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A cluster of blister-associated toxic shock syndrome in male military trainees and a study of staphylococcal carriage patterns

scientific article published on 01 October 1989

A community perspective on the efficacy of malaria treatment options for children in Lundazi district, Zambia

scientific article published on October 1999

A day care-based study of the efficacy of Haemophilus b polysaccharide vaccine

scientific article published in September 1988

A geographic information system applied to a malaria field study in western Kenya ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 1998

A longitudinal investigation of IgG and IgM antibody responses to the merozoite surface protein-1 19-kiloDalton domain of Plasmodium falciparum in pregnant women and infants: associations with febrile illness, parasitemia, and anemia ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 1998

A new Legionella species, Legionella feeleii species nova, causes Pontiac fever in an automobile plant

journal article published in 1984

A peer-led HIV counselling and testing programme for the deaf in Kenya

scientific article published in January 2009

A review of household drinking water intervention trials and an approach to the estimation of endemic waterborne gastroenteritis in the United States

scientific article published on January 2006

A supervised land cover classification of a western Kenya lowland endemic for human malaria: associations of land cover with larval Anopheles habitats

scientific article published on 16 April 2009

A trichinosis outbreak among Southeast Asian refugees ⬇️

scientific article published on June 15, 1992

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus: A Nosocomial Pathogen with an Unusual Seasonal Pattern ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 1979

Acquisition and expression of humoral reactivity to antigens of infective stages of filarial larvae

scientific article published in December 1995

Active surveillance for toxic shock syndrome in the United States, 1986.

scientific article published in January 1989

Acute gastrointestinal illness following a prolonged community-wide water emergency

scientific article

Age-specific differences in duration of clinical protection after vaccination with meningococcal polysaccharide A vaccine

scientific article

Age-specific prevalence of antigenemia in a Wuchereria bancrofti-exposed population

scientific article published on 01 September 1994

All-cause mortality among young children in western Kenya. VI: the Asembo Bay Cohort Project

scientific article published on January 2001

Alterations in filarial antigen-specific immunologic reactivity following treatment with ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine

scientific article published on March 1, 1992

An investigation of a major outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Kenya: 2006-2007

scientific article

An outbreak of Pontiac fever related to whirlpool use, Michigan 1982.

scientific article published on January 1985

An outbreak of cyclosporiasis in Florida in 1995: a harbinger of multistate outbreaks in 1996 and 1997 ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

Anaemia, blood transfusion practices, HIV and mortality among women of reproductive age in western Kenya

scientific article published on March 1994

Analysis of isotype-specific antifilarial antibody levels in a Haitian pediatric population

scientific article published on 01 February 1991

Antifilarial cellular responses detected in a Haitian pediatric population by use of a microblastogenesis assay

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Application of pre-programmed PDA devices equipped with global GPS to conduct paperless household surveys in rural Mozambique

scientific article published on January 2006

Assessing bed net use and non-use after long-lasting insecticidal net distribution: a simple framework to guide programmatic strategies

scientific article

Assessment of quality of life as a tool for measuring morbidity due to Schistosoma mansoni infection and the impact of treatment

scientific article published on 09 December 2013

Association of interferon-gamma responses to pre-erythrocytic stage vaccine candidate antigens of Plasmodium falciparum in young Kenyan children with improved hemoglobin levels: XV. Asembo Bay Cohort Project.

scientific article published in May 2003

Association of sporadic listeriosis with consumption of uncooked hot dogs and undercooked chicken

Bacterial meningitis in the United States, 1978 through 1981. The National Bacterial Meningitis Surveillance Study.

scientific article

Bacterial meningitis in the United States, 1986: report of a multistate surveillance study. The Bacterial Meningitis Study Group.

scientific article published in December 1990

Bancroftian Filariasis: Long-Term Effects of Treatment with Diethylcarbamazine in a Haitian Population

scientific article published on 01 December 1991

Bed net ownership in Kenya: the impact of 3.4 million free bed nets

scientific article

Building a geographic information system (GIS) public health infrastructure for research and control of tropical diseases

scientific article published in October 1995

Burden of malaria at community level in children less than 5 years of age in Togo.

scientific article published on October 2006

Cellular proliferative responses in squirrel monkeys immunized with recombinant and synthetic Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite peptides

scientific article published in June 1991

Chemoprophylactic drug trials for treatment of dracunculiasis using the Dracunculus insignis-ferret model

scientific article

Childhood mortality during and after hospitalization in western Kenya: effect of malaria treatment regimens.

scientific article published on December 1996

Childhood upper respiratory tract infections: to what degree is incidence affected by day-care attendance?

