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R. Monina Klevens
Researcher at Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Publications - 95
Citations - 11355
R. Monina Klevens is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Hepatitis C. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 82 publications receiving 10668 citations. Previous affiliations of R. Monina Klevens include United States Department of Health and Human Services & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the United States
R. Monina Klevens,Melissa Morrison,Joelle Nadle,Ken Gershman,Lee H. Harrison,Ruth Lynfield,Ghinwa Dumyati,John M. Townes,Allen S. Craig,Elizabeth R. Zell,Gregory E. Fosheim,Linda K. McDougal,Roberta B. Carey,Scott K. Fridkin +13 more
TL;DR: Invasive MRSA infection affects certain populations disproportionately and is a major public health problem primarily related to health care but no longer confined to intensive care units, acute care hospitals, or any health care institution.
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Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002:
R. Monina Klevens,Jonathan R. Edwards,Chesley L. Richards,Teresa C. Horan,Robert P. Gaynes,Robert P. Gaynes,Daniel A. Pollock,Denise M. Cardo +7 more
TL;DR: HAIs in hospitals are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and the method described for estimating the number of HAIs makes the best use of existing data at the national level.
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The Increasing Burden of Mortality From Viral Hepatitis in the United States Between 1999 and 2007
TL;DR: By 2007, HCV had superseded HIV as a cause of death in the United States, and deaths from HCV and HBV disproportionately occurred in middle-aged persons, requiring new policy initiatives to detect patients with chronic hepatitis and link them to care and treatment.
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Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the United States, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003 to 2010
Maxine M. Denniston,Ruth Jiles,Jan Drobeniuc,R. Monina Klevens,John W. Ward,Geraldine M. McQuillan,Scott D. Holmberg +6 more
TL;DR: The estimated prevalence of chronic HCV infection in the United States has decreased and risk factors for infection are essentially unchanged from previous periods and were reported by only about one half of infected persons.
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Changes in the Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Intensive Care Units in US Hospitals, 1992–2003
R. Monina Klevens,Jonathan R. Edwards,Fred C. Tenover,L. Clifford McDonald,Teresa C. Horan,Robert P. Gaynes,Robert P. Gaynes +6 more
TL;DR: The proportion of Staphylococcus aureus isolates that were methicillin resistant (MRSA) increased from 35.9% in 1992 to 64.4% in 2003 for hospitals in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system.