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Katherine Robinson
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 9
Citations - 2087
Katherine Robinson is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications receiving 2039 citations.
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Bacterial Meningitis in the United States in 1995
Anne Schuchat,Katherine Robinson,Jay D. Wenger,Lee H. Harrison,Monica M. Farley,Arthur Reingold,Lewis B. Lefkowitz,Bradley A. Perkins +7 more
TL;DR: Bacterial meningitis in the United States is now a disease predominantly of adults rather than of infants and young children, largely as a result of a 94 percent reduction in the number of cases of H. influenzaeMeningitis due to vaccine-related decline.
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Epidemiology of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections in the United States, 1995-1998: Opportunities for Prevention in the Conjugate Vaccine Era
Katherine Robinson,Wendy Baughman,G. Rothrock,Nancy L. Barrett,Margaret Pass,Catherine Lexau,Barbara Damaske,Karen Stefonek,Brenda Barnes,Jan E. Patterson,Elizabeth R. Zell,Anne Schuchat,Cynthia G. Whitney +12 more
TL;DR: Young children, elderly persons, and black persons of all ages are disproportionately affected by invasive pneumococcal disease, and current ACIP recommendations do not address a subset of persons aged 18 to 64 years but do include those at highest risk for death from invasive pneumonia.
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Risk for severe group A streptococcal disease among patients' household contacts.
Katherine Robinson,Gretchen Rothrock,Quyen Phan,Brenda Sayler,Karen Stefonek,Chris A. Van Beneden,Orin S. Levine +6 more
TL;DR: The study suggests that subsequent cases of invasive GAS disease can occur, albeit rarely, and the risk estimate from this study is important for developing recommendations on the use of chemoprophylaxis for household contacts of persons with invasive Gas disease.
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Invasive pneumococcal disease among Navajo adults, 1989-1998.
James P. Watt,James P. Watt,Katherine L. O'Brien,Andrea L. Benin,Andrea L. Benin,Cynthia G. Whitney,Katherine Robinson,Alan J. Parkinson,Raymond Reid,Mathuram Santosham +9 more
TL;DR: Navajo adults have rates of IPD that are 3-5-fold higher than those of the general US population, and additional research is needed to understand the reasons for this elevated risk and to develop prevention strategies.
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A national standards-based assessment on functionality of electronic medical records systems used in Kenyan public-Sector health facilities.
Samuel Kang'a,Nancy Puttkammer,Steven Wanyee,Davies Kimanga,Jason Madrano,Veronica Muthee,Patrick Odawo,Anjali Sharma,Tom Oluoch,Katherine Robinson,James Kwach,William B. Lober +11 more
TL;DR: A standards-based review in Kenya represents an effort to determine level of conformance to the EMRs standards and prioritize EMR’s for enhancement and rollout and supports concentrated use of resources towards development of the four recommended E MRs.