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Systematic analysis of the scientific literature on population surveillance. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2020
Population surveillance provides data on the health status of the population through continuous scrutiny of different indicators. Identifying risk factors is essential for the quickly detecting and controlling of epidemic outbreaks and reducing the incidence of cross-infections and non-communicable diseases.
González-Alcaide G, Llorente P, Ramos-Rincón JM.   +2 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Population surveillance for microcephaly. [PDF]

BMJ, 2016
Surveillance is an essential part of the response to Zika and must be ...
Kirby RS.
europepmc   +3 more sources

A Population Health Surveillance Theory [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2012
Despite its extensive use, the term "Surveillance" often takes on various meanings in the scientific literature pertinent to public health and animal health. A critical appraisal of this literature also reveals ambiguities relating to the scope and necessary structural components underpinning the surveillance process.
El Allaki, Farouk, Bigras-Poulin, Michel, Michel, Pascal, Ravel, André   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Population Surveillance of Dementia Mortality [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2011
Geographic and temporal variation in occurrence of dementia within the US has received little attention despite its importance for generation of new etiologic hypotheses and health services research. We examine methodological problems in the use of vital statistics data for assessing variation over time, among states and within states in the US.
Gillum, Richard F., Yorrick, Ralston, Obisesan, Thomas O.   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source