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Genomics and epidemiological surveillance [PDF]

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020
This month’s Genome Watch highlights how genomic surveillance can provide important information for identifying and tracking emerging pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2.
Lo, Stephanie W., Jamrozy, Dorota
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Malaria genotyping for epidemiologic surveillance. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2015
Malaria control and elimination have, for more than a century, relied on traditional surveillance methods: catching mosquitoes or examining blood slides under a light microscope. Recent technological advances have started to change the game, including high-quality rapid diagnostic tests for malaria.
Greenhouse B, Smith DL.
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Phylogeny of Shrew- and Mole-Borne Hantaviruses in Poland and Ukraine

Viruses, 2023
Earlier, we demonstrated the co-circulation of genetically distinct non-rodent-borne hantaviruses, including Boginia virus (BOGV) in the Eurasian water shrew (Neomys fodiens), Seewis virus (SWSV) in the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) and Nova ...
Fuka Kikuchi, Satoru Arai, Janusz Hejduk, Ai Hayashi, Janusz Markowski, Marcin Markowski, Leszek Rychlik, Vasyl Khodzinskyi, Hajime Kamiya, Tetsuya Mizutani, Motoi Suzuki, Beata Sikorska, Paweł P. Liberski, Richard Yanagihara   +13 more
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Epidemiology of and Surveillance for Postpartum Infections [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
We screened automated ambulatory medical records, hospital and emergency room claims, and pharmacy records of 2,826 health maintenance organization (HMO) members who gave birth over a 30-month period. Full-text ambulatory records were reviewed for the 30-day postpartum period to confirm infection status for a weighted sample of cases.
Deborah S. Yokoe, Cindy L. Christiansen, Ruth Johnson, Kenneth Sands, James Livingston, Ernest S. Shtatland, Richard Platt   +6 more
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Integration of publicly available case-based data for real-time coronavirus disease 2019 risk assessment, Japan

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2022
In response to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Japan, a national COVID-19 cluster taskforce (comprising governmental and nongovernmental experts) was established to support the country’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in ...
Kota Ninomiya, Mariko Kanamori, Naomi Ikeda, Kazuaki Jindai, Yura K Ko, Kanako Otani, Yuki Furuse, Hiroki Akaba, Reiko Miyahara, Mayuko Saito, Motoi Suzuki, Hitoshi Oshitani   +11 more
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Epidemiology and Surveillance of Hepatocellular Carcinoma [PDF]

Liver Cancer, 2012
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most frequently occurring malignancies and has a high mortality rate. The incidence of HCC differs greatly according to the geographic area. East and Southeast Asia, as well as middle and West Africas have the highest prevalence of HCC. The risk factors for developing HCC are well known and include cirrhosis,
Do Young, Kim, Kwang-Hyub, Han
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Detecting geographical clusters of low birth weight and/or preterm birth in Japan

Scientific Reports, 2023
In Japan, mean birth weight has significantly decreased from 3152 g in 1979 to 3018 g in 2010 and the prevalence of preterm birth (PTB) has risen to 5.7% in the last thirty years.
Md. Obaidur Rahman, Daisuke Yoneoka, Yayoi Murano, Takashi Yorifuji, Hiromichi Shoji, Stuart Gilmour, Yoshiko Yamamoto, Erika Ota   +7 more
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Epidemiology: surveillance of fungal infections [PDF]

Medical Mycology, 2000
Surveillance for fungal diseases is essential to improve our understanding of their epidemiology and to enable research and prevention efforts to be prioritized. In order to conduct better surveillance for fungal diseases, it is important to develop more accurate and timely diagnostic tests, to follow rigorous epidemiological methods and to have ...
D, Ellis, D, Marriott, R A, Hajjeh, D, Warnock, W, Meyer, R, Barton   +5 more
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Epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases in France [PDF]

Veterinary Research, 2000
Epidemiological surveillance, namely the continuous monitoring of diseases and health determinants in a population, has developed over the past fifteen years, in the sphere of human health as well as in animal health. All epidemiological surveillance networks include the following four stages: data collection, data transmission, data processing and ...
Dufour, Barbara, La Vieille, Sébastien
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Geographic Distribution and Phylogeny of Soricine Shrew-Borne Seewis Virus and Altai Virus in Russia

Viruses, 2021
The discovery of genetically distinct hantaviruses (family Hantaviridae) in multiple species of shrews, moles and bats has revealed a complex evolutionary history involving cross-species transmission.
Liudmila N. Yashina, Sergey A. Abramov, Alexander V. Zhigalin, Natalia A. Smetannikova, Tamara A. Dupal, Anton V. Krivopalov, Fuka Kikuchi, Kae Senoo, Satoru Arai, Tetsuya Mizutani, Motoi Suzuki, Joseph A. Cook, Richard Yanagihara   +12 more
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