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A systematic synthesis of direct costs to treat and manage tuberculosis disease applied to California, 2015 by Oh, Peter, Pascopella, Lisa, Barry, Pennan M, Flood, Jennifer M

“…The cost of treating and managing cases of active tuberculosis (TB) disease-from diagnosis to treatment completion-is needed by agencies working on public…”
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When tuberculosis comes back: who develops recurrent tuberculosis in california? by Pascopella, Lisa, Deriemer, Kathryn, Watt, James P, Flood, Jennifer M

“…Recurrent tuberculosis suggests potentially modifiable gaps in tuberculosis treatment and control activities. The frequency of late recurrences following…”
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Diagnostic challenges of central nervous system tuberculosis by Christie, Laura J, Loeffler, Ann M, Honarmand, Somayeh, Flood, Jennifer M, Baxter, Roger, Jacobson, Susan, Alexander, Rick, Glaser, Carol A

“…Central nervous system tuberculosis (TB) was identified in 20 cases of unexplained encephalitis referred to the California Encephalitis Project. Atypical…”
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Cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis evaluation and treatment of newly-arrived immigrants by Porco, Travis C, Lewis, Bryan, Marseille, Elliot, Grinsdale, Jennifer, Flood, Jennifer M, Royce, Sarah E

“…Immigrants to the U.S. are required to undergo overseas screening for tuberculosis (TB), but the value of evaluation and treatment following entry to the U.S…”
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Assessing the validity of tuberculosis surveillance data in California by Sprinson, Joan E, Lawton, Elizabeth S, Porco, Travis C, Flood, Jennifer M, Westenhouse, Janice L

“…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a workgroup to revise the tuberculosis (TB) case report in the United States of America (U.S.)…”
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Antituberculosis Drug Resistance Acquired During Treatment: An Analysis of Cases Reported in California, 1994–2006 by Porco, Travis C., Oh, Peter, Flood, Jennifer M.

“…Background. To inform efforts to prevent antituberculosis drug resistance acquired during treatment, particularly multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, we…”
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Review of nucleic acid amplification tests and clinical prediction rules for diagnosis of tuberculosis in acute care facilities by Chitnis, Amit S, Davis, J Lucian, Schecter, Gisela F, Barry, Pennan M, Flood, Jennifer M

“…Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important cause of hospitalization and mortality in the United States. Prevention of TB transmission in acute care facilities…”
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Timely HIV Diagnosis and HIV/TB Comanagement Among California Patients in 2008 by Kong, Darryl, Watt, James P., Marks, Suzanne M., Flood, Jennifer M.

“…Objective. National guidelines highlight the roles of early HIV diagnosis and effective comanagement for HIV and tuberculosis to prevent mortality and…”
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Epidemiology of tuberculosis cases with end-stage renal disease, California, 2010 by Chitnis, Amit S, Schecter, Gisela F, Cilnis, Martin, Robsky, Katherine, Flood, Jennifer M, Barry, Pennan M

“…Few studies have compared population-based tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates by end-stage renal disease (ESRD) status. No studies have compared TB genotypes by…”
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Getting to Zero: Tuberculosis Elimination in California by Barry, Pennan M., Kay, Alexander W., Flood, Jennifer M., Watt, James

“…This review of tuberculosis epidemiology is intended to provide a historical perspective on the public health approach to tuberculosis (TB) control in…”
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Neurosyphilis during the AIDS Epidemic, San Francisco, 1985–1992 by Flood, Jennifer M., Weinstock, Hillard S., Guroy, Mary Ellen, Bayne, Lydia, Simon, Roger P., Bolan, Gail

“…To investigate the epidemiology and clinical spectrum of neurosyphilis in a population with high rates of coexisting syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus…”
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Matching AIDS and tuberculosis registry data to identify AIDS/tuberculosis comorbidity cases in California by Xia, Qiang, Westenhouse, Janice L, Schultz, Alan F, Nonoyama, Atsuko, Elms, William, Wu, Nancy, Tabshouri, Lisette, Ruiz, Juan D, Flood, Jennifer M

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity and positive predictive value (PPV) of a registry data linkage procedure used in the California AIDS…”
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Tuberculosis Mortality in the United States: Epidemiology and Prevention Opportunities by Beavers, Suzanne F, Pascopella, Lisa, Davidow, Amy L, Mangan, Joan M, Hirsch-Moverman, Yael R, Golub, Jonathan E, Blumberg, Henry M, Webb, Risa M, Royce, Rachel A, Buskin, Susan E, Leonard, Michael K, Weinfurter, Paul C, Belknap, Robert W, Hughes, Stephen E, Warkentin, Jon V, Welbel, Sharon F, Miller, Thaddeus L, Kundipati, Saini R, Lauzardo, Michael, Barry, Pennan M, Katz, Dolly J, Garrett, Denise O, Graviss, Edward A, Flood, Jennifer M

“…More information on risk factors for death from tuberculosis in the United States could help reduce the tuberculosis mortality rate, which has remained steady…”
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Unexplained Deaths Due to Possibly Infectious Causes in the United States: Defining the Problem and Designing Surveillance and Laboratory Approaches by Perkins, Bradley A., Flood, Jennifer M., Danila, Richard, Holman, Robert C., Reingold, Arthur L., Klug, Laura A., Virata, Michael, Cieslak, Paul R., Zaki, Sherif R., Pinner, Robert W., Khabbaz, Rima F.

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Transmission Network Analysis in Tuberculosis Contact Investigations by Cook, Victoria J., Sun, Sumi J., Tapia, Jane, Muth, Stephen Q., Argüello, D. Fermín, Lewis, Bryan L., Rothenberg, Richard B., McElroy, Peter D.

“…Background. Social network analysis (SNA) is an innovative approach to the collection and analysis of infectious disease transmission data. We studied whether…”
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Transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the USA: a cross-sectional study by Moonan, Patrick K, Dr, Teeter, Larry D, PhD, Salcedo, Katya, MPH, Ghosh, Smita, MS, Ahuja, Shama D, PhD, Flood, Jennifer, MD, Graviss, Edward A, PhD

“…Summary Background Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis is a potential threat to tuberculosis elimination, but the extent of MDR tuberculosis disease in the…”
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Multistrain Outbreak of Chancroid in San Francisco, 1989–1991 by Flood, Jennifer M., Sarafian, Samuel K., Bolan, Gail A., Lammel, Claudia, Engelman, Joseph, Greenblatt, Ruth M., Brooks, Geo. F., Back, Arthur, Morse, Stephen A.

“…Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and plasmid analyses were used to evaluate an outbreak of Haemophilus ducreyi in San Francisco. Fifty-four…”
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