Microtest procedure for isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis.
Yoder, B L, Stamm, W E, Koester, C M, Alexander, E R
Management of patients potentially infected with Chlamydia trachomatis has been hampered by the cost and time required to perform Chlamydia cultures. To isolate C. trachomatis, we developed a...
Bacteriology of the urethra in normal men and men with nongonococcal urethritis.
Bowie, W R, Pollock, H M, Forsyth, P S, Floyd, J F, Alexander, E R, Wang, S P, ...
Sixty-nine Caucasian males without a previous history of urethritis and who developed nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) and 39 similar men without urethritis (NU) were cultured from the urethra for...
Wang, S P, Grayston, J T, Alexander, E R, Holmes, K K
A simplified microimmunofluorescence test with trachoma-lymphogranuloma venereum (Chlamydia trachomatis) antigens has been devised as a screening test for antibody in human sera. The test differs...
Lee, C K, Bowie, W R, Alexander, E R
The antimicrobial susceptibility of a low-laboratory-passage, slow-growing, genital Chlamydia trachomatis strain was studied by five different procedures with the use of McCoy cells pretreated with...
Etiology of nongonococcal urethritis. Evidence for Chlamydia trachomatis and Ureaplasma urealyticum.
Bowie, W R, Wang, S P, Alexander, E R, Floyd, J, Forsyth, P S, Pollock, H M, ...
Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum (T-mycoplasma), and Hemophilus vaginalis have previously been considered possible etiological agents in nongonococcal urethritis (NGU). In this study,...
MacDonald, J K, Boase, J, Stewart, L K, Alexander, E R, Solomon, S L, Cordell, R L
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate models for public health surveillance of illnesses among children in out-of-home child care facilities. METHODS: Between July 1992...
Predictors of accidental fatal drug overdose among a cohort of injection drug users.
O'Driscoll, P T, McGough, J, Hagan, H, Thiede, H, Critchlow, C, Alexander, E R
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated factors associated with accidental fatal drug overdose among a cohort of injection drug users (IDUs). METHODS: In a prospective cohort study of 2849 IDUs in King...
Sharing of drug preparation equipment as a risk factor for hepatitis C.
Hagan, H, Thiede, H, Weiss, N S, Hopkins, S G, Duchin, J S, Alexander, E R
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the sharing of drug preparation equipment as a possible route of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission. METHODS: HCV seroconversion was measured in a cohort of 317...
The impact of sexually transmitted diseases on minority populations.
Moran, J S, Aral, S O, Jenkins, W C, Peterman, T A, Alexander, E R
Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are more prevalent among some minority populations in the United States than they are among the white majority. Primary and secondary syphilis occurs 45 times as...
Microtest procedure for isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis.
Yoder, B L, Stamm, W E, Koester, C M, Alexander, E R
Management of patients potentially infected with Chlamydia trachomatis has been hampered by the cost and time required to perform Chlamydia cultures. To isolate C. trachomatis, we developed a...
Bacteriology of the urethra in normal men and men with nongonococcal urethritis.
Bowie, W R, Pollock, H M, Forsyth, P S, Floyd, J F, Alexander, E R, Wang, S P, ...
Sixty-nine Caucasian males without a previous history of urethritis and who developed nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) and 39 similar men without urethritis (NU) were cultured from the urethra for...
Wang, S P, Grayston, J T, Alexander, E R, Holmes, K K
A simplified microimmunofluorescence test with trachoma-lymphogranuloma venereum (Chlamydia trachomatis) antigens has been devised as a screening test for antibody in human sera. The test differs...
Lee, C K, Bowie, W R, Alexander, E R
The antimicrobial susceptibility of a low-laboratory-passage, slow-growing, genital Chlamydia trachomatis strain was studied by five different procedures with the use of McCoy cells pretreated with...
Etiology of nongonococcal urethritis. Evidence for Chlamydia trachomatis and Ureaplasma urealyticum.
Bowie, W R, Wang, S P, Alexander, E R, Floyd, J, Forsyth, P S, Pollock, H M, ...
Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum (T-mycoplasma), and Hemophilus vaginalis have previously been considered possible etiological agents in nongonococcal urethritis (NGU). In this study,...
MacDonald, J K, Boase, J, Stewart, L K, Alexander, E R, Solomon, S L, Cordell, R L
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate models for public health surveillance of illnesses among children in out-of-home child care facilities. METHODS: Between July 1992...
Predictors of accidental fatal drug overdose among a cohort of injection drug users.
O'Driscoll, P T, McGough, J, Hagan, H, Thiede, H, Critchlow, C, Alexander, E R
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated factors associated with accidental fatal drug overdose among a cohort of injection drug users (IDUs). METHODS: In a prospective cohort study of 2849 IDUs in King...
Sharing of drug preparation equipment as a risk factor for hepatitis C.
Hagan, H, Thiede, H, Weiss, N S, Hopkins, S G, Duchin, J S, Alexander, E R
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the sharing of drug preparation equipment as a possible route of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission. METHODS: HCV seroconversion was measured in a cohort of 317...
The impact of sexually transmitted diseases on minority populations.
Moran, J S, Aral, S O, Jenkins, W C, Peterman, T A, Alexander, E R
Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are more prevalent among some minority populations in the United States than they are among the white majority. Primary and secondary syphilis occurs 45 times as...
Planning has been associated with public intervention, in contrast with the 'free' market. The transaction cost theory of planning bridges this dichotomy, suggesting instead the link between planning...
Planning theory in practice: the case of planning Highway 6 in Israel
Comprehensive rationality and disjointed incrementalism are among the decisionmaking models discussed in planning theory. But the practical relevance of this discussion has been questioned and...
Doing the 'impossible': notes for a general theory of planning
If a 'general theory of planning' is impossible, a contingent framework is proposed to integrate prevailing and emergent planning paradigms which present four different views of planning:...