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Epidemiology and control measures of an outbreak of neonatal echovirus 11 infections in Guangdong, China: A retrospective analysis

open access: yesBiosafety and Health, 2023
The objective of this study was to investigate the outbreak of echovirus 11 (ECHO 11) infection in newborns at a hospital in Guangdong Province, China, and to study the effectiveness of prevention and control measures to infer the epidemiological ...
Chunxiao Fang   +4 more
doaj  

Correlation between COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates in Japan and local population density, temperature and absolute humidity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This study analyzed the morbidity and mortality rates of the COVID-19 pandemic in different prefectures of Japan. Under the constraint that daily maximum confirmed deaths and daily maximum cases should exceed 4 and 10, respectively, 14 prefectures were included, and cofactors affecting the morbidity and mortality rates were evaluated.
arxiv   +1 more source

Epidemiology and infection - going electronic after 100 years [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Epidemiology and Infection became 100 years old in 2001. Its powers and influence however do not appear to have diminished, and, as the Senior Editor appointed in its 101st year, I am greatly honoured to be so closely associated with it.
Noah, N
core   +1 more source

Close encounters in a pediatric ward: measuring face-to-face proximity and mixing patterns with wearable sensors [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE 6(2): e17144 (2011), 2011
Nosocomial infections place a substantial burden on health care systems and represent a major issue in current public health, requiring notable efforts for its prevention. Understanding the dynamics of infection transmission in a hospital setting is essential for tailoring interventions and predicting the spread among individuals.
arxiv   +1 more source

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales colonization and subsequent infection in a neonatal intensive care unit in Shanghai, China

open access: yesInfection Prevention in Practice, 2021
SUMMARY: Background: Colonization has been reported to play an important role in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) infection; however, the extent to which carriers develop clinical CRE infection and related risk factors in neonatal intensive ...
L. Yin   +8 more
doaj  

Nosocomial hepatitis C virus infection in a renal transplantation center [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Nosocomial hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections were recorded in the renal transplantation unit of the university hospital. There were cases of acute HCV infection with aggressive clinical courses diagnosed from a positive HCV RNA test in the early post ...
A. Baßçi   +19 more
core   +2 more sources

Comparing inhaled colistin with inhaled fosfomycin/tobramycin as an adjunctive treatment for ventilator‐associated pneumonia: An open‐label randomized controlled trial

open access: yesThe Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2023
Purpose Although investigations are limited, adjunctive aerosolized antibiotics have been advised in the setting of gram‐negative ventilator‐associated pneumonia (VAP).
Atousa Hakamifard   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study on biofilm formation ability of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in surveillance of nosocomial infection (多重耐药鲍曼不动杆菌生物被膜形成能力在医院感染监测中的研究)

open access: yes中西医结合护理, 2022
Objective To explore the appearance of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in clinical infection cases in the hospital from 2018 to 2010 and its biofilm formation ability, providing a theoretical research basis for in-depth understanding of ...
LI Kaixuan (李凯旋)   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Results from the Scottish national HAI prevalence survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A national point prevalence survey was undertaken over the period of one calendar year in Scotland from October 2005 to October 2006. The prevalence of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) was 9.5% in acute hospitals and 7.3% in non-acute hospitals. The
Allardice, G.M.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Contesting the crisis narrative: epidemic accounts in Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesDisasters, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 78-98, January 2023., 2023
Scientists and global commentators watched African countries closely in the early months of the COVID‐19 pandemic, predicting an impending disaster: the virus was projected to overwhelm already weak health systems. These expectations were informed by imaginaries of Africa as an inevitable site of epidemic disaster.
Shelley Lees, Luisa Enria, Myfanwy James
wiley   +1 more source

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