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Prevention and control6
  • Outbreak prevention and control in homeless shelters and emergency winter response shelters requires clear, accessible information and supports readily available to shelter operators. (interiorhealth.ca)
  • This is the first edition of guidance on infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies for use when infection with a Clinical triage includes a system for assessing all patients at novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is suspected. (who.int)
  • It has been admission allowing early recognition of possible 2019-nCoV adapted from WHO's Infection prevention and control during infection and immediate isolation of patients with suspected health care for probable or confirmed cases of Middle East nCoV infection in an area separate from other patients (source respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection ,1 control). (who.int)
  • These updated recommendations can assist hospital administrators, infection-control practitioners, employee health clinicians, and HCP in optimizing infection prevention and control programs. (cdc.gov)
  • BACKGROUND: Infection prevention and control (IPC) was a central component of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's COVID-19 response in 2020, aiming to prevent infections and ensure safe health service provision. (bvsalud.org)
  • We describe trends in NYS surveillance for neonatal unit MRSA outbreaks, the evolution of national MRSA infection prevention and control (IPC) recommendations, and IPC measures taken by NYS neonatal units. (bvsalud.org)
Investigations5
  • Case-control studies are also commonly used for hypothesis generation during outbreak investigations. (canada.ca)
  • I have worked as a foodborne disease epidemiologist at the CDC since 2006 and have been involved in a helping to coordinate numerous multistate foodborne outbreak investigations. (confex.com)
  • The protocols for investigating sporadic cases are covered by internal procedures, and outbreaks are investigated in accordance with the All Wales Outbreak Plan, which provides the agreed framework for consistent, multi-agency investigations. (pembrokeshire.gov.uk)
  • Further investigations of the cause of the outbreak is ongoing. (cdc.gov)
  • One important task is to provide expert support to investigations of suspected or confirmed outbreaks of communicable diseases and to maintain laboratory preparedness needed for effective communicable disease control in the country. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
Centers for Diseas4
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Announcer] This program is presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that noroviruses cause nearly 21 million cases of acute gastroenteritis annually, making noroviruses the leading cause of gastroenteritis in adults in the United States. (beforeitsnews.com)
  • Over the next month, a highly effective collaboration ensued between the Indian Health Service, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leading not only to the successful isolation of the virus, but also to the identification of the reservoir and vector for the disease, Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse). (medscape.com)
Epidemiology3
Reports of disease outbreaks1
Epidemic2
  • The 2010 cholera outbreak was the largest epidemic in Nigeria since 1991 when 59,478 cases and 7,654 deaths were reported [ 11 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Communicable diseases- epidemic prone communicable diseases egs viral haemorrhagic fevers such as EVD, Lassa fever, Marburg, dengue. (kit.nl)
Investigation7
  • An important step in foodborne outbreak investigation is hypothesis generation, and one hypothesis generation technique is to compare food exposures reported by cases to exposures reported by the general population Footnote 4 . (canada.ca)
  • FoodCORE promotes the evaluation and application of surveillance and investigation strategies to improve the detection, investigation, and control of FBD outbreaks. (confex.com)
  • With this outbreak, despite intensive investigation by the health units involved, no common exposure settings or linkages with other cases were noted among the individual cases, and yet the laboratory evidence strongly suggested that all cases formed the same chain of transmission, meaning that they were linked. (cdc.gov)
  • This one-hour online course outlines specific steps to take in determining if you have an outbreak on your hands, who should be involved in the investigation, the science behind it all, and how to communicate your findings to the public via the media. (nwcphp.org)
  • Frontline public health practitioners who need to understand the components of an outbreak investigation or who might be called upon to assist in an outbreak investigation. (nwcphp.org)
