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202015
- Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69;422-426 [Epub ahead of of asymptomatic infections. (cdc.gov)
- A higher LTC staffing rate was strongly associated with lower infection and LTC death rates across countries in early 2020. (oecd.org)
- In March 2020, amid surging deaths from disease, the Trump administration put forward a novel interpretation of Title 42: U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents could immediately remove anyone entering the country without authorization to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (nnirr.org)
- On November 7, 2020, the United States had over 9.5 million reported cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) resulting in over 230,000 deaths. (houstonlawreview.org)
- 2020). In view of the rapidly changing infection situation and widely spreading negative consequences in most economies, it is of utmost importance to investigate which interventions are most successful in controlling the epidemiological dynamics and economic losses, and to what extent. (cepr.org)
- 2020) applied the Bass Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (Bass-SIR) model to study the lockdown and social distancing effects for province-specific epidemiological parameters in China. (cepr.org)
- 2020) developed a Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Removed (SEIR) model to evaluate the impact of NPIs on the epidemic in Wuhan, China. (cepr.org)
- Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, it's estimated that 6.6 million people have died worldwide, with nearly 650 million confirmed infections . (gsk.com)
- The International Olympic Committee is "committed" to holding the 2020 Games in Tokyo as planned despite the widening new coronavirus outbreak, the body's president has pledged. (forbes.com)
- 23 April 2020 - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Somalia, including associated deaths attributed to coronavirus disease. (who.int)
- Since the beginning of the outbreak, 7 associated deaths out of 135 cases were reported by the Government in Somalia as of 19 April 2020. (who.int)
- The cholera outbreak continues to kill and so far in 2020, cholera has claimed 11 lives and made another 2600 people sick. (who.int)
- On January 30, 2020, the WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global health emergency. (medscape.com)
- Early in the pandemic (April 3, 2020), the CDC issued a recommendation that the general public, even those without symptoms, should wear face coverings in public settings where social-distancing measures were difficult to maintain to abate the spread of COVID-19. (medscape.com)
- METHODS: Data from September 2020--November 2021 from six national surveillance systems in matched geographical areas were merged and analyzed to estimate numbers of COVID-19-associated cases, emergency department visits, and deaths per 100,000 infections. (cdc.gov)
Slowing the spread of COVID-192
- Social distancing measures aim to reduce the frequency of contact and increase physical distance between persons, thereby reducing the risks of person-to-person transmission and slowing the spread of COVID-19. (pasoroblespress.com)
- Although social distancing is slowing the spread of COVID-19, it will undoubtedly have negative consequences for mental health and well-being in both the short- and long-term, public health experts say. (medscape.com)
Quarantine9
- This person exhibits the symptoms of the disease and is required to be tested, and undergo a quarantine or isolation while waiting for the laboratory results. (wikipedia.org)
- The group attempts to disinfect contaminated areas, quarantine the sick, and initiate social distancing to reduce chance of infection. (letstalkpublichealth.com)
- This is especially true during a global health emergency in which the first line of defense is public adherence to health directives, including to quarantine, observe social distancing, wear masks, and, eventually, receive a vaccine. (brookings.edu)
- In their study unveiled this week, IISc and TIFR researchers analysed the impact of strategies such as case isolation, home quarantine, social distancing and various post-lockdown restrictions on COVID-19 that might remain in force for some time. (orissapost.com)
- Until the vaccine comes on the market, we have to remain alert… Once sporadic cases occur here and there in the country, we immediately need to implement quarantine or social distancing locally for the people in that region, and also need to perform tests to identify positive cases irrespective of showing symptoms," Bhattacharya explained. (orissapost.com)
- A series of scenario analyses suggest that countries may avoid lockdown by imposing school closures, mask wearing and centralised quarantine simultaneously to reach similar COVID-19 infection mitigation outcomes. (cepr.org)
- Our research examines 6 major government interventions (i.e. travel restriction, centralised quarantine, mask wearing, lockdown, school closure, and social distancing) imposed by nine countries (i.e. (cepr.org)
- By analysing different policy strategies and comparing the associated infection control outcomes across the globe, our empirical analysis estimates the impact of each policy and finds that centralised quarantine, lockdown, school closure, and mask wearing are particularly effective in mitigating the COVID-19 transmission, ranked by the magnitude of their effectiveness from highest to lowest. (cepr.org)
- SARS incubation and quarantine times: when is an exposed individual known to be disease free? (who.int)
Interventions5
- However, when an outbreak is brought under control by social distancing and other interventions, it is possible only a small proportion of the population will have been infected and gained immunity, they said. (orissapost.com)
- On the other hand, there is an inevitable trade-off between the disease control outcomes and economic consequences, since prolonged government interventions have large downside impact on the overall economic and social well-being, including escalated unemployment rates and business bankruptcies (Coibion et al. (cepr.org)
- Any disruption of essential care and other key health interventions for managing cholera and other infectious disease threats may lead to an upsurge of cases and excess deaths. (who.int)
- The CDC advised that nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are the most important response strategy for delaying viral spread and reducing disease impact. (medscape.com)
- Population-wide social distancing plus other interventions (eg, home self-isolation, school and business closures) are strongly advised. (medscape.com)
Isolation5
- COVID-19 may also contribute to social isolation and mental health challenges such as anxiety and depression (6). (cdc.gov)
- Home-isolation and lockdown are necessary for preventing infectious disease transmission, with many of our basic needs provided by platform companies and delivery workers. (manchester.ac.uk)
