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Sexually transmitted infections in newly arrived refugees: is routine screening for Neisseria gonorrheae and Chlamydia trachomatis infection indicated?William M Stauffer
Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 86:292-5. 2012..Overall prevalence of Chlamydia (0.6%) and gonorrhea (0.2%) infection was low, which indicated that routine screening may not be indicated. However, further research on this subject is encouraged...- Diagnostic performance of rapid diagnostic tests versus blood smears for malaria in US clinical practiceWilliam M Stauffer
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Clin Infect Dis 49:908-13. 2009..The objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance of a RDT approved by the US Food and Drug Administration compared with traditional thick and thin blood smears for malaria diagnosis... 
Emerging clinical issues in refugeesWilliam M Stauffer
Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Curr Opin Infect Dis 22:436-42. 2009..g. immigrants, refugees, travelers) has certain characteristics that determine public health risk and infectious disease burden. Refugees present unique challenges to public health officials and infectious disease specialists...
Pre-departure and post-arrival management of P. falciparum malaria in refugees relocating from sub-Saharan Africa to the United StatesWilliam M Stauffer
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 79:141-6. 2008..Presumptive therapy is not currently recommended for either non-falciparum malaria or for refugees relocating from areas outside sub-Saharan Africa...- Evaluation of malaria screening in newly arrived refugees to the United States by microscopy and rapid antigen capture enzyme assayWilliam M Stauffer
Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:948-50. 2006..The empiric treatment program has decreased the rate of imported asymptomatic malaria. Blood film and rapid antigen testing are poor screening tests... - Prevalence and incidence of Entamoeba histolytica infection in South Africa and EgyptWilliam Stauffer
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Arch Med Res 37:266-9. 2006..Further studies are needed to determine the burden of infection and disease in Africa... - Impact of global health residency training on medical knowledge of immigrant healthAshley Balsam Bjorklund
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:405-8. 2011..9). A formal GHP curriculum was associated with improved knowledge regarding common parasitic infections and the risk of iatrogenic morbidity and mortality due to strongyloidiasis... - Maltreatment of Strongyloides infection: case series and worldwide physicians-in-training surveyDavid R Boulware
Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Am J Med 120:545.e1-8. 2007..The persistence of infection, increasing international travel, lack of familiarity by health care providers, and potential for iatrogenic hyperinfection all make strongyloidiasis an important emerging infection... - Hearing hoofbeats, thinking zebras: five diseases common among refugees that Minnesota physicians need to know aboutWilliam M Stauffer
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA
Minn Med 90:42-6. 2007..The diseases discussed are strongyloides, schistosomiasis, malaria, hepatitis B, and tuberculosis... - Financial implications of refugee malaria: the impact of pre-departure presumptive treatment with anti-malarial drugsStefan Collinet-Adler
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:458-63. 2007..Overseas presumptive therapy has greater cost-benefits than U.S. based screening and treatment strategies... - Serial testing of refugees for latent tuberculosis using the QuantiFERON-gold in-tube: effects of an antecedent tuberculin skin testCristina A Baker
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:628-33. 2009..The QFT-GIT shows the potential to replace the TST for LTBI screening in refugees from tuberculosis-endemic areas... - When the market fails, the poor payMrinal M Patnaik
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA
Minn Med 90:38-40. 2007 - Screening of international immigrants, refugees, and adopteesWilliam M Stauffer
Regions Hospital Healthpartners, Center for International Health and International Travel Clinic, 640 Jackson Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101, USA
Prim Care 29:879-905. 2002..A more organized screening system that emphasizes evidence-based and population-specific screening protocols and better communication between international, federal, state, and local levels is needed in the United States... - Preparing children for international travelWilliam Stauffer
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Travel Med Infect Dis 6:101-13. 2008..These guidelines are based on available pediatric travel-related research, appropriately extrapolated adult and pediatric research, currently accepted practice standards, and expert opinion and experiences... - The Nepalese shepherdMrinal M Patnaik
