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Pandemic influenza planning, United States, 1978-2008 by Iskander, John, Strikas, Raymond A, Gensheimer, Kathleen F, Cox, Nancy J, Redd, Stephen C

“…During the past century, 4 influenza pandemics occurred. After the emergence of a novel influenza virus of swine origin in 1976, national, state, and local US…”
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Searching Eyes: Privacy, the State, and Disease Surveillance in America by Gensheimer, Kathleen F

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A Multistate, Foodborne Outbreak of Hepatitis A by Hutin, Yvan J.F, Pool, Vitali, Cramer, Elaine H, Nainan, Omana V, Weth, Jo, Williams, Ian T, Goldstein, Susan T, Gensheimer, Kathleen F, Bell, Beth P, Shapiro, Craig N, Alter, Miriam J, Margolis, Harold S

“…Surveillance data suggest that foodborne outbreaks account for less than 5 percent of reported cases of hepatitis A in the United States. 1 Most outbreaks…”
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Challenges to Implementing Second-Dose Varicella Vaccination during an Outbreak in the Absence of a Routine 2-Dose Vaccination Requirement—Maine, 2006 by Amy A., Parker, Reynolds, Meredith A., Leung, Jessica, Anderson, Meredith, Rey, Araceli, Ortega-Sanchez, Ismael R., Schmid, D. Scott, Guris, Dalya, Gensheimer, Kathleen F.

“…In June 2005, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended administering a second dose of varicella vaccine during outbreaks,…”
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Risk of Infections Associated with Improperly Reprocessed Transrectal Ultrasound–Guided Prostate Biopsy Equipment by Lessa, Fernanda, Tak, Sangwoo, DeVader, Shannon R., Goswami, Rekha, Anderson, Mary, Williams, Ian, Gensheimer, Kathleen F., Srinivasan, Arjun

“…A hospital discovered a lapse in the reprocessing procedures for transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy equipment. An investigation was initiated to…”
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Influenza pandemic preparedness by Gensheimer, Kathleen F, Meltzer, Martin I, Postema, Alicia S, Strikas, Raymond A

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Remembering Jonathan M. Mann in a world ajar by Gensheimer, Kathleen F

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Increased recognition of Powassan encephalitis in the United States, 1999-2005 by Hinten, Steven R, Beckett, Geoffrey A, Gensheimer, Kathleen F, Pritchard, Elizabeth, Courtney, Thomas M, Sears, Stephen D, Woytowicz, John M, Preston, David G, Smith, Jr, Robert P, Rand, Peter W, Lacombe, Eleanor H, Holman, Mary S, Lubelczyk, Charles B, Kelso, Patsy Tassler, Beelen, Andrew P, Stobierski, Mary Grace, Sotir, Mark J, Wong, Susan, Ebel, Gregory, Kosoy, Olga, Piesman, Joseph, Campbell, Grant L, Marfin, Anthony A

“…Powassan virus (POWV) disease is a rare human disease caused by a tick-borne encephalitis group flavivirus maintained in a transmission cycle between Ixodes…”
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Arsenic Poisoning Caused by Intentional Contamination of Coffee at a Church Gathering—An Epidemiological Approach to a Forensic Investigation by Gensheimer, Kathleen F., Rea, Vicki, Mills, Dora Anne, Montagna, Christopher P., Simone, Karen

“…:  An outbreak of apparent food‐borne illness following a church gathering was promptly reported to the Maine Bureau of Health. Gastrointestinal symptoms among…”
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Importance of Catch-up Vaccination: Experience From a Varicella Outbreak, Maine, 2002-2003 by Marin, Mona, Nguyen, Huong Q, Keen, Julie, Jumaan, Aisha O, Mellen, Patricia M, Hayes, Edward B, Gensheimer, Kathleen F, Gunderman-King, Jennifer, Seward, Jane F

“…During December 2002 to January 2003, a varicella outbreak occurred in an elementary school in Maine. Just 1 month before detecting the outbreak, Maine…”
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Pandemic Influenza: Implications for Programs Controlling for HIV Infection, Tuberculosis, and Chronic Viral Hepatitis by Heffelfinger, James D, Patel, Pragna, Brooks, John T, Calvet, Helene, Daley, Charles L, Dean, Hazel D, Edlin, Brian R, Gensheimer, Kathleen F, Jereb, John, Kent, Charlotte K, Lennox, Jeffrey L, Louie, Janice K, Lynfield, Ruth, Peters, Philip J, Pinckney, Lauretta, Spradling, Philip, Voetsch, Andrew C, Fiore, Anthony

