Communicable Disease Control
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Household characteristics associated with handwashing with soap in rural Bangladesh.

30 Oct 2009 Handwashing with soap prevents diarrhea and respiratory disease, but it is rarely practiced in high-need settings. Among 100 randomly selected villages in rural Bangladesh, field workers enrolled 10 households per village and observed and recorded ... Read more...

Operational research in low-income countries: what, why, and how?

30 Oct 2009 Operational research is increasingly being discussed at institutional meetings, donor forums, and scientific conferences, but limited published information exists on its role from a disease-control and programme perspective. We suggest a definition ... Read more...

[Infectious diseases and climate change]

24 Oct 2009 Climate changes will likely have an impact on the spectrum of infectious diseases in Europe. We may see an increase in vector-borne diseases, diseases spread by rodents such as Hantavirus, and food- and water-borne diseases. As the effects of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Communicable Disease Control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Household characteristics associated with handwashing with soap in rural Bangladesh. 30 Oct 2009
• Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalized patients with novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection--California, April-May, 2009. 30 Oct 2009
• Not our problem. 30 Oct 2009
• Operational research in low-income countries: what, why, and how? 30 Oct 2009
• Philippines struggles to recover from typhoons. 29 Oct 2009
• [Infectious diseases and climate change] 24 Oct 2009
• [Climate- and vector-borne diseases] 24 Oct 2009
• Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia in children aged under 5 years. 21 Oct 2009
• Disease eradication is possible and ethical. Oct 2009
• Effective health risk communication about pandemic influenza for vulnerable populations. 29 Sep 2009
• Pandemic influenza planning: addressing the needs of children. 29 Sep 2009
• [Establishment of Networks of National Reference Centres and associated Consiliary Laboratories in Germany] 29 Sep 2009
• Syndrome surveillance and molecular epidemiology for early detection and tracing of an outbreak of measles in Liguria, Italy. 29 Sep 2009
• Immigrant tuberculosis: beyond screening and surveillance. 29 Sep 2009
• Pandemic influenza: the new wave. 29 Sep 2009
• Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses: systematic review. 19 Sep 2009
• What Mexico taught the world about pandemic influenza preparedness and community mitigation strategies. 14 Sep 2009
• Chikungunya fever: an epidemiological review of a re-emerging infectious disease. 13 Sep 2009
• Reporting patterns and characteristics of tuberculosis among international travelers, United States, June 2006 to May 2008. 13 Sep 2009
• Immunization programs for infants, children, adolescents, and adults: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 13 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Communicable Disease Control'

Definition: Programs of surveillance designed to prevent the transmission of disease by any means from person to person or from animal to man.

Descriptor UI: D003140

Alternative terms: Communicable Disease Control; Control, Communicable Disease; Parasite Control; Control, Parasite;

Related Mesh Headings: Disease Reservoirs; Disease Vectors; Infection Control; Infectious Disease Medicine;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; organization & administration; standards; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: N06.850.780.200;

Technical Notes: GEN only: prefer Cat C term with /prev; INFECTION CONTROL is available: see note there