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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+6 more
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Epidemiological surveillance of capybaras and ticks on warning area for Brazilian spotted fever [PDF]
Aim: The vulnerability of tropical developing countries to the emerging disease constitutes a critical phenomenon in which the invasion of wild niches by human hosts, contributes to expansion of zoonotic diseases, such as the Brazilian spotted fever (BSF)
José Brites-Neto+2 more
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Objectives Studies on excess deaths (ED) show that reported deaths from COVID-19 underestimate death. To understand mortality for improved pandemic preparedness, we estimated ED directly and indirectly attributable to COVID-19 and ED by age groups.Design
Ronald L Moolenaar+6 more
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Culture-Independence for Surveillance and Epidemiology [PDF]
Culture-independent methods in microbiology (quantitative PCR (qPCR), sequencing, microarrays, direct from sample matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectroscopy (MALDI-TOF MS), etc.) are disruptive technology. Rather than providing the same results as culture-based methods more quickly, more cheaply or with improved ...
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Epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases in France [PDF]
Epidemiological surveillance, namely the continuous monitoring of diseases and health determinants in a population, has developed over the past fifteen years, in the sphere of human health as well as in animal health. All epidemiological surveillance networks include the following four stages: data collection, data transmission, data processing and ...
Dufour, Barbara, La Vieille, Sébastien
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Refining Epidemiological Forecasts with Simple Scoring Rules [PDF]
Estimates from infectious disease models have constituted a significant part of the scientific evidence used to inform the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. These estimates can vary strikingly in their bias and variability. Epidemiological forecasts should be consistent with the observations that eventually materialise. We use simple scoring
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Evaluation of WGS-subtyping methods for epidemiological surveillance of foodborne salmonellosis
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 ...
M. Mohammed, S. Thapa
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Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation as a proved approach for finding new TB cases, is not fully performed in Kyrgyzstan. In 2018, the country started aligning the National Guidelines for tracking contacts with the WHO recommendations ...
Bakyt Dzhangaziev+8 more
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Objective: To describe the incidence, clinical characteristics and laboratory findings of meningitis and cephalic disorder from 2012 to 2014 at the Mexican Social Security Institute (MSSI).
D.A. Cabrera-Gaytán+5 more
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View of Military Epidemiologists on the Problem of Global Spread of a New Coronavirus Infection
Relevance. Despite the successes achieved in the fight against COVID-19 and the beginning of mass vaccination, the epidemiological situation remains quite tense, especially in foreign countries.
A. A. Kuzin+8 more
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