Global Disease Detection Program: Scientific Publications

• Akullian A, Ng'eno E, Matheson AI, Cosmas L, Macharia D, Fields B, et al. Environmental Transmission of Typhoid Fever in an Urban Slum. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2015.9(12):e0004212. (PDF)
• Al-Amin HM, Elahi R, Mohon AN, Kafi MA, Chakma S, Lord JS, et al. Role of underappreciated vectors in malaria transmission in an endemic region of Bangladesh-India border. Parasites and Vectors 2015.8:195. (PDF)
• Al-Awaidy S, Hamid S, Al Obaidani I, Al Baqlani S, Al Busaidi S, Bawikar S, et al. The Burden of Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in Oman, January 2008-June 2013. PLoS One 2015.10(12):e0144186. (PDF)
• Amek N, Vounatsou P, Obonyo B, Hamel M, Odhiambo F, Slutsker L, et al. Using health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) data to analyze geographical distribution of socio-economic status; an experience from KEMRI/CDC HDSS. Acta Tropica 2015.144:24-30.
• Anthony SJ, Islam A, Johnson C, Navarrete-Macias I, Liang E, Jain K, et al. Non-random patterns in viral diversity. Nature Communications 2015.6:8147. (PDF)
• Arvelo W, Gura Z, Amwayi S, Wiersma P, Omolo J, Becknell S, et al. Establishing a field epidemiology elective for medical students in Kenya: a strategy for increasing public health awareness and workforce capacity. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health 2015.5(1):33-39.
• Auld AF, Shiraishi RW, Mbofana F, Couto A, Fetogang EB, El-Halabi S, et al. Lower Levels of Antiretroviral Therapy Enrollment Among Men with HIV Compared with Women - 12 Countries, 2002-2013. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2015.64(46):1281-1286. (PDF)
• Azman AS, Lessler J, Satter SM, McKay MV, Khan A, Ahmed D, et al. Tracking Cholera through Surveillance of Oral Rehydration Solution Sales at Pharmacies: Insights from Urban Bangladesh. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2015.9(12):e0004230. (PDF)
• Bai Y, Rizzo MF, Alvarez D, Moran D, Peruski LF, Kosoy M. Coexistence of Bartonella henselae and B. clarridgeiae in populations of cats and their fleas in Guatemala. Journal of Vector Ecology 2015.40(2):327-332.
• Banu S, Rahman MT, Uddin MK, Khatun R, Khan MS, Rahman MM, et al. Effect of active case finding on prevalence and transmission of pulmonary tuberculosis in Dhaka Central Jail, Bangladesh. PLoS One 2015.10(5):e0124976. (PDF)
• Blackley DJ, Lindblade KA, Kateh F, Broyles LN, Westercamp M, Neatherlin JC, et al. Rapid intervention to reduce Ebola transmission in a remote village - Gbarpolu County, Liberia, 2014. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2015.64(7):175-178. (PDF)
• Bose ME, He J, Shrivastava S, Nelson MI, Bera J, Halpin RA, et al. Sequencing and analysis of globally obtained human respiratory syncytial virus A and B genomes. PLoS One 2015.10(3):e0120098. (PDF)
• Breiman RF, Cosmas L, Njenga M, Williamson J, Mott JA, Katz MA, et al. Severe acute respiratory infection in children in a densely populated urban slum in Kenya, 2007-2011. BMC Infectious Diseases 2015.15:95. (PDF)
• Budgell E, Cohen AL, McAnerney J, Walaza S, Madhi SA, Blumberg L, et al. Evaluation of two influenza surveillance systems in South Africa. PLoS One 2015.10(3):e0120226. (PDF)
• Burton DC, Bigogo GM, Audi AO, Williamson J, Munge K, Wafula J, et al. Risk of Injection-Site Abscess among Infants Receiving a Preservative-Free, Two-Dose Vial Formulation of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Kenya. PLoS One 2015.10(10):e0141896. (PDF)
• Byass P, Herbst K, Fottrell E, Ali MM, Odhiambo F, Amek N, et al. Comparing verbal autopsy cause of death findings as determined by physician coding and probabilistic modelling: a public health analysis of 54 000 deaths in Africa and Asia. Journal of Global Health 2015.5(1):010402. (PDF)
• Cain KP, Marano N, Kamene M, Sitienei J, Mukherjee S, Galev A, et al. The movement of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis across borders in East Africa needs a regional and global solution. PLoS Medicine 2015.12(2):e1001791. (PDF)
• Caini S, Huang QS, Ciblak MA, Kusznierz G, Owen R, Wangchuk S, et al. Epidemiological and virological characteristics of influenza B: results of the Global Influenza B Study. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 2015.9 Suppl 1:3-12. (PDF)
• Castellanos ME, Diaz S, Parsons E, Peruski LF, Enriquez F, Ramirez JL, et al. First imported Plasmodium ovale malaria in Central America: case report of a Guatemalan soldier and a call to improve its accurate diagnosis. Military Medical Research 2015.2:3. (PDF)
• Chacon R, Clara AW, Jara J, Armero J, Lozano C, El Omeiri N, et al. Influenza Illness among Case-Patients Hospitalized for Suspected Dengue, El Salvador, 2012. PLoS One 2015.10(10):e0140890. (PDF)
• Chakraborty A, Sazzad HM, Hossain MJ, Islam MS, Parveen S, Husain M, et al. Evolving epidemiology of Nipah virus infection in Bangladesh: evidence from outbreaks during 2010-2011. Epidemiology and Infection 2016.144(2):371-380.
