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Frances J. Walker
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 14
Citations - 2484
Frances J. Walker is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Respiratory tract infections. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 14 publications receiving 2423 citations.
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Estimated HIV incidence in the United States, 2006-2009.
Joseph Prejean,Ruiguang Song,Angela L. Hernandez,Rebecca Ziebell,Timothy A. Green,Frances J. Walker,Lillian S. Lin,Qian An,Jonathan Mermin,Amy Lansky,H. Irene Hall +10 more
TL;DR: Overall, HIV incidence in the United States was relatively stable 2006–2009; however, among young MSM, particularly black/African American MSM, incidence increased and expanded, improved, and targeted prevention is necessary to reduce HIV incidence.
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Population-Based Surveillance for Hospitalizations Associated With Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Influenza Virus, and Parainfluenza Viruses Among Young Children
Marika K. Iwane,Kathryn M. Edwards,Peter G. Szilagyi,Frances J. Walker,Marie R. Griffin,Geoffrey A. Weinberg,Charmaine Coulen,Katherine A. Poehling,Laura P. Shone,Sharon Balter,Caroline B. Hall,Dean D. Erdman,Karen Wooten,Benjamin Schwartz +13 more
TL;DR: The enhanced use of influenza vaccine and the development of RSV and PIV vaccines have the potential to reduce markedly the pediatric morbidity from ARIs.
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Human Metapneumovirus Infection among Children Hospitalized with Acute Respiratory Illness
James A. Mullins,Dean D. Erdman,Geoffrey A. Weinberg,Kathryn M. Edwards,Caroline B. Hall,Frances J. Walker,Marika K. Iwane,Larry J. Anderson +7 more
TL;DR: Among children hospitalized with respiratory illness, the incidence of HMPV infection was less than RSV, but clinical disease severity mirrored that of RSV infection.
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Superiority of Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction to Conventional Viral Culture in the Diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Children
Geoffrey A. Weinberg,Dean D. Erdman,Kathryn M. Edwards,Caroline B. Hall,Frances J. Walker,Marie R. Griffin,Benjamin Schwartz +6 more
TL;DR: The increased sensitivity of viral detection by RT-PCR will yield better estimates of the population burden of viral respiratory infections, and will help to estimate the number of hospitalized children aged <5 years.
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Epidemiology of respiratory infections in young children: insights from the new vaccine surveillance network.
Marie R. Griffin,Frances J. Walker,Marika K. Iwane,Geoffrey A. Weinberg,Mary A. Staat,Dean D. Erdman +5 more
TL;DR: These data provide ongoing surveillance of hospitalizations and other medically attended visits for respiratory viral illness in children younger than 5 years of age and Evaluation of influenza vaccine effectiveness, the epidemiology of respiratory viruses in children and the impact of the pediatric influenza vaccination program are in progress.