| increasing regulation appears as cause for future lawsuits, hospital lawyers' group told. | | 1979 | 35458 |
| dying man can stop life support, court rules. | | 1979 | 154029 |
| hsa must abide by its own rules, court says. | | 1979 | 154054 |
| demonstration of virus in groundwater after effluent discharge onto soil. | the survival of virus present in secondary effluents discharged into a cypress dome was studied. isolations were made from concentrates of water drawn from 10-foot (304.80 cm) deep wells. data presented show vertical and lateral virus movement as well as survival within the dome for 28 days during a period of heavy rains when no effluent was being applied. due to the inefficiency of virus concentration procedures, it is proposed that much of the virus present was probably not demonstrated. a rap ... | 1975 | 168809 |
| epidemic keratoconjunctivitis at a vietnamese refugee camp in florida. | during the summer of 1975 an ongoing outbreak of conjunctivitis occurred among vietnamese refugees temporarily housed at a u.s. mainland camp. twenty-two per cent of surveyed refugees gave a history of the disease and 10% were documented as having clinical conjunctivitis at the time of the survey. fifty-six per cent of documented cases were in children less than 10 years of age. the attack rate among american camp personnel was 4%. comprehensive microbiologic analysis revealed multiple potential ... | 1977 | 200140 |
| the role of house dust in human ddt pollution. | | 1975 | 233977 |
| a study of older adults attending a program on human sexuality: a pilot study. | this study attempted to ascertain if significant changes took place in older adults' knowledge and attitudes about human sexuality following a two-session course on the subject. subjects were volunteers who attended a neighborhood center in miami, florida. information was gathered immediately before the first session and after the second session by use of pencil-and-paper tests. test items were adapted from the sex knowledge and attitude test and attitude and knowledge assessment. at the first s ... | 1979 | 252702 |
| trends of brucellosis in florida. an epidemiologic review. | human brucellosis in florida is documented for the 47-year period 1928-1975. of the 936 cases reported in 1930-1975, more than half (505) occurred in the decade 1940-1949. the incidence declined rapidly to an average rate of five cases per year, although there was an increase in 1974 and 1975. the analysis is mainly concerned with the years 1961-1975, since more complete epidemiologic data are available for this period. cases occurred throughout the year, with the highest incidence being between ... | 1977 | 403760 |
| human antirabies treatment in the united states, 1972. | data were examined on 965 persons treated in six states (delaware, florida, georgia, illinois, north dakota, and south carolina) and new york city in 1972 for possible rabies exposure. males 10-19 years were found to be the group at greatest risk, and exposures occurred most frequently during the warm months. dogs, other domestic animals, and wildlife were about equally responsible for human exposures in the six states, but 99% of the exposures in new york city involved dogs. antirabies postexp ... | 1979 | 432411 |
| sunlight and human cataracts. | studies of the cataractous lenses of humans in three different geographic locations indicate that where the ultraviolet components of sunlight are more intense, dark brown cataracts result at a higher frequency than in locations where they are weak. individuals exposed to sunlight regularly by virtue of their outdoor occupations seemed to develop this dark brown type of cataract much more frequently than those who work indoors. the biochemical characteristics of all brunescent cataracts were fou ... | 1979 | 437948 |
| the overuse of single patient isolation in hospitals. | single patient isolation of adults to prevent spread of infection was studied in five high occupancy community hospitals. the acceptable standard was a guideline for isolation in hospitals, published by the center for disease control (cdc). overusage of single patient isolation was found to vary between 4% and 96% of physician's isolation orders. diagnoses of viral hepatitis, surgical wound infections, skin infections and respiratory infections accounted for the majority of overisolated patients ... | 1977 | 910800 |
| arbovirus surveillance in florida: wild vertebrate studies 1965-1974. | wildlife species from 38 of florida's 67 counties were surveyed over a 10 year period for the presence of antibody to the five major arboviruses circulating in the state. the routine screening of 7891 sera from wild birds and mammals via the hemagglutination-inhibition (h1) test with selected reactors subjected to serum neutralization testing has 1) provided information regarding geographic distribution and seasonality of circulation of these viruses 2) identified enzootic foci of infection and ... | 1975 | 1152173 |
| the association of population density, reduced space, and uncomfortable temperatures with misconduct in a prison community. | this study investigated the relation of population size, amount of personal space, and population density to the incidence of disruptive behavior over a 3-year period in a correctional institution for male youthful offenders. population size was significantly correlated with the number but not the rate of disciplinary violations. the total amount of personal space and the index of population density were significantly correlated with both the number and the rate of violations. a post hoc analysi ... | 1977 | 910751 |
