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"You're kind of at war with yourself as a nurse": Perspectives of inpatient nurses on treating people who present with a comorbid opioid use disorder by Horner, Gabrielle, Daddona, Jeff, Burke, Deirdre J, Cullinane, Judith, Skeer, Margie, Wurcel, Alysse G

“…In the midst of an opioid epidemic, health care workers are encountering an increasing number of patients who have opioid use disorder in addition to complex…”
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Long-Acting Therapies to Improve HIV Viral Suppression by Kimmel, Simeon D, Wurcel, Alysse G

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Management of Infective Endocarditis in People Who Inject Drugs: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association by Baddour, Larry M., Weimer, Melissa B., Wurcel, Alysse G., McElhinney, Doff B., Marks, Laura R., Fanucchi, Laura C., Esquer Garrigos, Zerelda, Pettersson, Gosta B., DeSimone, Daniel C.

“…The American Heart Association has sponsored both guidelines and scientific statements that address the diagnosis, management, and prevention of infective…”
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Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy and Infectious Diseases Care for Justice-Involved Populations by Wurcel, Alysse G, London, Katharine, Crable, Erika L, Cocchi, Nicholas, Koutoujian, Peter J, Winkelman, Tyler N A

“…The Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP) prohibits using federal funds for ambulatory care services and medications (including for infectious diseases) for…”
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Racial differences in testing for infectious diseases: An analysis of jail intake data by Wurcel, Alysse G, Guardado, Rubeen, Grussing, Emily D, Koutoujian, Peter J, Siddiqi, Kashif, Senst, Thomas, Assoumou, Sabrina A, Freund, Karen M, Beckwith, Curt G

“…HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing for all people in jail is recommended by the CDC. In the community, there are barriers to HIV and HCV testing for…”
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Healthcare workers’ perspectives on coronavirus testing availability: a cross sectional survey by Byhoff, Elena, Paulus, Jessica K, Guardado, Rubeen, Zubiago, Julia, Wurcel, Alysse G

“…Abstract Background Studies on the impact of the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID) for healthcare workers (HCWs) rarely include the full spectrum of hospital…”
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“I’m not gonna be able to do anything about it, then what’s the point?”: A broad group of stakeholders identify barriers and facilitators to HCV testing in a Massachusetts jail by Wurcel, Alysse G, Reyes, Jessica, Zubiago, Julia, Koutoujian, Peter J, Burke, Deirdre, Knox, Tamsin A, Concannon, Thomas, Lemon, Stephenie C, Wong, John B, Freund, Karen M, Beckwith, Curt G, LeClair, Amy M

“…Background Despite national guidelines promoting hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing in prisons, there is substantial heterogeneity on the implementation of HCV…”
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The association of gender with receptive and distributive needle sharing among individuals who inject drugs by Rich, Katherine M, Zubiago, Julia, Murphy, Meghan, Guardado, Rubeen, Wurcel, Alysse G

“…Abstract Background Injection drug use and needle sharing remains a public health concern due to the associated risk of HIV, HCV and skin and soft tissue…”
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The Impact of Incarceration on Readmissions Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Hospitalized at a Community Hospital by Rich, Katherine M., Guardado, Rubeen, Bigham, Zahna R., Boms, Okechi, Long, Michelle, Wurcel, Alysse G.

“…Individuals who are incarcerated often have limited access to first-line treatment and comprehensive health care. In this study, we aimed to compare the…”
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To Whom Shall I Tell My Grief? by Wurcel, Alysse G., MD

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Coping with COVID in corrections: a qualitative study among the recently incarcerated on infection control and the acceptability of wastewater-based surveillance by Riback, Lindsey R., Dickson, Peter, Ralph, Keyanna, Saber, Lindsay B., Devine, Rachel, Pett, Lindsay A., Clausen, Alyssa J., Pluznik, Jacob A., Bowden, Chava J., Sarrett, Jennifer C., Wurcel, Alysse G., Phillips, Victoria L., Spaulding, Anne C., Akiyama, Matthew J.

