Daniel W. Martin
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View article: 2241. Antibiotic Use Before and After Hospital Admission Among Hospitalized Patients with Acute Febrile Illness in Bangladesh
2241. Antibiotic Use Before and After Hospital Admission Among Hospitalized Patients with Acute Febrile Illness in Bangladesh Open
Background The inappropriate use of antibiotics is common in Bangladesh, contributing to the significant burden of antimicrobial resistance. The WHO has categorized Access, Watch, and Reserve groups of antibiotics (AWaRe classification) to…
View article: George Catlin’s Shut Your Mouth, the Biopolitics of Voice, and the Problem of the “Stuttering Indian”
George Catlin’s Shut Your Mouth, the Biopolitics of Voice, and the Problem of the “Stuttering Indian” Open
View article: Acute febrile illness among outpatients seeking health care in Bangladeshi hospitals prior to the COVID-19 pandemic
Acute febrile illness among outpatients seeking health care in Bangladeshi hospitals prior to the COVID-19 pandemic Open
Understanding the distribution of pathogens causing acute febrile illness (AFI) is important for clinical management of patients in resource-poor settings. We evaluated the proportion of AFI caused by specific pathogens among outpatients i…
View article: Multidisciplinary Community-Based Investigation of a COVID-19 Outbreak Among Marshallese and Hispanic/Latino Communities — Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas, March–June 2020
Multidisciplinary Community-Based Investigation of a COVID-19 Outbreak Among Marshallese and Hispanic/Latino Communities — Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas, March–June 2020 Open
By June 2020, Marshallese and Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) persons in Benton and Washington counties of Arkansas had received a disproportionately high number of diagnoses of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Despite representing appro…
View article: Implementing Nationwide Facility-based Electronic Disease Surveillance in Sierra Leone: Lessons Learned
Implementing Nationwide Facility-based Electronic Disease Surveillance in Sierra Leone: Lessons Learned Open
The Global Health Security Agenda aims to improve countries' ability to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats by building or strengthening core capacities required by the International Health Regulations (2005). One of…
View article: 1678. Assessing Performance of Multiple Methods for Measurement of Body Temperature, Bangladesh
1678. Assessing Performance of Multiple Methods for Measurement of Body Temperature, Bangladesh Open
Background CDC and icddr,b are conducting an acute febrile illness (AFI) research project in four hospitals in Bangladesh. Enrolled subjects have measured fever of ≥100.4°F. To determine the most-sensitive temperature measurement method, w…
View article: Notes from The Field: Ebola Virus Disease Cluster — Northern Sierra Leone, January 2016
Notes from The Field: Ebola Virus Disease Cluster — Northern Sierra Leone, January 2016 Open
On January 14, 2016, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation was notified that a buccal swab collected on January 12 from a deceased female aged 22 years (patient A) in Tonkolili District had tested positive for Ebola virus by r…