| rickettsia honei: a spotted fever group rickettsia on three continents. | rickettsia honei (also known as strain tt-118) has been detected on three continents. originally isolated in thailand in 1962 (and confirmed in 2001), it has also been detected on flinders island (australia) in 1993 and in texas (usa) in 1998. on each continent it has been associated with a different species of tick. the original isolate (thai tick typhus strain tt-118) was from a pool of larval ixodes and rhipicephalus ticks. later it was detected in i. granulatus from rattus rattus. its pathog ... | 2003 | 12860601 |
| association between interleukin-8 gene alleles and human susceptibility to tuberculosis disease. | interleukin (il)-8 is involved in the pathogenesis of human tuberculosis (tb). however, the contribution of polymorphisms of the il-8 gene and its receptor genes cxcr-1 and cxcr-2 to human tb susceptibility remains untested. in a case-control study, white subjects with tb disease were more likely to be homozygous for the il-8 -251a allele, compared with control subjects (odds ratio [or], 3.41; 95% confidence interval [ci], 1.52-7.64). african americans with tb also showed an increased odds of be ... | 2003 | 12870115 |
| disability benefits. disability denial reversed for man who suffered hiv drug reactions. | | 2003 | 12913973 |
| outbreaks of aseptic meningitis associated with echoviruses 9 and 30 and preliminary surveillance reports on enterovirus activity--united states, 2003. | aseptic or viral meningitis is the most common type of meningitis and is associated with an estimated 26,000--42,000 hospitalizations each year in the united states. enteroviruses are the most common cause of aseptic meningitis. echovirus 9 (e9) and echovirus 30 (e30) have been associated frequently with outbreaks of aseptic meningitis. during march 2003, several state public health departments noted increased reports of aseptic meningitis and, as of august 7, seven states (arizona, california, ... | 2003 | 12917581 |
| the artificial organ museum in cleveland (1979-1999) moved to houston, texas, and named in 2002 as the icmt museum for artificial organs. | the artificial organ museum established in cleveland, ohio, in 1979 organized by the international center for artificial organs and transplantation (icaot), was moved to houston, texas, in 1999. the museum with expanded and renewed artificial organ exhibits was officially opened on the 8th and 9th of november, 2002, at the cullen pavilion of the original memorial hermann hospital. this building is the oldest in the texas medical center, which was built in 1922. the icmt (international center for ... | 2003 | 12940905 |
| factors that influence adherence to hiv medications: perceptions of women and health care providers. | the purpose of this pilot study was to explore factors that influence adherence to antiretroviral therapy (art) in women with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) disease. antiretroviral medications that reduce viral count and prolong the time between a diagnosis of hiv disease and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) are expensive, numerous, and have multiple side effects. common reasons for not adhering to the medication regimen include art side effects and a dosage schedule that disrupts d ... | 2003 | 12953613 |
| a blogger in their midst. | it was five minutes before show time, and only 15 people had wandered into the conference room to hear lancaster-webb ceo will somerset introduce the company's latest line of surgical gloves. more important, sales prospect samuel taylor, medical director of the houston clinic, had failed to show. will walked out of the ballroom to steady his nerves and noticed a spillover crowd down the hall. he made a "what's up?" gesture to judy chen, lancaster-webb's communications chief. she came over to him ... | 2003 | 12964391 |
| isolation of rubella virus: an epidemic characterized by rash and arthritis. | | 1965 | 14242416 |
| human botfly infestation in the u.s. report of second human case. | | 1965 | 14284064 |
| variations in heterozygous expression at the haptoglobin locus. | | 1964 | 14250423 |
| prevalence of leptospiral infection in texas cattle: implications for transmission to humans. | of 1193 texas slaughterhouse cattle serum samples assayed for anti-leptospiral antibodies by microscopic agglutination testing, 262 (22%) reacted with serovar pomona and 179 (15%) with serovar hardjo. of 300 urine samples tested for leptospiral dna by a polymerase chain reaction assay, 106 (35%) were positive. the high prevalence of leptospiral infection of cattle represents potential threats to human health and agricultural economics. | 2003 | 14511584 |
| diabetes mellitus in an american indian population isolate. | | 1964 | 14136074 |
| the usual suspects. | any scientist will think twice before reporting any discrepancy or possible theft of biohazardous material to either his or her institution or to the government. | 2003 | 14519188 |
| chronic toxicity of ethylene oxide. a study of human responses to long-term low-level exposures. | | 1964 | 14120567 |
| embracing the local: enriching scientific research, education, and outreach on the texas-mexico border through a participatory action research partnership. | cameron park, texas, is a colonia (an isolated, unincorporated rural settlement without municipal improvements) on the texas-mexico border in the lower rio grande valley, in cameron county near brownsville, texas. cameron park has a population of 5,961 residents, 99.3% of whom are hispanic. the annual median income is 16,934 us dollars, about one-half of the state median. fifty-eight percent of families generally and 68% of those with children younger than 5 years have incomes below poverty leve ... | 2003 | 14527834 |