| public health and the urban gray squirrel: mycology. | from 180 gray squirrels (sciurus c. carolinesis), 942 isolates of fungi representing 19 genera were recovered upon culture of hair-skin scrapings and toenails. of the isolates, 170 represented known human pathogens and 142, squirrel pathogens. a human infection of trichophyton mentagrophytes was derived from handling the squirrels. skin lesions of seven squirrels were attributable to t. mentagrophytes and mucor sp. | 1975 | 1195491 |
| tularemia in florida: sylvilagus palustris as a source of human infection. | the marsh rabbit, sylvilagus palustris, was epidemiologically incriminated as the source of two human cases of tularemia. this represents the first published report of involvement for this species in the human disease. | 1975 | 1195503 |
| effect of physical activity on human potassium metabolism in a hot and humid environment. | previous investigations have suggested that there are high potassium losses during heavy physical activities in hot climates. in order to determine if high levels of potassium losses could be offset by potassium loading, this study was conducted with five long-distance track runners who had trained in hot and humid environments. the liquid supplements containing 4.3, 98.0, and 0.0 meq/liter of potassium were given 1 to 2 hr before physical activity. the daily diet contained 2.6 g of potassium. a ... | 1978 | 645630 |
| hepatitis c infection in a pediatric dialysis population. | a variable prevalence of hepatitis c (hcv) infection has been reported in adult patients on hemodialysis. we have studied hcv infection and associated risk factors in a pediatric dialysis unit. sera from all 27 patients undergoing either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis in our unit were tested for antibody to hcv by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and seropositives were confirmed by recombinant immunoblot assay. records were reviewed for demographic, biochemical, and risk factor data. from ... | 1992 | 1313556 |
| human infection with dirofilaria. | human infection with dirofilaria is rare. fewer than 100 cases have been reported in the world's literature. among the cases reported in the united states, most of the patients have been from florida and louisiana. the majority of the patients had a single lesion that involved either the skin or the lung. the case presented here is unusual because the patient had two skin lesions, and because the condition occurred in a patient who lived in the north-central portion of the united states (upper m ... | 1978 | 646377 |
| rocky mountain spotted fever and jaundice. two consecutive cases acquired in florida and a review of the literature on this complication. | rocky mountain spotted fever is increasing in florida, a state that has had few cases in the past. the typical clinical illness has been well described, but jaundice has been rarely reported. in two patients with illnesses resembling leptospirosis, jaundice appeared on the sixth and ninth day of illness, and peak bilirubin levels were between 7 and 9 mg/100 ml. liver biopsy specimen from one patient showed a nonspecific hepatitis. hemolysis and renal dysfunction may have contributed to the produ ... | 1978 | 626553 |
| raw hamburger: an interstate common source of human salmonellosis. | an interstate common-source outbreak of salmonellosis was first detected in the united states in september and october, 1975, when a tenfold increase in salmonella newport isolates was noted through routine salmonella surveillance by the colorado department of health. eighteen primary cases with a distinctive antibiotic resistance pattern (tetracycline, streptomycin, and sulfonamides) were evaluated in a case-control study, and illness was found to be associated with eating raw hamburger (p less ... | 1978 | 623088 |
| hcmr interview: pat n. groner. interview by montague brown. | pat n. groner, president emeritus, baptist health care, pensacola, florida, is a man of ideas and action. pat has ably led his hospital, was founder of the hospital research and development institute and voluntary hospitals of america, and is now a leader in higher education. whenever and wherever pat sees an opportunity to improve things, he jumps in with a hundred ideas, most of them real winners. he engages others and fights for constructive change. for all who seek models for the full life w ... | 1992 | 1428865 |
| isolation of the etiological agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis from artifically heated waters. | to determine whether artificial heating of water by power plant discharges facilitates proliferation of the pathogenic free-living amoebae that cause primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, water samples (250 ml) were taken from discharges within 3,000 feet (ca. 914.4 m) of power plants and were processed for amoeba culture. pathogenic naegleria fowleri grew out of water samples from two of five lakes and rivers in florida and from one of eight man-made lakes in texas. pathogenic n. fowleri did not ... | 1977 | 596872 |
| hospital outbreak of multidrug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis infections. factors in transmission to staff and hiv-infected patients. | to describe transmission of multidrug-resistant (mdr) mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among patients and health care workers (hcws) in a ward and clinic for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected patients in a hospital, four studies were conducted. | 1992 | 1507374 |
| health care workers, tuberculosis, and the human immunodeficiency virus epidemic. | | 1992 | 1514102 |
| research in human sexuality education. | since human sexuality courses are relatively recent additions to most u.s. medical school curricula, there are no established procedures for evaluating the courses. the purpose of this study was to test medical students' attitudes toward concepts in sexuality before and after a 5-day sexuality course using the semantic differential. the concepts students rated were "my sexuality", "masturbation", "homosexuality", and "my role in understanding sexual problems". post-test scores were subtracted fr ... | 1977 | 853965 |
