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Disease Transmission

MedGen UID:
66979
Concept ID:
C0242781
Pathologic Function
Synonyms: Communicable Disease Transmission; Disease Transmission, Communicable; Disease Transmission, Infectious; Infection Transmission; Infectious Disease Transmission; Pathogen Transmission; Transmission of Infectious Disease; Transmission, Communicable Disease; Transmission, Infection; Transmission, Infectious Disease; Transmission, Pathogen

Definition

A passage or transfer, as of a disease from one individual to another. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Attaway AH, Scheraga RG, Bhimraj A, Biehl M, Hatipoğlu U
BMJ 2021 Mar 10;372:n436. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n436. PMID: 33692022
National Committee on Injury Prevention
Arch Argent Pediatr 2020 Jun;118(3):S69-S106. doi: 10.5546/aap.2020.S69. PMID: 32470282
Nunes MCP, Beaton A, Acquatella H, Bern C, Bolger AF, Echeverría LE, Dutra WO, Gascon J, Morillo CA, Oliveira-Filho J, Ribeiro ALP, Marin-Neto JA; American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; and Stroke Council
Circulation 2018 Sep 18;138(12):e169-e209. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000599. PMID: 30354432

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Li J, Alolaiwat A, Fink JB, Dhand R
Respir Care 2022 Aug;67(8):1022-1042. Epub 2022 Apr 6 doi: 10.4187/respcare.10160. PMID: 35387846
Brouwer AF, Masters NB, Eisenberg JNS
Curr Environ Health Rep 2018 Jun;5(2):293-304. doi: 10.1007/s40572-018-0196-x. PMID: 29679300Free PMC Article
de Graaf M, Villabruna N, Koopmans MP
Curr Opin Virol 2017 Feb;22:64-70. Epub 2017 Jan 2 doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2016.11.008. PMID: 28056379
Curtis V
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2011 Dec 12;366(1583):3478-90. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0165. PMID: 22042923Free PMC Article
Bulled N, Singer M
AIDS Behav 2011 Oct;15(7):1539-45. doi: 10.1007/s10461-009-9631-1. PMID: 19885727

Diagnosis

Phillips JA
Workplace Health Saf 2019 Jul;67(7):375-376. Epub 2019 Jun 10 doi: 10.1177/2165079919853590. PMID: 31179859
Lourens GB, Ferrell DK
Nurs Clin North Am 2019 Jun;54(2):181-192. Epub 2019 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2019.02.007. PMID: 31027660
Guinn KM, Rubin EJ
mBio 2017 Dec 19;8(6) doi: 10.1128/mBio.01910-17. PMID: 29259086Free PMC Article
Akullian A, Bershteyn A, Jewell B, Camlin CS
AIDS 2017 Nov 13;31(17):2427-2429. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001638. PMID: 28926401Free PMC Article
Richardson KJ
Adv Emerg Nurs J 2015 Apr-Jun;37(2):102-15. doi: 10.1097/TME.0000000000000063. PMID: 25929221

