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Investigation of an Outbreak Caused by an Unknown Infectious Pathogen in Rural Zola Publisher Pubmed



Aku FY1 ; Beisembekova D2 ; Adebisi NA3 ; Mertens E4, 5 ; Wende L6, 7 ; Marashi SM8 ; Dywicki J6, 7
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  1. 1. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe Campus, Ghana
  2. 2. Nazarbayev University, University Healthcare Department, Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan
  3. 3. Department of Chemical Pathology, University College Hospital, Oyo State, Ibadan, Nigeria
  4. 4. Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74, Hamburg, 20359, Germany
  5. 5. Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT), Hamburg, Germany
  6. 6. Robert Koch Institute, Centre for International Health Protection, Preparedness and Operations Support, Nordufer 20, Berlin, 13353, Germany
  7. 7. Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT), Berlin, Germany
  8. 8. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, Department of Virology, Tehran, Iran

Source: Pan African Medical Journal Published:2021


Abstract

This case study was written as part of a fellowship in biosafety and biosecurity organised by the German Biosecurity Programme, namely the Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT). Among other objectives, the fellowship focuses on equipping participants with the skills of developing their own country-specific case studies with focus on biosafety-and biosecurity-related scenarios. Upon completion of the underlying case study, participants should be able to identify some existing gaps with regards to early detection and investigation of outbreaks, describe the key steps in outbreak investigation, explain the role of communication and coordination among the various stakeholders in outbreak investigations and analyse epidemiological data obtained during outbreak investigations. They should also be able to suggest appropriate control and prevention measures for specific disease outbreaks with focus on foodborne outbreaks and to distinguish between biosafety and biosecurity concepts. © Fortress Yayra Aku et al.