Waterborne transmission of protozoan parasites: review of worldwide outbreaks-an update 2011–2016

A Efstratiou, JE Ongerth, P Karanis - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
This review provides a comprehensive update of worldwide waterborne parasitic protozoan
outbreaks that occurred with reports published since previous reviews largely between …

Epidemiology of Lyme disease

PS Mead - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2015 - id.theclinics.com
Lyme disease is a tick-borne zoonosis caused by several genospecies of the spirochete
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. 1 The organism normally cycles among small mammals and …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring underreporting and under-ascertainment in infectious disease datasets: a comparison of methods

CL Gibbons, MJJ Mangen, D Plass, AH Havelaar… - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Background Efficient and reliable surveillance and notification systems are vital for
monitoring public health and disease outbreaks. However, most surveillance and notification …

Sexually transmitted diseases among American youth: incidence and prevalence estimates, 2000

H Weinstock, S Berman… - Perspectives on sexual and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
CONTEXT In the United States, young people aged 15–24 represent 25% of the sexually
experienced population. However, the incidence and prevalence of sexually transmitted …

The Value of Health Care Information Exchange and Interoperability: There is a business case to be made for spending money on a fully standardized nationwide …

J Walker, E Pan, D Johnston, J Adler-Milstein… - Health …, 2005 - healthaffairs.org
In this paper we assess the value of electronic health care information exchange and
interoperability (HIEI) between providers (hospitals and medical group practices) and …

[HTML][HTML] Internet-based surveillance systems for monitoring emerging infectious diseases

GJ Milinovich, GM Williams… - The Lancet infectious …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Emerging infectious diseases present a complex challenge to public health officials and
governments; these challenges have been compounded by rapidly shifting patterns of …

[PDF][PDF] Revisão das dimensões de qualidade dos dados e métodos aplicados na avaliação dos sistemas de informação em saúde

CRA Lima, JMA Schramm, CM Coeli… - Cadernos de saúde …, 2009 - SciELO Public Health
No Brasil, o monitoramento da qualidade dos dados dos Sistemas de Informação em Saúde
(SIS) não segue um plano sistemático de avaliações. Este artigo revê as iniciativas de …

[HTML][HTML] surveillance for acute viral hepatitis, United States, 2007

D Daniels, S Grytdal, A Wasley… - 2009 - cdc.gov
Abstract Problem: In the United States, acute viral hepatitis most frequently is caused by
infection with any of three distinct viruses: hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), or …

Spatial and temporal dynamics of superspreading events in the 2014–2015 West Africa Ebola epidemic

MSY Lau, BD Dalziel, S Funk… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The unprecedented scale of the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa (2014–2015) has
prompted an explosion of efforts to understand the transmission dynamics of the virus and to …

[HTML][HTML] Surveillance for acute viral hepatitis, United States, 2006

A Wasley, KM Gallagher, S Grytdal - 2008 - cdc.gov
Abstract Problem/Condition: In the United States, acute viral hepatitis most frequently is
caused by infection with three viruses: hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and …