The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Jul 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: Expansion of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CP-Kp) is driven by within-hospital transmission, requiring timely typing data for effective infection control.
The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), together with the increased availability of social media and news for epidemiological surveillance, is marking a pivotal moment in epidemiology and public health research. By harnessing the capabil...
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Food safety is a fundamental challenge in public health and sustainable development, facing threats from microbial, chemical, and physical contamination. Innovative technologies improve our capacity to detect contamination early an...
Epidemic surveillance using traditional approaches is dependent on case ascertainment and is delayed. Open-source intelligence (OSINT)-based syndromic surveillance can overcome limitations of delayed surveillance and poor case ascertainment, providin...
Global health, epidemiology and genomics
Jan 1, 2025
Cholera continues to pose a significant public health challenge in Nigeria, driven by socioeconomic disparities, poor sanitation, and environmental factors such as recurrent flooding. This narrative review examines cholera outbreaks in Nigeria, explo...
Vector-borne diseases, including dengue, threaten the health and livelihoods of over 80% of the world's population, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. Environmental, ecological, climatic, and socio-economic factors are expected to driv...
Phylodynamics is central to understanding infectious disease dynamics through the integration of genomic and epidemiological data. Despite advancements, including the application of deep learning to overcome computational limitations, significant cha...
BACKGROUND: Cooling towers containing Legionella spp are a high-risk source of Legionnaires' disease outbreaks. Manually locating cooling towers from aerial imagery during outbreak investigations requires expertise, is labour intensive, and can be pr...
Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE
Jun 3, 2024
COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has produced variants and increasing concerns about a potential resurgence since the pandemic outbreak in 2019. Predicting infectious disease outbreaks is crucial for effective prevention and control....
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