IEIP Publications List
IEIP-Bangladesh Publications
2008
Rahman M, Rahman K, Siddque AK, Shoma S, Kamal AH, Ali KS, Nisaluk A, Breiman RF. First outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Jul;8(7):738-40.
Breiman RF, Evans MR, Preiser W, Maguire J, Schnur A, Li A, Bekedam H, Mackenzie J. Role of China in the Quest To Define and Control Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003;9(9):1037-41.
Ali M, Wagatsuma Y, Emch M, Breiman RF. Use of a geographic information system for defining spatial risk for dengue transmission in Bangladesh: role for Aedes albopictus in an urban outbreak. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2003;69(6):634-640.
Hossain MA, Khatun M, Arjumand F, Nisaluk A, Breiman RF. Serologic Evidence of Dengue Infection before Onset of Epidemic, Bangladesh. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003;9(11):1411-1414.
Ahluwalia IB, Bern C, Costa C, Akter T, Chowdhury R, Ali M, Alam D, Kenah E, Amann J, Wagatsuma Y, Haque R, Breiman RF, Maguire JH. Visceral leishmaniasis: Consequences of a neglected disease in a Bangladesh community. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2003;69(6):624-628.
Breiman RF, Streatfield PK, Phelan M, Shifa N, Rashid M, Yunus M. Effect of infant immunisation on childhood mortality in rural Bangladesh: analysis of health and demographic surveillance data. The Lancet, 2004 Dec 18;364(9452):2204-11.
Naheed A, Kalluri P, Talukder KA, Faruque ASG, Khatun F, Nair GB, Mintz ED, Breiman RF. Fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in northeastern Bangladesh. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2004 Oct; 4:607-8.
Raqib R, Kamal SM, Rahman MJ, Rahim Z, Banu S, Bardhan PK, Chowdhury F, Ara G, Zaman K, Breiman RF, Andersson J, Sack DA. Use of antibodies in lymphocyte secretions for detection of subclinical tuberculosis infection in asymptomatic contacts. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2004 Nov;11(6):1022-7.
Ahluwalia IB, Bern C, Wagatsuma Y, Costa C, Chowdhury R, Ali M, Amann J, Haque R, Breiman RF, Maguire JH. Visceral Leishmaniasis: Consequences to women in a Bangladeshi community. Journal of Women’s Health, 13(4), 2004: 360-364.
Wagatsuma Y, Breiman RF, Hossain A, Rahman M. Dengue fever outbreak in a Recreation Club, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10(4), 2004: 747-750.
Brooks WA, Yunus M, Santosham M, Wahed MA, Nahar K, Yeasmin S, Black RE. Zinc for severe pneumonia in very your children: double-blind placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet, 363, 2004:1683-1688.
Hsu VP, Hossain MJ, Parashar UD, Ali MM, Ksiazek TG, Kuzmin I, Niezgoda M, Rupprecht C, Bresee J, Breiman RF. Nipah virus encephalitis reemergence, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Dec;10(12):2082-7. ^ to the top
Zaman K, Rahim Z, Yunus M, Arifeen S, Baqui A, Sack D, Hossain S, Banu S, Islam MA, Ahmed J, Breiman R, Black R. Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in selected urban and rural areas in Bangladesh. Scand J Infect Dis. 2005;37(1):21-6.
Brooks WA, Hossain A, Goswami D, Nahar K, Alam K, Ahmed N, Naheed A, Nair GB, Luby S, Breiman RF. Bacteremic typhoid fever in children in an urban slum, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Feb;11(2):326-9.
LaRocque RC, Breiman RF, Ari MD, Morey RE, Janan FA, Hayes JM, Hossain MA, Brooks WA, Levett PN. Leptospirosis during dengue outbreak, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 May;11(5):766-9.
Brooks WA, Santosham M, Roy SK, Faruque AS, Wahed MA, Nahar K, Khan AI, Khan AF, Fuchs GJ, Black RE. Efficacy of zinc in young infants with acute watery diarrhea. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Sep;82(3):605-10.
Brooks WA, Santosham M, Naheed A, Goswami D, Wahed MA, Diener-West M, Faruque AS, Black RE. Effect of weekly zinc supplements on incidence of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children younger than 2 years in an urban, low-income population in Bangladesh: randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2005 Sep 17-23;366(9490):999-1004.
Harcourt BH, Lowe L, Tamin A, Liu X, Bankamp B, Bowden N, Rollin PE, Comer JA, Ksiazek TG, Hossain MJ, Gurley ES, Breiman RF, Bellini WJ, Rota PA. Genetic characterization of Nipah virus, Bangladesh, 2004. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Oct;11(10):1594-7.