| contributions of social context to inequalities in years of life lost to heart disease in texas, usa. | several recent articles have pointed to the effect of social context on heart disease mortality after adjusting for individual level indicators. this study investigates the contributions of individual socioeconomic factors (sex, race, and education) and social context at the neighborhood level (wealth, education, social capital, and racial/ethnic composition), and the county level (social inequality, human and social capital, economic and demographic characteristics) on premature cardiovascular ... | 2003 | 14499510 |
| professional values held by baccalaureate and associate degree nursing students. | to determine the congruency in value orientation of graduating students in baccalaureate and associate degree programs. | 2003 | 14562499 |
| polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes) in u.s. mothers' milk. | no previous reports exist on polybrominated diphenyl ether (pbde) congeners in human milk from individual u.s. mothers. this article on pbdes is an extension of our previous studies on concentrations of dioxins, dibenzofurans, polychlorinated biphenyls, and other chlorinated organic compounds in human milk in a number of countries. pbde commercial products are used as flame retardants in flexible polyurethane foam (penta-bde), in acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resins (octa-bde), and in high-imp ... | 2003 | 14594622 |
| black widow spider and brown recluse spider bites in texas from 1998 through 2002. | black widow spiders and brown recluse spiders are of medical importance to humans in the us. however, these spiders differ in their habits, habitat, and the clinical effects and treatment of their bite. this study used data from human exposure calls to poison centers in texas to compare the epidemioloy of bites from these 2 spiders. during 1998-2002, 760 black widow spider bites and 1,369 brown recluse spider bites were reported. black widow spider bite penetrance demonstrated no secular trend d ... | 2003 | 14513899 |
| the glu298-->asp polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene is associated with endometriosis. | | 2003 | 14667898 |
| an environmental assessment of mold concentrations and potential mycotoxin exposures in the greater southeast texas area. | an assessment of indoor air quality in homes from the greater houston and southeast texas area was sampled over a three-month period to ascertain the potential toxic exposure to molds and mycotoxins. in 2001 houston experienced widespread flooding due to tropical storm allison. the slow receding waters allowed molds to proliferate to great levels and affected many homes and businesses in and around the houston area. source (air) and surface (swab, tape, and bulk) samples were taken in fungal con ... | 2003 | 14672314 |
| quantitative trait loci on chromosomes 2p, 4p, and 13q influence bone mineral density of the forearm and hip in mexican americans. | we performed a genome scan using bmd data of the forearm and hip on 664 individuals in 29 mexican-american families. we obtained evidence for qtl on chromosome 4p, affecting forearm bmd overall, and on chromosomes 2p and 13q, affecting hip bmd in men. | 2003 | 14672361 |
| the epidemiology of pepper spray exposures reported in texas in 1998-2002. | pepper spray is used as an incapacitant agent. although now available for general use in the us, the health consequences of pepper spray exposures are poorly understood. this study used data from human exposure calls to poison centers in texas to investigate the epidemiology of pepper spray exposures. during 1998-2002 there were 1,531 human exposures to pepper spray identified by the texas poison centers. pepper spray reports declined during the 5-y period of the study. the majority of exposures ... | 2003 | 14640489 |
| viral sexually transmitted disease vaccine acceptability among college students. | vaccines are an important strategy for the control of infectious diseases; however, they are only successful if accepted. the object of this study was to examine factors that could affect vaccine acceptance among college students for 2 sexually transmitted diseases (stds). | 2003 | 14520177 |
| severe persistent orf in young goats. | orf (contagious ecthyma) is a viral disease of small and wild ruminants, humans, and less frequently other species. in sheep and goats, the disease is characterized by the formation of vesiculo-proliferative lesions in the skin of lips and nostril. here, a form of generalized orf in 16 goat kids from 2 different locations in west texas is described. the disease was characterized by multifocal, severe, proliferative dermatitis that persisted from about 2 months of age until the goat kids were eut ... | 2003 | 14535541 |
| direct and total effectiveness of the intranasal, live-attenuated, trivalent cold-adapted influenza virus vaccine against the 2000-2001 influenza a(h1n1) and b epidemic in healthy children. | the efficacy of the intranasal, live-attenuated, trivalent cold-adapted influenza virus vaccine (caiv-t) against influenza a(h3n2) and b infections in healthy persons is established, but its effectiveness against natural influenza a(h1n1) infection is unknown. | 2004 | 14706961 |
| molecular analysis of mycobacterium kansasii isolates from the united states. | we studied the population genetics of mycobacterium kansasii isolates from the united states by pcr restriction enzyme analysis (pra) of the 441-bp telenti fragment of the hsp-65 gene and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) of genomic dna with the restriction endonucleases asei, drai, and xbai, and we compared the patterns to those previously reported from france and japan. by pra, 78 of 81 clinical isolates (96%) from the united states belonged to subspecies i. with pfge, 28 asei patterns, ... | 2004 | 14715741 |
