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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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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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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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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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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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Epidemiologic characteristics of recurrent hand, foot, and mouth disease in Yunnan province, 2008 - 2022: a registry data analysis

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng
ObjectiveTo describe the epidemiological characteristics of recurrent cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in Yunnan province from 2008 to 2022 to inform the development of prevention and control strategies.
Tian HUANG, Yuchen JIA, Erda ZHENG, Zeying LI, Jibo HE, Xiulian SHEN   +5 more
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The HIV-associated tuberculosis epidemic--when will we act?

, 2010
Despite policies, strategies, and guidelines, the epidemic of HIV-associated tuberculosis continues to rage, particularly in southern Africa. We focus our attention on the regions with the greatest burden of disease, especially sub-Saharan Africa, and ...
Chimzizi, Rhehab, Corbett, Elizabeth L, De Cock, Kevin M, Harries, Anthony D, Harrington, Mark, Lawn, Stephen D, Maher, Dermot, Santos-Filho, Ezio T, Williams, Brian G, Zachariah, Rony   +9 more
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The 2005 Dengue Epidemic in Singapore: Epidemiology, Prevention and Control

Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2008
Introduction: We investigated the 2005 outbreak of dengue fever (DF)/dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) to determine its epidemiological, virological and entomological features to further understand the unprecedented resurgence. Materials and Methods: All physician-diagnosed, laboratory-confirmed cases of DF/DHF notified to the Ministry of Health ...
Benjamin K W, Koh, Lee Ching, Ng, Yuske, Kita, Choon Siang, Tang, Li Wei, Ang, Kit Yin, Wong, Lyn, James, Kee Tai, Goh   +7 more
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Drug Overdose Rates Are Highest in Places With the Most Economic and Family Distress [PDF]

, 2018
In this brief, author Shannon Monnat examines county-level mortality data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pooled for 2006–2015, to gain insight into the U.S. drug overdose problem.
Monnat, Shannon M.
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Clinical assessment is a neglected component of outbreak preparedness: evidence from refugee camps in Greece

BMC Medicine, 2018
Background Refugees may have an increased vulnerability to infectious diseases, and the consequences of an outbreak are more severe in a refugee camp. When an outbreak is suspected, access to clinical information is critical for investigators to verify ...
Amanda M. Rojek, Kassiani Gkolfinopoulou, Apostolos Veizis, Angeliki Lambrou, Lyndsey Castle, Theano Georgakopoulou, Karl Blanchet, Takis Panagiotopoulos, Peter W. Horby, The Epidemic Diseases Research Group field team   +9 more
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