- Number of family members, living status of spouse, emotional attachment to family members, conflict in family, loneliness, social isolation, marginal friendship ties, functional status, physical exercise, active complains and diastolic BP were independent predictors of depression in older adults. (bvsalud.org)
- CONCLUSION: Early identification of depression in older adults using GDS-15 and incorporation of social isolation and functionality assessment routinely by healthcare providers for all older adults attending the outpatient departments is the need of the hour. (bvsalud.org)
- Prevention is by vaccination and infection control precautions (eg, face masks, handwashing, social distancing, isolation of infected individuals). (msdmanuals.com)
Anthony Fauci3
- In some areas of the country, "we're now seeing a disturbing surge of infections that looks like it's a combination but one of the things is an increase in community spread and that's something that I'm really quite concerned about," said Dr Anthony Fauci, the US' top infectious diseases expert, on Tuesday while testifying before a congressional committee. (euronews.com)
- Rutherford added that he has been buoyed by how relatively positive the government's top infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci has been regarding the prospects for a vaccine in the next 12 to 18 months, but he said that the timetable for manufacturing and distributing a vaccine could be far longer than estimates thus far have allowed for. (aol.com)
- referring to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who has been a frequent public face of the federal government's efforts to fight the virus. (civilbeat.org)
Growing COVID-19 outbreak1
- The profusion of information that keeps emerging about the growing COVID-19 outbreak presents challenges for reporters and the scientists they talk to when researching their stories. (scientificamerican.com)
Wuhan7
- coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children and At Wuhan Pingan Healthcare Diagnostic Cen- adolescents: a systematic review. (cdc.gov)
- Author affiliations: Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, of SARS-CoV-2 infection. (cdc.gov)
- This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. (isabelbarrosarchitects.ie)
- Following the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, numerous measures were enacted to prevent further spread of the disease to other parts of China. (jmir.org)
- formerly called 2019-nCoV), which was first identified amid an outbreak of respiratory illness cases in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. (medscape.com)
- WHO begins using the phrase "2019 Novel Coronavirus" or "2019-nCoV" to refer to disease causing the outbreak in Wuhan, China. (cdc.gov)
- The reason why we try to use data outside of Hubei is because, in Wuhan, things happened so quickly in the beginning, we didn't know what the causes of the disease was. (cdc.gov)
Vaccine4
- Even in the economically powerful U.S., the tension between maintaining social freedoms and engaging in efforts of collective defense against the virus has led to politicization (e.g., mask wearing, social distancing and vaccine refusal). (brookings.edu)
- Opponents of the vaccine are incorrectly suggesting online that the unusually high number of infections is caused by the pediatric COVID-19 vaccines. (alianzanews.com)
- But infectious disease specialists and vaccine developers interviewed by Yahoo News said that even accepting the unpublished research at face value, it is unclear if or when an effective vaccine will be available. (aol.com)
- Our gains in protecting children against vaccine-preventable diseases, our victory in eradicating polio virus from the country, our focus on leaving no one behind in our efforts to achieve universal health care coverage will be lost forever if we can not support the health system to meet the increased demand for health care for COVID-19 and yet maintain the health services that are life saving in nature. (who.int)
Centers15
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (wikipedia.org)
- vaccinations (for both children and adults) are essential services that should be given on time, and in-person nonurgent care (such as screenings) should be considered when risk of infection is low, based on local COVID-19 transmission rates, and when appropriate Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-recommended mitigation strategies are in place. (cdc.gov)
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot attest to the accuracy of a non-federal website. (cdc.gov)
- In this capacity, he provides leadership to the efforts of CDC's three infectious disease national centers and helps advance the agency's cross cutting infectious disease priorities. (cdc.gov)
- Title 42 is a public health and welfare statute enacted in 1944 that gave the U.S. surgeon general the authority - later transferred to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - to determine whether communicable disease in a foreign country poses a serious danger of spreading in the U.S., either by people or property entering the country. (nnirr.org)
- As infections exploded across the country, states ordered gyms and fitness centers closed, along with restaurants, movie theaters and bars. (wvxu.org)
- By the end of October , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported its surveillance systems were showing an increase in RSV detections and RSV-related emergency room visits and hospitalizations in multiple areas of the country, with some regions nearing seasonal peak levels, which usually occur from later December to mid-February. (alianzanews.com)
- Dr Bryan In-ho Kim, senior researcher at Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), discusses the methods that helped South Korea achieve remarkable results in the fight against Covid-19. (batimes.com.ar)
- The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has played a key role in one of the world's most successful attempts to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. (batimes.com.ar)
- 15 As of February 2021, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that children age 0-4 years account for only 1.9% of covid-19 diagnoses, and those age 5-17 years account for 9.4% of covid-19 diagnoses in the US. (bmj.com)
- The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments, other U.S. government departments and agencies, the private sector, and international partners have engaged in real-time public health response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). (cdc.gov)
- Announcer] This program is presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
- From Constantinople, ships carried plague to ports along the Mediterranean littoral so the infection fanned out from several epicenters, acquiring new momentum from these new centers as it spread. (cdc.gov)
- For current information on the number of cases and fatalities, see the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): COVID Data Tracker and the WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard . (msdmanuals.com)
