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Okeke N, Snell LB, Rathish B, Hussein A, Newsholme W, Mack D, Breathnach A, Otter JA. Evaluating the dynamics of hospital COVID-19 contacts and subsequent conversion to SARS-CoV-2 infection: a multi-centre retrospective cohort study. Infect Prev Pract 2024; 6:100325. [PMID: 38590514 PMCID: PMC10999996 DOI: 10.1016/j.infpip.2023.100325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
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We investigated the dynamics of COVID-19 contacts subsequent conversion to SARS-CoV-2 infection in an inpatient setting across three National Health Service (NHS) Trusts. 9.2% (476/5,156) COVID-19 contacts met inclusion criteria, were typable and tested positive for COVID-19. There was no significant difference between Omicron and non-Omicron contacts overall conversion proportions. Omicron contacts converted faster than non-Omicron contacts (median 3 days vs 4 days, P=0.03), and had significantly greater proportions of early conversions at day 3, 5, and 7 timepoints.
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- Nneoma Okeke
- Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, St. Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, St. Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, St. Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, St. Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, St. Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Royal Free Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Pond Street NW3 2QG, UK
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- Department of Infection, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Tooting, London SW17 0QT, UK
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- Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, St. Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK
- National Institute for Healthcare Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in HCAI and AMR, Imperial College London & Public Health England, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, W12 0HS, UK
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We examined trends in the HIV continuum in care in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance surveys for MSM in San Francisco from 2004 to 2014. In 2004, HIV-positive African-American MSM were less likely to be diagnosed (42.9 vs. 87.5 %, p = 0.003), linked to care (42.9 vs. 85.7 %, p = 0.007), or to have ever used antiretroviral treatment (ART) (28.6 vs. 69.6 %, p = 0.032) compared to white MSM. By 2014, these gaps had narrowed but not closed, including diagnosis (85.7 vs. 100 %, Fisher's exact p = 0.106), linkage to care (85.7 vs. 96.8 %, Fisher's exact p = 0.290), and ART use (85.7 vs. 94.9 %, Fisher's exact p = 0.369).
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- N Okeke
- San Francisco Department of Public Health, 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102-6033, USA
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- San Francisco Department of Public Health, 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102-6033, USA.
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- San Francisco Department of Public Health, 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102-6033, USA
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Ilodibia C, Akachukwu E, Chukwuma M, Igboabuchi N, Adimonyemma R, Okeke N. Proximate, Phytochemical and Antimicrobial Studies on Solanum macrocarpon L. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.9734/jabb/2016/27922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tanyigna KB, Bello CS, Okeke N, Onwukeme KE. Comparison of blood, bone marrow aspirate, stool and urine cultures in the diagnosis of enteric fever. Niger J Med 2001; 10:21-4. [PMID: 11705049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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A total of 288 specimens made up of 84 specimens each of blood, stool, urine and 36 specimens of bone marrow aspirates were collected from enteric fever patients. The blood specimen was used for cultural diagnosis and malaria parasite (MP) test, while serum from the blood was screened by Widal test. The remaining specimens (bone marrow aspirate, stool and urine) were only used for cultural diagnosis, but their cultural diagnostic sensitivity were only calculated from the patients whose Widal tests were positive. The widal test showed that 21(25%) had significant reciprocal titre levels of > 80 and > 160 for O and H antigens respectively. Malaria parasites test also had 23(37.4%) cases positive with 1(4.4%) and 22(95.7%) of them positive and negative by widal test respectively. Stool, blood and bone marrow aspirate were 33%, 28.6% and 38.1% sensitive respectively, while the diagnostic sensitivity of urine was zero. In the diagnosis of enteric fever, it is suggested that the presumptive serology test (Widal) be carried out along with cultures from bone marrow aspirate and stool where the former is affordable and available. Malaria parasite microscopy should also be done because majority of the suspected enteric fevers may actually only be malaria fever in an environment like Nigeria which is endemic for the two diseases (malaria and typhoid fever).
