Search Results - "LIPMAN, H. B"

Thyroid hormone is required for growth adaptation to pressure load in the ovine fetal heart by Segar, Jeffrey L., Volk, Ken A., Lipman, Michael H. B., Scholz, Thomas D.

“…New Findings •  What is the central question of this study? The importance of endogenous thyroid hormone in contributing to pathophysiological adaptive growth…”
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Risk factors for carriage of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in Memphis, Tennessee by Arnold, Kathryn E., Leggiadro, Robert J., Breiman, Robert F., Lipman, Harvey B., Schwartz, Benjamin, Appleton, Melissa A., Cleveland, Kerry O., Szeto, Herbert C., Hill, Bertha C., Tenover, Fred C., Elliott, John A., Facklam, Richard R.

“…OBJECTIVES: To determine risk factors for carriage of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae to understand better the factors promoting spread of these…”
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A community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease linked to hospital cooling towers : an epidemiological method to calculate dose of exposure by BROWN, C. M, NUORTI, P. J, BREIMAN, R. F, HATHCOCK, A. L, FIELDS, B. S, LIPMAN, H. B, LLEWELLYN, G. C, HOFMANN, J, CETRON, M

“…From July to September 1994, 29 cases of community-acquired Legionnaires' disease (LD) were reported in Delaware. The authors conducted an investigation to a)…”
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Serotype Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections among Preschool Children in the United States, 1978–1994: Implications for Development of a Conjugate Vaccine by Butler, Jay C., Breiman, Robert F., Lipman, Harvey B., Hofmann, Jo, Facklam, Richard R.

“…Conjugation of pneumococcal polysaccharide antigens to a protein carrier may improve protective immunity after vaccination of young children, an age group with…”
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Emergence of Buruli ulcer disease in the Daloa region of Cote d'Ivoire by Marston, B J, Diallo, M O, Horsburgh, Jr, C R, Diomande, I, Saki, M Z, Kanga, J M, Patrice, G, Lipman, H B, Ostroff, S M, Good, R C

“…Recent reports have suggested increases in Buruli ulcer (BU), an infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans in west Africa. In 1991, we conducted surveillance…”
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Implementation of proficiency testing in conjunction with a rechecking system for external quality assurance in tuberculosis laboratories in Mexico by MARTINEZ-GUARNEROS, A, BALANDRANO-CAMPOS, S, SOLANO-CEH, M. A, GONZALEZ-DOMINGUEZ, F, LIPMAN, H. B, RIDDERHOF, J. C, FLISSER, A

“…SETTING: In developing countries, tuberculosis is diagnosed by identification of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) on sputum smears.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of…”
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Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions during an Outbreak of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection at a Large Public University, April—May 2009 by Mitchell, Tarissa, Dee, Deborah L., Phares, Christina R., Lipman, Harvey B., Gould, L. Hannah, Kutty, Preeta, Desai, Mitesh, Guh, Alice, Iuliano, A. Danielle, Silverman, Paul, Siebold, Joseph, Armstrong, Gregory L., Swerdlow, David L., Massoudi, Mehran S., Fishbein, Daniel B.

“…Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), such as home isolation, social distancing, and infection control measures, are recommended by public health agencies as…”
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Evaluation of new external quality assessment guidelines involving random blinded rechecking of acid-fast bacilli smears in a pilot project setting in Mexico by MARTINEZ, A, BALANDRANO, S, PARISSI, A, ZUNIGA, A, SANCHEZ, M, RIDDERHOF, J, LIPMAN, H. B, MADISON, B

“…SETTING: Laboratories in Mexico that support the national tuberculosis (TB) control program have been involved in an acid-fast bacilli (AFB) microscopy…”
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Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease among cruise ship passengers exposed to a contaminated whirlpool spa by Jernigan, D B, Hofmann, J, Cetron, M S, Genese, C A, Nuorti, J P, Fields, B S, Benson, R F, Carter, R J, Edelstein, P H, Guerrero, I C, Paul, S M, Lipman, H B, Breiman, R