• Cohen AL, McMorrow M, Walaza S, Cohen C, Tempia S, Alexander-Scott M, et al. Potential Impact of Co-Infections and Co-Morbidities Prevalent in Africa on Influenza Severity and Frequency: A Systematic Review. PLoS One 2015.10(6):e0128580. (PDF)
• Cohen AL, Sahr PK, Treurnicht F, Walaza S, Groome MJ, Kahn K, et al. Parainfluenza Virus Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Children and Adults Hospitalized for Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in South Africa, 2009-2014. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2015.2(4):ofv139. (PDF)
• Cohen C, Moyes J, Tempia S, Groome M, Walaza S, Pretorius M, et al. Mortality amongst patients with influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness, South Africa, 2009-2013. PLoS One 2015.10(3):e0118884. (PDF)
• Cohen C, Walaza S, Moyes J, Groome M, Tempia S, Pretorius M, et al. Epidemiology of viral-associated acute lower respiratory tract infection among children < 5 years of age in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2012. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2015.34(1):66-72. (PDF)
• Cohen C, Walaza S, Moyes J, Groome M, Tempia S, Pretorius M, et al. Epidemiology of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) among adults and children aged ⋜5 years in a high HIV-prevalence setting, 2009-2012. PLoS One 2015.10(2):e0117716. (PDF)
• Conklin LM, Bigogo G, Jagero G, Hampton L, Junghae M, da Gloria Carvalho M, et al. High Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization prevalence among HIV-infected Kenyan parents in the year before pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction. BMC Infectious Diseases 2016.16(1):18. (PDF)
• Contreras CL, Verani JR, Lopez MR, Paredes A, Bernart C, Moscoso F, et al. Incidence of Hospitalized Pneumococcal Pneumonia among Adults in Guatemala, 2008-2012. PLoS One 2015.10(10):e0140939. (PDF)
• Crowe S, Hertz D, Maenner M, Ratnayake R, Baker P, Lash RR, et al. A plan for community event-based surveillance to reduce Ebola transmission - Sierra Leone, 2014-2015. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2015.64(3):70-73. (PDF)
• Dawood FS, Jara J, Estripeaut D, Vergara O, Luciani K, Corro M, et al. What Is the Added Benefit of Oropharyngeal Swabs Compared to Nasal Swabs Alone for Respiratory Virus Detection in Hospitalized Children Aged <10 Years? Journal of Infectious Diseases 2015.212(10):1600-1603.
• Dellicour S, Desai M, Aol G, Oneko M, Ouma P, Bigogo G, et al. Risks of miscarriage and inadvertent exposure to artemisinin derivatives in the first trimester of pregnancy: a prospective cohort study in western Kenya. Malaria Journal 2015.14(1):461. (PDF)
• Desai M, Gutman J, L'Lanziva A, Otieno K, Juma E, Kariuki S, et al. Intermittent screening and treatment or intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the control of malaria during pregnancy in western Kenya: an open-label, three-group, randomised controlled superiority trial. Lancet 2015.386(10012):2507-2519.
• Doshi S, Silk BJ, Dutt D, Ahmed M, Cohen AL, Taylor TH, et al. Household-level risk factors for influenza among young children in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a case-control study. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2015.20(6):719-729.
• Ellis EM, Neatherlin JC, Delorey M, Ochieng M, Mohamed AH, Mogeni DO, et al. A household serosurvey to estimate the magnitude of a dengue outbreak in Mombasa, Kenya, 2013. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2015.9(4):e0003733. (PDF)
• Ercumen A, Naser AM, Unicomb L, Arnold BF, Colford JM, Jr., Luby SP. Effects of source- versus household contamination of tubewell water on child diarrhea in rural Bangladesh: a randomized controlled trial. PLoS One 2015.10(3):e0121907. (PDF)
• Estivariz CF, Anand A, Gary HE, Jr., Rahman M, Islam J, Bari TI, et al. Immunogenicity of three doses of bivalent, trivalent, or type 1 monovalent oral poliovirus vaccines with a 2 week interval between doses in Bangladesh: an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet Infectious Diseases 2015.15(8):898-904.
• Flint M, Goodman CH, Bearden S, Blau DM, Amman BR, Basile AJ, et al. Ebola Virus Diagnostics: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Laboratory in Sierra Leone, August 2014 to March 2015. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2015.
• Fry AM, Goswami D, Nahar K, Sharmin AT, Rahman M, Gubareva L, et al. Effects of oseltamivir treatment of index patients with influenza on secondary household illness in an urban setting in Bangladesh: secondary analysis of a randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Infectious Diseases 2015.15(6):654-662.
