FEAD: The Field Epidemiology Abstract Database

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    Investigating the health effects of loose-fill asbestos insulation in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

    Martyn Kirk, Rosemary Korda, Bruce Armstrong, Cathy Banwell, Susan Trevenar, Hsei-Di Law, Mark Clements
    Background:
    Asbestos causes mesothelioma and other cancers, although the health effects of residential exposure are less clear. We investigated the health effects of living in ~1100 houses...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Occupational and environmental health
    • Australia

    Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacterial Pathogens in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2012-2017: A Secondary Data Analysis

    Marvellous Mhondoro, Nqobile Ndlovu, Donewell Bangure, Tsitsi Juru, Notion Gombe, Gerald Shambira, Simbarashe Chiwanda, Mufuta Tshimanga
    Background:
    In 2017, World Health Organisation published a list 12 priority-bacteria, which require surveillance because they are resistant to antibiotics.Data from a private laboratory in Harare...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • Zimbabwe

    Sorcery, village conflict and an outbreak of febrile illness; an investigation on Siassi Island - Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, June 2017

    Mary Kaevakore, James Flint, Mathias Bauri, Berry Ropa
    Background:
    On June 9, 2017, we received notification of a sudden increase in febrile illness cases, including three deaths, from two villages in Morobe Province. Belief that the outbreak was...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Papua New Guinea

    Measles Outbreak in Kamukunji Sub-County, Nairobi County - Kenya, 2018

    Maryanne Gachari, Tura Galgalo, Robert Rotich, Ali Noor, Richard Kihara, Jack Irungu, Zimy Wansaula, Meredith Dixon, Jane Githuku, Elvis Oyugi, Zeinab Gura, Christie Reed
    Background:
    In early 2018, measles outbreaks began in rural Kenya. In August 2018, cases were laboratory-confirmed in urban Kamukunji Sub-county, home to a large migrant, refugee population, with...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Kenya

    Hepatitis A Vaccine Immunogenicity 25 Years After Vaccination in Alaska

    Maya Ramaswamy, Dana Bruden, Mary Snowball, Julie Morris, Philip Spradling, Noele Nelson, Michael Bruce, Brian McMahon
    Background:
    The Hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for children ≥ 1 year old, however the duration of vaccine protection is unknown. In 1991, a cohort of Alaska Native children 3 to 6 years old...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Viral hepatitis and HIV
    • United States of America

    Epidemio-clinical profile of childhood cancers in Yaounde at the Mother and Child Center, 2016-2017

    Mbella Maurice Rocher, F. NGO Sack, Dorine Bernadette Ngono Noah, Paul Koki Ndombo, Armel Evouna, Georges Alain ETOUNDI MBALLA
    Background:
    Incidence of childhood cancers ranges from 50 to 200 per million children worldwide and mortality remains high in developing countries. In Cameroon, few data are available, with 62...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Maternal and child health
    • Cameroon

    Surveillance Evaluation of Severe Maternal Morbidity - La Altagracia, Dominican Republic, 2017-2018

    Mercedes Cueto, Samuel Cueto
    Background:
    Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is a public health problem and its surveillance is a strategy proposed to reduce the maternal mortality rate. It is estimated that 40% of women will...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Maternal and child health
    • Dominican Republic

    Re-emergence of Yellow Fever-South Ethiopia, 2018

    Mesay Gunta, Solomon Kinde, Fekadu Gemechu, David Sugerman, Mesay Hailu, Wadu Marshalo, Zinabu Desalegn, Jimmawork Wondimu
    Background: Yellow Fever (YF) is a viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by Aedes mosquito species, with prior Ethiopian outbreaks in 1966 and 2013 in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Ethiopia

    Measles outbreak investigation and public health reponse in Kasserine district. Tunisia, 2019

    Mhamdi Dalel, Moncef Mhamdi, Hajer Lataief, Nissaf Ben Alaya
    Background:
    Measles is a mandatory notifiable disease in Tunisia. In Kasserine district (Central west Tunisia), the annual incidence of measles is 1 to 2 cases per year and the overall vaccination...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Tunisia

    Trend of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Jordan, 2010- 2016

    Mohammad Alhawarat, Bassam Shadfan, Ibrahim Iblan, Ashraf Aqel
    Background:
    Middle East countries are endemic for cutaneous leishmaniasis, with countries like Syria having a very high incidence. However, data on the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Jordan

    Scabies Outbreak Investigation in Bilawanja Mosque, Hulbareg District, Southern Ethiopia, 2017

    Mohammad Yasin
    Background:
    Scabies is an ectoparasitic, highly contagious skin disease caused by infestation of the skin by the human itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis. Dermatologists estimate that more...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Ethiopia

    Survival and Its Predictors among Colo-Rectal Cancer Patients in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2012-2016: Hospital-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

    Mohammed Ahmed, Aman Yesuf, Jilcha Dirbi, Mamo Wubshet
    Background:
    Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the 3rd and 4th leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Without a national CRC screening program, it is the 4th leading cause of morbidity and...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Chronic disease
    • Ethiopia

    Risk factors associated with cesarean delivery in pregnant women: Kwanza North Hospital, Angola, 2017

    Moises Kussevi, Belchior Silva, João Pires
    Background:
    Since 1985, the international healthcare community has considered the ideal rate for caesarean sections (CS) to be between 10% and 15%. Over the last decades, there is concern about...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Maternal and child health
    • Angola

