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Notes from the field: transplant-transmitted Balamuthia mandrillaris --- Arizona, 2010.

On August 23, 2010, CDC was notified regarding two organ transplant recipients in Arizona who had encephalitis with multiple ring-enhancing lesions revealed by cerebral magnetic resonance imaging. The common organ donor, a Hispanic male landscaper aged 27 years, had died in Arizona from a presumed stroke on July 21. He had a large skin lesion for approximately 6 months on his back that he had a...

Arizona Winter School 2014 Course Notes: Asymptotics for Number Fields and Class Groups

These are expanded lecture notes for a series of five lectures at the Arizona Winter School on " Arithmetic statistics " held March 15-19, 2014 in Tucson, Arizona. They are not intended for publication; in fact, they are largely drawn from articles that have already been published and are referenced below. We start by giving an introduction to some of the most basic questions of arithmetic stat...

Notes from the Field: Fatal Pneumonic Tularemia Associated with Dog Exposure — Arizona, June 2016

On June 15, 2016, Arizona public health officials were notified of a presumptive positive Francisella tularensis blood culture result from a woman aged 73 years with pulmonary sarcoidosis who had recently died from respiratory failure. She had been taking amoxicillin for a dental infection. She was evaluated on June 6 for 4 days of fever, myalgia, anorexia, and diarrhea. Because of suspected co...

Notes from the Field: Two Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease in Newborns After Water Births — Arizona, 2016

Legionnaires’ disease is a severe, sometimes fatal disease characterized by fever, myalgia, cough, and clinical or radiographic pneumonia, caused by inhaling or aspirating small droplets of water containing Legionella bacteria.* In 2015, approximately 6,000 cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in the United States (1). Nearly 10% of cases are fatal (2). The number of reported cases of L...