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AI-driven surveillance system to combat emerging infectious diseases

News Medical Health Sciences

Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans - including those causing flu, COVID, whooping cough and tuberculosis.

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Why is norovirus reporting in England so high at the moment?

UK Health Security

Data indicating the rise Our surveillance systems reveal several key patterns: Laboratory confirmed norovirus cases While we typically expect norovirus cases to peak in winter months, this season's pattern has been distinctive, starting earlier than is usual. This rise comes alongside a shift in circulating common norovirus genotypes.

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How Kenya Built a Wastewater-based Surveillance System: 6 Questions Answered

APHL

More stories from our global health wastewater surveillance series: Waste Not: Building a Wastewater Surveillance System in Zambia Eyes Below the Surface: Wastewater Surveillance Pilot Program in Uganda Shows Potential for Future Pandemic Monitoring Testing the Waters: Ethiopia Pilots a Wastewater Surveillance Program The post How Kenya Built a Wastewater-based (..)

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Digital Solutions Help Catch and Contain Outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Global Fund

Although unassuming from the outside, this building is the epicenter of the vast digital disease surveillance system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Kinshasa-based National Centre for Epidemiological Intelligence seems a world away from the mega citys notoriously chaotic streets.

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Join the fight against flu by taking part in our citizen science project

UK Health Security

As we approach another winter season, we are ramping up our comprehensive surveillance systems to monitor flu and other seasonal respiratory viruses. Not all people feeling unwell call 111 or visit their GP or hospital , and these people’s symptoms may not be reflected in other surveillance systems.

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NPHW 2022 CSTE Member Spotlight: Kelly Walblay on Community Collaboration and Resilience

CSTE

My job was to add Zika to the existing study and to build up a surveillance system to track cases in the pediatric population. Once again, Kelly grabbed her passport and went abroad to help a community in need. When I got to Nicaragua, it was right at the time Zika was appearing, she added.

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Acute Flaccid Paralysis surveillance as a crucial defence against polio in India | Explained

The Hindu

India's robust Acute Flaccid Paralysis surveillance system is crucial for maintaining its polio-free status and preventing outbreaks.