November 2019

INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE (IDSR)WEEK 35 – EPIDEMIOLOGY BULLETIN – 22 AUGUST TO 1 SEPTEMBER 2019

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Post Category:SURVEILLANCE REPORT / The Health Press
Post published:November 12, 2019

Surveillance and Disease Intelligence Unit Zambia National Public Health Institute Download pdf Weekly Summary Current outbreaks and public health threats Vaccine Derived Poliovirus 2 Event: Fourteen (14) samples from contacts…

INFLUENZA SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE REPORT

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Post Category:SURVEILLANCE REPORT / The Health Press
Post published:November 12, 2019

National Influenza Center – Pathology and Microbiology Department, University Teaching Hospital, Virology Laboratory Download PDF Methodology for Establishment of Epidemic Thresholds Thresholds are calculated using Moving Epidemic Methods (MEM), a…

SOME FACTS ON RABIES

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Post Category:Factsheet / The Health Press
Post published:November 12, 2019

Download PDF Rabies is a zoonotic viral infection caused by viruses belonging to the Lyssavirus genus. It is transmitted by saliva through bites and scratches of infected mammals. Dogs are…

RABIES: VACCINATE TO ERADICATE

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Post Category:EDITORIAL / The Health Press
Post published:November 12, 2019

R. Hamoonga Zoonosis focal point, Zambia National Public Health Institute, Lusaka, Zambia Download pdf The theme for this year’s world rabies day commemoration couldn’t be more appropriate: Vaccinate to eradicate!…