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

Clearance of Wuchereria bancrofti Antigen after Treatment with Diethylcarbamazine or Ivermectin ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 1997

Clinical algorithm for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children

scientific article

Clinical, Epidemiologic, Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy ⬇️

scientific article published on January 25, 2012

Community-wide effects of permethrin-treated bed nets on child mortality and malaria morbidity in western Kenya.

scientific article

Comparative efficacy of ceftriaxone and rifampicin in eradicating pharyngeal carriage of group A Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article

Comparison of high dose ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine for activity against bancroftian filariasis in Haiti.

scientific article published on January 1991

Correlation between eosinophils and protection against reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni and the effect of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 coinfection in humans

scientific article

Cryptosporidiosis in Wisconsin: a case-control study of post-outbreak transmission

scientific article published on October 1996

Cryptosporidiosis: an outbreak associated with drinking water despite state-of-the-art water treatment

scientific article published on March 1996

Day care characteristics associated with Haemophilus influenzae disease. Haemophilus influenzae Study Group

scientific article published on 01 December 1990

Dermatitis in grocery workers associated with high natural concentrations of furanocoumarins in celery.

scientific article

Differential association of gene content polymorphisms of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors with placental malaria in HIV- and HIV+ mothers

scientific article

Diphtheria: a possible foodborne outbreak in Hodeida, Yemen Arab Republic

scientific article published on January 1985

Disinfection procedures and infection control in the outpatient oral surgery practice

scientific article published on 01 September 1984

Do facial averageness and symmetry signal health?

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Effect of blood transfusion on survival among children in a Kenyan hospital

scientific article published on August 29, 1992

Effect of mutations in Pneumocystis carinii dihydropteroate synthase gene on outcome of P carinii pneumonia in patients with HIV-1: a prospective study

scientific article published in August 2001

Effect of permethrin-treated bed nets on the spatial distribution of malaria vectors in western Kenya.

scientific article published in April 2003

Effectiveness and tolerance of long-term malaria prophylaxis with mefloquine. Need for a better dosing regimen

scientific article published on January 1991

Effectiveness of permethrin-impregnated bed nets and curtains for malaria control in a holoendemic area of western Kenya.

scientific article published in September 1993

Efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets in the prevention of mortality in young children in an area of high perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya.

scientific article

Efficient energy based modeling and experimental validation of liquid filling in planar micro-fluidic components and networks

scientific article published on 12 January 2005

Elimination of Taenia solium Transmission in Northern Peru

scientific article published on June 2016

Enteric viruses and diarrhea in HIV-infected patients. Enteric Opportunistic Infections Working Group

scientific article published on July 1993

Epidemic listeriosis--evidence for transmission by food

scientific article

Epidemiologic and environmental investigation of a recreational water outbreak caused by two genotypes of Cryptosporidium parvum in Ohio in 2000

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Epidemiologic studies of Cyclospora cayetanensis in Guatemala.

scientific article

Epidemiology and spatial analysis of malaria in the Northern Peruvian Amazon.

scientific article

Factors Associated with HIV Infection in Married or Cohabitating Couples in Kenya: Results from a Nationally Representative Study ⬇️

scientific article published on March 15, 2011

Factors associated with visceral leishmaniasis in Nepal: bed-net use is strongly protective

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Failure of gloves and other protective devices to prevent transmission of hepatitis B virus to oral surgeons

scientific article

Field effectiveness of new visceral leishmaniasis regimens after 1 year following treatment within public health facilities in Bihar, India

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Field safety and effectiveness of new visceral leishmaniasis treatment regimens within public health facilities in Bihar, India

article

First Reported Outbreak of Abdominal Angiostrongyliasis ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Genetic variation in Pneumocystis carinii isolates from different geographic regions: implications for transmission.

scientific article published on May 2000

Geographic clustering and seroprevalence of schistosomiasis in Puerto Rico (1995).

scientific article published in January 1997

Geographic distribution of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Western Kenya: implications for anthelminthic mass treatment.

scientific article published in September 2003

Geospatial distribution and determinants of child mortality in rural western Kenya 2002-2005.

scientific article published in April 2010

Guatemalan human onchocerciasis. II. Evidence for IgG3 involvement in acquired immunity to Onchocerca volvulus and identification of possible immune-associated antigens

scientific article published on 01 June 1991

HIV prevalence and associated risk factors among individuals aged 13-34 years in Rural Western Kenya

scientific article

Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine: an efficacy study. Haemophilus Vaccine Efficacy Study Group

scientific article published on 01 August 1989

Health care utilization and access to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and care and treatment services in a rural area with high HIV prevalence, Nyanza Province, Kenya, 2007.

