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Evaluating a framework for tuberculosis screening among healthcare workers in clinical settings, Inner Mongolia, China

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2018
Background Health care workers are at high risk for tuberculosis (TB). China, a high burden TB country, has no policy on medical surveillance for TB among healthcare workers.
Shiming Cheng, Deanna Tollefson, Guangxue He, Yuan Li, Hui Guo, Shua Chai, Fangfang Gao, Fei Gao, Guoxin Han, Liping Ren, Yulin Ren, Jianbo Li, Lixia Wang, Jay K. Varma, Dongmei Hu, Haiying Fan, Fei Zhao, Emily Bloss, Yu Wang, Carol Y. Rao   +19 more
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Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and maternal and neonatal outcomes in Haiti: the importance of surveillance and data collection

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background This study aims to determine reported prevalence of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDP) and maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with these disorders among women delivering at selected hospitals across Haiti. Methods A retrospective
Matthew Bridwell, Endang Handzel, Michelle Hynes, Reginald Jean-Louis, David Fitter, Carol Hogue, Reynold Grand-Pierre, Hedwige Pierre, Bradley Pearce   +8 more
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Epidemiologic and Genomic Evidence for Zoonotic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among People and Animals on a Michigan Mink Farm, United States, 2020

Viruses, 2023
Farmed mink are one of few animals in which infection with SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in sustained transmission among a population and spillback from mink to people.
Ria R. Ghai, Anne Straily, Nora Wineland, Jennifer Calogero, Mary Grace Stobierski, Kimberly Signs, Melissa Blievernicht, Yaritbel Torres-Mendoza, Michelle A. Waltenburg, Jillian A. Condrey, Heather M. Blankenship, Diana Riner, Nancy Barr, Michele Schalow, Jarold Goodrich, Cheryl Collins, Ausaf Ahmad, John Michael Metz, Owen Herzegh, Kelly Straka, Dustin M. Arsnoe, Anthony G. Duffiney, Susan A. Shriner, Markus H. Kainulainen, Ann Carpenter, Florence Whitehill, Natalie M. Wendling, Robyn A. Stoddard, Adam C. Retchless, Anna Uehara, Ying Tao, Yan Li, Jing Zhang, Suxiang Tong, Casey Barton Behravesh   +34 more
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Understanding the uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission services among adolescent girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of literature

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2020
Despite high pregnancy rates and HIV incidence among adolescents, their uptake of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) services is not well characterized. This paper describes current PMTCT program coverage among adolescents
Bernadette Ng’eno, Braeden Rogers, Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, Shaffiq Essajee, Susan Hrapcak, Surbhi Modi   +5 more
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Impact of an intensive facility-community case management intervention on 6-month HIV outcomes among select key and priority populations in Uganda

AIDS Research and Therapy, 2022
Introduction Key and priority populations (with risk behaviours and health inequities) are disproportionately affected by HIV in Uganda. We evaluated the impact of an intensive case management intervention on HIV treatment outcomes in Kalangala District,
David B. Meya, Agnes N. Kiragga, Elizabeth Nalintya, Grace Banturaki, Joan Akullo, Phillip Kalyesubula, Patrick Sessazi, Hillary Bitakalamire, Joseph Kabanda, Julius N. Kalamya, Alice Namale, Moses Bateganya, Joseph Kagaayi, Steve Gutreuter, Michelle R. Adler, Kiren Mitruka   +15 more
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Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Variants Using Viral Sequencing for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Genomic U.S. Surveillance Program.

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Abstract Background The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contracted with laboratories to sequence the SARS-CoV-2 genome from positive samples across the United States to enable public health officials to investigate the impact of variants on disease severity as well as the effectiveness of vaccines and treatment.
Chirayu Goswami, Michael Sheldon, Christian Bixby, Mehdi Keddache, Alexander Bogdanowicz, Yihe Wang, Jonathan Schultz, Jessica McDevitt, James LaPorta, Elaine Kwon, Steven Buyske, Dana Garbolino, Glenys Biloholowski, Alex Pastuszak, Mary Storella, Amit Bhalla, Florence Charlier-Rodriguez, Russ Hager, Robin Grimwood, Shareef A. Nahas   +19 more
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Qualitative assessment of a novel results-based partnership between national wastewater surveillance centers of excellence and utility companies, Houston (Texas), Colorado, Wisconsin, and California, 2023

BMC Public Health
Background The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiated the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) in September 2020.
Hannah Turner, Libby Horter, Michael Welton, Cristina Martinez, Rieza Soelaeman, Kathleen Tatti, Souci Louis, Amy Kirby, Nicole Fehrenbach, John Person, Scott Santibañez, Diana Valencia   +11 more
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Spatial–temporal trend for mother-to-child transmission of HIV up to infancy and during pre-Option B+ in western Kenya, 2007–13 [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Introduction Using spatial–temporal analyses to understand coverage and trends in elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (e-MTCT) efforts may be helpful in ensuring timely services are delivered to the right place. We present spatial–temporal
Anthony Waruru, Thomas N.O. Achia, Hellen Muttai, Lucy Ng’ang’a, Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez, Boniface Ochanda, Abraham Katana, Peter W. Young, James L. Tobias, Peter Juma, Kevin M. De Cock, Thorkild Tylleskär   +11 more
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Evaluating the surveillance-related programs and workforce of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

, 2017
Evaluating the surveillance-related programs and workforce of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Robin Wagner, Laura Mann, American Evaluation Association Conference 2016, AEA 2016, Eval ...
Daee, Danielle, wagner, Robin, Mann, Laura   +2 more
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Process Evaluation to Document Crucial Moments in Development of the National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2020
Background: Neurological conditions or disorders strike roughly 50 million Americans annually but accurate and comprehensive national estimates for many of these conditions are not available. In 2019, Congress provided $5 million to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish the National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System ...
Goldie MacDonald, Shawna L Mercer, Angela H Fisher, Violanda Grigorescu, William R Mac Kenzie, Mindelyn Anderson   +5 more
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