- Courtesy of US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (medscape.com)
Measures21
- This model allows the public to input data that demonstrate how changes in safety measures in their communities, including wearing face covering and social distancing, can significantly impact the spread of this virus and mortality rates. (theconversation.com)
- Our Goldenson Center COVID-19 model uses a hypothetical 1,000-person population and calculates outcomes using three types of information: the initial number of infections, social distancing, and personal protection measures that include wearing masks, frequent hand-washing and staying quarantined if exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. (theconversation.com)
- It's not based on actual disease data and is designed to demonstrate the effects of safety measures, rather than make specific predictions. (theconversation.com)
- However, our model shows that if half the population practices safe protocols, infections after 90 days drop to 293 and deaths drop even more dramatically, to 149 - about one-third of the lives lost under looser measures. (theconversation.com)
- Minutes of outbreak teams capture the impact, challenges and responses to problems and measures taken regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in long-term care organisations. (bmj.com)
- Test and trace programmes are a core public health response in epidemics that can be used with other measures such as social distancing, barriers (such as masks) and handwashing to reduce infections. (nao.org.uk)
- Recommended measures to prevent infection include frequent hand washing, maintaining distance from others (social distancing), and keeping hands away from the face. (isabelbarrosarchitects.ie)
- As countries introduce unprecedented measures to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, one of the most alarming conclusions from infectious-disease modelling is that there is no clear exit strategy. (nature.com)
- This will be important as many countries decrease the use of social distancing and containment measures. (uspharmacist.com)
- In the absence of any control measures, an outbreak will grow as long as the average number of people infected by each infectious person is more than one. (orissapost.com)
- social-distancing measures are not strictly adhered to, the city's health minister has cautioned, pointing to an increase in untraceable local infections over the past week. (scmp.com)
- Earlier in the day, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor pointed to that fluctuation in saying Hong Kong's ongoing series of social-distancing measures would need to be maintained for the time being. (scmp.com)
- They will also set out the impact of additional measures to protect the workers and reduce infection risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. (manchester.ac.uk)
- We aim to work with companies in this sector to assess how this sector contributes to minimising the risk of spreading the disease and the benefits of additional measures to protect the workers. (manchester.ac.uk)
- Dr Wei said: "This sector plays a vital role in reinforcing the infection control measures and reducing public anxiety by keeping logistics functioning and services and supplies available. (manchester.ac.uk)
- Estimates of the serial interval were shorter at the end of the study period as increasing evidence of pre-symptomatic transmission was documented and as jurisdictions enacted outbreak control measures. (who.int)
- This uncertainty raises questions about whether the extreme social distancing measures in place in many parts of the country will continue indefinitely. (aol.com)
- These measures limited the coverage of dengue preventive programs and delayed the medical management of both diseases due to co-infection and misdiagnosis. (e-epih.org)
- Social distancing measures include school dismissals, event cancellations, and creating employee policies and plans to work remotely. (pasoroblespress.com)
- While implementing social distancing measures can cause disruptions in a community, advance planning and preparation can mitigate some of those disruptions. (pasoroblespress.com)
- Once COVID-19 is spreading in the community, people at higher risk should take extra measures to put distance between themselves and other people. (pasoroblespress.com)
Trump3
- Trump extended nationwide social distancing guidelines through April 30 - after earlier wanting normal activities resumed by Easter, April 12. (davidicke.com)
- Trump recently held a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, a coronavirus hotspot, where images showed a packed gathering with few people wearing masks and no social distancing. (euronews.com)
- The debate will only intensify over the next month, as we approach the April 30 endpoint Trump set for national social-distancing guidelines, and pressure builds to re-open businesses, despite the high likelihood the virus will still be spreading. (marcapolitica.org)
Contagious6
- One of them comes across the now infected and contagious farmer, and the disease quickly spreads. (letstalkpublichealth.com)
- Due to the highly contagious nature of the disease, the COVID-19 outbreak spread worldwide in less than three months. (jmir.org)
- It has been suggested that early and rapid detection of suspected infected patients with contagious diseases along with adequate infection control practice, education, and global and national preparation guidelines could help prevent disease transmission to HCP [ 3 ]. (kjme.kr)
- Covid-19 is a contagious viral disease, its spread by close and direct contact between humans. (cityobservatory.org)
- What's the Difference Between Infectious and Contagious? (medlineplus.gov)
- Smallpox is an acute, contagious disease caused by the variola virus, a member of the genus Orthopoxvirus , in the Poxviridae family (see the image below). (medscape.com)
Lockdown2
- As infection levels grew, government introduced a national lockdown as the main way of reducing transmission of COVID-19, suspending comprehensive contact tracing in mid-March. (nao.org.uk)
- In the districts of Guetersloh and Warendorf, where an outbreak stemming from a meat-processing facility has forced over 600,000 into lockdown through Tuesday, the infection rate has been falling. (ghanabusinessnews.com)
Emerging Infectio2
- For decades, we've been publishing research and news about emerging infectious diseases and the potential havoc a pandemic can wreak. (nature.com)
- So because of that, we had to reform a lot of our emergency preparations against these kinds of emerging infectious diseases. (batimes.com.ar)
Masks2
- For example, let's assume that 100 people are infected out of a population of 1,000, with one in 10 wearing masks, keeping appropriate distance and quarantining if necessary. (theconversation.com)
- Practicing common-sense social distancing, wearing masks in public and quarantining when necessary is a small inconvenience for a limited amount of time - that will contain the devastation of this virus and ensure that our economy is restored. (theconversation.com)
