FEAD: The Field Epidemiology Abstract Database

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    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

    Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infections Among Residents of Multiple Nursing Homes—Denver, Colorado, 2017–2018

    Osatohamwen Idubor, Nisha Alden, Helen Johnston, April Burdorf, Devra Barter, Ariella Dale, Alana Cilwick, Janell Nichols, Geoff Brousseau, Alexis Burakoff, Wendy Bamberg, Rachel Herlihy, Heather Reese, Sukarma Tanwar, Wycliffe Odongo, Abimbola Ogundimu„ Nimalie Stone, Srinivas Nanduri, Sopio Chochua, Chris Van Beneden
    Background:
    Older adults residing in nursing homes (NH) are at increased risk for invasive group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections due to advanced age, presence of wounds, and co-morbidities;...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • United States of America

    Influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 outbreak in a Senior High School, Greater Accra Region, Ghana-2018

    Oxygen Gershion Wullar, Donne Ameme, Ms. Delia Bandoh, Dr. Ernest Kenu
    Background:
    Though usually seasonal in temperate climates, influenza occurs throughout the year in the tropics with outbreaks occurring at irregular intervals. On February 6, 2018, a number of...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Ghana

    Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), agriculture business and factors associated with NF-related disability and mortality, Thailand, 2014 - 2018

    Panupong Tantirat, Thanit Rattanathumsakul, Hirunwut Praekunatham

    Background:
    Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), a rare skin and soft tissue bacterial infection, can cause severe complications, including amputation and death. In Thailand, the nationwide...

    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Occupational and environmental health
    • Thailand

    Urogenital schistosomiasis outbreak in a Basic School, Ketu North District, Volta Region, Ghana-2018

    Paul Dsane-Aidoo, Magdalene Akos Odikro, Holy Alomatu, Donne Ameme, Desmond Ametepi, Priscillia Nortey, Ernest Kenu, Edwin Afari
    Background:
    Schistosomiasis, a neglected parasitic infection caused by trematode worms affects approximately 220 million peo- ple globally. Its prevalence ranges from 10-50% in the Volta Region of...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Ghana

    Prostate Cancer in Harare City, Zimbabwe: Trends in Incidence, Mortality and Epidemiological Characteristics, 2006-2015

    Paul Musarurwa, Tsitsi Juru, Hilda Bara, Prosper Chonzi, Gerald Shambira, Notion Gombe, Simbarashe Chiwanda, Mufuta Tshimanga
    Background:
    Prostate cancer (PCa) is second most common cancer among Zimbabweans after cervical cancer. It is the leading malignancy among black men contributing 22.5% of all male cancers. Harare...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Chronic disease
    • Zimbabwe

    Prognostic factors of short-term neurologic recovery among children with acute flaccid myelitis–Taiwan, 2015–2018

    Pei-Yuan Wu, Lee Chin Wong, Jyh-Yuan Yang, Chia-Ping Su
    Background:
    Global reemergence of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) since 2014 has been epidemiologically associated with enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), but the determinants of outcome remained unclear. In...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Taiwan

    Knowledge, attitude and practices on acaricide use in Uganda’s cattle corridor

    Phoebe Nabunya, Doreen Tuhebwe, Manaseh Anziku, Rachel Faith Mirembe, Bunjo Kiku, Phiona Epuli Mara, Peter Onyango, Caroline Achieng, Adams Kamukama, Herbert Bakiika, Grace Ruto, Angela Kisakye, Steven Ssendagire
    Background:
    Uganda has experienced repeated outbreaks of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). Rational use of aca- ricides is an effective intervention in the control of ticks, the major...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Animal health
    • Uganda

    Antibiotic prescription practices in primary healthcare settings-Georgia, 2017

    Shorena Svanidze, Eka Khabazi, Nona Ephadze, Nato Nakashidze
    Background:
    Growing antibiotic resistance is a global challenge public health. Antibiotic overuse contributes to this emerging problem. Information on antibiotic use in low-income countries is...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • Georgia

    Factors Associated with Empirical Antibiotics Prescription and Conduct of Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Among Veterinarians – Nigeria, 2019

