Strengthening Pediatric and Public Health Collaboration to Protect Children’s Health During a Pandemic

Authors: Francis, Zanah K., Dufort, Elizabeth M., Albanese, Bernadette A., Chung, Wendy M., Lee, Ellen H., Moore, Zack, Mascola, Laurene, Pan, Erica, Pedati, Caitlin, Turabelidze, George, Park, Sarah Y.

Source: In The Pediatric Clinics of North America June 2024 71(3):469-479

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infections in Humans.

Authors: Garg, Shikha¹, izj7@cdc.gov, Reinhart, Katie¹, Couture, Alexia¹, Kniss, Krista¹, Davis, C. Todd¹, Kirby, Marie K.¹, Murray, Erin L.², Zhu, Sophie^2,3, Kraushaar, Vit², Wadford, Debra A.², Drehoff, Cara^3,4, Kohnen, Allison⁴, Owen, Mackenzie⁴, Morse, Jennifer⁵, Eckel, Seth⁶, Goswitz, Jessica⁷, Turabelidze, George⁷, Krager, Steve⁸, Unutzer, Anna⁹, Gonzales, Emilio R.¹⁰

Source: New England Journal of Medicine; 2/27/2025, Vol. 392 Issue 9, p843-854, 12p

Update : COVID-19 Among Workers in Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities — United States, April–May 2020

Authors: COVID-19 Response Team, Waltenburg, Michelle A., Victoroff, Tristan, Rose, Charles E., Butterfield, Marilee, Jervis, Rachel H., Fedak, Kristen M., Gabel, Julie A., Feldpausch, Amanda, Dunne, Eileen M., Austin, Connie, Ahmed, Farah S., Tubach, Sheri, Rhea, Charles, Krueger, Anna, Crum, David A., Vostok, Johanna, Moore, Michael J., Turabelidze, George, Stover, Derry, Donahue, Matthew, Edge, Karen, Gutierrez, Bernadette, Kline, Kelly E., Martz, Nichole, Rajotte, James C., Julian, Ernest, Diedhiou, Abdoulaye, Radcliffe, Rachel, Clayton, Joshua L., Ortbahn, Dustin, Cummins, Jason, Barbeau, Bree, Murphy, Julia, Darby, Brandy, Graff, Nicholas R., Dostal, Tia K. H., Pray, Ian W., Tillman, Courtney, Dittrich, Michelle M., Burns-Grant, Gail, Lee, Sooji, Spieckerman, Alisa, Iqbal, Kashif, Griffing, Sean M., Lawson, Alicia, Mainzer, Hugh M., Bealle, Andreea E., Edding, Erika, Arnold, Kathryn E., Rodriguez, Tomas, Merkle, Sarah, Pettrone, Kristen, Schlanger, Karen, LaBar, Kristin, Hendricks, Kate, Lasry, Arielle, Krishnasamy, Vikram, Walke, Henry T., Rose, Dale A., Honein, Margaret A.

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2020 Jul 01. 69(27), 887-892.

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COVID-19 Among Workers in Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities — 19 States, April 2020

Authors: Dyal, Jonathan W., Grant, Michael P., Broadwater, Kendra, Bjork, Adam, Waltenburg, Michelle A., Gibbins, John D., Hale, Christa, Silver, Maggie, Fischer, Marc, Steinberg, Jonathan, Basler, Colin A., Jacobs, Jesica R., Kennedy, Erin D., Tomasi, Suzanne, Trout, Douglas, Hornsby-Myers, Jennifer, Oussayef, Nadia L., Delaney, Lisa J., Patel, Ketki, Shetty, Varun, Kline, Kelly E., Schroeder, Betsy, Herlihy, Rachel K., House, Jennifer, Jervis, Rachel, Clayton, Joshua L., Ortbahn, Dustin, Austin, Connie, Berl, Erica, Moore, Zack, Buss, Bryan F., Stover, Derry, Westergaard, Ryan, Pray, Ian, DeBolt, Meghan, Person, Amy, Gabel, Julie, Kittle, Theresa S., Hendren, Pamela, Rhea, Charles, Holsinger, Caroline, Dunn, John, Turabelidze, George, Ahmed, Farah S., deFijter, Siestke, Pedati, Caitlin S., Rattay, Karyl, Smith, Erica E., Luna-Pinto, Carolina, Cooley, Laura A., Saydah, Sharon, Preacely, Nykiconia D., Maddox, Ryan A., Lundeen, Elizabeth, Goodwin, Bradley, Karpathy, Sandor E., Griffing, Sean, Jenkins, Mary M., Lowry, Garry, Schwarz, Rachel D., Yoder, Jonathan, Peacock, Georgina, Walke, Henry T., Rose, Dale A., Honein, Margaret A.

