Search Results - "Appiah, Grace D"
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An evaluation of an influenza vaccination campaign targeting pregnant women in 27 clinics in two provinces of South Africa, 2015 – 2018
Published in BMC health services research (09-09-2021)“…Abstract Introduction Despite prioritization, routine antenatal influenza vaccine coverage is < 16% in South Africa. We aimed to describe maternal influenza…”
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Associations among Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, and Food Exposures and Typhoid Fever in Case-Control Studies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-09-2020)“…Typhoid fever transmission occurs through ingestion of food or water contaminated with Typhi, and case-control studies are often conducted to identify outbreak…”
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Typhoid Fever in the US Pediatric Population, 1999–2015: Opportunities for Improvement
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (06-12-2021)“…Abstract Background Typhoid fever in the United States is acquired primarily through international travel by unvaccinated travelers. There is currently no…”
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Typhoid Outbreaks, 1989-2018: Implications for Prevention and Control
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-06-2020)“…Typhoid fever remains an important public health problem in low- and middle-income countries, with large outbreaks reported from Africa and Asia. Although the…”
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Typhoid Fever in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Systematic Review, 1990-2021
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-02-2023)“…The occurrence and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of typhoid fever in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) are poorly characterized. Robust surveillance…”
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Early Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Variants Using Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance at 4 US Airports, September 2021-January 2022
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (08-02-2023)“…We enrolled arriving international air travelers in a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 genomic surveillance program. We used molecular testing…”
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Salmonella Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Children with Acute Febrile Illness-Uganda, 2016-2019
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-07-2021)“…Invasive Salmonella infection is a common cause of acute febrile illness (AFI) among children in sub-Saharan Africa; however, diagnosing Salmonella bacteremia…”
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Characteristics of Persons Who Died with COVID-19 - United States, February 12-May 18, 2020
Published in MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report (17-07-2020)“…During January 1, 2020-May 18, 2020, approximately 1.3 million cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and 83,000 COVID-19-associated deaths were reported…”
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Increased Antiviral Treatment Among Hospitalized Children and Adults With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza, 2010–2015
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (01-02-2017)“…Using population-based surveillance data, we analyzed antiviral treatment among hospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza. Treatment increased…”
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Seroprevalence and Symptomatic Attack Rate of Chikungunya Virus Infection, United States Virgin Islands, 2014-2015
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-11-2018)“…When introduced into a naïve population, chikungunya virus generally spreads rapidly, causing large outbreaks of fever and severe polyarthralgia. We randomly…”
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Healthcare seeking during travel: an analysis by the GeoSentinel surveillance network of travel medicine providers
Published in Journal of travel medicine (18-05-2023)“…Abstract Background International travellers may seek care abroad to address health problems that arise during their trip or plan healthcare outside their…”
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Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella Typhi Infections Among Travelers to or from Pakistan — United States, 2016–2018
Published in MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report (11-01-2019)“…In February 2018, a typhoid fever outbreak caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (Typhi), resistant to chloramphenicol, ampicillin,…”
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Influenza Activity — United States, 2014–15 Season and Composition of the 2015–16 Influenza Vaccine
Published in MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report (05-06-2015)“…During the 2014-15 influenza season in the United States, influenza activity increased through late November and December before peaking in late December…”
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A Cross-Cutting Approach to Surveillance and Laboratory Capacity as a Platform to Improve Health Security in Uganda
Published in Health security (01-12-2018)“…Global health security depends on effective surveillance for infectious diseases. In Uganda, resources are inadequate to support collection and reporting of…”
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Hospitalization following outpatient medical care for influenza: US influenza vaccine effectiveness network, 2011‐12—2015‐16
Published in Influenza and other respiratory viruses (01-03-2019)“…Over five seasons, we determined the proportion of outpatients with laboratory‐confirmed, influenza‐associated illness who were hospitalized within 30 days…”
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Update on Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella Serotype Typhi Infections Among Travelers to or from Pakistan and Report of Ceftriaxone-Resistant Salmonella Serotype Typhi Infections Among Travelers to Iraq - United States, 2018-2019
Published in MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report (22-05-2020)“…Ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (Typhi), the bacterium that causes typhoid fever, is a growing public health threat. Extensively…”
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Cholera Vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, 2022
Published in MMWR. Recommendations and reports (30-09-2022)“…This report summarizes all recommendations from CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the use of lyophilized CVD 103-HgR vaccine (CVD…”
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A 14-Year-Old Boy With Nodules on His Feet
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Notes from the Field: Typhoid Fever Outbreak - Harare, Zimbabwe, October 2017-February 2018
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Typhoid Fever Outbreak — Harare, Zimbabwe, October 2017–February 2018
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