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High COVID-19 Attack Rate Among Attendees at Events at a Church - Arkansas, March 2020 by James, Allison, Eagle, Lesli, Phillips, Cassandra, Hedges, D Stephen, Bodenhamer, Cathie, Brown, Robin, Wheeler, J Gary, Kirking, Hannah

“…On March 16, 2020, the day that national social distancing guidelines were released (1), the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) was notified of two cases of…”
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Severe community-acquired pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus, 2003-04 influenza season by Hageman, Jeffrey C, Uyeki, Timothy M, Francis, John S, Jernigan, Daniel B, Wheeler, J Gary, Bridges, Carolyn B, Barenkamp, Stephen J, Sievert, Dawn M, Srinivasan, Arjun, Doherty, Meg C, McDougal, Linda K, Killgore, George E, Lopatin, Uri A, Coffman, Rebecca, MacDonald, J Kathryn, McAllister, Sigrid K, Fosheim, Gregory E, Patel, Jean B, McDonald, L Clifford

“…During the 2003-04 influenza season, 17 cases of Staphylococcus aureus community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were reported from 9 states; 15 (88%) were associated…”
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Airborne pathogen isolation capability in emergency departments of US children's hospitals by Garner, Kelley, MLS (ASCP) , MPH, Wheeler, J. Gary, MD, MPS, Yamauchi, Terry, MD

“…Highlights • Current pediatric emergency departments are limited in the number of airborne isolation rooms with a median of 5. • The majority (61%) of…”
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Mumps in a highly vaccinated Marshallese community in Arkansas, USA: an outbreak report by Fields, Virgie S, Safi, Haytham, Waters, Catherine, Dillaha, Jennifer, Capelle, Lucy, Riklon, Sheldon, Wheeler, J Gary, Haselow, Dirk T

“…During 2000–15, Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, AR, USA, investigated between one and six cases of mumps each year. From Aug 5, 2016, to Aug 5,…”
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Impact of Addition of Philosophical Exemptions on Childhood Immunization Rates by Thompson, Joseph W., MD, MPH, Tyson, Shirley, BS, Card-Higginson, Paula, BA, Jacobs, Richard F., MD, Wheeler, J. Gary, MD, Simpson, Pippa, PhD, Bost, James E., PhD, Ryan, Kevin W., JD, MA, Salmon, Daniel A., PhD, MPH

“…Background Although incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases has decreased, states’ school immunization requirements are increasingly challenged. Subsequent…”
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Effect of dietary ribonucleotides on infant immune status. Part 1: Humoral responses by SCHALLER, Joseph P, KUCHAN, Matthew J, THOMAS, Debra L, CORDLE, Christopher T, WINSHIP, Timothy R, BUCK, Rachael H, BAGGS, Geraldine E, WHEELER, J. Gary

“…The objective of this study was to further explore previously identified effects of supplemental ribonucleotides on infant immune status as measured by…”
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Bloodstream Infections With a Novel Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Involving 52 Outpatient Oncology Clinic Patients―Arkansas, 2018 by Labuda, Sarah M, Garner, Kelley, Cima, Michael, Moulton-Meissner, Heather, Laufer Halpin, Alison, Charles-Toney, Nadege, Yu, Peter, Bolton, Erin, Pierce, Reid, Crist, Matthew B, Gomes, Danica, Gable, Paige, McAllister, Gillian, Lawsin, Adrian, Houston, Hollis, Patil, Naveen, Wheeler, J Gary, Bradsher, Robert, Vyas, Keyur, Haselow, Dirk

“…Abstract Background In July 2018, the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) was notified by hospital A of 3 patients with bloodstream infections (BSIs) with a…”
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Effect of dietary ribonucleotides on infant immune status. Part 2: Immune cell development by BUCK, Rachael H, THOMAS, Debra L, WINSHIP, Timothy R, CORDLE, Christopher T, KUCHAN, Matthew J, BAGGS, Geraldine E, SCHALLER, Joseph P, WHEELER, J. Gary

“…The objective of this study was to determine whether dietary ribonucleotides alter immune cell phenotypes or function in the first year of life. Newborn term…”
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Characteristics of children with asthma who are enrolled in a Head Start program by Vargas, Perla A., Simpson, Pippa M., Gary Wheeler, J., Goel, Rajiv, Feild, Charles R., Tilford, John M., Jones, Stacie M.

