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Use Of A State Inpatient Forensic System Under Managed Mental Health Care, William Fisher, Barbara Dickey, Sharon-Lise Normand, Ira Packer, Albert Grudzinskas, Hocine Azeni Oct 2014

Use Of A State Inpatient Forensic System Under Managed Mental Health Care, William Fisher, Barbara Dickey, Sharon-Lise Normand, Ira Packer, Albert Grudzinskas, Hocine Azeni

Ira K Packer

OBJECTIVES: One of the goals of managed mental health care has been to lower the use of inpatient psychiatric treatment. In the past, interventions that have limited hospitalization for persons with severe mental illness have led to greater involvement of these individuals with the criminal justice and forensic mental health systems. The authors examined associations between Medicaid managed mental health care in Massachusetts and rates of admission to the inpatient forensic mental health service maintained by the state's mental health department. METHODS: A total of 7,996 persons who were receiving services from the department before and after the introduction of …


B-Cell Responses During Primary And Secondary Dengue Virus Infections In Humans, Anuja Mathew, Kim West, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Robert Gibbons, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Sharone Green, Daniel Libraty, Smita Jaiswal, Alan Rothman Aug 2014

B-Cell Responses During Primary And Secondary Dengue Virus Infections In Humans, Anuja Mathew, Kim West, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Robert Gibbons, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Sharone Green, Daniel Libraty, Smita Jaiswal, Alan Rothman

Alan Rothman

Low-avidity serotype-cross-reactive antibodies are hypothesized to play a key role in triggering severe disease in patients with secondary dengue virus (DENV) infection. However, there is little systematic information about the frequency, avidity, and cross-reactivity of DENV-specific B cells in individuals experiencing primary instead of secondary infection. We compared DENV-specific B-cell responses in a cohort of Thai children with primary or secondary DENV infection. B cells specific for DENV precursor membrane protein, envelope (E) protein, and nonstructural protein 1 were detectable in immune peripheral blood mononuclear cells with the highest frequencies of DENV E-specific B cells detected in patients experiencing primary …


B-Cell Responses During Primary And Secondary Dengue Virus Infections In Humans, Anuja Mathew, Kim West, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Robert Gibbons, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Sharone Green, Daniel Libraty, Smita Jaiswal, Alan Rothman Jan 2014

B-Cell Responses During Primary And Secondary Dengue Virus Infections In Humans, Anuja Mathew, Kim West, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Robert Gibbons, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Sharone Green, Daniel Libraty, Smita Jaiswal, Alan Rothman

Sharone Green

Low-avidity serotype-cross-reactive antibodies are hypothesized to play a key role in triggering severe disease in patients with secondary dengue virus (DENV) infection. However, there is little systematic information about the frequency, avidity, and cross-reactivity of DENV-specific B cells in individuals experiencing primary instead of secondary infection. We compared DENV-specific B-cell responses in a cohort of Thai children with primary or secondary DENV infection. B cells specific for DENV precursor membrane protein, envelope (E) protein, and nonstructural protein 1 were detectable in immune peripheral blood mononuclear cells with the highest frequencies of DENV E-specific B cells detected in patients experiencing primary …