2000
Incidence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever among American Indians in Oklahoma.
McQuiston J, Holman R, Groom A, Kaufman S, Cheek J, Childs J. Incidence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever among American Indians in Oklahoma. Public Health Reports 2000, 115: 469-75. PMID: 11236019, PMCID: PMC1308603, DOI: 10.1093/phr/115.5.469.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.Disease NotificationHealth EducationHospitalizationHospitals, FederalHumansIncidenceIndians, North AmericanMedical RecordsOklahomaPopulation SurveillanceRetrospective StudiesRocky Mountain Spotted FeverUnited StatesUnited States Indian Health ServiceConceptsCase report formsIncidence of RMSFAvailable medical chartsHospital discharge databaseReport formsAmerican IndiansHigh incidence rateMajority of casesCase inclusion criteriaClinical suspicionMedical chartsHospitalization ratesDischarge databaseIncidence rateTick biteInclusion criteriaLaboratory confirmationFever casesHigh incidenceAmerican Indian populationsOklahoma residentsDisease controlNational ratesIncidenceIHS hospitals
1998
Large-scale human exposures to rabid or presumed rabid animals in the United States: 22 cases (1990-1996).
Rotz L, Hensley J, Rupprecht C, Childs J. Large-scale human exposures to rabid or presumed rabid animals in the United States: 22 cases (1990-1996). Journal Of The American Veterinary Medical Association 1998, 212: 1198-200. PMID: 9569151, DOI: 10.2460/javma.1998.212.08.1198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, DomesticAnimals, WildHumansPublic HealthRabiesRabies VaccinesRetrospective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesRetrospective Serosurvey for Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent in Urban White-footed Mice from Maryland
Bunnell J, Stephen D, Childs J, Glass G. Retrospective Serosurvey for Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent in Urban White-footed Mice from Maryland. Journal Of Wildlife Diseases 1998, 34: 179-181. PMID: 9476244, DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.1.179.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1994
Domestic Cases of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in the United States
Glass G, Watson A, LeDuc J, Childs J. Domestic Cases of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in the United States. Nephron 1994, 68: 48-51. PMID: 7991040, DOI: 10.1159/000188086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal diseaseHantaviral infectionsHemorrhagic feverRenal syndromeHypertensive renal diseasePersistent hypertensionLiver failureMild illnessClinical featuresSerologic studiesAcute diseaseSeoul virusInfectionDiseaseFeverSyndromeUnited StatesVirusFurther evidenceHypertensionNauseaVomitingPatientsIllnessDomestic cases