FEAD: The Field Epidemiology Abstract Database

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    An Outbreak of Acute Neurological Illness in Eluru, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2020

    Sahil. Sharma, Sharma Sahil, Patel Purvi, Kulkarni Sanket, Deoshatwar Avinash, Manohar Kata, Yadav Rajesh, Tanwar Sukarma, Krishna Mohan, Dolla Joshi Roy, Jain Sudhir Kumar, Singh Sujeet Kumar, Dikid Tanzin
    Background: In December 2020, over 600 residents of Eluru City were hospitalized with symptoms of seizures and sudden loss of consciousness (LOC) post flooding in the last week of November 2020. We...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2022, USA)
    • Neurologic Diseases
    • Occupational and environmental health
    • India

    Measles Outbreak Investigation in Guradamole District, Bale Zone, South-eastern Ethiopia: Case-Control Study 2021.

    Mr. Geremew Tsegaye, Geremew Tsegaye, Yenealem Gezahagn
    Background
    Measles is a highly contagious viral illness and globally, 142,300 people died from measles in 2018. On 25 March
    2021, an outbreak of measles was reported from Guradamole dis-trict,...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Ethiopia

    Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of the measle cases admitted in the tertiary care hospital, in Ghor, Afghanistan, in 2021: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

    Mr. Nazim Fazl, Dr. Islam Saeed, Dr. Hafiz Rasooly
    Background
    Measles is a major public health problem particularly in countries with conflict and emergencies including
    Afghanistan. One of the provinces with a high incidence of measles is Ghor...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Afghanistan

    Low Measles Seroprevalence Among Children in a High Vaccination Coverage Area - Atebubu-Amantin District, Ghana-2020

    Mrs. Eunice Baiden Laryea, Dr. Priscillia Nortey, Mr. Ben Gyan, Mr. Charles Lwanga Noora, Ms. Magdalene Akos Odikro, Mr. Lawrence Henry Ofosu-Appiah, Mr. Joseph Asamoah Frimpong, Dr. Donne Kofi Ameme, Prof. Ernest Kenu, Dr. Samuel Oko Sackey
    Background
    Atebubu-Amantin District in Bono East region of Ghana had recorded measles vaccination coverages above 95% since 2015. However, the district experienced measles outbreak in 2018. We...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Ghana

    COVID-19 School Cluster Investigation in Bantul District Yogyakarta, Indonesia, February 2022

    Ms. Nining Puji Lestari, Ms. Sylvia Gusrina, Mr. Samsu Aryanto, Mr. Bayu Satria Wiratama
    Background
    Bantul is a district with the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases in Yogyakarta Province. On January 30, 2022, Bantul 1 Public Health Center (PHC) reported a case of a student at...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Indonesia

    Covid-19 Outbreak in the Women’s Penitentiary of the Federal District, Midwestern Region of Brazil, August to October 2021

    Ms. Tayrine Huana de Sousa Nascimento, Ms. Thayna Karoline Sousa Silva, Ms. Camila Rodrigues Azevedo, Mr. Pedro de Alcântara Brito Junior, Mr. Vinicius Pereira Feijó, Ms. Priscilleyne Ouverney Reis, Ms. Thayna Maria Holanda de Souza, Ms. Jandiara Deile Cardoso da Silva, Ms. Hanya Silva Abdel Hamid Muhammad, Ms. Fernanda Gabriella Aparecida Maciel Araújo, Ms. Lara Sentia Barbosa Bandeira, Ms. Isabela Rocha Peixoto, Ms. Liliane de Oliveira Ilário Moura, Mr. Fabiano dos Anjos Pereira Martins, Ms. Camile Moraes, Mr. Leonardo José Alves de Freitas
    Background
    Covid-19 can generate serious problems in the population deprived of liberty (PPL), due to transmissibility, dissemination and potential severity. In Brazil, the high risk of infection...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Brazil

    Factors associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 deaths, Sierra Leone, 2020-2022

    Mr. Stephen L M Kamara, Mr. Kassim Kamara, Dr. Leonard Hakizimana, Dr. James Squire, Mr. Sheriff Amara, Dr. Elduma Adel, Dr. Gebrekrstos Gebru
    Background
    The Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19) constitutes a global public health threat and has claimed the lives of over 6 million people. Understanding predictors of COVID-19 deaths can help...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Sierra Leone

    SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in schoolchildren - Seroprevalence study - Paraguay 2021

    Ms. Fátima Rojas, Dr. Margarita Samudio, Ms. Águeda Cabello, Ms. Rosa Alicia Galeano, Ms. Sandra Fabiola Ocampos Ojeda
    Background
    The closure of educational institutions was one of the containment strategies for COVID-19, assuming that children had a high probability of acquiring asymptomatic or very mild SARS-CoV...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Paraguay

    Public health investigation of COVID-19 cases hospitalized during the fifth wave in Montreal, Canada

