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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Analysis of foodborne disease outbreaks in Chinese Mainland in 2021
Zhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi, 2022 ObjectiveThe epidemiological characteristics of foodborne disease outbreaks in Chinese Mainland in 2021 were analyzed to provide scientific basis for further prevention and control strategies.MethodsThe epidemiological characteristics of outbreaks of ...
LI Hongqiu +9 more
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Effects of regional differences and demography in modelling foot-and-mouth disease in cattle at the national scale [PDF]
, 2019 Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a fast-spreading viral infection that can produce large and costly outbreaks in livestock populations. Transmission occurs at multiple spatial scales, as can the actions used to control outbreaks. The US cattle industry is
Beck-Johnson, Lindsay M. +9 more
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Legionnaires' disease outbreak: Victoria's largest identified outbreak
Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 2000 This paper describes and analyses some aspects of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Victoria, commencing in late October 1998. In all, 18 cases caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 were notified within 10 days making this the largest outbreak in Victoria reported to that date. All cases had epidemiological links to an industrial estate in
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Lean back and wait for the alarm? Testing an automated alarm system for nosocomial outbreaks to provide support for infection control professionals [PDF]
, 2020 INTRODUCTION: Outbreaks of communicable diseases in hospitals need to be quickly detected in order to enable immediate control. The increasing digitalization of hospital data processing offers potential solutions for automated outbreak detection systems
Aghdassi, Seven Johannes Sam +9 more
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UK Foot and Mouth disease: a systemic risk assessment of existing controls [PDF]
, 2016 This article details a systemic analysis of the controls in place and possible interventions available to further reduce the risk of a foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the United Kingdom.
Longhurst, Philip J. +2 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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Factors Contributing to Decline in Foodborne Disease Outbreak Reports, United States
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 The number of foodborne disease outbreaks reported in the United States declined substantially in 2009, when the surveillance system transitioned from reporting only foodborne disease outbreaks to reporting all enteric disease outbreaks.
Maho Imanishi +3 more
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A review of epidemiological parameters from Ebola outbreaks to inform early public health decision-making. [PDF]
, 2015 The unprecedented scale of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has, as of 29 April 2015, resulted in more than 10,884 deaths among 26,277 cases. Prior to the ongoing outbreak, Ebola virus disease (EVD) caused relatively small outbreaks (maximum outbreak ...
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