FEAD: The Field Epidemiology Abstract Database

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FEAD: The Field Epidemiology Abstract Database

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    An Outbreak of Hepatitis A due to consumption of wedding party food prepared from an unchlorinated well-water, Naripetta, Kozhikode district, Kerala, India, November 2019–January 2020

    Nikhilesh Menon, Amjeeth Rajeevan, Sachin KC, Polani Rubeshkumar, Mohankumar Raju, Manikandanesan Sakthivel, Parasuraman Ganeshkumar, Prabhdeep Kaur
    Background:
    Hepatitis A (HAV) causes 5-15% of acute liver failure cases in India. On December 4, 2019, the District Surveillance unit notified a cluster of HAV cases in Naripetta, Kozhikode,...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • India

    An outbreak of Shigellosis attributed to consumption of contaminated Well water, Kottamparamba, Calicut, Kerala, India, 2020

    Sachin KC, Nikhilesh Menon, Polani Rubeshkumar, Bency Joseph, Mohankumar Raju, Sarita RL, Jayasree V, Asha Devi
    Background:
    In India, over 100,000 people die of water-borne diseases annually. On December 11, 2020, District Surveillance Unit, Calicut, Kerala, notified a cluster of loose stools in...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • India

    Beriberi (thiamine hypovitaminosis) outbreak investigation among male prisoners in a state public jail, Brazil, 2020

    Lais Relvas, Magda Duarte, Danielle Castanha, Maria Amelia Costa, Naila Juliana Araujo, Dihna Miranda, Marcio Henrique Garcia
    Background:
    In early May 2020, an outbreak of unknown etiology was reported among male prisoners in a public state jail, Brazil. Initial diagnostic hypotheses included leptospirosis, exogenous...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Other
    • Brazil

    Burden and Associated Risk Factors of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Al-Buraimi Governorate, Oman

    Hanan AlMarbouai, Amal AlNafisi, Eman Saleh, Muhammad Muqeet Ullah, Mostafa Elsayed
    Background:
    Oman reported its first case of COVID-19 on 24 February 2020 and has reported an increasing number of cases recently. Understanding patient characteristics and demand on the...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Oman

    Cervical Cancer Screening Service Uptake and Associated Factors among Women in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia 2019

    Henok Solomon Demissie, Fatimatu Fatimatu
    Background:
    Cervical cancer is fourth most frequent cancer, representing 6.6% of all female cancers, and majority occur in low and middle-income countries. Incidence and mortality from cervical...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • Other
    • Ethiopia

    Clostridium perfringens Outbreak Associated with School Lunch—New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2019

    Yi-Ting Yang, Pei-chen Chen, Jih-Hui Lin, Ching-Yi Wu, Yu-Ju Chen, Hsueh-Hsuan Lin, Meng-Yu Chen
    Background:
    Clostridum perfringens is a spore-forming bacterium commonly found on raw meat and poultry, which may cause foodborne disease. In September 2019, an outbreak of gastroenteritis...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Other
    • Water or foodborne
    • Taiwan

    COVID-19 in chronic dialysis patients: one year of pandemic in Argentina

    Micaela Gauto, Andrea Baldani, Augusto Vallejos
    Background:
    The characteristics of chronic dialysis (CD) patients may imply that the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection could be greater than in the general population. However, information related...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Healthcare related infections
    • Chronic disease
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Argentina

    Determinants of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis infection in Karachi, Pakistan-2019

    Muhammad Asif Syed, Ishfaq Memon
    Background:
    Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is an acute, fulminant, and fatal central nervous system infection caused by an amoeba, Naegleria fowleri. It occurs naturally in warm,...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Pakistan

    Epidemiological profile and risk factors associated with COVID-19 deaths in Douala city – Cameroon, 2020

    Sepde Emtom, P.N. Atangia, Serge Billong, Alphonse Acho, Armel Evouna, Priscilla Anya, Georges Alain ETOUNDI MBALLA
    Background:
    COVID-19 is an emerging, deadly viral zoonosis caused by SARS-CoV-2. In March 2020, Cameroon was one of the most affected countries in Africa, with a case fatality rate of 2.2% (25/...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Cameroon

    Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Tshwane District, South Africa, March–June 2020: A cross-sectional study

    Hellen Kgatla, Alex de Voux, Rebecca Mphaka, Alfred Musekiwa, Hetani Mdose, Emelda Ramutshila, Mpho Moshime, Lekwetji Mamabolo, Lazarus Kuonza
    Background:
    On 30th January 2020 the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel respiratory disease first identified in Wuhan China, a Public Health...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • South Africa

    Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Cross-Border Transmission Risk Factors among Fishing Communities in Kyotera District, Uganda: May-June, 2020

    Doreen Gonahasa, Alex Riolexus Ario, Ronald Reagan Mutebi, Daniel Kadobera, Julie Harris
    Background:
    Incoming travelers from neighboring countries were the primary source of early COVID-19 cases in Uganda. Travelers crossed at multiple land and lake borders, including Kasensero and...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Uganda

    Evaluation of the case-by-case surveillance system for the retention-in-care of people living with HIV in two urban Health Districts-Cameroon, 2019

    Iyawa Clarisse Alma, Mabongo Daniel, Marinette Ngo Nemb, Serge Billong, Rose-Carole Bohimbo, Armel Evouna, Georges Alain ETOUNDI MBALLA
    Background:
    In 2016, Cameroon recruited Psychosocial Agents (PSA) to improve follow-up and retention-in-care of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART). PSA perform...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Viral hepatitis and HIV
    • Public health surveillance
    • Cameroon

    Evaluation of the COVID-19 Surveillance System in Harare City, Zimbabwe 2020

    Talent Bvochora, Hilda Bara, Prosper Chonzi, Tsitsi Juru, Emmanuel Govha, Notion Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga
    Background:
    Surveillance is key for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 90 confirmed cases reported in Harare City between 1-4 December 2020, 80 (89%) had been detected in previous months....
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Zimbabwe

    Factors associated with an outbreak of COVID-19 in oilfield workers, Kazakhstan, June-September, 2020

    Ryszhan Taubayeva, Ainur Maratova, Sayagul Nassyrova
    Background:
    Outbreaks of COVID-19 have been reported in many occupational settings. By June 2020 Kazakhstan suspended two-third of the oilfield workforce after 2,661 cases of COVID-19 were...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Kazakhstan

    Factors associated with newly diagnosed HIV infections among young adults aged 15–24 years attending a rural County Referral Hospital - Kenya, 2018

    Abdala Hassan, Arthur Kwena, Joyce Wamicwe, Jane Githuku
    Background:
    In 2017, about 2.7 million people aged 15–24 years were living with HIV globally, 430,000 of them being new infections. In Kenya, this age group accounted for 40% of all new HIV...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Viral hepatitis and HIV
    • Kenya

    Factors contributing to delays in accessing maternal delivery services in health facilities - Sierra Leone, 2018: A community based cross-sectional study

    Charles Keimbe, Henry Bangura, Doris Bah, Isha Sesay, Fatmata Bangura, Saffa Saffa, Amara Sheriff, Francis Tamba, Sahr Gborie, Andrew Bangalie, Mohammed Jalloh, Gildo Okure, Gebrekrstos Gebru, Eric Ikoona, Kofi Nyarko, Tushar Singh
    Background:
    At 1,360 deaths per 100,000 live-births, Sierra Leone has the highest maternal mortality ratio globally. National data indicates that over 98% of maternal deaths are related to delays...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Maternal and child health
    • Sierra Leone

    Food poisoning outbreak caused by consumption of humanitarian relief food contaminated with Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium): Napak and Amudat Districts, Uganda, March 2019

    Ronald Reagan Mutebi, Alex Riolexus Ario, Maureen Nabatanzi, Irene Kyamwine, Yvette Wibabara, Peter Muwereza, Daniel Eurien, Benon Kwesiga, Steven Kabwama, Daniel Kadobera, Arthur Chang, Alden Henderson, John Callahan, Bao-Ping Zhu
    Background:
    Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium) grows in fields together with leguminous crops, such as soybeans. It contains toxic alkaloids, and can cause gastrointestinal and central nervous system...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Uganda