    Ms. Celine Signor, Dr. Juliana Leal Ribeiro Cantalino, Dr. Geneviève Cadieux, Dr. Sarah-Amélie Mercure, Dr. Geneviève Bergeron, Dr. Pierre A. Pilon, Dr. Robert Allard
    Background
    During the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal, caused by the Omicron variant, the weekly incidence of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations reached its highest. The objective...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Canada

    Clinico-epidemiological assessment of COVID-19 reinfections during Delta wave, Kerala, India, 2021

    Dr. Serin Kuriakose, Dr. Nivethitha Krishnan, Dr. Anuj Kumar, Dr. Anurag Dhoundiyal, Dr. Ngurang Radha, Dr. Bandi Siva Gopal, Dr. Abu Rehan, Dr. Rajesh Kumar Gupta, Dr. Srividya K. Vedachalam, Dr. Swetha Rajeshwari, Dr. Vinayak Kumar, Dr. Ummer Farooq, Dr. Jayasree V, Dr. Arjun Chathoth Meethal, Dr. Anuradha TC Nambiar, Dr. Tadiparti Sudhakar, Dr. Vinu M. Satheesh, Dr. K. Reghu, Dr. Sayana Bhaskaran, Dr. Sujeet Kumar Singh, Dr. Tanzin Dikid, Dr. Farha Yesmin
    Background
    In 2021, the coastal state of Kerala had high test positivity, whilst COVID-19 cases decreased in other parts of India. Reinfections are an important contributor to persistent cases in...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • India

    Side Effects Profile of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine – Jordan 2021

    Dr. Areej Shoubaki, Dr. Ashraf Aqel, Dr. Mahmoud Yacoub, Dr. Baha’a Alosta, Dr. Majed Asad
    Background
    Less than a year after the WHO announced a COVID-19 pandemic, the Pfizer-BioNTech was the first mRNA vaccine to be approved for mass use. However, vaccine hesitancy is still a major...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Other
    • Jordan

    Effectiveness of the BBIBP-Corv vaccine in health personnel from the Andean Trapeze of Peru, February - June 2021. Retrospective cohort study

    Dr. Alex Jaramillo, Dr. PABLO GRAJEDA, Mrs. Carmen Rojas-Pariona, Dr. Pachas Paul
    Background
    Peru has the highest mortality from COVID-19 globally, and the start of vaccination in February-2021 have given a lot of hope in the midst of the rise of the 2nd wave of the pandemic,...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Peru

    Use of Rapid Genomic Sequencing and Vaccine Effectiveness to Assess Vaccine Match Against a New Subgroup of Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses — Michigan, 2021

    Ms. Miranda Delahoy, Dr. Lindsey Mortenson, Ms. Laura Bauman, Dr. Juan Marquez, Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, Mr. Joseph Coyle, Dr. Kelsey Sumner, Mr. Nathaniel M. Lewis, Dr. Adam S. Lauring, Dr. Brendan Flannery, Dr. Manish M. Patel, Dr. Emily T. Martin
    Background
    Four human influenza viruses circulate currently, requiring annual vaccine updates to match rapid viral evolution. However, vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates against contemporary...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • United States of America

    Influenza A (H3N2) Outbreak in Two Institutions, in the Municipality of Rio Verde, Goiás State, Midwestern Region of Brazil, December 2021

    Ms. Isabela de Lucena Heráclio, Ms. Samara Carolina Rodrigues, Mr. Thiago dos Santos Souza, Ms. Marina Porto Ferreira Junqueira, Mr. Daniel Batista Gomes, Ms. Glenia Feitosa dos Santos Barbosa, Ms. Mary Alexandra da Costa, Ms. Larissa Araújo Leal Reis, Ms. Elizete Maria Cavalet, Mr. Luiz Augusto Pereira, Ms. Erika Dantas Dias de Jesus, Ms. Camile Moraes, Mr. Leonardo José Alves de Freitas
    Background
    In July/2021, the Darwin strain of Influenza A (H3N2) virus was identified in Australia. In December/2021, there was an increase of flu syndrome cases among workers from a large...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Occupational and environmental health
    • Brazil

    An Influenza Outbreak in the Summer Season during a COVID-19 Pandemic in a mine in Limpopo Province South Africa, September–December 2021

    Ms. Fiona Els, Dr. Mariana Khoza, Dr. Inge Kleinhans, Mrs. Hetani Mdose, Dr. Sibongile Walaza, Prof. Cheryl Cohen, Prof. Anne von Gottberg, Ms. Fahima Moosa, Dr. Chijioke Umunnakwe, Dr. Zinhle Makatini, Ms. Genevie Ntshoe, Mr. Nevashan Govender, Dr. Hugo Tempelman, Dr. Lourens Duvenhage, Dr. Charles Mandivenyi, Mr. Abel Makhubele, Mrs. Jackie Kleynhans
    Background
    South Africa saw an estimated 10 million mild influenza cases in 2015. No influenza season has been observed since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020. In November 2021, increased...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • South Africa

