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Epidemiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington by McMichael, Temet M, Currie, Dustin W, Clark, Shauna, Pogosjans, Sargis, Kay, Meagan, Schwartz, Noah G, Lewis, James, Baer, Atar, Kawakami, Vance, Lukoff, Margaret D, Ferro, Jessica, Brostrom-Smith, Claire, Rea, Thomas D, Sayre, Michael R, Riedo, Francis X, Russell, Denny, Hiatt, Brian, Montgomery, Patricia, Rao, Agam K, Chow, Eric J, Tobolowsky, Farrell, Hughes, Michael J, Bardossy, Ana C, Oakley, Lisa P, Jacobs, Jesica R, Stone, Nimalie D, Reddy, Sujan C, Jernigan, John A, Honein, Margaret A, Clark, Thomas A, Duchin, Jeffrey S

“…On February 28, 2020, public health officials in the Seattle area were informed of a Covid-19 infection at a long-term care facility. An investigation…”
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Environmental Persistence of Monkeypox Virus on Surfaces in Household of Person with Travel-Associated Infection, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2021 by Morgan, Clint N, Whitehill, Florence, Doty, Jeffrey B, Schulte, Joann, Matheny, Audrey, Stringer, Joey, Delaney, Lisa J, Esparza, Richard, Rao, Agam K, McCollum, Andrea M

“…In July 2021, we conducted environmental sampling at the residence of a person in Dallas, Texas, USA, who had travel-associated human West African monkeypox…”
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Multiple lineages of monkeypox virus detected in the United States, 2021-2022 by Gigante, Crystal M, Korber, Bette, Seabolt, Matthew H, Wilkins, Kimberly, Davidson, Whitni, Rao, Agam K, Zhao, Hui, Smith, Todd G, Hughes, Christine M, Minhaj, Faisal, Waltenburg, Michelle A, Theiler, James, Smole, Sandra, Gallagher, Glen R, Blythe, David, Myers, Robert, Schulte, Joann, Stringer, Joey, Lee, Philip, Mendoza, Rafael M, Griffin-Thomas, LaToya A, Crain, Jenny, Murray, Jade, Atkinson, Annette, Gonzalez, Anthony H, Nash, June, Batra, Dhwani, Damon, Inger, McQuiston, Jennifer, Hutson, Christina L, McCollum, Andrea M, Li, Yu

“…Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease endemic in Central and West Africa. In May 2022, dozens of non-endemic countries reported hundreds of monkeypox cases,…”
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Imported Monkeypox from International Traveler, Maryland, USA, 2021 by Minhaj, Faisal S, Rao, Agam K, McCollum, Andrea M

“…[...]the unusual clinical signs and symptoms experienced by this patient were similar to those observed in other patients in the evolving 2022 multinational…”
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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination by Belay, Ermias D, Godfred Cato, Shana, Rao, Agam K, Abrams, Joseph, Wyatt Wilson, W, Lim, Sarah, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Melgar, Michael, DeCuir, Jennifer, Webb, Brandon, Marquez, Paige, Su, John R, Meng, Lu, Grome, Heather N, Schlaudecker, Elizabeth, Talaat, Kawsar, Edwards, Kathryn, Barnett, Elizabeth, Campbell, Angela P, Broder, Karen R, Bamrah Morris, Sapna

“…Abstract Background Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A) was reported in association with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic…”
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Prevalence of Undiagnosed Monkeypox Virus Infections during Global Mpox Outbreak, United States, June-September 2022 by Minhaj, Faisal S, Singh, Vijay, Cohen, Stephanie E, Townsend, Michael B, Scott, Hyman, Szumowski, John, Hare, C Bradley, Upadhyay, Pallavi, Reddy, Jairus, Alexander, Barbara, Baird, Nicolle, Navarra, Terese, Priyamvada, Lalita, Wynn, Nhien, Carson, William C, Odafe, Solomon, Guagliardo, Sarah Anne J, Sims, Emily, Rao, Agam K, Satheshkumar, Panayampalli S, Weidle, Paul J, Hutson, Christina L

