Translating the COVID-19 epidemiological situation into policies and measures: the Belgian experience

Autor: Géraldine De Muylder, Valeska Laisnez, Giulietta Stefani, Caroline Boulouffe, Christel Faes, Naïma Hammami, Pierre Hubin, Geert Molenberghs, Jasper Sans, Cecile van de Konijnenburg, Stefaan Van der Borght, Ruben Brondeel, Jorgen Stassijns, Tinne Lernout

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 12 (2024)

The COVID-19 pandemic led to sustained surveillance efforts, which made unprecedented volumes and types of data available. In Belgium, these data were used to conduct a targeted and regular assessment of the epidemiological situation. In addition, ma

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Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems

Autor: Aparna Keshaviah, Megan B Diamond, Matthew J Wade, Samuel V Scarpino, Warish Ahmed, Fabian Amman, Olusola Aruna, Andrei Badilla-Aguilar, Itay Bar-Or, Andreas Bergthaler, Julie E Bines, Aaron W Bivins, Alexandria B Boehm, Jean-Martin Brault, Jean-Baptiste Burnet, Joanne R Chapman, Angela Chaudhuri, Ana Maria de Roda Husman, Robert Delatolla, John J Dennehy, Megan Beth Diamond, Celeste Donato, Erwin Duizer, Abiodun Egwuenu, Oran Erster, Despo Fatta-Kassinos, Aldo Gaggero, Deirdre F Gilpin, Brent J Gilpin, Tyson E Graber, Christopher A Green, Amanda Handley, Joanne Hewitt, Rochelle H Holm, Heribert Insam, Marc C Johnson, Rabia Johnson, Davey L Jones, Timothy R Julian, Asha Jyothi, Tamar Kohn, Katrin G Kuhn, Giuseppina La Rosa, Marie Lesenfants, Douglas G Manuel, Patrick M D'Aoust, Rudolf Markt, John W McGrath, Gertjan Medema, Christine L Moe, Indah Kartika Murni, Humood Naser, Colleen C Naughton, Leslie Ogorzaly, Vicka Oktaria, Christoph Ort, Popi Karaolia, Ekta H Patel, Steve Paterson, Mahbubur Rahman, Pablo Rivera-Navarro, Alex Robinson, Monica C Santa-Maria, Heike Schmitt, Theodore Smith, Lauren B Stadler, Jorgen Stassijns, Alberta Stenico, Renee A Street, Elisabetta Suffredini, Zachary Susswein, Monica Trujillo, Marlene K Wolfe, Habib Yakubu, Maria Ines Zanoli Sato

Publikováno v: Keshaviah, A, Diamond, M B, Wade, M J, Scarpino, S V, Ahmed, W, Amman, F, Aruna, O, Badilla-Aguilar, A, Bar-Or, I, Bergthaler, A, Bines, J E, Bivins, A W, Boehm, A B, Brault, J-M, Burnet, J-B, Chapman, J R, Chaudhuri, A, de Roda Husman, A M, Delatolla, R, Dennehy, J J, Diamond, M B, Donato, C, Duizer, E, Egwuenu, A, Erster, O, Fatta-Kassinos, D, Gaggero, A, Gilpin, D F, Gilpin, B J, Graber, T E, Green, C A, Handley, A, Holm, R H, Insam, H, Johnson, M C, Johnson, R, Jones, D L, Julian, T R, Jyothi, A, Kohn, T, Kuhn, K G, La Rosa, G, Lesenfants, M, Manuel, D G, D'Aoust, P M, Markt, R, McGrath, J W, Medema, G, Moe, C L, Murni, I K, Naser, H, Naughton, C C, Ogorzaly, L, Oktaria, V, Ort, C, Karaolia, P, Patel, E H, Paterson, S, Rahman, M, Rivera-Navarro, P, Robinson, A, Santa-Maria, M C, Schmitt, H, Smith, T, Stadler, L B, Stassijns, J, Stenico, A, Street, R A, Suffredini, E, Susswein, Z, Trujillo, M, Wolfe, M K, Yakubu, H & Zanoli Sato, M I 2023, ' Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems ', The Lancet Global Health, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. e976-e981 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00170-5

To inform the development of global wastewater monitoring systems, we surveyed programmes in 43 countries. Most programmes monitored predominantly urban populations. In high-income countries (HICs), composite sampling at centralised treatment plants

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https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/25208d6c-5bd8-4b09-ad27-2286b2974293

The Merits of Malaria Diagnostics during an Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

Autor: Martin De Smet, Heinz Feldmann, Fatorma K. Bolay, Trenton Bushmaker, Jorgen Stassijns, Darryl Falzarano, Joshua S. Self, Gary P. Kobinger, Victor Omballa, David Safronetz, Barry S. Fields, Livia Tampellini, Ute Stroeher, Andrea Marzi, Kristin L. McNally, Kyle Rosenke, Melvin Ochieng, Robert J. Fischer, Emmie de Wit, Moses Massaquoi, Stuart T. Nichol, Clayton Onyango, Thomas Hoenen, Allison Groseth, Armand Sprecher, Vincent J. Munster, Mark A. Rayfield, Neeltje van Doremalen, Tolbert Nyenswah, Kathryn C. Zoon, Shannon L. Emery, James E. Strong, Collins Owuor, Friederike Feldmann, Galina E. Zemtsova, Thomas Rowe, Bonventure Juma, Brandi N. Williamson, Joseph Prescott, Allen Grolla

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 22, Iss 2, Pp 323-326 (2016)
Emerging Infectious Diseases

Malaria is a major public health concern in the countries affected by the Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa. We determined the feasibility of using molecular malaria diagnostics during an Ebola virus disease outbreak and report the incidenc

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/2/15-1656_article

Plasmodium Parasitemia Associated With Increased Survival in Ebola Virus-Infected Patients

Autor: Galina E. Zemtsova, Heinz Feldmann, Jennifer Adjemian, Martin De Smet, Fatorma K. Bolay, Vincent J. Munster, Kristin L. McNally, Kathryn C. Zoon, Jorgen Stassijns, Shannon L. Emery, Robert J. Fischer, Emmie de Wit, Joshua S. Self, Allen Grolla, David Safronetz, Barry S. Fields, Armand Sprecher, Thomas Hoenen, Sonja M. Best, Neeltje van Doremalen, Victor Omballa, Tolbert Nyenswah, James E. Strong, Cynthia Martellaro, Andrea Marzi, Melvin Ochieng, Trenton Bushmaker, Bonventure Juma, Brandi N. Williamson, Kyle Rosenke, Ruggero Giuliani, Stuart T. Nichol, Allison Groseth, Clayton Onyango, Darryl Falzarano, Joseph Prescott, Thomas Rowe, Gary P. Kobinger, Moses Massaquoi, Collins Owuor, Friederike Feldmann

Publikováno v: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 63(8)

Background. The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa has resulted in 28 646 suspected, probable, and confirmed Ebola virus infections. Nevertheless, malaria remains a large public health burden in the region affected by the outbreak. A joint Centers

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28184408

Prevalence and diagnostics of congenital malaria in rural Burundi, a cross-sectional study

Autor: Jorgen Stassijns, Pieter Pannus, Alphonse Nkunzimana, Anna Rosanas-Urgell, Wilma van den Boogaard

Publikováno v: Malaria Journal

Background Congenital malaria, defined as the presence of asexual forms of malaria parasites in the peripheral blood during the first 7 days of life, remains a neglected area of research. Knowledge gaps exist about prevalence and management of malari

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