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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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Schools as a Framework for COVID-19 Epidemiological Surveillance of Children in Catalonia, Spain: A Population-Based Study

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Objective: We describe and analyze the childhood (
A. Perramon, A. Soriano-Arandes, David Pino, Uxue Lazcano, C. Andrés, M. Català, A. Gatell, M. Carulla, D. Canadell, Gemma Ricós, M. T. Riera-Bosch, Silvia Burgaya, O. Salvadó, Javier Cantero, M. Vilà, M. Poblet, A. Sánchez, A. M. Ristol, Pepe Serrano, A. Antón, C. Prats, P. Soler-Palacín   +21 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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International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS))

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020
Injury and illness surveillance, and epidemiological studies, are fundamental elements of concerted efforts to protect the health of the athlete. To encourage consistency in the definitions and methodology used, and to enable data across studies to be ...
R. Bahr, B. Clarsen, W. Derman, J. Dvořák, C. Emery, C. Finch, M. Hägglund, A. Junge, S. Kemp, K. Khan, S. Marshall, W. Meeuwisse, M. Mountjoy, J. Orchard, B. Pluim, K. Quarrie, B. Reider, M. Schwellnus, T. Soligard, K. Stokes, T. Timpka, E. Verhagen, Abhinav Bindra, R. Budgett, L. Engebretsen, U. Erdener, K. Chamari   +26 more
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Impact of Wearing Masks, Hand Hygiene, and Social Distancing on Influenza, Enterovirus, and All-Cause Pneumonia During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Retrospective National Epidemiological Surveillance Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is an important health crisis worldwide. Several strategies were implemented to combat COVID-19, including wearing masks, hand hygiene, and social distancing.
N. Chiu, H. Chi, Yu-Lin Tai, C. Peng, C. Tseng, Chung-Chu Chen, B. Tan, Chien-Yu Lin   +7 more
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Behavioral and sociodemographic predictors of anxiety and depression in patients under epidemiological surveillance for COVID-19 in Ecuador

PLoS ONE, 2020
Ecuador has been one of the most affected countries by the Corona Virus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic, by April 2020 this country presented the highest rates of mortality in Latin America.
C. Paz, Guido Mascialino, Lila Adana-Díaz, A. Rodríguez-Lorenzana, Katherine Simbaña-Rivera, Lenin Gómez-Barreno, M. Troya, María Ignacia Paez, Javier Cárdenas, R. Gerstner, Esteban Ortiz-Prado   +10 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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Population-based study of influenza and invasive meningococcal disease among Greek children during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2022
Background Aiming to the containment of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, governments worldwide have implemented a series of non-pharmaceutical interventions.
Theoklis Zaoutis, Vassiliki Papaevangelou, Danai Ktena, Eleni Kourkouni, Flora Kontopidou, Kassiani Gkolfinopoulou, Kalliopi Papadima, Theano Georgakopoulou, Ioanna Magaziotou, Anastasia Andreopoulou, Georgina Tzanakaki   +10 more
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Universal whole-sequence-based plasmid typing and its utility to prediction of host range and epidemiological surveillance

Microbial Genomics, 2020
Bacterial plasmids play a large role in allowing bacteria to adapt to changing environments and can pose a significant risk to human health if they confer virulence and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
James Robertson, K. Bessonov, J. Schonfeld, John H. E. Nash   +3 more
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Epidemiologic Surveillance In Developing Countries [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 1991
developed countries in many ways. Most people are poorer, less educated, more likely to die at a young age, and less knowledgeable about factors that cause, prevent, or cure disease. Biological and physical hazards are more common, which results in greater incidence, disability, and death. Although disease is common, both the people and government have
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