Purpose:To describe the investigation and intervention of a cluster of Legionnaires' disease detected during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods:From June 7 to 22, 2021, 15 cases in the neighborhood near our hospital were detected. Information about residence, ...
This investigation provided a unique opportunity to analyze the clinical presentation of patients with outbreak-associated Legionnaires' disease. The purpose of the present study was to analyze high-resolution computerized tomography (HRCT) scans for the characteristic findings of Legionnaires' disease and ...
Outbreak Investigations A final category of observational study that integrates multiple epidemiologic methods is the outbreak investigation. A special feature of outbreak investigations is that they are frequently conducted with a sense of urgency because of the ongoing occurrence of cases, the need to ...
Purpose - For nearly 150 years the study of food safety has been dominated by a microbiological approach, however, in many countries cases of foodborne dis... A Von Holy,CJ Griffith - 《British Food Journal》 被引量: 89发表: 2006年 Foodborne disease surveillance. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH...
occurring in same farm or herd but at different time period, it was considered a separate outbreak. For outbreak investigation, an animal was considered positive for FMD based on the clinical definition i.e. high body temperature, excessive salivation, vesicles formation on the tongue, nose, ...
The slow progression of symptoms and misdiagnosis of the dispersed cases made it very difficult to link these cases and identify the source of the outbreak (CDC 1985, 1987). 51.6.1.9 Case Definition The purpose of a case definition is to standardize the identification and counting of the ...
When the eleventh EVD outbreak emerged in Equateur Province at the end of May 2020, temporary facilities constructed during the ninth outbreak to isolate and treat patients either no longer existed or were unfit for purpose. This demanded rapid construction of inferior quality structures that were po...
The Australian Animal Disease Spread (AADIS) hybrid model23 is the most sophisticated model available with the specific purpose of simulating outbreak scenarios like those developed here33,34. This model, and its predecessor AusSpread35, have been extensively tested in model comparison studies36,37,...
To this end the purpose of the study was to examine COVID-19 related risk perceptions, knowledge and information sources among prenatal and postnatal Chinese women. 2. Methods A cross-sectional survey design was used to examine COVID-19-related risk perceptions, knowledge, and information sources...
these communities can be a risk factor for introducing infection onboard. Further retrospective studies are needed assessing the impact of passenger ship travel on land-based communities and vice versa. Current outbreak investigation reports in the literature are somewhat fragmented and may miss key inf...