Revista Internacional de Investigación en Adicciones, 2015 Introduction: the Epidemiological Information System on Drug Abuse of Centros de Integración Juvenil, integrates data from all the treatment seekers in 116 units from the national network. Objective: this work aims to compare sociodemographic and drug
David Bruno Díaz-Negrete +3 more
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Final report for Project no. 1904. Prevention of selected diseases and parasites in organic pig hreds - by means of HACCP based management and surveillance programme (CorePig) [PDF]
, 2011 The project partners comprised about 20 researchers from 9 research institutes in eight countries (DK, DE, SE, UK, CH, IT, AU and FR). The project is composed of three work packages: WP1 „Coordination of the project, dissemination and Knowledge ...
Rousing, Tine
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Changes in epidemiological patterns of sea lice infestation on farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in Scotland between 1996 and 2006 [PDF]
, 2008 Analyses of a unique database containing sea lice records over an 11 year period provide evidence of changing infestation patterns in Scotland. The data, collected from more than 50 commercial Atlantic salmon farms, indicate that both species of sea lice
Bron J.E. +13 more
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Event-based surveillance in middle- and low-income countries: An evidence map
MedwaveEvent-based surveillance is an important strategy for the early detection of outbreaks of all types of diseases, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
Aida Nataly Hualpa +2 more
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The development of social class sensitive proxies for infant mortality at the PCT level: An appraisal of candiate indicators for the commission for health improvement [PDF]
, 2003 The main aim of the work is to identify social class-sensitive proxies for infant mortality at Primary Care Trust level that could be used in the CHI performance ratings process for PCTs in 2003 ...
Aspinall, Peter J., Jacobson, Bobbie
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Monitoring response to hepatitis B and C in EU/EEA: testing policies, availability of data on care cascade and chronic viral hepatitis-related mortality – results from two surveys (2016) [PDF]
, 2018 Objectives: The World Health Organization (WHO) developed a European Regional Action Plan (EAP) to fast-track action towards the goal of eliminating viral hepatitis. Robust monitoring is essential to assess national programme performance.
De Brujin +11 more
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Monitoring Genetic Population Biomarkers for Wastewater-Based Epidemiology [PDF]
Analytical Chemistry, 2017 We report a rapid "sample-to-answer" platform that can be used for the quantitative monitoring of genetic biomarkers within communities through the analysis of wastewater. The assay is based on the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) of nucleic acid biomarkers and shows for the first time the ability to rapidly quantify human-specific ...
Yang, Zhugen +4 more
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Modelling distributed lag effects in mortality and air pollution studies: the case of Santiago [PDF]
, 2001 Most of the epidemiological literature on air pollution and mortality deals only with single or dual pollutant models whose results are hard to interpret and of questionable value from the policy perspective.
Cifuentes, L., Maddison, D.
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From eggs to bites: do ovitrap data provide reliable estimates of Aedes albopictus biting females? [PDF]
, 2017 Background. Aedes albopictus is an aggressive invasive mosquito species that represents a serious health concern not only in tropical areas, but also in temperate regions due to its role as vector of arboviruses.
Caputo, Beniamino +3 more
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Microbiology SpectrumWe investigated whether the introduction of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to replace culture as the primary diagnostic method for Campylobacter species in the Danish Departments of Clinical Microbiology (DCMs) was associated with a systematic change in
Guido Benedetti +8 more
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