Article
Virology
Clara Fappani, Maria Gori, Silvia Bianchi, Mara Terraneo, Erica Bilardi, Daniela Colzani, Elisabetta Tanzi, Marta Canuti, Antonella Amendola
Summary: In order to improve surveillance and diagnosis of measles and rubella cases, researchers investigated the presence of other viral pathogens in discarded cases and used multiplex real-time PCR for differential diagnosis. They found that 65.1% of discarded cases still had at least one pathogen, with HHV-7 being the most common. The introduction of laboratory methods improves the accuracy of case classification.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Judith M. Hubschen, Ionela Gouandjika-Vasilache, Julia Dina
Summary: Measles is a highly contagious disease that can be prevented through vaccination, but it remains endemic in many countries and poses a significant threat to children in resource-poor settings. Interruptions in vaccination efforts due to the pandemic may lead to a resurgence of measles in the near future.
Review
Infectious Diseases
Susanne Hyllestad, Ettore Amato, Karin Nygard, Line Vold, Preben Aavitsland
Summary: This review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of syndromic surveillance for detecting waterborne outbreaks, with no conclusive evidence found to support the effectiveness of such systems at present.
BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Noelle M. Cocoros, Sarah J. Willis, Karen Eberhardt, Monica Morrison, Liisa M. Randall, Alfred DeMaria, Catherine M. Brown, Lawrence C. Madoff, Bob Zambarano, Selsebil Sljivo, Kshema Nagavedu, Michael Klompas
Summary: An electronic medical record-based surveillance algorithm was developed to quickly and efficiently identify COVID-19-like illness. The algorithm was revised to improve alignment with confirmed cases and adapt to changing trends. This work highlights the importance of a broad definition for COVID-19 syndromic surveillance and the need for flexible surveillance systems.
PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Susannah L. McKay, Jessica Leung, Paul A. Gastanaduy, Janell A. Routh, Rafael Harpaz
Summary: The World Health Organization declared that global measles eradication is achievable with the availability of an effective and safe vaccine. The Pan American Health Organization and WHO stipulate a minimum annual reporting rate for discarded non-measles cases to maintain elimination. Despite its effective vaccination program, the United States has not routinely reported discarded rates after being among the first countries to verify elimination.
HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Elad Yom-Tov
Summary: The rapidly deployed active syndromic surveillance system in Israel combines active and passive components to track COVID-19. Through ads and a chat bot, the system helps people determine if they need urgent medical care, with the click rates on ads correlated with hospitalization rates. Males and younger people were more likely to use the system, with a lead time of 9 days for predicting case numbers and hospital load.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ta-Chien Chan, Jia-Hong Tang, Cheng-Yu Hsieh, Kevin J. Chen, Tsan-Hua Yu, Yu-Ting Tsai
Summary: The study developed an enhanced sentinel surveillance system called Sentinel plus for monitoring 23 syndromic groups in Taipei City, Taiwan. Daily counts of ILI and EV-like syndromes were used to analyze the association with meteorological variables, showing significant correlations with temperature, ozone, and PM2.5 concentrations. The system demonstrated early detection of aberrational signals for ILI and EV-like syndromes, providing important warning signals for public health management.
Article
Infectious Diseases
Maia C. Tarnas, Angel N. Desai, Daniel M. Parker, Naser Almhawish, Omar Zakieh, Diana Rayes, Molly Whalen-Browne, Aula Abbara
Summary: Northern Syria has experienced seasonal fluctuations in ILI and SARI cases, with a sharp increase in SARI cases in 2021 corresponding to a severe wave of SARS-CoV-2. Respiratory infections have caused widespread morbidity and mortality in the region. Strengthened surveillance and access to testing and treatment are crucial for managing the current outbreak.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Beatrice Kennedy, Hugo Fitipaldi, Ulf Hammar, Marlena Maziarz, Neli Tsereteli, Nikolay Oskolkov, Georgios Varotsis, Camilla A. Franks, Diem Nguyen, Lampros Spiliopoulos, Hans-Olov Adami, Jonas Bjork, Stefan Engblom, Katja Fall, Anna Grimby-Ekman, Jan-Eric Litton, Mats Martinell, Anna Oudin, Torbjorn Sjostrom, Toomas Timpka, Carole H. Sudre, Mark S. Graham, Julien Lavigne du Cadet, Andrew T. Chan, Richard Davies, Sajaysurya Ganesh, Anna May, Sebastien Ourselin, Joan Capdevila Pujol, Somesh Selvachandran, Jonathan Wolf, Tim D. Spector, Claire J. Steves, Maria F. Gomez, Paul W. Franks, Tove Fall
Summary: The app-based COVID Symptom Study in Sweden utilized daily symptom reports to create a model for estimating the probability of symptomatic COVID-19 and predicting hospital admissions. The model showed lower prediction errors compared to a model based on case notifications and demonstrated transferability when applied to an English dataset.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Ruth Blum, Jane T. Kurtzman, Mahveesh Chowdhury, Shawn Mendonca, Sun-Ming J. Pan, Steven B. Brandes
Summary: This study aims to identify risk factors for occupational genitourinary injuries and highlight potential workplace safety issues that require national regulation.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Parasuraman Ganeshkumar, Sendhilkumar Muthappan, Manickam Ponnaiah, Viduthalai Virumbhi, Jeromie Vivian Thangaraj, Prakash Muthuperumal, Vettrichelvan Venkatasamy, Manoj Murhekar
Summary: This study documents the use of information technology tools for syndromic surveillance during mass gatherings in South India. By using open-source software and training healthcare professionals and volunteers for data collection and collation, researchers successfully captured a large number of patient details and generated near-real-time reports. The results highlight the importance of enhanced syndromic surveillance in early detection of diseases during mass gatherings.
