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Efficient management of transportation logistics related to animal disease outbreaks Universiteit Gent
Factors influencing the occurrence of infectious disease outbreaks in Lebanon since the Syrian crisis Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, the region has witnessed a major population displacement. Lebanon, a country with a population of 4.2 million, has welcomed around one million refugees. A rise in the incidence of Measles, Hepatitis A and Leishmaniosis was noted. This paper aims to document the incidence of outbreaks along with the factors that contributed to their emergence in Lebanon. A comprehensive literature review was ...
Implementation and evaluation of new tools for Ebola virus disease response during outbreaks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: from rapid diagnostic tests to genomic sequencing. Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has faced fifteen Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks, among which the 2018-2020 was the most widespread and deadliest so far. During that outbreak associated with chronic insecurity, community mistrust and resistance, thirteen field laboratories were deployed to support the EVD diagnosis with the GeneXpert. As this latter cannot be used everywhere in remote areas due to its additional requirements, rapid ...
Head-to-head comparison of diagnostic accuracy of four Ebola virus disease rapid diagnostic tests versus GeneXpert (R) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo outbreaks Universiteit Antwerpen Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Background Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks have emerged in Central and West Africa. EVD diagnosis relies principally on RT-PCR testing with GeneXpert (R), which has logistical and cost restrictions at the peripheral level of the health system. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) would offer a valuable alternative at the point-of-care to reduce the turn-around time, if they show good performance characteristics. We evaluated the performance of four ...
Managing input C/N ratio to reduce the risk of Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) outbreaks in biofloc systems : a laboratory study Universiteit Gent
Temporal and Spatial Patterns and a Space-Time Cluster Analysis of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Ethiopia from 2010 to 2019 KU Leuven
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an endemic disease in Ethiopia, although space-time cluster and monthly variation studies have never been assessed at national level. The current study aimed to identify the spatial and temporal distribution of FMD outbreaks in Ethiopia from national outbreak reports over a period of ten years from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2019. To this end, a total of 376,762 cases and 1302 outbreaks from 704 districts were ...
Factors affecting mental health of health care workers during coronavirus disease outbreaks (SARS, MERS & COVID-19): A rapid systematic review KU Leuven
INTRODUCTION: The novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak currently puts health care workers at high risk of both physical and mental health problems. This study aimed to identify the risk and protective factors for mental health outcomes in health care workers during coronavirus epidemics. METHODS: A rapid systematic review was performed in three databases (March 24, 2020) and a current COVID-19 resource (May 28, 2020). Following study ...
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains are highly prevalent in Ugandan piggeries but disease outbreaks are masked by antibiotic prophylaxis Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) caused by enterotoxigenic
Escherichia coli (ETEC) is an important disease of
newly weaned piglets. ETEC strains commonly express F4
and/or F18 fimbriae that attach to carbohydrate receptors
present on the intestinal epithelium during colonization. The
disease status in the Ugandan piggeries had previously not
been studied. In this cross-sectional sero-survey and clinical
...
Escherichia coli (ETEC) is an important disease of
newly weaned piglets. ETEC strains commonly express F4
and/or F18 fimbriae that attach to carbohydrate receptors
present on the intestinal epithelium during colonization. The
disease status in the Ugandan piggeries had previously not
been studied. In this cross-sectional sero-survey and clinical
...
Costing infectious disease outbreaks for economic evaluation: a review for hepatitis A Universiteit Antwerpen
With the aim to understand and estimate the economic impact of outbreaks of community-acquired infections, we performed a review focusing on hepatitis A outbreaks, and retained 13 papers, which had collected relevant cost information during such outbreaks. All costs in this article are expressed in $US, year 2007 values. The costs of hepatitis A outbreaks ranged from $US140 000 to $US36 million, and the costs per case in an outbreak situation ...