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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
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
Rabahi MF, Silva Júnior JLRD, Ferreira ACG, Tannus-Silva DGS, Conde MB
J Bras Pneumol 2017 Nov-Dec;43(6):472-486. doi: 10.1590/S1806-37562016000000388. PMID: 29340497Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Aliasi-Sinai L, Worthington T, Lange M, Kushner T
Clin Liver Dis 2023 Nov;27(4):917-935. Epub 2023 Jul 7 doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2023.05.007. PMID: 37778777
Kovaleva J
J Hosp Infect 2017 Dec;97(4):319-328. Epub 2017 Jul 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.07.012. PMID: 28729139
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
Pass RF
Pediatr Rev 2002 May;23(5):163-70. doi: 10.1542/pir.23-5-163. PMID: 11986492

Diagnosis

Rubin EJ, Baden LR, Morrissey S
N Engl J Med 2021 Sep 9;385(11):e44. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe2114821. PMID: 34496181
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
Siegel MA
Dent Clin North Am 1996 Apr;40(2):369-83. PMID: 8641527

Therapy

Ikematsu H, Hayden FG, Kawaguchi K, Kinoshita M, de Jong MD, Lee N, Takashima S, Noshi T, Tsuchiya K, Uehara T
N Engl J Med 2020 Jul 23;383(4):309-320. Epub 2020 Jul 8 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1915341. PMID: 32640124
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
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
Griffiths P, Lumley S
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2014 Dec;27(6):554-9. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000107. PMID: 25304390

Prognosis

Wilder-Smith A, Mulholland K
N Engl J Med 2021 Sep 2;385(10):946-948. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe2111165. PMID: 34469651Free PMC Article
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
Marsico C, Kimberlin DW
Ital J Pediatr 2017 Apr 17;43(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s13052-017-0358-8. PMID: 28416012Free PMC Article
Saharan S, Lodha R, Agarwal R, Deorari AK, Paul VK
Indian J Pediatr 2008 Apr;75(4):359-62. Epub 2008 May 18 doi: 10.1007/s12098-008-0039-0. PMID: 18536891

Clinical prediction guides

Ke Z, Vikalo H
J Comput Biol 2023 Jul;30(7):796-813. Epub 2023 Jun 22 doi: 10.1089/cmb.2022.0373. PMID: 37347892
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
Tacconelli E, Cataldo MA
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Recent systematic reviews

Wu S, Wang J, Guo Q, Lan H, Sun Y, Ren M, Liu Y, Wang P, Wang L, Su R, Zhang J, Chen Y, Li G
Clin Microbiol Infect 2023 Aug;29(8):1000-1007. Epub 2023 Mar 13 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.03.002. PMID: 36921717
D'Antonio F, Marinceu D, Prasad S, Khalil A
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2023 Apr;61(4):436-444. doi: 10.1002/uog.26136. PMID: 36484439
Kilaru P, Hill D, Anderson K, Collins MB, Green H, Kmush BL, Larsen DA
Am J Epidemiol 2023 Feb 1;192(2):305-322. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwac175. PMID: 36227259Free PMC Article
Guerra FM, Bolotin S, Lim G, Heffernan J, Deeks SL, Li Y, Crowcroft NS
Lancet Infect Dis 2017 Dec;17(12):e420-e428. Epub 2017 Jul 27 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30307-9. PMID: 28757186
Patel P, Borkowf CB, Brooks JT, Lasry A, Lansky A, Mermin J
AIDS 2014 Jun 19;28(10):1509-19. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000298. PMID: 24809629Free PMC Article

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