Monica U. Selent

The Impact of Environment and Occupation on the Health and Safety of Active Duty Air Force Members: Database Development and De-Identification

Roger A. Erich, Melinda Eaton, Rick Mayes, Lamar Pierce et autres

Preparing data for medical research can be challenging, detail oriented, and time consuming. Transcription errors, missing or nonsensical data, and records not applicable to the study population may hamper progress and, if unaddressed, can lead to erroneous conclusions. In addition, study data …

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The Impact of Environment and Occupation on the Health and Safety of Active Duty Air Force Members - Database Development

Monica U. Selent, Rick Mayes, George Mychalczuk, Melinda Eaton

Abstract : The overall goal of this project was to develop a database that will allow investigators to examine how environmental and occupational factors affect risk-taking behaviors and health outcomes among United States Air Force personnel. With an appropriate database, investigators will …

Seroepidemiologic investigation of an outbreak of pandemic influenza A H1N1 2009 aboard a US N avy V essel— S an D iego, 2009

Christina B. Khaokham, Monica U. Selent, Fleetwood V Loustalot, Shauna Mettee Zarecki et autres

BACKGROUND: During summer 2009, a US Navy ship experienced an influenza-like illness outbreak with 126 laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus among the approximately 2000-person crew. METHODS: During September 24-October 9, 2009, a retrospective seroepidemiologic investigation was conducted to …

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Mass Screening for Fever in Children

Monica U. Selent, Noelle‐Angelique Molinari, Amy Lynn Baxter, An V. Nguyen et autres

OBJECTIVES: Infrared thermal detection systems (ITDSs) have been used with limited success outside the United States to screen for fever during recent outbreaks of novel infectious diseases. Although ITDSs are fairly accurate in detecting fever in adults, there is little information about …

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Impact of Port of Entry Referrals on Initiation of Follow-Up Evaluations for Immigrants with Suspected Tuberculosis: Illinois

Teal R. Bell, Noelle‐Angelique Molinari, Sena Blumensaadt, Monica U. Selent et autres

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Malaria Prevention Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) Among International Flying Pilots and Flight Attendants of a US Commercial Airline

Monica U. Selent, Valéry Madsen Beau De Rochars, Danielle R. Stanek, Diana M. Bensyl et autres

BACKGROUND: In 2010, malaria caused approximately 216 million infections in people and 655,000 deaths. In the United States, imported malaria cases occur every year, primarily in returning travelers and immigrants from endemic countries. In 2010, five Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases occurred among …

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Travel Health Alert Notices and Haiti Cholera Outbreak, Florida, USA, 2011

Monica U. Selent, Amanda McWhorter, Valery De Rochars, R J Myers et autres

To enhance the timeliness of medical evaluation for cholera-like illness during the 2011 cholera outbreak in Hispaniola, printed Travel Health Alert Notices (T-HANs) were distributed to travelers from Haiti to the United States. Evaluation of the T-HANs’ influence on travelers’ health care–seeking …

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Factors associated with inpatient mortality in a field hospital following the Haiti earthquake, January-May 2010

Theresa M. Dulski, Sridhar V. Basavaraju, Gillian Hotz, Likang Xu et autres

OBJECTIVE: To describe factors associated with inpatient mortality in a field hospital established following the 2010 Haiti earthquake. DESIGN: Data were abstracted from medical records of patients admitted to the University of Miami Global Institute/Project Medishare hospital. Decedents were compared to survivors …

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Notes from the field: malaria imported from West Africa by flight crews - Florida and Pennsylvania, 2010.

David Stanek, Carina Blackmore, Virginia Dato, Beatriz Aragón Martín et autres

Post-earthquake injuries treated at a field hospital - Haiti, 2010.

Gillian Hotz, Enrique Ginzburg, Gwen Wurm, Vincent A. DeGennaro et autres

Correlation Between Measured Ambient Airborne Particulate Matter (PM10) Concentrations and Ophthalmologic Disease Non-Battle Injury (DNBI) Rates in Active Duty Personnel Deployed to a US Military Base in Central Command (CENTCOM) Between October 1999 and September 2001

Monica U. Selent

Previous studies have suggested an association between ambient airborne particulate matter (PM 10) concentrations and adverse ophthalmologic conditions. To determine a correlation between PM 10 and Ophthalmologic Disease, Non-battle Injuries (DNBI), datasets currently available on active duty personnel deployed to a US …