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Healthcare providers’ knowledge and clinical practice surrounding shigellosis — DocStyles Survey, 2020

BMC Primary Care, 2023
Background Shigellosis is an acute diarrheal disease transmitted through contaminated food, water, objects, poor hand hygiene, or sexual activity. Healthcare providers (HCP) may not be aware of the multiple routes of Shigella transmission, populations at
Julia C. Haston, Laura Ford, Kayla L. Vanden Esschert, Ian D. Plumb, Naeemah Logan, Louise K. Francois Watkins, Amanda G. Garcia-Williams   +6 more
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Early introduction of complementary foods/drinks and milk feeding type in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2023
Infants younger than 4 months are not ready for complementary foods/drinks (any solid or liquid other than breast milk or infant formula). Almost half of US infants participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
Kristin J. Marks, Ellen O. Boundy, Jasmine Y. Nakayama, Ruowei Li, Heather C. Hamner   +4 more
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Epidemic of Plasmodium falciparum malaria involving substandard antimalarial drugs, Pakistan, 2003. [PDF]

, 2009
Because of instability in eastern Afghanistan, new refugees crossed into the federally administered tribal areas of northwestern Pakistan in 2002. In 2003, we investigated an epidemic of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 1 of the camps.
Mark Rowland, Rowland, Mark, Kate Kolaczinski, Rosalynn L. Ord, Kolaczinski, Kate, Kaur, Harpakash, Harpakash Kaur, Toby Leslie, Mohammed, Nasir, Leslie, Toby, Nasir Mohammed, Toby Leslie, Ord, Rosalynn L   +12 more
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Behaviors Associated With Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in California and Colorado, January 2021–April 2021

AJPM Focus, 2022
Introduction: Mitigation behaviors are key to preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission. We identified the behaviors associated with secondary transmission from confirmed SARS-CoV-2 primary cases to household contacts and described the characteristics ...
Apophia Namageyo-Funa, PhD, Jasmine D. Ruffin, MPH, Marie E. Killerby, VetMB, Mohamed F. Jalloh, PhD, Colleen Scott, DrPH, Kristine Lindell, BA, Margaret Silver, MPH, Almea Matanock, MD, Raymond A. Soto, PhD, Marisa A.P. Donnelly, PhD, Noah G. Schwartz, MD, Meagan R. Chuey, PhD, Victoria T. Chu, MD, Mark E. Beatty, MD, Sarah Elizabeth Totten, DrPH, Meghan M. Hudziec, BS, Jacqueline E. Tate, PhD, Hannah L. Kirking, MD, Christopher H. Hsu, MD, PhD   +18 more
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Influenza virus-related critical illness: prevention, diagnosis, treatment

Critical Care, 2019
Annual seasonal influenza epidemics of variable severity result in significant morbidity and mortality in the United States (U.S.) and worldwide. In temperate climate countries, including the U.S., influenza activity peaks during the winter months ...
Eric J. Chow, Joshua D. Doyle, Timothy M. Uyeki   +2 more
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A large outbreak of serovar Thompson infections associated with chocolate cake in Busan, Korea [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2019
OBJECTIVES This study aimed to reveal the epidemiologic characteristics of the outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Thompson in Busan Metropolitan City and to identify points for improvement to prevent of food-borne disease ...
Youngduck Eun, Hyesun Jeong, Seungjin Kim, Wonseo Park, Byoungseon Ahn, Dongkeun Kim, Eunhee Kim, Eunhee Park, Sunhee Park, Inyeong Hwang, Hyunjin Son   +10 more
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Epidemiology, transmission dynamics and control of SARS: the 2002-2003 epidemic [PDF]

, 2004
This paper reviews current understanding of the epidemiology, transmission dynamics and control of the aetiological agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Hedley, A, Leung, Gabriel M, Ghani, Azra C, Christophe Fraser, Lam, T, Anderson, RM, Ghani, AC, Lam, TH, Azra C. Ghani, Donnelly, C, Leung, GM, Fraser, C, Ferguson, Neil M, Fraser, Christophe, Donnelly, CA, Hedley, AJ, Christl A. Donnelly, Anderson, Roy M, Ferguson, NM, Riley, Steven, Roy M. Anderson, Leung, G, Hedley, Anthony J, Anthony J. Hedley, Ghani, A, Ferguson, N, Anderson, R, Donnelly, Christl A, Steven Riley, Riley, S, Neil M. Ferguson, Gabriel M. Leung, Tai H. Lam   +32 more
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Epidemiologic features of the first MERS outbreak in Korea: focus on Pyeongtaek St. Mary’s Hospital [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2015
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the epidemiologic features of the confirmed cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in Pyeongtaek St. Mary’s Hospital, where the outbreak first began, in order to identify lessons relevant for the prevention ...
Kyung Min Kim, Moran Ki, Sung-il Cho, Minki Sung, Jin Kwan Hong, Hae-Kwan Cheong, Jong-Hun Kim, Sang-Eun Lee, Changhwan Lee, Keon-Joo Lee, Yong-Shik Park, Seung Woo Kim, Bo Youl Choi   +12 more
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Cholera outbreak in southern Tanzania: risk factors and patterns of transmission. [PDF]

, 2001
To identify risk factors and describe the pattern of spread of the 1997 cholera epidemic in a rural area (Ifakara) in southern Tanzania, we conducted a prospective hospital-based, matched case- control study, with analysis based on the first 180 cases ...
Jordi Vila, Pedro L. Alonso, Casals, C, Urassa, H, Alonso, P L, Marcel Tanner, Fred Lwilla, Manuel Corachán, Camilo J. Acosta, Hassan Mshinda, Claudia M. Galindo, Galindo, C M, Acosta, C J, Honorathy Urassa, Kesheni Senkoro, Kimario, J, John Kimario, Acosta, CJ, N. Eseko, Vila, J, Mshinda, H, Eseko, N, Tanner, M, Alonso, PL, Climent Casals, Senkoro, K, Corachán, M, Lwilla, F, Galindo, CM   +28 more
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Evaluating risk factors associated with COVID-19 infections among vaccinated people early in the U.S. vaccination campaign: an observational study of five states, January–March 2021

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background COVID-19 vaccines are an effective tool to prevent illness due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, infection after vaccination still occurs. We evaluated all infections identified among recipients of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID ...
Katrin S. Sadigh, Kiersten J. Kugeler, Sara Bressler, Stephanie C. Massay, Emma Schmoll, Lauren Milroy, Alyson M. Cavanaugh, Allison Sierocki, COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Characterization Team, Marc Fischer, Leisha D. Nolen   +10 more
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