| rabies surveillance in the united states during 2002. | during 2002, 49 states and puerto rico reported 7,967 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 3 cases in human beings to the centers for disease control and prevention, an increase of 7.2% from the 7,436 cases in non-human animals and 1 case in a human being reported in 2001. more than 92% (7,375 cases) were in wild animals, whereas 7.4% (592) were in domestic species (compared with 93.3% in wild animals and 6.7% in domestic species in 2001). compared with cases reported in 2001, the numbers of ... | 2003 | 14690203 |
| sv40-positive brain tumor in scientist with risk of laboratory exposure to the virus. | simian virus 40 (sv40) is a dna tumor virus known to induce cancers in laboratory animals. there are numerous reports of the detection of sv40 dna and/or proteins in human malignancies of the same types as those induced by sv40 in animals, including brain cancers. however, known exposure to the virus has not yet been linked directly to cancer development in a specific individual. here we describe the detection of sv40 sequences in the meningioma of a laboratory researcher who had a probable dire ... | 2004 | 14676832 |
| development of a human pancreatic islet-transplant program through a collaborative relationship with a remote islet-isolation center. | with the development of the edmonton protocol, pancreatic islet transplantation (pit) now offers insulin-dependent diabetic patients metabolic stability. the pit food and drug administration (fda) regulations, pancreatic islet isolation (pii) techniques, and clinical pit protocols are challenging and make pit program development daunting. | 2004 | 14966428 |
| combined use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and flow cytometry to detect antibodies to trypanosoma cruzi in domestic canines in texas. | canines may be sentinels and/or reservoirs for human trypanosoma cruzi exposures. this study adapted a method originally designed for human diagnostics to detect serum immunoglobulin g to t. cruzi in canines. the method combined an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) for screening and flow cytometry detection of anti-live trypomastigote antibodies (alta) for confirmation. the assays were optimized by using known positive and negative control canine sera, and cutoff values were established. ... | 2004 | 15013981 |
| short report: a disseminated infection of leishmania mexicana in an eastern woodrat, neotoma floridana, collected in texas. | an eastern woodrat (neotoma floridana) collected in january 2001 near bedias, grimes county, texas, had extensive lesions of both ears and swollen feet. impression smears and histologic sections demonstrated the presence of leishmania in both ears and the one foot that was screened. polymerase chain reaction screening using species-specific primers detected parasites in both ears and all four feet and indicated the parasites were l. mexicana. the detection of l. mexicana in n. floridana represen ... | 2003 | 14695082 |
| fumonisins disrupt sphingolipid metabolism, folate transport, and neural tube development in embryo culture and in vivo: a potential risk factor for human neural tube defects among populations consuming fumonisin-contaminated maize. | fumonisins are a family of toxic and carcinogenic mycotoxins produced by fusarium verticillioides (formerly fusarium moniliforme), a common fungal contaminant of maize. fumonisins inhibit ceramide synthase, causing accumulation of bioactive intermediates of sphingolipid metabolism (sphinganine and other sphingoid bases and derivatives) as well as depletion of complex sphingolipids, which interferes with the function of some membrane proteins, including the folate-binding protein (human folate re ... | 2004 | 15051815 |
| a founder mutation of the msh2 gene and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer in the united states. | hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (hnpcc), also known as lynch syndrome, is caused by mutations in the mismatch repair genes and confers an extraordinarily high risk of colorectal, endometrial, and other cancers. however, while carriers of these mutations should be identified, counseled, and offered clinical surveillance, at present the mutations are not tested for in mutation analyses. | 2004 | 14871915 |
| consolidation of health and human services in texas. | | 2003 | 15040266 |
| the genetics of obesity in mexican americans: the evidence from genome scanning efforts in the san antonio family heart study. | recent estimates indicate that approximately 18% of the population in the united states can be considered obese (defined as a body mass index [bmi] > or = 30), and this rate is even higher among ethnic populations such as mexican americans. this figure becomes very significant given the strong evidence for obesity as a major risk factor for a variety of chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease. the search for genes involved in the expression of obesity has b ... | 2003 | 14763601 |
| laboratory analysis of tularemia in wild-trapped, commercially traded prairie dogs, texas, 2002. | oropharyngeal tularemia was identified as the cause of a die-off in captured wild prairie dogs at a commercial exotic animal facility in texas. from this point source, francisella tularensis-infected prairie dogs were traced to animals distributed to the czech republic and to a texas pet shop. f. tularensis culture isolates were recovered tissue specimens from 63 prairie dogs, including one each from the secondary distribution sites. molecular and biochemical subtyping indicated that all isolate ... | 2004 | 15109407 |
| first reported prairie dog-to-human tularemia transmission, texas, 2002. | a tularemia outbreak, caused by francisella tularensis type b, occurred among wild-caught, commercially traded prairie dogs. f. tularensis microagglutination titers in one exposed person indicated recent infection. these findings represent the first evidence for prairie-dog-to-human tularemia transmission and demonstrate potential human health risks of the exotic pet trade. | 2004 | 15109417 |