Kurkjian KM, Vaz LE, Haque R, Cetre-Sossah C, Akhter S, Roy S, Steurer F, Amann J, Ali M, Chowdhury R, Wagatsuma Y, Williamson J, Crawford S, Breiman RF, Maguire JH, Bern C, Secor WE. Application of an improved method for the recombinant k39 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect visceral leishmaniasis disease and infection in Bangladesh. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Dec;12(12):1410-5.
Kalluri P, Naheed A, Rahman S, Ansaruzzaman M, Faruque ASG, Bird M, Khatun F, Bhuiyan NA, Nato F, Fournier JM, Bopp C, Breiman RF, Nair GB, Mintz ED. Evaluation of three rapid diagnostic tests for cholera: does the skill level of the technician matter? Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2006 Jan; 11(1): 49-55.
Podder G, Breiman RF, Azim T, Thu HM, Velathanthiri N, Mai LQ, Lowry K, Aaskov JG. Origin of Dengue Type 3 viruses associated with the Dengue outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2000 and 2001. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2006;74(2): 263-265.
Epstein JH, Field HE, Luby S, Pulliam JRC, Daszak P. Nipah Virus: Impact, Origins, and Causes of Emergence. Current Infectious Disease Reports 2006 Jan; 8(1):59-65.
Luby S, Islam MS, Johnston R. Chlorine spot treatment of flooded tube wells, an efficacy trial. Journal of Applied Microbiology;100(2006):1154-1158.
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Kuzmin IV, Niezgoda M, Carroll DS, Keeler N, Hossain MJ, Breiman RF, Ksiazek TG, Rupprecht CE. Lyssavirus Surveillance in Bats, Bangladesh. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2006 March; 12(3):486-488.
Sharma AD, Bern C, Varghese B, Chowdhury R, Haque R, Ali M, Amann J, Ahluwalia IB, Wagatsuma Y, Breiman RF, Maguire JH, McFarland DA. The economic impact of visceral leishmaniasis on households in Bangladesh. Trop Med Int Health 2006 May; 11(5):757-64.
Schwartz BS, Harris JB, Khan AI, Larocque RC, Sack DA, Malek MA, Faruque ASG, Qadri F, Calderwood SB, Luby SP, Ryan ET. Diarrheal epidemics in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during three consecutive floods: 1988, 1998, and 2004. Am Soc of Trop Med and Hyg 2006; 74(6):1067-1073.
Bern C, Amann J, Haque R, Chowdhury R, Ali M, Kurkjian KM, Vaz L, Wagatsuma Y, Breiman RF, Secor WE, Maguire JH. Loss of leishmanin skin test antigen sensitivity and potency in a longitudinal study of visceral leishmaniasis in Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2006; 75(4):744-748.
Luby SP, Rahman M, Hossain MJ, Blum LS, Husain MM, Gurley E, Khan R, Ahmed B, Rahman S, Nahar N, Kenah E, Comer JA, Ksiazek TG. Foodborne Transmission of Nipah Virus, Bangladesh. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2006 Dec; 12(12):1888-1894.
Ram PK, Naheed A, Brooks WA, Hossain MA, Mintz ED, Breiman RF, Luby SP. Risk factors for typhoid fever in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Epidemiol Infect 2007; 135(3):458-465.
Bern C, Haque R, Chowdhury R, Ali M, Kurkjian KM, Vaz L, Amann J, Wahed MA, Wagatsuma Y, Breiman RF, Williamson J, Secor WE, Maguire JH. The epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis and asymptomatic leishmanial infection in a highly endemic Bangladeshi village. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2007 May; 76(5):909-14.
Gurley ES, Montgomery JM, Hossain MJ, Islam MR, Molla MAR, Shamsuzzaman SM, Akram K, Zaman K, Asgari N, Comer JA, Azad AK, Rollin PE, Ksiazek TG, Breiman RF. Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Nipah Virus in a Bangladesh Hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2007 Jun; 28(6):740-42.
Gurley E, Montgomery J, Hossain MJ, Bell M, Azad AK, Islam MR, Molla MAR, Carroll D, Ksiazek Rota TPA, Lowe L, Comer JA, Rollin P, Czub M, Grolla A, Feldmann H, Luby SP, Woodward JL, Breiman RF. Person-to-person transmission of Nipah virus in a Bangladeshi Community. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2007 Jul; 13(7): 1031-37.
Sejvar JJ, Hossain J, Saha SK, Gurley ES, Banu S, Hamadani JD, Mohammed Abdul Faiz MA, Siddiqui FM, Mohammad QD, Mollah AH, Uddin R, Alam R, Rahman R, Tan CT, Bellini W, Rota P, Breiman RF, Luby SP. Long-term neurological and functional outcome in Nipah virus infection. Annals of Neurology, 2007 Sep;62(3):235-42.