• Gautam R, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Roy S, Esona MD, Lopez B, Mencos Y, et al. Full genomic characterization and phylogenetic analysis of a zoonotic human G8P[14] rotavirus strain detected in a sample from Guatemala. Infection, Genetics, and Evolution 2015. (33):206-211
• Gilbert A, Greenberg L, Moran D, Alvarez D, Alvarado M, Garcia DL, et al. Antibody response of cattle to vaccination with commercial modified live rabies vaccines in Guatemala. Preventative Veterinary Medicine 2015.118(1):36-44.
• Griffing SM, Tauil PL, Udhayakumar V, Silva-Flannery L. A historical perspective on malaria control in Brazil. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2015.110(6):701-718. (PDF)
• Groome MJ, Moyes J, Cohen C, Walaza S, Tempia S, Pretorius M, et al. Human metapneumovirus-associated severe acute respiratory illness hospitalisation in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected South African children and adults. Journal of Clinical Virology 2015.69:125-132.
• Hagan JE, Smith W, Pillai SK, Yeoman K, Gupta S, Neatherlin J, et al. Implementation of Ebola case-finding using a village chieftaincy taskforce in a remote outbreak - Liberia, 2014. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2015.64(7):183-185. (PDF)
• Haider N, Rahman MS, Khan SU, Mikolon A, Osmani MG, Gurley ES, et al. Serological Evidence of Coxiella burnetii Infection in Cattle and Goats in Bangladesh. Ecohealth 2015.
• Haider N, Sturm-Ramirez K, Khan SU, Rahman MZ, Sarkar S, Poh MK, et al. Unusually High Mortality in Waterfowl Caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Bangladesh. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 2015.
• Halliday JE, Knobel DL, Agwanda B, Bai Y, Breiman RF, Cleaveland S, et al. Prevalence and diversity of small mammal-associated Bartonella species in rural and urban Kenya. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2015.9(3):e0003608. (PDF)
• Haque F, Banu SS, Ara K, Chowdhury IA, Chowdhury SA, Kamili S, et al. An outbreak of hepatitis E in an urban area of Bangladesh. Journal of Viral Hepatitis 2015.
• Harris JR, Worrell CM, Davis SM, Odero K, Mogeni OD, Deming MS, et al. Unprogrammed Deworming in the Kibera Slum, Nairobi: Implications for Control of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2015.9(3):e0003590. (PDF)
• He G, Li Y, Zhao F, Wang L, Cheng S, Guo H, et al. The Prevalence and Incidence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Its Associated Factors among Village Doctors in China. PLoS One 2015.10(5):e0124097. (PDF)
• Hoffmaster AR, AuCoin D, Baccam P, Baggett HC, Baird R, Bhengsri S, et al. Melioidosis diagnostic workshop, 2013. Emerging Infectious Disease 2015.21(2).
• Issah K, Nartey K, Amoah R, Bachan EG, Aleeba J, Yeetey E, et al. Assessment of the usefulness of integrated disease surveillance and response on suspected ebola cases in the Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana. Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2015.4:17. (PDF)
• Jacobson RK, Manesen MR, Moodley C, Smith M, Williams S, Nicol M, et al. Molecular characterisation and epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of blaOXA-181 carbapenemase-producing isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae in South Africa. South African Medical Journal 2015.105(12).
• Jarquin C, Alvarez D, Morales O, Morales AJ, Lopez B, Donado P, et al. Salmonella on Raw Poultry in Retail Markets in Guatemala: Levels, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and Serovar Distribution. Journal of Food Protection 2015.78(9):1642-1650.
• Jima DD, Luce-Fedrow A, Yang Y, Maina AN, Snesrud EC, Otiang E, et al. Whole-Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis" Strain NMRCii, Isolated from Fleas of Western Kenya. Genome Announcements 2015.3(2). (PDF)
• Jorakate P, Higdon M, Kaewpan A, Makprasert S, Yuenprakhon S, Tawisaid K, et al. Contribution of the BacT/Alert MB Mycobacterium bottle to bloodstream infection surveillance in Thailand: added yield for Burkholderia pseudomallei. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2015.53(3):910-914. (PDF)
• Judd MC, Emukule GO, Njuguna H, McMorrow ML, Arunga GO, Katz MA, et al. The Role of HIV in the Household Introduction and Transmission of Influenza in an Urban Slum, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008-2011. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2015.
• Keddy KH, Sooka A, Musekiwa A, Smith AM, Ismail H, Tau NP, et al. Clinical and Microbiological Features of Salmonella Meningitis in a South African Population, 2003-2013. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015.61 Suppl 4:S272-282. (PDF)
• Kes A, Ogwang S, Pande R, Douglas Z, Karuga R, Odhiambo FO, et al. The economic burden of maternal mortality on households: evidence from three sub-counties in rural western Kenya. Reproductive Health 2015.12 Suppl 1:S3. (PDF)
• Kiran SK, Pasi A, Kumar S, Kasabi GS, Gujjarappa P, Shrivastava A, et al. Kyasanur Forest disease outbreak and vaccination strategy,Shimoga District, India, 2013-2014. Emerging Infectious Disease 2015.21(1):146-149.