“…Asthma is an increasing public health concern that disproportionally affects children. In 1998, the Centers for Disease Control identified children aged 0 to 4…”
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Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Smoking Cessation in Arkansas, 2014 by Ekanem, Uwemedimbuk S., Cardenas, Victor M., Cen, Ruiqi, Simon, Wanda, Chedjieu, Irene P., Woodward, Morgan, Delongchamp, Robert R., Wheeler, J. Gary

“…Objectives: As of October 2015, evidence needed to make a recommendation about the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) for smoking cessation was…”
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Comparison of Office-Based Versus Outsourced Immunization Recall Services by Bondurant, Kristina L, Wheeler, J Gary, Bursac, Zoran, Holmes, Tereasa, Tilford, J Mick

“…Given poor use of recall in primary care practices, we compared outsourced versus office-based recall systems. From 2011 to 2013, we enrolled 87 individual…”
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Use of electronic nicotine delivery systems and recent initiation of smoking among US youth by Cardenas, Victor M., Evans, Victoria L., Balamurugan, Appathurai, Faramawi, Mohammed F., Delongchamp, Robert R., Wheeler, J. Gary

“…Objectives We assessed whether the prevalence of recent (within a year) initiation of cigarette smoking was associated with reports of ever using electronic…”
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Vaccine policy and Arkansas childhood immunization exemptions: a multi-year review by Safi, Haytham, Wheeler, J Gary, Reeve, Gordon R, Ochoa, Eduardo, Romero, José R, Hopkins, Robert, Ryan, Kevin W, Jacobs, Richard F

“…An increase in total vaccine exemptions (medical, philosophic, and religious) occurred in Arkansas after a 2003 legislation added a philosophic category and…”
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Variation in Tularemia Clinical Manifestations-Arkansas, 2009-2013 by Lester Rothfeldt, Laura K, Jacobs, Richard F, Wheeler, J Gary, Weinstein, Susan, Haselow, Dirk T

“…, although naturally occurring in Arkansas, is also a Tier 1 select agent and potential bioterrorism threat. As such, tularemia is nationally notifiable and…”
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Mosquito-borne infections: diagnosis and treatment by Wheeler, J Gary, Weinstein, Susan

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Treatment for Tobacco Dependence for Rural, Lower-Income Smokers: Outcomes, Predictors, and Measurement Considerations by Sheffer, Christine E., Stitzer, Maxine, Payne, Thomas J., Applegate, Bradford W., Bourne, David, Wheeler, J. Gary

“…Purpose. Outcomes from a statewide program that delivered evidence-based, intensive treatment for tobacco dependence to a rural population of lower…”
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Building the medical home: after-hours access by Wheeler, J Gary, Golden, William

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Influenza A Outbreak in an Ambulatory Stem Cell Transplant Center by Apewokin, Senu, Vyas, Keyur, Lester, Laura K., Grazzuitti, Monica, Haselow, Dirk T., Wolfe, Frankie, Roberts, Michelle, Bellamy, William, Kumar, Naveen Sanath, Hunter, Dolris, Lee, Jeannette, Laudadio, Jennifer, Wheeler, J. Gary, Bradsher, Robert

“…Background.  In the era of cost-consciousness regarding healthcare , provision of medical services in an outpatient setting has become increasingly attractive…”
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Smoke-free medical facility campus legislation: support, resistance, difficulties and cost by Sheffer, Christine, Stitzer, Maxine, Wheeler, J Gary

“…Although medical facilities restrict smoking inside, many people continue to smoke outside, creating problems with second-hand smoke, litter, fire risks, and…”
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Prevalence of superantigen-secreting bacteria in patients with Kawasaki disease by Leung, Donald Y.M., Meissner, H.Cody, Shulman, Stanford T., Mason, Wilbert H., Gerber, Michael A., Glode, Mary P., Myones, Barry L., Wheeler, J.Gary, Ruthazer, Robin, Schlievert, Patrick M.

“…Objectives: To assess the prevalence of superantigen secreting bacteria in children with acute Kawasaki disease (KD) relative to control patients. Study…”
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