  • This course may also be useful for healthcare providers in private practice, laboratorians, emergency response and bioterrorism preparedness planners who need to understand what an outbreak investigation consists of and who is typically involved. (nwcphp.org)
  • WHO is working with national authorities to ensure appropriate investigation, reporting and containment of these outbreaks. (cdc.gov)
Health54
  • Our mission is to end HIV and AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis by providing technical, strategic and operational support for the diagnosis and case management of these diseases, undertaking data analysis to inform decision-making and supporting the achievement of other control and elimination goals through the development of appropriate policies and strategies and provision of training and capacity-building of the health workforce. (who.int)
  • We train health workers on laboratory diagnosis, case management, vector control and malaria surveillance. (who.int)
  • We assist the health authorities to adapt WHO-developed policies and guidelines to the country context and implement them to meet national TB control targets and goals. (who.int)
  • Health authorities report over 70 communicable diseases to us so we can track what is happening nationwide and respond to any outbreaks. (health.gov.au)
  • These guidelines give nationally consistent advice to public health units about how to respond to notifiable diseases. (health.gov.au)
  • We support networks to develop case definitions for health professionals to use when diagnosing notifiable diseases. (health.gov.au)
  • See the B.C. Centre for Disease Control's (BCCDC) website COVID-19 (bccdc.ca) for the most up-to-date information on COVID-19, including the spread, symptoms and applicable public health measures. (interiorhealth.ca)
  • We've developed the Homeless and Emergency Winter Response Shelter Health Handbook For Providers to provide shelter staff with practical information about diseases that they may encounter in these settings, as well as information about prevention, early identification and control of communicable diseases and other health hazards in shelter settings. (interiorhealth.ca)
  • It aims to promote food and health equity which will consequently promote public health and combat diseases. (inderscience.com)
  • Viet quoted statistics compiled by the Ministry of Health in 2021 and Globocan, an online database providing global cancer statistics, saying 17 million local people were suffering from high blood pressure, 4.6 million were having diabetes, 1.5 million were having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and 354,000 were living with cancer. (tuoitrenews.vn)
  • Controls for the study were recruited primarily from a control bank, that is, a list of individuals who had previously agreed to participate in public health-related surveys. (canada.ca)
  • Using Bureau of Indian and Indian Health Services health guidelines and established national standards, makes decisions on exclusion and readmission of participants who have or have had communicable illnesses. (usajobs.gov)
  • Decreasing resources impact the ability of public health officials to identify, respond to, and control FBD outbreaks. (confex.com)
  • FoodCORE addresses gaps in FBD outbreak response by improving capacity in three core areas: laboratory, epidemiologic, and environmental health activities. (confex.com)
  • Pest identification and control, risk communication, resume writing, tips for having a great internship experience, plus administration topics related to management, structure, and quality improvement in health departments…and much more! (rutgers.edu)
  • There is the need for a harmonized, coordinated approach to cholera outbreaks through effective surveillance and response with emphasis on training and motivating front line health workers towards timely detection, reporting and response. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It is a waterborne disease of important public health importance with an estimated number of 3 to 5 million cases annually and 100,000 to 150, 000 deaths yearly [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It will also introduce research designs including cross-sectional, ecological, cohort, case-control and intervention studies and introduce population health measures such as screening. (sheffield.ac.uk)
  • Provide consultation and education to health care providers, emergency responders and the public on issues related to communicable disease, and other health issues. (edcgov.us)
  • For the latest information on recent outbreaks within Milwaukee County, as well as other topics of public health interest such as Salmonella, Influenza, and E. Coli outbreaks, go to Disease Control & Prevention's Survnet web page . (milwaukee.gov)
  • 1-3 After January 2020, when the first case of COVID-19 in the United States (U.S.) was identified, public health departments were quickly overwhelmed with outbreaks across the country. (health.mil)
