Voluntary Cleanups and Redevelopment Potential: Lessons from Baltimore, Maryland

Shigellosis and Cryptosporidiosis, Baltimore, Maryland

Anti-WNV IgG was more often detected in participants in the 20to 29-year age group (odds ratio [OR] 4.23, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04–16.02, p = 0.03) and in persons who reported frequent mosquito bites (OR 8.62, 95% CI 0.44–169, p = 0.08). IgG-positive persons were equally divided by sex. No significant differences were found between antibody-positive or antibody-negative persons with re...

Isolation of Trichophyton violaceum and Trichophyton soudanense in Baltimore, Maryland.

Tinea capitis is of public health importance because of its transmissibility. Trichophyton violaceum and Trichophyton soudanense, which are common causes of tinea capitis in parts of Africa and West Asia, have only rarely been reported to cause dermatophytoses in the United States. We identified 24 patients with 25 positive cultures for T. violaceum or T. soudanense that were processed in a sin...

Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis in Baltimore County, Maryland

Analytic mapping and geographic databases are being increasingly recognized by police departments as an important tool in crime analysis, crime prevention and program evaluation. Improvements in technology, reasonably priced computer-based geographic information systems (GISs), and the availability of geographic data sources make it possible for law enforcement agencies to use analytic mapping....

Nursing informatics programs at the University of Maryland at Baltimore.

The collection of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus from Baltimore, Maryland.

In August, 1985 an infestation of. Aedes olbopictus (Skuse) was discovered in Harris County, Texas. It was the first breeding population reported in the continental USA (Sprenger and Wuithiranyagool 1986). Since 1985, Ae. albopictus has spread to 17 eastern states (Centers for Disease Control 1987) and eggs have the ability to diapause and overwinter in northern latitudes (G. B. Craig, personal...