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Risk factors for cholera transmission in Haiti during inter-peak periods: insights to improve current control strategies from two case-control studies

Grandesso F, Allan M, Jean-Simon PSJ, Boncy J, Blake A,  et al.
2013-10-11 • Epidemiology and Infection
2013-10-11 • Epidemiology and Infection
SUMMARY Two community-based density case-control studies were performed to assess risk factors for cholera transmission during inter-peak periods of the ongoing epidemic in two Haitian u...
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Alternative observational designs to estimate the effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in Lusaka, Zambia

Ferreras E, Blake A, Chewe O, Mwaba J, Zulu G,  et al.
2020-03-13 • Epidemiology and Infection
2020-03-13 • Epidemiology and Infection
We conducted a matched case-control (MCC), test-negative case-control (TNCC) and case-cohort study in 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia, following a mass vaccination campaign. Confirmed cholera cas...
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Spatial dynamics of meningococcal meningitis in Niger: observed patterns in comparison with measles

Bharti N, Broutin H, Grais RF, Ferrari MJ, Djibo A,  et al.
2011-10-05 • Epidemiology and Infection
2011-10-05 • Epidemiology and Infection
Throughout the African meningitis belt, meningococcal meningitis outbreaks occur only during the dry season. Measles in Niger exhibits similar seasonality, where increased population den...
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Epidemiological and clinical aspects of human Brucella suis infection in Polynesia

Guerrier G, Daronat JM, Morisse L, Yvon JF, Pappas G
2011-06-21 • Epidemiology and Infection
2011-06-21 • Epidemiology and Infection
High brucellosis seroprevalence rates in domestic swine herds have been reported in Wallis and Futuna Islands and are associated with a significant burden of human infection by Brucella ...
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The incubation period of hepatitis E genotype 1: insights from pooled analyses of travellers

Azman AS, Ciglenecki I, Oeser C, Said B, Tedder IRS,  et al.
2018-05-24 • Epidemiology and Infection
2018-05-24 • Epidemiology and Infection
Hepatitis E virus genotype 1 (HEV G1) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa and Asia. HEV G1's natural history, including the incubation period, remains poorly under...
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Measles hotspots and epidemiological connectivity

Bharti N, Djibo A, Tatem AJ, McCabe CA, Bjørnstad ON,  et al.
2010-09-01 • Epidemiology and Infection
2010-09-01 • Epidemiology and Infection
Though largely controlled in developed countries, measles remains a major global public health issue. Regional and local transmission patterns are rooted in human mixing behaviour across...
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Multidrug-resistant surgical site infections in a humanitarian surgery project

Murphy RA, Okoli O, Essien I, Teicher CL, Elder G,  et al.
2016-08-11 • Epidemiology and Infection
2016-08-11 • Epidemiology and Infection
The epidemiology of surgical site infections (SSIs) in surgical programmes in sub-Saharan Africa is inadequately described. We reviewed deep and organ-space SSIs occurring within a traum...
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Modelling the first dose of measles vaccination: the role of maternal immunity, demographic factors, and delivery systems

Metcalf CJ, Klepac P, Ferrari MJ, Grais RF, Djibo A,  et al.
2010-06-01 • Epidemiology and Infection
2010-06-01 • Epidemiology and Infection
Measles vaccine efficacy is higher at 12 months than 9 months because of maternal immunity, but delaying vaccination exposes the children most vulnerable to measles mortality to infectio...
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Diphtheria outbreak with high mortality in northeastern Nigeria

Besa NC, Coldiron ME, Bakri A, Raji A, Nsuami MJ,  et al.
2013-07-18 • Epidemiology and Infection
2013-07-18 • Epidemiology and Infection
SUMMARY A diphtheria outbreak occurred from February to November 2011 in the village of Kimba and its surrounding settlements, in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. We conducted a retros...
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Exploring the time to intervene with a reactive mass vaccination campaign in measles epidemics

Grais RF, De Radiguès X, Dubray C, Fermon F, Guerin PJ
2006-08-01 • Epidemiology and Infection
2006-08-01 • Epidemiology and Infection
The current WHO policy during measles outbreaks focuses on case management rather than reactive vaccination campaigns in urban areas of resource-poor countries having low vaccine coverag...