Coronavirus disease 20195
- Coronavirus disease 2019 in threat and might lead to another outbreak ( 1 , 2 ). (cdc.gov)
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an ongoing pandemic disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become virtually endemic due to universal vaccination and a decreased viral pathogenicity that has gradually developed over time, especially after emergence of the so-called Omicron lineages characterized by high immune escape [ 1 ]. (degruyter.com)
- A heatmap showing increased levels of most measured cytokines in patients who had contracted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). (ajtmh.org)
- Outbreaks continue to occur concurrently with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the 10 ASEAN countries. (e-epih.org)
- Illness caused by SARS-CoV-2 was termed COVID-19 by the WHO, the acronym derived from "coronavirus disease 2019. (medscape.com)
Deaths13
- With the advent of an infectious disease outbreak, epidemiologists and public health officials quickly try to forecast deaths and infections using complex computer models. (theconversation.com)
- It demonstrates how infections and deaths progress on a daily basis over a three-month period depending on how people behave in response to the outbreak. (theconversation.com)
- Our model then uses this initial information to project on a daily basis the cumulative infections and deaths over a three-month period. (theconversation.com)
- Here, a hypothetical group of 100 infected people out of a population of 1,000, with 10% observing good safety protocols, leads to hundreds of infections and deaths after three months. (theconversation.com)
- After that, more cases of new infections and deaths were reported across cities in China. (jmir.org)
- We can see from China and South Korea how a combination of community surveillance - testing and contact tracing - strong social distancing and rapid clinical care, reduced infections and deaths. (nature.com)
- The latest infections pushed the city's total to 5,132 cases and 105 related deaths. (scmp.com)
- Professor Martie van Tongeren said: "With surging numbers of total confirmed cases and deaths, the UK has entered the most stringent social distancing period in its history. (manchester.ac.uk)
- So the 2015 MERS outbreak experience in Korea was a very hard lesson for us - we had a total of 186 confirmed cases and 38 deaths in total. (batimes.com.ar)
- During the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak, analyses suggest that the increased number of deaths caused by measles, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis attributable to health system failures exceeded deaths that were directly attributable to Ebola virus disease. (who.int)
- If viral transmission cannot be decreased, a patient surge and increasing demand for care could be overwhelming, putting an enormous strain on the fragile health system and severely impacting other life-saving services such as immunization, maternal care and other services aimed at limiting deaths from preventable diseases. (who.int)
- [ 8 ] Since that time, the United States has experienced widespread infections, with over 97.6 million reported cases and over 1,131,000 deaths reported as of June 8, 2023 as reported by the CDC COVID data tracker . (medscape.com)
- More than 7.15 million cases of domestically acquired infectious waterborne illnesses occurred in the United States in 2014, causing 120,000 hospitalizations and 6,600 deaths. (cdc.gov)
Respiratory13
- Influenza vaccination is needed to reduce respiratory disease burden on an already taxed health care system. (cdc.gov)
- That an influenza infection could give rise to a similar situation was already known, but less was understood about the outcomes of a double infection of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses. (uspharmacist.com)
- Understanding the consequences of double infections of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses is crucial. (uspharmacist.com)
- In the early summer of 2015, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) struck South Korea, and students of Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKUSOM) were at risk of contracting the disease. (kjme.kr)
- The rate of HCP-related infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus, Ebola virus, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus has been reported to be around 1% to 27%, 2.5% to 12%, and 11% to 57% of total cases, respectively [ 3 ]. (kjme.kr)
- Hospitals across the country are seeing a spike of respiratory syncytial virus infections among children. (alianzanews.com)
- Children's hospitals across the United States are reporting full capacity due to an intense and early surge of respiratory syncytial virus infections. (alianzanews.com)
- There is no evidence indicating COVID-19 vaccination can cause infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)," Kate Grusich, a CDC representative, told us in an email. (alianzanews.com)
- A voluntary network of laboratories that submit test data to the CDC will provide valuable information as another early indicator of spread, along with other respiratory diseases (eg, influenza, RSV). (medscape.com)
- SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus or SARS-CoV-1) outbreak. (cdc.gov)
- CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) activates a center-level response to investigate this novel pneumonia of unknown etiology. (cdc.gov)
- SARS-CoV-2 infection causes a spectrum of severity of disease, from asymptomatic to acute respiratory failure and death. (msdmanuals.com)
- CoV-2 is a coronavirus belongs to the -coronavirus clus- ter, it is the third zoonotic coronavirus disease after SARS viduals and their families with continuous evaluation of and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) ( 4 ). (who.int)
Response to the outbreak1
- House Democrats unveiled a proposal yesterday to bolster the country's infrastructure to cushion the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, in what would be "phase four" of the congressional response to the outbreak. (justsecurity.org)
Hong Kong2
Viruses3
- Adults in the hospital with COVID-19 and simultaneous influenza are at much greater risk of severe disease and death compared with patients who have COVID-19 alone or with other viruses, new research from the United Kingdom shows. (uspharmacist.com)
- Unfortunately, older adults, those generally 65 years and older, are at distinctively increased risk of the complications and are more susceptible to severe disease due to all three of these viruses," Schaffner says. (gsk.com)
- But for other infections, such as some caused by viruses, you can only treat your symptoms. (medlineplus.gov)
Epidemic8
- In category C are many other issues for which the current evidence is exceedingly limited, such as the effect of extreme social distancing on slowing the epidemic. (scientificamerican.com)