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- K B Tanyigna
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, P.M.B. 2084 Jos-Nigeria
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Blum D, Emeh RN, Huttly SR, Dosunmu-Ogunbi O, Okeke N, Ajala M, Okoro JI, Akujobi C, Kirkwood BR, Feachem RG. The Imo State (Nigeria) Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Project, 1. Description of the project, evaluation methods, and impact on intervening variables. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1990; 84:309-15. [PMID: 2389329 DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(90)90299-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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A health impact evaluation was conducted in conjunction with the Imo State Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Nigeria. The project consisted of a package of water supply, sanitation, and health and hygiene education given by village-based workers. The evaluation was a quasi-experimental study covering pre-, peri- and post-intervention periods. Data were collected from 3 intervention and 2 control villages. Baseline surveys indicated that the intervention and control areas were similar with respect to most socio-demographic variables. Use of the improved water supply was high, although this was influenced by borehole-to-population ratios and household-to-borehole distances. Water collection time was consequently greatly reduced. Data from a small sample of households showed that borehole water became heavily contaminated during collection and storage, and that there was no significant change in consumption of water per person. Adults in 46% of household units in the intervention area were using ventilated improved pit latrines by the end of the study period. Use by young children (2-5 years old), however, was low. Limitations in the success of the health education component of the project were found. Although changes were found in knowledge, attitudes and practices related to water and sanitation, and in management of childhood diarrhoea, this occurred in both the intervention and control areas.
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- D Blum
- Department of Tropical Hygiene, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
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Huttly SR, Blum D, Kirkwood BR, Emeh RN, Okeke N, Ajala M, Smith GS, Carson DC, Dosunmu-Ogunbi O, Feachem RG. The Imo State (Nigeria) Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Project, 2. Impact on dracunculiasis, diarrhoea and nutritional status. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1990; 84:316-21. [PMID: 2143854 DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(90)90300-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Morbidity due to dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) and diarrhoea in persons of all ages, and nutritional status of young children, were used as health impact indicators in the evaluation of the Imo State Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Project in south-eastern Nigeria. Data were collected using repeated cross-sectional surveys and longitudinal follow-up. The study area was found to have a low level of endemicity of dracunculiasis. While no impact could be demonstrated on overall period or point prevalence rates in the cross-sectional surveys, a prospective longitudinal survey showed a significant reduction in the percentage of person-fortnights positive for dracunculiasis in areas served by the project, while the control areas showed no such change. In the cross-sectional surveys it was found that, in the project villages, those persons drinking only borehole water had significantly lower period prevalence rates one year later than others. Moreover, those living further from the nearest borehole had higher rates of dracunculiasis. An impact of the project on diarrhoea morbidity was found only in limited sub-groups of the population. A greater association with water availability rather than quality was suggested for rates in young children. The prevalence of wasting (less than 80% weight-for-height) among children aged less than 3 years decreased significantly over time in all 3 intervention villages; there was no such decline in the control villages.
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- S R Huttly
- Tropical Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
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A study was conducted in northeastern Imo State to define the disability and restriction of mobility associated with dracunculiasis. The study was part of an evaluation of the UNICEF-assisted Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Imo State, Nigeria. A sample of household units (100 in year 1, 195 in year 2) was visited every two weeks to determine who was affected by dracunculiasis and to characterize the extent of related disability. The average duration of symptoms was 12.7 weeks (range 3-29 weeks). Fifty eight per cent of all episodes of disease resulted in severe disability (with the individual unable to leave the compound) lasting a mean of 4.2 weeks (range 2-12). The mean period of severe disability was significantly higher for those aged 50 years and over than for those less than 50 years old. In the area studied, the disease occurred during the peak yam and rice harvest time and the period of preparation for the planting season. This is the first study to document systematically and prospectively the marked restriction of normal activity in affected individuals and the long duration of the disability. These findings can assist in improving estimates of the costs associated with dracunculiasis and of potential economic benefits if the disease were eradicated.
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- G S Smith
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205
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