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The Characterization of Disease Outbreaks

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1988
All practicing veterinarians working with herds and flocks are consulted on animal population problems. These problems may reflect diseases with high morbidity or high mortality rates or other events that impair productivity. In either case, the ultimate goal of the veterinary practitioner is to control the problem and to prevent its recurrence, while ...
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Aujeszky's disease outbreak

New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 1987
Abstract Extract Madam: — In June 1986, I was called to a piggery in the West Auckland area. The piggery consists of a breeding and fattening unit. Piglets from two hundred sows are taken through to pork and bacon weight. All pigs are meal fed. The dry sows and farrowing unit are separated within the same building.
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From outbreaks to endemic disease

Science, 2022
Relief from the effects of epidemics may signal the start of low-level disease ...
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Dengue Disease Outbreak Detection

2014
Early detection of outbreak of a disease may help in timely and effective public health interventions. Our motivation for this work is to assist EHD planning officer to analyze the incidence data and based on it declare whether there is an outbreak or not.
Pankaj, Dayama, Kameshwaran, Sampath
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The Investigation of Outbreaks of Toxicologic Disease

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1988
Use of this basic epidemiologic approach will solve many toxicologic problems. Epidemiologic techniques have a key role in integrating and assimilating the data derived from a toxicologic investigation. Hypotheses are proposed and tested based on the data obtained and analyzed.
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Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease in a Family

Southern Medical Journal, 1980
An outbreak of three cases of meningococcal disease occurring in a family of 14 is presented. Three of the children, between the ages of 10 months to 10 years, were hospitalized. Two of them showed positive signs of meningitis, and one had evidence of bacteremia. Neisseria meningitidis was isolated from a blood sample of one patient and a CSF sample of
I, Brook, R, Gorman, M W, Johnson
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AN OUTBREAK OF MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE

The Lancet, 1986
Between October, 1981, and March, 1986, there were 65 cases of meningococcal infection, about five times the expected number, in Gloucester Health District. The cases, mainly in teenagers and young adults, were clustered in the Stroud district and in the southern part of Gloucester City, and most were caused by a sulphonamide-resistant group B type 15 ...
K A, Cartwright, J M, Stuart, N D, Noah
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Outbreaks of Disease

2001
In considering outbreaks of disease, there are four key issues which need to be addressed: Non-use regimes dealing with outbreaks of disease The reporting mechanisms for disease outbreaks and trends Challenges facing the Ad Hoc Group in addressing outbreaks of disease Possible solutions for the Ad Hoc ...
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Preventing outbreaks of legionnaires' disease

Nursing Standard, 1988
New recommendations for preventing fresh outbreaks of Legionnaire's Disease are due to be presented to Health Secretary John Moore in the next few weeks.
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The Investigation of Outbreaks of Infectious Disease

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1988
The ability to control infectious diseases is contingent upon recognizing and eliminating the source of infection or disrupting the transfer of infectious agent to susceptible hosts. In this article, methods of identification of infectious agents, the presence of carriers and environmental reservoirs, and their impact upon investigations are discussed.
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