  • 5 The impact of respiratory virus outbreaks on the health and readiness of both naval and civilian shipboard populations has been well documented for both highly lethal and comparatively less virulent diseases. (health.mil)
  • Sarah Gregory] Today, I'm talking with Dr. Shelley Deeks, chief of communicable diseases at Public Health Ontario, about a unique measles virus in Canada. (cdc.gov)
  • A total of 18 cases of measles were reported from four public health units in the province during a two month- long outbreak period. (cdc.gov)
  • She received an award from the American Public Health Association for her research focused on developing a structural equation model to predict foodborne illness outbreaks at restaurants. (waldenu.edu)
  • The potential for AIV to cause severe disease in humans or mutate to spread easily among humans is closely monitored by animal and human health authorities. (qld.gov.au)
  • The course, financed by EP-Nuffic, focused on identifying and addressing gaps in the curriculum to prepare the future health professionals on outbreaks of emerging diseases. (kit.nl)
  • The San Luis Obispo Tribune reports that an outbreak of norovirus stemming from a North County restaurant has sickened close to 100 people, according to the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department. (beforeitsnews.com)
  • SLO County Public Health Epidemiologist Jessie Burmester said 97 people have been reported sick as part of a confirmed norovirus outbreak earlier this month. (beforeitsnews.com)
  • Public Health nurses provide chronic and communicable disease control services including immunizations, tuberculosis, flu clinics, and disease outbreak control. (berriencounty.org)
  • Since meningitis is a reportable, communicable disease, the medical teams must promptly notify state and county public health officials. (weber.edu)
  • Public Health officials played a key role in containing a communicable disease. (weber.edu)
  • Since 1st April 2017, notifications of food poisoning and food related infectious disease have been received by the Health and Safety Team instead of the Food Safety and Standards Team. (pembrokeshire.gov.uk)
  • This transfer of responsibility was made in part to respond to mounting pressures on the Food Team, relative to Health and Safety, and partly to establish better alignment of areas of infectious disease control. (pembrokeshire.gov.uk)
  • The Authority has appointed a Lead Officer for Communicable Disease Control, and works closely with appointed proper officers (Consultants in Communicable Disease Control or Consultants in Health Protection) employed by Public Health Wales. (pembrokeshire.gov.uk)
  • We work to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life in our communities. (vch.ca)
  • The Ministry of Public Health has provided further details on measures for travellers arriving in Thailand as per their flight's origins: Disease Infected Zones, countries with ongoing local transmission, and other destinations. (tatnews.org)
  • The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to provide the latest update that the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, has updated its Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) control measures for travellers in line with developing situation. (tatnews.org)
  • They have greatly contributed to helping the ministry [control the outbreak]," said Kiattiphum Wongrajit, permanent secretary at the public health ministry. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Today, the Department of Health Hong Kong SAR has reported on an outbreak of respiratory illness in one of its public hospitals. (cdc.gov)
  • Immunization of health-care workers: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ACIP] and the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee [HICPAC]. (cdc.gov)
  • This report updates the previously published summary of recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Healthcare (formerly Hospital) Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) for vaccinating health-care personnel (HCP) in the United States ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Health protection has become an increasingly familiar topic during the pandemic with lockdown, quarantine, vaccination, and other measures introduced to reduce the spread of infection both with individual cases and in outbreaks. (bmj.com)
  • Health protection includes communicable disease control and environmental health (e.g. air quality, food safety). (bmj.com)
  • Meeting on the Control of Communicable Diseases in China, Hong Kong and Macao, Hong Kong, 27-29 April 1992 : report / convened by the Regional Office of the Western Pacific of the World Health Organization. (who.int)
