Ingelbeen, Brecht Peckeu, Laurène Laga, Marie Hendrix, Ilona Neven, Inge van der Sande, Marianne AB van Kleef, Esther
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To evaluate the effect of physical distancing and school reopening in Brussels between August and November 2020, we monitored changes in the number of reported contacts per SARS-CoV-2 case and associated SARS-CoV-2 transmission. The second COVID-19 pandemic wave in Brussels was the result of increased social contact across all ages following school...
Löf, Emma Chereau, Fanny Jureen, Pontus Andersson, Sabina Rizzardi, Kristina Edquist, Petra Kühlmann-Berenzon, Sharon Galanis, Ilias Schönning, Caroline Kais, Madeleine
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In early June 2018, an increase in non-travel-related cases of Legionella non- pneumophila Legionnaires’ disease (LD) was observed in Sweden and a national outbreak investigation was started. Outbreak cases were defined as notified confirmed or probable cases of L. non- pneumophila LD, with symptom onset after 1 April 2018. From April to August 201...
Vestergaard, Lasse S Nørgaard, Sarah K Nielsen, Jens Krause, Tyra G Mølbak, Kåre
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Grabowski, Jakub Witkowska, Natalia Bidzan, Leszek
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Zylbersztejn, Ania Pembrey, Lucy Goldstein, Harvey Berbers, Guy Schepp, Rutger van der Klis, Fiona Sande, Charles Mason, Dan Wright, John Smyth, Rosalind
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BackgroundBronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in infants.AimTo describe RSV epidemiology in children in the community in a high-income setting.MethodsWe used stored blood samples from the United Kingdom Born in Bradford cohort study that had been collected at birth, age 1 and 2 years...
Abu Jabal, Kamal Ben-Amram, Hila Beiruti, Karine Batheesh, Yunis Sussan, Christian Zarka, Salman Edelstein, Michael
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The BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine showed high efficacy in clinical trials but observational data from populations not included in trials are needed. We describe immunogenicity 21 days post-dose 1 among 514 Israeli healthcare workers by age, ethnicity, sex and prior COVID-19 infection. Immunogenicity was similar by ethnicity and sex but decreased w...
Gozlan, Yael Bar-Or, Itay Volnowitz, Hadar Asulin, Efrat Rich, Rivka Anis, Emilia Shemer, Yonat Szwarcwort Cohen, Moran Dahary, Etti Levy Schreiber, Licita
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IntroductionUniversal vaccination of toddlers has led to very low hepatitis A (HAV) endemicity in Israel. However, sporadic outbreaks still occur, necessitating better surveillance.AimTo implement a comprehensive HAV surveillance programme.MethodsIn 2017 and 2018, sera from suspected HAV cases that tested positive for anti-HAV IgM antibodies were t...
Carroll, Anne McNamara, Eleanor
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We report the performance of a variety of commercially available SARS-CoV-2 PCR kits, used in several different sites across Ireland to determine if Ct values across platforms are comparable. We also investigate whether a Ct value, a surrogate for calculated viral loads in the absence of viral culture of > 34 can be used to exclude SARS-CoV-2 infec...
Jeffery-Smith, Anna Iyanger, Nalini Williams, Sarah V Chow, J Yimmy Aiano, Felicity Hoschler, Katja Lackenby, Angie Ellis, Joanna Platt, Steven Miah, Shahjahan
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Two London care homes experienced a second COVID-19 outbreak, with 29/209 (13.9%) SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR-positive cases (16/103 residents, 13/106 staff). In those with prior SARS-CoV-2 exposure, 1/88 (1.1%) individuals (antibody positive: 87; RT-PCR-positive: 1) became PCR-positive compared with 22/73 (30.1%) with confirmed seronegative status. After fo...
Larsen, Helle Daugaard Fonager, Jannik Lomholt, Frederikke Kristensen Dalby, Tine Benedetti, Guido Kristensen, Brian Urth, Tinna Ravnholt Rasmussen, Morten Lassaunière, Ria Rasmussen, Thomas Bruun
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In June–November 2020, SARS-CoV-2-infected mink were detected in 290 of 1,147 Danish mink farms. In North Denmark Region, 30% (324/1,092) of people found connected to mink farms tested SARS-CoV-2-PCR-positive and approximately 27% (95% confidence interval (CI): 25–30) of SARS-CoV-2-strains from humans in the community were mink-associated. Measures...
