Assessment of the Core Functions of Hepatitis B Surveillance System in the Southeastern Iran: a Qualitative Study by Mozhgan Mahmoodi, Abbas Yazdanpanah, Abbas Ghavam, Khodadad Sheikhzadeh

“…Despite its high efficiency, hepatitis B surveillance system has always been faced with many challenges. …”
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Reliability and validity of a national intelligent infectious disease surveillance and early warning maturity questionnaire by Qingliang LIU, Qing GUO, Gang LI, Zixiong ZHAO, Xuejie DU, Jiaqi MA

“…ResultsIn the item analysis, six items did not meet the standard: IT infrastructure construction, coverage of security measures such as cloud desktop and cloud terminal, adoption of national information standards for the informatization construction of infectious disease surveillance and early warning, ability to call national application programming interfaces (APIs) and use software development kits (SDKs) to achieve application integration, missed reporting rate of infectious diseases, and proportion of confirmed cases in the syndromic surveillance of infectious diseases. …”
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Genetic surveillance of Plasmodium–Anopheles compatibility markers during Anopheles stephensi associated malaria outbreak by Elizabeth Waymire, Dejene Getachew, Isuru Gunarathna, Joseph Spear, Grace Lloyd, Madison Follis, Avery A. Kaye, Said Ali, Solomon Yared, Tamar E. Carter

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Inhibitor development in nonsevere hemophilia: data from the European Haemophilia Safety Surveillance (EUHASS) registry by Kathelijn Fischer, Riitta Lassila, Flora Peyvandi, Alexander Gatt, Samantha C. Gouw, Robert Hollingsworth, Thierry Lambert, Radek Kaczmarek, Diana Carbonero Alvarez, Michael Makris

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Mass HIV Treatment and Sex Disparities in Life Expectancy: Demographic Surveillance in Rural South Africa. by Jacob Bor, Sydney Rosen, Natsayi Chimbindi, Noah Haber, Kobus Herbst, Tinofa Mutevedzi, Frank Tanser, Deenan Pillay, Till Bärnighausen

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Data were collected on all deaths occurring from 2001 to 2011 in a large population-based surveillance cohort (52,964 women and 45,688 men, ages 15 y and older) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. …”
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Public communication and outreach by mosquito programs in the United States. by Nicole Thomas, Jo Anne G Balanay, Sachiyo Shearman, Stephanie L Richards

“…Blood feeding female mosquitoes cause itchy welts and can transmit pathogens that cause diseases such as chikungunya, malaria, West Nile encephalitis, and Zika. Mosquito control programs conduct mosquito, pathogen, and epidemiological surveillance, carry out source reduction, treat mosquito habitats with larvicides or adulticides, and disseminate information to the public. …”
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An Occupational Health Program for Waste Collection Workers by Howida E. Awad, Nadia H. Farahat, Hala M. Mohamed

“…Aim: Evaluate the effect of an occupational health program on waste collection workers' knowledge and practices. …”
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Early detection to improve outcome in people with undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis: the PROMPT research programme including RCT by Neil McHugh, Laura Bojke, Mel Brooke Turfrey, Rachel Charlton, Myka Ransom, Laura C Coates, Howard Collier, Claire Davies, Emma Dures, Philip Helliwell, Jana James, Anya Lissina, Vishnu B Madhok, Alison L Nightingale, Jonathan Packham, Catherine Smith, Eldon Spackman, Cerys Tassinari, William Tillett, Sarah T Brown

“…Funding This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research programme (NIHR award ref: RP-PG-1212-20007) and is published in full in Programme Grants for Applied Research; Vol. 13, No. 6. …”
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Acquisition of residency programs by T cells entering the human brain by Cheng-Chih Hsiao, Hendrik J. Engelenburg, Jasper Rip, Annet F. Wierenga-Wolf, Fabiënne van Puijfelik, Marvin M. van Luijn, Inge Huitinga, Jörg Hamann, Joost Smolders

“…Summary: T cell surveillance is mandatory for maintaining central nervous system (CNS) homeostasis, while aberrant accumulation is linked to neuroinflammation. …”
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Potential public health impacts of gonorrhea vaccination programmes under declining incidences: A modeling study. by Lin Geng, Lilith K Whittles, Borame L Dickens, Martin T W Chio, Yihao Chen, Rayner Kay Jin Tan, Azra Ghani, Jue Tao Lim