| symposium on drug disposition in man, american society for pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 6-11 november 1977 in sarasota, florida. | | 1979 | 43244 |
| lobomycosis as a disease of the atlantic bottle-nosed dolphin (tursiops truncatus montagu, 1821). | skin lesions on an atlantic bottlenosed dolphin, captured off the coast of florida, were investigated and found to be histologically and microbiologically indistinguishable from those caused in humans by loboa loboi. all attempts to isolate the etiologic agent or to transmit the infection to mice and monkeys ended in failure. sight records of other suspected dolphin cases of lobomycosis in florida waters are described along with citations of two previously confirmed and published dolphin infecti ... | 1975 | 1111350 |
| detection of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus in rural communities of southern florida by exposure of sentinel hamsters. | venezuelan equine encephalitis (vee) virus strains were recovered from sentinel hamsters exposed in close proximity to homes in rural south florida. sentinel hamster surveillance methods over extended periods offer one effective way of uncovering vee virus activity in relation to human habitation. | 1975 | 1155708 |
| chiropteran rabies in florida: a twenty-year analysis, 1954 to 1973. | chiropteran rabies in florida is analyzed for the 20-year period 1954 to 1973. the examination of 6,447 bats between 1954 and 1961 yielded 55 (0.85%) positive animals. from 1962 to 1973 however, 2,293 bats examined yielded 236 (10.3%) positive. the yellow bat, lasiurus intermedius floridanus, accounted for 183 (63.1%) of all cases of chiropteran rabies. sporadic cases occurred throughout the state with more being reported from the central portion of the state. cases have been reported every mont ... | 1975 | 1119671 |
| human aggression and the lunar synodic cycle. | data on five aggressive and/or violent human behaviors were examined by computer to determine whether a relationship exists between the lunar syndoic cycle and human aggression. homicides, suicides, fatal traffic accidents, aggravated assaults and psychiatric emergency room visits occurring in dade county, florida all show lunar periodicities. homicides and aggravated assaults demonstrate statistically significant clustering of cases around full moon. psychiatric emergency room visits cluster ar ... | 1978 | 641019 |
| student views of human services delivery to florida. | | 1976 | 1028627 |
| student views of human services delivery in florida. | | 1976 | 1028626 |
| organizing human services in florida. teaching public policy. | | 1976 | 1028625 |
| organizing human services in florida. response to a public policy process. | | 1976 | 1028623 |
| organizing human services in florida. response to a public policy process. | | 1976 | 1028622 |
| organizing human services in florida. response to a public policy process. | | 1976 | 1028621 |
| organizing human services in florida. response to a public policy process. | | 1976 | 1028620 |
| organizing human services in florida. response to a public policy process. | | 1976 | 1028619 |
| organizing human services in florida. response to a public policy process. | | 1976 | 1028618 |
| the emergence of candidosis. the dominant postmortem cerebral mycosis. | comparable human postmortem surveys in central kentucky and southern florida have demonstrated an altered pattern of cerebral mycoses due primarily to therapeutic manipulations. from both states 8,975 complete autopsies yielded 39 patients with histologically verified cerebral mycoses. the most common infection was candidosis (49%), characterized by intraparenchymal microabscesses without significant leptomeningitis in hospitalized patients compromised by antibiotic therapy for infection with gr ... | 1978 | 567939 |
| proceedings from two sessions of the symposium on drug disposition in man, held in sarasota, florida, november 6--11, 1977. | | 1978 | 31268 |
| eastern equine encephalitis--florida, eastern united states, 1991. | the florida department of health and rehabilitative services (hrs) has confirmed five human cases of eastern equine encephalitis (eee) in elderly residents of bradford, duval, and washington counties in northern florida. dates of illness onset were in mid-june and early july. one patient partially recovered and has residual neurologic deficits, two patients remain comatose, and two patients died.(abstract truncated at 250 words) | 1991 | 1861668 |
| editorial: mental retardation. | | 1975 | 1185143 |
| concentrations of nitrate in normal human urine and the effect of nitrate ingestion. | | 1978 | 694939 |
| primary care in a penal institution. a study of health care problems encountered. | the kinds of health care problems encountered in a 600-man panel institution were studied. five hundred twenty-eight problems were identified in 333 inmates seen on sick call. the large number of psychosocial problems (194 out of 528) and the wide diversity of problems (125 in 333 inmates) were documented. the questionable suitability of the medical model for health care in this type of setting is discussed. the implications for primary health care delivery and education are considered. | 1975 | 1177542 |
| challenges of space medical operations and life sciences management. | the kennedy space center (ksc) has been the premier launch and landing site for america's space program since the early 1960s. visitors are cognizant of space vehicles, processing facilities and launch pads which are treasured national resources. however, most are unaware of the unique organization which supports launch and landing activities and manages the center's occupational medicine, environmental health, ecological and environmental monitoring functions, as well as human and plant researc ... | 1992 | 1357075 |