  • We work to ensure good public health and to ensure that the population is protected against communicable diseases and other health threats. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • The Public Health Agency also disseminates scientifically based knowledge to promote health and to prevent disease and injury. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • The Public Health Agency has the overall national responsibility for protecting the population against communicable diseases and coordinates communicable disease control on a national level. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • Some of the agency's responsibilities include vaccination programmes, emergency preparedness for health threats and national stockpiles of communicable disease medications. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • The Public Health Agency performs microbiological laboratory analysis, including diagnostics, and supports quality and method development at laboratories engaged in diagnostics of communicable disease pathogens. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • a Communicable Disease Control Branch, South Australian Department for Health and Ageing, Adelaide, Australia. (who.int)
  • Seasonal influenza outbreaks can cause substantial health burden, through both morbidity and mortality in all age groups, that can overwhelm health services. (who.int)
  • The measures used in the questionnaire are similar to measures used in the Finnish adult population health surveys for tobacco control monitoring. (who.int)
  • Readily available testing capacity remains key for future pandemic response to improve the disease understanding and maintain health services. (bvsalud.org)
Notifiable4
  • Our National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System tracks these diseases. (health.gov.au)
  • This report, and accompanying table, provide a fortnightly summary on notifications of Australia's nationally notifiable diseases for 21 August 2023 to 3 September 2023. (health.gov.au)
  • Hotlines are used to report immediately notifiable diseases, communicable disease outbreaks, and any other urgent communicable disease matter occurring outside of our normal business hours. (wycokck.org)
  • Influenza is a notifiable disease in South Australia (SA). (who.int)
Surveillance Centre1
  • Liaising with other local authorities and central competent authorities, e.g. the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre and the Food Standards Agency, where infections may have been acquired out of the County, overseas or from food produced outside of the UK. (pembrokeshire.gov.uk)
Illness10
  • This report summarizes strategies used to control a high school pertussis outbreak in Cook County, Illinois, including a cough illness exclusion policy and an onsite Tdap vaccination clinic. (cdc.gov)
  • Each year foodborne diseases (FBD) cause illness in approximately 1 in 6 Americans, resulting in 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. (confex.com)
  • The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has been responsible for the largest respiratory illness pandemic since the influenza pandemic of 1918. (health.mil)
  • These importations have resulted in outbreaks of the illness, particularly among populations or groups who aren't fully protected against measles through vaccination. (cdc.gov)
  • Norovirus causes nearly 60% of all foodborne illness outbreaks. (beforeitsnews.com)
  • The signs and symptoms of the disease in Hanoi include initial flu-like illness (rapid onset of high fever followed by muscle aches, headache and sore throat). (cdc.gov)
  • No link has so far been made between these outbreaks of acute respiratory illness in Hanoi and Hong Kong and the outbreak of 'bird flu,' A(H5N1) in Hong Kong SAR reported on 19 February. (cdc.gov)
  • Hantavirus was first recognized as an infectious disease in the early 1950s when a cluster of 3,000 United Nation troops stationed in Korea was struck by a mysterious illness. (medscape.com)
  • Illness of more than two persons from single source is considered a cluster and a suspected outbreak. (who.int)
  • Family outbreaks are reported if commercial foodstuffs are supposed to be a source of illness or several persons are at risk. (who.int)
Vaccination5
  • Whooping cough (pertussis) is still a common disease in the United States, because immunity wanes after childhood vaccination. (cdc.gov)
  • Routine vaccination of adults and adolescents with the new pertussis booster vaccine (Tdap) is an important measure to control the transmission of pertussis. (cdc.gov)
  • Although school-based clinics can quickly vaccinate large numbers of people, the key to preventing pertussis outbreaks is ensuring that adults and adolescents receive routine Tdap vaccination before outbreaks occur. (cdc.gov)
  • The recommendations for vaccinating HCP are presented by disease in two categories: 1) those diseases for which vaccination or documentation of immunity is recommended because of risks to HCP in their work settings for acquiring disease or transmitting to patients and 2) those for which vaccination might be indicated in certain circumstances. (cdc.gov)
