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Brad J. Biggerstaff
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 126
Citations - 8692
Brad J. Biggerstaff is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Zika virus & Dengue fever. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 116 publications receiving 7783 citations.
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Zika virus outbreak on Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia.
Mark R. Duffy,Tai-Ho Chen,W. Thane Hancock,Ann M. Powers,Jacob L. Kool,Robert S. Lanciotti,Moses Pretrick,Maria Marfel,Stacey Holzbauer,Christine Dubray,Laurent Guillaumot,Anne Griggs,Martin Bel,Amy J. Lambert,Janeen Laven,Olga I. Kosoy,Amanda J. Panella,Brad J. Biggerstaff,Marc Fischer,Edward B. Hayes +19 more
TL;DR: This outbreak of Zika virus illness in Micronesia represents transmission of Zikairus outside Africa and Asia and clinicians and public health officials should be aware of the risk of further expansion of Zika viruses transmission.
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Epidemic West Nile encephalitis, New York, 1999: results of a household-based seroepidemiological survey
Farzad Mostashari,Farzad Mostashari,Michel L. Bunning,Paul T Kitsutani,Daniel A Singer,Denis Nash,Denis Nash,Michael J Cooper,Michael J Cooper,Naomi Katz,Karen A Liljebjelke,Brad J. Biggerstaff,Annie D. Fine,Marcelle Layton,Sandra Mullin,Alison J. Johnson,Denise A. Martin,Edward B. Hayes,Grant L. Campbell +18 more
TL;DR: A household-based seroepidemiological survey to assess more clearly the public-health impact of the 1999 West Nile virus epidemic, its range of illness, and risk factors associated with infection in New York City, USA.
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Texas Lifestyle Limits Transmission of Dengue Virus
Paul Reiter,Sarah L. Lathrop,Michel L. Bunning,Brad J. Biggerstaff,Daniel E. Singer,Tejpratap Tiwari,Laura Baber,Manuel Amador,Jaime Thirion,Jack Hayes,Calixto Seca,Jorge Mendez,Bernardo Ramirez,Jerome Robinson,Julie A. Rawlings,Vance Vorndam,Stephen H. Waterman,Duane J. Gubler,Gary G. Clark,Edward B. Hayes +19 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that the low prevalence of dengue in the United States is primarily due to economic, rather than climatic, factors.
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Experimental infection of horses with West Nile virus.
Michel L. Bunning,Richard A. Bowen,C. Bruce Cropp,Kevin G. Sullivan,Brent S. Davis,Nicholas Komar,Marvin S. Godsey,Dale C. Baker,Danielle L. Hettler,Derek A. Holmes,Brad J. Biggerstaff,Carl J. Mitchell +11 more
TL;DR: Horses infected with the NY99 strain of WNV develop low viremia levels of short duration; therefore, infected horses are unlikely to serve as important amplifying hosts for WNV in nature.
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Serodiagnosis of Lyme Disease by Kinetic Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Using Recombinant VlsE1 or Peptide Antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi Compared with 2-Tiered Testing Using Whole-Cell Lysates
Rendi Murphree Bacon,Brad J. Biggerstaff,Martin E. Schriefer,Robert D. Gilmore,Mario T. Philipp,Allen C. Steere,Gary P. Wormser,Adriana Marques,Barbara J. B. Johnson +8 more
TL;DR: The overall sensitivities for detecting IgG antibody to rVlsE1 or C6 in samples from patients with diverse manifestations of Lyme disease were equivalent to that of 2-tiered testing and the sensitivities of the in parallel tests and 2- tiered testing were high and statistically equivalent.