FEAD: The Field Epidemiology Abstract Database

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FEAD: The Field Epidemiology Abstract Database

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    First Confirmed Pertussis Outbreak in Ethiopia - Daramallo District, GamoGofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2018

    Adugnaw Tasie, Girma Abate, David Sugerman, Diriba Gemechu, Mohammed Nasir, Hailemichael Bizuneh, Zewdu Assefa, Feyesa Regessa, Beyene Moges
    Background:
    Pertussis is a highly contagious vaccine-preventable respiratory illness caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria. Globally, 24.1 million cases and 160,700 deaths from pertussis were...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Ethiopia

    Investigation of a Cluster of Hepatitis C cases associated with a hemodialysis center, Al-Ahsa region, Saudi Arabia – 2017-2018

    Ahmed Al Omran, Shady Kamel, Sami Almudarra
    Background:
    On the 18th of February 2018, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health was notified of a cluster of new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among patients at a renal hemodialysis center,...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
    • Viral hepatitis and HIV
    • Saudi Arabia

    Outbreak investigation of Salmonella: Aleshenan province, Hail, Saudi Arabia, 2018. A case-control study

    Ahmed Sabur, Eman Abd-Ellatif
    Background:
    On July 31st, 2018, Hail city reported an unexpected number of gastrointestinal illnesses had presented to Alshenan General Hospital. Patients reported a similar history of eating...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Saudi Arabia

    Epidemiology of Rubella in Nigeria, 2013-2017

    Aisha Sadauki, Oyeladun Okunromade, Arhyel Malgwi, Mahmood Dalhat, Hyelshilni Waziri, Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Chikwe Ihekweazu
    Background:
    Rubella is a mild illness in children but may result in congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) when it affects pregnant women. Nigeria tests for rubella as part of measles case-based...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Nigeria

    Risk Factors for Melioidosis in Udupi district, Karnataka, India, January 2017-July 2018

    Akileshwar Singh, Ashok Talyan, Vasdudeva, Tanzin Dikid, Ramesh Chandra, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Shyamsundar Shreedhar, Deepak Sudhakaran, Suma Nair, Mohan Papanna, Rajesh Yadav, Sujit Kumar Singh
    Background:
    Melioidosis is fatal bacterial illness, affecting both humans and animals, and a potential biological weapon. Annually, 44% of an estimated 165,000 cases globally occur in South Asia....
    Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • India

    Mayaro Fever outbreak in the Chirumbia Valley, Province of La Convención, Cusco-Peru Region, 2018: Could it be considered an occupational disease

    Alex Jaramillo Corrales, HenHugo Yañez Trujillano, Matilde Quispe, Encarnación Valenzuela, Pablo Grajeda
    Background:
    In May 2018, the Health Network of La Convención reported an outbreak of febrile eruptive disease, in the Chirumbia Valley, in people who worked entering the forest in a rural...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Peru

    Quality of Malaria Case Management under Different Transmission Settings - Tanzania Mainland, 2019.

    Ally Hussein, Rogath Kishimba, Frank Chacky, Donath Tarimo
    Background:
    Tanzania is currently under an epidemiological transition of malaria transmission with parts of the country having <1% (hypoendemic; pre-elimination) and >10% malaria prevalence...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • Republic of Tanzania

    Health versus Other sectors: Resource Allocation Preferences in Uganda

    Aloysius Mutebi, Sachiko Ozawa, Elizabeth Ekirapa, Yemeke Tatenda, Anthony Ssebagereka, Rebecca Apolot
    Background:
    Limited health sector spending and investment is a perennial challenge in Africa. Most health services are geo- graphically specific and so a central policy issue in many countries is...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • Uganda

    Epidemiological, clinical and biological profile of meningitis in Settat province-Morocco, 2008-2018.

    AMAL HAMDI, MOHAMMED KAHHOULI, Bouchra Assarag, Abdelmounim Belalia, Asmae Khattabi
    Background:
    Meningitis disease is a serious illness that causes ~1.2 million cases of meningitis Worldwide. In Morocco, meningitis occurs in sporadic, endemic or epidemic status. The national...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Morocco

    Evaluation of the Enhanced Syphilis Surveillance System - British Columbia, Canada, 2018

    Amalia Plotogea, Venessa Ryan, Christine Lukac, Jason Wong
    Background:
    From 2010 to 2015, the incidence of infectious syphilis increased nearly 5-fold in British Columbia (BC), Canada. In response, syphilis surveillance was enhanced in 2016 to improve...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • Canada

    Combating the persistent cholera epidemic in the complex nomadic society of Northern Tanzania: The impact of enhanced targeted micro-scale interventions – Ngorongoro District, October 2018

    Ambakisye Mhiche, Neema Nagu, Remidius Kakulu, Pai Eliah, Selemani Yondu, Senga Sembuche, Ali Nyanga, Khalid Massa, Ahmed Abade, Rogath Kishimba
    Background:
    Since August 2015, Tanzania has experienced several waves of cholera outbreaks affecting all 26 regions. Despite several interventions by Ministry of the Health, Ngorongoro district in...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Republic of Tanzania

    Aggressive environmental control to stop the largest dengue fever outbreak in Hong Kong, 2018

    Ambrose Wong, Yonnie Lam, SK Chuang
    Background:
    Dengue fever (DF) was not endemic in Hong Kong, though sporadic cases of locally acquired DF were reported. In August 2018, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of Hong Kong recorded...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • China

