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Human African trypanosomiasis amongst urban residents in Kinshasa: a case-control study. [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) cases have been reported in urban residents of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo since 1996. We set up a case-control study to identify risk factors for the disease.
Bilengue CM, Burke J, Dupont WD, Gouteux JP, Gouteux JP, Grebaut P, Magnus E, Meda AH, Mulumba PM, Noireau F, Okia M, Van Hoof L., Van Nieuwenhove S, Watsenga TN, World Health Organisation, Wyatt GB   +15 more
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Risk Factors for Primary Clostridium difficile Infection; Results From the Observational Study of Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients With Infective Diarrhea (ORCHID)

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Background: There are inconsistent data on the risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in the literature.Aims: To use two C. difficile infection (CDI) case-control study groups to compare risk factors in hospitalized patients with diarrhea
Kerrie Davies, Jody Lawrence, Claire Berry, Georgina Davis, Holly Yu, Bing Cai, Elisa Gonzalez, Ida Prantner, Andrea Kurcz, Ioana Macovei, Hanna Pituch, Elena Nováková, Otakar Nyč, Barbara Gärtner, Fabian K. Berger, Monica Oleastro, Oliver A. Cornely, Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild, Louise Pedneault, Mark Wilcox   +19 more
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Motor skills in children with primary headache: A pilot case-control study [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Headache is the most common painful manifestation in the developmental age, often accompanied by severe disability such as scholastic absenteeism, low quality of academic performance and compromised emotional functioning. The aim of the study
Cerroni F., Chisari M. G., D'Oro L., Di Folco A., Gallai B., Geraci D., Lavano F., Lavano S. M., Magliulo R. M., Marotta R., Marsala G., Murabito P., Parisi L., Picciocchi E., Polito A. N., Romano P., Russo D., Salerno M., Salerno M., Sorrentino M., Testa D., Tripi G.   +21 more
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The association between environmental factors and the development of Crohn's disease with focusing on passive smoking: A multicenter case-control study in Japan.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundThe number of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) in Japan has recently been increasing. We examined the association between environmental factors and the development of CD in Japanese focusing on passive smoking.MethodsWe conducted a ...
Kyoko Kondo, Satoko Ohfuji, Kenji Watanabe, Hirokazu Yamagami, Wakaba Fukushima, Kazuya Ito, Yasuo Suzuki, Yoshio Hirota, Japanese Case-Control Study Group for Crohn's disease   +8 more
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Persistent Contaminants and Herpesvirus OtHV1 Are Positively Associated With Cancer in Wild California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
The prevalence of cancer in wild California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) is one of the highest amongst mammals, with 18–23% of adult animals examined post-mortem over the past 40 years having urogenital carcinoma. To date, organochlorines, genotype
Frances M. D. Gulland, Frances M. D. Gulland, Ailsa J. Hall, Gina M. Ylitalo, Kathleen M. Colegrove, Tenaya Norris, Pádraig J. Duignan, Barbie Halaska, Karina Acevedo Whitehouse, Karina Acevedo Whitehouse, Linda J. Lowenstine, Alissa C. Deming, Alissa C. Deming, Teresa K. Rowles   +13 more
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A case-control study of the effect of infant feeding on celiac disease [PDF]

, 2001
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the duration of breast-feeding and the age at the first gluten introduction into the infant diet and the incidence and age at onset of celiac disease. Methods: In a case-control study,
Erbersdobler, Helmut F., Peters, Ulrike, Schneeweiss, Sebastian, Trautwein, Elke A.   +3 more
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Optimal predictive control of water transport systems: Arrêt-Darré/Arros case study [PDF]

, 2009
This paper proposes the use of predictive optimal control as a suitable methodology to manage efficiently transport water networks. The predictive optimal controller is implemented using MPC control techniques.
Ayesa, Eduardo, Cardona, Claudia, Castro, Alain, Charbonnaud, Philippe, Chiron, Pascale, Irizar, Ion, Lujan, Mathias, Puig, Vicenc, Quevedo, Joseba, Romera, Juli, Salterain, Antonio, Trouvat, Jean-Luc   +11 more
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Risk factors associated with loss to follow-up from tuberculosis treatment in Tajikistan: a case-control study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background There are very few studies on reasons for loss to follow-up from TB treatment in Central Asia. This study assessed risk factors for LTFU and compared their occurrence with successfully treated (ST) patients in Tajikistan.
Jessica Wohlleben, Mavluda Makhmudova, Firuza Saidova, Shahnoza Azamova, Christina Mergenthaler, Suzanne Verver   +5 more
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Investigating speech and language impairments in delirium: a preliminary case-control study [PDF]

, 2018
IntroductionLanguage impairment is recognized as as part of the delirium syndrome, yet there is little neuropsychological research on the nature of this dysfunction. Here we hypothesized that patients with delirium show impairments in language formation,
Clarke, Caoimhe, Duncan, Nikki, Green, Samantha, MacLullich, Alasdair, Nouzova, Eva, Reivonen, Satu, Rutter, Lisa-Marie, Tieges, Zoe   +7 more
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Design and data analysis case-controlled study in clinical research

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2013
Clinicians during their training period and practice are often called upon to conduct studies to explore the association between certain exposures and disease states or interventions and outcomes. More often they need to interpret the results of research
Sanjeev V Thomas, Karthik Suresh, Geetha Suresh   +2 more
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