• Kittikraisak W, Chittaganpitch M, Gregory CJ, Laosiritaworn Y, Thantithaveewat T, Dawood FS, et al. Assessment of potential public health impact of a quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in Thailand. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 2015.
• Kittikraisak W, Suntarattiwong P, Levy J, Fernandez S, Dawood FS, Olsen SJ, et al. Influenza vaccination coverage and effectiveness in young children in Thailand, 2011-2013. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 2015.9(2):85-93. (PDF)
• Krishna S. Efficacy and safety of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine with or without a booster dose in infants and children in Africa: final results of a phase 3, individually randomised, controlled trial. Lancet 2015. 386(9988): 31-45. (PDF)
• Levy B, Rao CY, Miller L, Kennedy N, Adams M, Davis R, et al. Ebola infection control in Sierra Leonean health clinics: A large cross-agency cooperative project. American Journal of Infection Control 2015.43(7):752-755.
• Li C, Liu S, Zhou P, Duan J, Dou Q, Zhang R, et al. Emergence of a Novel Binary Toxin-Positive Strain of Clostridium difficile Associated With Severe Diarrhea That Was Not Ribotype 027 and 078 in China. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2015.36(9):1112-1114.
• Li S, Sun Q, Wei X, Klena JD, Wang J, Liu Y, et al. Genetic Characterization of Shigella flexneri Isolates in Guizhou Province, China. PLoS One 2015.10(1):e0116708. (PDF)
• Li Y, Wang Y, Yan D, Rao CY. Self-reported hand hygiene practices, and feasibility and acceptability of alcohol-based hand rubs among village healthcare workers in Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Hospital Infection 2015.90(4):338-343.
• Lindblade KA, Kateh F, Nagbe TK, Neatherlin JC, Pillai SK, Attfield KR, et al. Decreased Ebola Transmission after Rapid Response to Outbreaks in Remote Areas, Liberia, 2014. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2015.21(10):1800-1807. (PDF)
• Liu J, Ochieng C, Wiersma S, Stroher U, Towner JS, Whitmer S, et al. Development of a TaqMan Array Card for Acute Febrile Illness Outbreak Investigation and Surveillance of Emerging Pathogens including Ebola Virus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2015.
• Lohiniva AL, Bassim H, Hafez S, Kamel E, Ahmed E, Saeed T, et al. Determinants of hand hygiene compliance in Egypt: building blocks for a communication strategy. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2015.21(9):665-670.
• Lohiniva AL, Mokhtar A, Azer A, Elmoghazy E, Kamal E, Benkirane M, et al. Qualitative interviews with non-national tuberculosis patients in Cairo, Egypt: understanding the financial and social cost of treatment adherence. Health and Social Care In The Community 2015.
• Lord JS, Gurley ES, Pulliam JR. Rethinking Japanese Encephalitis Virus Transmission: A Framework for Implicating Host and Vector Species. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2015.9(12):e0004074. (PDF)
• Luby SP, Gurley ES. Epidemiology of Henipaviruses. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 2015.55.
• Luby SP, Biswas D, Gurley ES, Hossain I. Why highly polluting methods are used to manufacture bricks in Bangladesh. Energy for Sustainable Development 2015.28:68-74.
• Luby SP, Halder AK, Huda TM, Unicomb L, Islam MS, Arnold BF, et al. Microbiological Contamination of Drinking Water Associated with Subsequent Child Diarrhea. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2015.93(5):904-911. (PDF)
• Mamuchishvili N, Salyer SJ, Stauffer K, Geleishvili M, Zakhashvili K, Morgan J. Notes from the field: Increase in reported Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever cases--country of Georgia, 2014. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2015.64(8):228-229. (PDF)
• Mason L, Dellicour S, Ter Kuile F, Ouma P, Phillips-Howard P, Were F, et al. Barriers and facilitators to antenatal and delivery care in western Kenya: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015.15:26. (PDF)
• Mason L, Nyothach E, Alexander K, Odhiambo FO, Eleveld A, Vulule J, et al. Adolescent schoolgirls' experiences of menstrual cups and pads in rural western Kenya: A qualitative study. Waterlines 2015.34(1):15-30.
• McAnerney JM, Treurnicht F, Walaza S, Cohen AL, Tempia S, Mtshali S, et al. Evaluation of influenza vaccine effectiveness and description of circulating strains in outpatient settings in South Africa, 2014. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 2015.9(4):209-215. (PDF)
• McAnerney JM, Walaza S, Cohen AL, Tempia S, Buys A, Venter M, et al. Effectiveness and knowledge, attitudes and practices of seasonal influenza vaccine in primary healthcare settings in South Africa, 2010-2013. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 2015.9(3):143-150. (PDF)
• McCarron M, Munyua P, Cheng PY, Manga T, Wanjohi C, Moen A, et al. Understanding the poultry trade network in Kenya: Implications for regional disease prevention and control. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 2015.120(3-4):321-327.
