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From:Weekly Epidemiological Record (Vol. 80, Issue 20)In the week 2-8 May 2005, the Ministry of Health, Senegal, reported a total of 509 cases and 6 deaths (case-fatality rate, 1.2%). Diourbel is still the most severely affected region with 288 cases and 2 deaths. The...
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From:Weekly Epidemiological Record (Vol. 81, Issue 32)INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 4 to 10 August 2006 / Notifications de maladies recues du 4 au 10 aout 2006 Cholera / Cholera Cases / Deaths...
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From:Practice Nurse (Vol. 20, Issue 8)cancer Three-year survival rates among European patients with colorectal cancer range from 25 per cent in Cracow, Poland, to 59 per cent in Modena, Italy. The rate in Thames region is comparatively low at 38 per...
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From:Weekly Epidemiological RecordNotifications of diseases received from 15 to 21 February 2002 Cholera Cases / Deaths Africa Cote d'Ivoire 1.I-21.I.2002 115 1 Malawi 28.X.2001-19.I.2002 2 395 42 Asia Japan 4.I.2002 1(i) i = imported. Plague Asia...
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From:Weekly Epidemiological RecordNotifications of diseases received from 1 to 7 March 2002 Cholera Cases / Deaths Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.XI.2001-3.III.2002 5 021 407 Uganda 4-10.II 110 1 Europe Czech Republic 26.II 1(i) 0 i =...
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From:Weekly Epidemiological RecordBackground The major global burden of meningococcal disease is associated with cyclic large-scale epidemics in the African "meningitis belt", with peaks occurring during the dry season between November and April. One...
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From:Student BMJPeer-ReviewedThe number of newly diagnosed cases of HIV in the United Kingdom has reached an all time high, according to figures published by the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS). Figures show that there were 3435 new cases...
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From:Chest (Vol. 115, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedA Longitudinal Study on the Clinical and Socioeconomic Outcome After Diagnosis Aim: To evaluate the clinical outcome and socioeconomic consequences of occupational asthma (OA). Subjects and methods: Twenty-five...
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From:Nature (Vol. 500, Issue 7463) Peer-ReviewedNumbers of cases of polio are falling in Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan, countries where wild poliovirus is endemic. But outbreaks have occurred in Somalia and Kenya, part of a band of African countries in which...
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From:BMC Research Notes (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjectives Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a vector-borne parasitic disease whose lasting scars can cause stigmatization and depressive symptoms. It is endemic in remote rural areas and its incidence is under-reported,...
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 74, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedHospitals began receiving letters Oct. 7 detailing their compliance with data-reporting requirements related to COVID-19. Facilities were given 14 weeks to comply or lose access to Medicare and Medicaid, said CMS...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 23, Issue 25) Peer-ReviewedMore patients and carets are reporting suspected medication side effects since patient reporting was included in a Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) scheme 12 months ago. More than 2,500 adverse...
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From:Mental Health Practice (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedTHE CARE Quality Commission (CQC 2009) report on an investigation into West London Mental Health NHS Trust highlights the importance of reporting incidents, their timely investigation and learning the lessons arising....
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From:Weekly Epidemiological Record (Vol. 82, Issue 17)From 1 January to 8 April 2007, the Ministry of Health of Burkina Faso reported 22 255 suspected cases, including 1490 deaths (case-fatality rate, 7%). Currently, 34 districts are over the epidemic threshold....
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From:Weekly Epidemiological Record (Vol. 82, Issue 10)September 2006 - January 2007 Between September 2006 and January 2007, influenza activity was generally low compared with the same period in recent years. (1) In the northern hemisphere, influenza activity began in...
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From:Weekly Epidemiological Record (Vol. 81, Issue 29)During weeks 23-26, with the exception of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and South Africa where high levels of influenza activity were reported, overall influenza activity was low in both northern and...
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From:Weekly Epidemiological Record (Vol. 80, Issue 43)On 20 October 2005, the Ministry of Public Health in Thailand confirmed its first case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza since 8 October 2004. (1) The patient, a 48-yearold man from Kanchanaburi Province,...
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From:Weekly Epidemiological Record (Vol. 80, Issue 24)PERFORMANCE OF ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS (AFP) SURVEILLANCE AND INCIDENCE OF POLIOMYELITIS, 2004-2005 (DATA RECEIVED IN WHO HEADQUARTERS AS OF 7 JUNE 2005) FONCTIONNEMENT DE LA SURVEILLANCE DE LA PARALYSIE FLASQUE AIGUE...
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From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 8, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThis article examines the rationale and strategies for surveillance of health-care-associated infections in homecare settings, the challenges of nonhospital-based surveillance, and the feasibility of developing a...
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From:Journal of Medical Ethics (Vol. 28, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSince Bennett, Draper, and Frith published a paper in this journal in 2000 considering the possible criminalisation of HIV transmission, an important legal development has taken place. February 2001 saw the first...