  • Certain infection-control measures that relate to vaccination also are included in this report. (cdc.gov)
Pandemic3
  • Faith-based and community-based organizations can have an important role to play in pandemic outbreaks because of their networks of volunteers and connection to their communities. (milwaukee.gov)
  • The pandemic has highlighted the connections between these areas, for example, with large covid-19 outbreaks in meat processing plants spreading infection into rural communities. (bmj.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS: The effectiveness of the triage and alert validation process was affected by the complexity of implementing a broad clinical definition in limited-resource settings with a pre-pandemic epidemiological profile characterised by infectious diseases with symptoms like COVID-19. (bvsalud.org)
Immunization2
  • a Critical Images slideshow, to help stay current with the latest routine and catch-up immunization schedules for 16 vaccine-preventable diseases. (medscape.com)
  • The material in this report originated in the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Anne Schuchat, MD, Director. (cdc.gov)
Measles7
  • Globally, there are large measles outbreaks reported in Europe which have affected a large number of countries. (canada.ca)
  • Sarah Gregory] When this outbreak hit, it was believed that measles had been eliminated in Canada. (cdc.gov)
  • Well measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases known. (cdc.gov)
  • Before vaccines against measles became widely available, the disease was a significant cause of death and disability worldwide, leading to approximately two and a half million deaths every year. (cdc.gov)
  • As a result, measles cases reported in Canada in recent years have been largely due to importation of the disease from such regions, and then limited spread within the country. (cdc.gov)
  • Sarah Gregory] Tell us about the outbreak of measles that prompted your study. (cdc.gov)
  • Vaccinations from preventable diseases like measles or whooping cough are safe, effective, and protect your children, family, and others who you care about. (berriencounty.org)
Seasonal influenza2
  • This report describes a 2011 seasonal influenza B outbreak in a metropolitan primary school in Australia with 179 students. (who.int)
  • 2-4 Despite this, there is limited information in the peer-reviewed literature on the behaviour of seasonal influenza outbreaks in day schools. (who.int)
Tuberculosis4
  • Although the proportion of drug resistant tuberculosis cases appears to be stable in the UK at present, more than one in 20 patients has drug resistant disease at diagnosis and more than one in 100 has multidrug resistant disease. (bmj.com)
  • Tuberculosis control measures should be strengthened to minimise the emergence of drug resistance through rapid diagnosis, rapid identification of drug resistance, supervised treatment, and maintenance of comprehensive surveillance. (bmj.com)
  • Conducts surveillance for over 80 diseases and disease syndromes including Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Tuberculosis . (santacruzhealth.org)
  • Tuberculosis disease case management, treatment, and testing. (wycokck.org)
Investigate3
  • Morton V, Meghnath K, Gheorghe M, Fitzgerald-Husek A, Hobbs J, Honish L, David S. Use of a case-control study and control bank to investigate an outbreak of locally acquired cyclosporiasis in Canada, 2016. (canada.ca)
  • Investigate and control communicable disease outbreaks. (edcgov.us)
  • NOTE: CDC is working with WHO to investigate this outbreak. (cdc.gov)
Waterborne2
  • of 232 outbreaks of norovirus between July 1997 and June 2000, 57% were foodborne, 16% were spread from person-to-person, and 3% were waterborne. (beforeitsnews.com)
  • All general domestic food- and waterborne outbreaks are reported in Finland. (who.int)
Infectious Disease1
  • Sporadic cases (except for botulism) and infections acquired abroad are not included in the food poisoning register, whereas they are included in the infectious disease register. (who.int)
Hong Kong3
  • The People's Republic of China (including Special Administrative Regions Macau and Hong Kong), Republic of Korea, Republic of Italy, and the Islamic Republic of Iran are defined as the Disease Infected Zones as of 5 March, 2020. (tatnews.org)
  • GENEVA -- Since mid February, WHO has been actively working to confirm reports of outbreaks of a severe form of pneumonia in Viet Nam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China, and Guangdong province in China. (cdc.gov)
  • Overall the outbreaks in Hanoi and Hong Kong SAR appear to be confined to the hospital environment. (cdc.gov)
Humans2
  • LCMV infection in humans usually causes a self-limited meningitis, an inflammation of the lining surrounding the brain and spinal cord that resolves on its own and does not result in major complications, but organ transplant recipients can develop severe disease or death. (cdc.gov)
