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Factors associated with reliable contact tracing during the 2021 Ebola virus disease outbreak in Guinea

Keita M, Cherif IS, Polonsky JA, Boland ST, Kandako Y,  et al.
2024-02-19 • Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
2024-02-19 • Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

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In 2021, an Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak was declared in Guinea, linked to persistent virus from the 2014–2016 West Africa Epidemic. This paper...

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Emergence of extensive drug resistance during treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Cox HS, Sibilia C, Feuerriegel S, Kalon S, Polonsky JA,  et al.
2008-11-27 • New England Journal of Medicine
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Descriptive Epidemiology of Typhoid Fever during an Epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2012

Polonsky JA, Martinez-Pino I, Nackers F, Chonzi P, Manangazira P,  et al.
2014-12-08 • PLOS One
2014-12-08 • PLOS One
Typhoid fever remains a significant public health problem in developing countries. In October 2011, a typhoid fever epidemic was declared in Harare, Zimbabwe - the fourth enteric infecti...
2008-11-27 • New England Journal of Medicine

Epidemiological, clinical, and public health response characteristics of a large outbreak of diphtheria among the Rohingya population in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 to 2019: A retrospective study

Polonsky JA, Ivey M, Mazhar KA, Rahman Z, le Polain de Waroux O,  et al.
2021-04-01 • PLOS Medicine
2021-04-01 • PLOS Medicine
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Unrest in Myanmar in August 2017 resulted in the movement of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees to overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. A large outbreak of diphtheria...

Violence Against Civilians and Access to Health Care in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: Three Cross-Sectional Surveys

Alberti KP, Grellety E, Lin YD, Polonsky JA, Coppens K,  et al.
2010-11-08 • Conflict and Health
2010-11-08 • Conflict and Health
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The province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been afflicted by conflict for over a decade. After months of relative calm, offences restarted in Septe...

Emerging Filoviral Disease in Uganda: Proposed Explanations and Research Directions

Polonsky JA, Wamala JF, De Clerck H, Van Herp M, Sprecher A,  et al.
2014-02-10 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2014-02-10 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg virus diseases have recently increased in frequency in Uganda. This increase is probably caused by a combination of improved surveillance and laboratory ca...

High levels of mortality, malnutrition, and measles, among recently-displaced Somali refugees in Dagahaley camp, Dadaab refugee camp complex, Kenya, 2011

Polonsky JA, Ronsse A, Ciglenecki I, Rull M, Porten K
2013-01-22 • Conflict and Health
2013-01-22 • Conflict and Health
Following a rapid influx of over 200,000 displaced Somalis into the Dadaab refugee camp complex in Kenya, Médecins Sans Frontières conducted a mortality and nutrition survey of the popul...

Sentinel site community surveillance of mortality and nutritional status in southwestern Central African Republic, 2010

Caleo GNC, Sy AP, Balandine S, Polonsky JA, Palma PP,  et al.
2012-09-04 • Population Health Metrics
2012-09-04 • Population Health Metrics
During 2010, a community-based, sentinel site prospective surveillance system measured mortality, acute malnutrition prevalence, and the coverage of a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) inte...

Risk factors for measles mortality and the importance of decentralized case management during an unusually large measles epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2013

Gignoux EM, Polonsky JA, Ciglenecki I, Bichet M, Coldiron ME,  et al.
2018-03-14 • PLOS One
2018-03-14 • PLOS One
In 2013, a large measles epidemic occurred in the Aketi Health Zone of the Democratic Republic of Congo. We conducted a two-stage, retrospective cluster survey to estimate the attack rat...

Mortality rates during cholera epidemic, Haiti, 2010-2011

Luquero FJ, Rondy M, Boncy J, Munger A, Mekaoui H,  et al.
2016-03-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2016-03-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
The 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti was one of the largest cholera epidemics ever recorded. To estimate the magnitude of the death toll during the first wave of the epidemic, we retrospec...

Public health surveillance after the 2010 Haiti earthquake: the experience of Médecins Sans Frontières

Polonsky JA, Luquero FJ, Francois G, Rousseau C, Caleo GNC,  et al.
2013-01-07 • PLoS Currents
2013-01-07 • PLoS Currents
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In January 2010, Haiti was struck by a powerful earthquake, killing and wounding hundreds of thousands and leaving millions homeless. In order to better understand the sev...

Measles seroprevalence in Chiradzulu district, Malawi: implications for evaluating vaccine coverage

Polonsky JA, Juan-Giner A, Hurtado N, Masiku C, Kagoli M,  et al.
2015-07-26 • Vaccine
2015-07-26 • Vaccine
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Self-reported measles vaccination coverage is frequently used to inform vaccination strategies in resource-poor settings. However, little is known to what extent this is...

Exploring HIV infection and susceptibility to measles among older children and adults in Malawi: a facility-based study

Polonsky JA, Singh B, Masiku C, Langendorf C, Kagoli M,  et al.
2014-12-11 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2014-12-11 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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HIV infection increases measles susceptibility in infants, but little is known about this relationship among older children and adults. We conducted a facility-based study...

People-centred surveillance: a narrative review of community-based surveillance among crisis-affected populations

Ratnayake R, Tammaro M, Tiffany A, Kongelf A, Polonsky JA,  et al.
2020-10-04 • Lancet Planetary health
2020-10-04 • Lancet Planetary health
Outbreaks of disease in settings affected by crises grow rapidly due to late detection and weakened public health systems. Where surveillance is underfunctioning, community-based surveil...

Geographic Distribution and Mortality Risk Factors during the Cholera Outbreak in a Rural Region of Haiti, 2010-2011

Page AL, Ciglenecki I, Jasmin ER, Desvignes L, Grandesso F,  et al.
2015-03-26 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2015-03-26 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
In 2010 and 2011, Haiti was heavily affected by a large cholera outbreak that spread throughout the country. Although national health structure-based cholera surveillance was rapidly ini...