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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

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 epidemiologica... 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

Abstract 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 have detected their first COVID-19... 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.

Trends and clinico-epidemiological features of human rabies cases in Bangladesh 2006–2018 (2020)
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Ghosh, S., Rana, M. S., Islam, M. K., Chowdhury, S., Haider, N., Kafi, M. A. H., …Jhora, S. T. (2020). Trends and clinico-epidemiological features of human rabies cases in Bangladesh 2006–2018. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article ARTN 2410. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59109-w

AbstractVaccinating dogs against rabies is an effective means of reducing human rabies. We subjected 1327 clinically diagnosed human rabies death and mass dog vaccination (MDV) data during 2006–2018 to quantify the impacts of MDV on human rabies inci... Read More about Trends and clinico-epidemiological features of human rabies cases in Bangladesh 2006–2018.

Epidemiology and genotypes of group A rotaviruses in cattle and goats of Bangladesh, 2009-2010 (2020)
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Hossain, M., Rahman, M., Watson, O., Islam, A., Rahman, S., Hasan, R., …Haider, N. (2020). Epidemiology and genotypes of group A rotaviruses in cattle and goats of Bangladesh, 2009-2010. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 79, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104170

Group A rotavirus (RVA) is recognized as a major cause of severe gastroenteritis in newborn calves and goat kids. We estimated the proportion of ruminants infected with rotavirus and identified the circulating genotypes in cattle and goats in Banglad... Read More about Epidemiology and genotypes of group A rotaviruses in cattle and goats of Bangladesh, 2009-2010.

Molecular characterization of group A rotavirus from rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at human-wildlife interfaces in Bangladesh (2019)
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Islam, A., Rahman, M. Z., Miah, M., Hossain, M. E., Haider, N., Rostal, M. K., …Epstein, J. H. (2020). Molecular characterization of group A rotavirus from rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at human-wildlife interfaces in Bangladesh. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 67(2), 956-966. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13431

Group A rotavirus (RVA) is an important cause of diarrhoea in people, especially children, and animals globally. Due to the segmented nature of the RVA genome, animal RVA strains have the potential to adapt to the human host through reassortment with... Read More about Molecular characterization of group A rotavirus from rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at human-wildlife interfaces in Bangladesh.

Quantifying the potential for bluetongue virus transmission in Danish cattle farms (2019)
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Haider, N., Kjær, L. J., Skovgård, H., Nielsen, S. A., & Bødker, R. (2019). Quantifying the potential for bluetongue virus transmission in Danish cattle farms. Scientific reports, 9, Article 13466. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49866-8

Abstract We used a mechanistic transmission model to estimate the number of infectious bites (IBs) generated per bluetongue virus (BTV) infected host (cattle) using estimated hourly microclimatic temperatures at 22,004 Danish cattle farms for the per... Read More about Quantifying the potential for bluetongue virus transmission in Danish cattle farms.

The annual, temporal and spatial pattern of Setaria tundra outbreaks in Finnish reindeer: a mechanistic transmission model approach (2018)
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Haider, N., Laaksonen, S., Kjær, L., Oksanen, A., & Bødker, R. (2018). The annual, temporal and spatial pattern of Setaria tundra outbreaks in Finnish reindeer: a mechanistic transmission model approach. Parasites and Vectors, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3159-z

Background In northern Finland (Lapland), reindeer are reared as semi-domesticated animals. The region has a short summer season of 2–3 months, yet reindeer are infected with the mosquito-borne filarioid parasite Setaria tundra. The infection causes... Read More about The annual, temporal and spatial pattern of Setaria tundra outbreaks in Finnish reindeer: a mechanistic transmission model approach.

Avian influenza surveillance in domestic waterfowl and environment of live bird markets in Bangladesh, 2007–2012 (2018)
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Khan, S., Gurley, E., Gerloff, N., Rahman, M., Simpson, N., Rahman, M., …Luby, S. (2018). Avian influenza surveillance in domestic waterfowl and environment of live bird markets in Bangladesh, 2007–2012. Scientific reports, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27515-w

Avian influenza viruses, including highly pathogenic strains, pose severe economic, animal and public health concerns. We implemented live bird market surveillance in Bangladesh to identify the subtypes of avian influenza A viruses in domestic waterf... Read More about Avian influenza surveillance in domestic waterfowl and environment of live bird markets in Bangladesh, 2007–2012.

Where backyard poultry raisers seek care for sick poultry: implications for avian influenza prevention in Bangladesh (2018)
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Rimi, N., Sultana, R., Ishtiak-Ahmed, K., Haider, N., Azziz-Baumgartner, E., Nahar, N., & Luby, S. (2018). Where backyard poultry raisers seek care for sick poultry: implications for avian influenza prevention in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5819-5

Background In Bangladesh, backyard poultry raisers lack awareness of avian influenza and infrequently follow government recommendations for its prevention. Identifying where poultry raisers seek care for their ill poultry might help the government b... Read More about Where backyard poultry raisers seek care for sick poultry: implications for avian influenza prevention in Bangladesh.

Microclimatic temperatures at Danish cattle farms, 2000–2016: quantifying the temporal and spatial variation in the transmission potential of Schmallenberg virus (2018)
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Haider, N., Cuellar, A., Kjær, L., Sørensen, J., & Bødker, R. (2018). Microclimatic temperatures at Danish cattle farms, 2000–2016: quantifying the temporal and spatial variation in the transmission potential of Schmallenberg virus. Parasites and Vectors, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2709-8

Background Microclimatic temperatures provide better estimates of vector-borne disease transmission parameters than standard meteorological temperatures, as the microclimate represent the actual temperatures to which the vectors are exposed. The obj... Read More about Microclimatic temperatures at Danish cattle farms, 2000–2016: quantifying the temporal and spatial variation in the transmission potential of Schmallenberg virus.

Epidemiology and genetic characterization of Peste des petits ruminants virus in Bangladesh (2018)
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Rahman, M., Haider, N., Gurley, E., Ahmed, S., Osmani, M., Hossain, M., …Rahman, M. (2018). Epidemiology and genetic characterization of Peste des petits ruminants virus in Bangladesh. Veterinary Medicine and Science, 161 - 171. https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.98

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an acute, highly contagious disease responsible for high morbidity and mortality rates in susceptible sheep and goats. Adequate knowledge of the diversity of circulating strains of PPR virus will help livestock aut... Read More about Epidemiology and genetic characterization of Peste des petits ruminants virus in Bangladesh.

Unusually High Mortality in Waterfowl Caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Bangladesh (2017)
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Haider, N. (2017). Unusually High Mortality in Waterfowl Caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Bangladesh. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 144 - 156. https://doi.org/10.1111/TBED.12354

Mortality in ducks and geese caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) infection had not been previously identified in Bangladesh. In June–July 2011, we investigated mortality in ducks, geese and chickens with suspected H5N1 infection in a... Read More about Unusually High Mortality in Waterfowl Caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Bangladesh.