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Aamir Fazil
Researcher at Public Health Agency of Canada
Publications - 81
Citations - 6360
Aamir Fazil is an academic researcher from Public Health Agency of Canada. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Risk assessment. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 77 publications receiving 5376 citations.
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The global burden of nontyphoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis.
Shannon E. Majowicz,Jennie Musto,Elaine Scallan,Frederick J Angulo,Martyn D. Kirk,Martyn D. Kirk,Sarah J. O'Brien,Timothy F. Jones,Aamir Fazil,Robert M. Hoekstra +9 more
TL;DR: To estimate the global burden of nontyphoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis, existing data from laboratory-based surveillance and special studies were synthesized, with a hierarchical preference to prospective population-based studies, "multiplier studies," disease notifications, returning traveler data, and extrapolation.
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World Health Organization Estimates of the Global and Regional Disease Burden of 22 Foodborne Bacterial, Protozoal, and Viral Diseases, 2010: A Data Synthesis
Martyn D. Kirk,Sara Monteiro Pires,Robert E. Black,Marisa L Caipo,John A. Crump,Brecht Devleesschauwer,Brecht Devleesschauwer,Brecht Devleesschauwer,Dörte Döpfer,Aamir Fazil,Christa L. Fischer-Walker,Tine Hald,Aron J. Hall,Karen H. Keddy,Robin J. Lake,Claudio F. Lanata,Paul R. Torgerson,Arie H. Havelaar,Arie H. Havelaar,Frederick J. Angulo,Frederick J. Angulo +20 more
TL;DR: Although it is known that diarrheal diseases are a major burden in children, this first global and regional estimates of the disease burden of the most important foodborne bacterial, protozoal, and viral diseases demonstrated for the first time the importance of contaminated food as a cause.
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Estimates of the burden of foodborne illness in Canada for 30 specified pathogens and unspecified agents, circa 2006.
M. Kate Thomas,Regan Murray,Logan Flockhart,Katarina Pintar,Frank Pollari,Aamir Fazil,Andrea Nesbitt,Barbara Marshall +7 more
TL;DR: This analysis finds that Norovirus, Clostridium perfringens, Campylobacter spp.
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A comparison of risk assessments on Campylobacter in broiler meat
Maarten Nauta,A. Hill,Hanne Rosenquist,Sigrid Brynestad,Sigrid Brynestad,Alexandra Fetsch,Peter van der Logt,Aamir Fazil,Bjarke Bak Christensen,Elly Katsma,Birgitte Borck,Arie H. Havelaar +11 more
TL;DR: A comparative overview of models developed in the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany is provided and it is aims to identify differences and similarities of these existing models.
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Estimates of Foodborne Illness–Related Hospitalizations and Deaths in Canada for 30 Specified Pathogens and Unspecified Agents
M. Kate Thomas,Regan Murray,Logan Flockhart,Katarina Pintar,Aamir Fazil,Andrea Nesbitt,Barbara Marshall,Joanne Tataryn,Frank Pollari +8 more
TL;DR: This is the first time Canada has established pathogen-specific estimates of domestically acquired foodborne illness–related hospitalizations and deaths, and illustrates the substantial burden ofFoodborne illness in Canada.