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Epidemiology of Lyme Disease by Mead, Paul S., MD, MPH

“…Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in North America and Europe. The etiologic agent, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, is transmitted to…”
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Nomenclature for Human Infections Caused by Relapsing Fever Borrelia by Mead, Paul S

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Estimating the Frequency of Lyme Disease Diagnoses, United States, 2010-2018 by Kugeler, Kiersten J, Schwartz, Amy M, Delorey, Mark J, Mead, Paul S, Hinckley, Alison F

“…By using commercial insurance claims data, we estimated that Lyme disease was diagnosed and treated in ≈476,000 patients in the United States annually during…”
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Cat-Scratch Disease in the United States, 2005-2013 by Nelson, Christina A, Saha, Shubhayu, Mead, Paul S

“…Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is mostly preventable. More information about the epidemiology and extent of CSD would help direct prevention efforts to those at…”
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Incidence of Clinician-Diagnosed Lyme Disease, United States, 2005-2010 by Nelson, Christina A, Saha, Shubhayu, Kugeler, Kiersten J, Delorey, Mark J, Shankar, Manjunath B, Hinckley, Alison F, Mead, Paul S

“…National surveillance provides important information about Lyme disease (LD) but is subject to underreporting and variations in practice. Information is…”
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Geographic Distribution and Expansion of Human Lyme Disease, United States by Kugeler, Kiersten J, Farley, Grace M, Forrester, Joseph D, Mead, Paul S

“…Lyme disease occurs in specific geographic regions of the United States. We present a method for defining high-risk counties based on observed versus expected…”
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Epidemiology of human plague in the United States, 1900-2012 by Kugeler, Kiersten J, Staples, J Erin, Hinckley, Alison F, Gage, Kenneth L, Mead, Paul S

“…We summarize the characteristics of 1,006 cases of human plague occurring in the United States over 113 years, beginning with the first documented case in…”
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Human plague: An old scourge that needs new answers by Vallès, Xavier, Stenseth, Nils Chr, Demeure, Christian, Horby, Peter, Mead, Paul S, Cabanillas, Oswaldo, Ratsitorahina, Mahery, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Andrianaivoarimanana, Voahangy, Ramasindrazana, Beza, Pizarro-Cerda, Javier, Scholz, Holger C, Girod, Romain, Hinnebusch, B Joseph, Vigan-Womas, Ines, Fontanet, Arnaud, Wagner, David M, Telfer, Sandra, Yazdanpanah, Yazdan, Tortosa, Pablo, Carrara, Guia, Deuve, Jane, Belmain, Steven R, D'Ortenzio, Eric, Baril, Laurence

“…Yersinia pestis, the bacterial causative agent of plague, remains an important threat to human health. Plague is a rodent-borne disease that has historically…”
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Vital Signs: Trends in Reported Vectorborne Disease Cases — United States and Territories, 2004–2016 by Rosenberg, Ronald, Lindsey, Nicole P., Fischer, Marc, Gregory, Christopher J., Hinckley, Alison F., Mead, Paul S., Paz-Bailey, Gabriela, Waterman, Stephen H., Drexler, Naomi A., Kersh, Gilbert J., Hooks, Holley, Partridge, Susanna K., Visser, Susanna N., Beard, Charles B., Petersen, Lyle R.

“…Vectorborne diseases are major causes of death and illness worldwide. In the United States, the most common vectorborne pathogens are transmitted by ticks or…”
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Molecular Epidemiology of Francisella tularensis in the United States by Kugeler, Kiersten J., Mead, Paul S., Janusz, Aimee M., Staples, J. Erin, Kubota, Kristy A., Chalcraft, Linda G., Petersen, Jeannine M.

