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James Watt
Researcher at California Department of Public Health
Publications - 68
Citations - 2570
James Watt is an academic researcher from California Department of Public Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Tuberculosis. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 68 publications receiving 2169 citations. Previous affiliations of James Watt include California Health and Human Services Agency.
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A novel outbreak enterovirus D68 strain associated with acute flaccid myelitis cases in the USA (2012–14): a retrospective cohort study
Alexander L. Greninger,Samia N. Naccache,Kevin Messacar,Anna Clayton,Guixia Yu,Sneha Somasekar,Scot Federman,Doug Stryke,Christopher Anderson,Shigeo Yagi,Sharon Messenger,Debra A. Wadford,Dongxiang Xia,James Watt,Keith Van Haren,Samuel R. Dominguez,Carol A. Glaser,Grace M. Aldrovandi,Charles Y. Chiu +18 more
TL;DR: Findings strengthen the putative association between enterovirus D68 and acute flaccid myelitis and the contention that acute Flaccid Myelitis is a rare yet severe clinical manifestation of enterov virus D68 infection in susceptible hosts.
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Measles outbreak--California, December 2014-February 2015.
TL;DR: The patient was a hospitalized, unvaccinated child, aged 11 years with rash onset on December 28, and the only notable travel history during the exposure period was a visit to one of two adjacent Disney theme parks located in Orange County, California.
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Epidemiology of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in the United States, 2005-2012.
George E. Nelson,George E. Nelson,Tracy Pondo,Karrie-Ann Toews,Monica M. Farley,Mary Louise Lindegren,Ruth Lynfield,Deborah Aragon,Shelley M. Zansky,James Watt,Paul R Cieslak,Kathy Angeles,Lee H. Harrison,Susan Petit,Bernard Beall,Chris A. Van Beneden +15 more
TL;DR: The burden of invasive GAS infection in the United States remains substantial and vaccines under development could have a considerable public health impact.
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California Pertussis Epidemic, 2010
Kathleen Winter,Kathleen Harriman,Jennifer Zipprich,Robert Schechter,John Talarico,James Watt,Gilberto Chavez +6 more
TL;DR: In 2010, California experienced the highest number of pertussis cases in >60 years, with >9000 cases, 809 hospitalizations, and 10 deaths; this report provides a descriptive epidemiologic analysis of this epidemic and describes public health mitigation strategies that were used, including expanded pertussi vaccine recommendations.
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Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Infections Among Nonpregnant Adults in the United States, 2008-2016
Louise Francois Watkins,Lesley McGee,Stephanie J. Schrag,Bernard Beall,Jennifer H. Jain,Tracy Pondo,Monica M. Farley,Lee H. Harrison,Shelley M. Zansky,Joan Baumbach,Ruth Lynfield,Paula Snippes Vagnone,Lisa Miller,Lisa Miller,William Schaffner,Ann Thomas,James Watt,Susan Petit,Gayle E Langley +18 more
TL;DR: The public health burden of invasive GBS disease among nonpregnant adults is substantial and continues to increase and chronic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, may contribute.