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Converting the existing disease surveillance from a paper-based to an electronic-based system using district health information system (DHIS-2) for real-time information: the Lebanese experience

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Introduction The Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon is in the process of converting the surveillance reporting from a cumbersome paper-based system to a web-based electronic platform (DHIS-2) to have real-time information for early detection of alerts ...
Dalal Youssef, Ayat Yaghi, Abbas Jouny, Linda Abou-Abbas, Houssam Chammaa, Nada Ghosn   +5 more
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Emergence of novel combinations of SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain variants in Senegal

Scientific Reports, 2021
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineages that carry mutations in the spike gene are of concern for potential impact to treatment and prevention efforts.
Ambroise D. Ahouidi, Mary A. Rodgers, Abdou Padane, Nafissatou Leye, Ana Olivo, Moustapha Mbow, Aminata Mboup, Papa Alassane Diaw, Aminata Dia, Barbara Harris, Yacine Amet Dia Padane, Gora Lo, Todd V. Meyer, Cyrille K. Diedhiou, Diabou Diagne, Ndeye Coumba Toure Kane, Gavin Cloherty, Souleymane Mboup   +17 more
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Epidemiological surveillance in COVID- 19 pandemic: EPIVIGILA system.

Medwave, 2022
In March 2020, the first version of EPIVIGILA was deployed in a productive environment a few days after the first local case of COVID- 19. This system is a technological integration plat-form for national epidemiological surveillance of notifiable ...
C. Taramasco, C. Rimassa, Johana Acevedo Romo, Adolfo Césped Zavando, Rodrigo Fuentes Bravo   +4 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 ...
R. A. Hajjeh, Deborah Marriott, Richard Barton, David Ellis, Wieland Meyer, David W. Warnock   +5 more
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Communicable Disease Surveillance in Lebanon during the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis, 2013–2019

Epidemiologia, 2023
Lebanon has been one of the most affected countries by the Syrian humanitarian crisis. The national communicable disease surveillance was enhanced to detect outbreaks among Syrians.
Zeina Farah, Majd Saleh, Hala Abou El Naja, Lina Chaito, Nada Ghosn   +4 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.
Kenneth Sands, Richard Platt, Deborah S. Yokoe, Cindy L. Christiansen, Ernest S. Shtatland, James M. Livingston, Ruth Johnson   +6 more
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COVID-19 Burden in Long-Term Care Facilities in the Omicron Era: Public Health Action Not Yet Redundant

Viruses, 2023
Since the beginning of the pandemic, public health authorities have provided support to long-term care facilities (LTCFs) for the implementation of risk mitigation measures. Nevertheless, the necessity of these measures has been doubted, especially after
Dimitra Krystallaki, Christina-Anna Kavakioti, Maria Gkova, Soultana Sypsa, Kyriaki Tryfinopoulou, Aikaterini Gavrili, Aikaterini Dimitriou, Spyridon Sapounas, Dimitrios Paraskevis, Kassiani Mellou   +9 more
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First national point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated in-fections and antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals in the Republic of Moldova

One Health & Risk Management, 2022
Introduction. HAIs present a major public health problem with an impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. The objective of the study was to highlight the problem of HAIs and AM use, identification of risk factors and raising awareness of the ...
Ecaterina BUSUIOC, Natalia CATERINCIUC
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Calculating the serial interval of SARS-CoV-2 in Lebanon using 2020 contact-tracing data

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Introduction The first detected case in Lebanon on 21 February 2020 engendered implementation of a nationwide lockdown alongside timely contact-tracing and testing.
Nadine Haddad, Hannah Eleanor Clapham, Hala Abou Naja, Majd Saleh, Zeina Farah, Nada Ghosn, Pamela Mrad, Natasha Howard   +7 more
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A View on 20 Years of Antimicrobial Resistance in Japan by Two National Surveillance Systems: The National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases and Japan Nosocomial Infections Surveillance

Antibiotics, 2021
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) of Japan has conducted two national surveillance systems for approximately 20 years to monitor antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria: the National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases (
Satowa Suzuki
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