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Bai Y, Montgomery SP, Sheff KW, Chowdhury MA, Breiman RF, Kabeya H, Kosoy MY. Bartonella Strains in Small Mammals from Dhaka, Bangladesh, Related to Bartonella in America and Europe. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Sep;77(3):567-570.
Schmidt WP, Luby SP, Genser B, Barreto ML, Clasen T. Estimating the longitudinal prevalence of diarrhea and other episodic diseases – Continuous versus intermittent surveillance. Epidemiology 2007 Sep;18(5):537-543.
Brooks WA, Terebuh P, Bridges C, Klimov A, Goswami D, Sharmeen AT, Azim T, Erdman D, Hall H, Luby S, Breiman RF. Influenza A and B Infection among Children in Urban Slum, Bangladesh. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2007 Oct;13(10):1507-8.
Brooks WA, Erdman D, Terebuh P, Klimov A, Goswami D, Sharmeen AT, Azim T, Luby S, Bridges C, Breiman R. Human metapneumovirus infection among children, Bangladesh. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2007 Oct;13(10):1611-1613.
Tanaka G. Faruque ASG, Luby SP, Malek MA, Glass RI, Parashar UD. Deaths from Rotavirus in Bangladeshi Children: Estimates from hospital-based surveillance. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2007 Nov; 26(11):1014-1018.
Brooks WA, Breiman RF, Goswami D, Hossain A, Alam K, Saha SK, Nahar K, Nasrin D, Ahmed N, Arifeen SE, Naheed A, Sack DA, Luby S. Invasive pneumococcal disease burden and implications for vaccine policy in urban Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2007 Nov; 77(5):795-801.
Gupta SK, Sheikh MA, Islam MS, Rahman KS, Jahan N, Rahman MM, Hoekstra RM, Johnston R, Ram PK, Luby S. Usefulness of the hydrogen sulfide test for assessment of water quality in Bangladesh. Journal of Applied Microbiology 2008 Feb;104(2):388-395.
Hossain MJ, Gurley ES, Montgomery JM, Bell M, Carroll DS, Hsu VP, Formenty P, Croisier A, Bertherat E, Faiz MA, Azad AK, Islam R, Molla MAR, Ksiazek TG, Rota PA, Comer JA, Luby SP, Breiman RF. Clinical presentation of Nipah virus infection in Bangladesh. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008 Apr; 46(5):977-84.
Naheed A, Ram PK, Brooks WA, Mintz ED, Hossain MA, Parsons MM, Luby SP Breiman RF. Clinical value of TubexTM and Typhidot® rapid diagnostic tests for typhoid fever in an urban community clinic in Bangladesh. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2008 Aug; 61(4):381-386.
Saha SK, Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH, Hossain B, Islam M, Foster D, Al-Emran H, Naheed A, Arifeen SE, Luby SP, Santosham M, Crook D. Identification of serotype in culture negative pneumococcal meningitis using sequential multiplex PCR: Implication for surveillance and vaccine design. PLoS ONE 2008 Oct; 3(10):e3576.
Luby SP, Gupta SK, Sheikh MA, Johnston RB, Ram PK, Islam MS. Tubewell water quality and predictors of contamination in three flood-prone areas in Bangladesh. Journal of Applied Microbiology 2008 Oct; 105(4):1002-1008.
Naheed A, Walker CLF, Mondal D, Ahmed S, Arifeen SE, Yunus M, Black RE. Zinc Therapy for Diarrhea Improves Growth among Bangladeshi Infants 6-11 mo of Age. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition (Accepted).
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IEIP-Kenya Publications
2008
Breiman RF, Njenga MK, Cleaveland S, Sharif SK, Mbabu M, King L. Lessons from the 2006-7 Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in East Africa: Implications for Prevention of Emerging Infectious Diseases. Future Virol 2008; 3:411-7.
Bulimo WD, Garner JL, Schnabel DC, Bedno SA, Njenga MK, Ochieng WO, Amukoye E, Magana JM, Simwa JM, Ofula VO, Lifumo SM, Wangui J, Breiman RF, Martin SK. Genetic analysis of H3N2 influenza A viruses isolated in 2006–2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 2008; 2,107-113.
Galgalo T, Dalal S, Cain KP, Oeltmann J, Tetteh C, Kamau JG, Njenga MK, Breiman RF, Chakaya JM, Irimu HM, Miller B, De Cock KM, Bock NN, Ijaz K. Tuberculosis risk among staff of a large public hospital in Kenya. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2008:949-54.
Ngongo CJ, Mathingau FA, Burke H, Brieger W, Frick K, Chapman K, Breiman R. Community participation to refine measures of socio-economic status in urban slum settings in Kenya. Int Q Community Health Educ. 2007-2008;28(1):33-49.