scientific article published on 09 December 2013

Heterogeneity in filarial-specific immune responsiveness among patients with lymphatic obstruction

scientific article published in May 1993

Higher percentages of circulating mast cell precursors correlate with susceptibility to reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni

scientific article

Identification of T-cell determinants in natural immune responses to the Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen (AMA-1) in an adult population exposed to malaria

scientific article

Immunization of US children with Hemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine. A cost-effectiveness model of strategy assessment

scientific article published on 01 January 1985

Impact of permethrin-treated bed nets on entomologic indices in an area of intense year-round malaria transmission.

scientific article published in April 2003

Implications of the western Kenya permethrin-treated bed net study for policy, program implementation, and future research.

scientific article published on April 2003

Infections with Mycobacterium chelonei in patients receiving dialysis and using processed hemodialyzers

scientific article published in 1985

Invasive group B streptococcal disease in adults. A population-based study in metropolitan Atlanta

scientific article published on August 1991

Investigation of an outbreak of Moraxella conjunctivitis at a Navajo boarding school

scientific article published on 01 April 1989

Investigation of an outbreak of listeriosis: new hypotheses for the etiology of epidemic Listeria monocytogenes infections

scientific article published on April 1989

Leprosy in the United States, 1971-1981

scientific article published in 1985

Lice, nits, and school policy

scientific article

Listeriosis in the United States: 1980-1982

Long-term incidence of relapse and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis after three different visceral leishmaniasis treatment regimens in Bihar, India

scientific article published on 20 July 2020

Long-term malaria prophylaxis with weekly mefloquine

scientific article published on April 1993

Long-term suppression of microfilaraemia following ivermectin treatment

scientific article published on May 1, 1992

Longitudinal evaluation of severely anemic children in Kenya: the effect of transfusion on mortality and hematologic recovery

scientific article published on October 1997

Lyme disease surveillance in the United States, 1983-1986

scholarly article published in Reviews of Infectious Diseases

Magnitude and kinetics of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses and their relationship to disease severity

scientific article published on 14 July 2020

Malaria infection in infancy in rural Malawi

scientific article published on January 1996

Mammaplasty-associated mycobacterial infection: a survey of plastic surgeons

scientific article published on 01 August 1983

Maternal HIV infection and infant mortality in Malawi: evidence for increased mortality due to placental malaria infection.

scientific article

Maternal filarial infection - a persistent risk factor for microfilaremia in offspring?

scientific article published on 01 November 1993

More on rifampin prophylaxis against Haemophilus influenzae b in day-care facilities

scientific article published on 01 January 1988

Nonmenstrual toxic shock syndrome associated with barrier contraceptives: report of a case-control study

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Nosocomial legionellosis, Paris, France. Evidence for transmission by potable water

scientific article published on 01 April 1985

Outbreak of amebiasis in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 1998

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

PREVALENCE OF VIABLE TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN BEEF, CHICKEN, AND PORK FROM RETAIL MEAT STORES IN THE UNITED STATES: RISK ASSESSMENT TO CONSUMERS

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Piloting the use of personal digital assistants for tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus surveillance, Kenya, 2007.

scientific article

Plasmodium falciparum-associated anemia in children at a large urban hospital in Zaire

scientific article published on March 1993

Pontiac Fever in an automobile engine assembly plant caused by a new Legionella species: Legionella feeleii, sp. nov

publication published in 1983

Population-based risk factors for neonatal group B streptococcal disease: results of a cohort study in metropolitan Atlanta

scientific article published on September 1990

Prediction, Assessment of the Rift Valley Fever Activity in East and Southern Africa 2006–2008 and Possible Vector Control Strategies ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2010

Predictive Factors and Risk Mapping for Rift Valley Fever Epidemics in Kenya

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in US military recruits in 1989: comparison with data published in 1965.

scientific article published on November 1996

Prevalence of antibodies to Legionella pneumophila among workers exposed to a contaminated cooling tower

Preventing severe heat injury in runners: suggestions from the 1979 Peachtree Road Race experience

scientific article published in August 1982

Primary invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease: a population-based assessment of risk factors

scientific article published in June 1986

Primary meningococcal pericarditis: a disease of adults associated with serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on September 1984

Production of toxic-shock-associated protein(s) in Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from 1956 through 1982.

scientific article published on July 1984

Profile: the KEMRI/CDC Health and Demographic Surveillance System--Western Kenya

scientific article published in August 2012

Prophylaxis of Hemophilus influenzae Type b Disease ⬇️

scientific article published on December 21, 1984

Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype 0:9. New cause of whirlpool-associated dermatitis

scientific article published in January 1983

Randomised placebo-controlled comparison of ivermectin and albendazole alone and in combination for Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia in Haitian children ⬇️

scientific article published on August 16, 1997

Rapid scale-up of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets through integration into the national immunization program during child health week in Togo, 2004.

