Effect of internationally imported cases on internal spread of COVID-19: a mathematical modelling study. [PDF]
Lancet Public Health, 2021 Background Countries have restricted international arrivals to delay the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). These measures carry a high economic and social cost, and might have little effect on COVID-19 epidemics if ...
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Incidence and Predictors of Imported Cases of COVID-19 in Burkina Faso [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundTo limit the spread of COVID-19 due to imported cases, Burkina Faso has set up quarantine measures for arriving passengers. We aimed to determine the incidence and predictors of imported cases of COVID-19 in Burkina Faso.MethodsA prospective ...
Mikaila Kaboré +20 more
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Analysis of Imported Cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan: A Nationwide Study. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 In the early stages of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, containment of disease importation from epidemic areas was essential for outbreak control.
Liu JY, Chen TJ, Hwang SJ.
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Transmissibility of coronavirus disease 2019 in Chinese cities with different dynamics of imported cases. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background Monitoring the reproduction number (Rt) of the disease could help determine whether there is sustained transmission in a population, but areas with similar epidemic trends could have different transmission dynamics given the risk from imported
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Strongyloidiasis in Southern Alicante (Spain): Comparative Retrospective Study of Autochthonous and Imported Cases. [PDF]
Pathogens, 2020 Background: Strongyloidiasis is a parasitic disease with global prevalence. In Spain, autochthonous cases are concentrated in the Mediterranean basin. We aimed to analyze clinical and epidemiological characteristics of Strongyloides stercoralis infection
Lucas Dato A +11 more
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The changing landscape of nontyphoidal salmonellosis: epidemiological patterns, imported cases and serovar distribution in Germany from 2012 to 2023 [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesIntroduction Nontyphoidal Salmonella is a zoonotic foodborne pathogen that represents a global public health issue. In the European Union and Economic Area, about 66,000 cases of reported nonthyphoidal salmonellosis occurred in 2022, with about 9,100 ...
Simon Brinkwirth +3 more
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medRxiv, 2020 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, has rapidly spread throughout China, but the clinical characteristics of Tibetan patients living in the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau are unknown. We aimed to investigate the epidemiological, clinical,
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Chikungunya in Zhejiang Province, Southeast China
Infectious Medicine, 2023 Background: Chikungunya is emerging and reemerging word-widely in the past decades. It is non-endemic in Zhejiang Province, Southeast China. Aedes albopictus, one of major vectors of chikungunya, is widely-distribution in Zhejiang, and autochthonous ...
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A case of co-infection with malaria and chikungunya in a returning traveler from Nigeria
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2021 Due to globalization, physicians have to be prepared with knowledge and understanding of cases and diseases from all over the world. Vector-borne diseases are a particular group of diseases for which the clinician should be prepared, especially in the ...
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background In March 2020, the WHO declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. While great success in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) control has been achieved in China, imported cases have become a major challenge.
Li Li +5 more
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