• McMorrow ML, Emukule GO, Njuguna HN, Bigogo G, Montgomery JM, Nyawanda B, et al. The Unrecognized Burden of Influenza in Young Kenyan Children, 2008-2012. PLoS One 2015.10(9):e0138272. (PDF)
• McMorrow ML, Wemakoy EO, Tshilobo JK, Emukule GO, Mott JA, Njuguna H, et al. Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Role of Influenza: A Case Series From 8 Countries. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2015.
• Millman AJ, Havers F, Iuliano AD, Davis CT, Sar B, Sovann L, et al. Detecting Spread of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Beyond China. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2015.21(5):741-749. (PDF)
• Mitruka K, Tsertsvadze T, Butsashvili M, Gamkrelidze A, Sabelashvili P, Adamia E, et al. Launch of a Nationwide Hepatitis C Elimination Program--Georgia, April 2015. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2015.64(28):753-757. (PDF)
• Moisi JC, Moore M, Carvalho MD, Sow SO, Siludjai D, Knoll MD, et al. Enhanced Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Bacteremia Using Antigen- and Molecular-Based Tools on Blood Specimens in Mali and Thailand: A Prospective Surveillance Study. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2015.
• Moran D, Juliao P, Alvarez D, Lindblade KA, Ellison JA, Gilbert AT, et al. Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding rabies and exposure to bats in two rural communities in Guatemala. BMC Research Notes 2015.8:955. (PDF)
• Murray J, Cohen A, Walaza S, Groome M, Madhi S, Variava E, et al. Determining the Provincial and National Burden of Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in South Africa Using a Rapid Assessment Methodology. PLoS One 2015.10(7):e0132078. (PDF)
• Nahar N, Uddin M, Gurley ES, Jahangir Hossain M, Sultana R, Luby SP. Cultural and Economic Motivation of Pig Raising Practices in Bangladesh. Ecohealth 2015.12(4):611-620.
• Najnin N, Arman S, Abedin J, Unicomb L, Levine DI, Mahmud M, et al. Explaining low rates of sustained use of siphon water filter: evidence from follow-up of a randomised controlled trial in Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2015.20(4):471-483.
• Naser AM, Hossain MJ, Sazzad HM, Homaira N, Gurley ES, Podder G, et al. Integrated cluster- and case-based surveillance for detecting stage III zoonotic pathogens: an example of Nipah virus surveillance in Bangladesh. Epidemiology & Infection 2015.143(9):1922-1930. (PDF)
• Nasreen S, Khan SU, Luby SP, Gurley ES, Abedin J, Zaman RU, et al. Highly pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) virus infection among workers at live bird markets, Bangladesh, 2009-2010. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2015.21(4):629-637.
• Nduba V, Hoog AH, Mitchell E, Onyango P, Laserson K, Borgdorff M. Prevalence of tuberculosis in adolescents, western Kenya: implications for control programs. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2015.35:11-17.>
• Nizame FA, Nasreen S, Halder AK, Arman S, Winch PJ, Unicomb L, et al. Observed practices and perceived advantages of different hand cleansing agents in rural Bangladesh: ash, soil, and soap. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2015.92(6):1111-1116.
• Njenga MK, Njagi L, Thumbi SM, Kahariri S, Githinji J, Omondi E, et al. Randomized controlled field trial to assess the immunogenicity and safety of Rift Valley fever clone 13 vaccine in livestock. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2015.9(3):e0003550. (PDF)
• Njuguna HN, Montgomery JM, Cosmas L, Wamola N, Oundo JO, Desai M, et al.Malaria Parasitemia Among Febrile Patients Seeking Clinical Care at an Outpatient Health Facility in an Urban Informal Settlement Area in Nairobi, Kenya. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2016.94(1):122-127. (PDF)
• Nunes MC, Cutland CL, Dighero B, Bate J, Jones S, Hugo A, et al. Kinetics of Hemagglutination-Inhibiting Antibodies Following Maternal Influenza Vaccination Among Mothers With and Those Without HIV Infection and Their Infants. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2015.212(12):1976-1987.
• Nyothach E, Alexander KT, Oduor C, Mason L, Oruko K, Odhiambo FO, et al. Handwashing for menstrual hygiene management among primary schoolgirls in rural western Kenya. Waterlines 2015.34(4):279-295.
• Ochieng C, Ahenda P, Vittor AY, Nyoka R, Gikunju S, Wachira C, et al. Seroprevalence of Infections with Dengue, Rift Valley Fever and Chikungunya Viruses in Kenya, 2007. PLoS One 2015.10(7):e0132645. (PDF)
• Odhiambo C, Venter M, Lwande O, Swanepoel R, Sang R. Phylogenetic analysis of Bunyamwera and Ngari viruses (family Bunyaviridae, genus Orthobunyavirus) isolated in Kenya. Epidemiology and Infection 2016.144(2):389-395.
• Odhiambo C, Venter M, Swanepoel R, Sang R. Orthobunyavirus antibodies among humans in selected parts of the Rift Valley and northeastern Kenya. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 2015.15(5):329-332.
