BMC Public Health, 2022 Background During the COVID-19 pandemic within the United States, much of the responsibility for diagnostic testing and epidemiologic response has relied on the action of county-level departments of public health.
Gunnar Stoddard +13 more
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Incidence and viral aetiologies of acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs) in the United States: a population-based study. [PDF]
, 2016 We conducted prospective, community-wide surveillance for acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs) in Rochester, NY and Marshfield, WI during a 3-month period in winter 2011.
Albertin, C +9 more
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Western Pacific Surveillance and ResponseUtilizing data presented in the article by Miyashita et al., we illustrate the importance of testing data when assessing surveillance data. Accounting for the number of tests (denominator) and positivity (proportion of tests positive for a specific ...
Yuzo Arima +13 more
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The Sentiworld project: global mapping of sentinel surveillance networks in general practice
BMC Primary Care, 2022 Background Sentinel networks composed of general practitioners (GPs) represent a powerful tool for epidemiologic surveillance and ad-hoc studies. Globalization necesitates greater international cooperation among sentinel networks.
Andrew Meci +10 more
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Monkeypox Virus in Wastewater Samples from Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Sewage surveillance provides useful epidemiologic and public health information on viral infections at the population level. We detected monkeypox virus DNA from sewage samples covering 85% of the population in Santiago Metropolitan Region Chile.
Manuel Ampuero +4 more
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Yellow Fever Outbreak in Brazil: A crucial time for epidemiologic surveillance
Revista de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecção, 2019 Brazil lived a crucial time for public health and epidemiologic surveillance on the fight against yellow fever (YF) during 2016/2017, mainly in southeastern states where the greatest population concentration occurs, the most economically developed region
Priscila Carminati Siqueira +5 more
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Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2022 Objective: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first reported in China and subsequently spread worldwide. In Japan, many clusters occurred during the first wave in 2020.
Naoya Sakamoto +10 more
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The Potential Trajectory of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, an Emerging Threat to Health-Care Facilities, and the Impact of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Toolkit. [PDF]
, 2016 Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a group of pathogens resistant to most antibiotics and associated with high mortality, are a rising emerging public health threat.
Bartsch, Sarah M +10 more
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Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. [PDF]
, 2019 Much of the intellectual tradition of modern epidemiology stems from efforts to understand and combat chronic diseases persisting through the 20th century epidemiologic transition of countries such as the United States and United Kingdom.
Lewnard, Joseph A, Reingold, Arthur L
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Detailed evaluation of data analysis tools for subtyping of bacterial isolates based on whole genome sequencing : Neisseria meningitidis as a proof of concept [PDF]
, 2019 Whole genome sequencing is increasingly recognized as the most informative approach for characterization of bacterial isolates. Success of the routine use of this technology in public health laboratories depends on the availability of well-characterized ...
Bertrand, Sophie +5 more
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