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- 1From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 45)The southern region of the United States [*] accounts for the largest proportion (34%) of the 641,086 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases reported through 1997 and for 54% of the 58,689 AIDS cases among...
- 2From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 41)During April 30--July 26, 1998, 20 patients at a major medical center (hospital A) in Los Angeles County, California, developed severe shaking chills often accompanied by fever, tachycardia, and/or a decrease of ≥20 mm...
- 3From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 41)Deaths in 122 U.S. cities, [*] week ending October 17, 1998 (41st Week) All Causes, By Age (Years) Reporting Area All Ages >65 45-64 NEW ENGLAND 524 382 88 Boston, Mass. 131 90 24 Bridgeport, Conn. 27 19 3 Cambridge,...
- 4From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 49)During October 1996-March 1998, nine patients in eight hospitals in Caracas, Venezuela, acquired surgical-site infections (SSI) caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM). All episodes of RGM infection occurred within...
- 5From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 19)N: Not notifiable U: Unavailable -: no reported cases (*.)Updated monthly to the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention-Surveillance and Epidemiology. National Canter for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, last update April 26,...
- 6From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 29)In the MMWR Recommendations and Reports, "Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents," on page 43, information was incorrectly presented in the summary section. The sentence...
- 7From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 41)In 1988, the World Health Assembly adopted the goal of global eradication of poliomyelitis by 2000 [(1)]. Although substantial progress has been reported in many parts of the world toward achieving this goal [(2)], West...
- 8From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 41)Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of postneonatal mortality in the United States [1]. In 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that all healthy babies be put to sleep either on...
- 9From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 19)U: Unavailable -: no reported cases (*.) Mortality data in this table are voluntarily reported from 122 cities in the United States, most of which have populations of 100,000 or more. A death is reported by the place...
- 10From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 47)In January 1997, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended adoption of a sequential inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV)-oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) vaccination schedule (1). The schedule of...
- 11From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 50)In the report, "Risks for HIV Infection Among Persons Residing in Rural Areas and Small Cities-Selected Sites, Southern United States, 1995-1996," the first sentence (page 974) gave an incorrect proportion for cases...
- 12From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 3)An initial Dec 1997 report to the CDC that six patients who received transfusions of red blood cell products suffered bilateral eye redness is now an investigation involving 74 patients in 14 states. Oregon, Michigan and...
- 13From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 41)Summary -- provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, cumulative, week ending October 17, 1998 (41st Week) Cum. 1998 Anthrax - Brucellosis 42 Cholera 7 Congenital rubella syndrome 3...
- 14From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 11)In the article, "Update: Influenza Activity--United States, 1997-98 Season," on page 199, the first sentence under the subhead "Military Base" should read "On January 15, 1998, an outbreak of ILI was reported among...
- 15From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 19)-:no reported cases (*.)Not notifiable in all states. (+.)Updated weekly from reports to the Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID). (ss.)Updated monthly to the...
- 16From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 31)
Diabetes-Related Amputations of Lower Extremities in the Medicare Population - Minnesota, 1993-1995.
Diabetes mellitus is the leading cause of nontraumatic lower-extremity amputations (LEAs) in the United States and accounts for 45%-70% of all nontraumatic LEAs (1,2). Approximately half of diabetes-related LEAs occur... - 17From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 29)(*.) Price elasticity is a ratio of the marginal change (i.e.. per unit changes) between two variables and the average change between the same variables (7). This ratio is a standardized measure that indicates the...
- 18From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 23)From May 13 through May 23, 1998, a total of 30 patients in three [states.sup.*] developed hemolysis with or without chest pains, shortness of breath, nausea, or abdominal pain while undergoing hemodialysis (HD). Two...
- 19From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 11)In the article, "Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule-United States, 1998," on page 11 the asterisk (*) and dagger (†) footnotes of the table were incorrect. The third sentence of the asterisk footnote should read...
- 20From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Vol. 47, Issue 29)In the article "Outbreak of Acute Febrile Illness Among Athletes Participating in Triathlons--Wisconsin and Illinois, 1998" on page 585, in the first sentence of the first paragraph the date was incorrect. The sentence...