FoodNet

Shiferaw B, Yang S, Cieslak P, Vugia D, Marcus R, Koehler J, Deneen V, Angulo F, and the FoodNet Working Group. Prevalence of High-Risk Food Consumption and Food-Handling Practices among Adults: A Multistate Survey, 1996 to 1997. J Food Protection 2000;63:1538-43.

Rabatsky-Ehr T, Dingman D, Marcus R, Howard R, Kinney A, Mshar P. Deer Meat as the Source for a Sporadic Case of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection, Connecticut. Emer Infect Dis 2002;8:525-7.

Vanden Eng J, Marcus R, Hadler JL, Imhoff B, Vugia DJ, Cieslak PR, Zell E, Deneen V, Gibbs McCombs K, Zansky SM, Hawkins MA, Besser RE. Consumer Attitudes and Use of Antibiotics. Emer Infect Dis 2003;9:1128-35.

Roy SL, DeLong SM, Stenzel SA, Shiferaw B, Roberts JM, Khalakdina A, Marcus R, Segler SD, Shah DD, Thomas S, Vugia DJ, Zansky SM, Dietz V, Beach MJ, and the Emerging Infections Program FoodNet Working Group. Risk Factors for Sporadic Cryptosporidiosis among Immunocompetent Persons in the United States from 1999 to 2001.   J Clin Micro 2004;42:2944-51.

Gupta A, Nelson JM, Barrett TJ, Tauxe RV, Rossiter SP, Friedman CR, Joyce KW, Smith KE, Jones TF, Hawkins MA, Shiferaw B, Beebe JL, Vugia DJ, Rabatsky-Her T, Benson JA, Root TP, and Angulo FJ. Antimicrobial Resistance among Campylobacter Strains, United States, 1997–2001.  Emerg Infect Dis 2004;10:1102-9.

Herikstad H, Yang S, Van Gilder TJ, Vugia D, Hadler J, Blake P, Deneen V, Shiferaw B, Angulo FJ, and the FoodNet Working Group. A population-based estimate of the burden of diarrhoeal illness in the United States: FoodNet, 1996-7  Epidemiology and Infection 2002;129:9-17.

Wallace DJ, Van Gilder T, Shallow S, Fiorentino T, Segler SD, Smith KE, Shiferaw B, Etzel R, Garthright WE, Angulo FJ, and the FoodNet Working Group. Incidence of foodborne illnesses reported by the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) - 1997.
J of Food Protection 2000;63:807-9.

Green LR, Selman C, Scallan, E, Jones TF, Marcus R, and EHS-NET Population Survey Working Group. Beliefs about Meals Easten Outside the Home as Sources of Gastrointestinal Illness. J of Food Protection 2005;68:2184-2189

Green L, Selman C, Banerjee A, Marcus R, Medus C, Angulo F, Radke V, Buchannan S, EHS-NET Working Group. Food service workers' self-reported food preparation practices: an EHS-Net study. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2005;208:27-35.

FoodNet articles published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, Suppl. No. 3, April 15, 2004 http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/cid/38/s3

Hoefer D, Malone S, Frenzen P, Marcus R, Scallan E, Zansky S. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of the Use of Irradiated Meat among Respondents to the FoodNet Population Survey in Connecticut and New York. J Food Protection 2006;69:2441-6.

Varma JK, Marcus R, Stenzel SA, Hanna SS, Gettner S, Anderson BJ, Hayes T, Shiferaw B, Crume TL, Joyce K, Fullerton KE, Voetsch AC, Angulo FJ. Highly-resistant Salmonella Newport-MDRAmpC Transmitted through the Domestic US Food Supply: A FoodNet Case-Control Stu dy of Sporadic Salmonella Newport Infections, 2002-2003. J Infect Dis 2006;194:222-30.

Jones TF, Angulo FJ. Eating in Restaurants: A risk factor for foodborne disease? Clin Infect Dis 2006;42:1324-8.

Scallan E. Activities, achievements, and Lessons learned during the first 10 years of the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network: 1996-2005. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:718-725.

Fullerton KE, Ingram LA, Jones TF, Anderson BJ, McCarthy PV, Hurd S, Shiferaw B, Vugia D, Haubert N, Hayes T, Wedel S, Scallan E, Henao O, Angulo FJ: Sporadic Campylobacter Infection in Infants: A Population-Based Surveillance Case-Control Study. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2007;26:19-24.

