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pro vyhledávání: '"A W, Hightower"'
Autor:
Khushbu Priyamvada, Joy Bindroo, Madan Prashad Sharma, Lloyd A. C. Chapman, Pushkar Dubey, Tanmay Mahapatra, Allen W. Hightower, Caryn Bern, Sridhar Srikantiah
Publikováno v:
Parasites & Vectors, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
Abstract Background With visceral leishmaniasis (VL) incidence at its lowest level since the 1960s, increasing attention has turned to early detection and investigation of outbreaks. Methods Outbreak investigations were triggered by recognition of ca
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/19705b35b2cf4b769bfc6a3908268423
Autor:
Pushkar Dubey, Aritra Das, Khushbu Priyamvada, Joy Bindroo, Tanmay Mahapatra, Prabhas Kumar Mishra, Ankur Kumar, Ana O. Franco, Basab Rooj, Bikas Sinha, Sreya Pradhan, Indranath Banerjee, Manash Kumar, Nasreen Bano, Chandan Kumar, Chandan Prasad, Parna Chakraborty, Rakesh Kumar, Niraj Kumar, Aditya Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Kumar Kundan, Sunil Babu, Hemant Shah, Morchan Karthick, Nupur Roy, Naresh Kumar Gill, Shweta Dwivedi, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Allen W. Hightower, Lloyd A C. Chapman, Chandramani Singh, Madan Prasad Sharma, Neeraj Dhingra, Caryn Bern, Sridhar Srikantiah
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Vol 11 (2021)
As India moves toward the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as a public health problem, comprehensive timely case detection has become increasingly important, in order to reduce the period of infectivity and control outbreaks. During the 200
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/188aee54aae54a49a16f0f25df36b2e6
Publikováno v:
Journal of Data Science. 5:519-534
We present power calculations for zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) and zero-inflated negative-binomial (ZINB) models. We detail direct computa- tions for a ZIP model based on a two-sample Wald test using the expected information matrix. We also demonstrat
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::4c672597e32fa82fc7d34fb3e39df2fe
https://doi.org/10.6339/jds.2007.05(4).360
https://doi.org/10.6339/jds.2007.05(4).360
Autor:
Carrie J Ngongo, Kevin D Frick, Allen W Hightower, Florence Alice Mathingau, Heather Burke, Robert F Breiman
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 2, p e0118025 (2015)
Fidelity to research protocol is critical. In a contingent valuation study in an informal urban settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, participants responded differently to the three trained interviewers. Interviewer effects were present during the survey pil
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/9a027b740f664f8083feacd29f093bca
Autor:
Caryn Bern, Allen W. Hightower, Rajib Chowdhury, Mustakim Ali, Josef Amann, Yukiko Wagatsuma, Rashidul Haque, Katie Kurkjian, Louise E. Vaz, Moarrita Begum, Tangin Akter, Catherine B. Cetre-Sossah, Indu B. Ahluwalia, Ellen Dotson, W. Evan Secor, Robert F. Breiman, James H. Maguire
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 5, Pp 655-662 (2005)
Since 1990, South Asia has experienced a resurgence of kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis). To determine risk factors for kala-azar, we performed cross-sectional surveys over a 3-year period in a Bangladeshi community. By history, active case detectio
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/183dd43e81ca4f8292fa736d5d2ef903
Autor:
Stephanie J. Schrag, John T. Brooks, Chris Van Beneden, Umesh D. Parashar, Patricia M. Griffin, Larry J. Anderson, William J. Bellini, Robert F. Benson, Dean D. Erdman, Alexander Klimov, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Teresa C.T. Peret, Deborah F. Talkington, W. Lanier Thacker, Maria L. Tondella, Jacquelyn S. Sampson, Allen W. Hightower, Dale F. Nordenberg, Brian D. Plikaytis, Ali S. Khan, Nancy E. Rosenstein, Tracee A. Treadwell, Cynthia G. Whitney, Anthony E. Fiore, Tonji M. Durant, Joseph F. Perz, Annemarie Wasley, Daniel R. Feikin, Joy L. Herndon, William A. Bower, Barbara W. Kilbourn, Deborah A. Levy, Victor G. Coronado, Joanna Buffington, Clare A. Dykewicz, Rima F. Khabbaz, Mary E. Chamberland
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 185-194 (2004)
In response to the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the United States established national surveillance using a sensitive case definition incorporating clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory criteria. Of 1,460 unexplained respi
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/84944772f08c4d019d6a2acc6d66c79e
Autor:
Charles B. Beard, Jane L. Carter, Scott P. Keely, Laurence Huang, Norman J. Pieniazek, Iaci N.S. Moura, Jacquelin M. Roberts, Allen W. Hightower, Michelle S. Bens, Amanda R. Freeman, Sherline Lee, James R. Stringer, Jeffrey S. Duchin, Carlos Del Rio, David Rimland, Robert P. Baughman, Deborah A. Levy, Vance J. Dietz, Paul Simon, Thomas R. Navin
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 6, Iss 3, Pp 265-272 (2000)
To study transmission patterns of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in persons with AIDS, we evaluated P. carinii isolates from patients in five U.S. cities for variation at two independent genetic loci, the mitochondrial large subunit rRNA and di
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/68b2dd6dc9a74190852a938b1a10b17c
Autor:
Caryn Bern, Beatriz Hernandez, Maria Beatriz Lopez, Michael J. Arrowood, Maricruz Alvarez de Mejia, Ana Maria de Merida, Allen W. Hightower, Linda Venczel, Barbara L. Herwaldt, Robert E. Klein
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 5, Iss 6, Pp 766-774 (1999)
In 1996 and 1997, cyclosporiasis outbreaks in North America were linked to eating Guatemalan raspberries. We conducted a study in health-care facilities and among raspberry farm workers, as well as a case-control study, to assess risk factors for the
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/b9452aa34f55406fafbf2fc55cc24263
Autor:
Kumar Kundan, Madan Prasad Sharma, Bikas Sinha, Neeraj Dhingra, Indranath Banerjee, Tanmay Mahapatra, Basab Rooj, Lloyd A. C. Chapman, Naresh Kumar Gill, Allen W. Hightower, Nupur Roy, Khushbu Priyamvada, Prabhas Kumar Mishra, Sridhar Srikantiah, Caryn Bern, Joy Bindroo
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Vol 11 (2021)
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
BackgroundIndia has made major progress in improving control of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in recent years, in part through shortening the time infectious patients remain untreated. Active case detection decreases the time from VL onset to diagnosis
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::64f4ec66842b2709873d125d9f5c699e
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.648847/full
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.648847/full
Autor:
Joy Bindroo, Sridhar Srikantiah, Madan Prashad Sharma, Caryn Bern, Tanmay Mahapatra, Allen W. Hightower, Pushkar Dubey, Khushbu Priyamvada, Lloyd A. C. Chapman
Publikováno v:
Parasites & Vectors
Parasites & Vectors, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
Parasites & Vectors, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
Background With visceral leishmaniasis (VL) incidence at its lowest level since the 1960s, increasing attention has turned to early detection and investigation of outbreaks. Methods Outbreak investigations were triggered by recognition of case cluste
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::51455e4ee1009b59bccb4b76db07f372
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04551-y
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04551-y