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Evaluation of the epidemic intelligence from open sources (EIOS) system for the early detection of outbreaks and health emergencies in the African region

BMC Public Health
Introduction Public health today is challenged by a wide array of hazards that threaten humans, often resulting in high rates of morbidity and mortality when they strike. These events should be detected and responded to as early as possible to save lives
George Sie Williams, Etien Luc Koua, Philip Abdelmalik, Freddy Kambale, Emerencienne Kibangou, Joyce Nguna, Charles Okot, Godwin Akpan, Fleury Moussana, Jean Paul Kimenyi, Ramazani Zaza, Raquel Medialdea Carerra, Yasmin Rabiyan, Mark Woolhouse, Joseph Okeibunor, Abdou Salam Gueye   +15 more
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Beyond Wolbachia—Can a small molecule control insect reproduction?

Cell Reports
Kaur et al.1 demonstrate reduced histone acetylation as a key mechanism underpinning Wolbachia’s paternal-effect embryonic lethality trait in Drosophila melanogaster.
Robson Kriiger Loterio, Johanna Elisabeth Fraser   +1 more
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Leveraging artificial intelligence for pandemic preparedness and response: a scoping review to identify key use cases [PDF]

, 2021
Ania Syrowatka, Masha Kuznetsova, Ava Alsubai, Adam L. Beckman, Paul Bain, Kelly Jean Thomas Craig, Jianying Hu, Gretchen Purcell Jackson, Kyu Rhee, David W. Bates   +9 more
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Pandemic preparedness in Taiwan [PDF]

Nature Biotechnology, 2020
Wu, Wei-Kai, Liou, Jyh-Ming, Hsu, Cheng-Chih, Lin, Yung-Hsiang, Wu, Ming-Shiang   +4 more
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Social Justice in Pandemic Preparedness

American Journal of Public Health, 2012
Pandemic influenza planning in the United States violates the demands of social justice in 2 fundamental respects: it embraces the neutrality of procedural justice at the expense of more substantive concern with health disparities, thus perpetuating a predictable and preventable social injustice, and it fails to move beyond lament to practical ...
Debra, DeBruin, Joan, Liaschenko, Mary Faith, Marshall   +2 more
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Broad and robust T cell immunity compensates the population immune barrier against antibody-escaping Omicron variants

Frontiers in Immunology
BackgroundContinuous SARS-CoV-2 Omicron emergence poses challenges to immune protection from the previous infection/vaccination in the population. While neutralizing antibodies serve as a key immune protection indicator, their cross-protective effect ...
Yuanyuan Guo, Peipei Guo, Jinmin Tian, Yeerzati Tuluhongtayi, Rui Song, George F. Gao, George F. Gao, George F. Gao, Xin Zhao, Jun Liu   +9 more
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Sudan virus disease – A quick review

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
The recent Sudan virus disease (SVD) outbreak in Uganda is a reminder of threat from Filovirus diseases. Unlike Ebola virus disease, no effective antiviral and vaccine is available for SVD.
Tsung-Pei Tsou
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Emergency Preparedness and Response: School Dismissals

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) findings and recommendations for "Emergency Preparedness and Response: School Dismissals to Reduce Transmission of Pandemic Influenza" are based on systematic reviews of evidence of effectiveness and ...

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Financing Pandemic Preparedness at a National Level

, 2017
Deadly infectious pandemics will mark humanity's future, as they have shaped its past. Neither individual governments nor the global community can entirely prevent the emergence of infectious threats. But we can be much better prepared.
International Working Group on Financing Preparedness
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Preparedness for Visualization in the Next Pandemic

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
This article discusses considerations on how visualization can be best positioned to help respond to future pandemics. We examine visualization, along with the corresponding and necessary enabling technologies and platforms, as a tool to facilitate a rapid and effective response to a forthcoming pandemic.
Fintan, McGee, Muna Abu, Sin, Min, Chen, David, Ebert, Kazuo, Misue, Panagiotis D, Ritsos, Antje, Wulff, Melanie, Tory, Daniel, Keefe   +8 more
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