Brian Labus
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
21 Papers
124 Citations
Brian Labus is an academic researcher from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 15 publications.
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Papers
Hepatitis C Virus Infections from Unsafe Injection Practices at an Endoscopy Clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007–2008
Gayle E. Fischer,Melissa K. Schaefer,Brian Labus,Lawrence Sands,Patricia Rowley,Ihsan A. Azzam,Patricia Armour,Yury Khudyakov,Yulin Lin,Guo-liang Xia,Priti R. Patel,Joseph F. Perz,Scott D. Holmberg +12 more
TL;DR: This investigation highlighted breaches in aseptic technique, deficiencies in oversight of outpatient settings, and difficulties in detecting and investigating such outbreaks of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Nevada.
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Deploying nEmesis: preventing foodborne illness by data mining social media
Adam Sadilek,Henry Kautz,Lauren DiPrete,Brian Labus,Eric Portman,Jack Teitel,Vincent M. B. Silenzio +6 more
- 12 Feb 2016
TL;DR: This work applies machine learning to Twitter data and develops a system that automatically detects venues likely to pose a public health hazard and shows that adaptive inspection process is 63% more effective at identifying problematic venues than the current state of the art.
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Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial isolates from blood in San Francisco County, California, 1996-1999.
TL;DR: A significant increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, and proportional resistance to multiple antipseudomonal antibiotics is found and the utility, difficulties, and limitations of countywide surveillance are described.
Eight years of Legionnaires' disease transmission in travellers to a condominium complex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
B. J. Silk,Matthew R. Moore,M. Bergtholdt,R. J. Gorwitz,Natalia A. Kozak,M. M. Tha,Ellen Brown,J. L. Winchester,Brian Labus,Patricia Rowley,J. P. Middaugh,Barry S. Fields,Lauri A. Hicks +12 more
TL;DR: This prolonged outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in condominium guests illustrates the importance of striving for permanent Legionella eradication from potable water.
Differences in disease reporting: an analysis of state reportable conditions and their relationship to the nationally notifiable conditions list
Brian Labus
- 01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: Familiarity, ease of access, trust, and awareness of benefits and risks to minimize uncertainty, will all be important for the sustained support of existing and new influenza vaccination programmes.
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