Search Results - "de St. Maurice, Annabelle"
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Prevalence and risk factors of Rift Valley fever in humans and animals from Kabale district in Southwestern Uganda, 2016
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (03-05-2018)“…Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic disease caused by Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) found in Africa and the Middle East. Outbreaks can cause extensive…”
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Ecological correlates of risk and incidence of West Nile virus in the United States
Published in Oecologia (01-01-2009)“…West Nile virus, which was recently introduced to North America, is a mosquito-borne pathogen that infects a wide range of vertebrate hosts, including humans…”
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Randomized Trial Evaluating Clinical Impact of RAPid IDentification and Susceptibility Testing for Gram-negative Bacteremia: RAPIDS-GN
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (01-07-2021)“…Abstract Background Rapid blood culture diagnostics are of unclear benefit for patients with gram-negative bacilli (GNB) bloodstream infections (BSIs). We…”
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Ebola, Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika Infections in Neonates and Infants
Published in Clinics in perinatology (01-06-2021)“…Emerging infectious diseases, including Ebola, chikungunya, Zika, and dengue, may have significant impacts on maternal-fetal dyads and neonatal outcomes…”
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Clinical, microbiological, and genomic characteristics of clade-III Candida auris colonization and infection in southern California, 2019–2022
Published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (01-07-2023)“…is an emerging fungal pathogen causing outbreaks in healthcare facilities. Five distinctive genomic clades exhibit clade-unique characteristics, highlighting…”
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Persistent Sex Disparities in Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases in the Conjugate Vaccine Era
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (01-09-2016)“…Background. Few studies have characterized the role of sex on the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). We examined sex differences in rates of…”
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Low prevalence (0.13%) of COVID-19 infection in asymptomatic pre-operative/pre-procedure patients at a large, academic medical center informs approaches to perioperative care
Published in Surgery (01-12-2020)“…The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in reduced performance of elective surgeries and procedures at medical centers across the United…”
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Clinical and Epidemiologic Evaluation of Inconclusive COVID-19 PCR Results Using a Quantitative Algorithm
Published in American journal of clinical pathology (01-03-2021)“…Abstract Objectives The inconclusive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) result causes confusion and…”
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Pediatrician’s role in vaccinating children and families for COVID-19: no one left behind
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Vaccine Hesitancy in Children-A Call for Action
Published in Children (Basel) (29-04-2016)“…Immunizations have made an enormous impact on the health of children by decreasing childhood morbidity and mortality from a variety of vaccine-preventable…”
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Exposure Characteristics of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Patients, United States, 1993-2015
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-05-2017)“…Those at highest risk are persons in occupations with potential for rodent exposure and American Indian women 40--64 years of age…”
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Finding a needle in a haystack: The hidden costs of asymptomatic testing in a low incidence setting
Published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (01-10-2022)“…The total number of tests collected for asymptomatic surgical patients has exceeded 100,000 in the past 12 months.3,4 Data collected during this pandemic have…”
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The evaluation of central-line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) preventability at an academic institution
Published in Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (01-07-2022)“…Background: In 2008, the hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) initiative labeled central-line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) as preventable “never…”
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Rift valley fever viral load correlates with the human inflammatory response and coagulation pathway abnormalities in humans with hemorrhagic manifestations
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (04-05-2018)“…Rift Valley fever virus is an arbovirus that affects both livestock and humans throughout Africa and in the Middle East. Despite its endemicity throughout…”
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Rift Valley Fever: A survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practice of slaughterhouse workers and community members in Kabale District, Uganda
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (05-03-2018)“…Rift Valley Fever virus (RVF) is a zoonotic virus in the Phenuiviridae family. RVF outbreaks can cause significant morbidity and mortality in humans and…”
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Lessons learned from implementation of an electronic decision support tool for hospital-administered pneumococcal vaccinations
Published in Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (2024)“…Experts recommend standing orders for hospital-administered vaccines to improve adult immunization rates. We implemented an admission assessment tool to offer…”
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Efficacy of Empiric Contact Precautions for Patients from High Risk Facilities
Published in Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (01-07-2024)“…Background: Infection prevention surveillance revealed that patients admitted from two specific long term care facilities comprised the majority of multi-drug…”
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Using an Antibiogram Profile to Improve Infection Control and Rational Antimicrobial Therapy in an Urban Hospital in The Gambia, Strategies and Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Published in Antibiotics (Basel) (01-04-2023)“…Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat and efforts to mitigate it is warranted, thus the need for local antibiograms to improve stewardship. This…”
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The Pediatric Subspecialty Match: Past, Present, and Future
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Association of ongoing drug and alcohol use with non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy and higher risk of AIDS and death: results from ACTG 362
Published in AIDS care (01-06-2011)“…Drug and alcohol use have been associated with a worse prognosis in short-term and cross-sectional analyses of HIV-infected populations, but longitudinal…”
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