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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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Evaluation of WGS-subtyping methods for epidemiological surveillance of foodborne salmonellosis [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Salmonellosis is one of the most common foodborne diseases worldwide. Although human infection by non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) enterica subspecies enterica is associated primarily with a self-limiting diarrhoeal illness, invasive bacterial ...
Mohammed, M., Mohammed, M., Thapa, S., Thapa, S.   +3 more
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The Infectious Disease Ontology in the Age of COVID-19 [PDF]

, 2021
The Infectious Disease Ontology (IDO) is a suite of interoperable ontology modules that aims to provide coverage of all aspects of the infectious disease domain, including biomedical research, clinical care, and public health.
Babcock, Shane, Beverley, John, Cowell, Lindsay G., Smith, Barry   +3 more
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Epidemiological characteristics of influenza-like illness outbreaks in long-term care facilities of the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2021
Long-term care facilities for older adults present a high risk of outbreaks since they concentrate often more frail and vulnerable individuals. OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiological characteristics of influenza-like illness outbreaks and cases among
Pamella Cristina de Carvalho Lucas, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, Eliana Tiemi Masuda, Camila Martins Trevisan, Raquel Gardini Sanches Palasio, Patrícia Marques Ferreira, Ana Lucia Frugis Yu, Telma Regina Marques Pinto Carvalhanas   +7 more
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‘Next-Generation’ surveillance: an epidemiologists’ perspective on the use of molecular information in food safety and animal health decision-making [PDF]

, 2015
Advances in the availability and affordability of molecular and genomic data are transforming human health care. Surveillance aimed at supporting and improving food safety and animal health is likely to undergo a similar transformation.
Dufour, S., Muellner, P., Stärk, K.D.C., Zadoks, R.N.   +3 more
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West Nile virus transmission. results from the integrated surveillance system in Italy, 2008 to 2015 [PDF]

, 2016
IIn Italy a national Plan for the surveillance of imported and autochthonous human vector-borne diseases (chikungunya, dengue, Zika virus disease and West Nile virus (WNV) disease) that integrates human and veterinary (animals and vectors) surveillance ...
Angelini, P., Baldanti, Fausto, Bedeschi, Emanuela, Bella, A., Bellini, R., Benedetti, Eleonora, Boccolini, Daniela, Busani, Luca, Cagarelli, R., Calistri, P., Cenci, Corrado, Chiari, M., Costa, Nanni, Declich, Silvia, di Luca, Marco, Dottori, Michele, Faccin, Francesca, Farioli, Marco, Fiorentini, Cristiano, Fortuna, Claudia, Gismondo, Mariarita, Gramegna, Maria, Gualanduzzi, Claudio, Landini, Maria Paola, Lavazza, A., Lelli, Davide, Liumbruno, Giancarlo Maria, Lombardini, Annalisa, Lombardini, L., Maraglino, Francesco, Mattivi, Andrea, Monaco, F., Napoli, Christian, Natalini, Silvano, Palú, G., Parodi, Patrizia, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Piatti, A., Prosperi, Alice, Pupella, S., Remoli, Maria Elena, Rezza, Gianni, Rizzo, Caterina, Romi, Roberto, Rossi, Davide, Rovida, Francesca, Russo, F., Severini, Francesco, Squintani, Gabriele, Tamba, M., Toma, Luciano, Venturi, G., Zanchetta, Nadia, Zanella, Francesca   +53 more
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COMPUTATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY: BAYESIAN DISEASE SURVEILLANCE [PDF]

Advances in Bioinformatics and Its Applications, 2005
Disease monitoring plays a crucial role in the implementation of public health measures. The demographic profiles of the people and the disease prevalence in a geographic region are analyzed for inter-causal relationships. Bayesian analysis of the data identifies the pertinent characteristics of the disease under study.
ABBAS, KAJA, MIKLER, ARMIN R, RAMEZANI, AMIR, MENEZES, SHEENA   +3 more
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Surveillance strategies for Classical Swine Fever in wild boar – a comprehensive evaluation study to ensure powerful surveillance [PDF]

, 2017
Surveillance of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) should not only focus on livestock, but must also include wild boar. To prevent disease transmission into commercial pig herds, it is therefore vital to have knowledge about the disease status in wild boar.
A Catley, A Laddomada, AR Cameron, B Oidtmann, B Rechel, C Calba, C Calba, C Ebert, DU Pfeiffer, E Viennet, G Zanardi, J Hone, JA Drewe, JB Meynard, K Pearson, K Schulz, KDC Stärk, LHygienischeProbleme Briedermann, LJ Hoinville, M Artois, P Presi, R Chambers, RJ Mitchell, RM Cannon, S Blome, S Edwards, S Rossi, S von Rueden, V Kaden   +28 more
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Phased repatriation of Lebanese expatriates stranded abroad during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Archives of Public Health, 2021
Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic represents a serious worldwide threat. Stranded Lebanese citizens abroad appealed to the Lebanese government to embark on citizen repatriation missions.
Dalal Youssef, Atika Berry, Nada Ghosn, Mahmoud Zalzali, Riad Fadlallah, Linda Abou-Abbas, Hamad Hassan   +6 more
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Malaria genotyping for epidemiologic surveillance [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 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.
Bryan, Greenhouse, David L, Smith
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