Kariuki Njenga M, Traicoff D, Tetteh C, Likimani S, Oundo J, Breiman R, Nyamongo J, Burke H, Nsubuga P, White ME. Laboratory epidemiologist: Skilled partner in field epidemiology and disease surveillance in Kenya. J Public Health Policy. 2008 Jul;29(2):149-64.
Feikin DR, Hamel MJ, Breiman RF, Mermin J, Vulule J, Laserson KF. An occasion for pause and reflection—challenges to public health during times of instability: a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Kenya Medical Research Institute on the post-election violence in Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 May;78(5):695–96.
Mugoya I, Kariuki S, Galgalo T, Njuguna C, Omollo J, Njoroge J, Kalani R, Nzioka C, Tetteh C, Bedno, S, Breiman, RF, Feikin, DR. Rapid spread of Vibrio cholerae O1 throughout Kenya, 2005. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 May;78(3):527-533.
Kuzmin IV, Niezgoda M, Franka R, Agwanda B, Markotter W, Beagley JC, Urazova OY, Breiman RF, Rupprecht CE. Lagos Bat Virus in Kenya. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Apr;46(4):1451-61.
Sergon K, Njuguna C, Kalani R, Ofula V, Onyango C, Konongoi LS, Bedno S, Burke H, Dumilla AM, Konde J, Njenga MK, Sang R, Breiman RF. Seroprevalence of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection on Lamu island, Kenya, October 2004. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Feb;78(2):333-7.
Sang RC, Ahmed O, Faye O, Kelly CLH, Yahaya AA, Mmadi I, Toilibou A, Sergon K, Brown J, Agata N, Yakouide A, Ball MD, Breiman RF, Miller BR, Powers AM. Entomologic investigations of a chikungunya virus epidemic in the Union of the Comoros, 2005. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Jan;78(1):77-82.
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2007
Breiman RF, Nasidi A, Katz MA, Njenga MK, Vertefeuille J. Preparedness for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Pandemic in Africa. Emerg Inf Dis 2007;13:1453-8.
Evans A, Gakuya F, Paweska JT, Rostal M, Akoolo L, VAN Vuren PJ, Manyibe T, Macharia JM, Ksiazek TG, Feikin DR, Breiman RF, Kariuki Njenga M. Prevalence of antibodies against Rift Valley fever virus in Kenyan wildlife. Epidemiol Infect. 2007 Nov 8;:1-9 [Epub ahead of print]
Ortiz JR, Katz MA, Mahmoud MN, Ahmed S, Bawa SI, Farnon EC, Sarki MB, Nasidi A, Ado MS, Yahaya AH, Joannis TM, Akpan RS, Vertefeuille J, Achenbach J, Breiman RF, Katz JM, Uyeki TM, Wali AS. Lack of Evidence of Avian-to-Human Transmission of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus among Poultry Workers, Kano, Nigeria, 2006. J Infect Dis. 2007;196:1685-1691. Epub 2007 Oct 25.
Lindblade KA, Hamel MJ, Feikin DR, Odhiambo F, Adazu K, Williamson J, Vulule JM, Slutsker L. Mortality of sick children after outpatient treatment at first-level health facilities in rural western Kenya. Trop Med Int Health. 2007 Oct;12(10):1258-68.
Paweska JT, van Vuren PJ, Kemp A, Buss P, Bengis RG, Gakuya F, Breiman RF, Njenga MK, Swanepoel R. Recombinant nucleocapsid-based ELISA for detection of IgG antibody to Rift Valley fever virus in African buffalo. Vet Microbiol. 2007 Aug 17 [Epub ahead of print]
Sergon K, Yahaya AA, Brown J, Bedja SA, Mlindasse M, Agata N, Allaranger Y, Ball MD, Powers AM, Ofula V, Onyango C, Konongoi LS, Sang R, Njenga MK, Breiman RF. Seroprevalence of chikungunya virus infection on Grande Comore island, Union of the Comoros, 2005. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Jun;76(6):1189-93
Tornheim JA, Manya AS, Oyando N, Kabaka S, Breiman RF, Feikin DR. The epidemiology of hospitalized pneumonia in rural Kenya: the potential of surveillance data in setting public health priorities. Int J Infect Dis. 2007 May 28; [Epub ahead of print].
Chretien JP, Anyamba A, Bedno SA, Breiman RF, Sang R, Sergon K, Powers AM, Onyango CO, Small J, Tucker CJ, Linthicum KJ. Drought-associated chikungunya emergence along coastal East Africa. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Mar;76(3):405-7.
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2006
Cleaveland S, Meslin FX, Breiman R. Dogs can play useful role as sentinel hosts for disease [Comment]. Nature. 2006;440(7084):605.