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2020 May 01. 69(18), 557-561.

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Spatial Epidemiologic Analysis and Risk Factors for Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections, Missouri, USA, 2008-2019.

Authors: Mejia-Chew, Carlos¹, carlosmejia@wustl.edu, Chavez, Miguel A.¹, Lian, Min¹, McKee, Angela², Garrett, Leighton², Bailey, Thomas C.¹, Spec, Andrej¹, Agarwal, Mansi¹, Turabelidze, George³

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Aug2023, Vol. 29 Issue 8, p1540-1546, 7p

Pathological findings in suspected cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI): a case series

Authors: Jatlaoui, Tara, Koumans, Emilia, Kiernan, Emily, Petersen, Emily, Karwowski, Mateusz P., Valentin-Blasini, Liza, Blount, Benjamin C., Cummings, Kristin J., Ghinai, Isaac, Feder, Kenneth, Wells, Eden V., Turabelidze, George, Byers, Paul, Tanz, Lauren J., Navarette, Kristen A., Ramadugu, Kirtana, Dewart, Courtney, Miller, Jeffrey, Squires, Kelly, Marsden, Lily, Fields, Cheryl A., Reagan-Steiner, Sarah ^*, Gary, Joy, Matkovic, Eduard, Ritter, Jana M, Shieh, Wun-Ju, Martines, Roosecelis B, Werner, Angela K, Lynfield, Ruth, Holzbauer, Stacy, Bullock, Hannah, Denison, Amy M, Bhatnagar, Julu, Bollweg, Brigid C, Patel, Mitesh, Evans, Mary E, King, Brian A, Rose, Dale A, Baldwin, Grant T, Jones, Christopher M, Krishnasamy, Vikram, Briss, Peter A, Weissman, David N, Meaney-Delman, Dana, Zaki, Sherif R

Source: In The Lancet Respiratory Medicine December 2020 8(12):1219-1232

Autochthonous Chagas Disease — Missouri, 2018

Authors: Turabelidze, George, Vasudevan, Archana, Rojas-Moreno, Christian, Montgomery, Susan P., Baker, Molly, Pratt, Drew, Enyeart, Susanne

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2020 Feb . 69(7), 193-195.

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Empowering SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Surveillance in Missouri with Data Analytics and Integration Portals

Authors: Lyu, Zhen, Singh, Pallav, Bottoms, Christopher, Sinn, Matthew, Featherston, Joshua, Cleavinger, Kate, Bos, John, Markham, Melissa, Koffarnus, Nathan, Turabelidze, George

Source: Missouri medicine. 119(3):185-187

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Multicenter Outbreak of Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Patients

Authors: Novosad, Shannon A., Lake, Jason, Nguyen, Duc, Soda, Elizabeth, Moulton-Meissner, Heather, Pho, Mai T., Gualandi, Nicole, Bepo, Lurit, Stanton, Richard A., Daniels, Jonathan B., Turabelidze, George, Van Allen, Kristen, Arduino, Matthew, Halpin, Alison Laufer, Layden, Jennifer, Patel, Priti R.

Source: In American Journal of Kidney Diseases November 2019 74(5):610-619

SPECIAL REPORT : Legionnaires’ Disease at a Hotel in Missouri, 2015: The Importance of Environmental Health Expertise in Understanding Water Systems

Authors: Ahmed, Sana S., Hunter, Candis M., Mercante, Jeffrey W., Garrison, Laurel E., Turabelidze, George, Kunz, Jasen, Cooley, Laura A.

Source: Journal of Environmental Health, 2019 Mar 01. 81(7), 8-13.

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Non-mumps Viral Parotitis During the 2014–2015 Influenza Season in the United States

Authors: Elbadawi, Lina I., Talley, Pamela, Rolfes, Melissa A., Millman, Alexander J., Reisdorf, Erik, Kramer, Natalie A., Barnes, John R., Blanton, Lenee, Christensen, Jaime, Cole, Stefanie, Danz, Tonya, Dreisig, John J., Garten, Rebecca, Haupt, Thomas, Isaac, Beth M., Jackson, Mary Anne, Kocharian, Anna, Leifer, Daniel, Martin, Karen, McHugh, Lisa, McNall, Rebecca J., Palm, Jennifer, Radford, Kay W., Robinson, Sara, Rosen, Jennifer B., Sakthivel, Senthilkumar K., Shult, Peter, Strain, Anna K., Turabelidze, George, Webber, Lori A., Weinberg, Meghan Pearce, Wentworth, David E., Whitaker, Brett L., Finelli, Lyn, Jhung, Michael A., Lynfield, Ruth, Davis, Jeffrey P.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2018 Aug . 67(4), 493-501.