• Oduor C, Alexander KT, Oruko K, Nyothach E, Mason L, Odhiambo FO, et al. Schoolgirls' experiences of changing and disposal of menstrual hygiene items and inferences for WASH in schools. Waterlines 2015.34(4):397-411.
• Olack B, Wabwire-Mangen F, Smeeth L, Montgomery JM, Kiwanuka N, Breiman RF. Risk factors of hypertension among adults aged 35-64 years living in an urban slum Nairobi, Kenya. BMC Public Health 2015.15(1):1251. (PDF)
• Olsen SJ, Campbell AP, Supawat K, Liamsuwan S, Chotpitayasunondh T, Laptikulthum S, et al. Infectious causes of encephalitis and meningoencephalitis in Thailand, 2003-2005. Emerging Infectious Disease 2015.21(2):280-289.
• Omballa VO, Musyoka RN, Vittor AY, Wamburu KB, Wachira CM, Waiboci LW, et al. Serologic Evidence of the Geographic Distribution of Bacterial Zoonotic Agents in Kenya, 2007. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2016.94(1):43-51. (PDF)
• Omore R, Osawa F, Musia J, Rha B, Ismail A, Kiulia NM, et al. Intussusception Cases Among Children Admitted to Referral Hospitals in Kenya, 2002-2013: Implications for Monitoring Postlicensure Safety of Rotavirus Vaccines in Africa. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2015.
• Openshaw JJ, Hegde S, Sazzad HM, Khan SU, Hossain MJ, Epstein JH, et al. Increased Morbidity and Mortality in Domestic Animals Eating Dropped and Bitten Fruit in Bangladeshi Villages: Implications for Zoonotic Disease Transmission. Ecohealth 2015.
• Oruko K, Nyothach E, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Mason L, Alexander K, Vulule J, et al. 'He is the one who is providing you with everything so whatever he says is what you do': A Qualitative Study on Factors Affecting Secondary Schoolgirls' Dropout in Rural Western Kenya. PLoS One 2015.10(12):e0144321. (PDF)
• Osoro EM, Munyua P, Omulo S, Ogola E, Ade F, Mbatha P, et al. Strong Association Between Human and Animal Brucella Seropositivity in a Linked Study in Kenya, 2012-2013. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2015.93(2):224-231. (PDF)
• Pande R, Ogwang S, Karuga R, Rajan R, Kes A, Odhiambo FO, et al. Continuing with "...a heavy heart" - consequences of maternal death in rural Kenya. Reproductive Health 2015.12 Suppl 1:S2. (PDF)
• Paul RC, Faruque AS, Alam M, Iqbal A, Zaman K, Islam N, et al. Incidence of severe diarrhoea due to Vibrio cholerae in the catchment area of six surveillance hospitals in Bangladesh. Epidemiology and Infection 2015.1-13.
• Peng Z, Feng L, Carolyn GM, Wang K, Zhu G, Zhang Y, et al. Characterizing the epidemiology, virology, and clinical features of influenza in China's first severe acute respiratory infection sentinel surveillance system, February 2011-October 2013. BMC Infectious Diseases 2015.15:143.  (PDF)
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Bangladesh

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• Gurley ES, Parveen S, Islam MS, Hossain MJ, Nahar N, Homaira N, Sultana R, Sejvar JJ, Rahman M, Luby SP. Family and community concerns about post-mortem needle biopsies in a Muslim society. BMC Med Ethics. 2011 Jun 13;12:10.
• Islam MS, Luby SP, Rahman M, Parveen S, Homaira N, Begum NH, Dawlat Khan AK, Sultana R, Akhter S, Gurley ES. Social ecological analysis of an outbreak of pufferfish egg poisoning in a coastal area of Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Sep;85(3):498-503
• Luby SP, Halder AK, Huda T, Unicomb L, Johnston RB. The effect of handwashing at recommended times with water alone and with soap on child diarrhea in rural Bangladesh: an observational study. PLoS Med. 2011 Jun;8(6):e1001052.
• Luby SP, Halder AK, Huda TM, Unicomb L, Johnston RB. Using child health outcomes to identify effective measures of handwashing. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Nov;85(5):882-92
• Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Hoekstra RM. The variability of childhood diarrhea in Karachi, Pakistan, 2002-2006. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jun;84(6):870-7.
• Najnin N, Bennett CM, Luby SP. Inequalities in care-seeking for febrile illness of under-five children in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr. 2011 Oct;29(5):523-31.
• Nizame MF, Nasreen S, Unicomb L, Southern D, Gurley ES, Arman S, Kadir MA, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Luby SP, Winch PJ. Understanding community perceptions, social norms and current practice related to respiratory infection in Bangladesh during 2009: a qualitative formative study. BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 4;11(1):901.
• Ozaki M, Islam S, Rahman KM, Rahman A, Luby SP, Bern C. Economic consequences of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a rural Bangladeshi community. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Sep;85(3):528-34.