Therapy

Rasmussen SA, Kelley CF, Horton JP, Jamieson DJ
Obstet Gynecol 2021 Mar 1;137(3):408-414. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004290. PMID: 33370015Free PMC Article
Schrager LK, Vekemens J, Drager N, Lewinsohn DM, Olesen OF
Lancet Infect Dis 2020 Mar;20(3):e28-e37. Epub 2020 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30625-5. PMID: 32014117
Kumi Smith M, Jewell BL, Hallett TB, Cohen MS
Adv Exp Med Biol 2018;1075:125-162. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-0484-2_6. PMID: 30030792
Gould DJ, Moralejo D, Drey N, Chudleigh JH, Taljaard M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Sep 1;9(9):CD005186. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005186.pub4. PMID: 28862335Free PMC Article
Cohen MS, Chen YQ, McCauley M, Gamble T, Hosseinipour MC, Kumarasamy N, Hakim JG, Kumwenda J, Grinsztejn B, Pilotto JH, Godbole SV, Chariyalertsak S, Santos BR, Mayer KH, Hoffman IF, Eshleman SH, Piwowar-Manning E, Cottle L, Zhang XC, Makhema J, Mills LA, Panchia R, Faesen S, Eron J, Gallant J, Havlir D, Swindells S, Elharrar V, Burns D, Taha TE, Nielsen-Saines K, Celentano DD, Essex M, Hudelson SE, Redd AD, Fleming TR; HPTN 052 Study Team
N Engl J Med 2016 Sep 1;375(9):830-9. Epub 2016 Jul 18 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1600693. PMID: 27424812Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Hughes BL, Clifton RG, Rouse DJ, Saade GR, Dinsmoor MJ, Reddy UM, Pass R, Allard D, Mallett G, Fette LM, Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Varner MW, Goodnight WH, Tita ATN, Costantine MM, Swamy GK, Gibbs RS, Chien EK, Chauhan SP, El-Sayed YY, Casey BM, Parry S, Simhan HN, Napolitano PG, Macones GA; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal–Fetal Medicine Units Network
N Engl J Med 2021 Jul 29;385(5):436-444. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1913569. PMID: 34320288Free PMC Article
Ariawan I, Jusril H
Acta Med Indones 2020 Jul;52(3):193-195. PMID: 33020329
Bezerra MLMB, Fernandes FECV, de Oliveira Nunes JP, de Araújo Baltar SLSM, Randau KP
Emerg Infect Dis 2019 Aug;25(8):1469-1476. doi: 10.3201/eid2508.180298. PMID: 31310223Free PMC Article
Wangdi K, Furuya-Kanamori L, Clark J, Barendregt JJ, Gatton ML, Banwell C, Kelly GC, Doi SAR, Clements ACA
Parasit Vectors 2018 Mar 27;11(1):210. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2783-y. PMID: 29587882Free PMC Article
Marsico C, Kimberlin DW
Ital J Pediatr 2017 Apr 17;43(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s13052-017-0358-8. PMID: 28416012Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Tran TQ, Mostafa EM, Tawfik GM, Soliman M, Mahabir S, Mahabir R, Dong V, Ravikulan R, Alhijazeen S, Farrag DA, Dumre SP, Huy NT, Hirayama K
J Breath Res 2021 Sep 13;15(4) doi: 10.1088/1752-7163/ac1ea5. PMID: 34407516
Convissar DL, Gibson LE, Berra L, Bittner EA, Chang MG
Anesth Analg 2020 Aug;131(2):345-350. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004929. PMID: 32366774Free PMC Article
Meyer M, Malherbe DC, Bukreyev A
Trends Microbiol 2019 Jan;27(1):8-16. Epub 2018 Sep 7 doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.08.008. PMID: 30201511Free PMC Article
Nunes MCP, Beaton A, Acquatella H, Bern C, Bolger AF, Echeverría LE, Dutra WO, Gascon J, Morillo CA, Oliveira-Filho J, Ribeiro ALP, Marin-Neto JA; American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; and Stroke Council
Circulation 2018 Sep 18;138(12):e169-e209. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000599. PMID: 30354432
Martines RB, Ng DL, Greer PW, Rollin PE, Zaki SR
J Pathol 2015 Jan;235(2):153-74. doi: 10.1002/path.4456. PMID: 25297522

Recent systematic reviews

Vardoulakis S, Espinoza Oyarce DA, Donner E
Sci Total Environ 2022 Jan 10;803:149932. Epub 2021 Aug 27 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149932. PMID: 34525681Free PMC Article
Alhumaid S, Al Mutair A, Al Alawi Z, Alsuliman M, Ahmed GY, Rabaan AA, Al-Tawfiq JA, Al-Omari A
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2021 Jun 3;10(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s13756-021-00957-0. PMID: 34082822Free PMC Article
Vassilopoulou E, Feketea G, Koumbi L, Mesiari C, Berghea EC, Konstantinou GN
Front Immunol 2021;12:661806. Epub 2021 Apr 7 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.661806. PMID: 33897707Free PMC Article
Funk AL, Lu Y, Yoshida K, Zhao T, Boucheron P, van Holten J, Chou R, Bulterys M, Shimakawa Y
Lancet Infect Dis 2021 Jan;21(1):70-84. Epub 2020 Aug 14 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30586-7. PMID: 32805200
Rajapakse S, Weeratunga P, Rodrigo C, de Silva NL, Fernando SD
Pathog Glob Health 2017 Oct;111(7):333-342. Epub 2017 Sep 26 doi: 10.1080/20477724.2017.1370528. PMID: 28948861Free PMC Article

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