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Malaria epidemics and interventions, Kenya, Burundi, southern Sudan, and Ethiopia, 1999-2004. [PDF]

, 2006
Quantitative data on the onset and evolution of malaria epidemics are scarce. We review case studies from recent African Plasmodium falciparum epidemics (Kisii and Gucha Districts, Kenya, 1999; Kayanza Province, Burundi, 2000-2001; Aweil East, southern ...
Alberti, Kathryn P, Francesco Checchi, Cox, J, Balkan, S, Guthmann, JP, Abiy Tamrat, Gerardo Priotto, Cox, Jonathan, Tamrat, Abiy, Tamrat, A, Priotto, Gerardo, Checchi, F, Checchi, Francesco, Guthmann, Jean-Paul, Priotto, G, Jonathan Cox, Suna Balkan, Kathryn P. Alberti, Alberti, KP, Kathryn Alberti, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Balkan, Suna, Dejan Zurovac   +22 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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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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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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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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Meta-analysis of hybrid immunity to mitigate the risk of Omicron variant reinfection

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundHybrid immunity (a combination of natural and vaccine-induced immunity) provides additional immune protection against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reinfection.
Huiling Zheng, Huiling Zheng, Shenggen Wu, Wu Chen, Shaojian Cai, Meirong Zhan, Cailin Chen, Jiawei Lin, Zhonghang Xie, Jianming Ou, Wenjing Ye   +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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Comparison of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions among older adults in IQVIA Xponent and publicly available Medicare Part D data, 2018

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
The distributions of antibiotic prescriptions by geography, antibiotic class, and prescriber specialty are similar in the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Part D Prescriber Public Use Files and IQVIA Xponent dataset.
Elizabeth M. Beshearse, Katryna A. Gouin, Katherine E. Fleming-Dutra, Sharon Tsay, Lauri A. Hicks, Sarah Kabbani   +5 more
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Isolation and Characterization of Two Bacteriophages Infecting Bacillus anthracis: Biological Properties and Genomic Analysis

Microorganisms
Anthrax is a zoonotic infectious disease characterized by high lethality and transmissibility. Its spores are highly stable and can persist in the environment for long periods.
Xinyu Qin, Zongti Shao, Binbin Yu, Rongji Cao, Haipeng Zhang, Liyuan Shi, Pan Liu, Shaogui Zi, Jiao Yang, Ying Long, Cong Liu, Siyu Yan, Xiaoxia Yang, Zhengling Zhu, Youhong Zhong, Peng Wang   +15 more
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Period Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease and the Need for a Centralized Patient Registry in American Samoa, 2016 to 2018

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a severe, chronic complication of acute rheumatic fever, triggered by group A streptococcal pharyngitis.
Rebecca C. Woodruff, Ipuniuesea Eliapo‐Unutoa, Howard Chiou, Maria Gayapa, Sara Noonan, Pradeep S. B. Podila, Victoria Rayle, Guillermo Sanchez, Ray Tulafono, Chris A. Van Beneden, Matthew Ritchey   +10 more
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