A5024910576- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Escherichia coli research studies
- Hereditary Neurological Disorders
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Respiratory viral infections research
Colorado School of Public Health
2022-2023
University of Colorado Denver
2022-2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2017-2022
Waterborne Environmental (United States)
2022
Medscape
2020
Public Health Agency of Canada
2020
California Department of Public Health
2020
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
2020
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
2017-2019
Atlanta Research and Education Foundation
2018-2019
CDC, the Food and Drug Administration, state local health departments, other public clinical stakeholders are investigating a national outbreak of electronic-cigarette (e-cigarette), or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) (1). As October 22, 2019, 49 states, District Columbia (DC), U.S. Virgin Islands have reported 1,604 cases EVALI to including 34 (2.1%) EVALI-associated deaths in 24 states. Based on data collected as 15, this report updates patient characteristics substances...
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) cause substantial and costly illnesses. Leafy greens are the second most common source of foodborne STEC O157 outbreaks. We examined outbreaks linked to leafy during 2009-2018 in United States Canada. identified 40 outbreaks, 1,212 illnesses, 77 cases hemolytic uremic syndrome, 8 deaths. More were romaine lettuce (54%) than any other type green. occurred fall (45%) spring (28%) seasons. Barriers epidemiologic traceback investigations complicated...
CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state local health departments, public clinical stakeholders are investigating a nationwide outbreak of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) (1). As November 13, 2019, 49 states, District Columbia, two U.S. territories (Puerto Rico Virgin Islands) have reported 2,172 EVALI cases to including 42 (1.9%) EVALI-associated deaths. To inform surveillance, during 2019-20 influenza season, case report information supplied by...
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) cause illnesses ranging from mild diarrhea to ischemic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS); serogroup O157 is the most common cause. We describe epidemiology transmission routes for U.S. STEC outbreaks during 2010–2017. Health departments reported 466 affecting 4769 persons; 459 had a identified (330 O157, 124 non-O157, 5 both). Among these, 361 (77%) known route: 200 foodborne (44% of outbreaks, 41% non-O157 outbreaks), 87...
Noroviruses are the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis and foodborne disease in United States (U.S.). About 1 5 reported norovirus outbreaks spread through transmission, presenting opportunities for prevention. We describe epidemiology U.S. to national surveillance systems, including differences between genotypes. Foodborne that occurred during August 2009–July 2015 with as a single confirmed etiology National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) were matched CaliciNet, laboratory outbreak...
Consumption of unpasteurised milk in the United States has presented a public health challenge for decades because increased risk pathogen transmission causing illness outbreaks. We analysed Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System data to characterise Using Poisson and negative binomial regression, we compared number outbreaks outbreak-associated illnesses between jurisdictions grouped by legal status sale based on May 2019 survey state laws. During 2013-2018, 75 with 675 occurred...
Hypothesis generation about potential food and other exposures is a critical step in an enteric disease outbreak investigation, helping to focus investigation efforts use of limited resources. Historical data are important source information for hypothesis generation, providing on common food- animal-pathogen pairs epidemiological trends. We developed model predict vehicles Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli Salmonella outbreaks using demographic characteristics from the Centers Disease...
Information on the causative agent in an enteric disease outbreak can be used to generate hypotheses about route of transmission and possible vehicles, guide environmental assessments, target control measures. However, only 40% outbreaks reported United States include a confirmed etiology. The goal this project was identify clinical demographic characteristics that predict use these data develop online tool for investigators during when hypothesizing agent. Using from all routes (animal...
Objectives: Foodborne disease is a pervasive problem caused by consuming food or drink contaminated infectious noninfectious agents. The 55 US poison centers receive telephone calls for advice on foodborne cases that may be related to outbreak (FBDO). Our objective was assess whether center call records uploaded the National Poison Data System (NPDS) can used surveillance of FBDOs in United States. Methods: We matched NPDS FBDO agents States with Disease Outbreak Surveillance (FDOSS)...