Publications

Outbreak Investigations

• Tomczyk S, Arriola CS, Beall B, et al. Multistate Outbreak of Respiratory Infections among Unaccompanied Children, June–July 2014. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 21. [Epub ahead of print]
• Hastings DL, Harrington KJ, Kutty PK, et al. Mycoplasma pneumoniae Outbreak in a Long-Term Care Facility — Nebraska, 2014. MMWR. 2015;64(11):296–9.
• CDC. Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Enterovirus D68-Missouri and Illinois, 2014. MMWR. 2014; 63(36);798–799.
• CDC. Unexplained Respiratory Disease Outbreak Working Group Activities — Worldwide, March 2007–September 2011. MMWR. 2012;61(26):480–3.
• CDC. Acute Respiratory Disease Associated with Adenovirus Serotype 14 --- Four States, 2006—2007. MMWR. 2007;56(45):1181-4.
• CDC. Outbreaks of Respiratory Illness Mistakenly Attributed to Pertussis --- New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Tennessee, 2004--2006. MMWR. 2007;56(33):837-42.
• CDC. Outbreak of Group A Streptococcal Pneumonia among Marine Corps Recruits-- California, November 1-December 20, 2002 (Feb 2003). MMWR. 2003;52(06):106-9..
• CDC. Outbreak of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Associated with Varicella in a Childcare Center -- Boston, Massachusetts, 1997 (October 1997). MMWR. 1997;46(40):944-8.
• CDC. Outbreaks of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Respiratory Infection – Ohio, Texas, and New York, 1993. MMWR. 1993;42(48):931, 937-9.
• CDC. Use of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis for Investigation of a Cluster of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Illness - Spokane, Washington, 1999. MMWR. 1999; Outbreak investigations--a perspective. Emerg Infect Dis. 1998;4(1):21-7.
• Feikin DR, Moroney JF, Talkington DF, et al. An Outbreak of Acute Respiratory Disease Caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Adenovirus at a Federal Service Training Academy: New Implications from an Old Scenario. Clin Infect Dis. 1999;29:1545-50.
• Barker BM, Jewell KA, Kroken S, Orbach MJ. The Population Biology of Coccidioides: Epidemiologic Implications for Disease Outbreaks. Ann NY Acad Sci. 2007;1111:147-63.
• O'Loughlin, R. E., L. Kightlinger, et al. (2007). Restaurant Outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease Associated with a Decorative Fountain: an Environmental and Case-control Study. BMC Infect Dis. 2007;7:93.
• Phares, C. R., E. Russell, et al. Legionnaires' Disease among Residents of a Long-term Care Facility: The Sentinel Event in a Community Outbreak. Am J Infect Control. 2007;35(5):319-23.
• Burnsed, L. J., L. A. Hicks, et al. A Large, Travel-associated Outbreak of Legionellosis among Hotel Guests: Utility of the Urine Antigen Assay in Confirming Pontiac Fever. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;44(2):222-8.

Disease Control and Prevention Measures

• CDC. Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities. MMWR. 2003;52(RR10):1–42.
• Compendium of Measures To Prevent Disease Associated with Animals in Public Settings, 2013
• CDC. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome-United States: Updated Recommendations for Risk Reduction . MMWR. 2002;51(RR9):1–14.
• CDC. Guidelines for preventing health-care-associated pneumonia, 2003: recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). MMWR. 2004;53(RR3):1–179.
• CDC. Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005. MMWR. 2005;54(RR17):1–141.
• CDC. Prevention of Plague: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR. 1996;45(RR14):1–15.
• Dupont, H.T., Raoult, D., Brouqui, P., Janbon, F., Peyramond, D., Weiller, P.J., Chicheportiche, C., Nezri, M., and Poirier, R. Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Presentation of Acute Q Fever in Hospitalized Patients: 323 French Cases. Amer J Med. 1992;93:427-34.
• Prevention of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease among Household Contacts of Case Patients and among Postpartum and Postsurgical Patients: Recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Clin Infect Dis. 2002;35(8):950–9.

Diagnosis and Treatment

• CDC. Treatment of Tuberculosis. MMWR. 2003;52(RR11):1–77.
• Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2002;35(2):113-25.
• Infectious Disease Society of American/ American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;44(Suppl. 2).
• Chapman SW, Bradsher RW, Campbell GD, et al. Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Blastomycosis: 2008 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;46(12):1801-12.
• Hyde TB, Gilbert M, Zell ER, et al. Azithromycin Prophylaxis During a Hospital Otbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia. J Infect Dis. 2001;183(6):907-12.

Media Toolkits

During an outbreak, you may be required to assist with communication, either to the public or to the media, or both. Here are some tools to assist you.

• Influenza Media Toolkit
• Recreational Water Illness Outbreak Response Toolkit
• Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Outbreak Investigation Toolkit