An Outbreak of Norovirus at a Middle School - Guangdong Province, China, 2018
Jia Peng, Jianguo Feng, Huizhen Zheng, Meng Zhang, Junling Sun, Huihui Liu
Background:
On 11 October 2018, a number of students who developed vomiting and diarrhea was reported in a middle school in township in Guangdong province. There were 296 boarding students and 570...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
An investigation on a food poisoning caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus in a restaurant, in Sichuan Province, China, 2018
Jie Li, Runyou Liu, Xingyu Zhou
Background:
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is widely found in seawater and seafood. It has spread to the inland areas in recent years and has been detected in salty foods with high salt content. It has...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
Outbreak Investigation of Food Poisoning Attributed to Omphalotus japonicus in a restaurant in Jianhe County, Guizhou, China, 2018
Jing Chen, Tao Shen, Yanping Zhang
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On April 8th, 2018, 11 residents presented with nausea and vomiting to a local hospital, all had consumed wild mushrooms in hotpot during a dinner several hours before in the same...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
Extrapulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections — Minnesota, 2013–2017
Joanne Taylor, Ruth Lynfield, Paula Snippes Vagnone, Kirk Smith, Nancy Wengenack, Sharon Deml, Glen Hansen, Patricia Ferrieri
Background:
Approximately 80 species of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) causing disease are found environmentally and in animal reservoirs. Typically, pulmonary NTM infections are sporadic;...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
- Healthcare related infections
Campylobacter Positivity and Public Health Risks in Live Bird Markets, Busia, Kenya, 2018
Josephat Mbai, Mark Obonyo, Christina Otieno, Zeinab Gura, Maurice Owiny, Samuel Njoroge, Eric Fevre
Background:
Campylobacter is one of the pathogenic zoonotic agents whose circulation is facilitated by conducive environment in Live Bird Markets (LBMs).Annually, it causes bloody diarrheal...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
- Water or foodborne
- Animal health
Association between Incidence of Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Meteorological Factors in Jiangyin City, China, 2012-2017
Jun Li, Yanru Zhang, Quan Chen, Rongqiang Zu
Background:
Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease (HFMD) has become an increasing burden in the Asia Pacific Region including China. In order to take more effective measures to prevent HFMD, the impacts of...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
- Occupational and environmental health
Analysis of surveillance data of tuberculosis - Senegal from 2009 to 2018
Kalidou Sow, Ndiaye Mathias, Madou Kane, Sawadogo Bernard, Fadima Diallo R.M., Joseph Otshudiandjeka, Yanogo K. Pauline, Meda Nicolas
Background:
The burden placed on Tuberculosis makes it a public health problem in Senegal with an incidence of 81 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2018, a detection rate 64% below the target set...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
- Public health surveillance
Case-Control Study of Gastrointestinal Anthrax, Cayapa Village, Lagangilang, Abra, Philippines, March 2017
Karen Lonogan, Alethea De Guzman, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Nemia Sucaldito, Ferchito Avelino
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On March 21, 2017, FETP team was sent to Cayapa Village, Abra due to increasing cases of foodborne illness. Epidemiological investigation was conducted to verify the diagnosis,...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
Evaluation through outbreak simulation exercise points to need for considerable improvement in the capacity of peripheral health workers for outbreak detection and response, South India, 2018
Karishma Kurup, Ponnaiah Manickam, M Prakash, G Velmurugan
Background:
Outbreaks are emergencies, requiring skilled peripheral health workers in the health system. Performance during outbreaks bring out skills of health workforce at different levels of...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
- Occupational and environmental health
Seroprevalence of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection in Wild Birds - Thailand, 2015-2016
Karoon Chanachai, Kirana Noradechanon, Sirintip Khemtong, Budsabong Kanchanasaka, Saowaluck Paduang, DWichuda Wichaidit, Bongkotchamat Phimsin, Taksina Jaruwattananon, Nuntita Ruksachat, Rattana Sariwongchan, Paisin Lekcharoen
Background:
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease causing encephalitis in human, with high case fatality rate in Southeast Asia. Wild birds constitute a part in...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
Pediatric Blood Lead Level Testing Rates Among Populations with Risk Factors for Lead Exposure — Indiana, 2017
Kathryn L Gaub, Paul Krievins, Ms. Amy Hancock, Jennifer Brown
Background:
Pediatric lead exposure can have detrimental effects on cognition and other health outcomes. Common risk factors for lead exposure include residence in older housing and lower...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
- Maternal and child health
Risk Factors and Evaluation of Response during an outbreak of Cholera –Busia, Kenya, 2018.