  • Mpox is a zoonosis, i.e. a disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
Foodborne diseases1
  • I coordinate the FoodCORE (Foodborne Diseases Centers for Outbreak Response Enhancement) program, providing technical, scientific, epidemiologic, and logistic support for program participants and partners. (confex.com)
Influenza3
  • Avian influenza, or 'bird flu', is an infectious viral disease caused by influenza type A viruses. (qld.gov.au)
  • Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is associated with severe disease and mortality in birds. (qld.gov.au)
  • Viruses that cause only mild disease are called low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI). (qld.gov.au)
Respiratory2
  • the disease COVID-19 , travels between people is through RESPIRATORY DROPLETS You are also breathing out water. (wisconsin.gov)
  • In Viet Nam the outbreak began with a single initial case who was hospitalized for treatment of severe, acute respiratory syndrome of unknown origin. (cdc.gov)
Syphilis1
  • The rate of young Aboriginal people infected with syphilis was 173 per 100,000, compared with 15 per 100,000 in non-Indigenous peers, driven largely by an outbreak occurring over the last six years across northern and central Australia. (theconversation.com)
Viral4
  • Although CCHF cases were first reported in Uganda between 1958 and 1977, no subsequent cases were reported until 2013, when enhanced viral hemorrhagic fever surveillance capacity began to identify CCHF outbreaks ( 3 - 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This study highlights the value of rapid, onboard diagnostic testing to quickly identify an outbreak and enumerate cases, as well as the serological testing to flag potential cases missed with standard viral case identification methodologies. (health.mil)
  • Viral meningitis is generally less severe and resolves without specific treatment, while bacterial meningitis can be quite severe and may result in brain damage, hearing loss, or learning disability' (CDC Meningococcal Disease). (weber.edu)
  • evolution of viruses and viral diseases. (cdc.gov)
Practices3
  • FoodCORE centers work collaboratively to develop and implement model practices for surveillance and rapid, coordinated, and standardized response to FBD outbreaks. (confex.com)
  • The Disease Control and Prevention's goal is to protect our community from spreading communicable diseases through education, treatment, and promoting safe prevention practices. (wycokck.org)
  • This report was reviewed by and includes input from the Healthcare (formerly Hospital) Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. (cdc.gov)
Symptoms5
  • Notifies parents and staff of outbreak of a communicable disease and provides advice on awareness of signs and symptoms of disease. (usajobs.gov)
  • We described the outbreak by time, place and person and calculated the attack rates by state as well as the age- and sex-specific CFR from cholera cases for whom information on age, sex, place of residence, onset of symptoms and outcome were available. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Travellers with a fever and at least one of the following symptoms: runny nose, sore throat, and difficulty breathing must notify the disease control officers at the quarantine office immediately upon arrival in Thailand. (tatnews.org)
  • If those travellers exhibit clinical symptoms, they have to report to the disease control officers within three hours. (tatnews.org)
  • It involves actively searching systematically for at risk people, rather than waiting for them to present with symptoms or signs of active disease. (healthknowledge.org.uk)
Salmonella1
  • Reduction in year 2012 caused by the reduction in number of salmonella outbreaks due to successful implementation of veterinary programmes for infection control in poultry. (who.int)
Coordinate2
20171
  • METHODS: We evaluated trends of reported neonatal unit MRSA outbreaks by etiology from 2001-2017. (bvsalud.org)
Cases15
  • Four cutaneous cases occurred during the same outbreak. (cdc.gov)
  • On 3 May 2021, the 12th EVD outbreak was declared over, resulting in 12 cases and 6 deaths. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, national outbreaks of locally acquired cases have been reported since 2013. (canada.ca)
  • The case-control study identified only blackberries and mesclun greens as significantly more frequently consumed by cases than controls. (canada.ca)
  • Cases are rarely reported in the United States and the true incidence of disease is unknown. (cdc.gov)
  • Active cases or outbreaks are those in which the onset date of the most recent case/outbreak-associated case falls within 32 days of the issue date of this report Footnote 2 . (canada.ca)
