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Understanding the secondary outcomes of international travel measures during the covid-19 pandemic: a scoping review of social impact evidence

Globalization and Health
Background Assessment of the effective use of international travel measures during the COVID-19 pandemic has focused on public health goals, namely limiting virus introduction and onward transmission.
Kelley Lee, Salta Zhumatova, Catherine Z. Worsnop, Ying Liu Bazak   +3 more
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Evaluation of the mpox surveillance system in Cameroon from 2018 to 2022: a laboratory cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Formal assessment of a surveillance system’s features and its ability to achieve objectives is crucial for disease control and prevention. Since the implementation of the mpox surveillance system in Cameroon, no evaluation has been conducted ...
Delia Delia Djuicy, Chanceline Ndongo Bilounga, Linda Esso, Moctar Mohamed Moulioum Mouiche, Martial Gides Wansi Yonga, Gael Dieudonné Essima, Inès Manda Emah Nguidjol, Pricilla Josephine Ambany Anya, Elisabeth Betsi Noma Dibongue, Alain Georges Mballa Etoundi, Sara Irène Eyangoh, Mirdad Kazanji, Richard Njouom   +12 more
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Transmission matrices used in epidemiologic modelling

Infectious Disease Modelling
Mixing matrices are included in infectious disease models to reflect transmission opportunities between population strata. These matrices were originally constructed on the basis of theoretical considerations and most of the early work in this area ...
M. Bekker-Nielsen Dunbar
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Sociodemographic and obstetric determinants of HIV infection among pregnant women in Cameroon: a contribution toward the elimination of vertical transmission in low- and middle-income countries

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The risk of HIV transmission during pregnancy remains a concern in Cameroon. Recent estimates suggest a national HIV prevalence of approximately 4.5%, increasing the likelihood of vertical transmission. Objective To estimate HIV seroprevalence
Justin Ndié, Jean Pierre Yves Awono Noah, Francis Ateba Ndongo, Joseph Fokam, Alice Ketchaji, Rogacien Kana Dongmo, Jean De Dieu Anoubissi, Christian Noël Bayiha, Richard Tchapda, Tatiana Avang Nkoa Palisson, Martial Gaël Bonyohe, Caroline Teh Monteh, Njamnshi Yembe Wepnyu, Félicité Naah Tabala, Gildas Nguemkam, Hernandez Lélé Siaka, Carelle Djofang Yepndo, Audrey Raïssa Djomo Nzaddi, Daniel Offrande Mabongo, Maurice Rocher Mbella, Marie Micheline Dongmo, Ngo Issouck, Nelly Monkam, Leopoldine Madjo Oumbe, Clifford Moluh, Paul Tjek, Vittorio Colizzi, Carlo-Federico Perno, Giulia Cappelli, Nicaise Ndembi, David Kob, Gregory-Edie Halle Ekane, Basile Keugoung, Alexis Ndjolo, Serge Clotaire Billong, Céline Nkenfou, Jérôme Ateudjieu, Anne Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek   +37 more
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Correction: Moonga et al. Application of a Sensitive Capture Sequencing Approach to Reservoir Surveillance Detects Novel Viruses in Zambian Wild Rodents. Viruses 2024, 16, 1754

Viruses
The authors wish to make the following correction to this paper [...]
Lavel C. Moonga, Jones Chipinga, John P. Collins, Vishal Kapoor, Ngonda Saasa, King S. Nalubamba, Bernard M. Hang’ombe, Boniface Namangala, Tapiwa Lundu, Xiang-Jun Lu, Samuel Yingst, J. Kenneth Wickiser, Thomas Briese   +12 more
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Application of a Sensitive Capture Sequencing Approach to Reservoir Surveillance Detects Novel Viruses in Zambian Wild Rodents

Viruses
We utilized a pan-viral capture sequencing assay, VirCapSeq-VERT, to assess viral diversity in rodents from the Eastern Province of Zambia as a model for pre-pandemic viral reservoir surveillance.
Lavel C. Moonga, Jones Chipinga, John P. Collins, Vishal Kapoor, Ngonda Saasa, King S. Nalubamba, Bernard M. Hang’ombe, Boniface Namangala, Tapiwa Lundu, Xiang-Jun Lu, Samuel Yingst, J. Kenneth Wickiser, Thomas Briese   +12 more
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Pan-Viral Sequencing Surveillance Identifies Mammalian Orthoreovirus 2 in United States Wastewater

Viruses
Mammalian orthoreoviruses (MRVs) are segmented, double-stranded RNA viruses that infect a broad range of mammalian hosts, including humans. Although MRVs have been detected in wastewater in parts of Southeast Asia, they have not previously been reported ...
John P. Collins, Michael A. Mechikoff, Thomas A. Pressley, Catherine R. Jarriel, Riley E. M. Russell, Cullen Ingersoll, Xiang-Jun Lu, Thomas Briese, Armand L. Balboni, J. Kenneth Wickiser   +9 more
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The role of vaccine status homophily in the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey with modelling

BMC Public Health
Background Vaccine homophily describes non-heterogeneous vaccine uptake within contact networks. This study was performed to determine observable patterns of vaccine homophily, as well as the impact of vaccine homophily on disease transmission within and
Elisha B. Are, Kiffer G. Card, Caroline Colijn   +2 more
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Elephants and pandemics

Animal Sentience, 2020
Baker & Winkler’s critique of Asian elephant tourism and conservation in Thailand has convinced me that this was “an industry with too many victims.” Yet I fear that B&W’s proposed remedy of returning to past elephant husbandry by Karen hill-peoples has ...
Adrian Treves
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Decentralised rapid diagnostic tests enable cholera diagnosis by non-laboratory health workers during outbreaks in Cameroon

Scientific Reports
Cholera has re-emerged as a major global public health emergency, with reported cases and deaths tripling between 2022 and 2025 especially in Africa, due to climate shocks, population displacement, fragile water and sanitation systems, and delays in ...
Yap Boum II, Karl Njuwa Fai, Birgit Schramm, Tchoula Mamiafo Corine, Dora Tchiasso, René Essomba, Donald Buri, Rodrigue Ntone, Lucrèce Eteki, Patricia Mendjime, Mark Ndifon, Nsaibirni Robert Fondze, Eric Youm, Justin Eyong, Ananda L. Kimm-Drapeau, Linda Esso, Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa, Guinevere Q. Lee, Marie-Claire Okomo, Klaudia Porten   +19 more
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