scholarly journals Medical Care for Interned Enemy Aliens: A Role for the US Public Health Service in World War II

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (10) ◽  
pp. 1644-1654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Fiset
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
World War ◽  
The Us

Infections with Chlamydia trachomatis

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-270
Author(s):  
Roger L. Nichols
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Chlamydia Trachomatis ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
World War ◽  
Underdeveloped Countries ◽  
Border States ◽  
The Us

Chlamydia trachomatis is a highly successful parasite of man which is to say that while some disease conditions produced are severe or fatal the majority are relatively minor. Worldwide in distribution, this organism remains the leading cause of blindness, due to trachoma; fully 15% of the world's population may be infected, prompting Sir Macfarlane Burnet to term trachoma one of the three most serious diseases of mankind.1 With the dwindling after World War II of the trachoma problem in the border states (Mason-Dixon line) of the United States, seven hospitals of the US Public Health Service devoted to this disease were closed and interest in chlamydial infections, save for an occasional outbreak of psittacosis, shifted to underdeveloped countries where trachoma remained a problem.

Predicting Measles Susceptibility

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 871-873
Author(s):  
LORING G. DALES ◽  
JAMES CHIN
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Virus Vaccine ◽  
Measles Virus ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Measles Vaccine ◽  
Measles Outbreak ◽  
The Us ◽  
History Of

Elsewhere in this issue, Scott et al1 present results of their study which found that the historical criteria developed by the US Public Health Service Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) for detecting students who were susceptible to measles performed very poorly in a school measles outbreak. The ACIP criteria designate as susceptible persons born since 1956 who have no documentation of immunization, who have no physician-Venified history of measles infection, who last received measles vaccine before their first birthday, or who were last immunized (at age 12 months or older) before 1968 with measles virus vaccine that could have been either live or inactivated.

Pharmacy Practice Roles in the US Public Health Service: A Portrait of Diversity

1990 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 389-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Church ◽  
Kevin R. Dermanoski ◽  
Theodore B. Pukas
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
The Us

scholarly journals The US Public Health Service House-to-House Canvass Survey of the Morbidity and Mortality of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

2020 ◽  
pp. e1-e8
Author(s):  
Alfredo Morabia
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Cumulative Incidence ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
San Antonio ◽  
Influenza Pandemic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Population Based ◽  
The Us

Between November 20, 1918, and March 12, 1919, the US Public Health Service carried out a vast population-based survey to assess the incidence rate and mortality of the influenza pandemic among 146 203 persons in 18 localities across the United States. The survey attempted to retrospectively assess all self-reported or diagnosed cases of influenza since August 1, 1918. It indicated that the cumulative incidence of symptomatic influenza over 6 months had been 29.4% (range = 15% in Louisville, KY, to 53.3% in San Antonio, TX). The overall case fatality rate (CFR) was 1.70%, and it ranged from 0.78% in San Antonio to 3.14% in New London, Connecticut. Localities with high cumulative incidence were not necessarily those with high CFR. Overall, assuming the survey missed asymptomatic cases, between August 1, 1918, and February 21, 1919, maybe more than 50% of the population was infected, and about 1% of the infected died. Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has not yet launched a survey that would provide population-based estimates of incidence and CFRs analogous to those generated by the 1918 US Public Health Service house-to-house canvass survey of influenza. Published online ahead of print December 8, 2020: 1–8. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.306025 )

Workshop on Conflicting Guidelines for the Use of Vaccines

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
pp. 938-941
Author(s):  
Neal A. Halsey ◽  
Caroline B. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Preventive Care ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Immunization Schedule ◽  
Package Inserts ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
The Us

Pediatricians and other professionals providing care for children and adolescents refer to a variety of information sources for guidelines regarding optimal therapy on preventive care. In some instances, the guidelines from expert groups (including American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP] recommendations) may differ from material included in the manufacturer's package inserts, and the guidelines from different expert committees may be inconsistent on even conflicting. During recent months, the Committee on Infectious Diseases (COID) of the AAP has worked closely with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the US Public Health Service and the American Academy of Family Practice to unify the recommendations on the immunization schedule for infants and children.

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