• Paul RC, Rahman M, Gurley ES, Hossain MJ, Diorditsa S, Hasan AM, Banu SS, Alamgir A, Rahman MA, Sandhu H, Fischer M, Luby SP. A novel low-cost approach to estimate the incidence of Japanese encephalitis in the catchment area of three hospitals in Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Aug;85(2):379-85.
• Rahman MA, Hossain MJ, Sultana S, Homaira N, Khan SU, Rahman M, Gurley ES, Rollin PE, Lo MK, Comer JA, Lowe L, Rota PA, Ksiazek TG, Kenah E, Sharker Y, Luby SP. Date Palm Sap Linked to Nipah Virus Outbreak in Bangladesh, 2008. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print]
• Ram PK, Jahid I, Halder AK, Nygren B, Islam MS, Granger SP, Molyneaux JW, Luby SP. Variability in hand contamination based on serial measurements: implications for assessment of hand-cleansing behavior and disease risk. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Apr;84(4):510—6.
• Schmidt WP, Genser B, Luby SP, Chalabi Z. Estimating the effect of recurrent infectious diseases on nutritional status: sampling frequency, sample-size, and bias. J Health Popul Nutr. 2011 Aug;29(4):317-26.

China

• Bao CJ, Guo XL, Qi X, Hu JL, Zhou MH, Varma JK, Cui LB, Yang HT, Jiao YJ, Klena JD, Li LX, Tao WY, Li X, Chen Y, Zhu Z, Xu K, Shen AH, Wu T, Peng HY, Li ZF, Shan J, Shi ZY, Wang H. A family cluster of infections by a newly recognized bunyavirus in eastern China, 2007: further evidence of person-to-person transmission. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Dec;53(12):1208-14. Epub 2011 Oct 25.
• Chao HJ, Chan CC, Rao CY, Lee CT, Chuang YC, Chiu YH, Hsu HH, Wu YH. The effects of transported Asian dust on the composition and concentration of ambient fungi in Taiwan. Int J Biometeorol. 2011 Feb 14. [Epub ahead of print]
• Cain KP, Varma JK. You have to find TB to treat TB. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Jul;15(7):854.
  
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• Feng Z, Li W, Varma JK. Gaps remain in China's ability to detect emerging infectious diseases despite advances since the onset of SARS and avian flu. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Jan;30(1):127-35
• Getahun H, Kittikraisak W, Heilig CM, Corbett EL, Ayles H, Cain KP, Grant AD, Churchyard GJ, Kimerling M, Shah S, Lawn SD, Wood R, Maartens G, Granich R, Date AA, Varma JK. Development of a standardized screening rule for tuberculosis in people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings: individual participant data meta-analysis of observational studies. PLoS Med. 2011 Jan 18;8(1):e1000391.
• Han K, Ma H, An X, Su Y, Chen J, Lian Z, Zhao J, Zhu BP, Fontaine RE, Feng Z, Zeng G. Early use of glucocorticoids was a risk factor for critical disease and death from pH1N1 infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Aug;53(4):326-33.
• He GX, Wang HY, Borgdorff MW, van Soolingen D, van der Werf MJ, Liu ZM, Li XZ, Guo H, Zhao YL, Varma JK, Tostado CP, van den Hof S. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, People's Republic of China, 2007-2009. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Oct;17(10):1831-8.
• Ke B, Ran L, Wu S, Deng X, Ke C, Feng Z, Ma L, Varma JK. Survey of Physician Diagnostic and Treatment Practices for Patients with Acute Diarrhea in Guangdong Province, China. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2011 Oct 11. [Epub ahead of print].
• Li Y, Guo H, Xu W, Wu T, Ma H, Fontaine RE. A community outbreak of rotavirus diarrhea associated with exposures in a hospital outpatient department in South China. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Sep;30(9):745-8.
• Ran L, Wu S, Gao Y, Zhang X, Feng Z, Wang Z, Kan B, Klena J, Wong D, Angulo F, Varma J. Laboratory-based surveillance of nontyphoidal Salmonella infections in China. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 2011 Nov; 8(8): 921-927.
• Ruan F, Yang T, Ma H, Jin Y, Song S, Fontaine RE, Zhu BP. Risk factors for hand, foot, and mouth disease and herpangina and the preventive effect of hand-washing. Pediatrics. 2011 Apr;127(4):e898-904. Epub 2011 Mar 21.
• Zeng G, Ma H, Wang X, Yan H, Wan X, Jiang B, Fontaine RE, Wu Z, Lin S, Ruan F, Liu H. Paraplegia and paraparesis from intrathecal methotrexate and cytarabine contaminated with trace amounts of vincristine in China during 2007. J Clin Oncol. 2011 May 1;29(13):1765-70. Epub 2011 Mar 21.

Egypt

• Ahmed SF, Sebeny PJ, Klena JD, Pimentel G, Mansour A, Naguib AM, Bruton J, Young SY, Holtz LR, Wang D. Novel astroviruses in children, Egypt. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Dec;17(12):2391-3.