- Early analysis of epidemic parameters provides vital information to inform the outbreak response. (who.int)
- The Black Death was the first outbreak of the second plague epidemic that occurred repeatedly until 1750 CE. (cdc.gov)
- Stimulated by earlier observations that epidemic diseases were transported by ships, the notion of quarantines began being developed in the early 14th century. (cdc.gov)
- They shared a view of epidemic diseases: the final cause was God's anger over his human subjects' sins, and epidemic disease was His punishment. (cdc.gov)
- The theory was that miasma was the only cause of epidemic disease. (cdc.gov)
- The variety of epidemic diseases and their clinical and epidemiologic manifestations were explained by miasma's ability to evolve into agents with different pathogenic properties, so a mild disease could develop into plague. (cdc.gov)
- This was the Fracastoro miasmatic-contagionistic theory of cross-infection and epidemic spread. (cdc.gov)
Pneumonia2
- This viral SARS-CoV-2 infection can present itself in a broad spectrum of clinical features, ranging from asymptomatic, sensation of a mild cold or flu to severe bilateral pneumonia and death. (uantwerpen.be)
- This will be crucial in finding those who had no symptoms at all, and will allow us to say with some certainty what proportion of infected individuals have no symptoms, mild disease, (a cough and/or fever), severe disease, including pneumonia and the need for ventilation, or fatal disease. (nature.com)
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection1
- 13 The true incidence of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection is difficult to confirm, as asymptomatic children may not be tested, however, meta-analyses estimate that between 16% and 19% of paediatric cases are asymptomatic. (bmj.com)
Epidemiology3
- He has tried to infect others with his enthusiasm for quantitative infectious disease epidemiology, nationally and internationally, through his book, research, supervision of more than 30 higher degree candidates and by organising workshops for leading researchers and newcomers to the area. (edu.au)
- Epidemiology and Infection. (who.int)
- Through WHO's global outbreak alert and response network or GOARN 13 experts have been deployed to support the government with case management, epidemiology, infection prevention and control, laboratory support and information management. (bvs.br)
Influenza4
- The stark relationship between COVID-19 and influenza infections and severe outcomes came as a surprise to Calum Semple, professor of outbreak medicine and child health at the University of Liverpool. (uspharmacist.com)
- All of these countries in Asia are well prepared for an infectious disease outbreak, due to past skirmishes with SARS and avian influenza. (nature.com)
- Caley P, Philp DJ, McCracken K. Quantifying social distancing arising from pandemic influenza. (who.int)
- [ 10 ] For high-risk individuals, these recommendations remain to avoid infection from COVID-19 and other infections (eg, RSV, influenza). (medscape.com)
2019-nCoV1
- CDC publishes information about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus on its website. (cdc.gov)
Control14
- The extent to which control of chronic disease might mitigate a person's COVID-19 risk is currently unknown, but we do know that appropriate management of chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and cancer saves lives. (cdc.gov)
- Ensuring more robust infection control training will also reduce preventable safety failures in the future. (oecd.org)
- Dutch long-term care (LTC) organisations installed outbreak teams (OTs) to coordinate COVID-19 infection prevention and control. (bmj.com)
- Fear is an instrument of social control and repression. (davidicke.com)
- Despite the fact that protecting medical students from infection exposure is important, the literature on infection control practices for HCP appears to focus mostly on healthcare professionals other than students [ 3 , 5 ]. (kjme.kr)
- The timing of the peak will depend on how India is able to control physical distancing and on the level of infection spreads after restrictions are relaxed, they said. (orissapost.com)
- At least 20 million people in the United States may have had COVID-19, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (euronews.com)
- We strengthened our collaboration with private healthcare centres and they also strengthened their infection prevention and control capacities in their healthcare facilities. (batimes.com.ar)
- He has enjoyed a long-term addiction to using statistical analyses to understand transmission of infection and its control. (edu.au)
- Both infectious diseases pose a tremendous burden in these countries related to both infection control and the economy. (e-epih.org)
- It is of the utmost importance for the population to remain aware of both diseases, and dengue vector control strategies must be devised to properly address outbreaks using digitalization and remote surveillance. (e-epih.org)
- Long term care facilities should review infection control procedures and update their plans for protecting their medically fragile residents from interaction with those from the outside who may bring infectious diseases into the facility. (pasoroblespress.com)
- Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control, and the University of Sydney. (cdc.gov)
- Learn more about infection control. (cdc.gov)
Spread12
- Infectious diseases spread exponentially until they run out of susceptible hosts, and in a constant population, the number of susceptible hosts declines inversely to the infection rate. (brokeandbroker.com)
- Through early identification, potentially infectious contacts can be encouraged or obliged to reduce interactions with other people, thereby reducing the spread of disease. (nao.org.uk)
- She reminded residents that stopping the spread of the coronavirus was everyone's obligation, which means continuing to adhere to social distancing and hygiene rules. (ghanabusinessnews.com)
- Nearly 3,000 sailors on board a U.S. aircraft carrier where coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship within a couple days, Navy officials said after the ship's captain penned a letter pleading for help in the face of the outbreak. (justsecurity.org)
- According to the experts, infectious diseases spread via contact between infectious and susceptible people. (orissapost.com)
- For her entire life she showed no symptoms, and Typhoid Mary has become a byword for asymptomatic disease carriers, who unwittingly spread infection. (nature.com)
- This has implications for the spread of disease, the policy of testing and social distancing, and the chances of severe disease and death. (nature.com)
- Droplets may spread from an infected person to someone close by (for example, by sneezing), but droplets or aerosols from the mouth and nose can also contaminate items or can linger in the air which then spreads the infection to the next person who touches or inhales them. (gsk.com)