“…Since May 2022, mpox has been identified in 108 countries without endemic disease; most cases have been in gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men…”
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COVID-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility - King County, Washington, February 27-March 9, 2020 by McMichael, Temet M, Clark, Shauna, Pogosjans, Sargis, Kay, Meagan, Lewis, James, Baer, Atar, Kawakami, Vance, Lukoff, Margaret D, Ferro, Jessica, Brostrom-Smith, Claire, Riedo, Francis X, Russell, Denny, Hiatt, Brian, Montgomery, Patricia, Rao, Agam K, Currie, Dustin W, Chow, Eric J, Tobolowsky, Farrell, Bardossy, Ana C, Oakley, Lisa P, Jacobs, Jesica R, Schwartz, Noah G, Stone, Nimalie, Reddy, Sujan C, Jernigan, John A, Honein, Margaret A, Clark, Thomas A, Duchin, Jeffrey S

“…On February 28, 2020, a case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was identified in a woman resident of a long-term care skilled nursing facility (facility A) in…”
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Evaluating Surveillance for and Estimating Administration of Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis in the United States, 2012-2018 by Whitehouse, Erin R, Person, Marissa K, Brown, Catherine M, Slavinski, Sally, Rao, Agam K, Blanton, Jesse D

“…An evaluation of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) surveillance has not been conducted in over 10 years in the United States. An accurate assessment would be…”
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Clinical Use of Tecovirimat (Tpoxx) for Treatment of Monkeypox Under an Investigational New Drug Protocol - United States, May-August 2022 by O'Laughlin, Kevin, Tobolowsky, Farrell A, Elmor, Riad, Overton, Rahsaan, O'Connor, Siobhán M, Damon, Inger K, Petersen, Brett W, Rao, Agam K, Chatham-Stephens, Kevin, Yu, Patricia, Yu, Yon

“…Currently, no Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatments for human monkeypox are available. Tecovirimat (Tpoxx), however, is an antiviral drug that…”
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Interim Clinical Treatment Considerations for Severe Manifestations of Mpox - United States, February 2023 by Rao, Agam K, Schrodt, Caroline A, Minhaj, Faisal S, Waltenburg, Michelle A, Cash-Goldwasser, Shama, Yu, Yon, Petersen, Brett W, Hutson, Christina, Damon, Inger K

“…Monkeypox (mpox) is a disease caused by infection with Monkeypox virus (MPXV), an Orthopoxvirus (OPXV) in the same genus as Variola virus, which causes…”
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How did the 2022 global mpox outbreak happen? A travel-associated case 6 months earlier may provide important clues by Kreuze, Molly A., Minhaj, Faisal S., Duwell, Monique, Gigante, Crystal M., Kim, Alexander M., Crum, David, Perlmutter, Rebecca, Rubin, Jamie H., Myers, Robert, Lukula, Salimatu L., Ravi-Caldwell, Nivedita, Sockwell, Denise, Chen, Tai-Ho, de Perio, Marie A., Hughes, Christine M., Davidson, Whitni B., Wilkins, Kim, Baird, Nicolle, Lowe, David, Li, Yu, McCollum, Andrea M., Blythe, David, Rao, Agam K.

“…Two days after hospital discharge (i.e., 6 days after arrival back in the United States), newly obtained lesion swabs yielded orthopoxvirus DNA at the Maryland…”
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Cluster of Oseltamivir-Resistant 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infections on a Hospital Ward among Immunocompromised Patients—North Carolina, 2009 by Chen, Luke F., Dailey, Natalie J. M., Rao, Agam K., Fleischauer, Aaron T., Greenwald, Ian, Deyde, Varough M., Moore, Zack S., Anderson, Deverick J., Duffy, Jonathan, Gubareva, Larisa V., Sexton, Daniel J., Fry, Alicia M., Srinivasan, Arjun, Wolfe, Cameron R.