| epidemiology of lindane exposures for pediculosis reported to poison centers in texas, 1998-2002. | lindane (gamma-benzene hexachloride), commonly used as a treatment for pediculosis, has been associated with adverse reactions and has recently undergone increased regulation. | 2004 | 15083937 |
| molecular determinants of virulence of west nile virus in north america. | west nile virus (wnv) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that until very recently had not been found in the americas. in 1999, there was an outbreak of west nile encephalitis in new york and surrounding areas, involving 62 human cases, including 7 fatalities. the virus has subsequently become established in the united states of america (u.s.) with 4156 human cases, including 284 deaths, in 2002. the wnv strains found in the u.s. are members of "lineage i", a genetic grouping that includes viruses fr ... | 2004 | 15119761 |
| adiponectin receptors gene expression and insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic mexican americans with or without a family history of type 2 diabetes. | the recent discovery of two adiponectin receptors (adipor1 and adipor2) will improve our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the insulin-sensitising effect of adiponectin. the aim of this study was to determine for the first time whether skeletal muscle adipor1 and/or adipor2 gene expression levels are associated with insulin resistance. | 2004 | 15105989 |
| annual pattern of human conception in the state of texas. | a total of 2,828,068 state of texas singleton conceptions, estimated from the date of the first day of the last menstrual period, were assessed for annual periodicity by multiple-component (1-yr fundamental plus the 6- and 3-month harmonics) cosinor analysis. an annual pattern (p < 0.001) of conception was detected with a december peak, end of july-beginning of august trough and modest amplitude (total peak-to-trough variation) equal to 13.3% of the yearly mean. annual patterns (p < 0.005) of ge ... | 2004 | 15129825 |
| antimicrobial resistance and serotype prevalence of salmonella isolated from dairy cattle in the southwestern united states. | mature dairy cattle were sampled over a 2-year period (2001-2002) on six farms in new mexico and texas. fecal samples (n = 1560) were collected via rectal palpation and cultured for salmonella, and one isolate from each positive sample was serotyped. three isolates of each serotype, with the exception of salmonella newport (n = 12), were examined for susceptibility to 17 antimicrobial agents. twenty-two different serotypes were identified from a total of 393 salmonella isolates. montevideo was t ... | 2004 | 15140394 |
| the geographic distribution of potential risks posed by industrial toxic emissions in the u.s. | the toxics release inventory (tri), compiled annually by the epa, has emerged as the most comprehensive database on industrial toxic emissions in the u.s. while various risk indicators and pollutant weighting methods have been developed to compare tri emissions, these measures are rarely used to examine the geography of potential risks posed by toxic emissions at the national scale. this article provides a geographic perspective on the evaluation of industrial pollution by exploring the spatial ... | 2004 | 15055926 |
| buying biosafety--is the price right? | | 2004 | 15152056 |
| multiple lineages of antigenically and genetically diverse influenza a virus co-circulate in the united states swine population. | before the isolation of h3n2 viruses in 1998, swine influenza in the united states was an endemic disease caused exclusively by classical-swine h1n1 viruses. in this study we determined the antigenic and phylogenetic composition of a selection of currently circulating strains and revealed that, in contrast to the situation pre-1998, the swine population in the united states is now a dynamic viral reservoir containing multiple viral lineages. h3n2 viruses still circulate and representatives of ea ... | 2004 | 15163491 |
| methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection in the texas prison system. | recent reports indicate that correctional facility inmates may be at elevated risk for contracting methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) infection because of overcrowding, poor hygiene, and high rates of diseases causing immunosuppression. the present study of 299,179 texas inmates who were incarcerated between 1999-2001 indicated an incidence of 12 mrsa infections/1000 person-years. inmates with circulatory disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, end-stage liver disease, end-sta ... | 2004 | 15127360 |
| no association between hogg1 ser326cys polymorphism and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. | | 2004 | 15184269 |
| phoning logistics in a longitudinal follow-up of batterers and their partners. | more needs to be known about the phoning logistics of interviewing subjects for longitudinal follow-up studies in the domestic violence field. using phoning logs from a 4-year follow-up of batterer intervention, the authors calculated the number, results, and costs of phone calls from a subsample of 100 men and 138 women. the number of calls is high (5.5 per man and 7.1 per woman), locators play a substantial role (for 25% of the men and women), and mailed questionnaires are a useful supplement ... | 2004 | 15186534 |
| october surprise. | | 2004 | 15146781 |
| cost-effectiveness analysis of telemedicine to evaluate diabetic retinopathy in a prison population. | a cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted to investigate the clinical and economic impact of teleophthalmology in evaluating diabetic retinopathy in prison inmates with type 2 diabetes. | 2004 | 15111527 |
