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Seroprevalence of human coronaviruses among patients visiting hospital-based sentinel sites in Uganda [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Human coronaviruses are causative agents of respiratory infections with several subtypes being prevalent worldwide. They cause respiratory illnesses of varying severity and have been described to be continuously emerging but their prevalence ...
Elijah Nicholas Mulabbi, Robert Tweyongyere, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Edison Mworozi, Jeff Koehlerb, Hannah Kibuuka, Monica Millard, Bernard Erima, Titus Tugume, Ukuli Qouilazoni Aquino, Denis K. Byarugaba   +10 more
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High vector diversity and malaria transmission dynamics in five sentinel sites in Cameroon. [PDF]

Malar J, 2023
Background Malaria remains one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in Cameroon. To inform vector control intervention decision making, malaria vector surveillance was conducted monthly from October 2018 to September 2020 in five selected ...
Fondjo E, Toto JC, Tchouakui M, Eyisap WE, Patchoke S, Menze B, Njeambosay B, Zeukeug F, Ngomdjum RT, Mandeng E, Elanga-Ndille E, Kopya E, Binyang JA, Ndo C, Tene-Fossog B, Tedjou A, Nchoutpouen E, Tchouine F, Achu D, Ambrose K, Hedje J, Kouambeng C, Carlson J, Zohdy S, Chabi J.   +24 more
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Improved kala-azar case management through implementation of health facility-based sentinel sites surveillance system in Bihar, India. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
BackgroundVisceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar (KA), is a neglected vector-borne disease, targeted for elimination, but several affected blocks of Bihar are posing challenges with the high incidence of cases, and moreover, the disease is ...
Vidya Nand Rabi Das, Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Krishna Pandey, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Md Zahid Ansari, Roshan Kamal Topno, Chandra Sekhar Lal, Alok Ranjan, Vijay Pratap Singh, Pradeep Das   +10 more
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Falciparum Malaria in Febrile Patients at Sentinel Sites for Influenza Surveillance in the Central African Republic from 2015 to 2018 [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2020
Malaria is a major public health issue in the Central African Republic (CAR) despite massive scale-up of malaria interventions. However, no information is available on the incidence of malaria in febrile illness cases or on the distribution of malaria ...
Romaric Nzoumbou-Boko, Brice Martial Yambiyo, Carine Ngoagouni, Ulrich Vickos, Alexandre Manirakiza, Emmanuel Nakouné   +5 more
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Influenza-associated mortality in 2009 in four sentinel sites in Bangladesh

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To estimate influenza-associated mortality in Bangladesh in 2009. METHODS: In four hospitals in Bangladesh, respiratory samples were collected twice a month throughout 2009 from inpatients aged
Nusrat Homaira, Stephen P Luby, ASM Alamgir, Kariul Islam, Repon Paul, Jaynal Abedin, Mustafizur Rahman, Tasnim Azim, Goutam Podder, Badrul Munir Sohel, Abdullah Brooks, Alicia M Fry, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Joseph Bresee, Mahmudur Rahman, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner   +15 more
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Wastewater monitoring in tourist cities as potential sentinel sites for near real-time dynamics of imported SARS-CoV-2 variants. [PDF]

Sci Total Environ, 2023
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) complements the clinical surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its variants' distribution in populations.
Sangsanont J, Rattanakul S, Makkaew P, Precha N, Rukthanapitak P, Sresung M, Siri Y, Kitajima M, Takeda T, Haramoto E, Puenpa J, Wanlapakorn N, Poovorawan Y, Mongkolsuk S, Sirikanchana K.   +14 more
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Malaria vector feeding, peak biting time and resting place preference behaviors in line with Indoor based intervention tools and its implication: scenario from selected sentinel sites of Ethiopia. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2022
In Ethiopia, malaria incidence has significantly reduced in the past decade through the combined use of conventional vector control approaches and treatment using antimalarial drugs.
Bedasso AH, Gutto AA, Waldetensai A, Eukubay A, Bokore GE, Kinde S, Gemechu F, Debebe Y, Aklilu M, Tasew G, Massebo F, Teshome A, Kebede T, Abdulatif B, Sisay A, Solomon H, Kweka EJ.   +16 more
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Lymphatic filariasis baseline survey in two sentinel sites of Ogun state, Nigeria

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015
BACKGROUND: in preparation for Mass Drug Administration by National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme, a baseline epidemiological investigation on lymphatic filariasis (LF) was conducted in two sentinel sites of Ogun State, Nigeria.
Patricia Nkem Okorie, Emmanuel Davies, Olushola Omoniyi Ogunmola, Olusola Ojurongbe, Yisa Saka, Bridget Okoeguale, Ekanem Ikpi Braide   +6 more
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The Epidemiological Pattern of Seasonal Influenza in Four Sentinel Sites in Iraq [PDF]

Influenza Other Respir Viruses, 2023
Abstract Introduction Influenza is an acute viral infection with significant morbidity and mortality. It occurs annually each winter, which is called seasonal influenza, and is preventable through safe vaccine.
Radhi A, Ibrahim Z.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Therapeutic efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine combinations for uncomplicated malaria in 10 sentinel sites across Ghana: 2015-2017. [PDF]

Malar J, 2019
Routine surveillance on the therapeutic efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been ongoing in Ghana since 2005. The sixth round of surveillance was conducted between 2015 and 2017 to determine the therapeutic efficacy of artesunate ...
Abuaku B, Duah-Quashie NO, Quaye L, Matrevi SA, Quashie N, Gyasi A, Owusu-Antwi F, Malm K, Koram K.   +8 more
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