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Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries (2020)
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Haider, N., Osman, A. Y., Gadzekpo, A., Akipede, G. O., Asogun, D., Ansumana, R., Lessells, R. J., Khan, P., Hamid, M. M. A., Yeboah-Manu, D., Mboera, L., Shayo, E. H., Mmbaga, B. T., Urassa, M., Musoke, D., Kapata, N., Ferrand, R. A., Kapata, P. C., Stigler, F., Czypionka, T., …McCoy, D. (2020). Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries. BMJ Global Health, 5(10), e003319

Lockdown measures have been introduced worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-19. However, the term ‘lockdown’ is not well-defined. Indeed, WHO’s reference to ‘so-called lockdown measures’ indicates the absence of a clear and universally acce... Read More about Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries.

Basic Reproduction Number of Chikungunya Virus Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes (2020)
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Haider, N., Vairo, F., Ippolito, G., Zumla, A., & Kock, R. (2020). Basic Reproduction Number of Chikungunya Virus Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes. Emerging Infectious Disease, 26(10), 2429-2431

We estimated the weighted mean basic reproduction number (R0) of chikungunya virus based on outbreak size. R0 was 3.4 (95% CI 2.4–4.2) and varied for 2 primary chi- kungunya mosquito vectors: 4.1 (95% CI 1.5–6.6) for Ae- des aegypti and 2.8 (95% CI 1... Read More about Basic Reproduction Number of Chikungunya Virus Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes.

Chikungunya Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, 2019—Epidemiological, Virological and Entomological Findings of a South-North Multidisciplinary Taskforce Investigation (2020)
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Vairo, F., Aimè Coussoud-Mavoungou, M. P., Ntoumi, F., Castilletti, C., Kitembo, L., Haider, N., Carletti, F., Colavita, F., Gruber, C. E. M., Iannetta, M., Messina, F., Lanini, S., Ulrich Judicaël, B., Giombini, E., Montaldo, C., Portella, C., Diafouka-Diatela, S., Rueca, M., Kock, R., Bartolini, B., …Ippolito, G. (2020). Chikungunya Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, 2019—Epidemiological, Virological and Entomological Findings of a South-North Multidisciplinary Taskforce Investigation. Viruses, 12(9), 1020. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12091020

The Republic of Congo (RoC) declared a chikungunya (CHIK) outbreak on 9 February 2019. We conducted a ONE-Human-Animal HEALTH epidemiological, virological and entomological investigation. Methods: We collected national surveillance and epidemiologica... Read More about Chikungunya Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, 2019—Epidemiological, Virological and Entomological Findings of a South-North Multidisciplinary Taskforce Investigation.

Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries (2020)
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Elton, L., Thomason, M. J., Tembo, J., Velavan, T. P., Pallerla, S. R., Arruda, L. B., Vairo, F., Montaldo, C., Ntoumi, F., Abdel Hamid, M. M., Haider, N., Kock, R., Ippolito, G., Zumla, A., & McHugh, T. D. (2020). Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00800-y

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is of growing concern globally and AMR status in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is undefined due to a lack of real-time data recording, surveillance and regulation. World Health Organization (WHO) Joint External E... Read More about Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries.

Possible Drivers of the 2019 Dengue Outbreak in Bangladesh: The Need for a Robust Community-Level Surveillance System (2020)
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Ahsan, A., Haider, N., Kock, R., Benfield, C., & Reisen, W. (2020). Possible Drivers of the 2019 Dengue Outbreak in Bangladesh: The Need for a Robust Community-Level Surveillance System. Journal of Medical Entomology, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa150

Bangladesh experienced its largest dengue virus (DENV) outbreak in 2019, with 101,354 patients admitted to hospital with either laboratory confirmed or clinical diagnosis. By contrast, the cumulative number of dengue patients admitted to hospitals in... Read More about Possible Drivers of the 2019 Dengue Outbreak in Bangladesh: The Need for a Robust Community-Level Surveillance System.

