Outputs (11)

Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Dengue fever in Kassala state, eastern Sudan (2020)
Journal Article
Siam, H., Samy, A., Mohamed, W., Khalid, F., Gumaa, S., Mboera, L., …Ahmed, A. (2020). Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Dengue fever in Kassala state, eastern Sudan. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, e0008918 - e0008918. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008918

<jats:p>Dengue is a rapidly growing public health threat in Kassala state, eastern Sudan. The objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence, entomological transmission indices, and socioeconomic risk factors associated with dengue in th... Read More about Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Dengue fever in Kassala state, eastern Sudan.

Epidemiology of COVID-19 infection in young children under five years: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Bhuiyan, M., Stiboy, E., Hassan, M., Chan, M., Islam, M., Haider, N., …Homaira, N. (2021). Epidemiology of COVID-19 infection in young children under five years: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine, 39(4), 667 - 677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.11.078

Introduction
Emerging evidence suggests young children are at greater risk of COVID-19 infection than initially predicted. However, a comprehensive understanding of epidemiology of COVID-19 infection in young children under five years, the most at-r... Read More about Epidemiology of COVID-19 infection in young children under five years: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries (2020)
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Haider, N., Osman, A. Y., Gadzekpo, A., Akipede, G. O., Asogun, D., Ansumana, R., …McCoy, D. (2020). Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries. BMJ Global Health, 5(10), e003319 - e003319. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003319

<jats:p>Lockdown measures have been introduced worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-19. However, the term ‘lockdown’ is not well-defined. Indeed, WHO’s reference to ‘so-called lockdown measures’ indicates the absence of a clear and universa... Read More about Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries.

Chikungunya Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, 2019—Epidemiological, Virological and Entomological Findings of a South-North Multidisciplinary Taskforce Investigation (2020)
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Vairo, F., Aimè Coussoud-Mavoungou, M., Ntoumi, F., Castilletti, C., Kitembo, L., Haider, N., …Ippolito, G. (2020). Chikungunya Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, 2019—Epidemiological, Virological and Entomological Findings of a South-North Multidisciplinary Taskforce Investigation. Viruses, 1020 - 1020. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12091020

<jats:p>The Republic of Congo (RoC) declared a chikungunya (CHIK) outbreak on 9 February 2019. We conducted a ONE-Human-Animal HEALTH epidemiological, virological and entomological investigation. Methods: We collected national surveillance and epidem... Read More about Chikungunya Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, 2019—Epidemiological, Virological and Entomological Findings of a South-North Multidisciplinary Taskforce Investigation.

The Global Health Security index and Joint External Evaluation score for health preparedness are not correlated with countries' COVID-19 detection response time and mortality outcome (2020)
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Haider, N., Yavlinsky, A., Chang, Y., Hasan, M. N., Benfield, C., Osman, A. Y., …Kock, R. (2020). The Global Health Security index and Joint External Evaluation score for health preparedness are not correlated with countries' COVID-19 detection response time and mortality outcome. Epidemiology and Infection, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268820002046

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Global Health Security Index (GHSI) and Joint External Evaluation (JEE) are two well-known health security and related capability indices. We hypothesised that countries with higher GHSI or JEE scores would h... Read More about The Global Health Security index and Joint External Evaluation score for health preparedness are not correlated with countries' COVID-19 detection response time and mortality outcome.

Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries (2020)
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Abdel Hamid, M., Haider, N., Kock, R., Ippolito, G., Zumla, A., McHugh, T., …Ntoumi, F. (2020). Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 9, Article 145. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00800-y

Background
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is of growing concern globally and AMR status in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is undefined due to a lack of real-time data recording, surveillance and regulation. World Health Organization (WHO) Joint External E... Read More about Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries.

Possible Drivers of the 2019 Dengue Outbreak in Bangladesh: The Need for a Robust Community-Level Surveillance System (2020)
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Haider, N., Kock, R., Benfield, C., & Ahsan, A. (2021). Possible Drivers of the 2019 Dengue Outbreak in Bangladesh: The Need for a Robust Community-Level Surveillance System. Journal of Medical Entomology, 58(1), 37-39. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa150

Bangladesh experienced its largest dengue virus (DENV) outbreak in 2019, with 101,354 patients admitted to hospital with either laboratory-confirmed or clinical diagnosis. By contrast, the cumulative number of dengue patients admitted to hospitals in... Read More about Possible Drivers of the 2019 Dengue Outbreak in Bangladesh: The Need for a Robust Community-Level Surveillance System.

Response to ‘Evaluation of modelling study shows limits of COVID-19 importing risk simulations in sub-Saharan Africa’ (Epidemiology and Infection – HYG-LE-10513-May-20) (2020)
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Yavlinsky, A., Haider, N., & Kock, R. (2020). Response to ‘Evaluation of modelling study shows limits of COVID-19 importing risk simulations in sub-Saharan Africa’ (Epidemiology and Infection – HYG-LE-10513-May-20). Epidemiology and Infection, 148, Article e112. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268820001211

Is Africa prepared for tackling the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic. Lessons from past outbreaks, ongoing pan-African public health efforts, and implications for the future (2020)
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Kapata, N., Ihekweazu, C., Ntoumi, F., Raji, T., Chanda-Kapata, P., Mwaba, P., …Zumla, A. (2020). Is Africa prepared for tackling the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic. Lessons from past outbreaks, ongoing pan-African public health efforts, and implications for the future. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 93, 233 - 236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.049

Passengers' destinations from China: low risk of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) transmission into Africa and South America (2020)
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Haider, N., Yavlinsky, A., Simons, D., Yusuf Osman, A., Ntoumi, F., Zumla, A., & Kock, R. (2020). Passengers' destinations from China: low risk of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) transmission into Africa and South America. Epidemiology and Infection, 148, Article e41. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268820000424

Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV [SARS-COV-2]) was detected in humans during the last week of December 2019 at Wuhan city in China, and caused 24 554 cases in 27 countries and territories as of 5 February 2020. The objective of this study was to estimate... Read More about Passengers' destinations from China: low risk of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) transmission into Africa and South America.