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Modeling rapidly disseminating infectious disease during mass gatherings
BMC Medicine, 2012 We discuss models for rapidly disseminating infectious diseases during mass gatherings (MGs), using influenza as a case study. Recent innovations in modeling and forecasting influenza transmission dynamics at local, regional, and global scales have made ...
Chowell Gerardo +2 more
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Clinical and Pathological Findings in SARS-CoV-2 Disease Outbreaks in Farmed Mink (Neovison vison)
Veterinary Pathology-Supplement, 2020 SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, caused respiratory disease outbreaks with increased mortality in 4 mink farms in the Netherlands. The most striking postmortem finding was an acute interstitial pneumonia, which was found in nearly all ...
R. Molenaar +10 more
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Microbiology SpectrumMpox is an emerging zoonotic disease that caused two public health emergencies of international concern within two years. Less is known about the interplay of microbial organisms in mpox lesions which could result in superinfections that exacerbate ...
Leonard Schuele +16 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Background: Chagas disease (CD), caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is considered a public health problem in Latin America. In Colombia, it affects more than 437,000 inhabitants, mainly in Casanare, an endemic region with eco-epidemiological ...
Claudia Yaneth Rincón-Acevedo +8 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association, 1920 The outbreak of botulism reported here occurred in January, 1920, in an Italian family, living in the Bronx, New York City. The source of the toxin was shown to be a glass jar of factory packed California ripe olives. These olives, consumed as such and also as part of a salad, caused the death of six of the seven members of the family who ate of them ...
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Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionShotgun metagenomics has previously proven effective in the investigation of foodborne outbreaks by providing rapid and comprehensive insights into the microbial contaminant.
Florence E. Buytaers +8 more
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Communicable disease outbreaks: Ethics in an outbreak
Australian 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.
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Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks — United States, 2009–2015
Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries, 2018 Problem/Condition Known foodborne disease agents are estimated to cause approximately 9.4 million illnesses each year in the United States. Although only a small subset of illnesses are associated with recognized outbreaks, data from outbreak ...
Daniel Dewey-Mattia +4 more
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Nipah Virus: Past Outbreaks and Future Containment
Viruses, 2020 Viral outbreaks of varying frequencies and severities have caused panic and havoc across the globe throughout history. Influenza, small pox, measles, and yellow fever reverberated for centuries, causing huge burden for economies. The twenty-first century
Vinod Soman Pillai +2 more
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We shouldn’t worry when a virus mutates during disease outbreaks
Nature Microbiology, 2020 Mutation. The word naturally conjures fears of unexpected and freakish changes. Ill-informed discussions of mutations thrive during virus outbreaks, including the ongoing spread of SARS-CoV-2.
N. Grubaugh, M. Petrone, E. Holmes
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