Publications by authors named "E B Fanoy"
BackgroundWastewater surveillance may support early and comprehensive detection of infectious diseases' community transmission, particularly in settings where other health surveillance systems provide biased or limited information. Amid the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, deploying passive samplers to monitor targeted populations gained importance. Evaluation of the added public health value of this approach in the field can support its broader adoption.
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- Scabies, caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei, has seen rising diagnoses in the Netherlands since 2011, prompting a study that analyzed the genetics of the mite through PCR-positive skin samples collected from 2016 to 2023.
- The research identified 15 distinct genetic subtypes of the mite, with the most common subtype found in various demographic groups, and showed similarities with strains from countries like Australia, the USA, and China, indicating global distribution.
- Findings revealed that a significant number of patients (73%) required multiple treatments to eliminate scabies, with no differences in treatment effectiveness among the various subtypes, highlighting the need for more extensive research to better understand mite transmission patterns and enhance control measures.
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- Enteric hepatitis A virus (HAV) often goes unnoticed in children but can severely affect adults; the study aimed to improve surveillance during an outbreak at a primary school.
- Researchers used passive samplers in sewage to detect HAV RNA from November 2022 to March 2023, finding that 25% of samples tested positive and matched the strain from the symptomatic cases.
- The study concludes that sewage monitoring with passive samplers is an effective tool for quickly detecting HAV, identifying unnoticed infections, and enhancing public health responses during outbreaks.
Mpox is an emerging zoonotic disease which has now spread to over 113 countries as of August 2023, with over 89,500 confirmed human cases. The Netherlands had one of the highest incidence rates in Europe during the peak of the outbreak. In this study, we generated 158 near-complete mpox virus (MPXV) genomes (12.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackgroundContact tracing has been a key component of COVID-19 outbreak control. Backward contact tracing (BCT) aims to trace the source that infected the index case and, thereafter, the cases infected by the source. Modelling studies have suggested BCT will substantially reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in addition to forward contact tracing.
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