TRAVEL MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nicholas Papadomanolakis-Pakis, Allison Maier, Adam van Dijk, Nancy VanStone, Kieran Michael Moore
Summary: The study demonstrated the development and effectiveness of a real-time public health syndromic surveillance system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada. The system was able to monitor and identify potential surges in severe COVID-19 infection within the community in a timely manner, providing situational awareness for preventive and preparatory health interventions.
Article
Microbiology
Melissa M. Coughlin, Zachary Matson, Sun B. Sowers, Jeffrey W. Priest, Gaby P. Smits, Fiona R. M. van der Klis, Alexandria Mitchell, Carole J. Hickman, Heather M. Scobie, James L. Goodson, James P. Alexander, Paul A. Rota, Bettina Bankamp
Summary: The measles and rubella multiplex bead assay (MBA) is a valuable tool for assessing population immunity, showing strong correlations and linear relationships with traditional serological assays. The results support the use of MBA for multiantigen serosurveys to evaluate measles and rubella immunity in populations.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jonathan Temte, Shari Barlow, Maureen Goss, Emily Temte, Amber Schemmel, Cristalyne Bell, Erik H. Reisdorf, Peter Shult, Mary Wedig, Thomas Haupt, James Conway, Ronald Gangnon, Amra Uzicanin
Summary: Monitoring student absenteeism can help detect influenza activity in the community early, with illness-associated and influenza-like illness-associated absenteeism providing early warning of seasonal influenza.
Article
Immunology
Soyeoun Kim, Sohee Kim, Bo Youl Choi, Boyoung Park
Summary: This study compared trends in norovirus cases with chief complaint-based emergency department (ED) visit data in Korea. The results showed a higher correlation between reported norovirus cases and ED visits with chief complaint of vomiting and discharge diagnosis code of gastroenteritis and colitis. However, there was no correlation between reported norovirus cases and ED visits with norovirus identified as a discharge diagnosis code.
JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Eliana Tiemi Masuda, Telma Regina Marques Pinto Carvalhanas, Rachel Maria Borelli Paradella Fernandes, Silvana Tadeu Casagrande, Paula Suzuki Okada, Eliseu Alves Waldman
CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA
(2015)
Meeting Abstract
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
C. M. D. O. Lobato, E. A. Waldman
JOURNAL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS
(2015)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Otavio T. Ranzani, Carlos R. R. Carvalho, Eliseu A. Waldman, Laura C. Rodrigues
Review
Immunology
Marcia de Cantuaria Tauil, Ana Paula Sayuri Sato, Eliseu Alves Waldman
Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Eliseu Alves Waldman, Ana Paula Sayuri Sato
REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA
(2016)
Article
Infectious Diseases
J. V. Rajan, L. Ferrazoli, E. A. Waldman, V. Simonsen, P. Ferreira, M. A. Telles, L. W. Riley
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE
(2017)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Otavio T. Ranzani, Laura C. Rodrigues, Eliseu A. Waldman, Carlos R. R. Carvalho
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Julia Moreira Pescarini, Laura Cunha Rodrigues, M. Gabriela M. Gomes, Eliseu Alves Waldman
GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH
(2017)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Julia Moreira Pescarini, Vera Simonsen, Lucilaine Ferrazoli, Laura C. Rodrigues, Rosangela S. Oliveira, Eliseu Alves Waldman, Rein Houben
Article
Respiratory System
Otavio Tavares Ranzani, Laura Cunha Rodrigues, Eliseu Alves Waldman, Elena Prina, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho
JORNAL BRASILEIRO DE PNEUMOLOGIA
(2018)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ana Paula Sayuri Sato, Vinicius Leati de Rossi Ferreira, Marcia de Cantuaria Tauil, Laura Cunha Rodrigues, Mariana Bernardes Barros, Edmar Martineli, Angela Aparecida Costa, Marta Inenami, Eliseu Alves Waldman
REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA
(2018)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Vinicius Leati de Rossi Ferreira, Eliseu Alves Waldman, Laura Cunha Rodrigues, Edmar Martineli, Angela Aparecida Costa, Marta Inenami, Ana Paula Sayuri Sato
CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA
(2018)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Fredi A. Diaz-Quijano, Gerusa M. Figueiredo, Eliseu A. Waldman, Walter M. Figueiredo, Maria R. A. Cardoso, Sergio R. C. Campos, Angela A. Costa, Claudio S. Pannuti, Expedito J. A. Luna
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
(2019)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Otavio T. Ranzani, Laura C. Rodrigues, Sidney Bombarda, Catia M. Minto, Eliseu A. Waldman, Carlos R. R. Carvalho
LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Marcia de Cantuaria Tauil, Ana Paula Sayuri Sato, Angela Aparecida Costa, Marta Inenami, Vinicius Leati de Rossi Ferreira, Eliseu Alves Waldman
EPIDEMIOLOGIA E SERVICOS DE SAUDE
(2017)