| the lexington addicts, 1971-1972: demographic characteristics, drug use patterns, and selected infectious disease experience. | the demographics, drug habits, and medical complications of a cohort of 1,129 addicts treated at lexington in the period 1971-1972 were studied. these patients, admitted from 41 different states, had a mean period of addiction of 5.4 years. over one-third of the sample had engaged in pimping or prostitution, and there were no differences by gender in terms of involvement. eight-eight percent had shared injection equipment, and surprisingly, 78% admitted to some effort at sterilizing their "works ... | 1989 | 2599682 |
| a waterborne outbreak of hepatitis a in meade county, kentucky. | in november 1982, meade county, kentucky health officials noted a sudden increase in the incidence of hepatitis a. using a standardized interview of 73 cases (68 serologically confirmed), and 85 controls (all negative for antibody to hepatitis a virus), the most important risk factor identified was household use of untreated water from a single spring. a dose-response relationship was found for consumption of unboiled spring water. water samples taken from the spring during the outbreak were con ... | 1985 | 3966622 |
| administration of hepatitis a vaccine to a military population by needle and jet injector and with hepatitis b vaccine. | military personnel are an important target population for hepatitis a immunization. soldiers are often given vaccines by jet injector and may be required to receive multiple vaccines at one time. formalin-inactivated hepatitis a vaccine containing 360 elisa units of antigen was evaluated at fort campbell. volunteers received vaccine at 0, 1, and 6 months as follows: group 1, hepatitis a vaccine by needle; group 2, hepatitis a vaccine by jet injector; group 3, hepatitis b vaccine by needle; and g ... | 1995 | 7876650 |
| an outbreak of hepatitis a associated with an infected foodhandler. | the recommended criteria for public notification of a hepatitis a virus (hav)-infected foodhandler include assessment of the foodhandler's hygiene and symptoms. in october 1994, a kentucky health department received a report of a catering company foodhandler with hepatitis a. patrons were not offered immune globulin because the foodhandler's hygiene was assessed to be good and he denied having diarrhea. during early november, 29 cases of hepatitis a were reported among people who had attended an ... | 1999 | 10199718 |
| role of cd4 count in immunity development after hepatitis a and b vaccination among hiv-infected patients: kentucky, 2002-2007. | to determine whether lower prevaccination cd4 counts decrease odds of immune development against hepatitis a virus/hepatitis b virus (hav/hbv) among patients who receive the vaccine and examine the relationship between vaccine response and sex, race/ethnicity, health insurance status, tobacco use, substance abuse, or comorbidities. | 2010 | 20530473 |