An outbreak of Ebola virus disease(EVD)(Sudan virus)was first reported in the Republic of Uganda on September 20,*** of November 17,2022,151 confirmed cases have been reported,including 55 deaths(with a case fatality ...
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An outbreak of Ebola virus disease(EVD)(Sudan virus)was first reported in the Republic of Uganda on September 20,*** of November 17,2022,151 confirmed cases have been reported,including 55 deaths(with a case fatality rate among confirmed cases of 39%).During the EVD outbreak in 2013–2016,international travel played a significant role in the spread of the disease across national *** that time,several tasks requiring improvement were identified in the World Health Organization(WHO)Southeast Asia Region(SEAR),including inadequate risk communication and risk assessment,data management gaps for surveillance purposes,inadequate capacity in molecular diagnostic techniques,lack of adequate planning for a surge of cases,and inadequate isolation *** is therefore recommended that all countries of the WHO SEAR revisit their level of Ebola preparedness and address existing *** emergence and rapid global spread of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)have reiterated that the world has become a global *** was confirmed by the spread of the monkeypox virus with cases reported in the WHO ***,given the weak health infrastructure in the region,complacency could wreak havoc on the healthcare system if another epidemic emerges without an adequate level of preparedness.
Background:Fever of unknown origin(FUO)in developing countries is an important dilemma and further research is needed to elucidate the infectious causes of ***:A multi-center study for infectious causes of FUO in lowe...
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Background:Fever of unknown origin(FUO)in developing countries is an important dilemma and further research is needed to elucidate the infectious causes of ***:A multi-center study for infectious causes of FUO in lower middle-income countries(LMIC)and lowincome countries(LIC)was conducted between January 1,2018 and January 1,*** total,15 participating centers from seven different countries provided the data,which were collected through the Infectious DiseasesInternational Research Initiative *** adult patients with confirmed infection as the cause of FUO were included in the *** severity parameters were quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment(qSOFA)≥2,intensive care unit(ICU)admission,vasopressor use,and invasive mechanical ventilation(IMV).Results:A total of 160 patients with infectious FUO were included in the ***,148(92.5%)patients had community-acquired infections and 12(7.5%)had hospital-acquired *** most common infectious syndromes were tuberculosis(TB)(n=27,16.9%),infective endocarditis(n=25,15.6%),malaria(n=21,13.1%),brucellosis(n=15,9.4%),and typhoid fever(n=9,5.6%).Plasmodium falciparum,Mycobacterium tuberculosis,Brucellae,Staphylococcus aureus,Salmonella typhi,and Rickettsiae were the leading infectious agents in this study.A total of 56(35.0%)cases had invasive procedures for *** mean qSOFA score was 0.76±0.94{median(interquartile range[IQR]):0(0–1)}.ICU admission(n=26,16.2%),vasopressor use(n=14,8.8%),and IMV(n=10,6.3%)were not ***,38(23.8%)patients had at least one of the severity *** mortality rate was 15(9.4%),and the mortality was attributable to the infection causing FUO in 12(7.5%)***:In LMIC and LIC,tuberculosis and cardiac infections were the most severe and the leading infections causing FUO.
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