“…Background Correctional settings are hotspots for SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Social and biological risk factors contribute to higher rates of COVID-19 morbidity…”
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Establishing a baseline of antibiotic use in Massachusetts jails reveals heterogeneity in quantity of prescriptions and duration of therapy by Szewczyk, Bart R, Tenner, Rebecca, Grussing, Emily, Campion, Maureen, Andujar Vazquez, Gabriela, Bylsma, Tara, Doron, Shira, Wurcel, Alysse G

“…Optimizing antibiotic prescribing is a crucial element of the fight against antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic prescribing patterns in jails have not been…”
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Implementation of a bundle to improve HIV testing during hospitalization for people who inject drugs by D. Grussing, Emily, Pickard, Bridget, Khalid, Ayesha, Smyth, Emma, Childs, Victoria, Zubiago, Julia, Nunez, Hector, Jung, Amanda, Morales, Yoelkys, Daudelin, Denise H., Wurcel, Alysse G.

“…Background Increased HIV testing is essential to ending the HIV epidemic. People who inject drugs (PWID) are among the highest risk for HIV infection. Previous…”
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Sources of exposure and risk among employees infected with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a large, urban, tertiary-care hospital in the United States by Boomsma, Cassidy, Poplausky, Dina, Jasper, Jacob M, MacRae, MacKenzie Clark, Tang, Alice M, Byhoff, Elena, Wurcel, Alysse G, Doron, Shira, Subbaraman, Ramnath

“…Hospital employees are at risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection through transmission in 3 settings: (1) the community, (2) within the hospital from patient care, and…”
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Powassan meningoencephalitis, New York, New York, USA by Sung, Simon, Wurcel, Alysse G, Whittier, Susan, Kulas, Karen, Kramer, Laura D, Flam, Robin, Roberts, James Kirkland, Tsiouris, Simon

“…Disease caused by Powassan virus (POWV), a tick-borne flavivirus, ranges from asymptomatic to severe neurologic compromise and death. Two cases of POWV…”
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Stakeholder-engaged research is necessary across the criminal-legal spectrum by Wurcel, Alysse G, Kraus, Christina, Johnson, O'Dell, Zaller, Nicholas D, Ray, Bradley, Spaulding, Anne C, Flynn, Tara, Quinn, Cynthia, Day, Ronald, Akiyama, Matthew J, Del Pozo, Brandon, Meyer, Fred, Glenn, Jason E

“…People with lived experience of incarceration have higher rates of morbidity and mortality compared to people without history of incarceration. Research…”
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Operationalization of Status Neutral Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care for Criminal-Legal Involved Populations by Shah, Ruchi Vyomesh, Wurcel, Alysse G.

“…The United States has the highest number of people incarcerated in the world. Criminal-legal involved populations, including people who are incarcerated in…”
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Broad Repertoire of the CD4+ Th Cell Response in Spontaneously Controlled Hepatitis C Virus Infection Includes Dominant and Highly Promiscuous Epitopes by Schulze zur Wiesch, Julian, Lauer, Georg M, Day, Cheryl L, Kim, Arthur Y, Ouchi, Kei, Duncan, Jared E, Wurcel, Alysse G, Timm, Joerg, Jones, Andrea M, Mothe, Bianca, Allen, Todd M, McGovern, Barbara, Lewis-Ximenez, Lia, Sidney, John, Sette, Alessandro, Chung, Raymond T, Walker, Bruce D

“…A vigorous hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific Th cell response is regarded as essential to the immunological control of HCV viremia. The aim of this study was to…”
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Broad Specificity of Virus-Specific CD4+ T-Helper-Cell Responses in Resolved Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Day, Cheryl L, Lauer, Georg M, Robbins, Gregory K, McGovern, Barbara, Wurcel, Alysse G, Gandhi, Rajesh T, Chung, Raymond T, Walker, Bruce D

“…Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Drug-Associated Infective Endocarditis Trends: What's All the Buzz About? by Wurcel, Alysse G

“…In the 1930s, a malaria epidemic broke out in New York City. Around 200 cases occurred, at least 120 of which resulted in death, mostly from cerebral edema…”
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