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Public health and economic costs of investigating a suspected outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. [PDF]

, 2007
This paper provides one of the first assessments of the burden of both the public health investigation and the economic costs associated with an apparent outbreak of Legionnaires' disease (LD) in South East London.
Joseph, CA, Rao, G, Outbreak Control Team, Surman-Lee, S, Harrison, TG, Heathcock, R, Lee, JV, Lock, K, Millett, C   +8 more
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Improving the performance of outbreak detection algorithms by classifying the levels of disease incidence [PDF]

, 2013
We evaluated a novel strategy to improve the performance of outbreak detection algorithms, namely setting the alerting threshold separately in each region according to the disease incidence in that region. By using data on hand, foot and mouth disease in
Dinglun Zhou, Wang, Liping, Yang, Weizhong, David L Buckeridge, Dan Zhao, David L. Buckeridge, Zhao, Dan, Shengjie Lai, Zhou, Dinglun, Li, Zhongjie, Zhongjie Li, Lan, Yajia, Lai, Shengjie, Weizhong Yang, Buckeridge, David L, Yajia Lan, Zhang, Honglong, Liping Wang, Honglong Zhang   +18 more
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Evaluation of the performance of a dengue outbreak detection tool for China [PDF]

, 2014
An outbreak detection and response system, using time series moving percentile method based on historical data, in China has been used for identifying dengue fever outbreaks since 2008.
Wang, Liping, Yang, Weizhong, Clements, Archie C.A., Shengjie Lai, Hu, Wenbiao, Wenwu Yin, Yin, Wenwu, Hang Zhou, Zhou, Hang, Archie C A Clements, Archie C. A. Clements, Li, Zhongjie, Yu, Hongjie, Zhongjie Li, Lai, Shengjie, Weizhong Yang, Wenbiao Hu, Zhang, Honglong, Hongjie Yu, Clements, Archie C. A., Liping Wang, Honglong Zhang   +21 more
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Assessing the impact of imperfect adherence to artemether-lumefantrine on malaria treatment outcomes using within-host modelling

Nature Communications, 2017
Artemether lumefantrine is widely used for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. The impact of imperfect patient adherence to the six-dose regimen is hard to assess.
Joseph D. Challenger, Katia Bruxvoort, Azra C. Ghani, Lucy C. Okell   +3 more
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EpiJSON: A unified data-format for epidemiology

Epidemics, 2016
Epidemiology relies on data but the divergent ways data are recorded and transferred, both within and between outbreaks, and the expanding range of data-types are creating an increasingly complex problem for the discipline.
Thomas J.R. Finnie, Andy South, Ana Bento, Ellie Sherrard-Smith, Thibaut Jombart   +4 more
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Molecular epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii from ruminants in Q fever outbreak, the Netherlands. [PDF]

, 2011
Q fever is a zoonosis caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. One of the largest reported outbreaks of Q fever in humans occurred in the Netherlands starting in 2007; epidemiologic investigations identified small ruminants as the source.
Rob Buijs, Willemsen, P.T.J., Albert G. de Boer, Wouda, W., Willem Wouda, Corné H.W. Klaassen, Daan Dercksen, Spek, A.N., Van der, Van den Brom, R., Robin C. Ruuls, Ruuls, R.C., Fred G. van Zijderveld, Nabuurs-Fransen, M.H., Tilburg, J.H.H.C., Dercksen, D., Klaassen, C.H.W., Buijs, R., Vellema, P., Marrigje H. Nabuurs-Franssen, Arco N. van der Spek, Spierenburg, M., René van den Brom, Peter Th.J. Willemsen, Roest, H.I.J., Van der Spek, A.N., Brom, R., Van den, Jeroen J.H.C. Tilburg, Piet Vellema, Hendrik I.J. Roest, Marcel A.H. Spierenburg   +29 more
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Rifampicin resistance in tuberculosis outbreak, London, England [PDF]

, 2005
Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates cultured from 6 patients associated with an isoniazid-resistant M. tuberculosis outbreak acquired rifampicin resistance. The rpoB gene sequence showed that resistance was associated with rare mutations in each isolate.
Shorten, R J, McHugh, TD, Claxton, A P, Claxton, AP, Mary Jo Knobloch, Gillespie, S H, Claire Jenkins, Stephen H. Gillespie, Shorten, RJ, McHugh, T D, Edward A. Belongia, Richard E. Besser, Timothy D. McHugh, Robert J. Shorten, Burney A. Kieke, Carolyn Janette, Gillespie, SH, Jeffrey P. Davis, Jenkins, C, Alleyna P. Claxton   +19 more
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The impact of pyrethroid resistance on the efficacy and effectiveness of bednets for malaria control in Africa

eLife, 2016
Long lasting pyrethroid treated bednets are the most important tool for preventing malaria. Pyrethroid resistant Anopheline mosquitoes are now ubiquitous in Africa, though the public health impact remains unclear, impeding the deployment of more ...
Thomas S Churcher, Natalie Lissenden, Jamie T Griffin, Eve Worrall, Hilary Ranson   +4 more
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Disease risks from foods, England and Wales, 1996-2000. [PDF]

, 2005
Data from population-based studies and national surveillance systems were collated and analyzed to estimate the impact of disease and risks associated with eating different foods in England and Wales.
O'Brien, Sarah J, Lopman, Benjamin A, Sarah J. O'Brien, Meakins, Sallyanne M, Goutam K. Adak, Benjamin A. Lopman, Sallyanne M. Meakins, Yip, Hopi, Hopi Yip, Adak, Goutam K   +9 more
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Modelling the drivers of the spread of Plasmodium falciparum hrp2 gene deletions in sub-Saharan Africa

eLife, 2017
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have transformed malaria diagnosis. The most prevalent P. falciparum RDTs detect histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2). However, pfhrp2 gene deletions yielding false-negative RDTs, first reported in South America in 2010, have ...
Oliver J Watson, Hannah C Slater, Robert Verity, Jonathan B Parr, Melchior K Mwandagalirwa, Antoinette Tshefu, Steven R Meshnick, Azra C Ghani   +7 more
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