Barbara Jeffries Wallace

Screening and Treatment of Tobacco Use Disorder in Mental Health Clinics in New York State: Current Status and Potential Next Steps

Adria Zern, Michael Seserman, Heather Dacus, Barbara Jeffries Wallace et autres

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Influenza immunization coverage of residents and employees of long-term care facilities in New York State, 2000-2010

Cara Jeannine Person, Jessica A. Nadeau, Joshua K. Schaffzin, Lynn Pollock et autres

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Public health approach to detection of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producingEscherichia coli: summary of two outbreaks and laboratory procedures

Joshua K. Schaffzin, Fátima Coronado, Nellie B. Dumas, T. P. Root et autres

Routine laboratory testing may not detect non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) reliably. Active clinical, epidemiological, environmental health, and laboratory collaboration probably influence successful detection and study of non-O157 STEC infection. We summarized two outbreak investigations in which such coordinated efforts identified …

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Hepatitis C virus transmission at an outpatient hemodialysis unit - New York, 2001-2008.

Renee Hallack, Geoffrey Johnson, Ernest J. Clement, Monica M. Parker et autres

Antemortem diagnosis of new york human rabies case and review of u.s. Cases.

Vince V Soun, Millicent Eidson, Barbara Jeffries Wallace, Peter D. Drabkin et autres

To help elucidate rabies disease patterns and control issues, a full assessment of a human case of dog-variant rabies was undertaken. In 2000, a 54-year-old man presented to a New York hospital with lower back discomfort four days after arrival from Africa. …

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Tightly Clustered Outbreak of Group A Streptococcal Disease at a Long-Term Care Facility

Kathryn E. Arnold, Jody L. Schweitzer, Barbara Jeffries Wallace, Monique Salter et autres

OBJECTIVE: To describe investigation of a tightly clustered outbreak of invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease associated with a high mortality rate in a long-term care facility (LTCF). DESIGN: Cross-sectional carriage survey and epidemiologic investigation of LTCF resident and employee cohorts. SETTING: …

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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections in a religious community

Fátima Coronado, Joseph A. Nicholas, Barbara Jeffries Wallace, Donna J. Kohlerschmidt et autres

In September 2004, an outbreak of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) was reported among members of a religious community. We conducted a retrospective cohort study on all 175 community members; performed a nasal carriage survey, and …

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Laboratory-acquired Brucellosis

Stephanie Noviello, Richard J. Gallo, Ronald J. Limberger, Karen J. DeAngelis et autres

We report two laboratory-acquired Brucella melitensis infections that were shown to be epidemiologically related. Blood culture isolates were initially misidentified because of variable Gram stain results, which led to misdiagnoses and subsequent laboratory exposures. Notifying laboratory personnel who unknowingly processed cultures from …

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Detection, Isolation, and Molecular Subtyping of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter jejuni Associated with a Large Waterborne Outbreak

Dianna J. Bopp, Brian D. Sauders, Alfred L. Waring, Joel Ackelsberg et autres

The largest reported outbreak of waterborne Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the United States occurred in upstate New York following a county fair in August 1999. Culture methods were used to isolate E. coli O157:H7 from specimens from 128 of 775 patients with …

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Public Health Impact of Reemergence of Rabies, New York

Hwa‐Gan H. Chang, Millicent Eidson, Candace M. Noonan-Toly, Charles V. Trimarchi et autres

This report summarizes the spread of a raccoon rabies epizootic into New York in the 1990s, the species of animals affected, and human postexposure treatments (PET). A total of 57,008 specimens were submitted to the state laboratory from 1993 to 1998; 8,858 …

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Outbreak of Multidrug-ResistantSalmonellaNewport—United States, January-April 2002

Shelly Zansky, Barbara Jeffries Wallace, D. J. Schoonmaker-Bopp, Paul B. Smith et autres

The cases summarized in this report demonstrate risk factors for heat-related illness.Heatrelated illnesses include sunburn, heat cramps, heat rash, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke.Of these, the two most serious types of heat-related illness are heat exhaustion and heatstroke, both of which can result …

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Tracking Varicella Deaths: Accuracy and Completeness of Death Certificates and Hospital Discharge Records, New York State, 1989–1995

Karin Galil, Mark J. Pletcher, Barbara Jeffries Wallace, Jane F. Seward et autres

Before widespread vaccination, varicella infection resulted in more than 11 000 hospitalizations1 and 100 deaths annually in the United States.2 Since vaccine licensure in 1995, varicella incidence has decreased markedly.3 Mathematical models have predicted that vaccination will shift the peak incidence of …

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