2012 ANSWER KEY Disease Detectives Purdue University
... ofSalmonella Saintpaul were identified by PulseNet. After a nationwide notice was sent February 26 to state public health officials about a cluster of cases of Salmonella Saintpaul infection among Nebraska residents; additional cases were reported from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and South Da ...
... ofSalmonella Saintpaul were identified by PulseNet. After a nationwide notice was sent February 26 to state public health officials about a cluster of cases of Salmonella Saintpaul infection among Nebraska residents; additional cases were reported from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and South Da ...
INFECTIOUS DISEASES EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN 2012
... with the number of countries reporting cases of novel H1N1 nearly doubling. The Southern Hemisphere’s regular influenza season has begun and countries there have reported that the new H1N1 virus continues to spread, causing illness along with regular seasonal influenza viruses. In the United States, ...
... with the number of countries reporting cases of novel H1N1 nearly doubling. The Southern Hemisphere’s regular influenza season has begun and countries there have reported that the new H1N1 virus continues to spread, causing illness along with regular seasonal influenza viruses. In the United States, ...
The SARS (2003) and Avian flu (2004) incidences remind us on how
... The 1889–1890 flu pandemic, also known as Russian Flu, was first reported in May 1889, spread to North America in December 1889, South America in February–April 1890, India in February–March 1890, and Australia in March–April 1890. The H3N8 and H2N2 subtypes of the Influenza A virus have each been i ...
... The 1889–1890 flu pandemic, also known as Russian Flu, was first reported in May 1889, spread to North America in December 1889, South America in February–April 1890, India in February–March 1890, and Australia in March–April 1890. The H3N8 and H2N2 subtypes of the Influenza A virus have each been i ...
Border measures evidence summary
... detect infected passengers arriving from or departing to affected areas. Although entry and exit screening are similar, exit screening has a higher reported effectiveness, which seems to be related to the reduced numbers of infected passengers on board the aircraft and consequent decreased transmiss ...
... detect infected passengers arriving from or departing to affected areas. Although entry and exit screening are similar, exit screening has a higher reported effectiveness, which seems to be related to the reduced numbers of infected passengers on board the aircraft and consequent decreased transmiss ...
EPI Case Study 4 - Global Tuberculosis Institute
... radiology report indicated abnormal findings consistent with TB. As a result, both patients were admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of suspected pulmonary TB. Once admitted, sputum samples collected from both patients were read as positive on microscopic smear with final culture identificatio ...
... radiology report indicated abnormal findings consistent with TB. As a result, both patients were admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of suspected pulmonary TB. Once admitted, sputum samples collected from both patients were read as positive on microscopic smear with final culture identificatio ...
Moving beyond averages: Individual
... Infectious Disease Program (DEB-0090323), and the James S. McDonnell Foundation. c ...
... Infectious Disease Program (DEB-0090323), and the James S. McDonnell Foundation. c ...
Knowledge Discovery for Cancer Informatics and Public Health Informatics: Techniques, Case Studies, and Lessons Learned
... results • Various manipulations on the table and network view of the retrieved relations: filter, sort, zoom, ...
... results • Various manipulations on the table and network view of the retrieved relations: filter, sort, zoom, ...
Spring of Fear Executive Summary Volume 1
... protection from infectious outbreaks like SARS, serious problems persist and much remains to be done.2 Why should we care about SARS now, three years after the event? We should care about SARS because we should never forget the loss and suffering, and we should never forget the courage shown by so m ...
... protection from infectious outbreaks like SARS, serious problems persist and much remains to be done.2 Why should we care about SARS now, three years after the event? We should care about SARS because we should never forget the loss and suffering, and we should never forget the courage shown by so m ...
PowerPoint
... – Target health care providers and the public. – Inform and educate about potential need for population community measures to ...
... – Target health care providers and the public. – Inform and educate about potential need for population community measures to ...
Isolation and Quarantine Measures in Response
... – Target health care providers and the public. – Inform and educate about potential need for population community measures to ...
... – Target health care providers and the public. – Inform and educate about potential need for population community measures to ...
Viral respiratory disease in pregnancy
... originate in the Guangdong Province in Southern China. It is suspected that the novel coronavirus originated when ...
... originate in the Guangdong Province in Southern China. It is suspected that the novel coronavirus originated when ...
Rapid drop in the reproduction number during the Ebola
... likelihood-based method to calculate the number of secondary infections generated per case by date of onset of symptoms (Wallinga & Teunis, 2004). This method does not make any assumptions about how the reproduction number changes with time and can take the individual heterogeneity in the number of ...
... likelihood-based method to calculate the number of secondary infections generated per case by date of onset of symptoms (Wallinga & Teunis, 2004). This method does not make any assumptions about how the reproduction number changes with time and can take the individual heterogeneity in the number of ...
AI for Global Disease Surveillance
... a group of epidemiologists, publichealth officials, healthcare providers, and their support staff to go through a multistep procedure for alert review and event evaluation. Significant reduction of false alarms is required before any computer-based disease-surveillance system can be used in the fiel ...
... a group of epidemiologists, publichealth officials, healthcare providers, and their support staff to go through a multistep procedure for alert review and event evaluation. Significant reduction of false alarms is required before any computer-based disease-surveillance system can be used in the fiel ...
