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Profile: The Karonga Health and Demographic Surveillance System [PDF]

, 2012
The Karonga Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Karonga HDSS) in northern Malawi currently has a population of more than 35?000 individuals under continuous demographic surveillance since completion of a baseline census (2002–2004).
Dube, Albert, Mwaiyeghele, Elnaeus, Fine, Paul EM, Baschieri, Angela, Crampin, Amelia C., Floyd, Sian, Fine, Paul E.M., Glynn, Judith R., Fine, Paul E. M., French, Neil, Glynn, Judith R, Zaba, Basia, Molesworth, Anna, Crampin, Amelia C, Chihana, Menard, Price, Alison, McGrath, Nuala, Mboma, Sebastian, Jahn, Andreas, Branson, Keith   +19 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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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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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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First experiences in the implementation of biometric technology to link data from Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems with health facility data. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: In developing countries, Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSSs) provide a framework for tracking demographic and health dynamics over time in a defined geographical area.
Adwoa Serwaa-Bonsu, Herbst, Abraham J, Benjamin Clark, Reniers, Georges, Clark, Benjamin, Ijaa, Wilfred, Wilfred Ijaa, Georges Reniers, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Serwaa-Bonsu, Adwoa, Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa, Abraham J. Herbst, Osman Sankoh, Sankoh, Osman   +13 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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Pandemic Population Surveillance

, 2023
Abstract Covid-19 surveillance should not be seen as one more instance of centralized state surveillance of populations, as if it were an intensification of a single trend started with bulk collection by the NSA and GCHQ for counter-terrorist purposes.
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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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Public Health Surveillance of Low-Frequency Populations [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 2004
Public health agencies often require data that address the needs of special populations, such as minority groups. Sources of surveillance data often contain insufficient numbers of subjects to fully inform health agencies. In this review, we address the problems of and potential approaches for situations with insufficient surveillance data. We use the
Elena M, Andresen, Paula H, Diehr, Douglas A, Luke   +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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