FEAD: The Field Epidemiology Abstract Database

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    An outbreak of COVID-19 in a Primary School in Tianjin, 2022

    Mr. wei songting, Ms. Yingxin Pei, Ms. Lianmei Jin, Mr. Jian Cai
    Background
    On January 8, 2022, one student was detected with COVID-19 infection during his hospital visit in Tianjin City, the investigation was conducted on the same day to identify the source of...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • China

    Hospital COVID-19 Cluster in Kelantan, Malaysia; 21st June to 27th August 2021

    Dr. nik mohd hafiz mohd fuzi, Dr. Suhaiza Sulaiman, Dr. Hazlienor Mohd Hatta, Dr. Noorhaida Ujang
    Background
    Hospital COVID-19 cluster with consecutive transmission can cause healthcare-system to collapse. Healthcare capacities could be preserved by preventing in-hospital infection. Study aims...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Malaysia

    Clinical features and severe outcome predictors of COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infection among hospitalized patients: Results from Egypt Severe Acute Respiratory Infections surveillance, 2021-2022.

    Dr. Ola Deghedy, Dr. Manal Fahim, Dr. Sahar Samy, Dr. Amira Mohsen, Dr. Salma Afifi, Dr. Mohammad Abd El Fattah, Dr. Amr Kandeel
    Background
    COVID-19 vaccines are effective against infections and outcomes; however, breakthrough infections (VBT) are increasingly reported, possibly due to waning of vaccine-induced immunity or...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Egypt

    Comorbidities and Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 among Aged 18 Years and Older in Dilchora Hospital-Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia, 2022.

    Mr. Dagmawi Abebe, Dagmawi Abebe, Hirbo Shore
    Background
    COVID-19 is a highly transmittable and pathogenic viral infection, patients requiring hospitalization were six times higher in those with preexisting medical conditions. However, there...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Ethiopia

    Risk factors associated with in-hospital Death patients with COVID-19 March, 13, 2020- March, 13, 2021, Khouribga-Morocco

    Mr. Said BEN ZARIA, Dr. Hassan Lachgagui, Prof. Akrim Mohammed, Dr. Bouchra Assarag, Dr. Hassan Chrifi
    Background
    The spread of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, discovered in China in January 2020, led to a pandemic as early as March 2020. On March 13, 2021, The number of Morocco confirmed cases...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Morocco

    Estimating Excess Mortality During COVID-19 Pandemic, Sierra Leone, 2020 – 2021

    Mr. Daniel Bangura, Mr. Gbessay Saffa, Dr. Mohamed Vandi, Prof. Kofi Nyarko, Dr. Gebrekrstos Gebru
    Background
    To assess the impact of COVID-19 on mortality, public health decisions makers need to know the true burden of mortality especially those exacerbated by COVID-19. However, Sierra Leone...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Other
    • Sierra Leone

    Traveller-associated introduction of COVID-19 variants of concern in South Africa, April- May 2021

    Ms. Nqobile Ngoma, Ms. Simbulele Mdleleni, Ms. Itumeleng Matiea, Prof. Cheryl Cohen, Prof. Anne von Gottberg, Mr. Nevashan Govender
    Background
    Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a contagious airborne virus causing Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19). This virus regularly mutates and emerging...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • South Africa

    Effect of COVID-19 Vaccination and Lockdown in Reducing Cases in Bangladesh, 2020-2022

    Dr. MD SHAMSUL AREFIN, Dr. Shah Ashrafi, Prof. Tahmina Shirin, Dr. Quazi Zaki
    Background
    A national active surveillance for COVID-19 was initiated after the first case was
    detected in Bangladesh on 08 March 2020. The government imposed nationwide lockdown on 26 March...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Bangladesh

    A Study on Influencing Factors of Malaria Case Death in China during Elimination Phase

    Mr. Yuting Zuo, Mr. Sheng Zhou
    Background
    Malaria is a major global infection and is estimated to have killed 409,000 people worldwide in 2019,In 2020, China did not report any indigenous malaria cases for four consecutive...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vector-borne
    • China

    Distribution of Dengue fever and its relation to environmental factors in Kollam district, Kerala, India, 2019- 2021

    Dr. Anjali Krishna, Dr. Sandhya R, Dr. Bindhu Mohan, Dr. Priyanka Sajeev, Dr. Abey Sushan, Dr. Ajan MJ, Dr. Rizwan SA
    Background
    Kollam district of Kerala has been consistently reporting high Dengue fever incidence for the past five years. A serosurvey conducted in 2017-19 in Kollam found all four serotypes of...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vector-borne
    • India

    Indoor residual spraying uptake and its effect on malaria morbidity in Ngoma district, Eastern province of Rwanda

    Mr. Olivier Nsekuye, Dr. Edison Rwagasore, Mr. H. D. Uwayo, Mr. Theoneste Ntakirutimana
    Background
    Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) was implemented in Rwanda among districts with high transmission of malaria including Ngoma District. Thus, this study was conducted to assess factors...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vector-borne
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • Rwanda

    Malaria Surveillance System Evaluation in Bedenno District of East Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia

    Mr. Nagessa Wakeyo, Mr. Hassen Abdi, Mr. Tekalegn Morka, Mr. Asefa Abdisa
    Background
    Ethiopia is classified as high malaria endemic area with 60% of population at risk. Despite the initiation of malaria elimination program in Bedenno district of Ethiopia in 2017,...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vector-borne
    • Ethiopia

    COVID-19 Outbreak at a Mining Project, Guyana in June 2021.