• Fadeel MA, House BL, Wasfy MM, Klena JD, Habashy EE, Said MM, Maksoud MA, Rahman BA, Pimentel G. Evaluation of a newly developed ELISA against Widal, TUBEX-TF and Typhidot for typhoid fever surveillance. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2011 Mar 21;5(3):169-75
• Money NN, Maves RC, Sebeny P, Kasper MR, Riddle MS; AFHSC-GEIS Enteric Surveillance Writing Group, Wu M, Lee JE, Schnabel D, Bowden R, Oaks EV, Ocaña V, Acosta L, Gotuzzo E, Lanata C, Ochoa T, Aguayo N, Bernal M, Meza R, Canal E, Gregory M, Cepeda D, Listiyaningsih E, Putnam SD, Young S, Mansour A, Nakhla I, Moustafa M, Hassan K, Klena J, Bruton J, Shaheen H, Farid S, Fouad S, El-Mohamady H, Styles T, Shiau LC, Espinosa B, McMullen K, Reed E, Neil D, Searles D, Nevin R, Von Thun A, Sessions C. Enteric disease surveillance under the AFHSC-GEIS: current efforts, landscape analysis and vision forward. BMC Public Health. 2011 Mar 4;11 Suppl 2:S7.
• Talaat M, Afifi S, Dueger E, El-Ashry N, Marfin A, Kandeel A, Mohareb E, El-Sayed N. Effects of hand hygiene campaigns on incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza and absenteeism in schoolchildren, Cairo, Egypt. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Apr;17(4):619-25.

Guatemala

• Bai Y, Kosoy M, Recuenco S, Alvarez D, Moran D, Turmelle A, Ellison J, Garcia DL, Estevez A, Lindblade K, Rupprecht C. Bartonella spp. in Bats, Guatemala. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;17(7):1269-72.
• Cortes J, Arvelo W, Lopez B, Reyes B, Kerin T, Guatam R, Patel M, Parashar U, Lindblade K. Rotavirus disease burden among children <5 years of age- Santa Rosa, Guatemala, 2007-2009. Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Dec 19. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02911.x. [Epub ahead of print]
• Lindblade KA, Johnson AJ, Arvelo W, Zhang X, Jordan HT, Reyes L, Fry AM, Padilla N. Low usage of government healthcare facilities for acute respiratory infections in Guatemala: implications for influenza surveillance. BMC Public Health. 2011 Nov 24;11(1):885. [Epub ahea
• Velasquez DE, Arvelo W, Cama VA, López B, Reyes L, Roellig DM, Kahn GD, Lindblade KA. Molecular Insights for Giardia, Cryptosporidium, and Soil-Transmitted Helminths from a Facility-Based Surveillance System in Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Dec;85(6):1141-1143.

Kenya

• Ari MD, Guracha A, Fadeel MA, Njuguna C, Njenga MK, Kalani R, Abdi H, Warfu O, Omballa V, Tetteh C, Breiman RF, Pimentel G, Feikin DR. Challenges of establishing the correct diagnosis of outbreaks of acute febrile illnesses in Africa: the case of a likely Brucella outbreak among nomadic pastoralists, northeast Kenya, March-July 2005. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Nov;85(5):909-12.
• Breiman RF, Olack B, Shultz A, Roder S, Kimani K, Feikin DR, Burke H. Healthcare-use for major infectious disease syndromes in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. J Health Popul Nutr. 2011 Apr;29(2):123-33.
• Burgert CR, Bigogo G, Adazu K, Odhiambo F, Buehler J, Breiman RF, Laserson K, Hamel MJ, Feikin DR. Impact of implementation of free high-quality health care on health facility attendance by sick children in rural western Kenya. Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Jun;16(6):711-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02752.x. Epub 2011 Mar 29.
• Burton DC, Flannery B, Onyango B, Larson C, Alaii J, Zhang X, Hamel MJ, Breiman RF, Feikin DR. Healthcare-seeking behaviour for common infectious disease-related illnesses in rural Kenya: a community-based house-to-house survey. J Health Popul Nutr. 2011 Feb;29(1):61-70.
• Cohen AL, Feikin DR, Levine OS, Whitney CG. Response to Moore and others (2010) and Mehta (2010). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Feb;84(2):357-8; author reply 359.
• Daniel JH, Lewis LW, Redwood YA, Kieszak S, Breiman RF, Flanders WD, Bell C, Mwihia J, Ogana G, Likimani S, Straetemans M, McGeehin M. Comprehensive Assessment of Maize Aflatoxin Levels in Eastern Kenya, 2005–2007. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2011 Dec; 119 (12): 1794-1799.
• Feikin DR, Olack B, Bigogo GM, Audi A, Cosmas L, Aura B, Burke H, Njenga MK, Williamson J, Breiman RF. The burden of common infectious disease syndromes at the clinic and household level from population-based surveillance in rural and urban Kenya. PLoS One. 2011 Jan 18;6(1):e16085.
• Hamel MJ, Adazu K, Obor D, Sewe M, Vulule J, Williamson JM, Slutsker L, Feikin DR, Laserson KF. A reversal in reductions of child mortality in western Kenya, 2003-2009. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Oct;85(4):597-605.
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