    Usman O Adekanye, A Ekiri, E Galipo, B Mohammed, Muhammad Shakir Balogun
    Background:
    Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat attributed to irrational antimicrobial use in humans and animals. To institute interventions aimed at promoting prudent and...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • Nigeria

    Antimicrobials misuse in Egypt: A cross-sectional national survey for community pharmacy staff, 2018

    Rania Attia, Sahar Samy, Salma Afifi, Hanaa Ghonium
    Background:
    Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global health problem induced mainly by antibiotic misuse. Dispensing Antibiotics without Medical Prescription (DAwMP) is common practice in...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • Egypt

    Contributing Factors to the Obesity Epidemic in China: Weight Perception and Control Behaviors

    Yunting Xia, Jianhong Li, Yali Zhang, Tao Shen
    Background:
    In 2004, the prevalence of obesity in China was 7%, while in 2013 it had risen to 14% doubling within 9 years’ time. Deaths attributable to high body mass index (BMI) increased from...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
    • Chronic disease
    • China

    Prevalence, awareness, control, and trend of diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia among adults in Jordan: a cross-sectional study, Jordan, 2018

    Saed Assaf, Ibrahim Ablan, Dr. Ahmad Abuslaih, Prof. Yousef Khader
    Background:
    Diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, and lipid abnormalities are the major risk factors of cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, awareness, and control...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
    • Chronic disease
    • Jordan

    Healthcare Associated Sepsis’s factors and outcomes observed during two outbreaks at Saint – Damien Hospital neonatal unit in Haiti, 2018 - 2019

    Vanessa Jaelle Dor, Jacqueline Gautier, Omega Chery
    Background:
    Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) represent actually a critical problem in neonatal unit . Usually, the organisms involved are multidrug-resistant (MDR), increasing mortality rate...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Healthcare related infections
    • Haiti

    Risk factors and genomic investigation of a cluster of Carpabenemase producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae at a tertiary hospital ICUs-Egypt, 2016-2017

    Saly Wagdy, Adel Mansour, Sahar Samy, Salma Afifi, Hanaa Ghonim
    Background:
    Emergence and dissemination of Carpabenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-KP) representing serious threat at ICUs causing high morbidities, mortalities and outbreaks with...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Healthcare related infections
    • Egypt

    An outbreak of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) caused by human-to-human transmission in a hospital, Jiangsu, East China, 2018

    Zhong Zhong, Zhaorui Chang, Jianli Hu, Tao Ma, Jianfeng Liu, Huihui Liu
    Background:
    SFTS is an emerging infectious disease with a high case-fatality rate, it is caused by a novel type of Bunya virus (SFTSV) transmitted usually by ticks. On July 22nd, two medical...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Healthcare related infections
    • China

    Patterns and Determinants of Female Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence in Abuja – Nigeria 2018

    Ramatu Abdu-Aguye, Dahiru Tukur, Mahmood Dalhat, Saheed Gidado, Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Chukwuma Umeokonkwo
    Background:
    Intimate partner violence (IPV) describes psychological, sexual or physical harm by a current or former partner. It remains a global public health problem, with men majorly...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Injury
    • Nigeria

    Piloting a hospital-based road traffic injury surveillance system in Nairobi County, Kenya, 2018–2019

    Valerian Mwenda, Elvis Oyugi, Merissa Yellman, Philip Maseghe, Gladwel Gathecha, Zeinab Gura
    Background:
    The World Health Organization estimates that the road traffic injury (RTI) death rate in Kenya is 27.8/100,000 popu- lation (1.5x the global rate). In Kenya, the National Transport and...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Injury
    • Public health surveillance
    • Kenya

    Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Clinical presentation of Neonatal Tetanus (NNT) cases admitted at Sifat Ghayur Shaheed Memorial Infectious Diseases Children (SGSMIDC) Hospital, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province, Pakistan January - April 2019

    Syed Wasif Javed, Natasha Sumbal
    Background:
    Neonatal Tetanus (NNT) remained a leading cause of neonatal mortality in Pakistan. Low vaccination and antenatal coverage, unhygienic deliveries and umbilical cord care practices...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Maternal and child health
    • Pakistan

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