| sentinel surveillance of human immunodeficiency virus infection in sexually transmitted disease clinics in the united states. | from april 1988 through december 1989, sera obtained for syphilis testing from consecutive patients attending 98 sexually transmitted disease (std) clinics in 37 metropolitan areas were tested for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) in an unlinked (blinded) survey. hiv seroprevalence in std clinics ranged from 0 to 38.5% (median, 2.3%), with the highest rates found in the mid-atlantic states, florida, and puerto rico. the highest median rates were found in men who have sex with men ... | 1992 | 1411839 |
| pediatric tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus infection in palm beach county, florida. | to describe the factors underlying an increasing incidence of tuberculosis in children. | 1992 | 1415043 |
| human t lymphotropic virus type i-associated myelopathy. a report of 10 patients born in the united states. | human t lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i)-associated myelopathy (ham) (tropical spastic paraparesis/ham) has rarely been reported in the united states. we present 10 well-documented cases with positive western immunoblot test results and polymerase chain reactions for htlv-i. the clinical and laboratory features of these american-born patients resemble those previously reported series of tropical spastic paraparesis and ham from the caribbean and japan, but important differences were observed. ... | 1992 | 1444875 |
| right to treatment: o'connor v. donaldson. | | 1977 | 873369 |
| antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi in rodents in the eastern and southern united states. | serologic studies were conducted to determine whether white-footed mice (peromyscus leucopus) and cotton mice (peromyscus gossypinus) contained serum antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of lyme borreliosis. enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays detected antibodies to this spirochete in 35.7 and 27.3% of 56 p. leucopus and 535 p. gossypinus serum samples, respectively, collected in connecticut, north carolina, south carolina, georgia, florida, alabama, and mississippi. antibody t ... | 1992 | 1624561 |
| glenn a. fry award lecture 1991: perceptual manifestations of imperfect optics in the human eye: attempts to correct for ocular chromatic aberration. | the profession of optometry has been very successful in providing optical corrections for spherocylindrical refractive errors. in this paper, i examine one attempt to improve retinal image quality beyond that afforded by a standard refractive correction. ocular chromatic aberration is one of the factors that prevent retinal image quality from reaching the upper limit set by the wave nature of light. it can be subdivided into three primary aberrations (wavelength-dependent differences in imaging ... | 1992 | 1635754 |
| human t-cell lymphotropic virus infection among blood donors in south florida. the transfusion safety study group. | knowledge of the epidemiologic pattern of human t-lymphotropic virus (htlv) in the united states is being enlarged by blood donor screening. we tested stored sera from 29,937 donations made in south florida in 1984-1985. twenty-three donors were confirmed as seropositive, a prevalence of 0.8 per 1,000 donations. specificity was supported by serologic retesting and virus culture of 11 donors located for follow-up. sex- and age-specific prevalences did not differ significantly; blacks, however, ac ... | 1991 | 1670589 |
| epidemiology of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus infection in adolescents. | the epidemiology of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) and human immunodeficiency virus infection (hiv) in adolescents is important for purposes of prevention and car, since sexual and drug behavior is formed during this period. for 1990 the centers for disease control reports .4% of aids cases are among adolescents 13-19 years old; this figure has steadily risen since 1982. 53% of the reported aids cases were from new york, florida, california, texas, puerto rico, and new jersey, and has ... | 1991 | 2062630 |
| antibody to human retroviruses among drug users in three east coast american cities, 1972-1976. | between 1972 and 1976, 585 persons attending methadone maintenance clinics at east coast veterans hospitals were enrolled in a survey of hepatitis antibody prevalence. sera were tested for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and human t lymphotropic virus (htlv) using both htlv-i and htlv-ii immunoblots. clinical and death records were also reviewed. none of the sera had hiv antibodies (upper 95% confidence limit, 0.5%); however, 103 (18%) had reactivity to htlv. the profile of reactivity suggest ... | 1991 | 1670608 |
| organizing human services in florida. a study of the public policy process. | | 1976 | 1037529 |
| quality of life in persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection: measurement by the medical outcomes study instrument. | to assess the reliability and validity of the medical outcomes study (mos) short form health survey as an indicator for quality of life in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). | 1992 | 1727616 |
| childbearing and contraceptive-use plans among women at high risk for hiv infection--selected u.s. sites, 1989-1991. | from september 1990 through august 1991, 2655 (49%) of the 5457 women reported with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in the united states had been injecting-drug users (idus), and 1136 (21%) had had sexual intercourse with men who were idus (1). during the same period, 413 (56%) of the 735 children (aged less than 13 years) reported with aids were born to mothers who were either idus (38%) or sex partners of idus (18%) (1). even though messages and services regarding prevention of human ... | 1992 | 1738361 |
