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Preventing and Controlling Epidemics Through Blockchain-Assisted AI-Enabled Networks [PDF]

IEEE Network, 2021
Accepted in IEEE Network ...
Safa Otoum, Ismaeel Al Ridhawi, Hussein T. Mouftah   +2 more
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Immunity in the ABM-DSGE Framework for Preventing and Controlling Epidemics—Validation of Results [PDF]

Entropy, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised many questions on how to manage an epidemiological and economic crisis around the world. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and policy makers have been asking how effective lockdowns are in preventing and controlling the spread of the virus.
Jagoda Kaszowska-Mojsa, Przemysław Włodarczyk, Agata Szymańska   +2 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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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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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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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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Feasibility study for epidemic prevention and control in a regional hospital

Molecular Medicine Reports, 2011
Epidemic prevention policies in hospitals address issues such as, indoor air quality control, cleanliness of medical staff clothing and employee hand-washing procedures. Our hospital employed Bio-Kil to treat air-conditioning filters and nursing staff uniforms. We also assessed the efficacy of different detergents.
Yung-Liang, Chen, Ming-Yang, Yeh, Shau-Yen, Huang, Chi-Ming, Liu, Chi-Chen, Sun, Hsu-Feng, Lu, Tsan-Hung, Chiu, Te-Chun, Hsia, Jing-Gung, Chung   +8 more
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