EpidemiologyShort-term acute careClinically noticeable increases in Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) in excess of expectations, i.e., "outbreak", lacks a common definition. Understanding what magnitude of CDI incidence growth that constitutes an outbreak from hospitals' perspectives is valuable...
As we stated above, anthrax epidemics do not occur every year, so increased amounts of vegetation or spores at the LIZ may contribute to outbreak initiation in combination with environmental cues and animal behavior. The data do not support LIZs alone as a main driver of anthrax epizootics, ...