Voetsch AC, Kennedy MH, Keene WE, Smith KE, Rabatsky-Ehr T, Zansky S, et al: Risk Factors for sporadic Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Infections in FoodNet Sites, 1999-2000. Epidemiol Infect 2007, (in press)

Jones TF, Ingram LA, Fullerton KE, Marcus R, Anderson BJ, McCarthy PV, et al.: A Case-Control Study of the Epidemiology of Sporadic Salmonella Infection in Infants. Pediatrics 2006;118:2380-7.

Marcus R, Varma JK, Medus C, Boothe EJ, Anderson BJ, Crume T, Fullerton KE, Moore MR, White PL, Lyszkowicz E, Voetsch AC, Angulo FJ, for the Emerging Infections Program FoodNet Working Group. Re-assessment of Risk Factors for Sporadic Salmonella serotype Enteritidis Infections: A Case-Control Study in Five FoodNet Sites, 2002-2003. Epidemiol Infect 2007;135:84-92.

Varma JK, Samuel MC, Marcus R, Hoekstra RM, Medus C, Segler S, Anderson BJ, Jones TF, Shiferaw B, Haubert N, Megginson M, McCarthy PV, Graves L, Van Gilder T, Angulo FJ. Listeria monocytogenes Infection from Foods Prepared in a Commercial Establishment: A Case-Control Study of Potential Sources of Sporadic Illness in the United States. CID 2007;44: 521-8.

Vindigni SM, Srijan A, Wongstitwilairoong B, Marcus R, Meek J, Riley PL, Mason C. Prevalence of Foodborne Microorganisms in Retail Foods in Thailand. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 2007;4:208-15.

Marcus R.  New information about pediatric foodborne infections: the view from FoodNet.  Curr Opin Pediatr 2008;20:79-84.

CDC. Preliminary FoodNet data on the incidence of infection with pathogens transmitted commonly through food -- 10 states, 2007. MMWR 57(14):366-370.

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New Haven County Liver Study

VJ Navarro, TE St.Louis, EZ Bell, A Sofair, H. Chronic liver disease in the primary care practices of Waterbury, Connecticut. Hepatology 2003;38(4):1062.

VJ Navarro, TE St. Louis, BP Bell. Identification of patients with Hepatitis C virus infection in New Haven County primary care practices. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology 2003;36(5):431-5.

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Respiratory Disease Activity

SJ Schrag, DPhil, DK Shay, K Gershman, A Thomas, AS Craig, et al. Multistate Surveillance for Laboratory-Confirmed, Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in Children 2003-2004. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2006;25:395 - 400.

Palumbo J, Fazio D, Laufer A, and Meek J.  Influenza Testing Practices of Primary Care Providers in Connecticut , 2007.  Connecticut Epidemiologist, 2007; 27(5): p. 17-18.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Connecticut EIP authors Fazio D, Laufer A, Meek J, Palumbo J). Influenza Testing and Antiviral Agent Prescribing Practices – Connecticut , Minnesota , New Mexico , and New York, 2006-07 Influenza Seaon. MMWR, 2008. 57(3): p. 61-65.

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Past Projects

Candidemia Surveillance

A Sofair, N., GM Lyon, S Huie-White, E Reiss, L Harrison, H., L Thomson Sanza, et al. Epidemiology of Community-Onset Candidemia in Connecticut and Maryland. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2006;43:32-39.

J Morgan, MI Meltzer, BD Plikaytis, AN Sofair, S Huie-White, S Wilcox, et al. Excess Mortality, Hospital Stay, And Cost Due to Candidemia: A Case-Control Study Using Data From Population-Based Candidemia Surveillance. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2005;26:540-547.

R Hajjeh, A Sofair, L Harrison, G Lyon, B Arthinton-Skaggs, S Mirza, et al. Population-based active surveillance of bloodstream Candida infections: changing epidemiology and incidence of antifungal resistance, 1998-2000. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2004;42:1519-1527.

T Lott, R Fundyga, M Brandt, L Harrison, A Sofair, H, R Hajjeh, et al. Stability of allelic frequencies and distributions of Candida albicans microsatellite loci from U.S. population-based surveillance isolates. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2003;41(3):1316-21.

B Arthington-Skaggs, W Lee-Yang, M Ciblak, J Frade, M Brandt, R Hajjeh, et al. Comparison of visual and spectrophotometric methods of broth microdilution MIC end point determination and evaluation of a sterol quantitation method for in vitro susceptibility testing of fluconazole and itraconazole against trailing and nontrailing Candida isolates. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2002;46(8):2477-81.

