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Increase in bloodstream infections in Finland, 1995–2002 by SKOGBERG, K., LYYTIKÄINEN, O., RUUTU, P., OLLGREN, J., NUORTI, J. P.

“…A national, population-based laboratory surveillance of bloodstream infections (BSI) in Finland was performed. Blood-culturing rates were determined from data…”
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Risk factors for pneumonic and ulceroglandular tularaemia in Finland: a population-based case-control study by ROSSOW, H., OLLGREN, J., KLEMETS, P., PIETARINEN, I., SAIKKU, J., PEKKANEN, E., NIKKARI, S., SYRJÄLÄ, H., KUUSI, M., NUORTI, J. P.

“…Few population-based data are available on factors associated with pneumonic and ulceroglandular type B tularaemia. We conducted a case-control study during a…”
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A pneumococcal conjugate vaccination programme reduced clinically suspected invasive disease in unvaccinated children by Palmu, AA, Rinta‐Kokko, H, Nuorti, JP, Nohynek, H, Jokinen, J

“…Aim The 10‐valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was introduced to the Finnish national vaccination programme for children born since June 2010. We evaluated…”
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Multiple Outbreaks of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections in Finland by JALAVA, Katri, HALLANVUO, S, NAKARI, U.-M, RUUTU, P, KELA, E, HEINÄSMÄKI, T, SIITONEN, A, NUORTI, J. P

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Cigarette Smoking and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease by Nuorti, J. Pekka, Butler, Jay C, Farley, Monica M, Harrison, Lee H, McGeer, Allison, Kolczak, Margarette S, Breiman, Robert F

“…The incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease is highest among young children and the elderly. Although the rates are lower among nonelderly adults, the…”
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A large outbreak of campylobacteriosis associated with a municipal water supply in Finland by KUUSI, M., NUORTI, J. P., HÄNNINEN, M.-L., KOSKELA, M., JUSSILA, V., KELA, E., MIETTINEN, I., RUUTU, P.

“…In August 1998, an outbreak of campylobacteriosis occurred in one municipality in northern Finland. A 10% random sample of residents (population 15000) was…”
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A prolonged outbreak of Norwalk-like calicivirus (NLV) gastroenteritis in a rehabilitation centre due to environmental contamination by KUUSI, M., NUORTI, J. P., MAUNULA, L., TRAN MINH, N. N., RATIA, M., KARLSSON, J., VON BONSDORFF, C.-H.

“…An outbreak of Norwalk-like calicivirus (NLV) gastroenteritis occurred in a rehabilitation centre in southern Finland between December 1999 and February 2000…”
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An outbreak of gastroenteritis from a non-chlorinated community water supply by Kuusi, M, Klemets, P, Miettinen, I, Laaksonen, I, Sarkkinen, H, Hänninen, M L, Rautelin, H, Kela, E, Nuorti, J P

“…Study objective: To determine the source and the extent of a community wide outbreak of gastroenteritis. Design: A matched case-control study with postal…”
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Population-based burden of bloodstream infections in Finland by Skogberg, K., Lyytikäinen, O., Ollgren, J., Nuorti, J.P., Ruutu, P.

“…Bloodstream infections (BSI) are a major cause of mortality, morbidity and medical cost, but few population-based studies have concomitantly evaluated BSI…”
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Epidemiologic relation between HIV and invasive pneumococcal disease in San Francisco County, California by NUORTI, J. P, BUTLER, J. C, GELLING, L, KOOL, J. L, REINGOLD, A. L, VUGIA, D. J

“…Patients with AIDS have a high incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease, but no population-based data are available on secular trends or rates of this…”
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Shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) infections in Finland during 1998–2002: a population-based surveillance study by EKLUND, M., NUORTI, J. P., RUUTU, P., SIITONEN, A.

“…During 1998–2002, 124 microbiologically confirmed infections caused by shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) were reported in Finland. Of these, 25 (20%) were…”
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An Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Bacteremia among Unvaccinated Nursing Home Residents by Nuorti, J. Pekka, Butler, Jay C, Crutcher, James M, Guevara, Ramon, Welch, David, Holder, Patricia, Elliott, John A

“…Pneumococcal disease accounts for more deaths than any other vaccine-preventable bacterial disease. 1 Among the elderly, the case fatality rates for bacteremia…”
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Reactive arthritis after an outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:3 infection by Hannu, T, Mattila, L, Nuorti, J P, Ruutu, P, Mikkola, J, Siitonen, A, Leirisalo-Repo, M

“…Objective: To determine the occurrence and clinical characteristics of reactive arthritis (ReA) after an outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:3…”
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An outbreak of Norovirus infections associated with recreational lake water in Western Finland, 2014 by Polkowska, A., Räsänen, S., Al-Hello, H., Bojang, M., Lyytikäinen, O., Nuorti, J. P., Jalava, K.

“…In July 2014, an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred among visitors to lakes in Tampere, Finland. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using an…”
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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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Assessment of the quality of anti-tuberculosis medicines in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2014 by Nabirova, D., Schmid, G., Yusupova, R., Kantarbayeva, M., Ismailov, S. I., Moffett, D., Jähnke, R. W. O., Nuorti, J. P.

“…SETTING: In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a survey of the quality of four anti-tuberculosis drugs in the former Soviet Union countries…”
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Tuberculosis in immigrants in Finland, 1995–2013 by RÄISÄNEN, P. E., SOINI, H., VASANKARI, T., SMIT, P.W., NUORTI, J. P., OLLGREN, J., RUUTU, P., LYYTIKÄINEN, O.

“…Increasing immigration from high tuberculosis (TB) incidence countries is a challenge for surveillance and control in Finland. Here, we describe the…”
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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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Epidemic Legionnaires' Disease Two Decades Later: Old Sources, New Diagnostic Methods by Fiore, Anthony E., Nuorti, J. Pekka, Levine, Orin S., Marx, Arthur, Weltman, Andre C., Yeager, Suzanne, Benson, Robert F., Pruckler, Janet, Edelstein, Paul H., Greer, Patricia, Zaki, Sherif R., Fields, Barry S., Butler, Jay C.

“…In July 1995 we investigated a pneumonia outbreak in a Pennsylvania town. We conducted epidemiological and molecular microbiological studies to determine the…”
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Epidemic Diphtheria in the Kyrgyz Republic, 1994–1998 by Glinyenko, V. M., Abdikarimov, S. T., Firsova, S. N., Sagamonjan, E. A., Kadirova, R., Nuorti, J. P., Strebel, P. M.

“…The Kyrgyz Republic experienced a widespread diphtheria epidemic during 1994–1998. National diphtheria surveillance and vaccination coverage information were…”
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