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The roles of emergency medical teams in response to Samoa’s 2019 measles outbreak

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
Problem: On 15 November 2019, Samoa’s Government declared a state of emergency in response to a rapidly worsening measles outbreak. The outbreak overwhelmed Samoa’s health system, necessitating international assistance, including from emergency medical ...
Sean T Casey, Natasha A Mamea-Maa, Matilda Nofoaiga, Bronte Martin, Kevin A Henshall, Melissa Fidow, Durgavasini Devanath, Lepaitai B Hansell, Glen Fatupaito   +8 more
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Ultrasound‐Activated Bifunctional Piezoelectric Hydrogel Dressings Promote Infected Wound Healing via Regulating Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study developed a double‐network hydrogel with piezoelectric properties, exhibiting excellent antibacterial activity and promoting fibroblast migration, angiogenesis, and lymphangiogenesis through piezoelectric stimulation, thereby accelerating the healing of infected chronic wounds.
Xiang Li, Zhen Ding, Zhihua Liu, Hao Chen, Jianyang Shan, Yanxuan Shao, Yaling Yu, Gen Wen   +7 more
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Timeliness of surveillance during the outbreak of Mpox in the Volta Region of Ghana: Analysis of Mpox surveillance data

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Early detection, notification, and response to infectious disease outbreaks are crucial to prevent localized incidents from escalating into pandemics. Volta region of Ghana reported suspected cases of Mpox in 2022.
Samuel Adolf Bosoka, Joseph Asamoah Frimpong, Joseph Yaw Jerela, Dora Dadzie, Dennis Odai Laryea, Franklin Asideu-Bekoe, Kwasi Senanu Dzokoto   +6 more
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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, Nishiura Hiroshi, Viboud Cécile   +2 more
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AN OUTBREAK OF BOTULISM [PDF]

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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Outbreaks of salmonellosis [PDF]

BMJ, 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 ...
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MFPD: A Multiple Fungal Pathogen Detection Pipeline Across Diverse Habitats

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The MFPD pipeline integrates a comprehensive ITS reference database of fungal pathogens, optimized parameters, and algorithms tailored for both full‐length and subregion sequences that balance accuracy and computational efficiency; it enables high‐throughput, species‐level identification from amplicon sequencing data, supporting large‐scale ...
Yi Shen, Xinrun Yang, Jiabao Yu, Yaozhong Zhang, Tianjie Yang, Yang Gao, Xiaofang Wang, Alexandre Jousset, Waseem Raza, Fang‐Jie Zhao, Qirong Shen, Gaofei Jiang, Zhong Wei, Yangchun Xu   +13 more
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Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) focal point engagement meeting with partners in Japan

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
This report documents the first national GOARN partner focal point engagement meeting held in Japan. It shares the objective, meeting format and outcomes.
Haruka Iwasaki, Sharon Salmon, Yukimasa Matsuzawa, Sangnim Lee, Kanae Takagi, Hidetoshi Nomoto, Masahiro Ishikane, Mugen Ujiie, Norio Ohmagari   +8 more
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Epidemics after Natural Disasters

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
The relationship between natural disasters and communicable diseases is frequently misconstrued. The risk for outbreaks is often presumed to be very high in the chaos that follows natural disasters, a fear likely derived from a perceived association ...
John T. Watson, Michelle Gayer, Maire A. Connolly   +2 more
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Multidimensional and Multifunctional Laser‐Induced Graphene (LIG) for Point‐of‐Care and Wearable Biosensing, Theranostics, and Bioactive Interfaces Toward Personalized Healthcare and Regenerative Medicine

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multidimensional laser‐induced graphene (LIG) spanning from 0D to 3D architectures is comprehensively reviewed for multifunctional biomedical platforms, including biosensing, theranostics, and bioactive interface applications, which highlights its potentials for point‐of‐care diagnostics, wearable health monitoring, smart drug delivery, and tissue ...
Li Zhang, Yurou Yuan, Xiaohong Ding, Wing Cheung Mak   +3 more
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