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Hospital-level factors associated with death during pneumonia-associated hospitalization among adults—New York City, 2010–2014 by Whittemore, Kate, Garcia, Kristian M, Huang, Chaorui C, Lim, Sungwoo, Daskalakis, Demetre C, Vora, Neil M, Lucero, David E

“…Background In New York City (NYC), pneumonia is a leading cause of death and most pneumonia deaths occur in hospitals. Whether the pneumonia death rate in NYC…”
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Community-setting pneumonia-associated hospitalizations by level of urbanization-New York City versus other areas of New York State, 2010-2014 by Wu, Melody, Whittemore, Katherine, Huang, Chaorui C, Corrado, Rachel E, Culp, Gretchen M, Lim, Sungwoo, Schluger, Neil W, Daskalakis, Demetre C, Lucero, David E, Vora, Neil M

“…New York City (NYC) reported a higher pneumonia and influenza death rate than the rest of New York State during 2010-2014. Most NYC pneumonia and influenza…”
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Vector blood meals and Chagas disease transmission potential, United States by Stevens, Lori, Dorn, Patricia L, Hobson, Julia, de la Rua, Nicholas M, Lucero, David E, Klotz, John H, Schmidt, Justin O, Klotz, Stephen A

“…A high proportion of triatomine insects, vectors for Trypanosoma cruzi trypanosomes, collected in Arizona and California and examined using a novel assay had…”
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Sources of blood meals of sylvatic Triatoma guasayana near Zurima, Bolivia, assayed with qPCR and 12S cloning by Lucero, David E, Ribera, Wilma, Pizarro, Juan Carlos, Plaza, Carlos, Gordon, Levi W, Peña, Jr, Reynaldo, Morrissey, Leslie A, Rizzo, Donna M, Stevens, Lori

“…In this study we compared the utility of two molecular biology techniques, cloning of the mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene and hydrolysis probe-based qPCR,…”
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Burden of Adult Community-acquired, Health-care-Associated, Hospital-Acquired, and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: New York City, 2010 to 2014 by Corrado, Rachel E, Lee, David, Lucero, David E, Varma, Jay K, Vora, Neil M

“…Although pneumonia is a leading cause of death in New York City (NYC), limited data exist about the settings in which pneumonia is acquired across NYC. Cases…”
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PCR reveals significantly higher rates of Trypanosoma cruzi infection than microscopy in the Chagas vector, Triatoma infestans: high rates found in Chuquisaca, Bolivia by Pizarro, Juan Carlos, Lucero, David E, Stevens, Lori

“…The Andean valleys of Bolivia are the only reported location of sylvatic Triatoma infestans, the main vector of Chagas disease in this country, and the high…”
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Infectious Disease Hospitalizations: United States, 2001 to 2014 by Kennedy, Jordan L, Haberling, Dana L, Huang, Chaorui C, Lessa, Fernanda C, Lucero, David E, Daskalakis, Demetre C, Vora, Neil M

“…Infectious disease epidemiology has changed over time, reflecting improved clinical interventions and emergence of threats such as antimicrobial resistance…”
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Hospitalizations Involving an Intensive Care Unit Admission Among Patients Aged 65 Years and Older Within New York City Hospitals During 2000–2014 by Illescas, Alex H., Kache, Pallavi A., Whittemore, Katherine, Lucero, David E., Quinn, Celia, Daskalakis, Demetre, Vora, Neil M.

“…OBJECTIVE:To describe hospitalizations involving an intensive care unit (ICU) admission among patients aged 65 years and older within New York City (NYC)…”
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A Large Community Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease Associated With a Cooling Tower in New York City, 2015 by Weiss, Don, Boyd, Christopher, Rakeman, Jennifer L., Greene, Sharon K., Fitzhenry, Robert, McProud, Trevor, Musser, Kimberlee, Huang, Li, Kornblum, John, Nazarian, Elizabeth J., Fine, Annie D., Braunstein, Sarah L., Kass, Daniel, Landman, Keren, Lapierre, Pascal, Hughes, Scott, Tran, Anthony, Taylor, Jill, Baker, Deborah, Jones, Lucretia, Kornstein, Laura, Liu, Boning, Perez, Rodolfo, Lucero, David E., Peterson, Eric, Benowitz, Isaac, Lee, Kristen F., Ngai, Stephanie, Stripling, Mitch, Varma, Jay K., South Bronx Legionnaires’ Disease Investigation Team

“…Objectives: Infections caused by Legionella are the leading cause of waterborne disease outbreaks in the United States. We investigated a large outbreak of…”
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Ecohealth interventions limit triatomine reinfestation following insecticide spraying in La Brea, Guatemala by Lucero, David E, Morrissey, Leslie A, Rizzo, Donna M, Rodas, Antonieta, Garnica, Roberto, Stevens, Lori, Bustamante, Dulce M, Monroy, Maria Carlota

“…In this study, we evaluate the effect of participatory Ecohealth interventions on domestic reinfestation of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma dimidiata after…”
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Pneumonia-Associated Hospitalizations, New York City, 2001-2014 by Gu, Christopher H., Lucero, David E., Huang, Chaorui C., Daskalakis, Demetre, Varma, Jay K., Vora, Neil M.