“…Background. Oseltamivir resistance among 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) viruses (pH1N1) is rare. We investigated a cluster of oseltamivir-resistant pH1N1…”
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Rabies experts on demand: A cross-sectional study describing the use of a rabies telehealth service by Baker, Sarah E, Ross, Yasmeen B, Ellison, James A, Monroe, Benjamin P, Orciari, Lillian A, Petersen, Brett W, Rao, Agam K, Wallace, Ryan M

“…Rabies expert on demand (REOD) telehealth service is provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assist public health…”
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US Case Reports of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia After Ad26.COV2.S Vaccination, March 2 to April 21, 2021 by See, Isaac, Su, John R, Lale, Allison, Woo, Emily Jane, Guh, Alice Y, Shimabukuro, Tom T, Streiff, Michael B, Rao, Agam K, Wheeler, Allison P, Beavers, Suzanne F, Durbin, Anna P, Edwards, Kathryn, Miller, Elaine, Harrington, Theresa A, Mba-Jonas, Adamma, Nair, Narayan, Nguyen, Duong T, Talaat, Kawsar R, Urrutia, Victor C, Walker, Shannon C, Creech, C. Buddy, Clark, Thomas A, DeStefano, Frank, Broder, Karen R

“…IMPORTANCE: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) with thrombocytopenia, a rare and serious condition, has been described in Europe following receipt of the…”
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Symptom Screening at Illness Onset of Health Care Personnel With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in King County, Washington by Chow, Eric J, Schwartz, Noah G, Tobolowsky, Farrell A, Zacks, Rachael L. T, Huntington-Frazier, Melinda, Reddy, Sujan C, Rao, Agam K

“…This study assessed the spectrum of initial symptoms at the onset of polymerase chain reaction–confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among health care…”
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Making the Best of the Evidence: Toward National Clinical Guidelines for Botulism by Sobel, Jeremy, Rao, Agam K

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Human rabies despite post-exposure prophylaxis: a systematic review of fatal breakthrough infections after zoonotic exposures by Whitehouse, Erin R, Mandra, Anna, Bonwitt, Jesse, Beasley, Erin A, Taliano, Joanna, Rao, Agam K

“…Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for rabies is widely administered and highly effective. Nevertheless, sporadic breakthrough infections (ie, rabies in people…”
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Clinical Features of Foodborne and Wound Botulism: A Systematic Review of the Literature, 1932-2015 by Chatham-Stephens, Kevin, Fleck-Derderian, Shannon, Johnson, Shacara D, Sobel, Jeremy, Rao, Agam K, Meaney-Delman, Dana

“…Botulism is a rare, potentially fatal paralytic illness caused by neurotoxins. To inform the evaluation of patients with suspected botulism, we conducted a…”
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The Epidemiology of Foodborne Botulism Outbreaks: A Systematic Review by Fleck-Derderian, Shannon, Shankar, Manjunath, Rao, Agam K, Chatham-Stephens, Kevin, Adjei, Stacey, Sobel, Jeremy, Meltzer, Martin I, Meaney-Delman, Dana, Pillai, Satish K

“…We performed a systematic review of foodborne botulism outbreaks to describe their clinical aspects and descriptive epidemiology in order to inform public…”
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Use of JYNNEOS (Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine, Live, Nonreplicating) for Preexposure Vaccination of Persons at Risk for Occupational Exposure to Orthopoxviruses: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, 2022 by Rao, Agam K, Petersen, Brett W, Whitehill, Florence, Razeq, Jafar H, Isaacs, Stuart N, Merchlinsky, Michael J, Campos-Outcalt, Doug, Morgan, Rebecca L, Damon, Inger, Sánchez, Pablo J, Bell, Beth P

“…Certain laboratorians and health care personnel can be exposed to orthopoxviruses through occupational activities. Because orthopoxvirus infections resulting…”
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