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Preliminary report: The most considerable outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in France in the last two decades, Albertville, September 2025

Eurosurveillance
In September 2025, 50 laboratory-confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) were identified in Albertville, in south-eastern France. Initially, 23 patients were only clinically diagnosed and only confirmed later due to limited sensitivity of the ...
the Albertville LD Outbreak Team Investigation
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Effects of camptothecin on histological structures and gene expression profiles of fat bodies in Spodoptera frugiperda

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021
Spodoptera frugiperda is a serious threat to global food production. Our previous study demonstrated that Camptothecin (CPT), a bioactive secondary metabolite from Camptotheca acuminata (Decne: Nyssaceae), exhibits adverse impact on the larval midgut of ...
Benshui Shu, Xianmei Yang, Jinghua Dai, Haikuo Yu, Jingcheng Yu, Xiangli Li, Liang Cao, Jintian Lin   +7 more
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Influence of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance outputs produced by the UK health security agency (UKHSA) outbreak surveillance team on decision-making by local stakeholders

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) COVID-19 Outbreak Surveillance Team (OST) was established in June 2020 to provide Local Authorities (LAs) in England with surveillance intelligence to aid their response to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. Reports
Katriina Willgert, Jo Hardstaff, Stephanie Shadwell, Alex Bhattacharya, Paula Blomquist, Roberto Vivancos, Ian Simms   +6 more
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Growth inhibition of Spodoptera frugiperda larvae by camptothecin correlates with alteration of the structures and gene expression profiles of the midgut

BMC Genomics, 2021
Background Spodoptera frugiperda is a serious pest that causes devastating losses to many major crops, including corn, rice, sugarcane, and peanut. Camptothecin (CPT) is a bioactive secondary metabolite of the woody plant Camptotheca acuminata, which has
Benshui Shu, Yan Zou, Haikuo Yu, Wanying Zhang, Xiangli Li, Liang Cao, Jintian Lin   +6 more
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The comparison of gut gene expression and bacterial community in Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) adults fed on Murraya exotica and ‘Shatangju’ mandarin (Citrus reticulate cv. Shatangju)

BMC Genomics, 2023
Background Diaphorina citri Kuwayama is an important citrus pest. It serves as the vector for the transmission of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), which induced a destructive disease, Huanglongbing, and caused huge economic losses.
Jinghua Dai, Xueming Cai, Luyang Liu, Yanzheng Lin, Yuting Huang, Jintian Lin, Benshui Shu   +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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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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The bacterial and fungal communities of the larval midgut of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) varied by feeding on two cruciferous vegetables

Scientific Reports, 2022
Spodoptera frugiperda is a highly polyphagous pest worldwide with a wide host range that causes serious losses to many economically important crops. Recently, insect-microbe associations have become a hot spot in current entomology research, and the ...
Li Yuning, Liu Luyang, Cai Xueming, Yang Xianmei, Lin Jintian, Shu Benshui   +5 more
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Public health and economic costs of investigating a suspected outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. [PDF]

, 2007
This paper provides one of the first assessments of the burden of both the public health investigation and the economic costs associated with an apparent outbreak of Legionnaires' disease (LD) in South East London.
Joseph, CA, Rao, G, Outbreak Control Team, Surman-Lee, S, Harrison, TG, Heathcock, R, Lee, JV, Lock, K, Millett, C   +8 more
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Using ante-natal clinic prevalence data to monitor temporal changes in malaria incidence in a humanitarian setting in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background The number of clinical cases of malaria is often recorded in resource constrained or conflict settings as a proxy for disease burden. Interpreting case count data in areas of humanitarian need is challenging due to uncertainties in population ...
Joel Hellewell, Patrick Walker, Azra Ghani, Bhargavi Rao, Thomas S. Churcher   +4 more
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