“…Background. In the United States, tularemia is caused by Francisella tularensis subsps. tularensis (type A) and holarctica (type B). Molecular subtyping has…”
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Plague in Madagascar — A Tragic Opportunity for Improving Public Health by Mead, Paul S

“…The plague outbreak in Madagascar seems to be subsiding, but it raises important questions. How big was it really? Which components of the response actually…”
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Epidemiologic and molecular analysis of human tularemia, United States, 1964-2004 by Staples, J Erin, Kubota, Kristy A, Chalcraft, Linda G, Mead, Paul S, Petersen, Jeannine M

“…Tularemia in the United States is caused by 2 subspecies of Francisella tularensis, subspecies tularensis (type A) and subspecies holarctica (type B). We…”
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No Geographic Correlation between Lyme Disease and Death Due to 4 Neurodegenerative Disorders, United States, 2001-2010 by Forrester, Joseph D, Kugeler, Kiersten J, Perea, Anna E, Pastula, Daniel M, Mead, Paul S

“…Associations between Lyme disease and certain neurodegenerative diseases have been proposed, but supportive evidence for an association is lacking. Similar…”
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Patterns of Human Plague in Uganda, 2008-2016 by Forrester, Joseph D, Apangu, Titus, Griffith, Kevin, Acayo, Sarah, Yockey, Brook, Kaggwa, John, Kugeler, Kiersten J, Schriefer, Martin, Sexton, Christopher, Ben Beard, C, Candini, Gordian, Abaru, Janet, Candia, Bosco, Okoth, Jimmy Felix, Apio, Harriet, Nolex, Lawrence, Ezama, Geoffrey, Okello, Robert, Atiku, Linda, Mpanga, Joseph, Mead, Paul S

“…Plague is a highly virulent fleaborne zoonosis that occurs throughout many parts of the world; most suspected human cases are reported from resource-poor…”
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Lyme Disease in Hispanics, United States, 2000-2013 by Nelson, Christina A, Starr, J Andrew, Kugeler, Kiersten J, Mead, Paul S

“…Hispanics comprise a growing portion of the US population and might have distinct risk factors for tickborne diseases. During 2000-2013, a total of 5,473 Lyme…”
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Improvement of disease prediction and modeling through the use of meteorological ensembles: human plague in Uganda by Moore, Sean M, Monaghan, Andrew, Griffith, Kevin S, Apangu, Titus, Mead, Paul S, Eisen, Rebecca J

“…Climate and weather influence the occurrence, distribution, and incidence of infectious diseases, particularly those caused by vector-borne or zoonotic…”
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Food-related illness and death in the United States by Mead, P S, Slutsker, L, Dietz, V, McCaig, L F, Bresee, J S, Shapiro, C, Griffin, P M, Tauxe, R V

“…To better quantify the impact of foodborne diseases on health in the United States, we compiled and analyzed information from multiple surveillance systems and…”
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Post-treatment Lyme borreliosis in context: Advancing the science and patient care by Marx, Grace E., Hinckley, Alison F., Mead, Paul S.

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Two Distinct Yersinia pestis Populations Causing Plague among Humans in the West Nile Region of Uganda by Respicio-Kingry, Laurel B, Yockey, Brook M, Acayo, Sarah, Kaggwa, John, Apangu, Titus, Kugeler, Kiersten J, Eisen, Rebecca J, Griffith, Kevin S, Mead, Paul S, Schriefer, Martin E, Petersen, Jeannine M

“…Plague is a life-threatening disease caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis. Since the 1990s, Africa has accounted for the majority of reported human cases…”
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Norovirus and foodborne disease, United States, 1991-2000 by Widdowson, Marc-Alain, Sulka, Alana, Bulens, Sandra N, Beard, R Suzanne, Chaves, Sandra S, Hammond, Roberta, Salehi, Ellen D P, Swanson, Ellen, Totaro, Jessica, Woron, Ray, Mead, Paul S, Bresee, Joseph S, Monroe, Stephan S, Glass, Roger I

“…Efforts to prevent foodborne illness target bacterial pathogens, yet noroviruses (NoV) are suspected to be the most common cause of gastroenteritis. New…”
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