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Paul S. Mead
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 176
Citations - 21463
Paul S. Mead is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lyme disease & Borrelia burgdorferi. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 169 publications receiving 19502 citations. Previous affiliations of Paul S. Mead include New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets & Dartmouth College.
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Food-related illness and death in the United States.
Paul S. Mead,Laurence Slutsker,Vance Dietz,Linda F. McCaig,Joseph S. Bresee,Craig N. Shapiro,Patricia M. Griffin,Robert V. Tauxe +7 more
TL;DR: Overall, foodborne diseases appear to cause more illnesses but fewer deaths than previously estimated.
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Escherichia coli O157:H7
Paul S. Mead,Patricia M. Griffin +1 more
TL;DR: Physicians need to know whether laboratories in their area routinely test for E. coli O157 in stool specimens, and whether treatment with antimicrobial agents remains controversial: some studies suggest that treatment may precipitate haemolytic uraemic syndrome, and others suggest no effect or even a protective effect.
Surveillance for Lyme disease--United States, 1992-2006.
TL;DR: The results presented in this report underscore the continued emergence of Lyme disease and the need for tick avoidance and early treatment interventions and can be used to target prevention campaigns to populations with increasing incidence.
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Vital Signs : trends in reported vectorborne disease cases — United States and territories, 2004–2016
Ronald Rosenberg,Nicole P. Lindsey,Marc Fischer,Christopher J. Gregory,Alison F. Hinckley,Paul S. Mead,Gabriela Paz-Bailey,Stephen H. Waterman,Naomi A. Drexler,Gilbert J. Kersh,Holley Hooks,Susanna K Partridge,Susanna N. Visser,Charles B. Beard,Lyle R. Petersen +14 more
TL;DR: To effectively reduce transmission and respond to outbreaks will require major national improvement of surveillance, diagnostics, reporting, and vector control, as well as new tools, including vaccines.
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Estimating the Burden of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in the United States (April 2009–April 2010)
Sundar S. Shrestha,David L. Swerdlow,Rebekah H. Borse,Vimalanand S. Prabhu,Lyn Finelli,Charisma Y. Atkins,Kwame Owusu-Edusei,Beth P. Bell,Paul S. Mead,Matthew Biggerstaff,Lynnette Brammer,Heidi A Davidson,Daniel B. Jernigan,Michael A. Jhung,Laurie Kamimoto,Toby L. Merlin,Mackenzie Nowell,Stephen C. Redd,Carrie Reed,Anne Schuchat,Martin I. Meltzer +20 more
TL;DR: In this study, adults 65 years of age or older were found to have rates of hospitalization and death that were up to 75% and 81%, respectively, lower than seasonal influenza, and this results confirm the necessity of a concerted public health response to pH1N1.