Knowledge of Accredited Social Health Activists in India: a systematic review and meta analysis of evidence drawn from primary studies published between 2005 and 2022 by Shambhavi Singh, Bhaskar Tiwary, Manish Barik, Hemlata Arora, Sruthi Susan Abraham, Piyusha Majumdar, Daliya Sebastian, Svea Closser

“…To further enhance their impact, it is imperative to invest in areas where they lack knowledge such as disease surveillance, and preventive healthcare. Empowering ASHAs with necessary resources, and training will not only enhance their capabilities but also contribute to the overall improvement of the healthcare system in India.…”
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Epidemiological features and risk factors of human psittacosis in Hangzhou City, eastern China by Zhou Sun, Ke Xu, Liangliang Huo, Xingliang Zhang, Yi Wang, Yonghui Gong, Bingbing Chen

“…ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate the epidemiological characteristics and risk factors associated with human psittacosis in Hangzhou city, eastern China.MethodsThe human psittacosis data from 2021 to 2024 were obtained from the China information system for diseases control and prevention infectious disease surveillance system. Epidemiological investigations were carried out on the patients' past medical history, clinical manifestations, chest CT results and treatment status. …”
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Pathogenesis of progressive scarring trachoma in Ethiopia and Tanzania and its implications for disease control: two cohort studies. by Matthew J Burton, Saul N Rajak, Victor H Hu, Athumani Ramadhani, Esmael Habtamu, Patrick Massae, Zerihun Tadesse, Kelly Callahan, Paul M Emerson, Peng T Khaw, David Jeffries, David C W Mabey, Robin L Bailey, Helen A Weiss, Martin J Holland

“…Overall this indicates a potential role for anti-inflammatory interventions to interrupt progression and the need for trichiasis disease surveillance and surgery long after chlamydial infection has been controlled at community level.…”
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Strategic SWOT analysis of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital using Modified Delphi Technique: implications for strengthening national and regional health systems by Cyril Chukwudi Dim, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Nympha Onyinye Enebe, Wilson Chukwukasi Kassy, Johnpaul Ejikeme Nnagbo, Ikechukwu Emmanuel Obi, Nkiruka Pauline Onodugo, Nwamaka Ngozika Lasebikan, Obinna Donatus Onodugo

“…The highest ranked opportunity was in the Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance broad area while the highest ranked threat was in the leadership and governance broad area. …”
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Profiles of physician follow-up care, correlates and outcomes among patients affected by an incident mental disorder by Marie-Josée Fleury, Louis Rochette, Zhirong Cao, Guy Grenier, Victoria Massamba, Alain Lesage

“…Methods A cohort of 170,957 patients age 12 + with a new or recurrent MD detected in 2019-20 was investigated based on data from the Quebec Integrated Chronic Disease Surveillance System. Latent class analysis was performed to identify follow-up care profiles, mostly within one year of MD detection. …”
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Assessment of Peacock Spot Disease (<i>Fusicladium oleagineum</i>) in Olive Orchards Through Agronomic Approaches and UAV-Based Multispectral Imaging by Hajar Hamzaoui, Ilyass Maafa, Hasnae Choukri, Ahmed El Bakkali, Salma El Iraqui El Houssaini, Rachid Razouk, Aziz Aziz, Said Louahlia, Khaoula Habbadi

“…The findings underscore the effectiveness of integrating a traditional agronomic assessment with advanced spectral analysis to improve OLS disease surveillance and promote sustainable olive cultivation.…”
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Impact of digital device utilization on public health surveillance to enhance city resilience during the public health emergency response: A case study of SARS-CoV-2 response in T... by Watcharaporn Chutarong, Roongaroon Thammalikhit, Rungwasun Kraiklang, Anurak Sawangwong, Orachorn Saechang, Yuqian Guo, Weiwen Zhang

“…This, in turn, can improve medical and vaccine, individual, health care, epidemiological, and disease surveillance, and also enhance cities’ socioeconomic, institutional, and living resilience.…”
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Improved cattle farm classification: leveraging machine learning and linked national datasets by Guy-Alain Schnidrig, Guy-Alain Schnidrig, Rahel Struchen, Sara Schärrer, Dagmar Heim, Daniela Hadorn, Gertraud Schüpbach-Regula, Giulia Paternoster

“…Our flexible methodology could be adapted to other countries and datasets, enabling veterinary authorities to conduct more efficient and targeted disease surveillance in the future.…”
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Diabetes mortality burden attributable to influenza in China: A population-based time-series analysis by Suijun Tong, Peng Yin, Jianhong Li, Zhenping Zhao, Yuchang Zhou, Maigeng Zhou

“…Methods: Data from the National Influenza Surveillance Center was collected for the period between 2015 and 2019 and weekly diabetes-related deaths were calculated from China's Disease Surveillance Points System (CDSP). A distributed non-linear lag model (DLNM) was used to 1] analyze the delayed impact of high influenza virus-positive rates on diabetes-related mortality, 2] calculate the relative risk of diabetes deaths caused by high influenza virus-positive rate, and 3] estimate the attributable risk of diabetes deaths caused by influenza in China. …”
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Hurricanes, industrial animal operations, and acute gastrointestinal illness in North Carolina, USA by Arbor J L Quist, Mike Dolan Fliss, David B Richardson, Paul L Delamater, Lawrence S Engel

“…We used ZIP code-level disease surveillance data, 2016–2019, to calculate rates of AGI emergency department (ED) visits in NC. …”
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Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis outbreaks associated with Coxsackievirus A-24 in India, 2023 by Nutan A. Chavan, Pooja Shinde, Sanjaykumar Tikute, Rajlakshmi Vishwanathan, Avinash R. Deoshatwar, Yogesh K. Gurav, Rishabh Waghchaure, Nishat H. Ahmed, Vannavada S. Rani, Vikram Khan, Aditya Kelkar, Harsh H. Jain, Amita Jain, Mallika Lavania, Babasaheb V. Tandale

