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Epidemiological analysis and prevention strategies in response to a shigellosis cluster outbreak: a retrospective case series in an alternative school in the Republic of Korea, 2023 [PDF]

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
Objectives In March 2023, an alternative school in the Republic of Korea reported 12 cases of shigellosis. This study aims to analyze the epidemiological characteristics in order to determine the cause of the cluster outbreak of shigellosis and to ...
Yeongseo Ahn, Sunmi Jin, Gemma Park, Hye Young Lee, Hyungyong Lee, Eunkyung Shin, Junyoung Kim, Jaeil Yoo, Yuna Kim   +8 more
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Training for Foodborne Outbreak Investigations by Using Structured Learning Experience

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
We created a free and interactive training activity based on playing cards (disease detective cards) that introduces foodborne outbreak investigations to public health professionals and students.
Florian Burckhardt, Esther Kissling
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Foot-and-mouth disease in Tanzania from 2001 to 2006. [PDF]

, 2010
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is endemic in Tanzania, with outbreaks occurring almost each year in different parts of the country. There is now a strong political desire to control animal diseases as part of national poverty alleviation strategies ...
Berkvens, D, Casal, J, Kivaria, F, Mosha, R M, Picado, A, Speybroeck, N, Sumaye, R D   +6 more
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Five decades of infectious diseases outbreaks in the African region (1970–2018) a geographic snapshot

Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2023
This paper is being written at a time when the recent pandemic, namely COVID-19, has shaken the entire world in a manner that has never been seen in modern history.
Roland Ngom, Abdou Salam Gueye, Stephanie Lassieur, Stephen Oloo, Rizwan Shahid, Valerie Mize, Charles Lukoya Okot, Joseph Cabore Waogodo, Ibrahima Socé Fall   +8 more
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Surveillance of Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water — United States, 2015–2020

Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries
Problem/Condition Public health agencies in U.S. states, territories, and freely associated states investigate and voluntarily report waterborne disease outbreaks to CDC through the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS).
Jasen M Kunz, Hannah Lawinger, Shanna Miko, Megan Gerdes, Muhammad Thuneibat, Elizabeth J. Hannapel, Virginia A. Roberts   +6 more
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Mental health services for infectious disease outbreaks including COVID-19: a rapid systematic review

Psychological Medicine, 2020
The upsurge in the number of people affected by the COVID-19 is likely to lead to increased rates of emotional trauma and mental illnesses. This article systematically reviewed the available data on the benefits of interventions to reduce adverse mental ...
Jing-li Yue, Wei Yan, Yankun Sun, K. Yuan, Sizhen Su, Ying Han, A. Ravindran, T. Kosten, I. Everall, C. Davey, E. Bullmore, N. Kawakami, C. Barbui, G. Thornicroft, C. Lund, Xiao Lin, Lin Liu, Le Shi, Jie Shi, M. Ran, Y. Bao, Lin Lu   +21 more
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Real-time decision-making during emergency disease outbreaks. [PDF]

PLoS Computational Biology, 2018
In the event of a new infectious disease outbreak, mathematical and simulation models are commonly used to inform policy by evaluating which control strategies will minimize the impact of the epidemic.
William J M Probert, Chris P Jewell, Marleen Werkman, Christopher J Fonnesbeck, Yoshitaka Goto, Michael C Runge, Satoshi Sekiguchi, Katriona Shea, Matt J Keeling, Matthew J Ferrari, Michael J Tildesley   +10 more
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PREDICTIVE MODELING FOR DISEASE OUTBREAKS: A REVIEW OF DATA SOURCES AND ACCURACY

International medical science research journal
This review explores the dynamic field of predictive modelling for disease outbreaks, focusing on the data sources, modelling techniques, accuracy, challenges, and future directions integral to its advancement.
Scholastica Ijeh, Chioma Anthonia Okolo, Jeremiah Olawumi Arowoogun, Adekunle Oyeyemi Adeniyi, Olufunke Omotayo   +4 more
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To what extent does evidence support decision making during infectious disease outbreaks? A scoping literature review

, 2020
Background:Infectious disease outbreaks require decision makers to make rapid decisions under time pressure and situations of scientific uncertainty, and yet the role of evidence usage in these contexts is poorly understood.
Andreea Salajan, S. Tsolova, M. Ciotti, Jonathan E. Suk   +3 more
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Factors affecting mental health of health care workers during coronavirus disease outbreaks (SARS, MERS & COVID-19): A rapid systematic review

PLoS ONE, 2020
Introduction The novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak currently puts health care workers at high risk of both physical and mental health problems.
N. De Brier, Stijn Stroobants, P. Vandekerckhove, Emmy De Buck   +3 more
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