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Travel Med 16:68-71. 2009..This case report attempts to present a brief overview of some of the difficulties associated with the treatment of patients with a high disease burden... - Strongyloides hyperinfection presenting as acute respiratory failure and gram-negative sepsisAshley M Newberry
Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, USA
Chest 128:3681-4. 2005..Southeast Asian patients presenting with new-onset "asthma," acute respiratory distress, and/or Gram-negative sepsis should undergo evaluation to exclude strongyloides infection... - Medical screening of immigrant childrenWilliam M Stauffer
Pediatric and Medicine Faculty, Regions Hospital/HealthPartners, Center for International Health and International Travel Clinic and Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 42:763-73. 2003 - Entamoeba histolytica: an updateWilliam Stauffer
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Curr Opin Infect Dis 16:479-85. 2003..SUMMARY: E. histolytica remains an important pathogen in many populations of the world and although there has been substantial progress into understanding the disease major challenges still exist... - Malaria among refugee children at arrival in the United StatesStacene R Maroushek
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:450-2. 2005..It is recommended that children who arrive in the United States as refugees from West Africa be subjected to a thorough physical examination, complete blood count and malaria blood smear... - Traveling with infants and young children. Part III: travelers' diarrheaWilliam M Stauffer
Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
J Travel Med 9:141-50. 2002 - Traveling with infants and children. Part 2: immunizationsWilliam M Stauffer
Department Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Center for International Health and International Travel Clinic, Regions Hospital, St Paul, USA
J Travel Med 9:82-90. 2002 - Seizures in a 20-month-old native of Minnesota: a case of neurocysticercosisRajal Mody
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 21:860-2. 2005.... - Diagnosis and treatment of malaria in childrenWilliam Stauffer
Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
Clin Infect Dis 37:1340-8. 2003..Medical regimens can include mefloquine, atovaquone-proguanil, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, quinine or quinidine, clindamycin, doxycycline, chloroquine, and primaquine... - Possible autochthonous malaria from Marseille to MinneapolisBarbara Doudier
Hopital Nord, Marseille, France
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1236-8. 2007..Both infections occurred after a stay near Marseille, which raises the possibility of autochthonous transmission. Entomologic and genotypic investigations are described... - Biliary liver flukes (Opisthorchiasis and Clonorchiasis) in immigrants in the United States: often subtle and diagnosed years after arrivalWilliam M Stauffer
Pediatric and Medicine Faculty, Regions Hospital/HealthPartners, Center for International Health and International Travel Clinic, 640 Jackson Street, St Paul, MN 55101, USA
J Travel Med 11:157-9. 2004.... - Pediatric malaria in the developing worldAndrea P Summer
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 16:105-15. 2005..Control measures depend on the use of insecticide-treated bednets, early identification and treatment of symptomatic individuals, and intermittent preventive therapy. Progress continues toward the development of a useful vaccine... - Multicenter study to evaluate the OptiMAL test for rapid diagnosis of malaria in U.S. hospitalsCarol J Palmer
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
J Clin Microbiol 41:5178-82. 2003..The overall conclusion was that integration of the OptiMAL rapid malaria test into the U.S. health care infrastructure would provide an important and easy-to-use tool for the timely diagnosis of malaria... - Traveling with infants and children. Part IV: insect avoidance and malaria preventionWilliam M Stauffer
Regions Hospital Center for International Health and International Travel Clinic, 640 Jackson Street, St Paul, Minnesota 55101, USA
J Travel Med 10:225-40. 2003 - Health risks in travelers to China: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2008 Beijing OlympicsXiaohong M Davis
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 79:4-8. 2008..Tropical and parasitic diseases were rare. Pre-travel consultation for China travelers should be individualized according to these findings... - Hypereosinophilic syndrome and mepolizumabDavid R Boulware
N Engl J Med 358:2839; author reply 2839-40. 2008 - Parasitic central nervous system infections in immunocompromised hosts: clarification of malaria diagnosisWilliam M Stauffer
Clin Infect Dis 43:114-5; author reply 115-6. 2006