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Cyclical changes in seroprevalence of leptospirosis in California sea lions: endemic and epidemic disease in one host species? by Lloyd-Smith, James O, Greig, Denise J, Hietala, Sharon, Ghneim, George S, Palmer, Lauren, St Leger, Judy, Grenfell, Bryan T, Gulland, Frances M D

“…Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease infecting a broad range of mammalian hosts, and is re-emerging globally. California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) have…”
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Use of a case-control study and geographic information systems to determine environmental and demographic risk factors for canine leptospirosis by Ghneim, George S, Viers, Joshua H, Chomel, Bruno B, Kass, Philip H, Descollonges, Daphne A, Johnson, Michael L

“…Leptospirosis is increasingly diagnosed as a re-emerging canine disease in the USA. Our objectives were to describe potential risk factors for canine…”
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State plans for containment of pandemic influenza by Holmberg, Scott D, Layton, Christine M, Ghneim, George S, Wagener, Diane K

“…This review assesses differences and similarities of the states in planning for pandemic influenza. We reviewed the recently posted plans of 49 states for…”
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Defining and applying a method for improving the sensitivity and specificity of an emergency department early event detection system by Scholer, Matthew J, Ghneim, George S, Wu, Shiying, Westlake, Matt, Travers, Debbie A, Waller, Anna E, McCalla, Anne-Lyne, Wetterhall, Scott F

“…The sensitivity and specificity of syndrome definitions used in early event detection (EED) systems affect the usefulness of the system for end-users. The…”
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Using influenza-like illness data to reconstruct an influenza outbreak by Cooley, Philip, Ganapathi, Laxminarayana, Ghneim, George, Holmberg, Scott, Wheaton, William, Hollingsworth, Craig R.

“…The objective of this study was to reconstruct the type A influenza epidemic that occurred in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) region of North Carolina during…”
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Environmental risk factors associated with leptospirosis infection in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and domestic dogs in the California ecosystem by Ghneim, George Simon

“…Leptospirosis is a ubiquitous disease of humans, wildlife, and domestic animals caused by spirochete bacteria of the genus Leptospira. The first leptospirosis…”
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Outbreak of escherichia coli O157: H7 infections after Petting Zoo visits, North Carolina State Fair, October-November 2004 by Goode, Brant, O'Reilly, Ciara, Dunn, John, Fullerton, Kathleen, Smith, Stacey, Ghneim, George, Keen, James, Durso, Lisa, Davies, Megan, Montgomery, Sue

“…To identify cases, describe the outbreak, implement control measures, and identify factors associated with infection or protection from infection, including…”
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IMMOBILIZATION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL RESTRAINT OF WILD PIGS WITH TELAZOL® AND XYLAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE by Sweitzer, Richard A., Ghneim, George S., Gardner, Ian A., Vuren, Dirk Van, Gonzales, Ben J., Boyce, Walter M.

“…We used a combination of Telazol® (3.3 mg/kg) and xylazine hydrochloride (1.6 mg/kg) to immobilize 144 wild pigs (Sus scrofa) with blow darts. This drug…”
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