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Leonard F Peruski

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Shih D, Silver R, Henao O, Alemu A, Audi A, Bigogo G, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2022 Dec; 28(13):S34-S41. PMID: 36502419
Existing acute febrile illness (AFI) surveillance systems can be leveraged to identify and characterize emerging pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Orelle A, Nikiema A, Zakaryan A, Albetkova A, Keita M, Rayfield M, et al.
Health Secur . 2022 Nov; 20(6):488-496. PMID: 36383124
Control of infectious diseases requires the handling of infectious materials by both clinical and public health laboratories with exposure risks for laboratory personnel and environment. A comprehensive tool for assessing...
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Malik S, Taweh F, Freeman M, Dogba J, Gwesa G, Tokpah M, et al.
One Health . 2022 Oct; 15:100442. PMID: 36249991
Background: The Global Laboratory Leadership Programme (GLLP) has biosafety and biosecurity as one of its core competencies and advocates for a One Health approach involving all relevant sectors across the...
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Jarquin C, Morales O, McCracken J, Lopez M, Lopez B, Reyes L, et al.
Trop Med Int Health . 2022 Feb; 27(4):408-417. PMID: 35156267
Objective: To describe the epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) cases from active facility-based surveillance in Guatemala. Methods: We collected clinical and risk factor data on enrolled patients (aged...
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Orelle A, Nikiema A, Zakaryan A, Albetkova A, Rayfield M, Peruski L, et al.
Front Public Health . 2021 Aug; 9:609107. PMID: 34368035
The pervasive nature of infections causing major outbreaks have elevated biosafety and biosecurity as a fundamental component for resilient national laboratory systems. In response to international health security demands, the...
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Ao T, McCracken J, Lopez M, Bernart C, Chacon R, Moscoso F, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2020 Apr; 19(Suppl 3):463. PMID: 32326933
Background: Influenza is a major cause of respiratory illness resulting in 3-5 million severe cases and 291,243-645,832 deaths annually. Substantial health and financial burden may be averted by annual influenza...
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Gatei W, Galgalo T, Abade A, Henderson A, Rayfield M, McAlister D, et al.
Front Public Health . 2018 Oct; 6:264. PMID: 30283768
Modifications of the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) curricula to include a laboratory track (L-Track), to become Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP), began in 2004 in Kenya. The...
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McKee C, Kosoy M, Bai Y, Osikowicz L, Franka R, Gilbert A, et al.
PLoS One . 2017 Jul; 12(7):e0181696. PMID: 28727827
Bartonellae are phylogenetically diverse, intracellular bacteria commonly found in mammals. Previous studies have demonstrated that bats have a high prevalence and diversity of Bartonella infections globally. Isolates (n = 42)...
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Cohen R, Cardona J, Navarro E, Padilla N, Reyes L, Villar R, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2017 Feb; 96(4):819-825. PMID: 28138056
AbstractThe Department of Santa Rosa, Guatemala, is targeted for malaria elimination. However, compared with 2011, a 13-fold increase in cases was reported in 2012. To describe the epidemiology of malaria...
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Peruski A, Birmingham M, Tantinimitkul C, Chungsamanukool L, Chungsamanukool P, Guntapong R, et al.
WHO South East Asia J Public Health . 2015 Dec; 3(3-4):266-272. PMID: 26693144
Introduction: Thailand conducted a national laboratory assessment of core capacities related to the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005), and thereby established a baseline to measure future progress. The assessment was...