7 results on '"Valerie Delpech"'
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2. Increasing Pneumocystis Pneumonia, England, UK, 2000–2010
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Rishma Maini, Katherine L. Henderson, Elizabeth A. Sheridan, Theresa Lamagni, Gordon Nichols, Valerie Delpech, and Nick Phin
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Pneumocystis jirovecii ,England ,surveillance ,pneumonia ,P. jirovecii pneumonia ,fungi ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
After an increase in the number of reported cases of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in England, we investigated data from 2000–2010 to verify the increase. We analyzed national databases for microbiological and clinical diagnoses of P. jirovecii pneumonia and associated deaths. We found that laboratory-confirmed cases in England had increased an average of 7% per year and that death certifications and hospital admissions also increased. Hospital admissions indicated increased P. jirovecii pneumonia diagnoses among patients not infected with HIV, particularly among those who had received a transplant or had a hematologic malignancy. A new risk was identified: preexisting lung disease. Infection rates among HIV-positive adults decreased. The results confirm that diagnoses of potentially preventable P. jirovecii pneumonia among persons outside the known risk group of persons with HIV infection have increased. This finding warrants further characterization of risk groups and a review of P. jirovecii pneumonia prevention strategies.
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- 2013
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3. Shigellosis Linked to Sex Venues, Australia
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Belinda O'Sullivan, Valerie Delpech, Giulietta Pontivivo, Thomas Karagiannis, Debbie Marriott, John Harkness, and Jeremy M. McAnulty
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Australia ,homosexual ,outbreak ,sex venues ,Shigella ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
From January 1 to July 31, 2000, 148 cases of Shigella infection were reported in New South Wales, Australia, compared with an annual average of 95 cases. Of reported cases, 83% were confirmed as Shigella sonnei biotype G infections; 80% were in homosexual men. Visiting a sex venue in the 2 weeks before onset of illness was the only factor significantly associated with shigellosis.
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- 2002
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4. Randomized Controlled Trial of Active Physician-Based Surveillance of Foodborne Illness
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Zhong Dong, Mark J. Ferson, Peter Yankos, Valerie Delpech, and Richard Hurst
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Australia ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Published
- 2002
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5. Increasing Pneumocystis Pneumonia, England, UK, 2000–2010
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Valerie Delpech, Gordon Nichols, Elizabeth Sheridan, Katherine Henderson, Theresa Lamagni, Rishma Maini, and Nick Phin
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Lung Diseases ,Male ,Epidemiology ,lcsh:Medicine ,Pneumocystis pneumonia ,Pneumocystis carinii ,Risk groups ,Young adult ,Child ,Pneumocystis jirovecii ,Aged, 80 and over ,biology ,Pneumonia, Pneumocystis ,Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia ,Middle Aged ,Infectious Diseases ,England ,Child, Preschool ,Hematologic Neoplasms ,surveillance ,Female ,Microbiology (medical) ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,respiratory infections ,Young Adult ,Age Distribution ,Internal medicine ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Hematologic malignancy ,pneumonia ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,Sex Distribution ,Intensive care medicine ,Aged ,business.industry ,Research ,lcsh:R ,Infant ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Pneumonia ,P. jirovecii pneumonia ,Lung disease ,fungi ,business - Abstract
After an increase in the number of reported cases of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in England, we investigated data from 2000-2010 to verify the increase. We analyzed national databases for microbiological and clinical diagnoses of P. jirovecii pneumonia and associated deaths. We found that laboratory-confirmed cases in England had increased an average of 7% per year and that death certifications and hospital admissions also increased. Hospital admissions indicated increased P. jirovecii pneumonia diagnoses among patients not infected with HIV, particularly among those who had received a transplant or had a hematologic malignancy. A new risk was identified: preexisting lung disease. Infection rates among HIV-positive adults decreased. The results confirm that diagnoses of potentially preventable P. jirovecii pneumonia among persons outside the known risk group of persons with HIV infection have increased. This finding warrants further characterization of risk groups and a review of P. jirovecii pneumonia prevention strategies.
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- 2013
6. Lack of H5N1 Avian Influenza Transmission to Hospital Employees, Hanoi, 2004
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Peter Horby, Sofia Boqvist, Rodger Doran, Valerie Delpech, and Arnold Bosman
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Microbiology (medical) ,Adult ,Male ,animal structures ,Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional ,Adolescent ,Epidemiology ,Cross-sectional study ,Health Personnel ,animal diseases ,Blotting, Western ,lcsh:Medicine ,medicine.disease_cause ,Antibodies, Viral ,seroepidemiologic study ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Avian Influenza A Virus ,Neutralization Tests ,Seroepidemiologic Studies ,Environmental health ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Health care ,Influenza, Human ,Influenza A virus ,medicine ,Seroprevalence ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,Avian influenza A virus ,Child ,Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype ,business.industry ,Transmission (medicine) ,Research ,lcsh:R ,virus diseases ,Middle Aged ,Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 ,humanities ,Infectious Diseases ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Vietnam ,Child, Preschool ,Immunology ,patient- to-professional disease transmission ,Female ,business - Abstract
A seroprevalence study found no transmission of avian influenza H5N1 viruses from patients to hospital employees in Vietnam, 2004., To establish whether human-to-human transmission of influenza A H5N1 occurred in the healthcare setting in Vietnam, we conducted a cross-sectional seroprevalence survey among hospital employees exposed to 4 confirmed and 1 probable H5N1 case-patients or their clinical specimens. Eighty-three (95.4%) of 87 eligible employees completed a questionnaire and provided a serum sample, which was tested for antibodies to influenza A H5N1. Ninety-five percent reported exposure to >1 H5N1 case-patients; 59 (72.0%) reported symptoms, and 2 (2.4%) fulfilled the definition for a possible H5N1 secondary case-patient. No study participants had detectable antibodies to influenza A H5N1. The data suggest that the H5N1 viruses responsible for human cases in Vietnam in January 2004 are not readily transmitted from person to person. However, influenza viruses are genetically variable, and transmissibility is difficult to predict. Therefore, persons providing care for H5N1 patients should continue to take measures to protect themselves.
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- 2005
7. Shigellosis linked to sex venues, Australia
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Deborah Marriott, Giulietta Pontivivo, Belinda O'Sullivan, Thomas Karagiannis, John Harkness, Jeremy McAnulty, and Valerie Delpech
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Microbiology (medical) ,Adult ,Male ,Shigellosis ,Time Factors ,Epidemiology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Sexual Behavior ,Annual average ,lcsh:Medicine ,Shigella sonnei ,sex venues ,medicine.disease_cause ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Disease Outbreaks ,Hygiene ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,medicine ,Environmental Microbiology ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,Shigella ,homosexual ,Homosexuality, Male ,media_common ,Aged ,Dysentery, Bacillary ,outbreak ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Australia ,Dispatch ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Infectious Diseases ,Sexual behavior ,Immunology ,New South Wales ,business ,Male Homosexuality ,Demography - Abstract
From January 1 to July 31, 2000, 148 cases of Shigella infection were reported in New South Wales, Australia, compared with an annual average of 95 cases. Of reported cases, 83% were confirmed as Shigella sonnei biotype G infections; 80% were in homosexual men. Visiting a sex venue in the 2 weeks before onset of illness was the only factor significantly associated with shigellosis.
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- 2002
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