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Daniel A. Kertesz
Researcher at Health Canada
Publications - 8
Citations - 595
Daniel A. Kertesz is an academic researcher from Health Canada. The author has contributed to research in topics: Streptococcus pneumoniae & Population. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 8 publications receiving 589 citations.
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Invasive Disease Due to Group B Streptococcal Infection in Adults: Results From a Canadian, Population-Based, Active Laboratory Surveillance Study—1996
Gregory J. Tyrrell,Linda D. Senzilet,John S. Spika,Daniel A. Kertesz,Merrilyn Alagaratnam,Marguerite Lovgren,James Talbot +6 more
TL;DR: In 1996, a population-based surveillance program for invasive adult group B streptococcal (GBS) diseases in Canada was undertaken, to define the epidemiologic and microbiologic characteristics of the disease.
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Risk Factors and Course of Illness Among Children With Invasive Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
S L Deeks,Rosario Palacio,Raúl Ruvinsky,Daniel A. Kertesz,María Hortal,Alicia Rossi,John S. Spika,J. L. Di Fabio +7 more
TL;DR: Responses to therapy, including response to penicillin or ampicillin among children with nonmeningeal invasive disease, course of illness, and clinical outcome did not differ significantly between children infected withPenicillin-susceptible or penicillus-resistant isolates.
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Cruise ships: high-risk passengers and the global spread of new influenza viruses.
Joy M. Miller,Theresa W. S. Tam,Susan A. Maloney,Keiji Fukuda,Nancy J. Cox,James Hockin,Daniel A. Kertesz,Alexander Klimov,Martin S. Cetron +8 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that an "off-season" influenza outbreak occurred among international travelers and crew on board this cruise ship in 1997.
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Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection in Latin American Children: Results of the Pan American Health Organization Surveillance Study
Daniel A. Kertesz,José Luis Di Fabio,Maria Cristina de Cunto Brandileone,Elizabeth Castañeda,Gabriela Echániz-Aviles,Ingrid Heitmann,Akira Homma,María Hortal,Marguerite Lovgren,Raúl Ruvinsky,James Talbot,Jean Weekes,John S. Spika +12 more
TL;DR: This study emphasizes the need for local surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease before the development and evaluation of protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccines for children, especially in an era of increasing antimicrobial resistance.
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Serogroup B, electrophoretic type 15 Neisseria meningitidis in Canada.
TL;DR: Since there is no vaccine available to control serogroup B meningococcal disease, the appearance of this variant may have public-health significance if it demonstrates the same epidemic potential as its serogroups C counterpart.