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Isaac Ghinai
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 44
Citations - 4049
Isaac Ghinai is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lung injury & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 38 publications receiving 2997 citations. Previous affiliations of Isaac Ghinai include Illinois Department of Public Health & University College London.
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Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use in Illinois and Wisconsin — Final Report
Jennifer E. Layden,Isaac Ghinai,Ian W. Pray,Anne Kimball,Mark Layer,Mark W Tenforde,Livia Navon,Brooke E. Hoots,Phillip P. Salvatore,Megan Elderbrook,Thomas Haupt,Jeffrey P. Kanne,Megan T. Patel,Lori Saathoff-Huber,Brian A. King,Josh G. Schier,Christina A. Mikosz,Jonathan Meiman +17 more
TL;DR: Although the features of e-cigarette use that were responsible for injury have not been identified, this cluster of illnesses represents an emerging clinical syndrome or syndromes and additional work is needed to characterize the pathophysiology and to identify the definitive causes.
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Vitamin E Acetate in Bronchoalveolar-Lavage Fluid Associated with EVALI
Benjamin C. Blount,Mateusz P. Karwowski,Peter G. Shields,Maria Morel-Espinosa,Liza Valentin-Blasini,Michael G. Gardner,Martha E. Braselton,Christina R Brosius,Kevin T. Caron,David M. Chambers,Joseph Corstvet,Elizabeth A. Cowan,Víctor R. De Jesús,Paul Espinosa,Carolina Fernandez,Cory Holder,Zsuzsanna Kuklenyik,Jennifer D Kusovschi,Cody A. Newman,Gregory B. Reis,Jon Rees,Chris Reese,Lalith K. Silva,Tiffany H. Seyler,Min-Ae Song,Connie S. Sosnoff,Carleen R. Spitzer,Denise S. Tevis,Lanqing Wang,Cliff Watson,Mark D. Wewers,Baoyun Xia,Douglas T Heitkemper,Isaac Ghinai,Jennifer E. Layden,Peter A. Briss,Brian A. King,Lisa J. Delaney,Christopher M. Jones,Grant T. Baldwin,Anita Patel,Dana Meaney-Delman,Dale A. Rose,Vikram Krishnasamy,John R. Barr,Jerry D. Thomas,James L. Pirkle +46 more
TL;DR: Vitamin E acetate was associated with EVALI in a convenience sample of 51 patients in 16 states across the United States and was found in BAL fluid from the case patients or the comparator group.
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First known person-to-person transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the USA.
Isaac Ghinai,Tristan D. McPherson,Jennifer C. Hunter,Hannah L. Kirking,Demian Christiansen,Kiran Joshi,Rachel Rubin,Shirley Morales-Estrada,Stephanie R. Black,Massimo Pacilli,Marielle J Fricchione,Rashmi Chugh,Kelly A. Walblay,N Seema Ahmed,William C Stoecker,Nausheen F Hasan,Deborah P Burdsall,Heather E. Reese,Megan J. Wallace,Chen Wang,Darcie Moeller,Jacqueline Korpics,Shannon A. Novosad,Isaac Benowitz,Max W Jacobs,Vishal Dasari,Megan T. Patel,Judy Kauerauf,E. Matt Charles,Ngozi O Ezike,Victoria Chu,Claire M Midgley,Melissa A Rolfes,Susan I. Gerber,Xiaoyan Lu,Stephen Lindstrom,Jennifer R. Verani,Jennifer E Layden,Illinois Covid Investigation Team +38 more
TL;DR: Person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurred between two people with prolonged, unprotected exposure while Patient 1 was symptomatic, and despite active symptom monitoring and testing of symptomatic and some asymptomatic contacts, no further transmission was detected.
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Active Monitoring of Persons Exposed to Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 - United States, January-February 2020.
Rachel M Burke,Claire M Midgley,Alissa Dratch,Martin Fenstersheib,Thomas Haupt,Michelle Holshue,Isaac Ghinai,M. Claire Jarashow,Jennifer Lo,Tristan D. McPherson,Sara Rudman,Sarah E. Scott,Aron J. Hall,Alicia M. Fry,Melissa A. Rolfes +14 more
TL;DR: On January 20, state and local health departments in the United States began identifying and monitoring all persons considered to have had close contact with patients with confirmed COVID-19, to ensure rapid evaluation and care of patients, limit further transmission, and better understand risk factors for transmission.
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The Ebola outbreak, 2013–2016: old lessons for new epidemics
Cordelia E. M. Coltart,Benjamin B Lindsey,Isaac Ghinai,Anne M Johnson,David L Heymann,David L Heymann +5 more
TL;DR: The factors that led to rapid and extensive propagation are summarized, as well as the key successes, failures and lessons learned from this outbreak and the response are highlighted.