Postexposure Prophylaxis, Isolation, and Quarantine
... lists, and interviews with the infected student to identify and contact persons potentially exposed to measles. Susceptible contacts (i.e., persons exposed and not fully vaccinated) were offered postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), either measlesmumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination within 72 hours of exposure ...
... lists, and interviews with the infected student to identify and contact persons potentially exposed to measles. Susceptible contacts (i.e., persons exposed and not fully vaccinated) were offered postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), either measlesmumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination within 72 hours of exposure ...
xleishmania_surv_113-d12.student
... Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus, called SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). SARS was first recognized as the cause of a large outbreak in Asia in February 2003, characterized by severe acute respiratory illness and high case fatalit ...
... Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus, called SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). SARS was first recognized as the cause of a large outbreak in Asia in February 2003, characterized by severe acute respiratory illness and high case fatalit ...
2. History of CCHF in Albania
... Laboratories rehabilitation, training, and incorporation in ALERT is a proposed future project by WHO Albania). Specific problems observed in Has: Primary Health Care has been inactive: ...
... Laboratories rehabilitation, training, and incorporation in ALERT is a proposed future project by WHO Albania). Specific problems observed in Has: Primary Health Care has been inactive: ...
Viral shedding and antibody response in 37 patients with
... patients were mostly inpatients [20]. In SARS cases that occurred before Hong Kong authorities started active community contact tracing, the average time from symptom onset to admission was 4 to 7 days[20]. Because case definitions and diagnostics were well established during SARS in Hong Kong, diag ...
... patients were mostly inpatients [20]. In SARS cases that occurred before Hong Kong authorities started active community contact tracing, the average time from symptom onset to admission was 4 to 7 days[20]. Because case definitions and diagnostics were well established during SARS in Hong Kong, diag ...
MERS-CoV - Department of Health
... contact with domestic animals, and four health-care workers who had contact with the man while he was in hospital.14 Extensive contact tracing in the UK suggested that the virus was not very transmissible from person to person, with only two of the 92 close contacts of the index case testing positi ...
... contact with domestic animals, and four health-care workers who had contact with the man while he was in hospital.14 Extensive contact tracing in the UK suggested that the virus was not very transmissible from person to person, with only two of the 92 close contacts of the index case testing positi ...
Reporting All Cases of Varicella
... It is important to report all of the above cases so that MDH can adequately assess the incidence of varicella. Cases not seen by a provider but diagnosed by phone are thought to currently represent a large proportion of total cases. MDH will collect data on how the case was diagnosed, as well as dif ...
... It is important to report all of the above cases so that MDH can adequately assess the incidence of varicella. Cases not seen by a provider but diagnosed by phone are thought to currently represent a large proportion of total cases. MDH will collect data on how the case was diagnosed, as well as dif ...
Ebola virus disease, West Africa – update 25 July 2014
... Dr Brantly was in stable and in very serious condition, and Ms Writebol was in stable and serious condition, he said. Ms Writebol's husband, David, told an elder in the church that she was very sick and he could not even enter the same room with her, according to the Rev John Munro, pastor of Calva ...
... Dr Brantly was in stable and in very serious condition, and Ms Writebol was in stable and serious condition, he said. Ms Writebol's husband, David, told an elder in the church that she was very sick and he could not even enter the same room with her, according to the Rev John Munro, pastor of Calva ...
The Tropical Bookshelf This Zoonotic World
... that makes me uneasy . . . In the case of zoonoses, of course, we can’t eradicate unless we cure or eradicate the reservoir host. We don’t want to pave this entire planet to make it cleaner and safer for humans because it will be not only un-helpful, it will be boring, lonely, and ugly.” “I do have ...
... that makes me uneasy . . . In the case of zoonoses, of course, we can’t eradicate unless we cure or eradicate the reservoir host. We don’t want to pave this entire planet to make it cleaner and safer for humans because it will be not only un-helpful, it will be boring, lonely, and ugly.” “I do have ...
Ethics in a Time of Contagion - Canadian Journal of Nursing
... 1977 supported such optimism. By 1981, however, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) shattered it (Sontag, 1989), and to date has killed over 27 million people (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids & World Health Organization, 2007). Other new agents (like the ebola and West Nile viruses) and ol ...
... 1977 supported such optimism. By 1981, however, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) shattered it (Sontag, 1989), and to date has killed over 27 million people (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids & World Health Organization, 2007). Other new agents (like the ebola and West Nile viruses) and ol ...
Ethics in a Time of Contagion
... 1977 supported such optimism. By 1981, however, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) shattered it (Sontag, 1989), and to date has killed over 27 million people (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids & World Health Organization, 2007). Other new agents (like the ebola and West Nile viruses) and ol ...
... 1977 supported such optimism. By 1981, however, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) shattered it (Sontag, 1989), and to date has killed over 27 million people (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids & World Health Organization, 2007). Other new agents (like the ebola and West Nile viruses) and ol ...
Title Association between Severity of MERS
... could be related to a higher initial infective dose and consequently to faster or greater pathogen replication. This finding could lead to a more severe disease induced by more aggressive and damaging inflammatory responses (14). Closer monitoring of patients who have a shorter incubation period cou ...
... could be related to a higher initial infective dose and consequently to faster or greater pathogen replication. This finding could lead to a more severe disease induced by more aggressive and damaging inflammatory responses (14). Closer monitoring of patients who have a shorter incubation period cou ...
Timeline of the SARS outbreak
The following is a timeline of the 2002–04 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).