| legal considerations. current florida law. | legislation enacted in 1991 requires physicians licensed under chapters 458 or 459, florida statutes, to earn continuing medical education in the area of hiv and aids and specifies what should be covered in the program. the law no longer requires that certain information be imparted to the patient prior to testing for the human immunodeficiency virus. information is presented on who can consent to testing, when consent is not required, pre- and post-testing requirements, confidentiality of patie ... | 1991 | 1753229 |
| pediatric hiv infection. an update. | human immunodeficiency virus infection is a leading cause of immunodeficiency in children. the epidemic in children parallels that in women since most infected women are in the child-bearing age groups. the risk of vertical transmission of hiv from an infected mother to her infant ranges from 13% to 39%. diagnosis of infection in the infant is complicated by the passive transfer of antibody across the placenta, making the use of standard serologic tests to confirm infection difficult. in childre ... | 1991 | 1753232 |
| hiv infection, syphilis, and tuberculosis screening among migrant farm workers--florida, 1992. | an estimated 2.7-4.0 million persons in the united states are classified as migrant and seasonal farm workers (1). despite a high prevalence of tuberculosis (tb) and other conditions among migrant workers (2-4), approximately 13% have access to or receive care at federally funded migrant health clinics (5). during february-march 1992, to assess the prevalence of selected health conditions among migrant farm workers, the florida department of health and rehabilitative services (fdhrs) conducted a ... | 1992 | 1528182 |
| validation of methods used in the florida department of agricultural and consumer services' chemical residue laboratory. | very few methods for detecting residues of pesticides in food or agricultural samples have undergone rigorous colloborative study and possess official aoac status. the chemical residue laboratory has formalized a method validation scheme to use when incorporating or developing new, unofficial methods. these methods are validated by assessing certain performance parameters: scope, specificity, linear range, accuracy, precision, limit of detection (lod), and limit of quantitation (loq). for accura ... | 1991 | 1783594 |
| influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia immunization. protecting our high risk population. | pneumonia and influenza (p & i) constitute florida's sixth leading cause of death. the p & i death rate in 1987, 10.5 per 100,000, was the highest since 1978. major target groups for one or both vaccines used in prevention, as recommended by the immunization practices advisory committee (acip), include persons with chronic diseases of the heart or lungs, residents of nursing homes and other chronic care facilities, and persons aged 65 and older. despite well-defined recommendations, vaccine cove ... | 1990 | 2370516 |
| detection of nucleic acids homologous to human immunodeficiency virus in wastewater. | raw wastewaters were obtained from the cities of belle glade, ocala and gainesville in the state of florida and were concentrated using several established methods for the recovery of human enteroviruses. the nucleic acids were then extracted from the wastewater concentrates, suspended in 2 x ssc with and without 2 n naoh (for the detection of dna and both dna and rna, respectively), and dot blotted onto hybridization membranes. these membranes were then hybridized with three 32p-end-labeled 18- ... | 1991 | 1783678 |
| biodegradation of creosote and pentachlorophenol in contaminated groundwater: chemical and biological assessment. | shake flask studies examined the rate and extent of biodegradation of pentachlorophenol (pcp) and 42 components of coal-tar creosote present in contaminated groundwater recovered from the american creosote works superfund site, pensacola, fla. the ability of indigenous soil microorganisms to remove these contaminants from aqueous solutions was determined by gas chromatographic analysis of organic extracts of biotreated groundwater. changes in potential environmental and human health hazards asso ... | 1991 | 1854192 |
| a reappraisal of the epidemiology of phenotypes of neisseria gonorrhoeae. | we analyzed published data from studies of the epidemiology of gonococcal auxotype/serovar phenotypes in seattle and king county, washington; denver, colorado; and miami and dade county, florida, to determine whether the numbers of new phenotypes were within the ranges of numbers predicted from previous observations in the same populations. for this analysis, we used the model of fisher and good and turing. in all the analyses, the observed number of new species was within the 95% confidence reg ... | 1989 | 2500719 |
| a hospital-based prospective study of perinatal infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1. | most infants with pediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and infections with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) are infected perinatally by their mothers. to determine the proportion of exposed infants who are infected, we conducted a hospital-based prospective study in hiv-1-infected women whose infants were delivered at a single metropolitan hospital in miami, fla. a population of uninfected women and their infants was also enrolled and followed longitudinally for 2 years to ass ... | 1991 | 1671878 |