    DR. QUACY GRANT, DR. SHELLY RODRIGO, DR. LAURA-LEE BOODRAM
    Background
    In June, 2021, an outbreak of COVID-19 occurred at a Mining Project located in the Guyana-Amazon rainforest. The Mining Project had implemented protocols for compound entry, including...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Health Information Systems (Including Surveillance)
    • Guyana

    Focal Yellow Fever Outbreaks in Bole and Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Districts, Savannah Region, Ghana-2021

    Mr. Eben Godsway Dzodanu, Dr. Dora Dadzie, Mr. Enoch Opoku Anto, Dr. Foster Amponsah-Manu, Mr. Adu Boahen Gyekye, Dr. Moses Kportoe, Mr. Michael AVARADE, Mr. Joseph Asamoah Frimpong, Prof. Ernest Kenu, Dr. Chrysanthus Kubio
    Background
    Yellow fever (YF) is a viral haemorrhagic fever with fatality of 20%-50%. In September 2021, the Savannah Region of Ghana confirmed focal YF outbreaks in two districts. As cases...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vector-borne
    • Ghana

    An Outbreak Investigation of Leptospirosis - Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia 2022

    Mr. Bangun Hot Pandapotan Lumban Gaol, Mr. Sidig Hery, Dr. Riris Andono Ahmad, Ms. Nining Puji Lestari
    Background
    On January 12, 2022, the Gunungkidul District Health Office received a report of suspected leptospirosis from Dukuh Mojosari, Saptosari Subdistrict. Investigations were carried out to...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vector-borne
    • Indonesia

    Malaria Outbreak Description and its Determinants-Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2020: A case control study

    Mr. Chala Leta, Mr. Daniel Teshome, Mr. Lemma Bogale
    Background
    Malaria Outbreak is the occurrence of number of cases above what is expected in a place and particular period. Moreover, there were an estimated 216 million malaria cases worldwide and...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Blood-borne Diseases
    • Ethiopia

    Chikungunya Fever Outbreak Investigation in Kapanewon Banguntapan, Bantul, Indonesia, November 2021-Januari 2022

    Ms. Sylvia Gusrina, Ms. Sylvia Gusrina, Ms. Nining Puji Lestari, Mr. Samsu Aryanto, Mr. Bayu Satria Wiratama
    Background
    On December 2, 2021, Bantul District Health Office (DHO) reported that 21 people in Genengan hamlet, Jambidan, Banguntapan had chikungunya fever symptoms. Until January 2022, We found...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vector-borne
    • Indonesia

    COVID-19 Cluster Investigation Among Party Attendees in St. George, Grenada, August 2021

    Ms. Meryl McQueen, DR. SHELLY RODRIGO, DR. LAURA-LEE BOODRAM
    Background
    In August 2021, a 17-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department of the St. Georges General Hospital, with body aches and flu-like symptoms. The patient subsequently tested...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Health Information Systems (Including Surveillance)
    • Grenada

    Descriptive Epidemiology of the Three Waves of the COVID- 19Pandemic in Oyo State, Nigeria, 2020-2021

    Mr. Omaiye Benson Igoche, Mr. Celestine Ameh, Dr. Aishat Usman Bukola, Dr. Akinfemi Akinyode, Dr. Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Dr. Patrick Mboya Nguku, Dr. Ladipo Olabode
    Background
    The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has caused a global pandemic with 510,270,667 cases and 6,233,526 deaths as of April 29, 2022. Oyo State recorded her first case of COVID-19 on March 17, 2020...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • biosecurity & Biosafety
    • Nigeria

    Characterization of the COVID-19 Pandemic using two Data Sources – Belize, March 2020 to November 2021.

    Mr. Jesse Chun, Jesse Chun, Myra Fernandez, Russell Manzanero
    Background
    The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus, remains the single most prevalent health threat which continues to have widespread social and health impact of which Belize...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Belize

    Investigation COVID-19 outbreak at Civil Prison of Croix-des-Bouquets, June 2020, West, Haiti

    Mr. Elie Marseille, Mr. Elie Marseille
    Background
    On June 2, 2020, the epidemiology service of the Western Health Department was alerted about two suspected cases of COVID-19, by officials of the Civil Prison of Croix-des Bouquets....
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Haiti

    COVID-19 seroprevalence stratified by age group and associated factors in Matoto health district, Guinea April 2021

    Dr. Mohamed Fanton Kourouma, Dr. Jolie Kayembe, Dr. Patrick Mavungu, Dr. Claude Mandro, Dr. Gbamou Nouonan, Dr. Salomon Corvil, Prof. Fode Traore
    Background
    Due to low COVID-19 testing in Guinea, the proportion of people exposed to the virus by age groups is unknown. This study assessed seroprevalence of COVID-19 in Matoto district by age...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Guinea

    Factors associated with the COVID-19 outbreak in Conakry Central Prison, Guinea, April 2020: a cohort study

    Dr. Mafoudia Soumare, Dr. Jolie Kayembe, Dr. Salomon Corvil, Dr. Gbamou Nouonan, Prof. Fode Traore
    Background
    Guinea’s first case of coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) was in March 2020. On 17 April 2020, an inmate at Conakry Central Prison tested positive for Covid-9 post-mortem. An investigation team...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Guinea

    Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in La Vega province, Dominican Republic – 2021

    Prof. Jhosvelyn RamIrez, Dr. Carmen Herrá, Dr. Elvis Méndez, Dr. Enrique Mateo, Dr. Felvill Villalona, Dr. Griselda Avelino, Dr. José Suero, Dr. Julissa Batista, Dr. Karina Rodríguez, Dr. Kenia Thompson, Dr. María Santos, Dr. Mariany Rosario, Dr. Marlene Jiménez, Dr. Massiel Encarnación, Dr. Robinson González, Dr. Cecilia Then, Dr. Fernanda Bruzadelli
    Background
    SARS-CoV-2 antibodies can be detected in the blood of people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or who have had the disease. In July/2021, the province of La Vega, Dominican...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Dominican Republic

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