- The spread of dengue was further aggravated by the implementation of lockdowns and social distancing policies. (e-epih.org)
- While CDC works to contain the current mpox outbreak and learn more about the virus, this information can help you make informed choices when you are in situations or places where mpox could be spread. (cdc.gov)
- Ruian Ke] The types of modeling we use is to use differential equations to describe how infectious disease would spread among a population over time. (cdc.gov)
- International traders spread smallpox throughout the Old World during the 4th-15th centuries CE, while European explorers and conquerors brought the disease to the Western Hemisphere in the early 16th century. (medscape.com)
MERS4
- The purpose of this report is to share SKKUSOM's experience against the MERS outbreak and provide suggestions for medical schools to consider in the face of similar challenges. (kjme.kr)
- Through a process of reflection-on-action, we examined SKKUSOM's efforts to avoid student infection during the MERS outbreak and derived a few practical guidelines that medical schools can adopt to ensure student safety in outbreaks of infectious disease. (kjme.kr)
- There were 186 MERS-infected patients in the country, and 36 (19.35%) died of the disease. (kjme.kr)
- And actually we were the only country that experienced the MERS outbreak at that time - of course, there were some sporadic outbreaks in Saudi Arabia, but not on a large scale. (batimes.com.ar)
Severe disease4
- COVID‑19 has disproportionately hit older people who are at higher risk of developing severe disease and death due to COVID‑19 because of being frail and having underlying medical conditions. (oecd.org)
- BACKGROUND: Because COVID-19 case data do not capture most SARS-CoV-2 infections, the actual risk of severe disease and death per infection is unknown. (cdc.gov)
- have shown to be somewhat effective in preventing transmission and very effective in preventing severe disease and mortality. (msdmanuals.com)
- Variants with the potential for increased transmissibility, more severe disease, or reduced response to available treatments and/or vaccines are tracked as Variants of Concern and are commonly referred to by their WHO-designated Greek alphabet label or their Pango lineage number. (msdmanuals.com)
Measles2
- Vaccinations for preventing outbreaks of other infectious diseases (eg, measles, pertussis) are particularly important this year because childhood vaccination rates have decreased. (cdc.gov)
- Maintaining essential health services during this ongoing COVID-19 outbreak will also be critical to save lives from other ongoing infectious diseases threats in the country such as measles and cholera. (who.int)
Restrictions3
- The new levels and the peaking times for healthcare demand depend on the levels of infection spreads in each city at the time of relaxation of restrictions, they said. (orissapost.com)
- The decision to keep the restrictions in place came after the number of Covid-19 infections among the Thai community grew and the government sought help from its consulate for tests. (scmp.com)
- It has held COVID-19 at bay for so long but with rising infections, understandable fatigue with social restrictions, low levels of immunity among the population and a fragile health system it's vital that it receives more vaccines as soon as possible. (bvs.br)
Current outbreak2
- Okay, I thought it might be helpful to begin by providing an overview to our viewers of the current outbreak, both domestically and internationally. (cdc.gov)
- Mpox is often transmitted through close, sustained physical contact, almost exclusively associated with sexual contact in the current outbreak. (cdc.gov)
Initial outbreak1
- China started with strict social distancing, and heavily influenced European policy makers, but now that it has cleared the initial outbreak they will most likely shift to the successful Asian strategy - identifying mild and asymptomatic infections and their contacts in order to manage imported cases. (nature.com)
Precautions1
- Many experts believe the spike in RSV is primarily due to reduced immunity to the virus in the population as a result of the precautions taken during the pandemic, such as social distancing. (alianzanews.com)
Immunity1
- So, there is no evidence that the earlier infection may help acquire immunity against the second infection. (orissapost.com)
Acute8
- This article provides a critical literature review and pooled analysis of diagnostic accuracy of the fully-automated Siemens SARS-CoV-2 Antigen (CoV2Ag) chemiluminescent immunoassay for diagnosis of acute SARS-CoV-2 infections. (degruyter.com)
- An electronic search was conducted in Scopus, PubMed and medRxiv using the keywords ["Siemens AND CoV2Ag"] OR ["Siemens AND SARS-CoV-2 AND antigen"] for capturing studies that investigated the accuracy of Siemens CoV2Ag for diagnosing acute SARS-CoV-2 infection against a reference SARS-CoV-2 molecular test. (degruyter.com)
- The current WHO recommendations still emphasize the concept that the diagnosis of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection shall be based on identification of unique SARS-CoV-2 sequences (e.g., viral-specific RNA) by means of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs), including real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), specifically developed for targeting sequences within the E , RdRP , N and S viral genes [ 9 ]. (degruyter.com)
- The most common symptoms in children with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection (covid-19 disease) are fever and cough. (bmj.com)
- 4 Dermatological manifestations in children with mild disease are uncommon: acute infection has at times been associated with a maculopapular exanthem, but the pseudo chilblain lesions or "covid toes" seen in adults are rare. (bmj.com)
- Multiple reports have described a mild illness trajectory and high rates of asymptomatic infection in children with acute covid-19. (bmj.com)
- A retrospective case series of 2135 Chinese children with suspected or confirmed acute SARS-CoV-2 infection found that more than 90% of patients were asymptomatic or had mild to moderate illness. (bmj.com)
- Nishiura H. Early efforts in modeling the incubation period of infectious diseases with an acute course of illness. (who.int)
Healthcare5
- In outbreaks of infectious disease, medical students are easily overlooked in the management of healthcare personnel protection although they serve in clinical clerkships in hospitals. (kjme.kr)
- In outbreaks of infectious disease, healthcare personnel (HCP) are at increased risk of contracting emerging infections in the process of patient care [ 1 , 2 ]. (kjme.kr)
- William Schaffner, MD, is medical director for the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), a US organisation that educates and engages the public communities and healthcare professionals about infectious diseases across the lifespan. (gsk.com)
- Contact your healthcare provider to ask about obtaining extra necessary medications to have on hand in case there is an outbreak of COVID-19 in your community and you need to stay home for a prolonged period of time. (pasoroblespress.com)
