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Influenza outbreaks [PDF]

Cellular Microbiology, 2009
Influenza is a virus that causes considerable morbidity and mortality in human populations every year. This fact, coupled with its perceived pandemic potential, means that influenza features prominently in both scientific literature and the media.
Wikramaratna, P, Gupta, S
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Rifampicin resistance in tuberculosis outbreak, London, England [PDF]

, 2005
Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates cultured from 6 patients associated with an isoniazid-resistant M. tuberculosis outbreak acquired rifampicin resistance. The rpoB gene sequence showed that resistance was associated with rare mutations in each isolate.
Shorten, R J, McHugh, TD, Claxton, A P, Claxton, AP, Mary Jo Knobloch, Gillespie, S H, Claire Jenkins, Stephen H. Gillespie, Shorten, RJ, McHugh, T D, Edward A. Belongia, Richard E. Besser, Timothy D. McHugh, Robert J. Shorten, Burney A. Kieke, Carolyn Janette, Gillespie, SH, Jeffrey P. Davis, Jenkins, C, Alleyna P. Claxton   +19 more
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Candidates for chemosensory genes identified in the Chinese citrus fly, Bactrocera minax, through a transcriptomic analysis

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background The males of many Bactrocera species (Diptera: Tephritidae) respond strongly to plant-derived chemicals (male lures) and can be divided into cue lure/raspberry ketone (CL/RK) responders, methyl eugenol (ME) responders and non-responders ...
Zhongzhen Wu, Cong Kang, Mengqiu Qu, Junlong Chen, Mingshun Chen, Shuying Bin, Jintian Lin   +6 more
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Legionnaires' disease: when an 'outbreak' is not an outbreak

Weekly releases (1997–2007), 2006
During August 2006, there was a large increase in non-travel related legionella cases throughout England and in the ...
A J, Pereira, J, Broadbent, H, Mahgoub, O, Morgan, S, Bracebridge, M, Reacher, S, Ibbotson, J V, Lee, T G, Harrison, P, Nair   +9 more
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Genomic epidemiology of a protracted hospital outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Birmingham, England [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii commonly causes hospital outbreaks. However, within an outbreak, it can be difficult to identify the routes of cross-infection rapidly and accurately enough to inform infection control.
Chan, Jacqueline, Beryl Oppenheim, Chan, Jacqueline Z-M, Constantinidou, Chrystala, Bradley, Craig, Halachev, Mihail R, Pallen, Mark J, Pallen, Mark J., Nicola Cumley, Matthew Smith-Banks, Mihail R Halachev, Smith-Banks, Matthew, Halachev, Mihail R., Jacqueline Z-M Chan, Oppenheim, Beryl, Craig Bradley, Constantinidou, Chrystala I, Chrystala I Constantinidou, Cumley, Nicola, Mark J Pallen   +19 more
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Country food consumption in Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Foodbook study 2014–2015

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Background: This article presents a descriptive summary of the consumption of various country food (i.e. locally harvested plant and animal foods) products by residents of Yukon (YT), Northwest Territories (NT) and Nunavut (NU).
Vanessa Morton, Anna Manore, Nadia Ciampa, Shiona Glass-Kaastra, Matt Hurst, Angie Mullen, Jennifer Cutler   +6 more
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The outbreak of SARS at Tan Tock Seng Hospital--relating epidemiology to control. [PDF]

, 2006
INTRODUCTION: The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) began after the index case was admitted on 1 March 2003. We profile the cases suspected to have acquired the infection in Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), focussing on major ...
Heng, Bee-Hoon, Leo, Yee-Sin, Chen, Mark IC, Ang, Brenda SP, Choo, Philip   +4 more
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outbreaker2: a modular platform for outbreak reconstruction

BMC Bioinformatics, 2018
Background Reconstructing individual transmission events in an infectious disease outbreak can provide valuable information and help inform infection control policy.
Finlay Campbell, Xavier Didelot, Rich Fitzjohn, Neil Ferguson, Anne Cori, Thibaut Jombart   +5 more
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Modelling the benefits of long-acting or transmission-blocking drugs for reducing Plasmodium falciparum transmission by case management or by mass treatment

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Anti-malarial drugs are an important tool for malaria control and elimination. Alongside their direct benefit in the treatment of disease, drug use has a community-level effect, clearing the reservoir of infection and reducing onward ...
Michael T. Bretscher, Jamie T. Griffin, Azra C. Ghani, Lucy C. Okell   +3 more
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A simple approach to measure transmissibility and forecast incidence

Epidemics, 2018
Outbreaks of novel pathogens such as SARS, pandemic influenza and Ebola require substantial investments in reactive interventions, with consequent implementation plans sometimes revised on a weekly basis.
Pierre Nouvellet, Anne Cori, Tini Garske, Isobel M. Blake, Ilaria Dorigatti, Wes Hinsley, Thibaut Jombart, Harriet L. Mills, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, Christophe Fraser, Christl A. Donnelly, Neil M. Ferguson, Steven Riley   +13 more
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