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Evaluation of the reinforced integrated disease surveillance and response strategy using short message service data transmission in two southern regions of Madagascar, 2014–15

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background The Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy was introduced in Madagascar in 2007. Information was collected by Healthcare structures (HS) on paper forms and transferred to the central level by post or email.
Rado Randriamiarana, Grégoire Raminosoa, Nikaria Vonjitsara, Rivo Randrianasolo, Harena Rasamoelina, Harimahefa Razafimandimby, Arthur Lamina Rakotonjanabelo, Richard Lepec, Loïc Flachet, Ariane Halm   +9 more
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Regional Initiatives in Support of Surveillance in East Africa: The East Africa Integrated Disease Surveillance Network (EAIDSNet) Experience. [PDF]

, 2013
The East African Integrated Disease Surveillance Network (EAIDSNet) was formed in response to a growing frequency of cross-border malaria outbreaks in the 1990s and a growing recognition that fragmented disease interventions, coupled with weak laboratory
Schneidman, Miriam, Ramana N. V. Gandham, Miriam Schneidman, Stanley Sonoiya, Ope, Maurice, Gandham, Ramana N V, Sonoiya, Stanley, James Kariuki, Mwihaki Kimura, Kariuki, James, Maurice Ope, Kimura, Mwihaki, Mboera, Leonard E G, Leonard E. G. Mboera   +13 more
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Sero-Epidemiological Study of Varicella in the Italian General Population [PDF]

, 2023
The aim of this study was to analyze the seroprevalence of varicella in Italy and to evaluate the impact of varicella vaccination, which has been mandatory for newborns since 2017.
null, null, Tiziana Grassi, Matilde Ogliastro, Tramuto, Fabio, Paolo Castiglia, Marta Savio, Gabutti, Giovanni, Sero-Epidemiological Study Group Sero-Epidemiological Study Group, Castiglia, Paolo, Maria Cristina Rota, Sero-Epidemiological Study Group, Baldovin, Tatjana, Castiglia P, Grassi, Tiziana, Trombetta, Claudia Maria, Bagordo, Francesco, Rota, Maria Cristina, Fabio Tramuto, Francesco Napolitano, Savio, Marta, Claudia Maria Trombetta, Tatjana Baldovin, Alessandra Panico, Giovanni Gabutti, Francesco Bagordo, Sero-Epidemiological Study Group, null, Ditommaso, Savina, baldovin, tatiana, Panico, Alessandra, Savina Ditommaso, Ogliastro, Matilde, Napolitano, Francesco   +31 more
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Toward the effective surveillance of hypospadias [PDF]

, 2004
Concern about apparent increases in the prevalence of hypospadias--a congenital male reproductive-tract abnormality--in the 1960s to 1980s and the possible connection to increasing exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals have underlined the ...
John E S Scott, Addor, Marie-Claude, Calzolari, Elisa, Addor, M.C., Nigel Physick, Botting, B., Loane, M, Scott, JES, Ester Garne, Elisa Calzolari, Physick, N., Stone, D, Romano Tenconi, Stone, David, Bev Botting, Dolk, H, Pierini, A, Marie-Claude Addor, Dolk, H., Pierini, Anna, Helen Dolk, Martine Vrijheid, Addor, MC, Maria Loane, Calzolari, E., Scott, J.E., Tenconi, R, Awi Wiesel, Hermien de Walle, David Stone, Garcia-Minaur, S, Physick, N, Physick, Nigel, Catherine de Vigan, Scott, John ES, de Vigan, Catherine, Garne, E., Garcia-Minaur, S., Loane, M., Pierini, A., Vrijheid, M., de Walle, H., Stone, D., Vrijheid, M, Tenconi, Romano, De, WH, Botting, Bev, Tenconi, R., Vrijheid, Martine, Wiesel, A, de Walle, Hermien, Anna Pierini, Garcia-Minaur, Sixto, Calzolari, E, Dolk, Helen, Garne, Ester, Wiesel, A., Wiesel, Awi, de, VC, de Vigan, C, de Vigan, C., de Walle, H, Garne, E, Botting, B, Sixto Garcia-Minaur, Loane, Maria   +65 more
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The burden of injury in Brazil, 2003

São Paulo Medical Journal
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Since 1980, injuries have been the second biggest cause of death among the Brazilian population. This study aimed to analyze national data on fatal injuries and nonfatal injury hospitalization in Brazil, for 2003.
Vilma Pinheiro Gawryszewski, Eugênia Maria Silveira Rodrigues   +1 more
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View of Military Epidemiologists on the Problem of Global Spread of a New Coronavirus Infection

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2021
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, E. V. Lantsov, A. P. Yumanov, A. S. Kucherov, S. V. Artebyakin, D. A. Zharkov, P. V. Kulikov, I. O. Volinkov, D. Yu. Pishugin   +8 more
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Increased Risk of Sarcomas in Children With Congenital Anomalies: Findings From the Genetic Overlap Between Anomalies and Cancer in Kids (GOBACK) Registry Linkage Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that contribute disproportionately to cancer mortality in children. Although congenital anomalies are among the strongest known risk factors for childhood cancer, the risk of specific sarcoma subtypes among affected individuals has not yet been thoroughly evaluated. Procedure We
Russ Wolters, Ji Yun Tark, Tiffany M. Chambers, Tania A. Desrosiers, Michael E. Scheurer, Charles Shumate, Wendy N. Nembhard, Mahsa M. Yazdy, Eirini Nestoridi, Amanda E. Janitz, Jean Paul Tanner, Russell S. Kirby, Jason L. Salemi, Yao Yu, Chad D. Huff, Sharon E. Plon, Philip J. Lupo, Jeremy M. Schraw   +17 more
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Culture-Independence for Surveillance and Epidemiology [PDF]

Pathogens, 2013
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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Clinical performance of the urine‐based TERT promoter AbsoluteQ Digital PCR for non‐invasive detection of bladder cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
A urine‐based digital PCR assay targeting two hotspot TERT promoter variants detected bladder cancer with high sensitivity and no false positives in this case–control cohort. The streamlined AbsoluteQ workflow outperformed Sanger sequencing and supports non‐invasive molecular testing for bladder cancer detection.
Anna Nykel, Izabela Kubiak, Lena Rutkowska, Żaneta Kasprzyk, Łukasz Kępczyński, Michał Bednarek, Dariusz Sobieraj, Jacek Wilkosz, Piotr Kania, Adam Jędrzejczyk, Bogdan Kałużewski, Agnieszka Gach, Tadeusz Kałużewski   +12 more
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Molecular characterization of covRS mutations in M1UK Streptococcus pyogenes

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) acquires covRS mutations driving a hypervirulent bacterial state, frequently associated with invasive disease‐like necrotizing fasciitis. We demonstrate that the newly emerged M1UK GAS lineage can also acquire these mutations.
Jarrad Pritchard, Emma‐Jayne Proctor, Jiawa Wang, Nikolas P. Johnston, Andrew Hayes, Georgia McCorkell, Haibo Yu, Jai Tree, Mark R. Davies, Mark J. Walker, Ronald Sluyter, Stephan Brouwer, Martina L. Sanderson‐Smith   +12 more
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