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New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Government•New York, New York, United States•
About: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is a government organization based out in New York, New York, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Public health. The organization has 2195 authors who have published 2545 publications receiving 88703 citations. The organization is also known as: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene & NYC Health.
Topics: Population, Public health, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Poison control, Men who have sex with men
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TL;DR: unique sequences present in more than 90 percent of Kaposi's sarcoma tissues obtained from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) appear to define a new human herpesvirus.
Abstract: Representational difference analysis was used to isolate unique sequences present in more than 90 percent of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) tissues obtained from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). These sequences were not present in tissue DNA from non-AIDS patients, but were present in 15 percent of non-KS tissue DNA samples from AIDS patients. The sequences are homologous to, but distinct from, capsid and tegument protein genes of the Gammaherpesvirinae, herpesvirus saimiri and Epstein-Barr virus. These KS-associated herpesvirus-like (KSHV) sequences appear to define a new human herpesvirus.
5,493 citations
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TL;DR: It is argued that a focus on structural racism offers a concrete, feasible, and promising approach towards advancing health equity and improving population health.
2,615 citations
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Johns Hopkins University1, Auckland University of Technology2, University of South Florida3, Oregon Health & Science University4, University of Florida5, Texas Woman's University6, University of California, Los Angeles7, University of Washington8, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene9, Covance10, Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai Roosevelt11
TL;DR: There are identifiable risk factors for intimate partner femicides and they include perpetrator's access to a gun and previous threat with a weapon, perpetrator's stepchild in the home, and estrangement, especially from a controlling partner.
Abstract: Objectives. This 11-city study sought to identify risk factors for femicide in abusive relationships. Methods. Proxies of 220 intimate partner femicide victims identified from police or medical examiner records were interviewed, along with 343 abused control women. Results. Preincident risk factors associated in multivariate analyses with increased risk of intimate partner femicide included perpetrator’s access to a gun and previous threat with a weapon, perpetrator’s stepchild in the home, and estrangement, especially from a controlling partner. Never living together and prior domestic violence arrest were associated with lowered risks. Significant incident factors included the victim having left for another partner and the perpetrator’s use of a gun. Other significant bivariate-level risks included stalking, forced sex, and abuse during pregnancy. Conclusions. There are identifiable risk factors for intimate partner femicides.
1,272 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, an unusual cluster of cases of meningoencephalitis associated with muscle weakness was reported to the New York City Department of Health and the initial epidemiologic and environmental investigations suggested an arboviral cause.
Abstract: Background In late August 1999, an unusual cluster of cases of meningoencephalitis associated with muscle weakness was reported to the New York City Department of Health. The initial epidemiologic and environmental investigations suggested an arboviral cause. Methods Active surveillance was implemented to identify patients hospitalized with viral encephalitis and meningitis. Cerebrospinal fluid, serum, and tissue specimens from patients with suspected cases underwent serologic and viral testing for evidence of arboviral infection. Results Outbreak surveillance identified 59 patients who were hospitalized with West Nile virus infection in the New York City area during August and September of 1999. The median age of these patients was 71 years (range, 5 to 90). The overall attack rate of clinical West Nile virus infection was at least 6.5 cases per million population, and it increased sharply with age. Most of the patients (63 percent) had clinical signs of encephalitis; seven patients died (12 percent). Mu...
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TL;DR: If results hold up over longer study times and in other locations, the space–time permutation scan statistic will be an important tool for local and national health departments that are setting up early disease detection surveillance systems.
Abstract: Background The ability to detect disease outbreaks early is important in order to minimize morbidity and mortality through timely implementation of disease prevention and control measures. Many national, state, and local health departments are launching disease surveillance systems with daily analyses of hospital emergency department visits, ambulance dispatch calls, or pharmacy sales for which population-at-risk information is unavailable or irrelevant. Methods and Findings We propose a prospective space–time permutation scan statistic for the early detection of disease outbreaks that uses only case numbers, with no need for population-at-risk data. It makes minimal assumptions about the time, geographical location, or size of the outbreak, and it adjusts for natural purely spatial and purely temporal variation. The new method was evaluated using daily analyses of hospital emergency department visits in New York City. Four of the five strongest signals were likely local precursors to citywide outbreaks due to rotavirus, norovirus, and influenza. The number of false signals was at most modest.
1,019 citations
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Ichiro Kawachi | 149 | 1216 | 90282 |
Stephen B. Kritchevsky | 116 | 624 | 57372 |
Barry N. Kreiswirth | 105 | 494 | 44833 |
Allison McGeer | 97 | 622 | 37255 |
Nancy Krieger | 95 | 377 | 40166 |
Donald E. Low | 88 | 359 | 24384 |
Marilie D. Gammon | 85 | 336 | 28120 |
Francesca Dominici | 83 | 359 | 30673 |
Patrick S. Moore | 77 | 267 | 35153 |
Samuel R. Friedman | 74 | 427 | 22142 |
Mary Beth Terry | 73 | 433 | 18942 |
George Hripcsak | 69 | 433 | 19643 |
Kent A. Sepkowitz | 69 | 252 | 19256 |
Harold W. Jaffe | 67 | 187 | 18949 |
Thomas R. Frieden | 64 | 262 | 17347 |