Is Africa prepared for tackling the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic? Lessons from past outbreaks, ongoing pan-African public health efforts, and implications for the future (2020)
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Kapata, N., Ihekweazu, C., Ntoumi, F., Tajudeen, R., Chanda-Kapata, P., Mwaba, P., Mukonka, V., Bates, M., Tembo, J., Corman, V., Mfinanga, S., Asogun, D., Elton, L., Arruda, L. B., Thomason, M. J., Mboera, L., Yavlinsky, A., Haider, N., Simons, D., Hollmann, L., …Zumla, A. (2020). Is Africa prepared for tackling the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic? Lessons from past outbreaks, ongoing pan-African public health efforts, and implications for the future. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.049

Passengers' destinations from China: low risk of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) transmission into Africa and South America (2020)
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Haider, N., Yavlinsky, A., Simons, D., Osman, A. Y., Ntoumi, F., Zumla, A., & Kock, R. A. (2020). Passengers' destinations from China: low risk of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) transmission into Africa and South America. Epidemiology and Infection, 148, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268820000424

Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV [SARS-COV-2]) was detected in humans during the last week of December 2019 at Wuhan city in China, and caused 24 554 cases in 27 countries and territories as of 5 February 2020. The objective of this study was to estimate... Read More about Passengers' destinations from China: low risk of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) transmission into Africa and South America.

Trends and clinico-epidemiological features of human rabies cases in Bangladesh 2006–2018 (2020)
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Ghosh, S., Rana, M. S., Islam, M. K., Chowdhury, S., Haider, N., Kafi, M. A. H., Ullah, S. M., Shah, M. R. A., Jahan, A. A., Mursalin, H. S., Marma, A. S. P., Ali, S. M. E., Hossain, S., Bhowmik, R., Debnath, N. C., Shamsuzzaman, A. K. M., Ahmed, B.-N., Siddiqi, U. R., & Jhora, S. T. (2020). Trends and clinico-epidemiological features of human rabies cases in Bangladesh 2006–2018. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59109-w

Vaccinating dogs against rabies is an effective means of reducing human rabies. We subjected 1327 clinically diagnosed human rabies death and mass dog vaccination (MDV) data during 2006–2018 to quantify the impacts of MDV on human rabies incidence in... Read More about Trends and clinico-epidemiological features of human rabies cases in Bangladesh 2006–2018.

Epidemiology and genotypes of group A rotaviruses in cattle and goats of Bangladesh, 2009-2010 (2020)
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Hossain, M. B., Rahman, M. S., Watson, O. J., Islam, A., Rahman, S., Hasan, R., Kafi, M. A. H., Osmani, M. G., Epstein, J. H., Daszak, P., & Haider, N. (2020). Epidemiology and genotypes of group A rotaviruses in cattle and goats of Bangladesh, 2009-2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104170

Group A rotavirus (RVA) is recognized as a major cause of severe gastroenteritis in newborn calves and goat kids. We estimated the proportion of ruminants infected with rotavirus and identified the circulating genotypes in cattle and goats in Banglad... Read More about Epidemiology and genotypes of group A rotaviruses in cattle and goats of Bangladesh, 2009-2010.

Molecular Characterization of Group A Rotavirus from Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Human-Wildlife Interfaces in Bangladesh (2019)
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Islam, A., Hossain, M. E., Haider, N., Rostal, M. K., Mukharjee, S. K., Ferdous, J., Miah, M., Rahman, M., Daszak, P., Rahman, M. Z., & Epstein, J. H. (2019). Molecular Characterization of Group A Rotavirus from Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Human-Wildlife Interfaces in Bangladesh. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13431

Group A rotavirus (RVA) is an important cause of diarrhea in people, especially children, and animals globally. Due to the segmented nature of the RVA genome, animal RVA strains have the potential to adapt to the human host through re‐assortment with... Read More about Molecular Characterization of Group A Rotavirus from Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Human-Wildlife Interfaces in Bangladesh.

Quantifying the potential for bluetongue virus transmission in Danish cattle farms (2019)
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Haider, N., Kjær, L. J., Skovgård, H., Nielsen, S. A., & Bødker, R. (2019). Quantifying the potential for bluetongue virus transmission in Danish cattle farms. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49866-8

We used a mechanistic transmission model to estimate the number of infectious bites (IBs) generated per bluetongue virus (BTV) infected host (cattle) using estimated hourly microclimatic temperatures at 22,004 Danish cattle farms for the period 2000–... Read More about Quantifying the potential for bluetongue virus transmission in Danish cattle farms.