“…Objectives: Death certificate data indicate that the age-adjusted death rate for pneumonia and influenza is higher in New York City than in the United States…”
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Infectious Disease Hospitalizations, New York City, 2001-2014 by Huang, Chaorui C., Lucero, David E., Lim, Sungwoo, Zhao, Yihong, Arciuolo, Robert J., Burzynski, Joseph, Daskalakis, Demetre, Fine, Annie D., Kennedy, Jordan, Haberling, Dana, Vora, Neil M.

“…Objective Hospital discharge data are a means of monitoring infectious diseases in a population. We investigated rates of infectious disease hospitalizations…”
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Migration and Gene Flow among Domestic Populations of the Chagas Insect Vector Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Detected by Microsatellite Loci by Stevens, Lori, Monroy, M. Carlota, Rodas, Antonieta Guadalupe, Hicks, Robin M., Lucero, David E., Lyons, Leslie A., Dorn, Patricia L.

“…Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811) is the most abundant and significant insect vector of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi in Central America, and particularly…”
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Sensitivity and Positive Predictive Value of Death Certificate Data Among Deaths Caused by Legionnaires’ Disease in New York City, 2008-2013 by Tran, Olivia C., Lucero, David E., Balter, Sharon, Fitzhenry, Robert, Huynh, Mary, Varma, Jay K., Vora, Neil M.

“…Objectives: Death certificates are an important source of information for understanding life expectancy and mortality trends; however, misclassification and…”
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Reporting of False Data During Ebola Virus Disease Active Monitoring-New York City, January 1, 2015-December 29, 2015 by Tate, Anna, Ezeoke, Ifeoma, Lucero, David E, Huang, Chaorui C, Saffa, Alhaji, Varma, Jay K, Vora, Neil M

“…The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) began to actively monitor people potentially exposed to Ebola virus on October 25, 2014…”
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Burden of Adult Community-acquired, Health-care-Associated, Hospital-Acquired, and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia by Corrado, Rachel E., Lee, David, Lucero, David E., Varma, Jay K., Vora, Neil M.

“…Although pneumonia is a leading cause of death in New York City (NYC), limited data exist about the settings in which pneumonia is acquired across NYC. Cases…”
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Infectious Disease Hospitalizations by Kennedy, Jordan L., Haberling, Dana L., Huang, Chaorui C., Lessa, Fernanda C., Lucero, David E., Daskalakis, Demetre C., Vora, Neil M.

“…Infectious disease epidemiology has changed over time, reflecting improved clinical interventions and emergence of threats such as antimicrobial resistance…”
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Data capture and visualization for a canine influenza outbreak — New York City, 2018 by Whittemore, Katherine, Corrado, Rachel, Paladini, Marc, Davidson, Alexander, Huang, Chaorui C., Daskalakis, Demetre, Slavinski, Sally, Lucero, David E.

“…ObjectiveThe objectives of this project were to rapidly build and deploy a web-based reporting platform in response to a canine influenza H3N2 outbreak in New…”
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Sources of Blood Meals of Sylvatic Triatoma guasayana near Zurima, Bolivia, Assayed with qPCR and 12S Cloning: e3365 by Lucero, David E, Ribera, Wilma, Pizarro, Juan Carlos, Plaza, Carlos, Gordon, Levi W, Jr, Reynaldo Peña, Morrissey, Leslie A, Rizzo, Donna M, Stevens, Lori

“…Background In this study we compared the utility of two molecular biology techniques, cloning of the mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene and hydrolysis…”
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Zika Virus Surveillance and Preparedness — New York City, 2015–2016 by Lee, Christopher T., Vora, Neil M., Bajwa, Waheed, Boyd, Lorraine, Harper, Scott, Kass, Daniel, Langston, Aileen, McGibbon, Emily, Merlino, Mario, Rakeman, Jennifer L., Raphael, Marisa, Slavinski, Sally, Tran, Anthony, Wong, Ricky, Varma, Jay K.

“…Zika virus has rapidly spread through the World Health Organization's Region of the Americas since being identified in Brazil in early 2015. Transmitted…”
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