    Influenza Sentinel Surveillance in Nigeria, January 2010-December 2020: A secondary data analysis

    Mrs. ADEJOKE AKANO, Dr. Aisha Sadauki, Dr. Arhyel Malgwi, Dr. Adeyemi Adelabu, Dr. Muhammad Shakir Balogun
    Background
    Influenza is one of the leading causes of illness and death in people of all ages. Nigeria established the National Influenza Sentinel Surveillance (NISS) in 2008. We analyzed the...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Zoonotic
    • biosecurity & Biosafety
    • One Health
    • Nigeria

    Vaccine confidence among the adult population - Bishkek and Naryn, Kyrgyzstan, 2021

    Dr. Marina Malysheva, Dr. Roberta Horth, Dr. Sanam Zikriyarova, Dr. Dilyara Nabirova
    Background
    Vaccines against COVID-19 are critical to controlling COVID-19. A successful vaccination campaign requires high vaccine uptake. Knowledge of people’s perceptions towards vaccines and...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Kyrgyzstan

    Epidemiological investigation of COVID-19 cluster at a wedding ceremony in March 2021 at Rawat, Pakistan – A Retrospective Cohort Study

    Dr. Sara Saeed, Mr. Zeeshan Iqbal Baig, Dr. Muhammad Wasif Malik, Dr. Khurram Shahzad, Dr. Mumtaz Ali Khan, Dr. Nosheen Ashraf, Dr. Zakir Hussain, Dr. Muhammad Salman, Dr. Jamil Ahmad Ansari, Prof. Aamer Ikram
    Background
    On 9th March 2021, 18 people with fever, flu and shortness of breath reported at a local hospital. All attended a wedding ceremony and got positive for COVID-19. We carried out this...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Pakistan

    Containment of a COVID-19 Delta Variant outbreak in Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province – Strategy and Results

    Ms. Weiwei Sun, Mr. Chao Ma, Mr. Xiang Ren, Mr. Bo Yang, Ms. Lijie Zhang, Mr. Kaiwei Luo, Mr. Shixiong Hu, Mr. Xiangke Hu, Mr. Lidong Gao
    Background
    Current COVID-19 policy in China, “zero tolerance for local transmission”, implies stopping all imported outbreaks and maintaining elimination of SARS-CoV-2. There has been importation-...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • China

    Effectiveness of Covishield (TM) vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 infection among elderly population in south India, 2021: A case-control study

    Dr. shubin chenayil, Mr. Sabarinathan R, Dr. Tarun Bhatnagar
    Background
    Knowledge of real-world effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines is vital for policy decisions on pandemic control and understanding the future of the pandemic. Vaccination in India was...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • India

    Transmission dynamics and household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant infections in Nanjing, China, July to August 2021

    Ms. Junjun Wang, Mr. Tao Ma, Mr. Songning Ding
    Background
    A SARS-CoV-2 Delta (B.1.617.2) variant outbreak associated with an international airport occurred in Nanjing on 20 July 2021. This study aimed to elucidate the transmission dynamic of...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • China

    Black Water Fever among children in Districts of Bugisu, Bukedi, and Busoga Regions in Eastern Uganda, January 2019 – July 2021

    Ms. ALICE Asio, Ms. Veronicah Masanja, Dr. Andrew Kwiringira, Ms. Stella Martha Migamba, Ms. Lilian Bulage, Mr. Daniel Kadobera, Dr. Benon Kwesiga, Dr. Alex Riolexus Ario, Dr. Julie Harris
    Background
    Blackwater fever (BWF) is malaria complication in which red blood cells burst, releasing hemoglobin into blood vessels and urine; recurrent episodes requiring repeated blood...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vector-borne
    • Uganda

    Dengue, Falciparum and Vivax Malaria mixed outbreak among Egypt five-a-side ball team participated in the African Cup of Nations in Nigeria, July-August 2021.

    Dr. Nahla Fawzy, Dr. Salma Afifi, Dr. Sahar Samy, Dr. Hala BahaaEldin, Dr. Hesham Magdy, Dr. Manal Fahim, Dr. Hanaa Abu Elsood, Dr. Mohammad Abd El Fattah 1, Dr. Amr Kandeel
    Background
    On the 21st of July 2021 Cairo Directorate of Health was informed of a patient with high fever and malaise recently returned from Nigeria. The patient was quarantined at infectious...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vector-borne
    • Nigeria

    Zika Virus Outbreak Investigation - Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, December 2021

    Dr. Ashutosh Agrawal, Dr. Prabhaker Vardhan Kaushik, Dr. Kristin Vanderende, Dr. Kevisetuo Anthony Dzeyie, Dr. Nhu Nguyen Tran Minh
    Background
    Zika virus (ZIKV) disease is a flavivirus disease transmitted primarily through mosquito bites. Other modes including sexual and transplacental have also been documented. ZIKV infection...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vector-borne
    • India

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