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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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A long-lasting measles epidemic in Maroua, Cameroon 2008-2009: mass vaccination as response to the epidemic. [PDF]

, 2011
A measles outbreak occurred in Maroua, Cameroon, from January 2008 to April 2009. In accordance with recent World Health Organization guidelines, an outbreak-response immunization (ORI) was conducted in January 2009.
Anker, Aylward, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, D. A. T. Cummings, de Alencar Ximenes, Dubray, Florence Fermon, Francisco J. Luquero, Goodson, Grais, Grais, Helfand, Heloise Pham-Orsetti, Katz, Lowther, Marcelino Nimpa, Ndong Ngoe, Orenstein, Peter Strebel, Philippe E. Ngaunji, Rebecca F. Grais, Samb, Sniadack, Stephen Sosler, Waters, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization, UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund, World Medical Association. Declaration of Helsinki   +30 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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Genomic dissection of the 1994 Cronobacter sakazakii outbreak in a French neonatal intensive care unit [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Cronobacter sakazakii is a member of the genus Cronobacter that has frequently been isolated from powdered infant formula (PIF) and linked with rare but fatal neonatal infections such as meningitis and necrotising enterocolitis.
Dickins, B, Farbos, A, Forsythe, S, Masood, N, McNally, A, Moore, K, Paszkiewicz, K   +6 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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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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Genome sequence of enterovirus D68 from St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2016 [PDF]

, 2017
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) was rarely observed prior to a widespread outbreak in 2014. We observed its reemergence in St. Louis in 2016 and sequenced the EV-D68 genomes from two patient samples. The 2016 viruses in St.
Storch, Gregory A, Wylie, Kristine M, Wylie, Todd N   +2 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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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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Legionnaires' disease outbreak: Victoria's largest identified outbreak

Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 2000
This paper describes and analyses some aspects of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Victoria, commencing in late October 1998. In all, 18 cases caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 were notified within 10 days making this the largest outbreak in Victoria reported to that date. All cases had epidemiological links to an industrial estate in
N, Formica, G, Tallis, B, Zwolak, J, Camie, M, Beers, G, Hogg, N, Ryan, M, Yates   +7 more
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