M Brandt, L Harrison, M Pass, AN Sofair, S Huie, R Li, et al. Candida dubliniensis fungemia: the first four cases in North America [comment]. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2000;6(1):46-9.

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Neonatal Sepsis Surveillance

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Tickborne Disease Surveillance

E Chaput, JI Meek, R Heimer. Spatial analysis of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis near Lyme, Connecticut. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2002;8(9):943-8.

T Wang, S Malawista, U Pal, M Grey, J Meek, M Akkoyunlu, et al. Superoxide anion production during Anaplasma phagocytophila infection. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2002;186(2):274-80.

JW IJdo, JI Meek, ML Cartter, LA Magnarelli, C Wu, SW Tenuta, et al. The emergence of another tickborne infection in the 12-town area around Lyme, Connecticut: human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2000;181(4):1388-93.

LA Magnarelli, AE Van Andel, JW Ijdo, R Heimer, E Fikrig. Serologic testing of horses for granulocytic ehrlichiosis, using indirect fluorescent antibody staining and immunoblot analysis. American Journal of Veterinary Research 1999;60(5):631-5.

M Buitrago, JW IJdo, P Rinaudo, H Simon, J Copel, J Gadbaw, et al. Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis during pregnany treated successfully with rifampin. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1998;27(1):213-5.

LA Magnarelli, JW IJdo, J Dumler, R Heimer, E Fikrig. Reactivity of human sera to different strains of granulocytic ehrlichiae in immunodiagnostic assays. Jounal of Infectious Diseases 1998;178(6):1835-8.

R Heimer, D Tisdale, J Dawson. A single tissue culture system for the propagation of the agents of the human ehrlichioses. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1998;58(6):812-5.

AE Van Andel, LA Magnarelli, R Heimer, M Wilson. Development and duration of antibody response against Ehrlichia equi in horses. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 1998;212(12):1910-4.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Statewide surveillance for ehrlichiosis - Connecticut and New York, 1994-1997. MMWR 1998;47(23):476-80.

R Heimer, A Van Andel, G Wormser, M Wilson. Propagation of granulocytic Ehrlichia spp. from human and equine sources in HL-60 cells induced to differentiate into functional granulocytes. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 1997;35(4):923-7.

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Unexplained Illness Surveillance

MD Kluger, A Sofair, N, CJ Heye, JI Meek, RK Sodhi, JL Hadler. Retrospective validation of a surveillance system for unexplained illness and death: New Haven County, Connecticut. American Journal of Public Health 2001;91(8):1214-9.

Perkins BA, Flood JM, Danila R, Holman RC, Reingold AL, King LA, Virata M, Cieslak PR, Zaki SR, Pinner RW, Khabbaz RP. Unexplained Deaths Due to Possible infectious Causes in the United States: Defining the Problem and Designing Surveillance and Laboratory Approaches. Emerg Infect Dis 1996;2(l):47-53.

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Other Publications by EIP Staff Members

NP Connally, HS Ginsberg, and TN Mather. Assessing peridomestic entomological factors as predictors for Lyme disease. Journal of Vector Ecology 2006; 31:364-370.

R Heffernan, N Barrett, K Gallagher, J Hadler, L Harrison, Reingold, AL, K Knoshnood, et al. Declining incidence of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections among persons with AIDS in an era of highly active antiretroviral therapy, 1995-2000. Journal of Infectious Disease 2005;12:923-927.

J Meek. West Nile Virus in the United States [Review]. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 2002;14(1):72-7.

JI Meek, C Roberts, EJ Smith, ML Cartter. Underreporting of Lyme Disease by Connecticut physicians, 1992. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 1996;2(4):61-5.

D Mayo, N Karabatsos, F Scarano, T Brennan, D Buck, T Fiorentino, et al. Jamestown Canyon virus: seroprevalance in Connecticut (letter). Emerging Infectious Diseases 2001;7(5):911-2.

N Pardanani, and TN Mather. Lack of spatial autocorrelation in fine-scale distributions of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 2004; 41:861-864

AN Sofair, L Kaldjian. Eugenic sterilization and a qualified Nazi analogy: the United States and Germany, 1930-1945 [comment]. Annals of Internal Medicine 2000;132(4):312-9.

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Emerging Infections Program
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
1 Church Street, 7th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: (203) 764-4360
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