| update--transmission of hiv infection during an invasive dental procedure--florida. | possible transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection during an invasive dental procedure was previously reported in a young woman (patient a) with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). patient a had no identified risk factor for hiv infection and was infected with a strain of hiv closely related to that of her dentist as determined by viral dna sequencing. a follow-up investigation has identified four additional patients of the dentist who are infected with hiv. laboratory ... | 1991 | 1898668 |
| heterosexually transmitted human immunodeficiency virus infection among pregnant women in a rural florida community. | in the united states, an increasing proportion of women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) live in nonmetropolitan areas. little is known, however, about the risk factors for hiv transmission in women outside large cities. | 1992 | 1308669 |
| mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in a health clinic. | between january 1 and june 30, 1988, 30 (39.5%) of 76 staff members tested at a health clinic in florida had positive tuberculin skin test reactions. this case-control study showed that people whose skin test converted were more likely than those whose skin test did not convert to have been present while patients were being treated with aerosolized pentamidine (odds ratio = 15.0; 95% confidence interval = 1.4 - 730.0) and to have worked on the first floor of the clinic (odds ratio = 9.3; 95% con ... | 1991 | 1756290 |
| nursing and human immunodeficiency. | | 1991 | 1955045 |
| update: influenza activity and vaccine availability--united states, 1991-92. | during the 1991-92 influenza season, widespread influenza-like illness (ili) activity* was first reported in louisiana for the week ending november 9, 1991, and in mississippi the week ending november 16. through november 30, six additional states (alaska, missouri, new york, north carolina, tennessee, and texas) reported widespread activity; 13 (alabama, arkansas, california, florida, georgia, indiana, kansas, kentucky, minnesota, nebraska, new jersey, ohio, and pennsylvania) reported regional ... | 1991 | 1961177 |
| human ehrlichiosis diagnosed in wisconsin. | a man developed a febrile illness shortly after he returned to wisconsin from florida, where he had received tick bites. this illness was associated with a rash, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, and elevated hepatic enzymes, and it resolved on doxycycline. serologic studies confirmed ehrlichiosis, a tick-borne rickettsial intraleukocytic infection endemic to the southeastern united states. this case expands the spectrum of tick-borne illnesses that must be considered by wisconsin clinicians. | 1991 | 1897237 |
| aedes bahamensis: its invasion of south florida and association with aedes aegypti. | the exotic mosquito, aedes bahamensis, is now well-established in south florida, where it is widely distributed throughout dade and southern broward counties in both urban and rural areas east of the everglades. when discarded automobile tires were sampled in areas near human habitation, larvae and pupae of ae. bahamensis were frequently found in association with immature ae. aegypti. elsewhere, however, ae. bahamensis generally occurred in the absence of ae. aegypti. the persistence of ae. baha ... | 1989 | 2708981 |
| htlv-i-associated leukemia/lymphoma in south florida. | we report here 10 cases of adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma (atl) seen in south florida between february 1988 and july 1989. all were seropositive for human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) and seronegative for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1). dna extracted from tumor biopsies/peripheral blood lymphocytes of nine patients was shown by the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) to contain htlv-i proviral dna. blot hybridization of dna extracted from seven patients with an htlv-i cdna probe ... | 1991 | 1992105 |
| a look-back investigation of patients of an hiv-infected physician. public health implications. | transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) to five patients receiving care from an hiv-infected dentist in florida has recently been reported. current data indicate that the risk of hiv transmission from health care workers to patients is low. despite this low risk, programs to notify patients of past exposure to an hiv-infected health care worker are being conducted with increasing frequency. | 1991 | 1922251 |
| sleep and breathing in patients with the prader-willi syndrome. | the prader-willi syndrome is characterized by infantile hypotonia, early childhood obesity, mental deficiency, short stature, small hands and feet, and hypogonadism. many patients also have hypersomnolence, experience daytime hypoventilation, and subsequently die prematurely of cardiorespiratory failure. hypersomnolence and daytime hypoventilation are also common occurrences in the sleep apnea syndrome. for a better understanding of the relationship of sleep to the features of the prader-willi s ... | 1991 | 1943244 |
| molecular epidemiology of hiv transmission in a dental practice. | human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) transmission from infected patients to health-care workers has been well documented, but transmission from an infected health-care worker to a patient has not been reported. after identification of an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) patient who had no known risk factors for hiv infection but who had undergone an invasive procedure performed by a dentist with aids, six other patients of this dentist were found to be hiv-infected. molecular bio ... | 1992 | 1589796 |
