4 results match your criteria: "National Centre of Epidemiology. Instituto de Salud Carlos III[Affiliation]"
Coordinated public health actions following the identification of a measles case arriving on an international flight, Spain: December 2022-January 2023.
Travel Med Infect Dis
November 2024
National Centre of Epidemiology. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Spanish Consortium for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Article Synopsis
- Contact tracing is essential for managing infectious measles cases, especially in countries where measles is primarily imported.
- In response to a suspected measles case on an aircraft, Spanish public health authorities and airlines quickly coordinated efforts for rapid contact tracing.
- The prompt administration of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and proper information helped prevent further transmission, contributing to the continued elimination of measles in Spain.
Domain-specific patterns of physical activity and risk of breast cancer sub-types in the MCC-Spain study.
Breast Cancer Res Treat
October 2019
CIBER Epidemiología Y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, 28029, Madrid, Spain.
Purpose: Literature on the separate effects of physical activities (PA) on risk of breast cancer (BC) sub-types is heterogeneous. We investigated domain-specific associations between PA and BC risk by menopausal status and molecular subtype.
Methods: 1389 histologically confirmed invasive BC cases and 1712 controls from the MCC-Spain study were included (age: 20-85 years).
Possible role of chondroitin sulphate and glucosamine for primary prevention of colorectal cancer. Results from the MCC-Spain study.
Sci Rep
February 2018
Unit of Biomarkers and Susceptibility, Cancer Prevention and Control Programme, Catalan Institute of Oncology-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.
A safe and effective colorectal cancer (CRC) chemoprevention agent remains to be discovered. We aim to evaluate the association between the use of glucosamine and/or chondroitin sulphate and risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the MCC-Spain study, a case-control study performed in Spain that included 2140 cases of CRC and 3950 population controls. Subjects were interviewed on sociodemographic factors, lifestyle, family and medical history and regular drug use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNationwide outbreak of Salmonella serotype Kedougou associated with infant formula, Spain, 2008.
Euro Surveill
June 2010
Spanish Field Epidemiology Training Programme (PEAC), National Centre of Epidemiology - Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
On 5 August 2008, the National Centre of Microbiology in Madrid, Spain, notified an increase in Salmonella Kedougou isolations compared to 2007, with 21 cases including 19 children under one year of age. Active case finding and a matched case-control study were carried out to confirm this increase, identify source, transmission mode and risk factors in order to implement control measures. Cases were defined as any child under one year of age with S.
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