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COVID-19 mortality surveillance in Lebanon

Scientific Reports, 2022
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Epidemiological surveillance program of the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health has launched a rapid surveillance system for collecting COVID-19-related mortality data.
Linda Abou-Abbas, Zeina Nasser, Mario Baaklini, Lina Cheaito, Jeanette Karout, Hawraa Sweidan, Abbas Jouni, Nada Ghosn, Hamad Hassan   +8 more
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Emergence of novel combinations of SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain variants in Senegal

Scientific Reports, 2021
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineages that carry mutations in the spike gene are of concern for potential impact to treatment and prevention efforts.
Ambroise D. Ahouidi, Mary A. Rodgers, Abdou Padane, Nafissatou Leye, Ana Olivo, Moustapha Mbow, Aminata Mboup, Papa Alassane Diaw, Aminata Dia, Barbara Harris, Yacine Amet Dia Padane, Gora Lo, Todd V. Meyer, Cyrille K. Diedhiou, Diabou Diagne, Ndeye Coumba Toure Kane, Gavin Cloherty, Souleymane Mboup   +17 more
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Fatal and non-fatal firearm-related injuries in Canada, 2016–2020: a population-based study using three administrative databases

Injury Epidemiology, 2023
Background Firearms are a substantial cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality in Canada and globally, though evidence from contexts other than the USA is relatively limited.
Stephanie Toigo, Nathaniel J. Pollock, Li Liu, Gisèle Contreras, Steven R. McFaull, Wendy Thompson   +5 more
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A new method for sampling African swine fever virus genome and its inactivation in environmental samples

Scientific Reports, 2021
African swine fever (ASF) is currently the most dangerous disease for the global pig industry, causing huge economic losses, due to the lack of effective vaccine or treatment.
Aleksandra Kosowska, Jose A. Barasona, Sandra Barroso-Arévalo, Belén Rivera, Lucas Domínguez, Jose M. Sánchez-Vizcaíno   +5 more
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Spoligotype-specific risk of finding lesions in tissues from cattle infected by Mycobacterium bovis

BMC Veterinary Research, 2021
Background Although the pathogenic effect of members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in susceptible hosts is well known, differences in clinical signs and pathological findings observed in infected animals have been reported, likely due to a ...
Alberto Gomez-Buendia, Beatriz Romero, Javier Bezos, Francisco Lozano, Lucía de Juan, Julio Alvarez   +5 more
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Pan-European Chikungunya surveillance: Designing risk stratified surveillance zones [PDF]

, 2009
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund - Copyright @ 2009 Tilston et alThe first documented transmission of Chikungunya within Europe took place in Italy during the summer of 2007.
Skelly, C, Tilston, N, Weinstein, P
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The cascade of HIV care in Oman, 2015–2018: A population-based study from the Middle East

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objective: To evaluate the cascade of HIV care in Oman in 2018 and the longitudinal change in each step from 2015 to 2018. Methods: Population-based data on all diagnosed people living with HIV reported to the National AIDS Programme in 1984–2018 were ...
Ali Elgalib, Samir Shah, Zeyana Al-Habsi, Maha Al-Fouri, Richard Lau, Hanan Al-Kindi, Bader Al-Rawahi, Seif Al-Abri   +7 more
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Converting the existing disease surveillance from a paper-based to an electronic-based system using district health information system (DHIS-2) for real-time information: the Lebanese experience

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Introduction The Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon is in the process of converting the surveillance reporting from a cumbersome paper-based system to a web-based electronic platform (DHIS-2) to have real-time information for early detection of alerts ...
Dalal Youssef, Ayat Yaghi, Abbas Jouny, Linda Abou-Abbas, Houssam Chammaa, Nada Ghosn   +5 more
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SurF: an innovative framework in biosecurity and animal health surveillance evaluation [PDF]

, 2018
Surveillance for biosecurity hazards is being conducted by the New Zealand Competent Authority, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to support New Zealand's biosecurity system.
Bingham, P, Bullians, M, Gould, B, Muellner, P, Pande, A, Riding, T, Staerk, K D C, Stevens, P, Vink, D, Watts, J   +9 more
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Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in Canadian acute care hospitals, 2014–2018

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2020
Background: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) pose serious threats to the health of Canadians due to increased morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs.
Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
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