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Trends of vaccine-preventable diseases in Afghanistan from the Disease Early Warning System, 2009-2015.
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- Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2001-2018.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Review
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- Outcome of acute bacterial meningitis among children in Kandahar, Afghanistan: A prospective observational cohort study.PloS one · 2022Observational
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- Diarrhea Patterns and Climate: A Spatiotemporal Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of Diarrheal Disease in Afghanistan.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Article
- Assessment of knowledge and attitude among postnatal mothers towards childhood vaccination in Malaysia.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2019Article
- An Emerging Biothreat: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Southern and Western Asia.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundAfghanistan's public health system was neglected during decades of military and civil conflict, and trends in infectious disease occurrence remain poorly characterized. This study examines cyclical and long-term trends of six vaccine-preventable diseases: pneumonia, diarrhea, meningitis, typhoid, measles, and acute viral hepatitis.
methodsUsing weekly data collected between 2009 and 2015 through Afghanistan's Disease Early Warning System, we calculated monthly case counts, and fit a Poisson regression with a Fourier transformation for seasonal cycles and dummy variables for year.
resultsWe found the greatest incidence of diarrhea and typhoid in the summer, pneumonia in the winter, and measles in the late spring. Meningitis and acute viral hepatitis did not demonstrate substantial seasonality. Rates of pneumonia and diarrhea were constant across years whereas rates of meningitis, typhoid, and acute viral hepatitis decreased. Measles incidence increased in 2015.
conclusionsCommunicable disease reporting systems can guide public health operations-such as the implementation of new vaccines, and permit evaluation of health interventions. For example, measles supplementary immunization activities in Afghanistan have not slowed long-term transmission of the disease, but decreases in typhoid fever and acute viral hepatitis are probably tied to improvements in sanitation in the country.
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