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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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Study protocol on establishment of sentinel sites network for contraceptive and abortion trends, needs and utilization of services in Zika virus affected countries

Reproductive Health, 2017
Background ZIKV(Zika Virus) during pregnancy can result in many adverse events such as fetal deaths or newborns with congenital abnormalities including microcephaly and other neural irregularities.
Moazzam Ali, Kelsey Miller, Rachel Folz, Brooke Ronald Johnson, James Kiarie   +4 more
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Site preparedness and quality of HIV sentinel surveillance at antenatal care clinic sites in India, 2019

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2020
Background: Quality of HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS) depends on preparedness of the site and adherence to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for HSS.
Shashi Kant, Sanjay Kumar Rai, Shreya Jha, Nishakar Thakur, Puneet Misra, Kiran Goswami   +5 more
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Estimating Proportion of Vegetation Cover at the Vicinity of Archaeological Sites Using Sentinel-1 and -2 Data, Supplemented by Crowdsourced OpenStreetMap Geodata

Applied Sciences, 2020
Monitoring vegetation cover is an essential parameter for assessing various natural and anthropogenic hazards that occur at the vicinity of archaeological sites and landscapes.
Athos Agapiou
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Detection of Biogenic Oil Films near Aquaculture Sites Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Satellite Images [PDF]

Remote Sensing, 2021
Biogenic films are very thin surface oils, frequently observed near aquaculture farms, that affect the roughness and the optical properties of the sea surface, making them visible in SAR and multispectral images.
Andromachi Chatziantoniou, Alexandros Karagaitanakis, Vasileios Bakopoulos, Nikos Papandroulakis, Konstantinos Topouzelis   +4 more
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Appraisal of Opportunities and Perspectives for the Systematic Condition Assessment of Heritage Sites with Copernicus Sentinel-2 High-Resolution Multispectral Imagery

Remote Sensing, 2018
Very high-resolution (VHR) optical satellite imagery (≤5 m) is nowadays an established source of information to monitor cultural and archaeological heritage that is exposed to hazards and anthropogenic threats to their conservation, whereas few ...
Deodato Tapete, Francesca Cigna
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Baseline prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis at sentinel sites in Madagascar: Informing a national control strategy. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors, 2016
Schistosomiasis affects more than 800 million people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. A baseline sentinel site study was conducted in the Western half of Madagascar to determine the prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth (
Rasoamanamihaja CF, Rahetilahy AM, Ranjatoarivony B, Dhanani N, Andriamaro L, Andrianarisoa SH, Jourdan PM.   +6 more
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Integration of COVID-19 testing into existing ILI surveillance system in Ghana. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
The similarities between the presentations of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and COVID-19, generated calls for the integration of COVID-19 surveillance into the existing ILI surveillance system.
Ernest Kenu, Delia Akosua Bandoh, Ivy Asantewaa Asante, Michael Adjabeng, Abdul Gafaru Mohammed, Donne Kofi Ameme, Joseph Asamoah Frimpong, Dennis Odai Laryea, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe   +8 more
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Elimination of onchocerciasis in Ecuador: findings of post-treatment surveillance [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background The Esmeraldas focus of onchocerciasis in Ecuador expanded geographically during the 1980s and was associated with severe ocular and skin disease. Mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin started in 1991, initially once but later twice a
Ángel Guevara, Raquel Lovato, Roberto Proaño, Mario A. Rodriguez-Perez, Thomas Unnasch, Philip J. Cooper, Ronald H. Guderian   +6 more
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Building a Data Set over 12 Globally Distributed Sites to Support the Development of Agriculture Monitoring Applications with Sentinel-2

Remote Sensing, 2015
Developing better agricultural monitoring capabilities based on Earth Observation data is critical for strengthening food production information and market transparency.
Sophie Bontemps, Marcela Arias, Cosmin Cara, Gérard Dedieu, Eric Guzzonato, Olivier Hagolle, Jordi Inglada, Nicolas Matton, David Morin, Ramona Popescu, Thierry Rabaute, Mickael Savinaud, Guadalupe Sepulcre, Silvia Valero, Ijaz Ahmad, Agnès Bégué, Bingfang Wu, Diego de Abelleyra, Alhousseine Diarra, Stéphane Dupuy, Andrew French, Ibrar ul Hassan Akhtar, Nataliia Kussul, Valentine Lebourgeois, Michel Le Page, Terrence Newby, Igor Savin, Santiago R. Verón, Benjamin Koetz, Pierre Defourny   +29 more
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