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Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wales

Scientific Reports
Identification of factors contributing to tuberculosis (TB) transmission can guide targeted measures to reduce morbidity. Varying findings for factors associated with TB genomic clustering exist.
Nicole Pacchiarini, Felicity Simkin, Mark Postans, George Ahern, Jiao Song, Clare Brown, Josie Smith, Catie Williams, Matthijs Backx, Daniel Thomas, Thomas R. Connor, Christopher Williams   +11 more
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Ontological representation of CDC Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Case Reports [PDF]

, 2014
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (CDC ABCs) Program is a collaborative effort betweeen the CDC, state health departments, laboratories, and universities to track invasive bacterial pathogens of particular
Cowell, Lindsay G., Goldfain, Albert, Smith, Barry   +2 more
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Regional Initiatives in Support of Surveillance in East Africa: The East Africa Integrated Disease Surveillance Network (EAIDSNet) Experience. [PDF]

, 2013
The East African Integrated Disease Surveillance Network (EAIDSNet) was formed in response to a growing frequency of cross-border malaria outbreaks in the 1990s and a growing recognition that fragmented disease interventions, coupled with weak laboratory
Bond KC, Gresham L, James Kariuki, Leonard E.G Mboera, Maurice Ope, Mayala BK, Mboera LEG, Miriam Schneidman, Mwihaki Kimura, Olago D, Ramana N.V Gandham, Shikanga O, Stanley Sonoiya, WHO, WHO   +14 more
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Pulmonary Dysfunction Is Associated With Sleep Study Abnormalities in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: A Multicenter Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pulmonary dysfunction and sleep abnormalities are common in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Whether spirometry abnormalities are associated with polysomnography (PSG) findings remains unclear.
Ammar Saadoon Alishlash, Anis Rabbani Nourani, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, Dima Ezmigna, Tarig Ali‐Dinar   +4 more
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The added value of food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) information to estimate the usual food intake based on repeated 24-hour recalls

Archives of Public Health, 2017
Background Statistical methods to model the usual dietary intake of foods in a population generally ignore the additional information on the never-consumers. The objective of this study is to determine the added value of Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ)
Cloë Ost, Karin A. A. De Ridder, Jean Tafforeau, Herman Van Oyen   +3 more
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Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Weekly Activity Report, July 11, 2009, Week 27 [PDF]

, 2009
Weekly report of the Iowa Influenza Surveillance Network produced by the Iowa Department of Public ...

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Whole-genome sequencing for national surveillance of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O157 [PDF]

, 2015
Background. National surveillance of gastrointestinal pathogens, such as Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O157 (STEC O157), is key to rapidly identifying linked cases in the distributed food network to facilitate public health interventions.
Adak, Goutam, Ashton, Philip M., Byrne, Lisa, Cowley, Lauren A, Dallman, Timothy J, Ellis, Richard J, Elson, Richard, Grant, Kathie, Green, Jonathan, Hanage, William P, Jenkins, Claire, Perry, Neil T, Petrovska, Liljana, Underwood, Anthony, Wain, John   +14 more
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Assessing Cognitive Functioning in Children With Brain Tumors: Interaction of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health and Neurological Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This study investigated how neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDOH), including redlining and neurological risk, interact to influence cognitive outcomes in children treated for brain tumors (CTBT). Methods A retrospective chart review of 161 CTBT aged 5–17 was conducted.
Alannah R. Srsich, Manali Zope, Peter M. Fantozzi, Cassie N. Kline, Iris Paltin, Matthew C. Hocking   +5 more
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Status report - The Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program: a dynamic and innovative injury surveillance system

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2016
This status report on the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP), an emergency department-based injury and poisoning surveillance system, describes the result of migrating from a centralized data entry and coding process to a
J. Crain, S. McFaull, W. Thompson, R. Skinner, M. T. Do, M. Fréchette, S. Mukhi   +6 more
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Public Health Informatics in Local and State Health Agencies: An Update From the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey [PDF]

, 2019
OBJECTIVE: To characterize public health informatics (PHI) specialists and identify the informatics needs of the public health workforce. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: US local and state health agencies.
Dixon, Brian E., Gibson, P. Joseph, Grannis, Shaun J., McFarlane, Timothy D.   +3 more
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