“…Outbreaks of travel-related Legionnaires' disease present a public-health challenge since rapid, sensitive, and specific diagnostic tests are not widely used…”
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High prevalence of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in a rural Kentucky community by Duchin, J S, Breiman, R F, Diamond, A, Lipman, H B, Block, S L, Hedrick, J A, Finger, R, Elliott, J A

“…In 1992 drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae was cultured with increasing frequency from aspirates of middle ear fluid from children with acute otitis media…”
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Clinical Features That Differentiate Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome from Three Other Acute Respiratory Illnesses by Moolenaar, Ronald L., Dalton, Craig, Lipman, Harvey B., Umland, Edith T., Gallaher, Margaret, Duchin, Jeffrey S., Chapman, Louisa, Zaki, Sherif R., Ksiazek, Thomas G., Rollin, Pierre E., Nichol, Stuart, Cheek, James E., Butler, Jay C., Peters, C. J., Breiman, Robert F.

“…To elucidate the early clinical characteristics of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), we compared the clinical features of 24 cases of HPS with those of…”
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Quantifying the bias associated with use of discrepant analysis by LIPMAN, H. B, ASTLES, J. R

“…Discrepant analysis is a widely used technique for estimating the performance parameters of a laboratory test. In discrepant analysis, each specimen is…”
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Estimating the linear analytic range by Lipman, Harvey B., Astles, J.Rex

“…Although many methods have been proposed to verify assay linearity, or to test for nonlinearity, there are few, if any, statistically sound methods to…”
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Improvement in physician's office laboratory practices, 1989-1994 by St John, T M, Lipman, H B, Krolak, J M, Hearn, T L

“…In 1986 and 1989, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sponsored institutes on Critical Issues in Health Laboratory Practice. It was noted during the…”
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Laboratory performance in HTLV‐I/II analysis by Williams, Laurina O., Blumer, Sharon O., Schalla, William O., Robinson, Pamela H., Handsfield, James H., Fehd, Ronald J., Hancock, John S., Lipman, Harvey B., Hearn, Thomas L.

“…BACKGROUND: Since 1989, the CDC's Model Performance Evaluation Program has shipped samples to voluntary participant laboratories that test for HTLV antibodies…”
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Impact of quality control on accuracy in enzyme immunoassay testing for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 antibodies by Astles, J R, Lipman, H B, Schalla, W O, Blumer, S O, Fehd, R J, Smith, C, Hearn, T L

“…To assess use of quality control (QC) material, supplemental to internal kit controls (calibrators), as protection against errors in enzyme immunoassay testing…”
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Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Efficacy: An Evaluation of Current Recommendations by Butler, Jay C, Breiman, Robert F, Campbell, John F, Lipman, Harvey B, Broome, Claire V, Facklam, Richard R

“…Objective.—To determine pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine efficacy in selected populations at risk for serious pneumococcal infection for whom vaccination is…”
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Surveillance for Legionnaires' disease. Risk factors for morbidity and mortality by Marston, B J, Lipman, H B, Breiman, R F

“…To augment available information about the epidemiology of legionnaires' disease, we analyzed data reported to the passive surveillance system at the Centers…”
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Evaluation of the status of laboratory practices and the need for continuing education in medical mycology by ROSNER, Eunice R, REISS, Errol, WARREN, Nancy G, SHADOMY, H. Jean, LIPMAN, Harvey B

“…A survey to determine the need for training in medical mycology was sent to 605 US laboratories. Training needs were determined by comparing actual laboratory…”
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Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization. Results of a population-based active surveillance Study in Ohio. The Community-Based Pneumonia Incidence Study Group by Marston, B J, Plouffe, J F, File, Jr, T M, Hackman, B A, Salstrom, S J, Lipman, H B, Kolczak, M S, Breiman, R F

“…Pneumonia is the leading cause of death due to infectious diseases in the United States; however, the incidence of most infections causing community-acquired…”
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