“…Among vulnerable populations during an influenza pandemic are persons with or at risk for HIV infection, tuberculosis, or chronic viral hepatitis. HIV-infected…”
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An Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis From Fresh-Pressed Apple Cider by Millard, Peter S, Gensheimer, Kathleen F, Addiss, David G, Sosin, Daniel M, Beckett, Geoffrey A, Houck-Jankoski, Agnes, Hudson, Arlene

“…Background.—Recent waterborne outbreaks have established Cryptosporidium as an emerging enteric pathogen, but foodborne transmission has rarely been reported…”
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Postexposure interventions to prevent infection with HBV, HCV, or HIV, and tetanus in people wounded during bombings and other mass casualty events--United States, 2008: recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness by Chapman, Louisa E, Sullivent, Ernest E, Grohskopf, Lisa A, Beltrami, Elise M, Perz, Joseph F, Kretsinger, Katrina, Panlilio, Adelisa L, Thompson, Nicola D, Ehrenberg, Richard L, Gensheimer, Kathleen F, Duchin, Jeffrey S, Kilmarx, Peter H, Hunt, Richard C

“…People wounded during bombings or other events resulting in mass casualties or in conjunction with the resulting emergency response may be exposed to blood,…”
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The Emergence of Grade A Eggs as a Major Source of Salmonella enteritidis Infections: New Implications for the Control of Salmonellosis by Louis, Michael E. St, Morse, Dale L, Potter, Morris E, DeMelfi, Thomas M, Guzewich, John J, Tauxe, Robert V, Blake, Paul A, Cartter, Matthew L, Petersen, Lyle, Gallagher, Kathleen, Greenspan, Joel R, Gensheimer, Kathleen F, Dennis, David, Schwartz, Eugene, Parkin, William E, Rosenfeld, Howard, Schultz, Stephen, Kondracki, Stanley F, Witte, Ernest J, Vogt, Richard L, Puhr, Nancy, Shipman, Larry, Hargrett-Bean, Nancy

“…From 1976 to 1986, reported Salmonella enteritidis infections increased more than sixfold in the northeastern United States. From January 1985 to May 1987,…”
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Preparing for pandemic influenza: the need for enhanced surveillance by Gensheimer, Kathleen F, Fukuda, Keiji, Brammer, Lynette, Cox, Nancy, Patriarca, Peter A, Strikes, Raymond A

“…In the US, planning for the next influenza pandemic is occurring in parallel at the national, state and local levels. Certain issues, such as conducting…”
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Recommendations for postexposure interventions to prevent infection with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, or human immunodeficiency virus, and tetanus in persons wounded during bombings and other mass-casualty events--United States, 2008: recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by Chapman, Louisa E, Sullivent, Ernest E, Grohskopf, Lisa A, Beltrami, Elise M, Perz, Joseph F, Kretsinger, Katrina, Panlilio, Adelisa L, Thompson, Nicola D, Ehrenberg, Richard L, Gensheimer, Kathleen F, Duchin, Jeffrey S, Kilmarx, Peter H, Hunt, Richard C

“…This report outlines recommendations for postexposure interventions to prevent infection with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, or human immunodeficiency…”
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A public health perspective on child care by GENSHEIMER, K. F

“…A child care provider is the mother of young life. She nourishes the children, brings them up—gives them energy, her resources, her nerve and all the…”
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Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in New York City by Gensheimer, K F

“…To the Editor: In their article on drug-resistant tuberculosis in New York City, Frieden et al. (Feb. 25 issue) 1 demonstrate that cases of such disease are…”
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Hepatitis B virus transmission between children in day care by Shapiro, C N, McCaig, L F, Gensheimer, K F, Levy, M E, Stoddard, J J, Kane, M A, Hadler, S C

“…We investigated two situations involving hepatitis B virus exposure among children in day care. In the first a 4-year-old boy who attended a day care center…”
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Challenges to Implementing Second-Dose Varicella Vaccination during an Outbreak in the Absence of a Routine 2-Dose Vaccination Requirement-Maine, 2006: Varicella Vaccine in the United States. A Decade of Prevention and the Way Forward by PARKER, Amy A, REYNOLDS, Meredith A, LEUNG, Jessica, ANDERSON, Meredith, REY, Araceli, ORTEGA-SANCHEZ, Ismael R, SCHMID, D. Scott, GURIS, Dalya, GENSHEIMER, Kathleen F

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