  • During the third peak which coincided with flooding in five states the majority of newly affected LGAs were situated next to LGAs with previously reported cholera cases, only few isolated outbreaks were seen. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Shelley Deeks] What made this outbreak unusual is the lack of travel history in the cases and the lack of association between the individual cases. (cdc.gov)
  • Chickenpox is largely a childhood disease, with more than 90% of cases occurring in children younger than 10 years. (medscape.com)
  • So far, no link has been found between these cases and the outbreak in Hanoi. (cdc.gov)
  • In some countries, an outbreak is counted when more than 15 cases are involved. (who.int)
  • The registration of outbreaks generally includes more than 10 cases. (who.int)
  • In 2022, mpox spread to a greater extent outside Africa for the first time, in a global outbreak of more than 80,000 cases. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • There have also been a small number of cases of indirect spread of the disease, e.g. through bedding, towels, sex toys etc. that an infected person has been in contact with. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • In rare cases, the disease can lead to complications and in exceptional cases cause death. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
Emergency1
  • Learn about diseases that staff may encounter while working in homeless and emergency winter response shelters. (interiorhealth.ca)
Malaria2
  • The malaria and vector control team supports actions to reduce malaria and improve vector control across the country. (who.int)
  • We collect surveillance data on malaria in a standardized way to estimate the malaria burden and map risk to guide control interventions. (who.int)
Center for Infectious Diseases1
  • The Center for Infectious Diseases: Toward the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, 1981. (cdc.gov)
Footnote1
  • import restrictions put an end to these outbreaks Footnote 3 . (canada.ca)
Methods2
Adults3
  • A paralytic poliomyelitis outbreak occurred in Namibia in 2006, almost exclusively among adults. (who.int)
  • The outbreak was likely due to immunity gaps among adults who were inadequately vaccinated during childhood. (who.int)
  • The disease is benign in the healthy child, and increased morbidity occurs in adults and immunocompromised patients. (medscape.com)
Illnesses1
  • Identifying and addressing gaps in outbreak response can shorten the time it takes to identify a source of infection and pinpoint how and why contamination occurred to limit additional illnesses and prevent future outbreaks. (confex.com)
Immunity2
  • This outbreak underscores the ongoing risks posed by poliovirus importations, the importance of maintaining strong acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and the need to maintain high population immunity to avoid polio outbreaks in pre-eradication era and outbreaks due to vaccine-derived polioviruses in the post- eradication phase. (who.int)
  • Because whooping cough ( Bordetella pertussis ) immunity from childhood vaccinations wanes over time, outbreaks of pertussis periodically occur among students and staff at middle and high schools. (cdc.gov)
Chronic2
  • People with chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease and kidney disease are more vulnerable to becoming severely ill if they get COVID-19. (bfm.my)
  • There was no association between ILI and age or chronic lung disease. (who.int)
Vaccinations1
  • This outbreak is an example of why it's important that everybody ensures that their vaccinations are up to date. (cdc.gov)
20202
  • The crew of USS Kidd experienced a COVID-19 outbreak identified in April 2020. (health.mil)
  • COVID-19 spread rapidly on those ships, and the outbreaks received international media attention early in the year 2020. (health.mil)
Monitoring3
Severe1
  • Human infection of H5 or H7 subtypes are more commonly associated with severe disease and mortality. (qld.gov.au)
Endemic1
  • These outbreaks were suspected to be associated with consumption of produce imported from countries where Cyclospora is endemic. (canada.ca)
Vaccine-preventable1
  • Background information for each vaccine-preventable disease and specific recommendations for use of each vaccine are presented. (cdc.gov)
MRSA1
Search1
  • Results of search for 'su:{Communicable Diseases and their Control. (who.int)
Report4
  • Communicable Disease Threats Report" (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
  • To report on a national outbreak of locally acquired cyclosporiasis, highlight the challenges of investigating these outbreaks and document the first time use of a control bank to recruit controls for a national outbreak case-control study in Canada. (canada.ca)
  • Hiebert J and Severini A. Canada Communicable Disease Report. (canada.ca)
  • This report helps highlight the value of placing real-time diagnostic testing capabilities in outbreak scenarios with high transmission rates. (health.mil)