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Molecular Diagnosis of a Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Causing an Outbreak of Pneumonia

open access: yesClinical Chemistry, 2020
Background A novel coronavirus of zoonotic origin (2019-nCoV) has recently been identified in patients with acute respiratory disease. This virus is genetically similar to SARS coronavirus and bat SARS-like coronaviruses.
D. Chu   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Public health and economic costs of investigating a suspected outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Communicable disease outbreaks: Ethics in an outbreak

open access: yesAustralian Journal of General Practice, 2020
This fifth article in a series on communicable disease outbreaks explores ethical aspects of public health action, information disclosure and research in an epidemic.
openaire   +3 more sources

Monkeypox outbreak in Spain: clinical and epidemiological findings in a prospective cross‐sectional study of 185 cases *

open access: yesBritish Journal of Dermatology, 2022
Since May 2022, a new outbreak of monkeypox has been reported in several countries, including Spain. The clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the cases in this outbreak may differ from those in earlier reports.
A. Català   +32 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Make science evolve into a One Health approach to improve health and security: a white paper

open access: yesOne 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   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

A retrospective review of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis queries, South Africa, 2016–2019

open access: yesSouthern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background: The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICDs) of South Africa (SA) provides technical support to healthcare workers (HCWs) with regard to infectious diseases through the NICD clinician hotline.
Trisha A. Whitbread   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An assessment of the geographical risks of wild and vaccine-derived poliomyelitis outbreaks in Africa and Asia

open access: yesBMC 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outbreaks of salmonellosis [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1996
Knowing the serotype of a salmonella does not help in the treatment or prognosis of a case, nor is infection with different serotypes distinguishable clinically: all serotypes can cause serious disease, including septicaemia.1 Why then is it important for almost all 30 000 or so salmonellas reported annually to Britain's Public Health Laboratory ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Genome sequence of enterovirus D68 from St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2016 [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The role of telehealth during COVID-19 outbreak: a systematic review based on current evidence

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
The outbreak of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a public health emergency of international concern. Telehealth is an effective option to fight the outbreak of COVID-19.
Elham Monaghesh, A. Hajizadeh
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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