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The San Francisco Bay area is now home to one of the largest Asian Indian populations in the United States, especially in Silicon Valley, where it is estimated that 40% of the computer programmers are Asian Indian.
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Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates were collected from children (<14 yrs of age) with community-acquired respiratory tract infections (acute otitis media, community-acquired pneumonia, acute maxillary sinusitis, or acute rhinosinusitis) from 2000-2004 in 112 centers in 38 states.
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From community-based active surveillance data in Antelope Valley, California, (northeast of Los Angeles) from 1995-2004, 9.5% (1,080 subjects) of all 11,356 subjects with varicella had onset of rash > 42 days after varicella vaccination, which defines breakthrough varicella. The diagnosis was confirmed by physician evaluation or laboratory test in 770 subjects (71.3%).
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It has become in vogue to plan for influenza pandemics. What is not clear is what would be excess mortality in such a pandemic.
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This important study compared an outpatient cohort of 471 HIV-infected outpatients living in the Midwest to data files from the NHANES cohort of HIV-negative subjects matched by age, sex, race, and tobacco use.
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Rotashield, a vaccine protective against rotavirus infection was withdrawn from the U.S. market because of an apparent excess risk of intussusception. The recent introduction of a new vaccine, RotaTeq, has inevitably led to concerns about an increased incidence of this complication in children receiving this vaccine, as well.
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has finally published its recommendations for the use of Gardasil, the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine that has recently become available.
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This paper reports the results of an important multinational trial which evaluated the use of two different regimens of posaconazole in the treatment of OPC or EC which had been refractory to either fluconazole or itraconazole.
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Data in the United States from the NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) have shown that rates of awareness, treatment, and control of blood pressure remain remarkably suboptimal, despite over three decades of periodic NHANES data reporting and diversification of therapeutic choices.
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Immunochemical testing of stool for human blood appears to be a more sensitive and specific test for advanced colon neoplasia than current guaiac-based tests.