Table 3. Selected ongoing projects presented at the Global Disease Detection Program annual science meeting, by country and activity type assessed, June 2016, Atlanta, Georgia, USA*.
| Country | Title of presentation | Activity type |
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| PHR | S | L | PHI | CB | |||
| Bangladesh | Ensuring infection control is feasible and acceptable: identifying high-intensity interventions for Nipah-like illness and low-intensity interventions for routine use in Bangladesh | X | X | X | |||
| Making the case for rotavirus vaccination in Bangladesh: surveillance impacting public health interventions | X | X | X | ||||
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Spatial heterogeneity for dengue risk in Bangladesh: significance for other arthropodborne infections such as Zika |
X |
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X |
X |
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| China | Verification of patients reported as central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in a healthcare-associated infections surveillance system evaluation in Beijing | X | X | ||||
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Risk factors for Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection in a southern coastal region in China |
X |
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X |
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| Egypt | National surveillance of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in Egypt | X | X | X | |||
| Overview of GDD Egypt’s population-based syndromic surveillance—Damanhur, Egypt, 2009–2016 | X | X | X | X | |||
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Rickettsia typhi as an underrecognized cause of acute undifferentiated febrile illness—Damanhour, Egypt, 2010–2014 |
X |
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X |
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| Georgia | Bloodborne disease prevalence in the blood supply, Georgia, 2012–2014 | X | X | ||||
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Hepatitis C elimination in Georgia: a one-of-a-kind program providing a golden opportunity to strengthen public health systems |
X |
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X |
X |
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| Guatemala | Influenza-like illness and influenza vaccination during pregnancy in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala | X | X | X | X | ||
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Participatory development of a congenital Chagas disease screening strategy after the vector control attack phase in Guatemala |
X |
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X |
X |
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| India | Acute encephalitis syndrome in Assam, India: importance of Japanese encephalitis in the adult population, 2014–2015 | X | X | X | |||
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Redrawing the boundaries of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) in India: early results of GHSA-supported acute febrile illness surveillance |
X |
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X |
X |
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| Kazakhstan | Strengthening the capacity of the Republic of Uzbekistan to combat antimicrobial resistance | X | X | ||||
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Implementation of the CCHF surveillance enhancement activities in Kazakhstan, 2012–2015 |
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X |
X |
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| Kenya | Epidemiology of brucellosis and MERS-CoV in linked human and animal populations in Kenya | X | X | X | |||
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Indirect effects of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) against adult pneumococcal pneumonia in rural western Kenya |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| South Africa | Application of a simple differential diagnostic tool for solving febrile, neurologic and heamoragic fever cases in Southern Africa | X | X | ||||
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Decline in syphilis seroprevalence among females of reproductive age in Northern Cape Province, South Africa, 2003–2012: utility of laboratory-based information |
X |
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X |
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| Thailand | Spotted fever group, typhus group rickettsioses and Sennetsu neorickettsiosis in rural Thailand | X | X | X | |||
| Enhanced surveillance for severe pneumonia, Thailand 2010–2014 | X | X | X | ||||
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Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of invasive salmonellosis, rural Thailand, 2006–2014 |
X |
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X |
X |
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| No. presentations by activity type | 18 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 2 | ||
*CB, technical capacity building; CCHF, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; GDD, Global Disease Detection; GHSA, Global Health Security Agenda; L, laboratory; MERS-CoV, Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus; PHI, public health informatics; PHR, applied public health research; S, surveillance.