Disease Outbreaks - Prevention & control
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

"Cholera forcing". The myth of the good epidemic and the coming of good water.

30 Oct 2009 It has been frequently claimed that cholera epidemics, both in the 19th century and today, were and can be the key stimulus for procurement of safe water and sanitation, an idea that I call "cholera forcing." "Technology forcing" refers to ... Read more...

Partial protection of seasonal trivalent inactivated vaccine against novel pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009: case-control study in Mexico City.

4 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of 2008-9 seasonal trivalent inactivated vaccine with cases of influenza A/H1N1 during the epidemic in Mexico. DESIGN: Frequency matched case-control study. SETTING: Specialty hospital in Mexico City, March to ... Read more...

H1N1 vaccine for prevention of pandemic influenza.

3 Oct 2009 The FDA has licensed 4 new monovalent vaccines for prevention of respiratory illness caused by a new influenza A H1N1 virus that appears to be derived from a swine strain. The 5th vaccine should be licensed soon. All of these vaccines are expected ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Disease Outbreaks - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Influenza in 2009: new solutions, same old problems. 2 Nov 2009
• "Cholera forcing". The myth of the good epidemic and the coming of good water. 30 Oct 2009
• Lessons learned. 30 Oct 2009
• Oseltamivir-resistant pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus, October 2009. 28 Oct 2009
• IOM offers new guidance in crisis care. 19 Oct 2009
• The H1N1 vaccine plan. 11 Oct 2009
• CMA on the vaccine plan. 11 Oct 2009
• How to win trust over flu. 6 Oct 2009
• Partial protection of seasonal trivalent inactivated vaccine against novel pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009: case-control study in Mexico City. 4 Oct 2009
• Escherichia coli O157. 4 Oct 2009
• H1N1 vaccine for prevention of pandemic influenza. 3 Oct 2009
• Public health. Rethinking influenza. 30 Sep 2009
• Pandemic influenza: a priority for the neurological community. 29 Sep 2009
• Kids and the flu. 29 Sep 2009
• Too little, too late. 29 Sep 2009
• Effects of an ongoing epidemic on the annual influenza vaccination rate and vaccination timing among the Medicare elderly: 2000-2005. 29 Sep 2009
• Pandemic influenza and community preparedness. 29 Sep 2009
• Pandemic influenza and jail facilities and populations. 29 Sep 2009
• Pandemic influenza: implications for programs controlling for HIV infection, tuberculosis, and chronic viral hepatitis. 29 Sep 2009
• Effective health risk communication about pandemic influenza for vulnerable populations. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Disease Outbreaks'

Definition: Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes epidemics and pandemics.

Descriptor UI: D004196

Alternative terms: Disease Outbreaks; Disease Outbreak; Outbreak, Disease; Outbreaks, Disease; Outbreaks; Infectious Disease Outbreaks; Disease Outbreak, Infectious; Disease Outbreaks, Infectious; Infectious Disease Outbreak; Outbreak, Infectious Disease; Outbreaks, Infectious Disease; Epidemics; Epidemic; Pandemics; Pandemic;

Related Mesh Headings: Communicable Diseases;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; statistics & numerical data; ethics; veterinary;

Tree Number: N06.850.290;

History Note: 68(66)

Technical Notes: coordinate IM with specific disease / epidemiol (IM) & specify geographic term if pertinent