Strosnider H, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Banziger M, Bhat RV, Breiman R, Brune MN, DeCock K, Dilley A, Groopman J, Hell K, Henry SH, Jeffers D, Jolly C, Jolly P, Kibata GN, Lewis L, Liu X, Luber G, McCoy L, Mensah P, Miraglia M, Misore A, Njapau H, Ong CN, Onsongo MT, Page SW, Park D, Patel M, Phillips T, Pineiro M, Pronczuk J, Rogers HS, Rubin C, Sabino M, Schaafsma A, Shephard G, Stroka J, Wild C, Williams JT, Wilson D. Workgroup report: public health strategies for reducing aflatoxin exposure in developing countries. Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Dec;114(12):1898-903.
Cowgill KD, Ndiritu M, Nyiro J, Slack MP, Chiphatsi S, Ismail A, Kamau T, Mwangi I, English M, Newton CR, Feikin DR, Scott JA. Effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine introduction into routine childhood immunization in Kenya. JAMA. 2006 Aug 9;296(6):671-8.
Ndiritu M, Cowgill KD, Ismail A, Chiphatsi S, Kamau T, Fegan G, Feikin DR, Newton CR, Scott JA. Immunization coverage and risk factors for failure to immunize within the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Kenya after introduction of new Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis b virus antigens. BMC Public Health. 2006 May 17;6:132.
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2005
Medina MJ, Greene CM, Gertz RE, Facklam RR, Jagero G, Hamel M, Shi YP, Slutsker L, Feikin DR, Beall B. Novel antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal strains recovered from the upper respiratory tracts of HIV-infected adults and their children in Kisumu, Kenya. Microb Drug Resist. 2005 Spring;11(1):9-17.
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IEIP-Thailand Publications
2008
Chamany S, Burapat C, Wannachaiwong Y, Limpakarnjanarat K, Premsri N, Zell ER, Dowell SF, Feikin DR, Olsen SJ. Assessing the sensitivity of surveillance for pneumonia in rural Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Health. 2008 May;39(3):549-56.
Dare RK, Chittaganpitch M, Erdman DD. Screening pneumonia patients for mimivirus. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Mar;14(3):465-7.
Simmerman JM, Uyeki TM (2008). The burden of influenza in East and South-East Asia: a review of the English language literature. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 2(3), 81–92.
Weber AM, Areerat P, Fischer JE, Thamthitiwat S, Olsen SJ, Varma JK. Factors associated with diagnostic evaluation for tuberculosis among adults hospitalized for clinical pneumonia in Thailand. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 July;29(7):648-57.
Kosoy M, Morway C, Sheff KW, Bai Y, Colborn J, Chalcraft L, Dowell SF, Peruski LF, Maloney SA, Baggett H, Sutthirattana S, Sidhirat A, Marauyama S, Kabeya H, Chomel BB, Kasten R, Popov V, Robinson J, Kruglov A, Petersen LR. Bartonella tamiae sp. Nov., a newly recognized pathogen isolated from three human patients. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Feb;46(2):772-75.
2007
Dare RK, Fry AM, Chittaganpitch M, Sawanpanyalert P, Olsen SJ, Erdman DD. Human coronavirus infections in rural Thailand: a comprehensive study using real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assays. J Infect Dis. 2007 Nov 1;196(9):1321-8. Epub 2007 Sep 26.
Phares CR, Wangroongsarb P, Chantra S, Paveenkitiporn W, Tondella M-L, Benson RF, Thacker WL, Fields BS, Moore MR, Fischer J, Dowell SF, Olsen SJ. Epidemiology of Severe Pneumonia Caused by Legionella longbeachae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Chlamydia pneumoniae: 1-Year, Population-Based Surveillance for Severe Pneumonia in Thailand. Clin Infect Dis. 2007; 45:e147–55.
Bhavnani D, Phatinawin L, Chantra S, Olsen SJ, Simmerman JM. The influence of rapid influenza diagnostic testing on antibiotic prescribing patterns in rural Thailand. Int J Infect Dis. 2007 Jul;11(4):355-9
Katz MA, Tharmaphornpilas P, Chantra S, Dowell SF, Uyeki T, Lindstrom S, Balish A, Peret TC, Chittaganpitch M, Simmerman JM, Olsen SJ. Who gets hospitalized for influenza pneumonia in Thailand? Implications for vaccine policy. Vaccine. 2007 May 10;25(19):3827-33.
Fry AM, Lu X, Chittaganpitch M, Peret T, Fischer J, Dowell SF, Anderson LJ, Erdman D, Olsen SJ. Human bocavirus: a novel parvovirus epidemiologically associated with pneumonia requiring hospitalization in Thailand. J Infect Dis. 2007 Apr 1;195(7):1038-45.
Ungchusak K, Chunsuttiwat S, Braden CR, Aldis W, Ueno K, Olsen SJ, Wiboolpolprasert S. The need for global planned mobilization of essential medicine: lessons from a massive Thai botulism outbreak. Bull World Health Organ. 2007 Mar;85(3): 238-40.
