Sentence examples for outbreak discovery from inspiring English sources

In addition, the introduction of such a system will provide a foundation for NGS to be used for genotypic testing for human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, surveillance of other diseases, in-country capability for outbreak discovery and management, and a host of other diagnostic benefits that are currently limited to high-income countries.

Used in combination with traditional case reporting, HealthMap and other electronic surveillance systems have proven value for enhancing the timeliness of outbreak discovery and information dissemination (11 ).

An analysis of the global capacity for detecting outbreaks showed improvements in the median time from outbreak start to outbreak discovery between 1996 (29.5 days) and 2009 (13.5 days) and from start to public communication (40 days in 1996 to 19 days in 2009); the WHO Western Pacific Region was the only WHO region that showed a statistically significant improvement in both areas (36 ).

These figures show without any doubt that this is the most widespread and long-term outbreak since the discovery of the Ebola virus [ 13].

As the recommendations explain, the seasonal strain has caused few outbreaks since the discovery of the swine flu strain last April.

Congo has suffered through seven other Ebola outbreaks since the discovery of the disease in 1976.

Twice this enabled us to alert the health authorities of Republic of Congo and Gabon to an imminent risk for human outbreaks, after the discovery of carcasses of Ebola virus infected animals.

In June 2003, we issued a new alert on a risk for human outbreaks after the discovery of an infected gorilla carcass near the village of Mbanza (Republic of Congo).

Its budget memos often included a map strikingly similar to Dowell's, showing huge gaps in the coverage, and details about how the existing centers were not achieving the five basic core activities of outbreak response, surveillance, pathogen discovery, training, and networking.

Similarly, identification and characterization of an outbreak strain or the discovery of its source or mode of transmission influences the behavior of the infection control team - potential responses include removal of the source, interruption of transmission or strengthening of host defenses.

WHO's latest figures put the death toll at 1,552, almost as many as the combined death toll of the 26 outbreaks since Piot's discovery 48 years ago and has warned that the current spread could affect 20,000 before it is contained.