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Characteristics of Seasonal Influenza Virus Activity in a Subtropical City in China, 2013–2019

Vaccines, 2020
Background: To optimize seasonal influenza vaccination programs in regions with potentially complicated seasonal patterns, the epidemiological characteristics of seasonal influenza activity in a subtropical city of China were explored.
Aiqin Zhu, Jianhua Liu, Chuchu Ye, Jianxing Yu, Zhibing Peng, Luzhao Feng, Liping Wang, Ying Qin, Yaming Zheng, Zhongjie Li   +9 more
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Trends in CD4+ Cell Counts, Viral Load, Treatment, Testing History, and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Newly Diagnosed HIV Patients in Osaka, Japan, From 2003 through 2017: A Descriptive Study

Journal of Epidemiology, 2023
Background: The CD4 cell count of patients during diagnosis and distribution of CD4 cell counts in the patient population are important to understand infection-diagnosis interval and incidence rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection ...
Fumiko Kagiura, Ryota Matsuyama, Dai Watanabe, Yuuki Tsuchihashi, Kazuhiko Kanou, Takuri Takahashi, Yusuke Matsui, Masayuki Kakehashi, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Takuma Shirasaka   +9 more
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Epidemiological and etiological characteristics of mild hand, foot and mouth disease in children under 7 years old, Nanjing, China, 2010–2019

Archives of Public Health, 2022
Background Mild hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases make up a relatively high proportion of HFMD while have often been overlooked. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological and etiological characteristics of mild HFMD in Nanjing.
Junjun Wang, Songning Ding, Weijia Xie, Taiwu Wang, Ying Qin, Jiandong Zheng, Xiaokun Yang, Hongting Zhao, Zhibin Peng, Tao Ma   +9 more
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Wastewater Surveillance for Infectious Disease: A Systematic Review [PDF]

American Journal of Epidemiology, 2021
Abstract Wastewater surveillance for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been shown to be a valuable source of information regarding SARS-CoV-2 transmission and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. Although the method has been used for several decades to track other infectious diseases, there has not
Pruthvi Kilaru, Dustin Hill, Kathryn Anderson, Mary B. Collins, Hyatt Green, Brittany L. Kmush, David A. Larsen   +6 more
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Ebola virus disease surveillance and response preparedness in northern Ghana [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak has been described as unprecedented in terms of morbidity, mortality, and geographical extension. It also revealed many weaknesses and inadequacies for disease surveillance and response systems in
Martin N. Adokiya, John K. Awoonor-Williams, Adokiya, Martin N., Awoonor-Williams, John K.   +3 more
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Molecular epidemiology of respiratory viruses in virus-induced asthma

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2013
Acute respiratory illness (ARI) due to various viruses is not only the most common cause of upper respiratory infection in humans but is also a major cause of morbidity and mortality, leading to diseases such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia.
Hiroyuki eTsukagoshi, Taisei eIshioka, NODA eMasahiro, Kunihisa eKozawa, Hirokazu eKimura   +4 more
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Infectious Disease Surveillance [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
This book devotes chapters to the usual infectious disease suspects and surveillance concepts and systems. I will not go into details of its contents and glowing attributes; the publisher (www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=9781405142663) and reviewers (1,2) have done a good job on this.
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Statistical approaches to the surveillance of infectious diseases for veterinary public health [PDF]

, 2007
This technical report covers the aspect of using statistical methodology for the monitoring of routinely collected surveillance data in veterinary public health.
Höhle, Michael, Held, Leonhard, Paul, Michaela   +2 more
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Responding to the syphilis outbreak in Japan: piloting a questionnaire to evaluate potential risk factors for incident syphilis infection among men who have sex with men in Tokyo, Japan, 2015

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2016
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Masahiro Ishikane, Yuzo Arima, Ichiro Itoda, Takuri Takahashi, Takuya Yamagishi, Tamano Matsui, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Kazunori Oishi, Makoto Ohnishi   +8 more
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Transmission dynamics and control measures of COVID-19 outbreak in China: a modelling study

Scientific Reports, 2021
COVID-19 is reported to have been brought under control in China. To understand the COVID-19 outbreak in China and provide potential lessons for other parts of the world, in this study we apply a mathematical model with multiple datasets to estimate the ...
Xu-Sheng Zhang, Emilia Vynnycky, Andre Charlett, Daniela De Angelis, Zhengji Chen, Wei Liu   +5 more
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