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[Measles Outbreak]

open access: yesRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina), 2018
El sarampión es una enfermedad viral, aguda, grave, transmisible y de alta contagiosidad; tiene distribución universal, con variación estacional, y su comportamiento depende de la relación entre la inmunidad y la susceptibilidad de la población, así como de la circulación del virus.
openaire   +2 more sources

Association between SARS-CoV-2 gene specific Ct values and COVID-19 associated in-hospital mortality

open access: yesFrontiers in Epidemiology
BackgroundSince there are currently no specific SARS-CoV-2 prognostic viral biomarkers for predicting disease severity, there has been interest in using SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) cycle-threshold (Ct) values to predict disease progression.
Mpho L. Sikhosana   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shadows of the SIS immortality transition in small networks

open access: yes, 2015
Much of the research on the behavior of the SIS model on networks has concerned the infinite size limit; in particular the phase transition between a state where outbreaks can reach a finite fraction of the population, and a state where only a finite ...
Holme, Petter
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Migration and Dispersion Evolution of Exhaled Aerosol in a Ward Under Different Ventilation Modes

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wards with special functions and closure will have a higher risk of viral transmission as aerosols are an important mode of transmission for the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus. In this study, an experimental platform was built to establish the relevant parameters of the aerosol model and the aerosol propagation model according to the experimental results ...
Jingzhi Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Suggestions of management on emergency responses to epidemic outbreaks in outpatient or emergency departments of tertiary teaching hospitals

open access: yesJournal of Intensive Medicine, 2022
Ming Wu   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

A content analysis of government-issued social media posts during multi-jurisdictional enteric illness outbreaks in Canada

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication
IntroductionMost Canadians use at least one social media platform regularly, making social media a potentially effective tool for reaching broad audiences.
Vayshali Patel   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population sensitivity of acute flaccid paralysis and environmental surveillance for serotype 1 poliovirus in Pakistan: an observational study

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background To support poliomyelitis eradication in Pakistan, environmental surveillance (ES) of wastewater has been expanded alongside surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP).
Kathleen M. O’Reilly   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling Super-spreading Events for Infectious Diseases: Case Study SARS

open access: yes, 2010
Super-spreading events for infectious diseases occur when some infected individuals infect more than the average number of secondary cases. Several super-spreading individuals have been identified for the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory ...
Mkhatshwa, Thembinkosi, Mummert, Anna
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Pandemic Flu and the Potential for U.S. Economic Recession: A State-by-State Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Considers how a severe health pandemic outbreak could impact the United States economy and delineates the potential financial loss each state could ...
Jeffrey Levi   +2 more
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