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Systems for prevention and control of epidemic emergencies.

Veterinaria italiana, 2013
The development of early warning systems is fundamental for preventing the spread of infectious diseases. Data collection, however, is a costly activity and it is not possible to implement early warning systems everywhere and for all possible events. Hence, tools helping to improve the focus of surveillance efforts are of paramount importance.
Paolo, Calistri, Annamaria, Conte, Fabrizio, Natale, Luigi, Possenti, Lara, Savini, Maria Luisa, Danzetta, Simona, Iannetti, Armando, Giovannini   +7 more
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Infection Prevention Strategy in General Hospital under Regular Epidemic Prevention and Control

Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2021
New coronavirus pneumonia spread rapidly all over the world in the first half of 2020, which is a new respiratory disease with strong infectiousness. At present, the epidemic situation in China has been effectively controlled, but the global epidemic situation remains grim, and the National Health Commission has instructed that the prevention and ...
Yuanli Chen, Ying Xue, Yingying Zhang, Huijun Zhou, Liang Peng   +4 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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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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COVID-19 Epidemic Prediction Model and Prevention and Control Analysis

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2021
Abstract COVID-19 infection was found in Wuhan area in early 2020. Because of the Data backlog in the initial period of Hubei province, it was not conducive to accurate establishment of the model. This article selected the number of diagnosed people in 40 districts and counties of Chongqing City near Hubei province for analysis and ...
Shaohua Fu, Youwei Xiong, Linfeng Yi
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WHO competency framework for health authorities and institutions to manage infodemics: its development and features

Human Resources for Health, 2022
Background In April 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) Information Network for Epidemics produced an agenda for managing the COVID-19 infodemic. “Infodemic” refers to the overabundance of information—including mis- and disinformation.
Sara Rubinelli, Tina D. Purnat, Elisabeth Wihelm, Denise Traicoff, Apophia Namageyo-Funa, Angus Thomson, Claire Wardle, Jaya Lamichhane, Sylvie Briand, Tim Nguyen   +9 more
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Association between frequency of dairy product consumption and hypertension: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang Province, China

Nutrition & Metabolism, 2022
Background Hypertension, a well-known risk factor, contributes to millions of deaths from cardiovascular and renal diseases worldwide. However, evidence on the association between frequency of dairy product consumption and hypertension is inconsistent ...
Hao Wang, Lingli Chen, Yuan Cao, Kaixu Xie, Chunmei Wang, Pei Pei, Yu Guo, Fiona Bragg, Min Yu, Zhengming Chen, Liming Li   +10 more
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Inactivated vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic COVID-19 in Fujian, China during the Omicron BA.2 outbreak

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
ObjectiveMore than 90% of the Chinese population have completed 2 doses of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines in Mainland China. However, after China government abandoned strict control measures, many breakthrough infections appeared, and vaccine ...
Wenjing Ye, Kangguo Li, Zeyu Zhao, Shenggen Wu, Huimin Qu, Yichao Guo, Buasiyamu Abudunaibi, Wu Chen, Shaojian Cai, Cailin Chen, Jiawei Lin, Zhonghang Xie, Meirong Zhan, Jianming Ou, Yanqin Deng, Tianmu Chen, Kuicheng Zheng   +16 more
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A Cross-Sectional Study of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in a Rural District of West China

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003
BACKGROUND: Parasitic infections are widespread in rural areas of West China. The remote and humid environment, traditional ways of life, contaminated potable water and limited health services all contribute to the transmission and persistence of fecal ...
Ning Tang, Nian Ji Luo
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Addressing contact tracing challenges—critical to halting Ebola virus disease transmission

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Background: Delayed and ineffective contact tracing contributed to the extensive transmission of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the 2014–2015 West African outbreak. Understanding and addressing the challenges to implementing and managing contact tracing is
Ashley L. Greiner, Kristina M. Angelo, Andrea M. McCollum, Kelsey Mirkovic, Ray Arthur, Frederick J. Angulo   +5 more
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