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Influenza-Associated Parotitis During the 2014–2015 Influenza Season in the United States

Authors: Rolfes, Melissa A., Millman, Alexander J., Talley, Pamela, Elbadawi, Lina I., Kramer, Natalie A., Barnes, John R., Blanton, Lenee, Davis, Jeffrey P., Cole, Stefanie, Dreisig, John J., Garten, Rebecca, Haupt, Thomas, Jackson, Mary Anne, Kocharian, Anna, Leifer, Daniel, Lynfield, Ruth, Martin, Karen, McHugh, Lisa, Robinson, Sara, Turabelidze, George, Webber, Lori A., Weinberg, Meghan Pearce, Wentworth, David E., Finelli, Lyn, Jhung, Michael A.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2018 Aug . 67(4), 485-492.

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A comprehensive approach to ending an outbreak of rare blaOXA-72 gene-positive carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii at a Community Hospital, Kansas City, MO, 2018

Authors: McKinsey, David S., Gasser, Carolyn, McKinsey, Joel P., Ditto, Geri, Agard, Alyssa, Zellmer, Brianna, Poteete, Carrie, Vagnone, Paula Snippes, Dale, Jennifer L., Bos, John, Hahn, Rachael, Turabelidze, George, Poiry, Madison, Franklin, Patrick, Vlachos, Nicholas, McAllister, Gillian A., Halpin, Alison Laufer, Glowicz, Janet, Ham, D. Cal, Epstein, Lauren

Source: American journal of infection control. 49(9):1183-1185

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Personal Hygiene and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection.

Authors: Turabelidze, George, Lin, Mei, Wolkoff, Barbara

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; March 2006, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p422-427, 6p

Experiences from the Missouri Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative: A mixed methods study

Authors: Sayood, Sena J., Venkatram, Chinmayi, Newland, Jason G., Babcock, Hilary M., Warren, David K., Turabelidze, George, McKay, Virginia R., Rachmiel, Erin C., Peacock, Kate, Habrock-Bach, Tracey

Source: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 41(12):1455-1457

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Using National Inpatient Death Rates as a Benchmark to Identify Hospitals with Inaccurate Cause of Death Reporting — Missouri, 2009–2012

Authors: Lloyd, Jennifer, Jahanpour, Ehsan, Angell, Brian, Ward, Craig, Hunter, Andy, Baysinger, Cherri, Turabelidze, George

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2017 Jan . 66(1), 19-22.

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Severe respiratory illness associated with a nationwide outbreak of enterovirus D68 in the USA (2014): a descriptive epidemiological investigation

Authors: Midgley, Claire M, Watson, John T, Nix, W Allan, Curns, Aaron T, Rogers, Shannon L, Brown, Betty A, Conover, Craig, Dominguez, Samuel R, Feikin, Daniel R, Gray, Samantha, Hassan, Ferdaus, Hoferka, Stacey, Jackson, Mary Anne, Johnson, Daniel, Leshem, Eyal, Miller, Lisa, Nichols, Janell Bezdek, Nyquist, Ann-Christine, Obringer, Emily, Patel, Ajanta, Patel, Megan, Rha, Brian, Schneider, Eileen, Schuster, Jennifer E, Selvarangan, Rangaraj, Seward, Jane F, Turabelidze, George, Oberste, M Steven, Pallansch, Mark A, Gerber, Susan I

Source: In The Lancet Respiratory Medicine November 2015 3(11):879-887

Human Rabies — Missouri, 2014

Authors: Pratt, P. Drew, Henschel, Kathleen, Turabelidze, George, Grim, Autumn, Ellison, James A., Orciari, Lillian, Yager, Pamela, Franka, Richard, Wu, Xianfu, Ma, Xiaoyue, Wadhwa, Ashutosh, Smith, Todd G., Petersen, Brett, Shiferaw, Miriam

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2016 Mar . 65(10), 253-256.

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Coccidioidomycosis in a State Where It Is Not Known To Be Endemic — Missouri, 2004–2013

Authors: Turabelidze, George, Aggu-Sher, Ravi K., Jahanpour, Ehsan, Hinkle, C. Jon

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2015 Jun . 64(23), 636-639.

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The Descriptive Epidemiology of Yersiniosis: A Multistate Study, 2005-2011

Authors: Chakraborty, Apurba, Komatsu, Kenneth, Roberts, Matthew, Collins, Jim, Beggs, Jennifer, Turabelidze, George, Safranek, Tom, Maillard, Jean-Marie, Bell, Linda J., Young, David, Marsden-Haug, Nicola, Klos, Rachel F., Dworkin, Mark S.

Source: Public Health Reports (1974-), 2015 May 01. 130(3), 269-277.

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