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Narrative synthesis of psychological and coping responses towards emerging infectious disease outbreaks in the general population: practical considerations for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Singapore medical journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION Emerging infectious disease outbreaks, such as the present coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, often have a psychological impact on the well-being of the general population, including survivors and caregivers.
Q. Chew, K. Wei, S. Vasoo, H. Chua, K. Sim   +4 more
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An Seir Infectious Disease Model with Testing and Conditional Quarantine

Social Science Research Network, 2020
We extend the baseline Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered (SEIR) infectious disease epidemiology model to understand the role of testing and case-dependent quarantine. Our model nests the SEIR model.
David W. Berger, Kyle F. Herkenhoff, S. Mongey   +2 more
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Trends in recent waterborne and foodborne disease outbreaks in South Korea, 2015–2019 [PDF]

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 2021
Objectives This study analyzed trends in foodborne and waterborne diseases in South Korea between 2015 and 2019. Methods The data consisted of information on outbreaks of waterborne and foodborne infectious diseases reported through the Korea Centers for
Sang Hyuk Lee, Jae-Won Yun, Ji Hee Lee, Yeon Haw Jung, Dong Han Lee   +4 more
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Extended urbanisation and the spatialities of infectious disease: Demographic change, infrastructure and governance

Urban studies, 2020
This paper argues that contemporary processes of extended urbanisation, which include suburbanisation, post-suburbanisation and peri-urbanisation, may result in increased vulnerability to infectious disease spread. Through a review of existing literature
Creighton Connolly
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease

Definitions, 2020
Description: NIAID research strives to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent the myriad infectious ...
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Estimate of Burden and Direct Healthcare Cost of Infectious Waterborne Disease in the United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
Provision of safe drinking water in the United States is a great public health achievement. However, new waterborne disease challenges have emerged (e.g., aging infrastructure, chlorine-tolerant and biofilm-related pathogens, increased recreational water
S. Collier, Li Deng, E. Adam, K. Benedict, Elizabeth Beshearse, Anna J. Blackstock, Beau B. Bruce, Gordana Derado, C. Edens, K. Fullerton, Julia W. Gargano, Aimee L. Geissler, A. Hall, A. Havelaar, V. Hill, R. Hoekstra, Sujan C. Reddy, E. Scallan, Erin K. Stokes, J. Yoder, M. Beach   +20 more
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Host genetics and infectious disease: new tools, insights and translational opportunities

Nature reviews genetics, 2020
Understanding how human genetics influence infectious disease susceptibility offers the opportunity for new insights into pathogenesis, potential drug targets, risk stratification, response to therapy and vaccination.
A. Kwok, A. Mentzer, J. Knight
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Psychological impact of infectious disease outbreaks on pregnant women: rapid evidence review

Public Health, 2020
Objectives Infectious disease outbreaks can be distressing for everyone, especially those deemed to be particularly vulnerable such as pregnant women, who have been named a high-risk group in the current COVID-19 ...
S. Brooks, D. Weston, N. Greenberg
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Household structure and infectious disease transmission [PDF]

, 2008
One of the central tenets of modern infectious disease epidemiology is that an understanding of heterogeneities, both in host demography and transmission, allows control to be efficiently optimized.
House, Thomas A., Keeling, Matthew James
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Modeling infectious disease dynamics

Science, 2020
The spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has predictable features The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has offered the world a crash course in modern epidemiology, starting with lessons in case detection and ...
S. Cobey
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