    Beta-lactam Resistance Phenotypes of Enterobacteria strains isolated in Urinary Tract Infections at Sylvanus Olympio Teaching Hospital - Lomé, Togo, 2018

    Amivi Mawussi Godonou, André Misombo Kalabela, Rébecca Kinde, Mounerou Salou, Wemboo Afiwa Halatoko, Dr. Sika Dossim, Anoumou Yaotsè Dagnar
    Background:
    The Sylvanus Olympio Teaching Hospital realise several antibiograms and antibiotic resistance cases are detected but available data are underanalyzed. Our objective is to describe the...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • Togo

    Determinants of First Line Antiretroviral Treatment Failure among Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Selected Public Hospitals - Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia a Case Control Study

    Amrachu Bekele, Tamrat Shaweno, Lelisa Sena
    Background:
    Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) has substantially declined morbidity and mortality related to Hu- man immunodeficiency virus/Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Viral hepatitis and HIV
    • Ethiopia

    Risk Factors for Heat-Related Illness Among Workers — California, 2000–2017

    Amy Heinzerling, Rebecca Laws, Matt Frederick, Rebecca Jackson, Gayle Windham, Barbara Materna, Robert Harrison
    Background:
    As climate change raises global temperatures, studies have projected that heat-related morbidity and mortality will increase. Workers who perform exertional tasks or work in non-...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Occupational and environmental health
    • United States of America

    Evaluation of an illegal drug toxicity surveillance system - British Columbia, Canada, 2019

    Andrea Schertzer, Margot Kuo, Jane Buxton, Christopher Mill
    Background:
    In 2016, British Columbia (BC) declared a public health emergency due to an increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths, primarily driven by illicit drugs. This allowed for rapid...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • Canada

    Factors Associated with Private Health Facilities Reporting Malaria in the National Health Management Information System in Zambia: A Cross Sectional Study

    Angela Gama
    Background:
    Zambia’s goal is to eliminate malaria in the year 2021. This requires the malaria surveillance system to capture all cases from both the public and private sectors. However, less than...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Zambia

    Magnitude of road traffic injuries and factors associated with mortality, - Ilala Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016

    Angela Samwel, James Gibson, Ahmed Abade, Rogath Kishimba, Hamisi Shabani, Candida Moshiro
    Background:
    Road traffic accident-related injuries and deaths disproportionately affect persons in low- and middle-income countries. Accurate data are important for informed decision-making, which...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Injury
    • Republic of Tanzania

    Fatal Rift Valley Fever Outbreak Caused by Exposures to Meat from Sick and Dead Livestocks: Uganda, July 2018

    Angella Musewa, Doreen Birungi, Bernadette Basuta Mirembe, Esther Kisaakye, Benon Kwesiga, Stephen Ndugwa Kabwama, David Muwanguzi, Deo Birungi Ndumu, Stephen Balinandi, Bao-Ping Zhu, Alex Riolexus Ario
    Background:
    Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a viral hemorrhagic fever that can be fatal to humans and livestock. During June-October 2018, RVF cases sharply increased in eight western and central...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Occupational and environmental health
    • Animal health
    • Uganda

    Effective Public Health Action Following an Anthrax Outbreak Among Hippoptami and Cape Buffalos in Bwabwata National Park, Namibia with No Human Cases, October-November 2017

    Annety Likando, Kofi Nyarko, Rebekka Shikesho, Iyaloo Mwaningange
    Background:
    Anthrax is a zoonotic bacterial disease caused by Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax outbreaks in wildlife are known to cause human disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Humans are mostly infected...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Animal health
    • Namibia

    Investigation and response to Australia’s largest outbreak of leptospirosis – New South Wales, Australia, 2018

    Anthea Katelaris, Keira Glasgow, Anthony Zheng, Suhasini Sumithra, Daneeta Hennessy, Stacey Kane, Kerryn Lawrence, John Turahui, Janet Terry, Debra van den Berg, Paul Corben, Vicky Sheppeard, Jeremy McAnulty
    Background:
    In June 2018 an outbreak of leptospirosis was recognised among raspberry workers from a mixed-berry farm. Initial detection was via polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We conducted an...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Australia

    Risk factors of Extensive Drug Resistant Typhoid Fever among Children in Karachi: A Case Control Study, 2018

    Anum Vighio, Ishfaque Hussain Memon, Syed Masroor, Muhammad Asif Syed
    Background:
    From May-October 2018 cases of lab confirmed extensive drug resistant typhoid fever (XDR-TF) increased among children under 15 years. Resistance included first and second line...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • Pakistan

    Cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, 2018

    Asaad Mahdi Asaad Lehlewa, Razzaq Alghanmy, Qais Aziz, Mohammad Ali Kareem, Hasanein Malik, Hanan Abdulghafoor Khaleel, Faris Lami
    Background:
    Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in Iraq. Historically, the number of reported cases declined because of malaria vector control activities. The latest country wide outbreak started...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Iraq

    Post-flood Disease Surveillance System in Private Healthcare Facilities, Kerala, India, August 2018

    Asish Kumar Satapathy, Rajeev Sadanandan, K N Arun kumar, Asha Raghavan, Rajesh Yadav, R L Sarita, Reena K J, Danish Ahmed, Pankaj Bhatnagar, Pauline Harvey
    Background:
    Kerala state in India suffered the worst flood ever in August 2018, affecting 5.4 million people and caused 483 deaths. Considering the potential risk of communicable diseases, we...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • India

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