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Dennis Alfred Clements III

Dennis Alfred Clements III

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
dennis.clements@duke.edu
Box 90519, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0519
Room 116, Trent Hall, 310 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours call 919-584-7790 or email dennis.clemsnts@duke.edu  

Featured Works

Economic analysis of influenza vaccination and antiviral treatment for healthy working adults.

Journal article Ann Intern Med · August 20, 2002 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Physicians have several treatment options for influenza, including vaccination and various antiviral therapies. However, the optimal influenza prevention and treatment strategy is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare the relative health values of con ... Full text Link to item Cite

Partial uptake of varicella vaccine and the epidemiological effect on varicella disease in 11 day-care centers in North Carolina.

Journal article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · April 2001 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: The increasing use of varicella vaccine in children attending day care has rapidly decreased the incidence of wild-type varicella disease. The herd immunity noted is significant and will have an effect on the epidemiology of natural varicella. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Concurrent administration of inactivated hepatitis A vaccine with immune globulin in healthy adults.

Journal article Vaccine · March 17, 1999 Featured Publication 301 healthy adult volunteers were randomized to one of three treatment groups: inactivated hepatitis A vaccine alone; inactivated hepatitis A vaccine with immune globulin (Ig) concurrently; or Ig alone. The first two treatment groups received a second dose ... Full text Link to item Cite

A case-control study examining risk factors for invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in Victoria, Australia 1988-90.

Journal article J Paediatr Child Health · December 1995 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To determine whether day-care attendance was a risk factor for Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease, particularly for epiglottitis. METHODOLOGY: A case-control analysis of risk factors for invasive Hib disease was performed in Victoria, A ... Full text Link to item Cite

Over five-year follow-up of Oka/Merck varicella vaccine recipients in 465 infants and adolescents.

Journal article Pediatr Infect Dis J · October 1995 Featured Publication A total of 465 healthy infants and adolescents ages 12 months to 17 years without a known history of varicella or recent exposure to varicella-zoster virus VZV were immunized with live attenuated Oka/Merck varicella vaccine from November, 1984, through Apr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influenza A vaccine decreases the incidence of otitis media in 6- to 30-month-old children in day care.

Journal article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · October 1995 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To determine if the use of influenza vaccine in children in day care decreases the incidence of otitis media during the influenza season. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Eight day-care centers in North Carolina. PARTICIPANTS: One hund ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparison of the epidemiology and cost of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in five western countries.

Journal article Pediatr Infect Dis J · May 1993 Featured Publication To determine and compare the cost of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease in Australia, Finland, Israel, Switzerland and the United Kingdom a collaborative study was undertaken. The incidence of Hib disease varies in these 5 countries from 34 to 58. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Socioeconomic risk factors for invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease.

Journal article J Infect Dis · June 1992 Featured Publication Socioeconomic risk factors for primary invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease include factors that increase exposure to Hib (day care attendance, presence of siblings, and crowded households) and factors that increase an individual's suscepti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pertussis immunization in eight-month-old children in North Carolina.

Journal article Am J Public Health · June 1990 Featured Publication Between 1984 and 1987 reported pertussis cases in North Carolina increased threefold. Pertussis immunization rates were examined for those years in three one-year cohorts drawn from a random selection of North Carolina birth records. The percentage of chil ... Full text Link to item Cite