| an approach to improving science knowledge about energy balance and nutrition among elementary- and middle-school students. | unhealthy diets, lack of fitness, and obesity are serious problems in the united states. the centers for disease control, surgeon general, and department of health and human services are calling for action to address these problems. scientists and educators at baylor college of medicine and the national space biomedical research institute teamed to produce an instructional unit, "food and fitness," and evaluated it with students in grades 3-7 in houston, texas. a field-test group (447 students) ... | 2004 | 15257340 |
| risk assessment practices of texas private practitioners for sexually transmitted diseases. | this study describes the sexually transmitted disease (std) risk assessment practices of a sample of private primary care practitioners in texas. elicitation of sexual history was not universal when these clinicians took the health history of their patients. only 40% of the practices reported conducting a risk assessment for std with all of their patients. in general, practices in obstetrics and gynecology, physicians providing care for persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus, and fem ... | 2004 | 15267029 |
| west nile virus activity--united states, july 14-20, 2004. | during the week of july 14-20, a total of 74 cases of human west nile virus (wnv) illness were reported from seven states (arizona, california, florida, new mexico, new york, south dakota, and texas). | 2004 | 15269701 |
| health care delivery in the texas prison system: the role of academic medicine. | faced with explosive growth in its prison population and a legal mandate to improve medical care for incarcerated offenders, the state of texas implemented a novel correctional managed health care program in 1994. the organizational structure of the program is based on a series of contractual relationships between the state prison system, 2 of the state's academic medical centers, and a separate governing body composed of 9 appointed members, which include 5 physicians. all medical, dental, and ... | 2004 | 15280346 |
| achievement of insulin independence via pancreatic islet transplantation using a remote isolation center: a first-year review. | owing to advances in both immunosuppressive protocols and pancreatic islet isolation techniques, insulin independence has recently been achieved in type 1 insulin-dependent diabetics (iddm) via pancreatic islet transplantation (pit). although the dissemination of immunosuppressive protocols is relatively easy, transferring the knowledge and expertise required to isolate a large number of quality human islets for transplantation is a far greater challenge. therefore, in an attempt to centralize t ... | 2004 | 15194393 |
| the 2002 introduction of west nile virus into harris county, texas, an area historically endemic for st. louis encephalitis. | harris county, texas, is an endemic area of st. louis encephalitis (sle); and an active surveillance program that monitors sle virus activity in mosquitoes, birds, and humans has been in place there for the past 28 years. in june of 2002, west nile (wn) virus appeared in houston and quickly spread throughout the region. this report describes the results of 12 years of sle surveillance in harris county and the contrasting pattern of wn virus activity, when it arrived in 2002. our data indicate th ... | 2004 | 15211013 |
| comparison of the directigen flu a+b membrane enzyme immunoassay with viral culture for rapid detection of influenza a and b viruses in respiratory specimens. | the performance of a commercially available, rapid membrane enzyme immunoassay for influenza a and b virus detection was compared to that of viral culture in 4,092 respiratory specimens collected from patients presenting with respiratory symptoms during the 2002-2003 influenza season. the test's overall sensitivity was 43.83%, lower than previously reported but similar for detection of both influenza a and b viruses (42.98 versus 44.76%). however, specificity, 99.74%, was excellent for both infl ... | 2004 | 15297520 |
| exposures and treatments among women of childbearing age and pregnant women reported to texas poison centers. | both exposures reported to poison centers and the treatments used involved potential teratogens. this investigation describes the patterns of exposures and treatments among women of childbearing age and pregnant women reported to texas poison centers during 2000-2002. of 476,365 total reported human exposures, 65,074 (13.7%) involved women of childbearing age and 1,406 (0.3%) involved pregnant women. the most frequently reported exposures among women of childbearing age were analgesics (sedative ... | 2004 | 15303398 |
| epidemiology of scorpion envenomations in texas. | about 90 scorpion species occur in the us, and scorpion stings accounted for over 15,600 calls to poison centers in the us in 2002. however, epidemiologic information on scorpion envenomations in the us, and texas in particular, is limited. this study investigated the relationship between epidemiological factors and the scorpion stings reported to the texas poison centers. cases consisted of all human exposure calls of scorpion stings to texas poison centers during 1998-2003; there were 11,545 t ... | 2004 | 15303401 |
| surveillance of hazardous materials events in 17 states, 1993-2001: a report from the hazardous substances emergency events surveillance (hsees) system. | thousands of acute hazardous materials (hazmat) releases occur annually throughout the united states. to prevent human exposure and resulting injuries, it is critical to understand the frequency with which these releases occur, the locations involved, the industries associated, and the specific substances being released. | 2004 | 15164398 |
