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Emerging infectious disease outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from the past and present to be better prepared for future outbreaks

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
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Enos Moyo, Malizgani Mhango, Perseverance Moyo, T. Dzinamarira, Itai James Blessing Chitungo, G. Murewanhema   +5 more
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The Multiple Origins of Ebola Disease Outbreaks.

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
BACKGROUND The origins of Ebola disease outbreaks remain enigmatic. Historically outbreaks have been attributed to spillover events from wildlife. However, recent data suggest that some outbreaks may originate from human-to-human transmission of prior ...
S. Judson, V. Munster
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A global dataset of pandemic- and epidemic-prone disease outbreaks

Scientific Data, 2022
This paper presents a new dataset of infectious disease outbreaks collected from the Disease Outbreak News and the Coronavirus Dashboard produced by the World Health Organization. The dataset contains information on 70 infectious diseases and 2227 public
Juan Armando Torres Munguía, Florina-Cristina Badarau, Luis R. Diaz Pavez, I. Martínez‐Zarzoso, K. Wacker   +4 more
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Early Detection of Disease Outbreaks.

PLoS Medicine, 2005
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Spatial and Temporal Pattern of Rift Valley Fever Outbreaks in Tanzania; 1930 to 2007 [PDF]

, 2014
Rift Valley fever (RVF)-like disease was first reported in Tanzania more than eight decades ago and the last large outbreak of the disease occurred in 2006–07. This study investigates the spatial and temporal pattern of RVF outbreaks in Tanzania over the
Bernard, B, Dautu, G, ILRI, Karimuribo, E D, Kivaria, F, Mboera, L E G, Nat Health Lab Service, South Africa, Nat Instit For Medical Research, Paweska, J T, Pfeiffer, D U, Sindato, C, Sokoine University, Tanzania, UN, Food & Agr Org, Witwatersrand, South Africa, Zambia   +14 more
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Current realities versus theoretical optima: quantifying efficiency and sociospatial equity of travel time to hospitals in low-income and middle-income countries

BMJ Global Health, 2019
Background Having hospitals located in urban areas where people, resources and wealth concentrate is efficient, but leaves long travel times for the rural and often poorer population and goes against the equity objective.
Kerry LM Wong, Andrea Pembe, Oona Maeve Renee Campbell, Oliver J Brady, Christopher I Jarvis, Gabriela B Gomez   +5 more
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Epidemiological Characteristics of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Dis-ease Outbreaks in Qingdao, 2009-2018

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2021
Background: In China, hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks have become an important issue recent years. We analyzed the epidemiological characteristics of HFMD outbreaks in Qingdao during 2009-2018, and provided evidences for prevention and ...
Jing Jia, Fei Kong, Xueling Xin, Jiwei Liang, Hualei Xin, Liyan Dong, Fachun Jiang   +6 more
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Clinical and Pathological Findings in SARS-CoV-2 Disease Outbreaks in Farmed Mink (Neovison vison)

Veterinary Pathology-Supplement, 2020
SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, caused respiratory disease outbreaks with increased mortality in 4 mink farms in the Netherlands. The most striking postmortem finding was an acute interstitial pneumonia, which was found in nearly all ...
R. Molenaar, S. Vreman, R. W. Hakze-van der Honing, R. Zwart, Jan de Rond, E. Weesendorp, L. Smit, M. Koopmans, R. Bouwstra, A. Stegeman, W. V. D. van der Poel   +10 more
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Legionnaires' disease: when an 'outbreak' is not an outbreak

Weekly releases (1997–2007), 2006
During August 2006, there was a large increase in non-travel related legionella cases throughout England and in the ...
A J, Pereira, J, Broadbent, H, Mahgoub, O, Morgan, S, Bracebridge, M, Reacher, S, Ibbotson, J V, Lee, T G, Harrison, P, Nair   +9 more
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Spatial and seasonal patterns of FMD primary outbreaks in cattle in Zimbabwe between 1931 and 2016 [PDF]

, 2019
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is an important livestock disease impacting mainly intensive production systems. In southern Africa, the FMD virus is maintained in wildlife and its control is therefore complicated.
Bourgarel, Mathieu, Bouyer, Jérémy, Caron, Alexandre, De Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel, Etter, Eric, Foggin, Chris, Grosbois, Vladimir, Guerrini, Laure, Ndhlovu, Felistas, Njagu, Chenjerai, Pfukenyi, Davies Mubika   +10 more
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