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Trends in tuberculosis mortality among older adults in China, 2004–2021: a Joinpoint regression and age–period–cohort analysis by Mengdi Zhang, Xin Wang, Yiran Xiao, Qiqi Wang, Fei Huang, Xiang Ren, Xiaomin Guo, Wenshan Sun, Jinqi Deng, Qi Jiang, Jianjun Liu, Wenjing Zheng, Hongyan Yao

“…This study aimed to examine secular trends in TB mortality among older adults in China and the net effects of age, period, and cohort.MethodsData from the National Disease Surveillance Points (DSPs) system were analyzed using Joinpoint regression to determine annual changes in TB mortality among individuals aged 60 years and older from 2004 to 2021. …”
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Short-term effects of combined environmental factors on respiratory disease mortality in Qingdao city: A time-series investigation. by Xin Zhang, Zijian Xi, Min Yang, Xiuqin Zhang, Ruikai Wu, Shuang Li, Lu Pan, Yuan Fang, Peng Lv, Yan Ma, Haiping Duan, Bingling Wang, Kunzheng Lv

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The RD mortality cases were collected from the Chronic Disease Surveillance Monitoring System in Qingdao during Jan 1st, 2014 and Dec 31st, 2020. …”
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Sex-differences in the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome: results from a large Ontario, Canada worker cohort by Fanni R. Eros, Paul A. Demers, Jeavana Sritharan

“…Methods The Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS) links accepted lost time compensation claims to health administrative databases. …”
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Coinfection and clinical impact of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli harboring diverse toxin variants and colonization factors: 2017-2022 by Mohammad Ashraful Amin, Marjahan Akhtar, Zahid Hasan Khan, Md Taufiqul Islam, Md. Golam Firoj, Yasmin Ara Begum, Sadia Isfat Ara Rahman, Mokibul Hassan Afrad, Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Fahima Chowdhury, A.S.G. Faruque, Edward T Ryan, Firdausi Qadri, Ashraful Islam Khan

“…Methods: The study used data from the Diarrheal Disease Surveillance System at Dhaka Hospital, involving 16,276 patients from 2017 to 2022. …”
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Using Laboratory Test Results for Surveillance During a New Outbreak of Acute Hepatitis in 3-Week- to 5-Year-Old Children in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Curaç... by Maaike C Swets, Steven R Kerr, Brian MacKenna, Louis Fisher, Merel van Wijnen, Diederik Brandwagt, Paul W Schenk, Pieter Fraaij, Leonardus G Visser, Sebastian Bacon, Amir Mehrkar, Alistair Nichol, Patrick Twomey, Philippa C Matthews, Malcolm G Semple, Geert H Groeneveld, Ben Goldacre, Iain Jones, J Kenneth Baillie

“…For all locations combined, the rate of elevated AST or ALT measurements in the period of interest was not elevated (zP=zP ConclusionsHospital laboratories collect large amounts of data on a daily basis that can potentially be of use for disease surveillance, but these are currently not optimally used. …”
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Associations of meteorological factors and ambient air pollutants with mumps incidence in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region: boosted regression tree model analysis by Xianglong LIU, Linlin CHEN, Jiayu YU, Rui GONG, Yaogeng CHEN, Yu ZHAO

“…MethodsData on the daily number of mumps cases in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from 2015 to 2019 were obtained from the Notifiable Infectious Disease Surveillance System of the region, and data on meteorological factors (daily mean temperature/relative humidity/atmospheric pressure/wind speed) and air pollutants (daily concentrations of ozone, [O3], sulfur dioxide [SO2], carbon monoxide [CO], nitrogen dioxide [NO2], and particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter < 2.5/10 mum [PM2.5/PM10]) for the same period were obtained from the National Meteorological Science Data Center. …”
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Cardiac Response Dynamics in Newly Diagnosed Light-Chain Amyloidosis Patients With Early and High-Quality Hematologic Response by Cheng-yang Xu, MD, Ai Guan, MD, Lu Zhang, MD, Zhuang Tian, MD, Dao-bin Zhou, MD, Kai-ni Shen, MD, Jian Li, MD

“…Conclusions: This study emphasizes the importance of monitoring cardiac response dynamics for disease surveillance. In patients who achieve early and high-quality hematological response, it is important to achieve carPR within 12 months.…”
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Development of a one-step multiplex RT-qPCR method for rapid detection of bovine diarrhea viruses by Dequan Yang, Li Ma, Zhongping Yang, Xianchao Yang, Jian Wang, Houbin Ju, Chunguang Lu, Yonggang Weng, Heping Zhao, Haixiao Shen, Xin Li, Feifei Ge, Xiaoxu Wang, Xiujuan Wu, Meng Xiang, Guidan Feng, Congsheng Tang, Shixin Huang, Hongjin Zhao

“…However, development of accurate and rapid methods to distinguish these three viruses is helpful for the early detection, disease surveillance, and control of viral calf diarrhea.MethodsSpecific primers and minor groove binder (MGB)-based probes were designed targeting the 3D region of BKoV, ORF1 region of BoAstV, and N region of BToV. …”
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Estimation of invasive pneumococcal disease dynamics parameters and the impact of conjugate vaccination in Australia by Karyn L. Sutton, H.T. Banks, Carlos Castillo-Chávez

“…In this work, we use surveillance data collected by the Australian NationalNotifiable Diseases Surveillance system to estimate parameters in a mathemat-ical model of pneumococcal infection dynamics in a population with partialvaccination. …”
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