| three adenovirus type 8 genome types defined by restriction enzyme analysis: prototype stability in geographically separated populations. | adenovirus type 8 strains were collected over a 19-year period from eye specimens from patients with keratoconjunctivitis. these strains were divided by restriction enzyme analysis with the endonucleases sali, hindiii, saci, kpni, and smai into three genotypic subgroups. the prototype strain (trim) was found throughout the united states from 1966 through 1985 and also in taiwan and greece in the early 1980s. genotype 8c was identified in an arc from maryland to missouri to alabama from 1971 thro ... | 1986 | 3007566 |
| update: transmission of hiv infection during invasive dental procedures--florida. | previous reports from an epidemiologic investigation in florida strongly suggested that three patients (patients a, b, and c) became infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) while receiving dental care from a dentist with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) (1,2). this report describes findings that suggest hiv was transmitted to two additional patients (patients e and g). these two patients had no other confirmed exposures to hiv, had invasive procedures performed by the dentist, ... | 1991 | 2041538 |
| b-virus infection in humans--pensacola, florida. | | 1987 | 3033462 |
| leads from the mmwr. b-virus infection in humans--pensacola, florida. | | 1987 | 3035247 |
| transmission of human immunodeficiency virus in a dental practice. | to determine if patients of a dentist with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) became infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) during their dental care and, if so, to identify possible mechanisms of transmission. | 1992 | 1567094 |
| tuberculosis--united states, 1985--and the possible impact of human t-lymphotropic virus type iii/lymphadenopathy-associated virus infection. | data on the number of reported cases of tuberculosis in the us in 1985 support the hypothesis that human t-lymphotropic virus type iii/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (htlv-iii/lav) infection of persons infected with the tubercle bacillus has caused an increase in tuberculosis in some areas. the 21,801 tuberculosis cases reported in 1985 represented a 2% decline from the 1984 total of 22,255 cases. however, the average decline in the 1982-84 period was 6.7%, indicating a slowing of the downwa ... | 1986 | 3080659 |
| influenza activity in civilian and military populations and key points for use of influenza vaccines. | | 1986 | 3097489 |
| hepatitis c infection in two urban hemodialysis units. | we determined the prevalence of antibodies to the hepatitis c virus (anti-hcv) in 90 patients and 37 staff members of two hemodialysis units utilizing a recently developed anti-hcv recombinant based assay. eleven patients (12%) were anti-hcv(+). of these, eight (73%) had antibodies to the hepatitis b core antigen (anti-hbc) indicating prior hepatitis b infection; one patient was hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag)(+). all staff members were anti-hcv(-), although seven (19%) of them were anti-hbc ... | 1990 | 2119469 |
| aids in minority populations in the united states. | among ethnic minorities in the united states, blacks and hispanics, who compose 12 percent and 7 percent of the u.s. population, respectively, constitute 24 percent and 14 percent of the cases of aids. seventy-eight percent of all children with aids are black or hispanic, as are 71 percent of all women with aids. in the black and hispanic communities, intravenous (iv) drug abuse is associated with much of the aids transmission, and parenterally acquired infections are spread secondarily by sexua ... | 1987 | 3120232 |
| intercontinental spread of neisseria meningitidis clones of the et-5 complex. | the genetic structure of populations of neisseria meningitidis was examined by an analysis of electrophoretically demonstrable allelic variation at 15 structural genes encoding enzymes in 688 isolates. variation among strains in serogroup and serotype has little relationship to the complex structure of populations revealed by enzyme electrophoresis, which involves 14 major lineages of clones diverging from one another at more than half their genetic loci. clones of one of these lineages, the et- ... | 1987 | 3130777 |
| b virus (herpesvirus simiae) infection in humans: epidemiologic investigation of a cluster. | a cluster of four cases of symptomatic b virus infection in humans occurred in pensacola, florida, in march 1987. three cases occurred in persons who worked with monkeys at a research facility, and the fourth resulted from apparent autoinoculation through use of a nonprescription skin cream. contact tracing identified 159 persons who may have been exposed to b virus (21 had been exposed to monkeys at the facility and 138 had been exposed to one or more of the case-patients), but no further cases ... | 1990 | 2160783 |
| concentrations of contaminants in muscle of the american alligator in florida. | samples of tail muscle from 32 american alligators (alligator mississippiensis) in florida were analyzed for contaminant concentrations to provide preliminary information on the potential public health hazard of meat consumption. detectable levels were found for eight metals; copper, zinc, iron, chromium, mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic. mean residue was highest for mercury (geometric mean = 0.61 ppm). dde, ddd, ddt, dieldrin, heptachlor epoxide, lindane, and pcb's were found. mean residue co ... | 1988 | 3352097 |
| hepatitis c-associated hepatocellular carcinoma. | in the united states, a large percentage of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma are serologically negative for hepatitis b. we conducted a retrospective study to determine the prevalence of hepatitis c antibody in the sera of 59 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who were hbsag-negative and had no evidence of alcoholic liver disease, primary biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune hepatitis, hemochromatosis or alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. twenty patients (34%) were hepatitis c antibody-positive ... | 1990 | 2169456 |