| understanding differences in influenza immunization rates: a survey of african-american and caucasian medicare beneficiaries in texas. | a goal of healthy people 2010 is to increase the influenza immunization rate among high-risk populations to at least 90 percent. this article presents the results of a survey on influenza immunizations among african-americans and caucasian medicare beneficiaries in a 25-county project intervention area in texas. information on the burden of suffering from pneumonia and influenza, the benefits of influenza immunization, and recommendations are included. data are presented on the characteristics o ... | 2003 | 15330489 |
| the utility of ffn for the prediction of preterm birth in twin gestations. | to determine the sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value (ppv) of fetal fibronectin (ffn) and to determine its usefulness, in conjunction with selected other clinical assessment measures, in the prediction of preterm birth for women with twin gestations. | 2004 | 15346670 |
| west nile virus activity--united states, september 8-14, 2004. | during september 8-14, a total of 195 cases of human west nile virus (wnv) illness were reported from 26 states (alabama, arizona, arkansas, california, colorado, florida, georgia, idaho, illinois, iowa, kansas, maryland, minnesota, missouri, nebraska, nevada, new mexico, new york, north dakota, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, south dakota, tennessee, texas, and wisconsin). | 2004 | 15371969 |
| west nile virus activity--united states, july 28-august 3, 2004. | during july 28-august 3, a total of 141 cases of human west nile virus (wnv) illness were reported from 11 states (alabama, arizona, california, colorado, florida, illinois, nevada, new york, north dakota, south dakota, and texas). during 2004, a total of 20 states have reported a total of 406 cases of human wnv illness to cdc through arbonet. of these, 247 (61%) were reported from arizona. a total of 226 (57%) of the 406 cases occurred in males; the median age of patients was 51 years (range: 1 ... | 2004 | 15295314 |
| west nile virus activity--united states, august 11-17, 2004. | during august 11-17, a total of 194 cases of human west nile virus (wnv) illness were reported from 17 states (alabama, arizona, california, colorado, florida, illinois, louisiana, maryland, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, new mexico, ohio, south dakota, texas, utah, and virginia). | 2004 | 15318160 |
| narcotic antagonists in drug dependence: pilot study showing enhancement of compliance with syn-10, amino-acid precursors and enkephalinase inhibition therapy. | we decided to test the hypothesis that possibly by combining a narcotic antagonist and amino-acid therapy consisting of an enkephalinase inhibitor (d-phenylalanine) and neurotransmitter precursors (l-amino- acids) to promote neuronal dopamine release might enhance compliance in methadone patients rapidly detoxified with the narcotic antagonist trexan (dupont, delaware). in this regard, thanos et al. [j. neurochem. 78 (2001) 1094] and associates found increases in the dopamine d2 receptors (drd2) ... | 2004 | 15288384 |
| the effect of fever, febrile illnesses, and heat exposures on the risk of neural tube defects in a texas-mexico border population. | hyperthermia produces neural tube defects (ntds) in a variety of animal species. elevated maternal body temperatures may also place the developing human embryo at risk. we examined the relation between maternal hyperthermia and the development of ntds in a high-risk mexican-american population. | 2004 | 15468073 |
| west nile virus activity--united states, september 29-october 5, 2004. | during september 29-october 5, a total of 81 cases of human west nile virus (wnv) illness were reported from 18 states (alabama, arizona, arkansas, california, florida, georgia, illinois, iowa, kansas, kentucky, minnesota, missouri, ohio, oklahoma, pennsylvania, south dakota, texas, and virginia). | 2004 | 15470326 |
| west nile virus activity--united states, september 22-28, 2004. | during september 22-28, a total of 180 cases of human west nile virus (wnv) illness were reported in the district of columbia (dc) and 24 states (alabama, arizona, california, georgia, illinois, iowa, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maryland, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, montana, nebraska, nevada, new mexico, ohio, pennsylvania, texas, utah, wisconsin, and wyoming). | 2004 | 15457147 |
| west nile virus activity--united states, october 6-12, 2004. | during october 6-12, a total of 86 cases of human west nile virus (wnv) illness were reported from 18 states (arizona, florida, illinois, kansas, louisiana, michigan, minnesota, missouri, nevada, new jersey, new mexico, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, pennsylvania, tennessee, texas, and utah). | 2004 | 15483530 |
| ectoparasites of the swift fox in northwestern texas. | ectoparasites were collected from chemically immobilized swift foxes (vulpes velox) in the texas panhandle (usa). three species of fleas (pulex irritans, dactylopsylla percernis, and euhoplopsyllus affinis) and one species of tick (ixodes sculptus) were found. pulex irritans was the only abundant ectoparasite; it occurred on all 23 foxes brushed in 1999-2000 and all but one of 34 hosts examined in 2000-01. otherwise, this swift fox population had a depauperate ectoparasite fauna; the remainder o ... | 2004 | 15465723 |
| west nile virus activity--united states, september 15-21, 2004. | during september 15-21, a total of 218 cases of human west nile virus (wnv) illness were reported from 21 states (arizona, california, florida, illinois, indiana, kansas, maryland, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, nebraska, nevada, new mexico, north dakota, oklahoma, south dakota, texas, utah, wisconsin, and wyoming). | 2004 | 15385920 |