    Outbreak Investigation of Extensive Drug Resistant Typhoid Fever - Hyderabad, Pakistan 2017

    Mudassar Hussain, Santosh Kumar, Munaza Qadri, Sandeep Kumar, Naveed Memon, Musa Raheem, Mirza Amir Baig
    Background:
    Since 2016, Pakistan is experiencing the world’s largest outbreak of extensive drug resistant typhoid fever (XDR-TF). On 9th January 2017, Directorate General Health Services, Sindh...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • Pakistan

    Outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis among guest of wedding party - Ajara, Georgia, 2018

    Mziuri Jakeli, Nona Ephadze, Eka Khabazi, Keti Galdavadze
    Background:
    Ajara Public Health Center received information from two clinics on hospitalization of three patients with diarrhea on June 18. All the patients attended wedding party on June 17....
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Georgia

    Treatment Outcomes among Drug Sensitive Tuberculosis Patients in Tana River County - Kenya, 2014–2017

    Nalikwa Bonaya, Elvis Oyugi, Esther Kisangau, Zeinab Gura
    Background:
    Kenya is among 22 high burden countries that together account for 80% of TB cases globally. In 2017, Kenya achieved a treatment success rate (TSR) of 83.2% and cure rate (CR) of 65%....
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • Kenya

    Epidemiological Profile of Human Brucellosis in Jordan, 2017

    Nansi Abdulrahim
    Background:
    Human Brucellosis (HB) is a zoonosis and re-emerging disease that is common in Mediterranean countries. In Jordan, HB is endemic in all parts of Jordan according to Ministry of Health...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Zoonotic
    • Jordan

    Level and determinant of botulism awareness as a measure of disease protection from home canned and preserved foods - Karasuiskei District, Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan

    Nazgul Abamuslimova
    Background:
    In 2018, 30 small outbreaks of botulism, involving 61 individuals with two fatalities, occurred in Osh Province in Kyrgyzstan. Home-canned fruits and vegetables were the source of...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Kyrgyzstan

    A Case-Control study of a Human Brucellosis Outbreak - Douz, Tunisia, 2018.

    Nejib Charaa, Rabaa Ghrab, Aicha Othman, Mohamed Makhlouf, Hajer Letaief, Nissaf Ben Alaya
    Background:
    Human brucellosis is a mandatory notifiable disease in Tunisia and despite control measures the overall incidence in 2017 was 9.8 per 100,000 population. In Douz (southwestern Tunisia...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Tunisia

    Typhoid Outbreak Investigation Conducted in Lundazi District, Zambia, 2019

    Nelia Mulambya, Hurst Mwewa, Jordan Banda, Francis Nanzaluka, Bernard Khoza, Jairos Mulambya, Davy Zulu, Kennedy Kabuswe
    Background:
    In February 2019, Lundazi District Health Office received a report of a suspected typhoid outbreak at a zonal clinic catchment area. We investigated to confirm the outbreak, identify...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Zambia

    Timing of Diagnosis among patients with Prostate Cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute

    Nelson Bunani, Aloysius Ssennyonjo, Steven Ssendagire, Angela Kisakye, Fred Nuwaha
    Background:
    Late diagnosis of prostate cancer is common in Uganda and elsewhere. Diagnosis in advanced stages is associated with high mortality, morbidity and low quality of life. We estimated the...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Chronic disease
    • Uganda

    Investigation of Monkeypox cases in Pujehun and Kailahun Districts, Sierra Leone, 2018 – 2019

    Nyuma Jeremiah Sengu, Musa Deiman Sheriff, Musa A. Sesay, Alhaji Conteh, Anthony Domawa, Amara Alhaji Sheriff, Amara Ngegbai, Peter Lansana, Uzoma Ogbonna, Leonard Hakizimana, Gildo Okure, Gebrekrstos Gebru, Eric Ikoona, Eddy Ortega, Erin Whitehouse, Andrea McCollum, Mohamed Alex Vandi, Marta Guerra
    Background:
    Monkeypox is an emerging zoonotic viral disease clinically similar to smallpox with case fatality rates from 1-10%. In Sierra Leone, three cases were confirmed from 1970 to 2017. From...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Zoonotic
    • Sierra Leone

    Factors associated with death in patients with respiratory syncytial virus infection during a Severe Acute Respiratory Infection outbreak, January-March 2019 - Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

    Olivia Paula, Maria Lopes, Rosemary Pinto, Alexsandro Xavier, Marinelia Ferreira, Eliana Santos, Francisco Paula Júnior, Walquiria Almeida, Rejane Lima, Daiana Silva, Miriam Livorati, Marcelo Yoshito Wada, Fernanda Bruzadelli
    Background:
    In February 2019, during an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) in Amazonas State, Brazil, cases and deaths of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) were identified,...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Brazil

    Prevalence of Shisha Smoking, Knowledge of its Health Consequences and Associated Factors among Students of a Tertiary Institution in Ibadan – Nigeria, 2019

    Olukorede Ikwunne, Ikeoluwapo Ajayi, Oyindamola Yusuf, Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Patrick Nguku
    Background:
    Tobacco smoking kills about seven million people annually. It is projected that annual deaths could rise to more than eight million by 2030. Water-pipe (Shisha) tobacco smoking is an...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Occupational and environmental health
    • Nigeria

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