Background Pneumonia is the leading cause of death among children younger than 5 years.
In this study, we estimated causes of pneumonia in young African and Asian children, using …

Risk factors for vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) bloodstream infection (BSI) were
studied at a tertiary-care hospital by comparing 46 patients with VRE-BSI with 46 randomly …

Abstract The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) project is a 7-country,
standardized, comprehensive evaluation of the etiologic agents causing severe pneumonia …

Please cite this paper as: Simmerman et al.(2011) Findings from a household randomized
controlled trial of hand washing and face masks to reduce influenza transmission in …

Background We describe the epidemiology of hospitalized RSV infections for all age groups
from population-based surveillance in two rural provinces in Thailand. Methods From …

Objective: To assess the efficacy of control measures in decreasing nosocomial
transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting …

Three strains of a novel Bartonella species (Bartonella tamiae) were isolated from human
patients from Thailand. Sequence analysis of six chromosomal regions (16S rRNA, gltA …

Background In 2007, a total of 57.8% of the 13,293 new cases of tuberculosis in the United
States were diagnosed in foreign-born persons, and the tuberculosis rate among foreign …

To determine the role of Bartonella species as causes of acute febrile illness in humans from
Thailand, we used a novel strategy of co-cultivation of blood with eukaryotic cells and …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Vietnam was amplified by
nosocomial spread within hospital A, but no transmission was reported in hospital B, the …