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Dengue outbreaks in Bangladesh: Historic epidemic patterns suggest earlier mosquito control intervention in the transmission season could reduce the monthly growth factor and extent of epidemics (2021)
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Haider, N., Chang, Y., Rahman, M., Zumla, A., & Kock, R. (2021). Dengue outbreaks in Bangladesh: Historic epidemic patterns suggest earlier mosquito control intervention in the transmission season could reduce the monthly growth factor and extent of epidemics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2021.100063

Dengue is endemic in Bangladesh and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Suppressing the mosquito vector activity at the optimal time annually is a practical strategy to control dengue outbreaks. The objective of this study was to estima... Read More about Dengue outbreaks in Bangladesh: Historic epidemic patterns suggest earlier mosquito control intervention in the transmission season could reduce the monthly growth factor and extent of epidemics.

Socio-Ecological Systems Analysis and Health System Readiness in Responding to Dengue Epidemics in Ilala and Kinondoni Districts, Tanzania (2021)
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Sindato, C., Mboera, L., Mremi, I., Rumisha, S., George, J., Karimuribo, E., …Kock, R. (2021). Socio-Ecological Systems Analysis and Health System Readiness in Responding to Dengue Epidemics in Ilala and Kinondoni Districts, Tanzania. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 2, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2021.738758

<jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction</jats:title><jats:p>Since 2010, Tanzania has been experiencing frequent outbreaks of dengue. The objectives of this study were to carry out a socio-ecological systems (SES) analysis to identify risk factors and inte... Read More about Socio-Ecological Systems Analysis and Health System Readiness in Responding to Dengue Epidemics in Ilala and Kinondoni Districts, Tanzania.

Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns and Risk Factors Associated with Salmonella spp. Isolates from Poultry Farms in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study (2021)
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Yusuf Osman, A., Ali Elmi, S., Simons, D., Elton, L., Haider, N., Azam Khan, M., …Kock, R. (2021). Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns and Risk Factors Associated with Salmonella spp. Isolates from Poultry Farms in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Pathogens an international, open access journal of pathogens and pathogen-host interactions, https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10091160

The burden of antimicrobial use in agricultural settings is one of the greatest challenges facing global health and food security in the modern era. Malaysian poultry operations are a relevant but understudied component of epidemiology of antimicrobi... Read More about Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns and Risk Factors Associated with Salmonella spp. Isolates from Poultry Farms in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of chikungunya, dengue, and Zika in eight districts in Tanzania (2021)
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Misinzo, G., Rweyemamu, M., Karimuribo, E., Abdel Hamid, M., Haider, N., Kock, R., …Rumisha, S. (2021). Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of chikungunya, dengue, and Zika in eight districts in Tanzania. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 271 - 280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.040

Background: This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors of chikungunya (CHIKV), dengue (DENV), and Zika (ZIKV) viruses in Tanzania.
Methods: The study covered the districts of Buhigwe, Kalambo, Kilindi, Kinondoni, Kondo... Read More about Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of chikungunya, dengue, and Zika in eight districts in Tanzania.

Diagnosis of Chikungunya Virus in Febrile Patients From a Malaria Holoendemic Area (2021)
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(2021). Diagnosis of Chikungunya Virus in Febrile Patients From a Malaria Holoendemic Area. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 247 - 252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.06.043

Accurate diagnosis of chikungunya (CHIK) is essential for effective disease management and surveillance. In a cohort of febrile Congolese patients, available diagnostic methods widely used in CHIK diagnosis were evaluated. In addition, plasma cytokin... Read More about Diagnosis of Chikungunya Virus in Febrile Patients From a Malaria Holoendemic Area.

The niche of One Health approaches in Lassa fever surveillance and control (2021)
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Arruda, L., Haider, N., Olayemi, A., Simons, D., Ehichioya, D., Yinka-Ogunleye, A., …Kock, R. (2021). The niche of One Health approaches in Lassa fever surveillance and control. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 20, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12941-021-00431-0

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Lassa fever (LF), a zoonotic illness, represents a public health burden in West African countries where the Lassa virus (LASV) circulates among rodents. Human exposure hinges significantly on LASV ecology, whi... Read More about The niche of One Health approaches in Lassa fever surveillance and control.

The Global Case-Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Has Been Declining Since May 2020 (2021)
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Hasan, M., Haider, N., Stigler, F., Khan, R., McCoy, D., Zumla, A., …Uddin, M. (2021). The Global Case-Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Has Been Declining Since May 2020. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104(6), 2176 - 2184. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1496

<jats:title>Abstract.</jats:title><jats:p>The objective of this study was to evaluate the trend of reported case fatality rate (rCFR) of COVID-19 over time, using globally reported COVID-19 cases and mortality data. We collected daily COVID-19 diagno... Read More about The Global Case-Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Has Been Declining Since May 2020.

Zoonotic disease preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries (2021)
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Thomason, M., Tembo, J., Arruda, L., Ntoumi, F., McHugh, T., Zumla, A., …Kock, R. (2021). Zoonotic disease preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries. One Health Outlook, 3, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42522-021-00037-8

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>The emergence of high consequence pathogens such as Ebola and SARS-CoV-2, along with the continued burden of neglected diseases such as rabies, has highlighted th... Read More about Zoonotic disease preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries.

World Tuberculosis Day 2021 Theme — ‘The Clock is Ticking’ — and the world is running out of time to deliver the United Nations General Assembly commitments to End TB due to the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
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Gordon, A., Shanmugam, S., Bachmann, N., Lam, C., Sintchenko, V., Rudolf, F., …Haider, N. (2021). World Tuberculosis Day 2021 Theme — ‘The Clock is Ticking’ — and the world is running out of time to deliver the United Nations General Assembly commitments to End TB due to the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 113(S1), S1 - S6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.03.046