Simmerman JM, Chittaganpitch M, Erdman D, Sawatwong P, Uyeki TM, Dowell SF. Field performance and new uses of rapid influenza testing in Thailand. Int J Infect Dis. 2007 Mar;11(2):166-71.
Cohen AL, Dowell SF, Nisalak A, Mammen MP Jr, Petkanchanapong W, Fisk TL. Rapid diagnostic tests for dengue and leptospirosis: antibody detection is insensitive at presentation. Trop Med Int Health. 2007 Jan;12(1):47-51.
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2006
Olsen SJ, Ungchusak K, Birmingham M, Bresee J, Dowell SF, Chunsuttiwat S. Surveillance for avian influenza in human beings in Thailand. Lancet Infect Dis. 2006 Dec;6(12):757-8.
Olsen SJ, Laosiritaworn Y, Siasiriwattana S, Chunsuttiwat S, Dowell SF. The incidence of pneumonia in rural Thailand. Int J Infect Dis. 2006 Nov;10(6):439-45.
Lu X, Chittaganpitch M, Olsen SJ, Mackay IM, Sloots TP, Fry AM, Erdman DD. Real-time PCR assays for detection of bocavirus in human specimens. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Sep; 44(9): 3231-5.
Clague B, Chamany S, Burapat C, Wannachaiwong Y, Simmerman JM, Dowell SF, Olsen SJ. A household survey to assess the burden of influenza in rural Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2006 May;37(3):488-93.
Simmerman JM, Lertiendumrong J, Dowell SF, Uyeki T, Olsen SJ, Chittaganpitch M, Chunsutthiwat S, Tangcharoensathien V. The cost of influenza in Thailand. Vaccine. 2006 May 15;24(20):4417-26.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Botulism from home-canned bamboo shoots - Nan Province, Thailand, March 2006. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006 Apr 14;55(14):389-92.
Javadi M, Subhannachart P, Levine S, Vijitsanguan C, Tungsagunwattana S, Dowell SF, Olsen SJ. Diagnosing pneumonia in rural Thailand: digital cameras versus film digitizers for chest radiograph teleradiology. Int J Infect Dis. 2006 Mar;10(2):129-35.
Levine S, Dejsirilert S, Sangsuk L, Chantra S, Feikin DR, Dowell SF, Olsen SJ. Serotypes and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Thailand 2002-2004. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Feb;25(2):176-8.
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2005
Olsen SJ, Ungchusak K, Sovann L, Uyeki TM, Dowell SF, Cox NJ, Aldis W, Chunsuttiwat S. Family clustering of avian influenza A (H5N1). Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Nov;11(11):1799-1801.
Dowell, SF. Seasonal patterns in monthly hemoglobin A1c values. Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Nov;162(9):920-1.
Olsen SJ, Laosiritaworn Y, Pattanasin S, Prapasiri P, Dowell SF. Poultry-handling practices during avian influenza outbreak, Thailand. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Oct;11(10):1601-3.
Amon J, Nedsuwan S, Anantra S, Bell BP, Dowell SF, Olsen S, Wasley A. Trends in liver cancer, Sa Kaeo province, Thailand. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2005 Jul-Sept;6(3):382-6.
Olsen SJ, Dejsirilert S, Sangsuk L, Chunsutiwat S, Dowell SF. Frequent Haemophilus influenzae type B colonization in rural Thailand. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Aug;24(8):739-42.
Chen KT, Twu SJ, Chang HL, Wu YC, Chen CT, Lin TH, Olsen SJ, Dowell SF, Su IJ; Taiwan SARS Response Team. SARS in Taiwan: an overview and lessons learned. Int J Infect Dis. 2005 Mar;9(2):77-85.
Sejvar J, Tangkanakul W, Ratanasang P, Dowell SF, Sangjun N, Bragg S, Ashford D, Tappero J. An outbreak of leptospirosis, Thailand - the importance of the laboratory. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2005 Mar;36(2):289-95.
Chokephaibulkit K, Uiprasertkul M, Puthavathana P, Chearskul P, Auewarakul P, Dowell SF, Vanprapar N. A child with avian influenza (H5N1) infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Feb;24(2): 162-6.
Chotpitayasunondh T, Ungchusak K, Hanshaoworakul W, Chunsuthiwat S, Sawanpanyalert P, Kijphati R, Lochindarat S, Srisan P, Suwan P, Osotthanakorn Y, Anantasetagoon T, Kanjanawasri S, Tanupattarachai S, Weerakul J, Chaiwirattana R, Maneerattanaporn M, Poolsavatkitikool R, Chokephaibulkit K, Apisarnthanarak A, Dowell SF. Human disease from avian influenza A (H5N1), Thailand, 2004. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Feb;11(2):201-9.
