mortality in the United States, 1990-2005Jonathan R Bennion
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Clin Infect Dis 47:867-74. 2008..To explore listeriosis-associated mortality in the United States and to evaluate prevention efforts, we reviewed vital records over a 16-year period to assess demographic, temporal, and seasonal trends...- Using multiple cause-of-death data to investigate associations and causality between conditions listed on the death certificateMatthew D Redelings
Data Collection and Analysis Unit, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:104-8. 2007..In this paper, the authors discuss methods used in studying associations between reported causes of death and in investigating commonly reported causal pathways between events or conditions listed on the death certificate... - Multiple sclerosis mortality and patterns of comorbidity in the United States from 1990 to 2001Matthew D Redelings
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Neuroepidemiology 26:102-7. 2006..The odds of pressure ulcers, urinary tract infections, and pneumonia/influenza being reported on the death certificate were higher in MS deaths than in matched controls... - Pressure ulcers: more lethal than we thought?Matthew D Redelings
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Adv Skin Wound Care 18:367-72. 2005..To investigate the burden of pressure ulcer-associated mortality in the United States and to examine racial/ethnic differences and associated comorbidities... - A population-based analysis of pneumococcal disease mortality in California, 1989-1998Matthew D Redelings
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Public Health Rep 120:157-64. 2005..This study evaluated pneumococcal disease mortality and its demographic correlates in California from 1989 to 1998... - Salmonellosis-related mortality in the United States, 1990-2006Patricia L Cummings
Office of Senior Health, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California 90036, USA
Foodborne Pathog Dis 7:1393-9. 2010..97) and 3.69 (95% CI, 1.88-7.25), respectively. Despite declining trends, salmonellosis continues to be an important cause of preventable death especially among selected subgroups, underscoring the need for expanded prevention efforts... - Analysis of glaucoma-related mortality in the United States using death certificate dataJonathan R Bennion
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Glaucoma 17:474-9. 2008..To evaluate the underlying causes of glaucoma-related mortality, we searched vital records data for deaths citing glaucoma and reviewed the demographic variables and comorbidities contained on these records... - Years off your life? The effects of homicide on life expectancy by neighborhood and race/ethnicity in Los Angeles countyMatthew Redelings
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Data Collection and Analysis Unit, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Urban Health 87:670-6. 2010..Homicide causes substantial reductions in life expectancy in Los Angeles County. Its impact is magnified among black males and in low-income urban areas, underscoring the need for homicide reduction in urban centers... - A multiple cause-of-death analysis of asthma mortality in the United States, 1990-2001Lucie McCoy
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Asthma 42:757-63. 2005..We used multiple cause-of-death data to examine asthma-related mortality trends in the United States... - Hepatitis A--related mortality in California, 1989-2000: analysis of multiple cause-coded death dataMatthew E Wise
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, 90095 1772, USA
Am J Public Health 95:900-5. 2005.... - Population-based analysis of meningococcal disease mortality in the United States: 1990-2002Akbar Sharip
Bioterrorism Preparedness Unit, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:191-4. 2006..Neisseria meningitidis is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis and septicemia in the United States. Approximately 10-15% of meningococcal patients died despite antimicrobial therapies... - Burden of Alzheimer's disease-related mortality in the United States, 1999-2008Kristin Moschetti
Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California 90010, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:1509-14. 2012..To update and examine Alzheimer's disease-related mortality trends according to age, sex, race and ethnicity, geography, and other case characteristics for a 10-year period... - Chlamydia trachomatis in older Los Angeles County residents, 1991-1998: implications and recommendations for the detection of sexually transmitted infections in older age groupsLisa V Smith
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California and Los Angeles County Sexually Transmitted Disease Program, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1557-60. 2002..This study examined the incidence and implications of reported chlamydia cases in Los Angeles County residents aged 50 and older... - Deaths associated with cysticercosis. Report of three cases and review of the literatureChristopher M DeGiorgio
Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 91342, USA
Neurosurg Focus 12:e2. 2002..The most common causes of death appear to be 1) intracranial hypertension in surgically treated patients and 2) shunt infection... - A novel method to increase the viability of Trichomonas vaginalis in urineShira C Shafir
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, Center for Health Sciences, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:485-7. 2007..Two of the major diagnostic methods for Trichomonas vaginalis, wet mount and culture, rely on the continued viability of the organism. Methods to increase the viability of T. vaginalis in urine are needed... - Current issues and considerations regarding trichomoniasis and human immunodeficiency virus in African-AmericansShira C Shafir
Department of Epidemiology, Center for Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Clin Microbiol Rev 22:37-45, Table of Contents. 2009..Therefore, control of trichomoniasis may represent an important avenue of control for the prevention of HIV transmission, particularly among African-Americans... - Viability of Trichomonas vaginalis in urine: epidemiologic and clinical implicationsShira C Shafir
UCLA School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Center for Health Sciences, Room 41 275, 650 Charles E Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Clin Microbiol 44:3787-9. 2006..To minimize the chance of false-negative results, urine specimens should be processed within 30 min of specimen collection and maintained at 37 degrees C, since temperature appears to affect the viability of Trichomonas... - Short report: Amebiasis-related mortality among United States residents, 1990-2007Janelle Gunther
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:1038-40. 2011..Although uncommon, amebiasis-related deaths routinely occur in the United States... - Declining invasive pneumococcal disease mortality in the United States, 1990-2005Marifi Pulido
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Vaccine 28:889-92. 2010..Mortality rate decline across all age groups strengthens evidence of vaccine-induced herd immunity and provides additional information for cost-benefit analyses of PCV7... - Varicella-related mortality in California, 1988-2000Lucie McCoy
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:498-503. 2004..This study identifies varicella-related mortality in California before and after vaccine introduction and assesses how high risk conditions and complications contributed to varicella deaths during this period... - Increase in Clostridium difficile-related mortality rates, United States, 1999-2004Matthew D Redelings
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1417-9. 2007..7 per million population in 1999 to 23.7 per million in 2004. Increased rates may be due to emergence of a highly virulent strain of C. difficile. Rates were higher for whites than for other racial/ethnic groups... - Risk factors for mortality among patients with nonperinatal listeriosis in Los Angeles County, 1992-2004Ramon E Guevara
Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
Clin Infect Dis 48:1507-15. 2009..Nevertheless, data on the risk factors for listeriosis mortality are limited... - Frequent failed early HIV detection in a high prevalence area: implications for preventionDenise F Johnson
Epidemiology Program, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, California 90005, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 17:277-82. 2003..Links to treatment and behavioral intervention programs should accompany such expanded testing efforts... - Changing trends in hepatitis C-related mortality in the United States, 1995-2004Matthew Wise
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
Hepatology 47:1128-35. 2008..Despite small declines in recent years, rates have continued to increase among persons aged 55-64 years. Hepatitis C is an important cause of premature mortality...