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28-page Special Section
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Guest Editor: Brian T. Montague, DO, MPH

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Public-private Partnerships, Programs Target Infectious Diseases in RI
Brian T. Montague, DO, MPH

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Tuberculosis Control in RI: Maintaining Control
Efforts in the Context of Declining Incidence
and Funding for Tuberculosis Programs
Brian T. Montague, DO, MPH; Nicole E. Alexander-
Scott, MD, MPH; Utpala Bandy, MD, MPH; Jaime
Comella, MPH; Awewura Kwara, MB.ChB, MPH

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Tuberculous Meningitis in Child Born in the US to Immigrants from a Tuberculosis-Endemic Country
Eric J. Chow, MD, MS, MPH; Elizabeth Toll, MD;
Brian T. Montague, DO, MS, MPH; Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH; Erin Van Scoyoc, MD, MPH

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Monitored Viral Load: A Measure of HIV Treatment Outcomes in an Outpatient Setting in Rhode Island
Francine Touzard Romo, MD; Fizza S. Gillani, PhD; Peter Ackerman, MD; Aadia Rana, MD;
Erna M. Kojic, MD; Curt G. Beckwith, MD

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Addressing the Increasing Burden of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Rhode Island
Philip A. Chan, MD; Justine Maher, Danielle Poole, Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD; R. Bobby Ducharme, Gail Yates, Stacey Benben, Amy Nunn, ScD; Jaime Comella, MPH; Utpala Bandy, MD; Brian T. Montague, DO, MPH; Erna Kojic, MD; Kimberle Chapin, MD; Timothy P. Flanigan, MD

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Tick-Borne Illness In Rhode Island – How Big A Problem Is It?
Rebecca Reece, MD; Eric Chow, MD; Aadia Rana, MD; Erna M. Kojic, MD; Timothy P. Flanigan, MD

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Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy in an Academic Practice in Rhode Island
Francine Touzard Romo, MD; Brian Resnick, PA;
Mildred Perez-Cioe; Erna M. Kojic, MD; Timothy P. Flanigan, MD; Curt G. Beckwith, MD

CONTRIBUTIONS

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Pediatric Refugees in Rhode Island: Increases in BMI Percentile, Overweight, and Obesity following Resettlement
Jessica H. Heney, MD; Camia C. Dimock, MD; Jennifer F. Friedman, MD, PhD; Carol T. Lewis, MD

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Treating Children at Urgent Care Centers: A Qualitative Study to Determine How Providers Perceive Managing Pediatric Patients
Therese L. Canares, MD; Linda Brown, MD, MSCE; Rebecca M. Slotkin; Aris Garro, MD, MPH

EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY CPC

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A Broken Heart: A Woman with Chest Pain and an Abnormal ECG
Courteney MacKuen, MD; William Binder, MD

PUBLIC HEALTH

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Vital Statistics
Colleen A. Fontana, State Registrar