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Robert Myers
Researcher at Maryland Department of Health
Publications - 6
Citations - 208
Robert Myers is an academic researcher from Maryland Department of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Pharmacy. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications receiving 185 citations.
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Likely Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus from a Man with No Symptoms of Infection - Maryland, 2016.
Richard Brooks,Maria Paz Carlos,Robert Myers,Mary Grace White,Tanya Bobo-Lenoci,Debra Aplan,David Blythe,Katherine A. Feldman +7 more
TL;DR: Case investigation revealed that the nonpregnant woman had not traveled to a region with ongoing transmission of Zika virus, but did have sexual contact with a male partner who had recently traveled to the Dominican Republic.
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Hepatitis C virus infections from a contaminated radiopharmaceutical used in myocardial perfusion studies.
Priti R. Patel,A. Kirsten Larson,Amanda D. Castel,Lilia Ganova-Raeva,Robert Myers,Brenda J. Roup,Katherine P. Farrell,Leslie Edwards,Omana V. Nainan,John P. Krick,David Blythe,Anthony E. Fiore,Jeffrey C. Roche +12 more
TL;DR: Nuclear pharmacies that handle biological products should follow appropriate aseptic technique to prevent contamination of sterile radiopharmaceuticals to investigate an outbreak of acute HCV infection identified among patients who underwent myocardial perfusion studies on October 15, 2004.
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Severe coinfection with seasonal influenza A (H3N2) virus and staphylococcus aureus - Maryland, February-March 2012
Linda O'Brien,Nancy Donegan,Ann Flaniken,David Rogers,Robert Myers,Jafar Razeq,Ruth J Thompson,Seema Jain,Stephen Lindstrom,Alexander J. Kallen,Maria A. Said,Adena Greenbaum,Tiana Garrett +12 more
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Economic evaluation of whole genome sequencing for pathogen identification and surveillance - results of case studies in Europe and the Americas 2016 to 2019
Frank Alleweldt,Senda Kara,Kris Best,Frank Møller Aarestrup,Martin Beer,Theo M. Bestebroer,Josefina Campos,Gabriele Casadei,Isabel Chinen,Gary Van Domselaar,Catherine Dominguez,Helen Everett,Ron A. M. Fouchier,Kathie Grant,Jonathan Green,Dirk Höper,Jonathan R Johnston,Marion Koopmans,Bas B. Oude Munnink,Robert Myers,Celine Nadon,Ami Patel,Anne Pohlmann,Stefano Pongolini,Aleisha Reimer,Shane Thiessen,Claudia Wylezich +26 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated costs and benefits of routine whole genome sequencing (WGS) through case studies at eight reference laboratories in Europe and the Americas which conduct pathogen surveillance for avian influenza (two laboratories), human influenza (one laboratory) and food-borne pathogens (five laboratories).
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Linked Clusters of SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.351 - Maryland, January-February 2021.
Kenneth A. Feder,Marcia Pearlowitz,Alexandra Goode,Monique Duwell,Thelonious W. Williams,Ping An Chen-Carrington,Ami Patel,Catherine Dominguez,Eric N. Keller,Liore Klein,Alessandra Rivera-Colon,Heba H. Mostafa,C. Paul Morris,Neil Patel,Anna M. Schauer,Robert Myers,David Blythe,Katherine A. Feldman +17 more
TL;DR: The first identified linked clusters of B.1.351 infections in the United States with no apparent link to international travel highlight the importance of expanding the scope and volume of genetic surveillance programs to identify variants, completing contact investigations for SARS-CoV-2 infections, and using universal prevention strategies, including vaccination, masking, and physical distancing as mentioned in this paper.