Ungchusak K, Auewarakul P, Dowell SF, Kitphati R, Auwanit W, Puthavathana P, Uiprasertkul M, Boonnak K, Pittayawonganon C, Cox NJ, Zaki SR, Thawatsupha P, Chittaganpitch M, Khontong R, Simmerman JM, Chunsutthiwat S. Probable person-to-person transmission of avian influenza A (H5N1). N Engl J Med. 2005 Jan 27;352(4):333-40.
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2004
Tappero JW, Siraprapasiri T, Levine WC, Dowell SF, Limpakarnjanarat K, Mastro TD. The work of the Thailand MOPH – U.S. CDC collaboration in Asia. In: AIDS in Asia, 2004. Lu Y, Essex M, Editors. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers 2004.
Bell DM; World Health Organization Working Group on International and Community Transmission of SARS. Public health interventions and SARS spread, 2003. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Nov;10(11):1900-6.
Dowell SF, Ho MS. Seasonality of infectious diseases and severe acute respiratory syndrome - what we don't know can hurt us. Lancet Infect Dis. 2004 Nov;4(11):704-8.
Simmerman JM, Thawatsupha P, Kingnate D, Fukuda K, Chaising A, Dowell SF. Influenza in Thailand: a case study for middle income countries. Vaccine. 2004 Nov 25;23(2):182-7.
Lee NE, Siriarayapon P, Tappero J, Chen KT, Shuey D, Limpakarnjanarat K, Chavavanich A, Dowell SF, SARS Mobile Response Team Investigators. Infection control practices for SARS in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Taiwan, and Thailand: experience from mobile SARS containment teams, 2003. Am J Infect Control 2004 Nov;32(7):377-83.
Prapasiri P, Olsen S, Limpakarnjanarat K, Laosirithaworn Y, Patanasin S. KAP Survey. Weekly Epidemiol Surv Report Oct 2004;35(40):696-8.
Chaovavanich A, Wongsawat J, Dowell SF, Inthong Y, Sangsajja C, Sanguanwongse N, Martin MT, Limpakarnjanarat K, Sirirat L, Waicharoen S, Chittaganpitch M, Thawatsupha P, Auwanit W, Sawanpanyalert P, Melgaard B. Early containment of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); experience from Bamrasnaradura Institute, Thailand. J Med Assoc Thai. 2004 Oct;87(10):1182-7.
Kanlayanaphotporn J, Brady MA, Chantate P, Chantra S, Siasiriwattana S, Dowell SF, Olsen SJ. Pneumonia surveillance in Thailand: current practice and future needs. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2004 Sep;35(3):711-6.
Dowell, SF, Simmerman JM, Erdman DD, Wu JS, Chaovavanich A, Javadi M, Yang JY, Anderson LJ, Tong S, Ho MS. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus on hospital surfaces. Clin Infect Dis 2004 Sep 1;39(5):652-7.
Schuchat A, Dowell SF. Pneumonia in children in the developing world: New challenges, new solutions. Sem Pediatr Infect Dis July 2004;15:181-189.
Olsen SJ, Ying M, Davis MF, Deasy M, Holland B, Iampietro L, Baysinger CM, Sassano F, Polk LD, Gormley B, Hung MJ, Pilot K, Orsini M, Van Duyne S, Rankin S, Genese C, Bresnitz EA, Smucker J, Moll M, Sobel J. Multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium infection from milk contaminated after pasteurization. Emerg Infect Dis 2004 May;10(5):932-5.
Olsen, SJ, Pruckler J, Bibb W, Thanh NTM, Trinh NM, Minh NT, Sivapalasingam S, Gupta A, Phuong PT, Chinh NT, Chau NV, Cam PD, Mintz ED. Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests for typhoid fever. J Clin Microbiol 2004 May;42(5):1885-1889.
Chou M-Y, Sun C-C, Yey P-F, Liu J-H, Chen K-T, Chang H, Hung CJ, Wu Y-C, Chou J-H, Jiang D-S, Jou R, Su I-J, Dowell SF, Maloney SA, McDonald LC, Haddad M, Ijaz K, Oeltmann J, Chang M. Nosocomial transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis found through screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome - Taipei, Taiwan, 2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004 Apr 23;53(15):321-2.
Sirinavin S, Dowell SF. Antimicrobial resistance in countries with limited resources: unique challenges and limited alternatives. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2004 Apr;15(2):94-8.
Lim PL, Kurup A, Gopalakrishna G, Chan KP, Wong, CW, Ng LC, Se-Thoe SY, Oon L, Bai X, Stanton LW, Ruan Y, Miller LD, Vega VB, James L, Ooi PL, Kai CS, Olsen SJ, Ang B, Leo Y-S. Laboratory-acquired severe acute respiratory syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2004 Apr 22;350(17):1740-5.