    Guinea Worm Disease case search and risk assessment in Ohangwena and Omusati region - Namibia, February-March 2019

    Gabriel Joseph, Emmy-Else Ndevaetela, Ndiitodino Kakehongo, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Undjee Kaura, Stark Katokele, Festus Kuushomwa, Emmerita Iipinge, Esther Haimbodi
    Background:
    Dracunculiasis commonly known as Guinea-Worm Disease (GWD) is a crippling parasitic disease caused by Dracunculus medinensis-a long, thread-like worm. GWD is a neglected tropical...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Other
    • Vector-borne
    • Namibia

    Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Children and Adolescents

    Anna R. Yousaf, Eric Pevzner, Victoria T. Chu, Karen Chang, Noah G. Schwartz, Clinton J. McDaniel, Christine Szablewski, Marie Brown, Kathryn Winglee, Scott H. Lee, Zhaohui Cui, Adebola Adebayo, Tiffany Aholou, Minal M. Amin, Peter Aryee, Cindy Castaneda, Trudy Chambers, Amy C. Fleshman, Christin Goodman, Tony Holmes, Mrs. Asha Ivey-Stephenson, Emiko Kamitani, Susan Katz, Jennifer Knapp, Maureen Kolasa, Maranda Lumsden, Erin Mayweather, Asfia Mohammed, Anne Moorman, Alpa Patel-Larson, Lara Perinet, Mark Pilgard, Deirdre D. Pratt, Shanica Railey, Jaina Shah, Dawn Tuckey, Emilio Dirlikov, Dale Rose, Julia Villanueva, Alicia M. Fry, Aaron J. Hall, Hannah L. Kirking, Jacqueline E. Tate, Cherie L. Drenzek, Tatiana M. Lanzieri, Rebekah J. Stewart
    Background:
    A better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from children and adolescents is crucial for informing public health mitigation strategies.

    Methods:
    We conducted a...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • United States of America

    Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 13 and Haemophilus Influenzae type b Vaccine: Database analysis of the Sentinel Surveillance Site of the Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis - Cameroon, 2003-2017

    Annie Marielle MENGUE ESSINDI, Eric Mboke, Franky Baonga, Dorine Ngono Noah, Armel Evouna, Georges Alain ETOUNDI MBALLA
    Background:
    Pediatric bacterial meningitis (PBM) is a preventable cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. For Cameroon in 1999, the most common causes of PBM percentage-wise were...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Public health surveillance
    • Cameroon

    Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on health workers in Colombia, 2020

    Sandra Rivera, Cindy Sánchez, Jessica Pedraza, Jose William Martínez, Franklyn Prieto
    Background:
    In December 2019, the circulation of a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was identified as the causative agent of a severe acute respiratory disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China, which...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Occupational and environmental health
    • Healthcare related infections
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Colombia

    Incidence and Predictors of Tuberculosis among HIV Infected Adults on Anti-Retroviral Therapy after Universal Test and Treat Program in Selected Public Hospitals -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020

    Amare Getu
    Background:
    Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Almost one-third of deaths among people living with HIV...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Viral hepatitis and HIV
    • Public health surveillance
    • Ethiopia

    Investigation of a Type 2 Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus Event in Sichuan Province, China 2019

    Ge Shao, Ning Wen, Lixin Hao, Chunxiang Fan, Chao Ma, Zhijie An, Zundong Yin
    Background:
    In 2016, type 2 poliovirus was withdrawn globally from trivalent live attenuated polio vaccine (OPV) to stop generation of type 2 vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPV2). China...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Healthcare related infections
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Other
    • China

    Investigation of an early 2020 COVID-19 outbreak in a vulnerable population, at a psychiatric health facility in Victoria, Australia

    Stephanie Main, Rebecca Schack, Ramona Muttucumaru, Lucinda Franklin, Hazel Clothier, Tony Stewart, Sally Dougall, Kat Ryan, Tambri Housen, Amy Parry, Jane Greig, Clare Looker, Charles Alpren
    Background:
    On 1 April 2020, the Victorian authorities were notified of a confirmed COVID-19 case linked to a psychiatric healthcare facility. We conducted an investigation to support the...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Healthcare related infections
    • Mental health
    • Australia

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