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Adapting an integrated acute respiratory infections sentinel surveillance to the COVID-19 pandemic requirements, Egypt, 2020–2022

Public Health in Practice, 2023
Objectives: In Egypt, an integrated surveillance for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) was established in 2016 to identify the causes of ARIs. The surveillance system includes 19 governmental hospitals.
Manal Fahim, Hanaa Abu ElSood, Basma AbdElGawad, Ola Deghedy, Amel Naguib, Wael H. Roshdy, Shymaa Showky, Reham Kamel, Nancy Elguindy, Mohammad Abdel Fattah, Salma Afifi, Amr Kandeel, Khaled Abdelghaffar   +12 more
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Birth, stillbirth and death registration data completeness, quality and utility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Birth registration is a child’s first right. Registration of live births, stillbirths and deaths is foundational for national planning. Completeness of birth registration for live births in low- and middle-income countries is measured through ...
Simon Kasasa, Davis Natukwatsa, Edward Galiwango, Tryphena Nareeba, Collins Gyezaho, Ane Baerent Fisker, Mezgebu Yitayal Mengistu, Francis Dzabeng, M. Moinuddin Haider, Judith Yargawa, Joseph Akuze, Angela Baschieri, Claudia Cappa, Debra Jackson, Joy E. Lawn, Hannah Blencowe, Dan Kajungu, the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group   +17 more
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Comparisons of individual- and area-level socioeconomic status as proxies for individual-level measures: evidence from the Mortality Disparities in American Communities study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Area-level measures are often used to approximate socioeconomic status (SES) when individual-level data are not available. However, no national studies have examined the validity of these measures in approximating individual-level SES. Methods
Jennifer L. Moss, Norman J. Johnson, Mandi Yu, Sean F. Altekruse, Kathleen A. Cronin   +4 more
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Characteristics, outcomes and risk factors for mortality of 522 167 patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Brazil: a retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective To provide a comprehensive description of demographic, clinical and radiographic characteristics; treatment and case outcomes; and risk factors associated with in-hospital death of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Brazil.Design ...
Marcia C Castro, Susie Gurzenda, Eduardo Marques Macário, Giovanny Vinícius A França   +3 more
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Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2023
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) may progress to cirrhotic or non-cirrhotic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and is currently recognized as the fastest growing cause of HCC worldwide.
Karim Seif El Dahan, Darine Daher, Amit G. Singal   +2 more
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Incidence, risk factors, and whole-genome sequence of SARs-CoV-2 and influenza virus among the Egyptian pilgrims returning from Umrah mass gathering in Saudi Arabia, April-May 2022

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2022
Background: Ramadan Umrah is the second largest Islamic pilgrimage with 2.75 million pilgrims allowed in 2022. This report presents the results of a survey among Egyptian pilgrims returning from Ramadan Umrah to monitor SARS-CoV-2 and influenza activity ...
Amr Kandeel, Manal Fahim, Ola Deghedy, Walaa Alim, Wael H. Roshdy, Mohamed K. Khalifa, Rabeh El Shesheny, Ahmed Kandeil, Amel Naguib, Nancy Elguindy, Mohammad Abdel Fattah, Salma Afifi, Amira Mohsen, Khaled Abdelghaffar   +13 more
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Comparison of SARS-Cov-2 omicron variant with the previously identified SARS-Cov-2 variants in Egypt, 2020–2022: insight into SARS-Cov-2 genome evolution and its impact on epidemiology, clinical picture, disease severity, and mortality

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background The o severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has killed millions of people and caused widespread concern around the world. Multiple genetic variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been identified as the pandemic continues.
Amr Kandeel, Yassmin Moatasim, Manal Fahim, Hala Bahaaeldin, Rabeh El-Shesheny, Wael H. Roshdy, Mina N. Kamel, Shaymaa Shawky, Mokhtar Gomaa, Amel Naguib, Nancy El Guindy, Ola Deghedy, Reham Kamel, Mohamed Khalifa, Ramy Galal, Mohamed Hassany, Galal Mahmoud, Ahmed Kandeil, Salma Afifi, Amira Mohsen, Mohammad Abdel Fattah, Ghazi Kayali, Mohamed A. Ali, Khaled Abdelghaffar   +23 more
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Membrane filtration enrichment and optimization of nucleic acid extraction for qPCR detection of pathogenic bacteria in water – an experiment with Mycobacterium abscessus tester strain

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2023
ObjectiveTo establish a sensitive, reliable and rapid pre-treatment method for enrichment and nucleic acid extraction of pathogenic bacteria in water for fluorescent quantitative PCR (qPCR) detection of pathogenic bacteria in water.
Yan WU, Xiao ZHANG, Liang ZHANG, Fangxiao XING, Lan ZHANG   +4 more
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Recent Spatiotemporal Patterns of US Lung Cancer by Histologic Type

Frontiers in Public Health, 2017
BackgroundAfter a period of increasing rates, lung cancer incidence is declining in the US for men and women. We investigated lung cancer rate patterns by gender, geographic location, and histologic subtype, and for total lung cancer (TLC), for the ...
Denise Riedel Lewis, Linda W. Pickle, Li Zhu   +2 more
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Computerized tablet based versus traditional paper- based survey methods: results from adolescent's health research in schools of Maharashtra, India

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation Technological advancement is growing very fast in India and majority of young population is handling electronic devices often during leisure as well as at work. This study indicates that electronic tablets are
Naveen Agarwal, Balram Paswan, Prakash H. Fulpagare, Dhirendra N Sinha, Thaksaphon Thamarangsi, Manju Rani   +5 more
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