Controlling imported malaria cases in the United States of America by Bassidy Dembele, Abdul-Aziz Yakubu

“…We extend the mathematical malaria epidemic model framework of Dembele et al. and use it to “capture” the 2013 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported data on the 2011 number of imported malaria cases in the USA. …”
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Renewed Global Partnerships and Redesigned Roadmaps for Rabies Prevention and Control by Tiziana Lembo, Michaël Attlan, Hervé Bourhy, Sarah Cleaveland, Peter Costa, Katinka de Balogh, Betty Dodet, Anthony R. Fooks, Elly Hiby, Fernando Leanes, François-Xavier Meslin, Mary Elizabeth Miranda, Thomas Müller, Louis H. Nel, Charles E. Rupprecht, Noël Tordo, Abbigail Tumpey, Alexander Wandeler, Deborah J. Briggs

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Barriers to health equity in the United States of America: can they be overcome? by Allen M. Chen

“…Abstract Health equity—defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as " the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health—” represents one of the most critical issues facing modern societies. …”
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Epidemiology of Enterocytozoon bieneusi Infection in Humans by Olga Matos, Maria Luisa Lobo, Lihua Xiao

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Evolution of 𝜷-Cell Replacement Therapy in Diabetes Mellitus: Islet Cell Transplantation by Cyrus Jahansouz, Cameron Jahansouz, Sean C. Kumer, Kenneth L. Brayman

“…According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 23.6 million people in the United States are affected. …”
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Weighted EHR-based prevalence estimates for hypertension at the state and local levels in Louisiana by Wenjun Li, Meng Zhang, Jie Cheng, Sandra L. Jackson, Adam S. Vaughan, Michael Klompas, Thomas W. Carton, Elizabeth Nauman, Lee Mendoza, Arun Adhikari, Jeanie Donovan, Katherine H. Hohman

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Safe Handling of Food and Water in a Hurricane or Related Disaster by Ronald H. Schmidt, Keith L. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich, Amarat Simonne, Douglas L. Archer

“…Recommendations have also been included from additional up-to-date sources such as the: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DOACS), Florida Department of Health (DOH), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and American Red Cross. …”
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A Brief Report of West Nile Virus Neuroinvasive Disease in the Summer of 2012 in Hamilton, Ontario by Lei Jiao, Cheryl Main

“…According to the clinical and laboratory criteria published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, five cases were diagnosed as encephalitis, one case as meningitis and one case as meningomyelitis. …”
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Safe Handling of Food and Water in a Hurricane or Related Disaster by Ronald H. Schmidt, Keith L. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich, Amarat Simonne, Douglas L. Archer

“…Recommendations have also been included from additional up-to-date sources such as the: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DOACS), Florida Department of Health (DOH), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and American Red Cross. …”
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Public health significance of the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and its role in the eco-epidemiology of tick- and mosquito-borne diseases in North America by Ilia Rochlin, Joan Kenney, Eliza Little, Goudarz Molaei

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Topical Microbicides for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV by André Désormeaux, Rabeea F Omar, Michel G Bergeron

“…The development of topical microbicides constitutes one of the most priori tized research areas in the field of prevention of STDs/HIV for the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because the number of women infected with HIV, herpes and other pathogens causing STDs is growing dramatically worldwide, there is an urgent need to develop innovative preventive measures that can reduce the transmission of these pathogens with minimal mucosa! …”
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Sampling and Analytical Method for Alpha-Dicarbonyl Flavoring Compounds via Derivatization with o-Phenylenediamine and Analysis Using GC-NPD by Stephanie M. Pendergrass, Jeffrey A. Cooper

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Successful Integration of Hepatitis C Virus Point-of-Care Tests into the Denver Metro Health Clinic by A. Jewett, A. A. Al-Tayyib, L. Ginnett, B. D. Smith

“…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends testing and linkage to care for persons most likely infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), including persons with human immunodeficiency virus. …”
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Translational Research for Occupational Therapy: Using SPRE in Hippotherapy for Children with Developmental Disabilities by Deborah Weissman-Miller, Rosalie J. Miller, Mary P. Shotwell

“…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates DD affects nearly 10 million children, aged 2–19, where diagnoses may be comorbid. …”
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Research Progress on Biomaterials for Spinal Cord Repair by Liao Z, Bao Q, Saijilahu, Chimedtseren C, Tumurbaatar K, Saijilafu

“…Zhenglie Liao,1,* Qianyi Bao,1,* Saijilahu,2 Chimedragchaa Chimedtseren,3 Khaliunaa Tumurbaatar,3 Saijilafu1 1Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Tongliao Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of China; 3Institute of Traditional Medicine and Technology of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar city, Mongolia*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Saijilafu, Email saijlf@hzcu.edu.cnAbstract: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a very destructive disease of the central nervous system that often causes irreversible nerve damage. …”
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Adapting and Implementing a Community Program to Improve Retention in Care among Patients with HIV in Southern Haiti: “Group of 6” by John A. Naslund, Jodie Dionne-Odom, Cléonas Junior Destiné, Kristen M. Jogerst, Redouin Renold Sénécharles, Michelande Jean Louis, Jasmin Desir, Yvette Néptune Ledan, Jude Ronald Beauséjour, Roland Charles, Alice Werbel, Elizabeth A. Talbot, Patrice Joseph, Jean William Pape, Peter F. Wright

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Evaluation of oral cholera vaccine (Euvichol-Plus) effectiveness against Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh: an interim analysis by Amanda Tiffany, Ashraful Islam Khan, Firdausi Qadri, John D Clemens, Faisal Ahmmed, Farhana Khanam, Tahmina Shirin, Fahima Chowdhury, Md. Taufiqul Islam, Md Nazmul Islam, Md Nazmul Hasan Rajib, Md Ismail Hossen, Md. Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Shahinur Haque, Prasanta Kumar Biswas, Amirul Islam Bhuiyan, Zahid Hasan Khan, Mohammad Ashraful Amin, Aninda Rahman, S M Shahriar Rizvi, Lucy Breakwell

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Infection Control by Lynn Johnston, John Conly

“…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for CJD are under revision. …”
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CD4 Cell Counts at HIV Diagnosis among HIV Outpatient Study Participants, 2000–2009 by Kate Buchacz, Carl Armon, Frank J. Palella, Rose K. Baker, Ellen Tedaldi, Marcus D. Durham, John T. Brooks

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Association Analysis of Reactive Oxygen Species-Hypertension Genes Discovered by Literature Mining by Ji Eun Lim, Kyung-Won Hong, Hyun-Seok Jin, Bermseok Oh

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