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Analysis of foodborne disease outbreaks in China Mainland in 2016

Zhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi, 2022
ObjectiveTo study the epidemiological characteristics of foodborne disease outbreaks in China in 2016.MethodsThe foodborne disease data collected from National Foodborne Disease Outbreaks Surveillance System were analyzed.Results4 056 foodborne disease ...
LI Weiwei, GUO Yunchang, LIU Zhitao, CHU Zunhua, LIANG Jinjun, MENG Can, FU Ping   +6 more
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Psychological impact of infectious disease outbreaks on pregnant women: rapid evidence review

Public Health, 2020
Objectives Infectious disease outbreaks can be distressing for everyone, especially those deemed to be particularly vulnerable such as pregnant women, who have been named a high-risk group in the current COVID-19 ...
S. Brooks, D. Weston, N. Greenberg
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A checklist to improve health system resilience to infectious disease outbreaks and natural hazards

BMJ Global Health, 2020
Recent infectious disease outbreaks, including the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have demonstrated the critical importance of resilient health systems in safeguarding global health security ...
Diane Meyer, D. Bishai, Sanjana J Ravi, H. Rashid, S. Mahmood, Eric S Toner, J. Nuzzo   +6 more
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Dynamics of multi-stage infections on networks [PDF]

, 2015
This paper investigates the dynamics of infectious diseases with a nonexponentially distributed infectious period. This is achieved by considering a multistage infection model on networks. Using pairwise approximation with a standard closure, a number of
AJ Black, AL Lloyd, AL Lloyd, CA Donnelly, CT Bauch, D Anderson, DR Cox, DT Gillespie, E Kenah, EH Kaplan, G Chowell, HJ Wearing, HTH Nguyen, HW Hethcote, I. Z. Kiss, J Ma, JC Miller, JM Hyman, JP Koplan, K Sharkey, K. B. Blyuss, KB Blyuss, KTD Eames, KTD Eames, L Danon, M Newman, M Newman, M Taylor, MEJ Newman, MI Meltzer, MJ Keeling, MJ Keeling, MJ Keeling, MJ Keeling, MJ Keeling, N MacDonald, N. Sherborne, NM Ferguson, NM Ferguson, NTJ Bailey, O Diekmann, O Diekmann, P Driessche van den, P Rattana, R Durrett, RE Hope-Simpson, RM Anderson, S Bansal, S Boccaletti, S Cauchemez, S Funk, S Riley, T House, T House, T House, TL Burr, V Andreasen, W Kermack, W-Y Chen, Z Feng   +59 more
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Facilitators and barriers to engagement with contact tracing during infectious disease outbreaks: A rapid review of the evidence

PLoS ONE, 2020
Background Until a vaccine is developed, a test, trace and isolate strategy is the most effective method of controlling the COVID-19 outbreak. Contact tracing and case isolation are common methods for controlling infectious disease outbreaks.
Odette Megnin-Viggars, P. Carter, G. Melendez-Torres, D. Weston, G. Rubin   +4 more
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Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease in Devon [PDF]

BMJ, 1974
In a recent outbreak of 31 cases of meningococcal disease in Devon there were six deaths. Several patients had an unusual rash as the presenting feature and there was an unusually high incidence of complications, affecting the central nervous system, joints, and the heart among other sites.
D M, Easton, P G, Estcourt, F S, Brimblecombe, W, Burgess, L, Hass, J B, Kurtz   +5 more
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History of Newcastle disease in South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2017
Poultry production in South Africa, a so-called developing country, may be seen as a gradient between two extremes with highly integrated commercial enterprises with world-class facilities on one hand and unimproved rural chickens kept by households and ...
Celia Abolnik
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Characteristics of Settings and Etiologic Agents of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks — China, 2020

China CDC Weekly, 2021
Introduction Foodborne diseases are a growing public health problem and have caused a large burden of disease in China. This study analyzed epidemiological characteristics of foodborne diseases in China in 2020 to provide a scientific basis for ...
Hongqiu Li, Weiwei Li, Yue Dai, Yuyan Jiang, Junhua Liang, Santao Wang, Maoqiang Zhuang, Zheng Huang, Lizi Xu, Bo Xue, Jikai Liu, Haihong Han, S. Pires, P. Fu, Yunchang Guo   +14 more
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Historical parallels, Ebola virus disease and cholera: understanding community distrust and social violence with epidemics [PDF]

, 2016
In the three West African countries most affected by the recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, resistance to public health measures contributed to the startling speed and persistence of this epidemic in the region.
Cohn, Samuel, Kutalek, Ruth
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Communicable disease outbreaks: Ethics in an outbreak

Australian Journal of General Practice, 2020
This fifth article in a series on communicable disease outbreaks explores ethical aspects of public health action, information disclosure and research in an epidemic.
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