scientific article

Recommendations for the use of Taylor series confidence intervals for estimates of vaccine efficacy

scientific article published on January 1988

Reduced Antifilarial IgG4 Responsiveness in a Subpopulation of Microfilaremic Persons ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 December 1995

Relationship of Climate, Geography, and Geology to the Incidence of Rift Valley Fever in Kenya during the 2006–2007 Outbreak ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Resistance to reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni in occupationally exposed adults and effect of HIV-1 co-infection on susceptibility to schistosomiasis: a longitudinal study

scientific article published in August 2002

Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Livestock in Kenya, 2006–2007 ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2010

Rift Valley fever in Kenya: history of epizootics and identification of vulnerable districts

scientific article published on 18 May 2010

Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia among persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus

scientific article published in January 2000

Risk factors for deaths in children under 5 years old in Bagamoyo district, Tanzania

scientific article published on December 1, 1992

Risk factors for development of toxic shock syndrome. Association with a tampon brand

scientific article published in August 1982

Risk factors for kala-azar in Bangladesh

scientific article published in May 2005

Risk factors for menstrual toxic shock syndrome: results of a multistate case-control study.

scientific article published in January 1989

Risk factors for primary invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease: increased risk from day care attendance and school-aged household members

scientific article published in February 1985

Risk factors for severe Rift Valley fever infection in Kenya, 2007.

scientific article

Risk factors for staphylococcal toxic-shock syndrome

scientific article

SARS surveillance during emergency public health response, United States, March-July 2003.

scientific article published in February 2004

Schistosomiasis in Lake Malawi

scientific article

Secondary Haemophilus influenzae type b in day-care facilities. Risk factors and prevention

scientific article published on 01 July 1985

Secular trends in nosocomial infections: 1970-1979

scientific article published on 01 February 1981

Sequential Rift Valley Fever Outbreaks in Eastern Africa Caused by Multiple Lineages of the Virus ⬇️

scientific article published on December 14, 2010

Seroprevalence of cysticercosis in an Orthodox Jewish community

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

Spatial and temporal variation in kinship among Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes

scientific article published in July 2003

Spatial clustering of filarial transmission before and after a Mass Drug Administration in a setting of low infection prevalence

scientific article

Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with nonmenstrual toxic shock syndrome. Evidence for additional toxins

scientific article published on 01 May 1985

Surveillance of Lyme disease in the United States, 1982.

scientific article published on June 1985

Susceptibility of four species of copepods, from areas of endemic Dracunculus medinensis, to the North American D. insignis

scientific article

The antibody response to 27-, 17-, and 15-kDa Cryptosporidium antigens following experimental infection in humans

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

The effect of malaria and malaria prevention in pregnancy on offspring birthweight, prematurity, and intrauterine growth retardation in rural Malawi.

scientific article published on January 1996

The effectiveness of insecticide-impregnated bed nets in reducing cases of malaria infection: a meta-analysis of published results

scientific article published in May 1995

The efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets on child mortality and morbidity in western Kenya I. Development of infrastructure and description of study site.

scientific article published on April 2003

The efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets on child mortality and morbidity in western Kenya II. Study design and methods.

scientific article published in April 2003

The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in United States hospitals. Possible role of the house staff-patient transfer circuit

scientific article

The epidemiology of malaria in an epidemic area of the Peruvian Amazon.

scientific article published in February 2000

The geographic distribution of Lyme disease in the United States

scientific article published on 01 January 1988

The perils of straying from protocol: sampling bias and interviewer effects

scientific article

The relationship of tampon characteristics to menstrual toxic shock syndrome

scientific article

The role of health care in the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa: evidence from Kenya

scientific article published in January 2009

The spatial distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection before and after chemotherapy in the Jequitinhonha Valley in Brazil

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Toxic shock syndrome. Evaluation of national surveillance data using a hospital discharge survey

scientific article

Trends and risk factors for HIV-1 seropositivity among outpatient children, Kinshasa, Zaire.

scientific article

Tumor necrosis factor and severe malaria

scientific article published in January 1991

Use of chemoprophylaxis to prevent the spread of Hemophilus influenzae B in day-care facilities

scientific article published on 01 May 1987

Use of handheld computers with global positioning systems for probability sampling and data entry in household surveys.

scientific article

Use of surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease to estimate the size of the immunosuppressed HIV-infected population

scientific article published in June 1991

Using clinical signs to diagnose anaemia in African children

scientific article published on January 1995

Using mass media campaigns to promote voluntary counseling and HIV-testing services in Kenya

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Virgin soil: the spread of visceral leishmaniasis into Uttar Pradesh, India

scientific article published in October 2005

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