| nora volkow: motivated neuroscientist. | nora volkow claims to have always been curious about the workings of the human brain. even as a medical student in her native mexico, she investigated animal behavior with the ultimate goal of understanding human motivation. upon completing her medical studies, in the early 80s, she moved to the u.s. to take advantage of emerging neuroimaging technologies, first during her psychiatry residency at new york university and brookhaven national laboratory, and then as a faculty member at the universi ... | 2004 | 15471905 |
| monkeypox: a review of the history and emergence in the western hemisphere. | a mysterious disease was reported on may 24, 2003, when the wisconsin division of public health (dph) received notice of a 3-year-old girl who had been hospitalized in central wisconsin with cellulites and fever after being bitten by a prairie dog on may 13. the laboratory isolated a gram-negative bacillus, raising concerns that it might be tularemia or plague; ultimately, it was identified as an acinetobacter species and was considered to be a contaminant. because no other such cases were repor ... | 2004 | 15494953 |
| genetic diversity of human pathogenic members of the fusarium oxysporum complex inferred from multilocus dna sequence data and amplified fragment length polymorphism analyses: evidence for the recent dispersion of a geographically widespread clonal lineage and nosocomial origin. | fusarium oxysporum is a phylogenetically diverse monophyletic complex of filamentous ascomycetous fungi that are responsible for localized and disseminated life-threatening opportunistic infections in immunocompetent and severely neutropenic patients, respectively. although members of this complex were isolated from patients during a pseudoepidemic in san antonio, tex., and from patients and the water system in a houston, tex., hospital during the 1990s, little is known about their genetic relat ... | 2004 | 15528703 |
| characterization of a west nile virus isolate from a human on the gulf coast of texas. | genetic characterization of a human cerebrospinal fluid west nile virus isolate from beaumont, texas, revealed several nucleotide changes and amino acid substitutions that differentiated it from all other north american strains isolated to date, suggesting that isolates from the texas gulf coast may form a unique genetic group among north american strains. | 2004 | 15528747 |
| quantitative trait locus determining dietary macronutrient intakes is located on human chromosome 2p22. | obesity is generally accompanied by increased food intake. | 2004 | 15531694 |
| west nile virus activity--united states, october 20-26, 2004. | during october 20-26, a total of 80 cases of human west nile virus (wnv) illness were reported from 16 states (arizona, california, florida, iowa, kentucky, louisiana, michigan, mississippi, missouri, montana, nebraska, new york, ohio, south dakota, texas, and utah). | 2004 | 15514584 |
| association among plasma levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, traditional cardiovascular risk factors, and subclinical atherosclerosis. | we sought to evaluate the association between plasma levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein (mcp)-1 and the risk for subclinical atherosclerosis. | 2004 | 15519012 |
| neurologic complications associated with influenza a in children during the 2003-2004 influenza season in houston, texas. | our objectives were to (1) describe the clinical characteristics of and viruses isolated from patients who presented with neurologic symptoms associated with influenza a infection and were hospitalized at texas children's hospital during october and november 2003 and (2) to raise awareness of the neurologic complications of influenza among us children. | 2004 | 15520093 |
| breathless in houston: a political ecology of health approach to understanding environmental health concerns. | a political ecology approach to the study of environmental health problems can provide a comprehensive analytical framework with which to understand geographical and social disparities in health status. to date, however, political ecology has remained limited in its application to health problems, and where health has been addressed, biomedical models have prevailed, with little attention to differing explanatory models of health and disease. by integrating political ecology with an interpretive ... | 2004 | 15545091 |
| cloning matters: how lawrence v. texas protects therapeutic research. | | 2004 | 15536913 |
| west nile virus activity--united states, november 3-8, 2004. | during november 3-8, a total of 41 cases of human west nile virus (wnv) illness were reported from seven states (california, maryland, minnesota, new mexico, oregon, tennessee, and texas). | 2004 | 15538322 |
| texas health and human services realign. | | 2004 | 15543842 |
| the "safer choices" intervention: its impact on the sexual behaviors of different subgroups of high school students. | to measure the relative impact of a school-based human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-, sexually transmitted disease (std)-, and pregnancy-prevention intervention on sexual risk-taking behaviors of different subgroups of students. | 2004 | 15581523 |
| melatonin exposures reported to texas poison centers in 1998-2003. | melatonin regulates circadian rhythms, and although widely used in the us, information on the public use of melatonin and patterns of reported adverse effects associated with the substance is limited. to describe the patterns of melatonin calls to poison centers in texas during 1998-2003, data on all melatonin calls reported to the texas poison center network were analyzed. during 1998-2003, there were 779 identified human exposures to melatonin identified. of those patients with a known age, 59 ... | 2004 | 15587262 |
