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Sentinel surveillance for travellers' diarrhoea in primary care [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2007
Abstract Background Travellers' diarrhoea is the most common health problem among international travellers and much of the burden falls on general practitioners. We assessed whether sentinel surveillance based in primary care could be used to monitor changes in the epidemiology of travellers' diarrhoea.
Sarvotham Tinnu S, Evans Meirion R, Northey Gemma, Thomas Daniel R, Howard Tony J   +4 more
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Design of effective outpatient sentinel surveillance for COVID-19 decision-making: a modeling study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Decision-makers impose COVID-19 mitigations based on public health indicators such as reported cases, which are sensitive to fluctuations in supply and demand for diagnostic testing, and hospital admissions, which lag infections by up to two ...
Kok Ben Toh, Manuela Runge, Reese AK Richardson, Thomas J Hladish, Jaline Gerardin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sentinel Surveillance of Schistosomiasis - China, 2021.

China CDC weekly, 2023
This report analyzes the national surveillance data for schistosomiasis in 2021 to understand the current status and provide evidence for further policy actions to promote elimination. This analysis is in line with the National Surveillance Plan of Schistosomiasis, which was revised in 2020 to adapt to the new stage of moving towards elimination.Data ...
Guo, Suying, Dang, Hui, Li, Yinlong, Zhang, Lijuan, Yang, Fan, He, Junyi, Cao, Chunli, Xu, Jing, Li, Shizhu   +8 more
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Comparison of HIV Prevalence Estimates from Antenatal Care Surveillance and Population-Based Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2008
\ud In countries with generalized epidemics, national estimates of HIV prevalence levels and trends in the adult population are generally derived indirectly from surveillance of pregnant women attending selected antenatal care (ANC) clinics.
Mishra, Vinod, V Mishra, Hong, R, Montana, Livia, Rathavuth, Hong, Mishra, V, R Hong, L S Montana   +7 more
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Partner notification and partner treatment for chlamydia: attitude and practice of general practitioners in the Netherlands; a landscape analysis

BMC Family Practice, 2017
Background Chlamydia prevalence remains high despite scaling-up control efforts. Transmission is not effectively interrupted without partner notification (PN) and (timely) partner treatment (PT).
Ingrid V. F. van den Broek, Gé A. Donker, Karin Hek, Jan E. A. M. van Bergen, Birgit H. B. van Benthem, Hannelore M. Götz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of Frailty using EMR and Admin data: A complex issue

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Introduction Frailty is a state of vulnerability to diverse stressors emphasizing the importance of identifying the frail to support them. The burden of frailty in Canada is steadily growing.
Alan Katz, Sabrina Wong, Tyler Williamson, Carole Taylor, Sandra Peterson   +4 more
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Can Linked Electronic Medical Record and Administrative Data Help Us Identify Those Living With Frailty?

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Introduction Frailty is a combination of factors that increase vulnerability to functional decline, dependence and/or death. Frailty cannot easily be defined by comorbidities or medical treatment alone.
Sabrina Wong, Alan Katz, Tyler Williamson, Sandra Peterson, Carole Taylor, Kim McGrail   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the effectiveness of BG-Sentinel and CDC light traps in assessing the abundance, richness, and community composition of mosquitoes in rural and natural areas

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Vector-borne diseases are a major burden to public health. Controlling mosquitoes is considered the most effective way to prevent vector-borne disease transmission.
André B. B. Wilke, Chalmers Vasquez, Augusto Carvajal, Maday Moreno, William D. Petrie, John C. Beier   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sentinel Surveillance: an option for surveillance of infectious intestinal disease

Eurosurveillance, 2007
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Gauci, C., Melillo Fenech, T., Gilles, H., O'Brien, S., Mamo, J., Stabile, I., Calleja, N., Ruggeri, F., Cuschieri, L.   +8 more
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Developing a Primary Care EMR-based Frailty Definition using Machine Learning

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Introduction Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that is predictive of heightened vulnerability for disability, hospitalization, and mortality. Annually an estimated 250,000 frail Canadians die, and this estimate is expected to double in the next 40 years ...
Sylvia Aponte-Hao, Bria Mele, Dave Jackson, Alan Katz, Charles Leduc, Brendan Lethebe, Sabrina Wong, Tyler Williamson   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source