Jones TF, Imhoff B, Samuel M, Mshar P, McCombs KG, Hawkins M, Deneen V, Cambridge M, Olsen SJ; Emerging Infections Program FoodNet Working Group. Limitations to successful investigation and reporting of foodborne outbreaks: an analysis of foodborne disease outbreaks in FoodNet catchment areas, 1998-1999. Clin Infect Dis 2004 Apr 15;38 Suppl3:S297-302.
Dowell SF. Antimicrobial resistance: is it really that bad? Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2004 Apr;15(2):99-104.
Dowell SF. Special issues in pediatric antimicrobial resistance. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 2004 Apr;15(2):67-8.
Dowell SF. Surviving pneumonia: just a short-term lease on life? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Apr 15;169(8):895-6.
Beatty ME, Griffin PM, Tulu AN, Olsen SJ. Culturing practices and antibiotic use in children with diarrhea. Pediatrics 2004 Mar;113(3 pt 1):628-9.
Chotpitayasunondh T, Sochindarat S, Srisan P, Chokepaibulkit K, Weerakul J, Maneerattanaporn M, Sawanpanyalert P, WHO, IEIP Thailand. Cases of influenza A (H5N1) - Thailand, 2004. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004 Feb 13;53(5):100-3.
Dowell SF. Antimicrobial resistance among pediatric respiratory tract and nosocomial pathogens. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 2004 Jan;15(1):3-4.
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2003
Dowell SF. Otitis Media. In: Community-Acquired Respiratory Infections. Nightingale CHD, Ambrose P, File T, Editors. New York. Dekker, 2003.
Long SS, Dowell SF. Principles of Anti-infective Therapy. In: Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Long SS, Prober CG, Pickering LK, Editors. Philadelphia. Churchill Livingstone, 2003.
Mandell LA, Bartlett JG, Dowell SF, File TM Jr, Musher DM, Whitney C; Infectious Diseases Society of America. Update of practice guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 1;37(11):1405-33.
Olsen SJ, Chang HL, Cheung TY, Tang AF, Fisk TL, Ooi SP, Kuo HW, Jiang DD, Chen KT, Lando J, Hsu KH, Chen TJ, Dowell SF. Transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome on aircraft. N Engl J Med. 2003 Dec 18;349(25):2416-22.
Simmerman JM, Chu D, Chang H. Implications of unrecognized severe acute respiratory syndrome. Nurse Pract. 2003 Nov;28(11):21-31.
Simmerman JM. A close-up perspective on SARS. Adv Nurse Pract. 2003 Nov;11(11):106.
Twu SJ, Chen TJ, Chen CJ, Olsen SJ, Lee LT, Fisk T, Hsu KH, Chang SC, Chen KT, Chiang IH, Wu YC, Wu JS, Dowell SF. Control measures for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Jun;9(6):718-20.
Dowell SF, Whitney CG, Wright C, Rose CE Jr, Schuchat A. Seasonal patterns of invasive pneumococcal disease. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 May;9(5):573-9.
Kanlayanaphotporn J, Chantate P, Brady M, Olsen S. Pneumonia situation and investigation in Sa Kaeo, 1999-2001. Weekly Epidemiol Surv Report 2003 May;34(18):317-3.
Ksiazek TG, Erdman D, Goldsmith CS, Zaki SR, Peret T, Emery S, Tong S, Urbani C, Comer JA, Lim W, Rollin PE, Dowell SF, Ling AE, Humphrey CD, Shieh WJ, Guarner J, Paddock CD, Rota P, Fields B, DeRisi J, Yang JY, Cox N, Hughes JM, LeDuc JW, Bellini WJ, Anderson LJ; SARS Working Group. A novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2003 May 15;348(20):1953-66.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Update: Outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome - worldwide, 2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003 Mar 28;52(12):241-6, 248.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Preliminary clinical description of severe acute respiratory syndrome. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003 Mar 28;52(12):255-6.
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IEIP Network Publications
Van Beneden CA, Olsen SJ, Skoff TH, Lynfield R. Active, Population-Based Surveillance for Infectious Diseases. In: M'ikanatha, NM, Lynfield R, Van Beneden CA, de Valk H, editors. Infectious Disease Surveillance. London, UK: Blackwell; 2007.
Ortiz JR, Katz MA, Mahmoud MN, Ahmed S, Bawa SI, Farnon EC, Sarki MB, Nasidi A, Ado MS, Yahaya AH, Joannis TM, Akpan RS, Vertefeuille J, Achenbach J, Breiman RF, Katz JM, Uyeki TM, Wali AS. Lack of Evidence of Avian-to-Human Transmission of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus among Poultry Workers, Kano, Nigeria, 2006. J Infect Dis. 2007 Dec 1;196(11):1685-91. Epub 2007 Oct 25.
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