| rabies surveillance in the united states during 2003. | during 2003, 49 states and puerto rico reported 7,170 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 3 cases in human beings to the cdc. this represents a 10% decrease from the 7,967 cases in nonhuman animals and 3 cases in human beings reported in 2002. more than 91 (n = 6,556) were in wild animals, and 8.6% (614) were in domestic species (compared with 92.5% in wild animals and 74% in domestic species in 2002). the relative contributions of the major groups of animals were as follows: 2,635 raccoons ... | 2004 | 15643834 |
| incidence of associated events during the performance of invasive procedures in healthy human volunteers. | metabolic investigations often utilize arteriovenous sampling and muscle biopsy. these investigations represent some risk to the subject. we examined 369 studies performed in the general clinical research center between january 1994 and may 2003 for events related to femoral catheterization and muscle biopsies. incidents were further examined by age (younger: 18-59 yr, n=133; and older: 60-76 yr, n=28). there were no clinically defined major complications associated with either procedure. the in ... | 2005 | 15563628 |
| the changing epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus and influenza: impetus for new control measures. | influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) are the most important causes of medically attended acute respiratory illnesses. medical encounters for acute respiratory illness peak each winter, coinciding with the peak of influenza activity. rsv is the most important cause of hospitalization of infants for acute lower respiratory illness. | 2004 | 15577574 |
| detection of bk virus and simian virus 40 in the urine of healthy children. | seroprevalence studies indicate that most primary infections with bk virus (bkv) and jc virus (jcv) occur in the first and second decades of life, respectively. relatively little is known about the transmission of these agents, including the primary source of human exposure, the portal of entry, and the pathophysiology of life-long viral persistence. we sought to determine if simian virus 40 (sv40) excretion could be detected in the urine of healthy children and to define the age-related prevale ... | 2005 | 15648074 |
| west nile virus activity--united states, november 9-16, 2004. | during november 9-16, a total of 31 cases of human west nile virus (wnv) illness were reported from eight states (arizona, georgia, maryland, michigan, missouri, new york, pennsylvania, and texas). | 2004 | 15549023 |
| burnout in residency: a statewide study. | to determine the prevalence of burnout in residents in obstetrics and gynecology through the use of a validated tool. | 2004 | 15646752 |
| human factors risk management as a way to improve medical device safety: a case study of the therac 25 radiation therapy system. | background: in a fatal incident in 1984 much discussed in the literature, a patient received 16,000 rads instead of the intended 180 rads when undergoing radiation treatment. this incident likely could have been prevented by the use of risk analysis. risk analysis: risk analysis techniques to identify use errors have received increasing attention in health care. use errors are defined as a pattern of predictable human errors that can be attributable to inadequate or improper design. among the mo ... | 2004 | 15646102 |
| population genetics of the diamondback terrapin (malaclemys terrapin). | we examined the population genetic structure of the diamondback terrapins (malaclemys terrapin), within and among estuaries. based on mark-recapture studies, these estuarine turtles have high site fidelity that is likely to make them vulnerable to local extinctions. we tested if observed site fidelity of adults would be reflected in intraestuarine population genetic structure of six highly polymorphic microsatellite loci (five tetranucleotide and one dinucleotide). no evidence was found for popu ... | 2005 | 15723664 |
| retrospective review of serious bacterial infections in infants who are 0 to 36 months of age and have influenza a infection. | previous studies of febrile children who were 3 to 36 months of age and had clinically recognizable viral syndromes have shown low rates of concurrent bacteremia. we sought to determine the prevalence of serious bacterial infections (sbis) among children with influenza a, a viral syndrome that can be established definitively by specific tests. | 2005 | 15741376 |
| criminal exposure. mouth of hiv-positive inmate deemed a deadly weapon. | | 2005 | 15744886 |
| principal component for metabolic syndrome risk maps to chromosome 4p in mexican americans: the san antonio family heart study. | metabolic syndrome refers to the clustering of disease conditions such as insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity. to explore the genetic predispositions of this complex syndrome, we conducted a principal components analysis using data on 14 phenotypes related to the risk of developing metabolic syndrome. the subjects were 566 nondiabetic mexican americans, distributed in 41 extended families from the san antonio family heart study. the factor scores obtaine ... | 2004 | 15757239 |
| spread thin. | | 2004 | 15685906 |
| examining localized patterns of air quality perception in texas: a spatial and statistical analysis. | environmental and human health issues associated with outdoor air pollution, such as ozone, sulfur dioxide, and other pollutants in metropolitan regions, are an area of growing concern for both policy officials and the general public. increasing attention from the news media, new health data, and public debate over the effectiveness of clean air regulations have raised the importance of air quality in the public consciousness. while public perceptions of air quality have been studied thoroughly ... | 2004 | 15660612 |