“…For a hypothetical 10-year vaccination programme, VbE had 14.18% of MSM gonorrhea cases averted over the time the programme was implemented. …”
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Correlates of Trachoma Recrudescence: Results from 51 District-Level Trachoma Surveillance Surveys in Amhara, Ethiopia by Eshetu Sata, Nicholas A. Presley, Phong Le, Andrew W. Nute, Zebene Ayele, Ayalew Shiferaw, Demelash Gessese, Ambahun Chernet, Berhanu Melak, Tania A. Gonzalez, Kimberly A. Jensen, Adisu Abebe Dawed, Taye Zeru, Zerihun Tadesse, Elizabeth Kelly Callahan, Scott D. Nash

“…Trachoma recrudescence is a serious concern for trachoma control programs. Programs define recrudescence as the return of trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) prevalence above elimination threshold (≥5%) on district-level trachoma surveillance surveys (TSSs). …”
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Characterising spatial patterns of neglected tropical disease transmission using integrated sero-surveillance in Northern Ghana. by Kimberly M Fornace, Laura Senyonjo, Diana L Martin, Sarah Gwyn, Elena Schmidt, David Agyemang, Benjamin Marfo, James Addy, Ernest Mensah, Anthony W Solomon, Robin Bailey, Chris J Drakeley, Rachel L Pullan

“…The study utilised the trachoma surveillance survey platform (cross-sectional two-stage cluster-sampled surveys) to collect information on additional identified diseases at different stages of elimination with minimal additional cost. …”
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A Perspective on Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance as a Public Health Tool for Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Mohammad Shehryaar Khan, Christian Wurzbacher, Anna Uchaikina, Boris Pleshkov, Olga Mirshina, Jörg E. Drewes

“…We raise awareness of the great potential of WBE for LMICs and highlight the critical health markers, research needs, and strategies necessary to establish tailored wastewater surveillance programs.…”
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Motion - Colonoscopic Surveillance is More Cost Effective than Colectomy in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Arguments for the Motion by Bret A Lashner

“…The results with surveillance programs were almost as good as with prophylactic colectomy. …”
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Health Risks and Roles in Medical Surveillance among Nurses Working in BPO Sectors in Iloilo City, Philippines by Melveen Melocoton

“…According to BPO firm profiles, there were significant differences between nurses' health risks and roles in medical surveillance. To prevent health risks and improve the roles in medical surveillance among nurses in the BPO sector, management must actively develop, innovate, and evaluate their occupational safety and health (OSH) policies and programs, as well as empower their nurses through professional development and training.…”
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In silico genomic surveillance by CoVerage predicts and characterizes SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest by Katrina Norwood, Zhi-Luo Deng, Susanne Reimering, Gary Robertson, Mohammad-Hadi Foroughmand-Araabi, Sama Goliaei, Martin Hölzer, Frank Klawonn, Alice C. McHardy

“…Therefore, large-scale viral genomic surveillance programs have been initiated worldwide, with data being deposited in public repositories in a timely manner. …”
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Effective surveillance of vector dynamics of Aedes aegypti in a hospital setting in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil by Fábio Alexandre Leal-Santos, Marinalva Brasilina de Arruda Santana, Danielle Aparecida de Figueiredo, Maria Madalena de Oliveira, Anagela Maria Acel, Ana Lucia Maria Ribeiro, Jorge Senatore Vargas Rodrigues, Danilo Carvalho-Leandro, Rosina Djunko Miyazaki, Diniz Pereira Leite-Jr

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Cost‐effectiveness analysis of postoperative surveillance for stage IV colorectal cancer in Japan: An economic modeling study by Fumio Tsukamoto, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Takeharu Kato, Hiroshi Nagata, Yasuyuki Takamizawa, Konosuke Moritani, Yusuke Kinugasa, Minoru Esaki, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Ataru Igarashi

“…Methods This economic evaluation used a Markov state‐transition model to compare the cost‐effectiveness of postoperative surveillance programs proposed in guidelines published by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, European Society for Medical Oncology, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum. …”
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Systematic review on evaluation tools applicable to One Health surveillance systems: A call for adapted methodology by Sarah Mediouni, Claire Ndione, E. Jane Parmley, Thomas G. Poder, Hélène Carabin, Cécile Aenishaenslin

“…Developing and implementing effective surveillance programs for infectious diseases (ID) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) requires the integration of information across relevant disciplines and sectors. …”
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Entomological Surveillance of Aedes mosquitoes, vectors of arboviruses in a peri-urban area of Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon by Ms Bertille Djapoum, Ms Gisele Aurelie FOKO DADJI, Ms Borel DIAPPI-TCHAMEN, Ms Abraham FOMENA, Ms Joseph Lebel TAMESSE, Ms Christophe ANTONIO-NKONDJIO

“…This finding highlights the utility of ovitraps for broader vector surveillance. Conclusion: The implementation of surveillance and control programs for arboviruses vectors is urgent required in view of the increase in cases of arboviruses. …”
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