Kevin Lomuria, Ben Ngare, Muma Shariff, Esther Kinyeru, Evans Shiraku, Mark Obonyo, Zeinab Gura
Background:
Between January 2018─April 2018, Busia County reported two confirmed cholera cases and six deaths as of 17th April 2018. We aimed to identify more cases, risk factors and evaluate...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
Outbreak of Severe Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Including Necrotizing Fasciitis, in a Village of Telangana state, India, August 2018
Kumar Maramraj, Kavitha Latha ML, Tanzin Dikid, Sushma Choudhary, Thirupathi Nagoshe, Sukrutha Reddy, Sudheer Kumar Jain, Kayla Laserson, Sujeet Kumar Singh
Background:
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is rare but highly fatal (76% mortality) and associated with diabetes, advanced age, and delays in treatment. A cluster of nine severe skin and soft tissue...
Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
- Public health surveillance
Fatalities Associated with Road Traffic Accidents in Kaduna State – Nigeria, 2012-2018
Kwada Asunduwa, Mabel Aworh, Visa I Tyakaray, Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Patrick Nguku
Background:
Globally, road traffic accidents (RTAs) account for 20-50 million injuries annually with a loss of about 1.5 million lives. Developing countries including Nigeria account for over 85%...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
Situation of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis - Argentina, 2016-2017
Lara Victoria Gomez, Sergio Arias, Natalia Mordini
Background:
Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is the tuberculosis (TB) that doesn’t respond to at least isoniazid and rifampicin drugs and it aggravates and complicates the management of...
Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
- Anti-microbial resistance
Spousal Communication, Fertility Preference and Contraceptive Uptake Among Couples in Oyo State: A Rural-Urban Comparison
Lois Olajide, Ayodeji Ayodeji, Eniola Bamgboye, Muhammad Shakir Balogun
Background:
Increasing global population and its consequences constitutes a preeminent public health challenge. A key cost- effective intervention is the use of contraceptives whose uptake is...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
- Maternal and child health
Incidence of active tuberculosis and risk factors for HIV patients infected with HIV at the start of antiretroviral treatment in Luanda 2016-2017
Luis Bandeira, Tazi Nimi, João Pires
Background:
In 2017, an estimated 920 000 people living with HIV (PLHIV) have fallen ill with Tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. Angola is one of 20 countries with the highest estimated numbers of...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
Emergence of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever in Uganda: Evidence from a country-wide Seroepidemiological study in Cattle.
Luke Nyakarahuka, Stephen Balinandi, Mr. Jackson Kyondo, Ms. Sophia Mulei, Mr. Alex Tumusiime, John Klena, Julius Lutwama, Trevor Shoemaker
Background:
Uganda had not reported outbreaks of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in humans until 2013 when human cases of CCHF were detected in Northern Uganda district of Agago....
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
Risk factors related to suicide attempts as predictors of suicide, Colombia, 2016-2017
Luz Castro, Marcela Muñoz, Oscar Eduardo Pacheco Garcia, Luis Fuertes
Background:
Suicide attempts (SA) in Colombia had a rate of 51.8 per 100,000 population in 2017, while suicide had a rate of 10,0 x 100.000 population; being the third leading cause of death due...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
- Public health surveillance
Inter-county travel leading to measles outbreak in German Camp, Gibi District, Margibi County, Liberia, September 2018
Maame Amo-Addae, Peter Adewuyi
Background:
Despite the availability of a safe and cost-effective vaccine, measles remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children. On September 3, 2018, German Camp...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
- Vaccine preventable diseases
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Multi-Drug Resistant Escherichia coli among Poultry Workers – Abuja, Nigeria, 2019
Mabel Aworh, Jacob Kwaga, Nwando Mba, PEmmanuel Okolocha, Siddharta Thakur
Background:
Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a global health threat. Drug resistant Escherichia co-infections are associated with high morbidity and high expenditure on antibiotics compared...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
- Occupational and environmental health
Prevalence and Associated Financial Losses of Fascioliasis in Cattle Slaughtered between 2012-2017 at Bukoba Municipal Abattoir, Kagera Region, Tanzania.
Magdalena Kasika, Nsiande Lema, Ernatus Mkupasi, Joseph Genchwere, Rogath Kishimba, Janneth Mghamba, Senga Sembuche
Background:
Fascioliasis is a chronic parasitic disease causing economic losses in livestock production worldwide. In endemic areas, it is an emerging neglected zoonotic disease causing 2.4...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
Postpartum Depression and Associated Factors among HIV Infected Mothers at Mulago Referral Hospital – Uganda, 2018
Magdalene Akos Odikro, Naomi Kyeremaa Yeboa, Patience Muwangunzi, Tom Denis Ngabirano
Background:
Among postpartum mothers living with HIV infection, postpartum depression (PPD) impacts negatively on their wellbeing. PPD affects self-care, infant care, adherence to antiretroviral...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
- Maternal and child health
- Viral hepatitis and HIV
Epidemiological profile of cases of multiple outbreaks of anthrax in humans and animals in Labé Health Region, Guinea, 2014 - May 2019
Mamadou Moustapha Bah, Gbamou Nouonan, Sakoba Keita, Salomon Corvil
Background:
Between 2014-2019, 33 outbreak of anthrax in animals were reported in Labé region. The Ministry of Health jointly to the Ministry of Livestock will expand an anthrax elimination plan...
Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)