Deslandes, Antoine Ardoin, Alexis Calba, Clémentine Mathey, Damian Mahdjoub, Sarah Zhu-Soubise, Aurélien
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Journal of Infection and Public Health
Background The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic led to a strict lockdown in France from March 17 to May 11, 2020. After the lockdown, the French strategy to mitigate the impact of SARS-CoV-2 relied partly on investigations of all confirmed cases. Monitoring collective settings is particularly important since SARS-CoV-2 seems prone to superspreading events (S...
Makinde, Olusesan Ayodeji Akinyemi, Joshua O. Ntoimo, Lorretta F. Ajaero, Chukwuedozie K. Ononokpono, Dorothy Banda, Pamela C. Adewoyin, Yemi Petlele, Rebaone Ugwu, Henry Odimegwu, Clifford Obby
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Genus
Household habitat conditions matter for diseases transmission and control, especially in the case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). These conditions include availability and adequacy of sanitation facilities, and number of persons per room. Despite this, little attention is being paid to these conditions as a pathway to understanding the transmi...
Rosser, Joelle I. Tayyar, Ralph Giardina, Richard Kolonoski, Peter Kenski, Diane Shen, Peidong Steinmetz, Lars M. Hung, Li-Yuan Xiao, Wenzhong Bains, Karen
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American Journal of Infection Control
Background Despite several outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 amongst healthcare personnel (HCP) exposed to COVID-19 patients globally, risk factors for transmission remain poorly understood. Methods We conducted an outbreak investigation and case-control study to evaluate SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk in an outbreak among HCP at an academic medical center in ...
Gyeltshen, Tshewang Dorji, Lham Dorj, Leki Choden, Kuenga
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BMC Oral Health
Background Nutritional deficiencies are common worldwide and is most notable in low and middle income countries. In the early weeks of September 2018, oral sores mostly affecting the tongue were reported in three central schools under Tsirang district, Bhutan. A total of 204 students were affected in the three central schools. All the affected stud...
Diaz Hernandez, Laura Giezendanner, Stéphanie Fischer, Roland Zeller, Andreas
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BMC Family Practice
Background In addition to the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic to physical health, mental health is challenged by the emotional response to the situation and the official measures taken to stop the pandemic. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of impaired mental well-being due to COVID-19 and explore associated factors. Methods The study was a...
Bylicki, Olivier Delarbre, David Mayet, Aurélie Ferrier, Audrey Perisse, Anne Malle, Carine Cobola, Jacques Bronstein, Antoine Menoud, Nastasia Valero-Biance, Elodie
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objective A better understanding of the immune response against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is critical to predict its dynamics within the general population and its impact on the vaccination strategy. This study assessed the persistence of neutralizing antibody (Nab) activity and SARS-CoV-2 serology in se...
Dupouy-Camet, Jean
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Veterinary parasitology
Two prominent physicians, Grancher and Brouardel, were sent by the French Health authorities to study the severe ongoing outbreak of trichinellosis in Emersleben, Germany (1883). They produced a highly accurate description of the outbreak and confirmed that they had never observed such cases in France. Grancher performed two necropsies and very pre...
Belaunzarán-Zamudio, Pablo F. Rincón León, Héctor Armando Caballero Sosa, Sandra Ruiz, Emilia Nájera Cancino, José Gabriel de La Rosa, Paul Rodriguez Guerrero Almeida, María de Lourdes Powers, John H. III Beigel, John H. Hunsberger, Sally
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BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The introduction of Zika and chikungunya to dengue hyperendemic regions increased interest in better understanding characteristics of these infections. We conducted a cohort study in Mexico to evaluate the natural history of Zika infection. We describe here the frequency of Zika, chikungunya and dengue virus infections immediately after ...
Wenlock, R.D. Tausan, M. Mann, R. Garr, W. Preston, R. Arnold, A. Hoban, J. Webb, L. Quick, C. Beckett, A.
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Infection Prevention in Practice
Background COVID-19 has the potential to cause outbreaks in hospitals. Given the comorbid and elderly cohort of patients hospitalized, hospital-acquired COVID-19 infection is often fatal. Pathogen genome sequencing is becoming increasingly important in infection prevention and control (IPC). Aim To inform the understanding of in-hospital SARS-CoV-2...
Khan, Fatima Muhammad Asad Hasan, Mohammad Mehedi Kazmi, Zohra dos Santos Costa, Ana Carla Aborode, Abdullahi Tunde Ahmad, Shoaib Essar, Mohammad Yasir
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Tropical Medicine and Health
In February 2021, a new Ebola virus disease outbreak was confirmed amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Although the country has successfully contained the outbreak amid its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the epidemiological situation is still concerning, primarily due to the risk of an increase in the number of COV...
