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R F Breiman

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Articles 107
Citations 3428
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Infectious Diseases
General Medicine
Public Health
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Clin Infect Dis
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Recent Articles
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International links between Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine serotype 4 sequence type (ST) 801 in Northern European shipyard outbreaks of invasive pneumococcal disease
Gladstone R, Siira L, Brynildsrud O, Vestrheim D, Turner P, Clarke S, et al.
Vaccine . 2022 Jan; 40(7):1054-1060. PMID: 34996643
Background: Pneumococcal disease outbreaks of vaccine preventable serotype 4 sequence type (ST)801 in shipyards have been reported in several countries. We aimed to use genomics to establish any international links...
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Using genomics to examine the persistence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A in Ireland and the emergence of a sub-clade associated with vaccine failures
Corcoran M, Mereckiene J, Cotter S, Murchan S, Lo S, McGee L, et al.
Vaccine . 2021 Jul; 39(35):5064-5073. PMID: 34301430
Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A remains a significant cause of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Ireland despite the successful introduction of a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in 2010 which...
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Factors associated with typical enteropathogenic infection among children <5 years old with moderate-to-severe diarrhoea in rural western Kenya, 2008-2012
Fagerli K, Omore R, Kim S, Ochieng J, Ayers T, Juma J, et al.
Epidemiol Infect . 2020 Nov; 148:e281. PMID: 33190663
Typical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (tEPEC) infection is a major cause of diarrhoea and contributor to mortality in children <5 years old in developing countries. Data were analysed from the Global...
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Meeting Report: WHO Workshop on modelling global mortality and aetiology estimates of enteric pathogens in children under five. Cape Town, 28-29th November 2018
Prudden H, Hasso-Agopsowicz M, Black R, Troeger C, Reiner R, Breiman R, et al.
Vaccine . 2020 Apr; 38(31):4792-4800. PMID: 32253097
Investment in vaccine product development should be guided by up-to-date and transparent global burden of disease estimates, which are also fundamental to policy recommendation and vaccine introduction decisions. For low-...
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Diarrhoea, enteric pathogen detection and nutritional indicators among controls in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, Kenya site: an opportunity to understand reference populations in case-control studies of diarrhoea
Berendes D, OReilly C, Kim S, Omore R, Ochieng J, Ayers T, et al.
Epidemiol Infect . 2018 Nov; 147:e44. PMID: 30428944
Given the challenges in accurately identifying unexposed controls in case-control studies of diarrhoea, we examined diarrhoea incidence, subclinical enteric infections and growth stunting within a reference population in the Global...
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Associations between presence of handwashing stations and soap in the home and diarrhoea and respiratory illness, in children less than five years old in rural western Kenya
Kamm K, Feikin D, Bigogo G, Aol G, Audi A, Cohen A, et al.
Trop Med Int Health . 2014 Jan; 19(4):398-406. PMID: 24405627
Objective: We tested whether soap presence in the home or a designated handwashing station was associated with diarrhoea and respiratory illness in Kenya. Methods: In April 2009, we observed presence...
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What are the most sensitive and specific sign and symptom combinations for influenza in patients hospitalized with acute respiratory illness? Results from western Kenya, January 2007-July 2010
Murray E, Khagayi S, Ope M, Bigogo G, Ochola R, Muthoka P, et al.
Epidemiol Infect . 2012 Mar; 141(1):212-22. PMID: 22417876
Influenza causes severe illness and deaths, and global surveillance systems use different clinical case definitions to identify patients for diagnostic testing. We used data collected during January 2007-July 2010 at...
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Community perceptions of bloody diarrhoea in an urban slum in South Asia: implications for introduction of a Shigella vaccine
Arvelo W, Blum L, Nahar N, von Seidlein L, Nahar L, Pack R, et al.
Epidemiol Infect . 2010 Jun; 139(4):599-605. PMID: 20546637
Understanding local perceptions of disease causation could help public health officials improve strategies to prevent bloody diarrhoea. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Dhaka, Bangladesh to elicit community beliefs about...
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Rift Valley fever in Kenya: history of epizootics and identification of vulnerable districts
Murithi R, Munyua P, Ithondeka P, Macharia J, Hightower A, Luman E, et al.
Epidemiol Infect . 2010 May; 139(3):372-80. PMID: 20478084
Since Kenya first reported Rift Valley fever (RVF)-like disease in livestock in 1912, the country has reported the most frequent epizootics of RVF disease. To determine the pattern of disease...
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Successful co-administration of a human rotavirus and oral poliovirus vaccines in Bangladeshi infants in a 2-dose schedule at 12 and 16 weeks of age
Zaman K, Sack D, Yunus M, Arifeen S, Podder G, Azim T, et al.
Vaccine . 2009 Jan; 27(9):1333-9. PMID: 19162114
Co-administration of oral live-attenuated human rotavirus vaccine RIX4414 (Rotarix) and oral polio vaccine (OPV) was assessed. Healthy infants were randomised to receive 2-doses of either: RIX4414 or placebo co-administered with...