- COVID-19: Mental Health Pros Come to the Aid of Frontline Comrades Psychologists, psychotherapists, and social workers in the US and Canada have formed a network to offer free psychotherapy sessions to healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. (medscape.com)
Risk of infection4
- Vaccines, along with masking and social distancing, work to reduce the susceptible population, and that is what reduces the size of the outbreak and the risk of infection. (brokeandbroker.com)
- That's what reduces everyone's risk of infection, masked and unmasked alike. (brokeandbroker.com)
- Over half of respondents believe they're at risk of infection, about 70% believing an immediate family member could become ill from COVID-19. (davidicke.com)
- COVID-19: Psychiatric Patients May Be Among the Hardest Hit Patients with a serious mental illness are at uniquely high risk of infection during the current COVID-19 emergency and may have a worse prognosis. (medscape.com)
Communicable2
- Not only will doing so aid current recovery efforts, but it would also increase readiness for the next communicable or vector-borne disease to threaten the world. (brookings.edu)
- Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection's communicable disease branch, urged customers who visited the restaurant between September 30 and October 3 to see a doctor if they felt unwell, or get a specimen bottle for testing from one of the city's public outpatient clinics if they were worried about exposure. (scmp.com)
Practice social2
- By the nature of their confinement, prisoners cannot practice social distancing. (pressherald.com)
- For families, what that means is that it's important that we practice social distancing, particularly with our elders, but also with people who have those underlying conditions. (cdc.gov)
Gatherings2
Clinical1
- Due to their participation in clinical clerkships, medical students should be considered to be at-risk HCP during infectious disease outbreaks. (kjme.kr)
100,0001
- However, while Warendorf is below the figure of 50 new infections per 100,000 - when increased controls are triggered - Guetersloh is still well above that number, with 164.2 cases per 100,000 on Saturday. (ghanabusinessnews.com)
Symptoms5
- Japanese researchers tracked the outbreak through the cruise ship and showed that 17.9% of those positive for SARS-CoV-2, almost one person in five, showed no symptoms. (nature.com)
- As well as the findings from the Princess Diamond, a small study of the outbreak in China showed that viral load was high at the start of the infection, and just as high in those with symptoms as those with none. (nature.com)
- Though children have a similar distribution of initial symptoms as compared with adults, children are more likely to have mild, self-resolving symptoms without progression to the lower pulmonary disease that necessitates hospitalisation. (bmj.com)
- What are the symptoms of infectious diseases? (medlineplus.gov)
- Infectious diseases can cause many different symptoms. (medlineplus.gov)
Hygiene1
- Therefore, it is of high importance to protect these patients by following hygiene measurements and social distancing. (uantwerpen.be)
Widespread2
Morbidity and morta2
- Heat-related illness is a common disease with significant morbidity and mortality. (stanford.edu)
- DISCUSSION: Meaningful disparities in COVID-19 morbidity and mortality per infection were associated with sociodemography and geography. (cdc.gov)
Newly3
- One of the main reasons for lowering this level of social distancing is because of the reduced number of newly confirmed cases per day. (batimes.com.ar)
- China reports the rst death from the novel coronavirus and publishes a draft genome of the newly discovered coronavirus suspected of causing the outbreak. (cdc.gov)
- What makes studying a newly emerging and fast spreading disease, such as COVID-19, challenging? (cdc.gov)
Pathogen1
- A separate process for dealing with a new disease or pathogen, or one that is presenting in a new manner and likely to cause a public health emergency (Part 2). (who.int)
Mitigation1
- As the United States experienced surges of COVID-19 infections, the CDC intensified its recommendations for transmission mitigation. (medscape.com)
Health28
- It is a term used by health care workers in classifying patients during evaluation and testing in contact tracing in times of infectious disease outbreaks. (wikipedia.org)
- Despite this relationship between chronic disease and COVID-19 and their related disparities, the pandemic has resulted in a decreased use of health services for emergencies and for ongoing preventive and routine health care. (cdc.gov)
- The long-term care (LTC) sector was generally ill-prepared to tackle a health emergency: just over half of OECD countries had guidelines on infection controls in LTC before the pandemic. (oecd.org)
- More efforts to support the physical and mental health of staff is also required, with three‑quarters of countries recognising COVID‑19 as an occupational disease. (oecd.org)
- In addition, enhancing LTC response to emergencies requires co‑ordination channels between public health authorities and the social sector, but also adequate follow-up mechanisms on the strategies undertaken with standardised data on infections and characteristics of facilities and residents. (oecd.org)
- While keeping track of the outbreak, we've become aware of how hard this vigilance is for even the most energetic and well-motivated scientists and journalists, given the firehose of available information from both traditional sources (public health authorities, journals) and new ones (preprints, blogs). (scientificamerican.com)
- There are definitely some teachable moments in this movie related to infectious disease transmission, outbreak response, and environmental health. (letstalkpublichealth.com)
- At the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, Public Health England carried out comprehensive test and trace activities for the relatively low numbers of infections. (nao.org.uk)
- From April onwards, the Department of Health & Social Care significantly scaled up testing capacity in England. (nao.org.uk)
- COVID-19 is an emerging infectious disease that has created health care challenges worldwide. (jmir.org)
- The outbreak of COVID-19 represents a public health emergency of international concern. (jmir.org)
- The study modelled on Bangalore and Mumbai suggests the infection is likely to have a second wave and the public health threat will remain, unless steps are taken to aggressively trace, localise, isolate the cases, and prevent influx of new infections. (orissapost.com)
- A large-scale community infection could also be triggered at any moment," Secretary for Food and Health Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee said at an afternoon press conference. (scmp.com)
- In the first months of the coronavirus outbreak, most public health leaders advised closing gyms, erring on the side of caution. (wvxu.org)
