Background:India is responsible for 30% of the annual global cohort of unvaccinated children worldwide. Private practitioners provide an estimated 21%...
IntroductionInfants with myelomeningocele are at risk for chronic kidney disease caused by neurogenic bladder dysfunction. Urodynamic evaluation plays...
Background:The Longitudinal Epidemiologic Assessment of Diabetes Risk (LEADR) study uses a novel Electronic Health Record (EHR) data approach as a too...
Aim:Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a leading cause of death and is defined based on a specific set of underlying cause-of-death codes on death certifi...
Background.In recent years, few US adults have had exposure and resultant immunity to hepatitis A virus (HAV). Further, persons with liver disease hav...
Background.Previous research indicates that the mortality burden from viral hepatitis is growing, particularly among middle-aged persons. To monitor p...
Women and girls with bleeding disorders experience abnormal and excessive bleeding that can negatively impact their overall health and quality of life...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Hospital discharge records remain a common data source for tracking the opioid crisis among pregnant women and infants. The ...
Objectives:Papua New Guinea has among the highest prevalences of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) globally with no services able to accurately...
During the 2012 summer swim season, aquatic venue data and filter backwash samples were collected from 127 metro-Atlanta pools. Last-recorded water ch...
Household water treatment with chlorine can improve microbiological quality and reduce diarrhea. Chlorination is typically assessed using free chlorin...
State-based perinatal quality collaboratives (PQCs) address preventable causes of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality by implementing statewid...
Anopheles stephensi, a malaria vector species previously only known from Asia, was first detected in Africa in Djibouti in 2012, has been subsequently...
4 2024 | Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 45(4):483-490
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Objective:To learn about the perceptions of healthcare personnel (HCP) on the barriers they encounter when performing infection prevention and control...
4-2024 | Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 45(4):530-533
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We conducted a post hoc analysis of an antibiotic stewardship intervention implemented across our health system's urgent-care network to determine whe...
Introduction:Diagnosis and treatment of cancer may impair patients’ ability to continue to work. We assessed the impact of a prior prostate cancer d...
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