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Ami Patel
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 11
Citations - 768
Ami Patel is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Infection control. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications receiving 690 citations. Previous affiliations of Ami Patel include Virginia Department of Health.
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Emerging Epidemic of Hepatitis C Virus Infections Among Young Nonurban Persons Who Inject Drugs in the United States, 2006–2012
Anil Suryaprasad,Jianglan Z. White,Fujie Xu,Beth-Ann Eichler,Janet J. Hamilton,Ami Patel,Shadia Bel Hamdounia,Daniel R. Church,Kerri Barton,Chardé Fisher,Kathryn Macomber,Marisa Stanley,Sheila M. Guilfoyle,Kristin Sweet,Stephen Liu,Kashif Iqbal,Rania A. Tohme,Umid M. Sharapov,Benjamin A. Kupronis,John W. Ward,Scott D. Holmberg +20 more
TL;DR: These data indicate an emerging US epidemic of HCV infection among young nonurban persons of predominantly white race, which was higher in 2012 than 2006 in at least 30 states, with largest increases in nonurban counties east of the Mississippi River.
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Acanthamoeba keratitis - Multiple states, 2005-2007
K. Bryant,T. Chang,S. Chen,J. Rosenberg,R. Hammond,K. McConnell,R. Sanderson,J. Elm,M. Nakata,C. Wakida,Connie Austin,J. Bestudik,M. G. Bordson,Craig Conover,L. Granzow,A. Pelletier,V. Rea,Alvina Chu,E. Luckman,Kimberly Signs,J. Harper,T. Damrow,E. Mosher,K. Kruger,E. Saheli,M. Cassidy,J. Hatch,Andre Weltman,E. J. Garcia Rivera,Y. Garcia,M. A. Kainer,Jennifer Archer,C. Joslin,P. Cernoch,Daniel B. Jones,M. Hamill,A. Matoba,S. Pflugfelder,K. Wilhelmus,Suzanne F. Beavers,Tai-Ho Chen,K. Christian,M. Cooper,D. Dufficy,Mark D. Gershman,M. Glenshaw,Aron J. Hall,Stacy Holzbauer,A. Huang,Adam J. Langer,Z. S. Moore,Ami Patel,L. R. Carpenter,J. Schaffzin,John R. Su,I. Trevino,T. Weiser,P. Wiersma,S. Lorick,Jennifer R. Verani +59 more
TL;DR: Recent preliminary results of a multistate investigation indicated an association with AK in soft contact lens wearers who used Advanced Medical Optics (Santa Ana, California) Complete MoisturePlus (AMOCMP) multipurpose cleaning solution.
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Imported Lassa fever, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010.
Valerianna Amorosa,Adam MacNeil,Ryan A. McConnell,Ami Patel,Katherine E. Dillon,Keith W Hamilton,Bobbie R. Erickson,Shelley Campbell,Barbara Knust,Deborah Cannon,David I. Miller,Craig Manning,Pierre E. Rollin,Stuart T. Nichol +13 more
TL;DR: A case of Lassa fever is reported in a US traveler who visited rural Liberia, became ill while in country, sought medical care upon return to the United States, and subsequently had his illness laboratory confirmed.
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Coal dust exposure and mortality from ischemic heart disease among a cohort of U.S. coal miners
TL;DR: There was an increased risk of mortality from IHD associated with cumulative exposure to coal dust, and with coal rank, and the effect of coal rank may be due differences in the composition of coal mine dust particulate.
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A Large Outbreak of Hepatitis C Virus Infections in a Hemodialysis Clinic.
Duc B. Nguyen,Jennifer Gutowski,Margherita Ghiselli,Tabitha Cheng,Shadia Bel Hamdounia,Anil Suryaprasad,Fujie Xu,Heather Moulton-Meissner,Tonya Hayden,Joseph C. Forbi,Guo-liang Xia,Matthew J. Arduino,Ami Patel,Priti R. Patel +13 more
TL;DR: This outbreak highlights the importance of rigorous adherence to recommended infection control practices in dialysis settings, and confirmed transmission of HCV among numerous patients at the dialysis clinic over 6 years.