- This second round of projects receive £14.1 million as part of the £24.6 million rapid research response funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and by the Department of Health and Social Care through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). (manchester.ac.uk)
- US health officials said the true number of infections could be 10 times higher than what is officially reported. (euronews.com)
- The memo is the strongest statement yet by Dunn and others at the state health department about an infection curve that has escalated from a plateau to a redrock pillar. (sltrib.com)
- In their memo, Dunn and the health department warn that absent a drastic reduction in new cases, switching back to orange "will send the message to Utahns that this outbreak continues to be a serious problem, and state leadership is committed to saving lives and preventing a complete economic shutdown. (sltrib.com)
- County Public Health recommends local agencies, businesses, school districts, organizations, and health care providers throughout the county develop or update plans for social distancing. (pasoroblespress.com)
- This includes people who are aged 60 and over and those who have serious chronic health conditions, like diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, and weakened immune systems. (pasoroblespress.com)
- School closures are one element of 'social distancing,' one of the public health strategies to slow the progression of a pandemic," says Shira Doron, MD, an infectious disease physician and hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center. (forbes.com)
- When health systems are strained and overwhelmed, especially in fragile and vulnerable settings like in Somalia where adequate mechanical ventilators and other critical care support for patient care are basic, rudimentary or absent, mortality from the outbreak may increase substantially over time. (who.int)
- It focuses on severe emerging diseases with potential to generate a public health emergency, and for which no, or insufficient, preventive and curative solutions exist. (who.int)
- public health programs are needed to prevent biofilm-associated diseases. (cdc.gov)
- The findings included in this supplement emerged from these themes and represent some of the many collaborative partnership efforts to improve public health knowledge and action to reduce transmission, infection, and disease severity. (cdc.gov)
- Public health o cials in China identify a novel coronavirus as the causative agent of the outbreak. (cdc.gov)
- controlling well as assist in health education and facilitate the tasks the infection as soon as discovered by isolating certain of the health care providers. (who.int)
- COVID-19: Dramatic Changes to Telepsychiatry Rules and Regs In the wake of drastic rule changes governing telemental health services during the COVID-19 outbreak, experts give the most up-to-date information on how to best navigate this ever-changing landscape. (medscape.com)
Surveillance1
- Additionally, wastewater surveillance provides current levels compared with past levels of infection. (medscape.com)
Outcomes2
- The COVID-19 pandemic has only further emphasized the importance of chronic disease prevention and care - especially because many chronic conditions increase the severity of COVID-19 outcomes. (cdc.gov)
- Relative risks of outcomes per infection were compared by sociodemographic factors in a dataset including 1,490 counties from 50 states and the District of Columbia, covering 71% of the US population. (cdc.gov)
Cases10
- Among 29,299 persons screened by RT-PCR, we among Asymptomatic confirmed 18 (0.061%) cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection. (cdc.gov)
- An outbreak results in a spike of cases, rising slowly, then rapidly until a peak, after which it collapses back to a norm. (brokeandbroker.com)
- Looking at the new cases in the past few days, it seems the growth of new daily infection is much slower than earlier. (orissapost.com)
- Among the cases reported on Tuesday, three of the five local infections had no traceable source. (scmp.com)
- In some areas, increased hospitalisations and new record rises in cases show that the US is still engulfed in a large virus outbreak. (euronews.com)
- Will cases of leprosy reaction increase with COVID-19 infection? (ajtmh.org)
- 1 2 3 A recent prospective multicentre study of four French hospitals screened all admitted patients for SARS-CoV-2 infection by polymerase chain reaction testing and found that 45% of the 438 positive paediatric cases hospitalised were asymptomatic. (bmj.com)
- But why do we see greater numbers of cases of these viral diseases when the weather gets colder? (gsk.com)
- More than 150 years ago, in perhaps the canonical instance of geographic epidemeoology, John Snow mapped the location of cholera cases in London , and quickly deduced that a particular well was the source of the outbreak. (cityobservatory.org)
- The interval between successive cases of an infectious disease. (who.int)
Antiviral1
- There are treatments for some infectious diseases, such as antibiotic , antiviral, antifungal and anti-parasitic medicines. (medlineplus.gov)
Transmissibility1
- Becker NG, Wang D, Clements M. Type and quantity of data needed for an early estimate of transmissibility when an infectious disease emerges. (who.int)
Illness3
- Cancer patients are at high risk to develop serious illness after infection with SARS-CoV-2. (uantwerpen.be)
- For example, cancer, heart conditions, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease, in addition to being among the top 10 causes of death in the United States, are also established risk factors for severe illness from COVID-19 (4). (cdc.gov)
- For most people, infections cause short-term illness that enables the body to build up antibodies against its reoccurrence. (davidicke.com)
SARS4
- COVID-19 is a disease caused by an infectious outbreak of SARS-CoV-2. (uantwerpen.be)
- This will be assessed by the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate based on information collected through questionnaires on incidence of (PCR-confirmed or chest CT scan confirmed) SARS-CoV-2 infection within a time frame of 12 months after the start of the study. (uantwerpen.be)
- Results At least 36 of the 41 organisations had one or more SARS-CoV-2 infections among their residents. (bmj.com)
- Ruian Ke] SARS coronavirus 2 is the virus that causes coronavirus disease, which is short by COVID-19. (cdc.gov)
Transmission2
- The basic principles of test and trace are identifying individuals, or groups of individuals, with an infectious disease, and tracing their contacts to limit further transmission. (nao.org.uk)
- Professor Martie van Tongeren and Dr Hua Wei will lead a £300,000 study into the role of gig workers and delivery supply chains in preventing disease transmission. (manchester.ac.uk)
Numbers of infections1
- At the other events, it appeared protesters had been expecting higher numbers of infections than actually happened. (civilbeat.org)