| antibodies to the phenolic glycolipid-1 antigen for epidemiologic investigations of enzootic leprosy in armadillos (dasypus novemcinctus). | other than man, nine-banded armadillos (dasypus novemcinctus) are the only known natural hosts of leprosy with high rates of disease. the origin, range and risk of their infection is not yet clear and a better description of the rate of leprosy over the armadillo's range is needed. both histopathological examination of armadillo ear tissues and serologic screening for igm antibodies to the phenolic glycolipid-1 (pgl-1) antigen of mycobacterium leprae are good relative indices of enzootic prevale ... | 1990 | 2181221 |
| meet kimberly bergalis--the patient in the 'dental aids case'. | breo paresents the human interest aspects of a florida case involving the possible transmission of aids from a dentist to a patient. the case of kimberly bergalis, a young woman with advanced aids and no known risk factors except her treatment by a dentist who later died from aids, has been investigated by the federal centers for disease control (cdc). the cdc's report on the case, reprinted in jama (1990 sep 5; 264(9): 1092-1093), has generated controversy between those who say that health ca ... | 1990 | 2214065 |
| childhood psychiatric disorders. focus on conduct disorders. | the high prevalence of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders in general and of aggressive behaviors in particular presents a serious problem. recent social, economic and demographic trends suggest that the problem is likely to grow in degree of seriousness. it is recommended that the broad social and economic policies that impact on risk factors be evaluated and that greater emphasis be placed upon prevention efforts. these efforts need to particularly strengthen the social, emotional, and ... | 1990 | 2254742 |
| additional instances of human parasitism by the brown dog tick (acari: ixodidae). | nine cases of humans parasitized by the brown dog tick, rhipicephalus sanguineus (latreille), are reported. eight cases occurred during 1989. seven of the individuals were from an apparent focus of human biting in northern texas and southwestern oklahoma, one case was from san antonio, bexar county, tex., and one case was from homestead air force base, dade county, fla. these cases suggest that the role of r. sanguineus in the transmission of the etiologic agent of canine ehrlichiosis and other ... | 1990 | 2280392 |
| update: investigations of patients who have been treated by hiv-infected health-care workers. | investigation of the patients of a florida dentist with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) concluded that human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) was transmitted to five (0.5%) of approximately 1100 patients who were evaluated (1-3). although the precise events resulting in transmission of hiv to these patients are not known, the findings of the investigation support direct dentist-to-patient transmission, rather than a patient-to-patient route. this report summarizes information from other pu ... | 1992 | 1579129 |
| promoting safety belt use with traffic signs and prompters. | two studies were conducted examining the stimulus-control effects of conventional traffic signs as prompts for motor vehicle driver safety belt use. following pilot research which suggested that a traffic sign reading "fasten safety belt" posted at a parking lot exit was effective in producing small increases in safety belt use, study i demonstrated the superiority of having human prompters display such signs compared to simply posting the signs. study ii replicated the findings of study i and f ... | 1989 | 2708173 |
| selenium: geochemical distribution and associations with human heart and cancer death rates and longevity in china and the united states. | the geochemistry of available soil se varies enormously in different localities, and the corresponding amounts moving up through crops to food vary accordingly. in a belt extending from northeastern to south central china, the available soil se was measured by human blood se levels. severe deficiency occurred at 8-26 ng/ml; subadequate amounts occurred in large areas with 32-83 ng/ml; adequate amounts of 200-300 ng/ml occurred in large cities; and toxic amounts of 3000-7800 ng/ml occurred in ter ... | 1988 | 2484511 |
| high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in children with thalassemia exposed to blood imported from the united states. | 38.5% or 10 of 26 children with thalassemia who had received blood transfusion have tested positive for hiv at the hamad general hospital, doha, qatar. blood for transfusion was obtained from commercial suppliers in miami, florida, since late 1970. since december 1985 all blood for transfusion has been tested for hiv for elisa kits from abbott laboratories, chicago, ill, and confirmed by western blot. these children ranged from 3-13 years old, mean 7.7, and had received an average of 63.5 tra ... | 1987 | 3670941 |
| heterosexual transmission of hepatitis b virus in belle glade, florida. belle glade study group. | a population-based serosurvey of human immunodeficiency virus in belle glade, fl, enabled evaluation of risk factors for hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection in this racially mixed community. serum samples from 725 adults and 130 children were tested for markers of hbv infection, and histories of exposure to hbv were obtained by interview. the overall prevalence of past or present hbv infection was 26%; prevalence was 9% among whites, 5% among hispanics, 30% among blacks, and 57% among haitians. pr ... | 1990 | 2313121 |