Four lesser known facts about Dengue
Like many tropical countries, India witnesses a cyclical spike in the number of Dengue cases every 4-5 years1. The current year has been one...
Cost-Effectiveness of Point of Use Water Filtration for Waterborne Infections
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Background
Numerous articles have...
The AMR Challenge: Accelerating the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
Later this month, as world leaders assemble at the 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York City, the US HHS Secretary, Alex Azar,...
A Preliminary Field-Relevant Test to Assess Decontamination of High-Touch Environmental Surfaces: Testing with Staphylococcus...
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Editor’s note: The following work represents the preliminary work being performed by the authors. The study was sponsored by Process...
Rapid Testing for Antibiotic Resistant Strains of MRSA
Editor Note: Dr. Graham F. Cope and Bruce Savage are two individuals participating in the Longitude Prize Challenge. The Longitude Prize is a competition...
Nigeria: Hand Hygiene after Pandemics
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Last year, Nigeria observed how an existential threat from the Ebola pandemic reinforced people’s attitude towards hand hygiene – a strongly held idea and...
Syndromic Surveillance for Healthcare-Associated Infections
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This paper argues that there is a poor fit between the use of precise methods of case definition and case ascertainment for reporting infection...
Fighting Infections in a Microbial World
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Bacteria can be found everywhere, including in the human body where it plays an important role in our health. Your bacterial ecosystem is referred...
New Web Surveillance Technology for Disseminating Data Critical for TB Control
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The investigation of tuberculosis (TB) transmission and control is significantly enhanced in Ontario, Canada through the...
Isolation of MRSA from the Oral Cavity of Companion Dogs
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There is currently a great deal of concern about the methods of transfer of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the community and...
