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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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Correlation between wastewater and COVID-19 case incidence rates in major California sewersheds across three variant periods

Journal of Water and Health, 2023
Monitoring for COVID-19 through wastewater has been used for adjunctive public health surveillance, with SARS-CoV-2 viral concentrations in wastewater correlating with incident cases in the same sewershed.
Angela Rabe, Sindhu Ravuri, Elisabeth Burnor, Joshua A. Steele, Rose S. Kantor, Samuel Choi, Stanislav Forman, Ryan Batjiaka, Seema Jain, Tomás M. León, Duc J. Vugia, Alexander T. Yu   +11 more
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Projections of epidemic transmission and estimation of vaccination impact during an ongoing Ebola virus disease outbreak in Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as of Feb. 25, 2019. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundAs of February 25, 2019, 875 cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) were reported in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Hoff, Nicole A, Kelly, J Daniel, Lietman, Thomas M, Mossoko, Mathias, Musene, Kamy, Muyembe Tamfum, Jean Jacques, Okitolonda-Wemakoy, Emile, Porco, Travis C, Rimoin, Anne W, Rutherford, George W, Selo, Bernice, Wannier, Rae, Worden, Lee   +12 more
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THE CASE FOR COLLECTING, ANALYSING AND UTILISING SEXDISAGGREGATED DATA AND GENDERED DATA TO INFORM OUTBREAK RESPONSES, A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE FROM 2012-2022

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Intro: Understanding sex-related differences and gendered roles in outbreak dynamics is critical to deliver an effective response. Despite existing recommendations and minimum requirements, collection, analysis, and use of sex-disaggregated data and ...
M. Gales, E. Yonally Phillips, S. Heidari, L. Zilversmit Pao, M.-A. Degail, C. Dubray, M. Meudec, C. Rodriguez Ribas, M.R. Siddiqui, S. Carter   +9 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.
Harrison, TG, Heathcock, R, Joseph, CA, Lee, JV, Lock, K, Millett, C, Outbreak Control Team, Rao, G, Surman-Lee, S   +8 more
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Asymmetrically interacting spreading dynamics on complex layered networks [PDF]

, 2014
The spread of disease through a physical-contact network and the spread of information about the disease on a communication network are two intimately related dynamical processes.
Do, Younghae, Lai, Ying-Cheng, Lee, GyuWon, Tang, Ming, Wang, Wei, Yang, Hui   +5 more
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Make science evolve into a One Health approach to improve health and security: a white paper

One Health Outlook, 2020
The World One Health Congresses are biennial gatherings of approximately 1500 professionals from relevant international organisations, OIE, FAO, WHO, World Bank, leading scientific experts and researchers in the field of One Health, animal production and
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, Chris Vanlangendonck, Maurizio Barbeschi, Christianne J. M. Bruschke, Renee Christensen, Peter Daszak, Frouke de Groot, Peter Doherty, Patrick Drury, Sabri Gmacz, Keith Hamilton, John Hart, Rebecca Katz, Christophe Longuet, Jesse McLeay, Gaetano Morelli, Joergen Schlundt, Trevor Smith, Sameera Suri, Khristeen Umali, Jan van Aken, Jaap A. Wagenaar   +21 more
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First hospital outbreak of the globally emerging Candida auris in a European hospital [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Candida auris is a globally emerging multidrug resistant fungal pathogen causing nosocomial transmission. We report an ongoing outbreak of C. auris in a London cardio-thoracic center between April 2015 and July 2016.
Abdolrasouli, A, Armstrong-James, DPH, Chowdhary, A, Fisher, MC, Hagen, F, Hall, A, Meis, JF, Rhodes, JL, Ryan, L, Schelenz, S, Shackleton, J, Trimlett, R   +11 more
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An assessment of the geographical risks of wild and vaccine-derived poliomyelitis outbreaks in Africa and Asia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background The international spread of wild poliomyelitis outbreaks continues to threaten eradication of poliomyelitis and in 2014 a public health emergency of international concern was declared.
Kathleen M. O’Reilly, Christine Lamoureux, Natalie A. Molodecky, Hil Lyons, Nicholas C. Grassly, Graham Tallis   +5 more
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Investigation of a Q fever outbreak in a Scottish co-located slaughterhouse and cutting plant [PDF]

, 2010
Outbreaks of Q fever are rare in the UK. In 2006, the largest outbreak of Q fever in Scotland occurred at a co-located slaughterhouse and cutting plant with 110 cases.
Australian Government, British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee, Camacho, Chiu, Cutler, Derrick, Fenollar, Hawker, Health Protection Agency, Kermode, Marmion, Maurin, McCaughey, Pollock, Raoult, Raoult, Shapiro, Smith, Thomas, Van Woerden, Waag, Wildman   +21 more
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