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Emergence of Congenital Zika Syndrome: Viewpoint From the Front Lines
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Endocrinology in the time of COVID-19: Management of pituitary tumours
(2020-05-01)Patients with pituitary tumours, ensuing hormonal abnormalities and mass effects are usually followed in multidisciplinary pituitary clinics and can represent a management challenge even during times of non-pandemic. The ... -
Enhancing COVID-19 Mortality Surveillance in Latin America and the Caribbean through All-Cause Mortality Surveillance, May 2020
(2020-06-18)The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) on improving COVID-19 mortality surveillance.1 The document expands on methods for the analysis of all-cause mortality ... -
Ensuring health equity during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of public health infrastructure
(2020-06)[ABSTRACT]. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly stressed public health systems around the world and exposed the gaps in health care for underserved and vulnerable populations. In the context of the social determinants ... -
Enteral, parenteral nutrition and their combination for adults in the intensive care unit
(2020-03-17)What is this? Some patients with COVID-19 will become critically ill and need treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU). This may interrupt their feeding routines and reduce appetite or increase nausea and vomiting, leading ... -
Entry routes for Zika virus in Brazil after 2014 world cup: New possibilities
(2016)In early 2015 it was reported several cases of Dengue and Chikungunya virus infections in various Brazilian states. Some states have been reported Zika virus cases has symptoms very similar to the symptoms of Dengue. A ... -
The Epidemic of Zika Virus-Related Microcephaly in Brazil: Detection, Control, Etiology, and Future Scenarios
(2016-06)We describe the epidemic of microcephaly in Brazil, its detection and attempts to control it, the suspected causal link with Zika virus infection during pregnancy, and possible scenarios for the future. In October 2015, ... -
The Epidemic of Zika Virus–Related Microcephaly in Brazil: Detection, Control, Etiology, and Future Scenarios
(2016-06)We describe the epidemic of microcephaly in Brazil, its detection and attempts to control it, the suspected causal link with Zika virus infection during pregnancy, and possible scenarios for the future. In October 2015, ... -
Epidemic trends, public health response and health system capacity: the Chilean experience in four months of the COVID-19 pandemic
(2020-08-05)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives. To report the surveillance of COVID-19 pandemic in Chile and analyse the response to public health interventions implemented from 3 March to 30 June 2020 and to assess the risks of collapse of the ... -
Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of 91 Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 in Zhejiang, China: A retrospective, multi-centre case series.
(2020-03-17)Background: Recent studies have focused initial clinical and Epidemiologic characteristics on the COVID-19, mainly revealing situation in Wuhan, Hubei. Aim: To reveal more data on the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics ... -
Epidemiologic Surveillance and Research Activities to Address Zika Virus and Pregnancy: An Update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(2016)The emergence of Zika virus in the Americas with its untoward impact on the developing fetus is resulting in a rapid response by the scientific and public health communities. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ... -
Epidemiological Alert: Novel coronavirus (nCoV) (16 January 2020)
On 31 December 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China, reported a conglomerate of 27 cases of acute respiratory syndrome of unknown etiology among people linked to a wet ... -
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil
(2020-04-29)Background: The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Brazil on February 25, 2020. We report the epidemiological, demographic, and clinical findings for confirmed COVID-19 cases during the first month of the epidemic in ... -
Epidemiological and clinical features of 125 Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 in Fuyang, Anhui, China
(2020-03-24)[Abstract]. Objective: To investigate the epidemiological and clinical features of patients with COVID-19 in Anhui province of China. Method: In this descriptive study, we obtained epidemiological, demographic, manifestations, ... -
Epidemiological and Clinical Predictors of COVID-19
(2020-03-25)Background: Rapid identification of COVID-19 cases, which is crucial to outbreak containment efforts, is challenging due to the lack of pathognomonic symptoms and in settings with limited capacity for specialized nucleic ... -
Epidemiological Characteristics of 2143 Pediatric Patients With 2019 Coronavirus Disease in China
(2020-03-20)OBJECTIVES: To identify the epidemiological characteristics and transmission patterns of pediatric patients with COVID-19 in China. METHODS: Nationwide case series of 2143 pediatric patients with COVID-19 reported to the ... -
Epidemiological investigations on arbovirus infections at Igbo-Ora, Nigeria
(2014)A study of arbovirus infections occurring in Igbo-Ora community was carried out between May and October 1975. Haemagglutination inhibition test performed on seventy-eight human sera showed a high prevalence of antibodies ... -
Epidemiological Notes on Some Viruses Isolated In Uganda (Yellow fever, Rift Valley fever, Bwamba fever, West Nile, Mengo, Semliki forest, Bunyamwera I Ntaya, Uganda S and Zika viruses)
(1952)During a period of 10 years (1937-1947) 10 different viruses were isolated at the Yellow Fever Research Institute (now Virus Research Institute), Entebbe, Uganda. Two of these, yellow fever and Rift Valley fever virus, ... -
Epidemiological update: Complications potentially linked to the Zika virus outbreak, Brazil and French Polynesia - 27 November 2015
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